The Irish Press was a paper for the people of Ireland, founded by President and revolutionary hero, Eamon De Valera in 1931. Thousands of ordinary men and women in Ireland and America answered his call to invest their savings in the newspaper.

But those who placed their trust in ‘The Chief’ would receive little in return.

Extensive research (both in Ireland and the United States) has unearthed the forgotten files of the Irish Press. For the first time they show how De Valera turned a publicly funded company into a lucrative family business.