Liam Cosgrave
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Seán Moncrieff: The presidency isn’t about politics. It’s about poetry
- People
- September 15, 2018, 06:00
Here are a few things the President of Ireland cannot do: the President can’t promote business or end corruption or keep immigrants out. The President(...)

How Dev almost lost the 1966 presidential election
- Politics
- August 20, 2018, 00:50
Politics students might be astonished to learn that Éamon de Valera was re-elected for a second seven-year term as Uachtaráin na hÉireann in 1966 with(...)

Geraldine Kennedy: Papal visits underline Ireland’s progress
- Irish News
- August 18, 2018, 02:00
A different Pope, John Paul II, flew in on an Aer Lingus plane to a different Ireland for the papal visit at the end of September 1979. It lasted thr(...)

Fix for undocumented Irish in US must be part of ‘universal’ solution
- Social Affairs
- May 13, 2018, 11:52
The issue of the 13 million undocumented living in the United States was not just about Irish nationals and if the problem is to be fixed it must addr(...)

Kerry waterfront guesthouse with amazing views for €1.95m
- New to Market
- April 12, 2018, 06:00
An 11 acre plot of land near Sneem in Co Kerry was purchased in the 1930’s by Horace Roye, the English photographer whose nude portraits scandalised L(...)

Frank Murray ‘the consumate professional’, funeral hears
- Social Affairs
- April 6, 2018, 19:16
In a career spanning six decades public servant Frank Murray worked for seven taoisigh and three presidents of Ireland, his funeral Mass was told on F(...)

On the Friday of Easter Week 1916, eight-year-old Eugene Lynch was playing outside his family’s home on Vincent’s Street in Inchicore, Dublin. A tri(...)

Anonymous donor to fund new running track in UCD
- Other Sports
- January 25, 2018, 16:07
There’s often a sense of better late than never when it comes to Irish sporting facilities, and 40 years after originally being laid, and over six yea(...)

Rest in peace ... They died in 2017
- People
- December 28, 2017, 06:00
JANUARY 8 – Peter Sarstedt, English singer/songwriter – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? – age 75 9 – TK Whitaker, economist and former public servan(...)

A month-by-month look back at 2017 in Ireland
- Irish News
- December 27, 2017, 04:13
JANUARY Martin McGuinness resigns as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland following a “cash-for-ash” scandal involving first minister Arlene Fo(...)