The Visit by Neil Tully: Lyrical debut novel asks what happens to those left behind
A once insular Wexford community casts its gaze outwards as it prepares to welcome JFK
John F Kennedy
Former Dublin lord mayor leaves estate of €1.9m, probate records show
Michael Donnelly was a public representative for more than 30 years, serving in local authority and in Seanad
Neil Tully’s The Visit: ‘I wrote the sort of novel I like to read – a small town, a sense of trouble lurking’
The first-time novelist talks inspiration, the influence of JFK on Ireland, and troubled outcasts
In 2026, New Yorkers want to be JFK jnr and Carolyn Bessette
Three decades after his untimely death, JFK jnr remains a symbol of glamour, heartbreak, and enduring fascination
‘Even if the US president is an idiot ...’ Six lessons from Seán Lemass for today’s politicians
The former Taoiseach recorded a memoir in the 1960s in which he spoke of the lessons he learned from five decades in politics
Will Americans want to visit a Richard Nixon interpretive centre just outside Naas?
A tourist trail that focuses on historical connections between Ireland and America – and which treats, say, Andrew Jackson as just as Irish-American in his way as JFK – is not a terrible idea
Newly discovered JFK archive lands at De Búrca’s valued at €45,000
Letters provide an insight into Kennedy’s campaign strategy as presidential contender
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F Kennedy, dies aged 35
Schlossberg’s harrowing essay about her rare and aggressive blood cancer drew worldwide sympathy and praise
JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg taking the road less travelled to Congress
He has taken the road less travelled to politics, making a run for Congress and trolling his cousin RFK Jr on social media
Ireland is riding two horses galloping in different directions across the Atlantic
Nostalgia can not blind us to the new realities of the collapsing alliance between the US and Europe
Joan Kennedy, who married into a political dynasty, dies at 89
She stood her then husband Ted Kennedy, most notably over the fatal car crash at Chappaquiddick in 1969
The night a ‘sputnik’ crash-landed in rural Wexford
A garda arrived immediately to cordon off a crater in the field, then the Army was called in
Genteel streets of Washington’s Georgetown meet National Guard in Trump’s crime crackdown
It is impossible to predict whether this is short-term misdirection or the first intimation of a hitherto unimaginable authoritarian police era
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