In a Word ... Perfidious

A strain of English exceptionalism is enough to make any Irish person’s blood run green

Jennifer O’Connell: We are world experts at anomalies, fudges and blind eyes

Rule number one: don’t talk about the anomalies or you might have to address them

Albert Reynolds: Razzmatazz politician and supreme negotiator

Showman and dealmaker defied detractors when he brokered peace in North

Des O’Malley was a mould-breaking ‘giant of politics’

Progressive Democrats founder made ‘extensive’ contribution to public life, says Higgins

Fianna Fáil members know party facing one of its greatest challenges

Activists acknowledge issue of identity essential to repelling threats from Fine Gael and Sinn Féin

Say it again, Sam – Remembering Sam McAughtry, who would have been 100 this week

An Irishman’s Diary

Bitter infighting in Green Party threatens to undermine Coalition

Row over Hazel Chu’s bid for Seanad seat highlights split between party’s leading figures

Fearless lifeboat volunteer retires from watery watch after 45 years

Kieran Cotter calls time on Baltimore RNLI seagoing work – service that began in 1975

Pragmatism v Principle – how the Seanad attempted to tackle the issue of children born out of wedlock

An Irishman’s Diary

We’ve had decades of poverty, stifled dreams and lives unlived. But look on the bright side

RTÉ’s The Way We Were successfully dusted off the Reeling in the Years formula

Politicians and sports people ‘should not get’ tax relief aimed at artists

Exemption not intended for ‘career politicians’ or various stars promoting their memoirs

The Crown, season 4: Gillian Anderson takes up the Margaret Thatcher challenge

She is the latest of many actors to wrestle with the blue suit and tortured vowels

Mother-and-baby-homes: Dealing with sensitive data a difficult balancing act

Committee will have to weigh up a matrix of matters before making recommendations

Why are some in Fianna Fáil unhappy with Micheál Martin?

Majority in FF do not want leader’s removal, but many take issue with his operating style

The Puck Stops Here – Frank McNally on the royal goats, psychedelic sheep, and fearsome midges of Kerry

An Irishman’s Diary

Thirty years on, Ireland’s smoky coal ban remains an urgent issue

Some, including initial proponent Mary Harney, argue the ban should be nationwide

Paddy Sheehan obituary: Witty Cork TD with a serious work ethic

Former Fine Gael TD was ‘completely resistant to anodyne press office suggestions’

Anne Doyle: ‘Depression? I know what it is, and it’s a b*tch’

The former RTÉ newsreader on her popularity, perks of retirement and not enjoying lockdown life

Barry Cowen sacking: Lenihan questions why vetting did not flag Pulse record

Vetting of proposed ministers ‘always carried out’, says former minister of state

The Best Of Times: Roche goes to the limit and beyond in bid for Tour de France glory

The drama of the closing stages of the 1987 race held the nation in rapture

Seán O’Rourke: 32,000 interviews later... ‘I’ve had my fill’

The broadcaster, who retired on Friday, looks back on his career high and low points

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