The Americanisation of Ireland: Our relationship with America was not all one way

Book review: David Fitzpatrick combines rigorous analysis with human experiences

Time for measured debate about the prospect of a united Ireland

Diarmaid Ferriter: Fine Gael needs to back up its rhetoric on the North

War of Independence seen as Catholic war on Protestants

Rite & Reason: Nationalist Ireland almost universally condemned the Soloheadbeg killings as murder

A man for all treasons – Frank McNally on a new book about Ernest Blythe: republican, fascist, and Orangeman

An Irishman’s Diary

Ireland’s democratic legacy is taken for granted, academic suggests

Cosgrave and de Valera deserve credit for preserving democracy in the new State

Seán Lemass tapes: the split in Sinn Féin and setting up of Fianna Fáil

The old Sinn Féin had collected ‘all sorts of queer cranks’ with ‘people making speeches in favour of vegetarianism and the single tax’

The New York theatre that’s kept Teresa Deevy’s flame alive

Deevy fell out of favour with Abbey management after writing six plays in the 1930s

Diarmaid Ferriter: a history of partition and Europe’s role

The British establishment lacked consistency while the Free State washed its hands

Looking back on the Tipperary hurlers 1926 US tour

The All-Ireland champions headed to Cobh to sail across the Atlantic with great fanfare

Diarmaid Ferriter: Can Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil put national interest first?

The challenge is to provide a contemporary response to the points addressed by Blythe in 1927 and Kelly in the 1970s

Culture Shock: ‘The Plough and the Stars’ is back. Must be time for a riot, so

Seán O’Casey’s play and its staging have always been cultural and political lightning rods

Dispatches from the theatrical front: a look behind the Abbey’s boardroom scenes, from 1904 to 1939

The newly digitised minute books of the Abbey Theatre’s board meetings during its early decades reveal a host of remarkable struggles, from attempted censorship by Dublin Corporation to artistic disputes at the top of the theatre

Diarmaid Ferriter: Unite us, Lord, but not if it costs money

Despite the rhetoric, there is a deep ambivalence about partition throughout Ireland

Television: Nigella’s living well. It’s the best revenge

Review: ‘Designing Ireland’, ‘The Secret Life of Four-Year-Olds’, ‘Simply Nigella’

Secret police files relating to Easter Rising released

Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) obsessively monitored future rebels

Miriam Lord: Taoiseach takes shine off TD’s baubles

Absence of all-party agreement a deterrent to setting up national awards scheme – Kenny

Bruton opens up differences with Kenny on 1916

Use of violence in Rising did not meet a criterion for just war, says former taoiseach

Irish translation of ‘Dracula’ funded by minister who slashed the old-age pension

A fresh insight into Mr Blythe’s economic stewardship has been highlighted by the discovery of a rare copy of Dracula “as Gaeilge”

Accomplished and versatile stage actor

Ronnie Masterson: April 4th, 1926 - February 10th, 2014

Poll reveals thriving FG but little joy for listless Labour

Opinion: Popularity of Noonan out of line with fate of previous finance ministers who introduced harsh budgets

Any foolish attempt to cut pensions will be attended by the shade of Ernest Blythe

Opinion: Elderly are well organised and get a more sympathetic hearing than do some other groups

Actor and director on both sides of Atlantic

Vincent Dowling: born September 7th, 1929; died May 10th, 2013

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