John Charles Mcquaid

Patrick Freyne: Gavin hasn’t had a land-hungry American visit yet, but it’s surely coming

Picture Post was wildly popular with readers but appalled the Irish church and censor

Trinity students’ provocative decision to raise the Union flag led to riotous scenes

Church in Finglas to be replaced by one 10 times smaller and land sold to city council

Book review: Margaret Scull looks at the church’s role in the Troubles over 30 years

Treasures include first draft of The Ginger Man with Brendan Behan’s unsolicited edits

Tributes to Dominican Sisters who pushed boundaries of education for young women

New book traces life story of ‘visionary’ and efforts to secure concert hall for Dublin

Eight-acre site has potential for more than 400 apartments

A-Z highlights from a new guide to Irish housing which aims to demystify the jargon

Ruan Pienaar’s departure proved to be key as scrumhalf made move to Belfast from Connacht

Half a million Irish women emigrated to England in the mid-20th century

Leo Varadkar has been accused of trying to ‘get down with the kids’ via 1980s pop icon Kylie Minogue. Here’s how our former leaders rocked us in the Oireachtas

‘Truly Frank’ review: Journalist’s book is surprisingly vulnerable and expertly bitchy

‘When first built it was almost too small – people came early to Mass to get a seat!’