Land of Lies - The Austerity Years

Poetry from Ireland's 'Anti-Austerity Movement' years (2008 - 2016).
(Originally released in 2016.)

This book of poems and observations is inspired by the needless hardships endured by Ireland's low earners, unemployed, and dispossessed, after the collapse of the Irish Banking System in 2008, and during the years of the subsequent 'Troika Bailout'. It looks at the social, political and economic impact of forced austerity, as well as the legacies of poor governance, on the people of a nation.
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