The Irish Times

Retired chief justice Frank Clarke on his life in law: 'I think I found the hole that suited my peg'

The outgoing chief justice was the first member of his family to go to university

Sat Oct 09 2021 - 06:00

Varadkar tells party there must be a positive legacy to the pandemic

Tánaiste targets issues like pay and pensions and promises 40,000 new homes per year

Sat Jun 19 2021 - 17:51

George Gibney’s story a cautionary tale we still need to heed

Former Irish Olympic swimming coach’s destructive life is a fitting subject for 10-part BBC podcast

Fri Aug 21 2020 - 06:09

Ireland, 1984: A year of fierce debates and ‘mounting evils’

From the Archives: Ann Lovett, Joanne Hayes, Majella Moynihan – all victims of the highly conservative society of 1984

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 06:00

Attorney general’s ‘dog’s dinner’ comments perhaps best kept for his memoirs

Séamus Wolfe correct to see danger of judges appointed under flawed legislation

Tue Mar 27 2018 - 01:13

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

Wed Oct 04 2017 - 21:26

Business this week: results, meetings and indicators

First-half results at IFG have been preceded by a profit warning issued in late July

Sat Aug 26 2017 - 01:00

Judge with radical edge may take Supreme Court in new direction

Analysis: Ruadhán MacCormaic on what new chief justice Frank Clarke will bring to role

Wed Jul 26 2017 - 20:55

Varadkar and Donohoe should talk to Yanis Varoufakis

Ex-Greek finance minister lays bare lack of accountability in European machine

Tue Jun 20 2017 - 00:45

Judicial appointments: Attorney General’s nomination must be explained

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

Fri Jun 16 2017 - 00:05

Paschal Donohoe: Why Leo Varadkar should be Taoiseach

He values the principle of the ‘Just Society’ and a dynamic, outward-looking Ireland

Tue May 30 2017 - 06:56

‘Just Society’ is a key battleground in Fine Gael contest

Analysis: For Coveney it is the party’s soul, for Varadkar supporters it is just a slogan

Tue May 30 2017 - 01:00

Ipsos MRBI opinion poll: how voters see Fine Gael’s choice

Public takes quite a different view than members of the parliamentary party

Fri May 26 2017 - 05:00

Vincent Browne: Varadkar will move Fine Gael to right with his Tea Party politics

Coveney’s ‘Just Society’ blather was not compatible with party in 1965 or now

Thu May 25 2017 - 13:34

Fine Gael must not abandon Just Society ideals

Mark FitzGerald: Varadkar must be persuaded to buy into bedrock policy

Thu May 25 2017 - 01:05

Fine Gael leadership contenders trade blows over policies

Varadkar continues to build strong lead among party’s TDs, Senators and MEPs

Tue May 23 2017 - 01:00

Coveney suggests Varadkar using ministerial job to canvass for leadership

Varadkar says Government has to ‘hold the line’ on public sector pay

Mon May 22 2017 - 22:12

Coveney hopes party grassroots will revive his campaign

Minister trailing in Fine Gael leadership race, but says he will see contest through

Mon May 22 2017 - 07:36

Contest between Varadkar and Coveney hinges on tone

Centre-right rivals for Fine Gael leadership divided by style rather than policies

Mon May 22 2017 - 05:30

Fine Gael contest about policies not personal lives, says Coveney

‘My private life and my family life are not going to be an issue,’ says Leo Varadkar

Mon Feb 27 2017 - 01:00

Legislation would clear the way for a repeal of the Eighth Amendment

Ireland should follow French model in abortion law, protecting mother and unborn

Tue Oct 11 2016 - 01:00

Fine Gael leadership: Why Varadkar is leading the race

Three-way fight will have no official moves until Enda Kenny willingly steps aside

Mon Sept 26 2016 - 11:15

Diarmaid Ferriter: Some rare cases of Irish political backbone

Our politicians could benefit from reading some documents at the National Archives

Sat Feb 27 2016 - 01:00

Shingles: the facts and myths

The condition is caused by the reactivation of the chicken pox virus within your body

Tue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00

Paul Henry landscape with a political pedigree

‘A Connemara Village’ by Paul Henry, valued at up to €100,000, sold for £85 in the 1930s

Sat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00

John Horgan: Irish political divisions are in all the wrong places

Parties are going out of their way to avoid defining themselves as either left or right

Fri Feb 05 2016 - 01:27

EU mandarin Declan Costello faces Greek wrath over ‘ultimatums’ letter

Prime minister Alex Tsipras says ‘some technocrats are trying to scare us with ultimatums’

Fri Mar 20 2015 - 01:30

Renua Ireland pledges to be most open party in history of State

Leader Lucinda Creighton wants minutes of all Cabinet meetings to be published

Sat Mar 14 2015 - 01:00

Timeline: Tax evasion dossier

Harney and Rabbitte clashed in Dáil in 2005 over inquiry being brought to an end

Wed Dec 03 2014 - 16:49

Family says Costello had deposit at Guinness & Mahon bank but not an offshore account

Statement says judge could not recall account when asked by authorised officer

Sun Nov 09 2014 - 21:14

Jackie’s 1950s visits to Ireland recalled in letters to Dublin priest

Jackie Lee Bouvier knew and loved Ireland before she ever met JFK , letters to Fr Leonard reveal

Wed May 14 2014 - 06:09

Fr Joseph Leonard’s importance to Kennedys recalled by Liam Cosgrave

Former taoiseach was good friend of priest in his later years

Wed May 14 2014 - 06:00

Remembering when Fine Gael flirted with a left-wing agenda

Opinion: Declan Costello’s programme may have been prompted by a realisation that he could not stay in the party unless it changed

Wed Feb 12 2014 - 12:01

Disillusionment with politicians is not surprising given what we see of them

Opinion: Nearly half the electorate has no opinion as to how it will vote at the next election

Wed Jan 15 2014 - 12:01