Noel Browne: Passionate Outsider

by John Horgan

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In the course of a long political career, Dr Noel Browne held public office for less than three years, as Minister for Health from 1948 to 1951. In that brief time he left an indelible mark on Irish life. His introduction of the controversial Mother and Child Scheme, which was effectively vetoed by the Catholic hierachy at the urging of Archbishop John Charles McQuaid and Bishop Michael Browne, and was then abandoned by the cabinet, was a defining moment in Irish church/state relations.; His post-ministerial career saw him drift politically, into - and out of - four different parties....Read more
  • ISBN10 0717128091
  • ISBN13 9780717128099
  • Publish Date October 2000
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country IE
  • Publisher Gill
  • Imprint Gill & Macmillan Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 344
  • Language English