Full On: The Ivan Yates Story

Exclusive extracts in this Saturday's Irish Independent and this week's Sunday Independent

Two years ago Ivan Yates stood alone  on the top deck of the ferry to Wales looking back as the Irish coast faded into the background.  His Celtic Bookmakers chain of 66 betting shops with a turnover of 180 million euro a year and over 300 staff had collapsed.

His career as a politician was over.  He was being hounded relentlessly by the bank because he had given personal guarantees on his business debts.

The bank wanted everything he had.  With no way to pay, he was heading into bankruptcy and close to despair.

Now for the first time in his  utterly compelling book,  Full On, he tells the complete story of what happened.

He takes readers behind the scenes not just of his own life but of  the boom and bust the country has been through.

It's an unforgettable story and it starts this Saturday in exclusive extracts in the Irish Independent, continuing in the Sunday Independent.