Brian Keenan
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Vincent Brady – businessman and former FF minister won widespread respect on all sides of political divide
- People
- January 10, 2021, 15:01
Former Fianna Fail minister and businessman Vincent Brady, who died on October 6th, 2020, was a quietly spoken man, always courteous, non-confrontatio(...)

Man suffered life threatening injuries after mini riot over drugs in Dublin 3
- Crime & Law
- December 19, 2020, 14:56
A 30-year-old man suffered life threatening injuries in a mini riot in Dublin after he was ripped off in a drug deal and demanded a refund, a court ha(...)

Former Fianna Fáil defence minister Vincent Brady dies
- Politics
- October 6, 2020, 21:25
The former Fianna Fail minister for defence and Dublin TD Vincent Brady has died. Mr Brady was first elected to the Dáil for the constituency of Dub(...)

Veteran Republican masterminded Northern Bank Robbery and Maze prison escape before playing key role in Sinn Féin’s road to peace Nearly 1,800 men(...)

Former IRA prisoner and Sinn Féin official Bobby Storey dies
- Irish News
- June 21, 2020, 18:03
Belfast republican Bobby Storey, who was one of the leaders of the Maze prison escape of 1983 and later became Sinn Féin’s Northern chairman, has died(...)

State papers: Iranian ambassador tried to bargain over release of kidnapped Brian Keenan
- Politics
- December 31, 2019, 02:32
Fine Gael leader Alan Dukes wrote to the tánaiste Brian Lenihan in 1988 to tell him of a “cynical and disquieting” move by the Iranian ambassador to c(...)

Case of teen who drove at 240km/h referred to higher court
- Crime & Law
- September 23, 2019, 13:26
The case of a troubled 17-year-old Dublin boy accused of reaching speeds of 240km/h after stealing his mother’s car is too serious for the Children’s (...)

Kate Holmquist: ‘A rule-breaker, trail blazer and a woman ahead of her time'
- Social Affairs
- August 9, 2019, 17:59
The late Irish Times journalist, Kate Holmquist has been remembered as a writer of “enormous talent and creativity” whose work was “a road map of Iris(...)

Decadent Theatre company to stage excerpts from hostage drama in Cork Prison
- Irish News
- February 18, 2018, 14:11
“A kind of eerie sadness” is how theatre director Andrew Flynn recalls the last time he was involved putting on a production of Frank McGuinness’s “So(...)