My review of Fianna Fáil book was fair

Having written 20 books, I am aware some reviewers do not honestly assess books.

The Evening Press carried a purported review of one of my books in the 1980s. The reviewer admitted that he had only read the first paragraph of the preface. I read all of the books that I review.

In response to Stephen Kelly’s hysterical invective regarding my review of his book on Fianna Fáil and partition, I was quite complimentary of the book, and made only one criticism of the content — that Kelly was not convincing when he suggested that de Valera’s anti-partition campaign forced the hand of the Inter-Party Government to play ‘the green card’. I gave two instances to back up that point, which he did not contest.