Mary Robinson

Just as important as changing composition of the Seanad is changing what it does

An Irishwoman’s Diary

The comedian on making it in the US and Ireland’s ‘overlooked, undervalued’ women

More than 16,000 registered to take part in programme broadcast from Dublin

Many restrictions placed on women have gone but remnants of past sentiment remain

Implications of judges’s decisions can have far-reaching consequences for those involved

Transfer of power came after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921

An exhibition at the National Photographic Archive marks 60 years of TV in Ireland

Climate forced its way into political consciousness, we just didn’t do enough about it

More than 800 sales of €1m or more were recorded this year, most notably of Lissadell

Review finds RIA considered by some to be ‘old fashioned’ and ‘an old boys club’

Envoy says US will not stand ‘idly by’ if Iran stalls on negotiations while it ramps up nuclear programme

The first volume of Irish women’s speeches is a reminder of the female voices that inspired and drove change

EY awards: Company employs more than 670 and has annual revenue of over €300m

Some 24 finalists from a number of industries to fight it out across three categories

Beijing will have to do far more to convince the world that the tennis star is not subject to coercion

Seen & Heard: Web Summit founder’s legal battle; and a row over Irish whiskey

Intolerable heat could spread to 19% of the planet by 2070 in a worst-case scenario

‘Terrible fires, terrible floods, terrible droughts’ if temperature target not met

Climate leaders must show way forward and let history judge laggards, says activist group

What has happened in Glasgow is nothing less than a reorientation of global capitalism towards a carbon neutral future

Alok Sharma warns ‘window on keeping 1.5 degrees within reach is closing’