Contesting the silence: Irish language writers on the Civil War
Notable exceptions were made to widespread desire to forget conflict
Notable exceptions were made to widespread desire to forget conflict
An Irishman’s Diary
An Irishman’s Diary
Government must address competing priorities on hot potato of old-age payment
An uncompromising stance on the Treaty negotiations was indelibly formed by the experience of watching her brother, Terence MacSwiney, die on hunger strike
Nativist politics have not played a big role in recent Irish elections. Might that change?
An Irishman’s Diary
100 years ago: How the Irish Border went from idea stage to fixture
Best known for her productions at the Abbey, the Waterford playwright also wrote for radio, and there’s a mystery surrounding the origins of unpublished work under a pseudonym
An Irishman’s Diary
Claiming continuity with Michael Collins helps Fine Gael forget its troubling origins
An Irishwoman’s Diary
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were forged out of the bitterness of an ancient quarrel
Book review: David Fitzpatrick combines rigorous analysis with human experiences
Diarmaid Ferriter: Fine Gael needs to back up its rhetoric on the North
Rite & Reason: Nationalist Ireland almost universally condemned the Soloheadbeg killings as murder
An Irishman’s Diary
Cosgrave and de Valera deserve credit for preserving democracy in the new State
The old Sinn Féin had collected ‘all sorts of queer cranks’ with ‘people making speeches in favour of vegetarianism and the single tax’
Deevy fell out of favour with Abbey management after writing six plays in the 1930s
The British establishment lacked consistency while the Free State washed its hands
The All-Ireland champions headed to Cobh to sail across the Atlantic with great fanfare
The challenge is to provide a contemporary response to the points addressed by Blythe in 1927 and Kelly in the 1970s
Seán O’Casey’s play and its staging have always been cultural and political lightning rods
The newly digitised minute books of the Abbey Theatre’s board meetings during its early decades reveal a host of remarkable struggles, from attempted censorship by Dublin Corporation to artistic disputes at the top of the theatre
Despite the rhetoric, there is a deep ambivalence about partition throughout Ireland
Review: ‘Designing Ireland’, ‘The Secret Life of Four-Year-Olds’, ‘Simply Nigella’
Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) obsessively monitored future rebels
Absence of all-party agreement a deterrent to setting up national awards scheme – Kenny
Use of violence in Rising did not meet a criterion for just war, says former taoiseach
A fresh insight into Mr Blythe’s economic stewardship has been highlighted by the discovery of a rare copy of Dracula “as Gaeilge”
Opinion: Popularity of Noonan out of line with fate of previous finance ministers who introduced harsh budgets
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices