Neil Blaney
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1969: Irish ministers felt military incursion in North could lead to pogroms
- Politics
- August 16, 2019, 01:00
When Fianna Fáil returned to office in June 1969 it would be the last election for three decades in which violence in Northern Ireland would not form (...)

‘State probably facilitated purchase of gun that killed my father’
- Crime & Law
- July 2, 2018, 00:34
Finian Fallon has few memories of his father. “I can remember his uniform and how rough it was, the roughness of the material, and I can remember him(...)

Housing crisis: soaring towers are no solution
- Editorial
- October 14, 2017, 00:05
More than half-a-century ago, as Dublin was experiencing a housing crisis, then minister for local government Neil Blaney was persuaded by constructio(...)

Liam Cosgrave: modest, droll, pious and politically cunning
- Politics
- October 4, 2017
Liam Cosgrave was an uncompromising and often controversial political figure. His record as taoiseach between 1973 and 1977 was mixed but he can be cr(...)

Former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Liam Cosgrave has died aged 97. Mr Cosgrave led the Fine Gael-Labour coalition Government which ended 16 years (...)

Former Galway TD Bobby Molloy dies at the age of 80
- Politics
- October 2, 2016
Bobby Molloy, who has died age 80, was a long serving cabinet Minister and a founder of the Progressive Democrats who was a TD for almost four decades(...)

Ballymun at 50: From high hopes to sink estate
- People
- July 23, 2016
In December 1963 The Irish Times carried a less than thrilling news story headed “Farmers study artificial hay-drying.” It probably seemed immensely b(...)

Miriam Lord: MacSharry can’t ruin Kenny’s mood
- Politics
- July 25, 2015, 01:00
Sligo was to the fore on the political radar this week, what with the Cabinet decamping for a day to Lissadell House and Senator Marc MacSharry turnin(...)

Jackie Healy-Rae: a colourful, wily grassroots politician
- Politics
- December 5, 2014, 15:24
Jackie Healy-Rae, who has died aged 83 , was a colourful and wily grassroots politician who achieved significant national influence as an Independent(...)

Obituary: Straight-talking businessman rose to the top of Irish politics
- Politics
- August 21, 2014, 08:15
The former taoiseach Albert Reynolds, who has died aged 81, made Northern Ireland his priority when he took office in 1992. Building on the groundwork(...)