Combining meticulous research with firecracker plots, author sold more than 75 million copies of his books around the world

Landmark St Stephen’s Green building expected to appeal to owner-occupiers, developers and investors

The language has become coarser but it is striking how fuelled by testosterone the Dáil has always been

Seven-bedroom property owned by Bruce Arnold also has a three-bedroom mews on site

Micheál Martin was thrilled although for a while it looked like there’d been a drastic rewriting of history

In allowing himself to appear as the creature of Michael Lowry, the Taoiseach seems oblivious to the damage he is doing to his own character

The worship of mammon and mammon-makers has brought us to the point where a rich felon purports to rule the world and carve it up to his liking

Television: Series follows Dublin teenagers seeking to complete their collection of banned VHS movies

It is not clear why it took the gardaí 14 years to complete their file arising from the 2011 Moriarty report, but the passage of time raises the question of the fairness of now bringing charges against anyone

From manifesto-stitching to partnership, and from Independents’ day to confidence-and-supply: people at the heart of previous talks recall how the deals were done

The Irish Times columnist has made a new documentary about his life for RTÉ. Here he looks back on a career that he began as the Michelangelo of Tipp-Ex

‘Taboo’ against the use of nuclear weapons has come ‘under pressure’ in ongoing warfare once again

Patrick Freyne: If I was in Disney+’s Jilly Cooper adaptation, someone would surely compliment my ‘magnificent column’

Ms O’Rourke was deputy leader of party between 1994 and 2002 and became Seanad leader afterwards

Television: Ben Dunne’s story had everything, from kidnap to drugs to a Succession-style business rivalry

‘Arrangements continue’ for ‘full and final wind-down’ of tribunal established 27 years ago, says Department of the Taoiseach

The main parties’ approaches to Ireland’s cultural life was encapsulated by the opposing outlooks of Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald

Joyce had an astute understanding of government and the political system, of politicians and how they worked

Prof Ivor Browne and feminist June Levine hosted Sebastian Barry, Charlie Haughey and others at D6 home

The author of 10 books and two plays ‘felt compelled to write’, his daughter recalled