Terry Prone has been powerful in Irish politics for more than fifty years, even though she came from a non-political family and was never invested in politics.
This is the woman who accidentally brought down Taoiseach and Fianna Fail leader Charles Haughey/
The woman who wrote the speech Albert Reynolds made on televisionthe day of the IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland.
The woman who helped a cabinet minister resign in secret and escape his blackmailer.
This is her account of a life in politics that involved her, at different times, with five different political parties.