St Mary’s has been elevated to a cathedral at time when Dublin’s Catholic Archdiocese faces financial meltdown

The British leader pledged ‘peace in our time’ after appeasing a tyrant – will history repeat itself?

Negotiations led to deep feelings of betrayal on the part of nationalists in Northern Ireland with enduring implications

Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story and Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Every One Still Here are among the year’s top choices

Catholic anti-divorce crusaders deliberately made outrageous analogies and used modern tactics, too

Authenticity matters more, and charisma cannot be contrived

Diarmaid Ferriter reviews The Taoiseach: A Century of Political Leadership, a collection of essays on the State’s 16 political ‘captains’

The Anglo-Irish Agreement, signed 40 years ago this week, didn’t bring the reassurance that was hoped for, but ultimately was a significant milestone

At the time of her death, more than 16,000 people were in emergency accommodation across the country

Spoiled votes and lack of candidates has renewed focus on the presidential nomination process

For every €1 invested in the pilot scheme, €1.39 is generated

We need clarity about what constitutes a ‘special difficulty’ in relation to the administration of elections

Brian Lenihan debacle of 35 years ago spelled the beginning of the end for Haughey

On his secret talks with Sinn Féin in the late 1980s, he said: “I was given the instruction just to listen but I’m afraid I did a great deal more than that”

During the 2011 general election campaign, the leaders of the three main parties debated in Irish. That can’t happen now

L&H rescinds plans to offer Joyce medal to author due to what many regard as his offensive views on transgender issues

Participants will undoubtedly focus on the presidential election campaign, which is a short-term diversion from long-standing and worsening social issues

The unions have over 86,000 members between them. If they stopped working, the strike would soon end

An iron response to Israel’s war crimes will not come from America. Britain and and EU member states are also compromised

Candidates may mean well in vowing to act on big social issues, but the reality of being president is different