Michael O’Kennedy obituary: A Fianna Fáil veteran who enjoyed long and varied career

Former minister, senator and European commissioner is remembered for his integrity

Chris Wall, ‘great friend’ and adviser to Bertie Ahern, dies after long illness

Former taoiseach says the Fianna Fáil veteran was a ‘phenomenal organiser’

Charles Haughey’s Civil War trauma: ‘The country owes them more than starvation’

The war created a generation of lifelong politicians and ultimately shaped Charles J Haughey

Des O’Malley obituary: Key political player thought by some as ‘best taoiseach Ireland never had’

Limerick politician split from Fianna Fáil to form influential Progressive Democrats

Bitter infighting in Green Party threatens to undermine Coalition

Row over Hazel Chu’s bid for Seanad seat highlights split between party’s leading figures

The best medicine – Brian Maye on a lighter side to Arthur Griffith

An Irishman’s Diary

David McWilliams: ‘I’m all right Jack’ politics has fuelled the rise of Sinn Féin

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil helped create Mary Lou McDonald’s electoral juggernaut

Radical days at UCD – the Gentle Revolution 50 years on

Sean Moncrieff: ‘If you can’t have a home, then what’s the point?’

Land and a sense of place are encoded into our DNA

Geraldine Kennedy: Papal visits underline Ireland’s progress

For many reasons we are not the same people visited by John Paul II in 1979

Brian O’Doherty: ‘Ireland does not appreciate its foreign achievers’

The artist, doctor and Booker-shortlisted author is as busy as ever in his 90th year, with projects in Ireland, Italy and his adopted New York

Fine Gael leadership contest could lead to damaging schism

Harry McGee: Varadkar and Coveney camps could end up in war of attrition

Bertie Ahern career timeline: where did he come from?

He first stood for FF at the age of 25 in 1977

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Former Galway TD Bobby Molloy dies at the age of 80

Long serving minister and founder of Progressive Democrats was TD for four decades