Rite&Reason: At 90, he never ceases to generate original thought, profound and quizzical

Irish processor becomes first European meat firm to gain access to lucrative mince market

The taoiseach wanted to bring Ireland into the Commonwealth with the queen as its head

Major recruitment of customs officers needed to manage farm- or factory-gate checks

Developments along the quays helping to advertise opportunities offered by city

An Irishman’s Diary

President Michael D Higgins among those at Mass for founder of ‘Sunday Tribune’ and ‘Phoenix’

Irish meat group acquires red meat operations of UK food group 2 Sisters

Fifty years ago encyclical laid down terms of church’s ban on artifical contraception

An Irishman’s Diary on the music of trains

The tapes, recorded by hotelier Dermot Ryan in 1967, are an exceptional political testament

Former Senator and TD had intended campaigning for repeal of Eight Amendment

Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors wants to be granted right to strike

Sacked writer claims five or six people would have seen the article before publication

Regional titles’ market share details must be provided before further deals, panel says

Teachers subjected to two-tier pay system that is compete antithesis of equality

Minister is wrong: former taoiseach was a hard-working, interventionist politician

Junior minister cites value of integrity at NewsBrands Ireland Press Pass awards

Review of press council and ombudsman could help revive public confidence

In no-low-fares, no-internet 1990, being on scheme was just like ‘stepping into the world’

Late ex-minister published incendiary autobiography Against the Tide 30 years ago

Union sources concede once pensions are included it will be hard to argue public sector pay has fallen behind private sector

Public sector is preparing to march if it does not get a sign that more cash is on its way

Horgan report will provide an invaluable input to the work of the Public Service Pay Commission

Removing pension benefits from striking gardaí legally ‘problematic,’ says Minister

Inside Politics: Legislation before Christmas will cap annual rent increases in Cork and Dublin at 4 per cent

Fall in Mass attendance indicates inclusivity, a foundation stone of Christianity, is waning

Average remuneration for gardaí ‘in region of €100,000’ when pensions included

GRA chief Ciarán O’Neill questions whether Horgan proposals ‘fair, just, legal or lawful’

Pension benefits for public servants are unavailable and largely unfundable in private sector

Sources say any such moves would be done in partnership with Garda associations

Things went wrong but Cuba is not an unredeemed failure

A theatre man who was ‘an appallingly bad actor’ and a dad who loved unconditionally

Former rugby international’s family selling family home which helped to provide backdrop to an idyllic childhood

AGSI members, who faced losing increments, accept public service deal in second ballot

Ex-president to speak on 19th-century leader’s legacy at annual South Kerry event

Behemoths will have to be regulated or broken up if the public interest is to be protected

GRA ‘reluctantly’ withdraws from implementation of programme

Defender won four All-Irelands with Cork and won Railway Cup medals with Munster

Jimmy Barry Murphy and Denis Coughlan remember former team-mate