Since Pope St John Paul came in 1979, there has been belief pope will return to complete visit

IRA godfather who ruled south Armagh like Al Capone deserved reputation as ruthless

Images captured by ‘Irish Times’ photographers and agencies in Ireland and around the world tell the often harrowing, sometimes uplifting, but always powerful stories of 2015

Vatican spokesman confirms pontiff may attend 2018 World Meeting of Families

Review: ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘Today With Sean O’Rourke’, ‘Drivetime’, ‘Marian Finucane’, ‘The Anton Savage Show’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’

Northern Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation centre works with victims of violence on all sides

‘While some may breathlessly trumpet Gerry Adams’s magnanimity in shaking the prince’s hand, the real bravery for peace was on the British side of that encounter’

Shocking events of 36 years ago in sharp focus on poignant west of Ireland pilgrimage

Relatives of victims of the August 1979 Mullaghmore and Warrenpoint bombings attend ecumenical service with royal couple in Drumcliffe church in Co Sligo

Hundreds of locals gather to greet the royal couple

Prince Charles spends second day of Irish visit in Sligo visiting ‘Yeats country’

Party leader’s meeting with Prince Charles is another historic milestone for Sinn Féin

Prince agrees to meeting after a request by Sinn Féin president

Diana Sandes: March 24th, 1922 - September 3rd, 2014

A feature of the party’s rhetoric is its pervasive air of self-righteousness and smugness

Encounter in Belfast ‘positive’ and ‘substantive’, says Sinn Féin deputy first minister

Deputy First Minister expected to attend Windsor Castle following 2012 meeting with monarch in Belfast

Motion passed by nationalists and Alliance while unionists abstain