The Long Game, Aoife Moore
The Long Game, Aoife Moore
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The Long Game
Inside Sinn Féin

Author: Aoife Moore

Narrator: Roisin McGowan

Unabridged: 8 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 11/23/2023

Synopsis

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Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking power in Ireland

Sinn Féin is the most popular political party in both Northern Ireland and the Republic. A movement once synonymous with a paramilitary campaign is on the brink of taking real power through purely democratic means. But if Sinn Féin has mastered the art of electoral politics, it remains strangely opaque. Who really runs the party? How is it funded? And what can we expect of it as a party of government?

Aoife Moore, Irish Journalist of the Year in 2021, explores these and other burning questions in The Long Game. Drawing on exclusive interviews with current and former members of Sinn Féin, she builds up a picture of a party undergoing a profound, and still incomplete , transformation. She looks at the key individuals and moments that put the party on its present course, and she explores tensions within the party and the wider republican movement.

Packed with revelatory details, The Long Game is a groundbreaking telling of contemporary Ireland's biggest and most elusive political story.

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"A powerful portrait of the inside world of an elusive political party ... an important work" - Sunday Independent

"Eye opening and brave ... carefully researched, judicious and packed with revelatory detail" - Fergal Keane

"An explosive read ... important and revelatory" - Business Post

©2023 Aoife Moore (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Reviews

Goodreads review by Isabella on February 05, 2025

This was not a well-written book. It was poorly structured, and lacked a central thesis. It mainly seemed to be a collection of negative anecdotes about Sinn Féin without relevant historical context. You can tell it was written by a journalist; it read like a series of unconnected news articles. The......more

Goodreads review by Chris on January 13, 2024

A decent book. The first half of it covers fairly traditional Sinn Fein history that has been covered in numerous other sources without adding much. The book begins picking up steam during its second half as it gets into the nuances of Sinn Fein during the last twenty years both in Northern Ireland......more

Goodreads review by Alex on October 06, 2024

The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin by Aoife Moore offers an insightful and well-researched look into the inner workings of one of Ireland’s most significant political parties. Moore does a great job of providing historical context while weaving in interviews and behind-the-scenes details. While the book......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on August 02, 2024

Reviews claiming its lack of policy discussion is a drawback are missing the point, it was an inside look into the party’s culture and history. Another drawback pointed out is its discussion of “nothing that tabloids and magazines haven’t covered over the years” however, the people who are driving i......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on June 04, 2024

3.5. I think some of the structuring is weird. Like surely you explain how the party is structured in like chapter 3 rather than chapter 13? Other than that, interesting that SF would only talk to Moore off the record. It’s not a good look for them.......more

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A fierce political commentator Derry Journal

An explosive read ... important and revelatory Business Post

Eye-opening and brave ... carefully researched, judicious and packed with revelatory detail

A compelling and revealing account of modern Sinn Féin ... written with gusto and verve The Irish Times

Aoife Moore is perfectly placed to deliver a powerful portrait of the inner workings of Sinn Féin ... an important work Sunday Independent

Painstakingly researched ... informed by countless inside sources The Observer

An incisive, well-written, if critical, insight into the Sinn Féin of the here and now Irish Times

[An] excellent, well-sourced account The Telegraph

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