David McCullagh is the author of The Reluctant Taoiseach, his acclaimed biography of John A. Costello, and A Makeshift Majority, a history of the first inter-party government. He began working as a journalist with the Evening Press before joining RTE, where he currently presents the broadcaster's flagship current affairs programme, Primetime. The first part of this work, entitled De Valera: Rise (1882-1932), was published by Gill Books in 2017.