On its 90th anniversary remembering the Irish Press

An Irishman’s Diary

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If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed another battle will be over

As the US supreme court turns inward, the rest of the world is in turn paying less attention to it

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Liam Cosgrave, former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, dies aged 97

Obituary: Liam Cosgrave was first elected to the Dáil at the age of 23

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Fintan O’Toole: How Liam Cosgrave embodied the State

Like the Ireland of his time, Cosgrave’s achievements were a function of his limitations

Judicial appointments: Attorney General’s nomination must be explained

Government’s refusal to answer basic questions only making things worse

Irish Twitter in the days of #kittyoshea and #thunderingdisgrace

Or imagine a Trump-like Nixon tweeting away in the small hours – #notacrook, #expletivedeleted

Diarmaid Ferriter: Mary Robinson’s legacy in no need of a vanity project

The former president should follow the practice of her predecessors and donate her papers to the National Library, the National Archives or a university

Have we reached Peak 1916?

Not quite yet, as more memorabilia goes to auction

Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman: a legal colossus

Public life is poorer for the passing of the Supreme Court judge, historian and intellectual

Good relationship with Coalition critical as President pushes boundaries of office

Analysis: President Michael D Higgins’s good relations with Taoiseach have helped minimise political conflict

UCD wins annual moot court award

Untangling the threads of the Supreme Court’s thinking

A decade after the landmark Sinnott judgment, the notion of ‘judicial activism’ still stirs debate

A pillar of the nation-building project

The State’s early judiciary were a docile lot, but time and 1960s activism helped the Supreme Court roar

President’s comments show a novel interpretation of his constitutional role

Inside Politics: Conflict between Áras and the Government likely at some stage if political interventions continue