Tim Pat Coogan
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SF and DUP agreed powersharing reform before talks collapsed
- Politics
- February 19, 2018, 00:01
Sinn Féin and the DUP had agreed a mechanism that would have prevented disputes between the parties from immediately collapsing the Northern Ireland E(...)

Why is there a monument to 1,186 Irish emigrants in Toronto?
- Abroad
- July 17, 2017, 14:00
In a hidden corner of Toronto, between the Billy Bishop City Airport and the abandoned Canada Malting Plant, lies a monument to the 1,186 Irish immigr(...)

‘In Canada, I’m a couch potato. By Irish standards, I’m active’
- Abroad
- June 5, 2017, 05:58
This spring, back in the land of sarcasm and flat roads, I took the train from Dublin to Tipperary. People were reading. As a reader, it bothers me th(...)
Chief Supt Ned Coogan’s plea for justice after 1941 Garda purge
- Politics
- January 31, 2017, 00:00
A purge of senior gardaí by Eamon de Valera’s government in 1941 prompted an impassioned plea for justice from Eamonn (Ned) Coogan, father of the writ(...)

Croke Park’s GAA Museum celebrates ‘what Irish people do’
- Gaelic Games
- January 17, 2017, 06:00
The GAA Museum is fronted by Paul Ferriter’s imposing statue of the association’s founder, Michael Cusack (1847-1906), who – as an educator and cultur(...)

Tim Pat Coogan: role of Irish Press in my father’s downfall
- Politics
- December 31, 2016, 00:00
In considering the purge of senior Garda officers revealed in the newly released State Papers, the historical background against which the crackdown t(...)

Remembering 20,000 Famine refugees who died in 1847
- People
- November 26, 2016, 06:00
Within the Famine memorial fundraising community, there’s a phenomenon quietly referred to as “famine fatigue”, which tacitly acknowledges that, in th(...)

Bobby Sands: 66 Days review: A gripping tale of terrible times
- Film
- August 4, 2016, 17:00
With the deadening inevitability of rain at a barbecue, Unionist politicians have complained about modest public funds being passed to Brendan J Byrn(...)

Mad Mary and Young Offenders take Galway Film Fleadh by storm
- Film
- July 11, 2016, 10:41
If you craved a sense of occasion on Saturday then the Galway Film Fleadh was the place to be. The organisers of the 28th event pulled off a coup by (...)

Famine emigrant descendants have hunger to commemorate
- Generation Emigration
- July 7, 2016, 15:00
The Irish Diaspora Run sees Michael Collins running almost 900km between June 10th and July 10th, from Grosse Île to Toronto(...)