[2] He was a member of the Media Mergers Advisory Group that reported to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in 2008.

The story is told from original sources and eyewitness accounts, and brings to life the Treaty that sparked a civil war but made modern Ireland.

For nearly two months Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and three others faced some of the most powerful men in the British Empire, including David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill.

Colum Kenny turns a spotlight on the key issues and problems they faced, examining why Éamon de Valera stayed away and what the delegates themselves achieved.

This statement cannot be confirmed, as only one biographer, Rex Taylor, has claimed to have seen the letter in which it was reportedly made.” Colum Kenny went on to say, “Collins did write to his friend Kitty Kiernan on 6 December to say that he had not got to bed until 5 o’clock that morning, adding, ‘I don’t know how things will go now but with God’s help we have brought peace to this land of ours - a peace which will end this old strife of ours forever’”[6] Books by Colum Kenny include: