Days of Blue Loyalty: the Politics of Membership of the Fine Gael Party.(Book Review) From: West European Politics | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Deane, Shelley | COPYRIGHT 2003 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

By MICHAEL GALLAGHER and MICHAEL MARSH. Dublin: PSAI Press, 2002. Pp.287. 16 [euro] (paper) ISBN 0-9519748-6-6.

The title of this book is credited to a member of Fine Gael, Ireland's second largest political party. It emerged in response to the 22-page survey which forms the empirical basis of this worthy and timely examination of the party. Sadly the phrase used was 'Days of blue loyalty over'. Indeed, in light of Fine Gael's loss of a 5.4 per cent vote share in the gen...

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