Part of the challenge of this year’s centenary is to confront the silences around 1922

Historian’s classic account lacerated the country’s mediocrity and begrudgery

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

Dismissals of claims that Brexit could damage peace process are worrying

The challenge is to provide a contemporary response to the points addressed by Blythe in 1927 and Kelly in the 1970s

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Ability to combine rigorous questioning with courtesy was late presenter’s hallmark

Can our country be summed up by one book? We ask some experts to nominate candidates

A new book lists 31 definitive texts. Are the authors right? And what should be the 32nd?

The family history of Seán Lemass contains a tragic incident that has remained largely unknown. The former taoiseach, regarded as one of the key creators of modern Ireland, accidentally shot dead his baby brother, Herbert