David Goodall
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Next big debate in Ireland will be about assisted suicide
- Science
- June 21, 2018, 01:00
Dr David Goodall, aged 104 and probably the oldest working scientist in the world, smiles from a photograph taken at a press conference he gave in Bas(...)

Scientist David Goodall (104) dies in assisted suicide in Switzerland
- Europe
- May 10, 2018, 20:05
A 104-year-old Australian scientist killed himself in Switzerland on Thursday by lethal injection in an assisted suicide he hoped would trigger more (...)

British diplomat identified as ‘passionate lover of Ireland’
- Irish News
- January 2, 2018, 00:01
The late British diplomat Sir David Goodall features in a candid profile by a Northern Irish Office (NIO) official in this year’s files releases from (...)

John Bowman: How Irish diplomats ‘dined for Ireland’
- Politics
- December 30, 2017, 02:30
During the negotiations which led to the historic Anglo-Irish Agreement signed by Garret FitzGerald and Margaret Thatcher at Hillsborough in November (...)

Ireland’s stringent 30-year rule limits understanding
- Politics
- December 29, 2017, 00:10
For some years now there has been an anomaly when considering diplomatic records in Anglo-Irish relations. The British are moving incrementally towar(...)

Babababa-eautiful: a theatrical experience for babies in Dublin
- Parenting
- October 23, 2017
Upstairs at Blanchardstown’s Draíocht Theatre, a sea-green tent has been pitched in the middle of a room. Outside is a cluster of buggies, bags and sh(...)

Thatcher was a chameleon on Ireland even after Anglo-Irish Agreement
- Politics
- December 30, 2016, 00:00
Margaret Thatcher was complicated about Ireland. This was scarcely surprising. So many of her associations with Ireland had been negative: her falling(...)

Peter Barry: the man who helped cajole the Iron Lady into Anglo-Irish Agreement
- Politics
- August 27, 2016, 01:00
Peter Barry, who died on Friday, aged 88, had a long career in politics but will be chiefly remembered for his contribution to the Anglo-Irish Agreeme(...)

Secret papers: British fixated on Charles Haughey
- Irish News
- August 11, 2016, 01:00
Secret official documents released to the public yesterday have demonstrated how the British government was fixated on the best way of “handling” Char(...)

State Papers: Tortuous road to Anglo-Irish Agreement
- Politics
- December 31, 2015, 01:00
During the framing of the historic Anglo-Irish Agreement of November 1985, Garret FitzGerald took the opportunity of a joint meeting in Lisbon to comp(...)