{"id":13339,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13339"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:07:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:07:11","slug":"the-broker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/the-broker\/","title":{"rendered":"The Broker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:16pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">faoi gheasa<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, spellbound;  <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">cn\u00e1mharlach an sceil<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, the outline of the story;  <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">pr\u00f3ise\u00e1la\u00ed focal<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, wordprocessor;  <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">tr\u00ed v\u00f3ta sreamacha<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, three miserable votes;  <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">seirbh\u00eds\u00ed eadr\u00e1na<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, lobbying services;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">  r\u00f3gaire<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, rascal;  <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">na cosa a bhreith leis<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, to escape. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:16pt\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;font-size:16pt\">         I  mB\u00e9al  an  Phobail<\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.2\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt\">The Broker by John Grisham<\/p><h2 style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Peadar Bair\u00e9ad<\/span><\/h2><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h1 style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt\">Another Bestseller<\/h1><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Seo an seacht\u00fa \u00farsc\u00e9al d\u00e9ag \u00f3 pheann l\u00edofa an \u00fadair ild\u00e1naigh Mheirice\u00e1naigh seo, sea, agus is f\u00e9idir liom a r\u00e1, gur scr\u00edobh m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in p\u00edosa faoi chuile cheann acu sin, anseo i mB\u00e9al an Phobail.  Chuir m\u00e9 suim \u00f3 th\u00fas i saothar an \u00fadair seo, n\u00f3 tuigeadh domsa, ach go h\u00e1irithe, go raibh ar a chumas m\u00e9 a chur faoi gheasa, le clisteacht a chuid scile i mbun sc\u00e9ala\u00edochta, agus n\u00ed taise don leabhar seo \u00e9, ach oiread, n\u00f3 mhothaigh m\u00e9 \u00f3 th\u00fas, go raibh m\u00e9 gafa faoi gheasa aige, go dt\u00ed go raibh an deoir deiridh f\u00e1iscthe agam as an sc\u00e9al f\u00edorshuimi\u00fail seo . <\/p><h1 style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt\">He Studied Law First<\/h1><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">N\u00ed call dom a r\u00e1 anseo, go ndeachaigh John Grisham le dl\u00ed i dtosach b\u00e1ire, agus biodh gur ar an spiad\u00f3ireacht idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta, agus ar ghl\u00e9asanna soifistaici\u00fala, leictreonacha, a chrochann s\u00e9 cn\u00e1mharlach an sc\u00e9il seo, admha\u00edonn an t-\u00fadar fh\u00e9in, in \u201cAuthor\u2019s Note\u201d ag deireadh an leabhair, admha\u00edonn s\u00e9 nach m\u00f3r in aon chor \u00e9, a scil sna c\u00farsa\u00ed c\u00e9anna sin, agus d\u00e1 chruth\u00fa sin, deir s\u00e9 linn, gur scr\u00edobhadh chuile cheann d\u00e1 chuid leabhair, go nuige seo, ar sheanphr\u00f3ise\u00e1la\u00ed focal, at\u00e1 tr\u00ed bliana d\u00e9ag d\u2019aois, faoin am seo, agus admha\u00edonn s\u00e9 duinn, gur beag a scil i l\u00e1imhse\u00e1il an mheais\u00edn seo, agus admha\u00edonn s\u00e9 freisin, go bhfuil chuile chos\u00falacht ar an sc\u00e9al, go mbeidh deireadh lena r\u00e9 mar scr\u00edbhneoir, nuair a sh\u00edothl\u00f3idh an pr\u00f3ise\u00e1la\u00ed c\u00e9anna focal sin! B\u00edodh a fhios agat, adeir s\u00e9 linn, nach bhfuil sa sc\u00e9al ar fad ach fianna\u00edocht agus cumad\u00f3ireacht, agus m\u00e1 t\u00e1 tada sa sc\u00e9al at\u00e1 i ngar don bhf\u00edrinne, bhuel, is d\u00f3cha gur thr\u00ed dhearmad e!  B\u2019fh\u00e9idir gur ch\u00f3ir dom, ag an bpointe seo, tagairt a dh\u00e9anamh do chupla ceann d\u00e1 \u00farsc\u00e9alta c\u00e1ili\u00fala, le t\u00fa a chur sa phicti\u00far, mar ad\u00e9arf\u00e1.  Agus nach bhfuil a fhios ag madra\u00ed an bhaile fh\u00e9in, gur deineadh scann\u00e1n de roinnt \u00e1irithe d\u00e1 \u00farsc\u00e9alta, cheana f\u00e9in, leabhair ar n\u00f3s. The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Chamber, The Last Juror, agus tuilleadh.  <\/p><h1 style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt\">To work then!<\/h1><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Ach nach bhfuil s\u00e9 thar am agam, rud eic\u00ednt a r\u00e1 faoin \u00farsc\u00e9al corraitheach, teannasach seo. N\u00ed g\u00e1 dhom a r\u00e1, gurb \u00e9 seo an leabhar is d\u00e9ana\u00ed d\u00e1 chuid, leabhar a cuireadh i gcl\u00f3 den ch\u00e9ad uair, sa bhliain seo, 2005, agus leabhar a bhfuil blas agus boladh an aon\u00fa haois fichead air, \u00f3 th\u00fas deireadh. F\u00e9ach mar a chuireann s\u00e9 t\u00fas lena sc\u00e9al&#8230;&#8230;<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;margin-left:36pt\">In the waning hours of a presidency that was destined to arouse less interest from historians than any since perhaps that of William Henry Harrison (thirty-one days from inauguration to death), Arthur Morgan huddled in the Oval Office with his last remaining friend and pondered his final decisions.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Sea, mh\u2019anam, caithfidh n\u00e1r \u00e9irigh go r\u00f3-gheal leis an Uachtar\u00e1n Morgan, agus d\u00e1r nd\u00f3igh n\u00edor tugadh an dara deis d\u00f3 na St\u00e1it Aontaithe a mhilleadh ar fad, tr\u00ed th\u00e9arma eile a thabhairt d\u00f3, bualadh go dona air sa toghch\u00e1n Uachtar\u00e1nchta, n\u00f3 n\u00edor thug taca\u00edocht d\u00f3 sa toghch\u00e1n sin ach St\u00e1t amh\u00e1in, Stat Alaska, St\u00e1t nach raibh aige ar fad ach tr\u00ed v\u00f3ta sreamacha, agus b\u2019in an t-aon St\u00e1t amh\u00e1in n\u00e1r thug s\u00e9 cuairt air, le linn a chomhrac toghch\u00e1na\u00edochta!  <\/p><h1 style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt\">The President\u2019s Last Day<\/h1><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 \u00e1 ullmh\u00fa fh\u00e9in anois, le sl\u00e1n a fh\u00e1g\u00e1il go deo ag an Teach B\u00e1n, agus \u00e9 ar intinn aige, an chuid eile d\u00e1 shaol a chaitheamh ag iascaireacht, agus ag fiach, thuas in Alaska, \u00e1it ina raibh rainse ceannaithe aige, cheana f\u00e9in.  Ach bh\u00ed dualgais\u00ed \u00e1irithe le coimhl\u00edonadh aige, sul a n-imeodh s\u00e9 as oifig, agus ina measc si\u00fad bh\u00ed roinnt iarratais\u00ed, ar bhord os a chomhair amach aige, \u00f3 choirpigh \u00e1irithe, ag iarraidh air a bpr\u00edos\u00fantacht a mhaitheamh d\u00f3ibh, roimh \u00e9ir\u00ed as oifig d\u00f3. Seo mar a chuireann Morgan fh\u00e9in \u00e9&#8230;<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;margin-left:36pt\">How sad  that after four tumultuous years of leading the free world it would all  fizzle into one miserable pile of requests from a bunch of crooks. Which thieves should be allowed to steal again. That was the momentous question facing the President as the hours crept by.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Backman\u2019s Pardon<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Anois, tharla go raibh coirpeach amh\u00e1in, Joel Backman, n\u00f3 \u201cThe Broker\u201d, mar a thugta\u00ed air, l\u00e1 d\u00e1 raibh, fear a raibh an-chumhacht aige, ina l\u00e1, agus \u00e9 ag obair mar eadr\u00e1na\u00ed polait\u00edochta, agus \u00e9 ar a chumas lab airgid a \u00e9ileamh as a sheirbh\u00eds\u00ed eadr\u00e1na a chur in \u00e1irithe do dhuine, n\u00f3 bh\u00edodh cara sa ch\u00fairt aige, chuile bhabhta. <\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;margin-left:36pt\">According to the magazine article, the Brokers income at the  time was reported to be in excess or $10 million a year.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Ach, n\u00ed i gc\u00f3na\u00ed a thagann an cr\u00faisc\u00edn sl\u00e1n abhaile \u00f3n tobar, agus ba \u00e9 an d\u00e1la c\u00e9anna ag an mBroker s\u2019againne \u00e9. D\u2019\u00e9irigh leis greim a fh\u00e1il ar earra\u00ed \u00e1irithe r\u00fanda, bogearra\u00ed leictreonacha, a d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh smacht a fh\u00e1il ar shaitil\u00edt\u00ed S\u00edneacha, agus rinne s\u00e9 iarracht iad a dh\u00edol leis an Ar\u00e1ib Sh\u00e1id\u00ed, ach ansin, d\u2019athraigh s\u00e9 a intinn, agus ba \u00e9 cr\u00edoch na mbeart \u00e9 go raibh air a chionta a admh\u00e1il, sa chaoi go gcuirf\u00ed i bpr\u00edos\u00fan \u00e9, n\u00f3 n\u00ed raibh aon chosaint eile aige ar na d\u00fanmharf\u00f3ir\u00ed a cuireadh sa t\u00f3ir air.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Theastaigh \u00f3n CIA go ligf\u00ed Backman saor, n\u00f3 tuigeadh d\u00f3ibh si\u00fad go raibh r\u00fain aige ar mhaith leosan l\u00e1imh a leagan orthu, agus taobh amuigh de sin ar fad, theastaigh uathu a fh\u00e1il amach, c\u00e9 bh\u00ed sa t\u00f3ir air.  Lig an tUachtar\u00e1n Morgan saor, mar aisce don CIA, agus th\u00f3g an CIA faoina gcoimirce, go sealadach, \u00e9, agus thug ainm agus stair \u00farnua d\u00f3, agus chuir isteach i gcathair san Iod\u00e1il \u00e9, \u00e1it nach mbeadh aithne ag \u00e9inne air, go dt\u00ed go n-oirfeadh sin d\u00f3ibhsean. <\/p><h1 style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt\">Hidden in Italy<\/h1><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Is bre\u00e1 ar fad mar a chuireann an t-\u00fadar s\u00edos ar an Iod\u00e1il, agus ar a mhuintir, ar a gcathracha, agus ar a dteanga, agus tharla\u00edonn a leith\u00e9id, toisc go bhfuil meas an domhain ag an \u00fadar fh\u00e9in ar an dt\u00edr sin, agus ar a mbaineann lei. Cuireadh Joel Backman ag foghlaim Iod\u00e1ilise, n\u00f3 bheadh g\u00e1 lena leith\u00e9id, ionas go mbreathn\u00f3fa\u00ed air mar Iod\u00e1ileach, ach n\u00ed Joel Backman a bheadh feasta mar ainm air, ach Marco Lazzeri,. Thuit an Marco c\u00e9anna sin i ngr\u00e1 le m\u00fainteoir a bh\u00ed ina bhun, agus ar ball, nuair a th\u00e1inig an t\u00f3ir go dian air, thug an bhean ch\u00e9anna sin roinnt mhaith cabhrach d\u00f3, cabhair a chuir ar a chumas&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Ach, i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre anois, n\u00edl f\u00fam an sc\u00e9al iontach seo a mhilleadh ortsa. Caithfidh t\u00fa a fh\u00e1il amach duit fh\u00e9in, c\u00e9ard a tharla don gcoirpeach c\u00e9anna sin, do Joel Backman, agus b\u00edodh go bhfuil a fhios agat, go mba r\u00f3gaire agus coirpeach, amach is amuigh \u00e9, ag an am gc\u00e9anna, \u00e9ir\u00edonn leis an \u00fadar trua d\u00f3 a mh\u00fascailt id\u2019 chro\u00ed istigh, sa chaoi go bhfuil t\u00fa ar a thaobh, an t-am ar fad, geall leis, agus t\u00fa ag gu\u00ed go n-\u00e9ireodh leis \u00e9al\u00f3 \u00f3n t\u00f3ir at\u00e1 ar a th\u00ed.  <\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Chilling stuff!<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\">Chuir m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in an-sp\u00e9is sa t\u00f3ir ch\u00e9anna sin, agus in iarrachta\u00ed an choirpigh chr\u00edonna seo, na cosa a bhreith leis uathu, sea, agus b\u2019\u00e1bhair fuatha liom iad na marfoiri fuarch\u00faiseacha, cruachro\u00edocha, gan tr\u00f3caire, a cuireadh sa t\u00f3ir air. F\u00fatsa at\u00e1 s\u00e9 anois, taitneamh, agus s\u00e1samh, a bhaint as an sc\u00e9al corraitheach seo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>faoi gheasa, spellbound; cn\u00e1mharlach an sceil, the outline of the story; pr\u00f3ise\u00e1la\u00ed focal, wordprocessor; tr\u00ed v\u00f3ta sreamacha, three miserable votes; seirbh\u00eds\u00ed eadr\u00e1na, lobbying services; r\u00f3gaire, rascal; na cosa a bhreith leis, to escape. . I mB\u00e9al an Phobail . The Broker by John Grisham Peadar Bair\u00e9ad . Another Bestseller Seo an seacht\u00fa \u00farsc\u00e9al d\u00e9ag \u00f3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13340,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13339\/revisions\/13340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}