Geraldine Kennedy
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Gay garda dismissed from force in 1982 ‘frustrated’ by lack of response
- Crime & Law
- March 4, 2020, 02:43
A former Garda member who was dismissed from the force in 1982 after senior management learned he was gay has said the public support for him when he (...)

Irish Times parliamentary correspondent Michael O’Regan retires
- Irish News
- December 10, 2019, 21:47
Former Irish Times parliamentary correspondent Michael O’Regan was presented with a special front page by editor Paul O’Neill on Tuesday to mark his r(...)

How an excellent garda was dismissed over suspected ‘homosexual activity’
- Crime & Law
- August 8, 2019, 02:32
Plucked from the bowels of the Department of Justice archive stores in recent weeks, a document from 1982 about the dismissal of a young garda offers (...)

Pope hysteria in 1979: 'I made 5,000 sandwiches, and sold only 2,000'
- Religion & Beliefs
- August 15, 2018
It isn’t clear why John Igoe decided 5,000 was the correct number of sandwiches to make for the pope’s visit to Knock in 1979. But he certainly oversh(...)

Expensive repercussions may arise from alleged INM data breach
- Crime & Law
- April 5, 2018, 01:00
The alleged data breach at Independent News & Media could have a range of complicated and potentially very expensive repercussions, according to d(...)

Kennedy’s inquiries about cabinet committee in North caused alarm
- Politics
- December 30, 2017, 00:15
A Dáil question from newly elected Progressive Democrat TD Geraldine Kennedy asking about the membership and functions of the cabinet committee in Nor(...)

State sought to defend phone tapping despite conceding its illegality
- Irish News
- December 30, 2017, 00:10
The saga of the improper telephone tapping of journalists Geraldine Kennedy and Bruce Arnold, by the Garda Síochána on the instructions of the Haughe(...)

How the Cosgrave dynasty’s political life came to an end
- Politics
- October 6, 2017, 02:18
The Cosgrave family’s involvement in national politics – which stretches back to the foundation of the State – ended in 2002 when Liam Cosgrave jnr, s(...)

Journalist who advocated for women’s rights
- People
- August 12, 2017, 00:18
After news broke that the political journalist Bruce Arnold’s home telephone had been tapped by An Garda Síochána, his wife Mavis couldn’t resist joki(...)

Sunday Times drops Kevin Myers and apologises for offensive article
- Media & Marketing
- July 30, 2017, 11:46
Columnist Kevin Myers will no longer write for The Sunday Times following the publication of a piece on Sunday containing offensive remarks about Jewi(...)