Dick Tanaiste Spring

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Then Labour leader and tánaiste Dick Spring avoided the initial handshake with Gerry Adams on the steps of Government Buildings [on September 6th, 1994] because “it was not my scene”. Photograph: Joe St Leger
British state papers: Spring’s ‘distaste’ for Adams revealed

Amid the political crisis in Dublin in 1994 which saw the collapse of the Fianna Fáil-Labour coalition, tánaiste Dick Spring told the British ambassad(...)

Lot 198, rare Padparadscha and diamond ring, €2,500-€3,000, O’Reilly’s
Neil Armstrong’s passport and rare pink sapphires for auction this week

Auction results July 9th, Sotheby’s English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustration online auction. Irish woman Mary Dorgan’s 140 lett(...)

AIB needed a €20.8 billion taxpayer bailout during the financial crisis. To date, it has repaid about €10.5 billion of that amount.
State taps overseas expertise for AIB board

The State has looked overseas to find two new members for the board of AIB, in which taxpayers retain a 71 per cent stake following the lender’s bailo(...)

Rose of Tralee 2018: Waterford Rose takes the crown

Waterford Rose Kirsten Mate Maher has been crowned the 2018 Rose of Tralee. The 21-year-old student and part-time model from Waterford is the third m(...)

Cistercian College is just one of two remaining boys’ boarding-only schools in the country. Photograph: Courtesy of Wikipedia
Cistercian College Roscrea boys’ boarding school to close

One of Ireland’s best known boarding schools, Cistercian College Roscrea, is set to close after 112 years due to a significant fall off in student num(...)

Danny and Michael Healy-Rae: Having built roads in south Kerry, voters will now expect the Healy Raes to repeat the trick in the north of the county. Photograph: Domnick Walsh
Plenty of time for song and dance – but roads will always come first

The Healy-Raes, like the conquering Romans, know the value of a road. The R569 that sweeps majestically from Loo bridge, on the main Cork-Killarney ro(...)