Tony O’Reilly, Nell McCafferty, Ian Bailey and more: 50 people who died in 2024
The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 110 people this year, from entrepreneurs to musicians to journalists. Here is a selection
Mary O'Rourke
Mary O’Rourke, former Fianna Fáil TD and minister
‘Too many teachers in the Dáil’: Are they the most represented profession in the chamber?
Continuous presence in Dáil and ability to reach highest levels of power counter Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary’s claim he could not rely on them to ‘get things done’
Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael’s poster boys undercut party message on timing of election
The temperature is rising in Leinster House: telltale signs of a late November election are mounting, despite the denials
Mary O’Rourke laid the critical groundwork for State’s success in tech
No other minister would have had the interest, much less stubbornness, to push through the first undersea fibreoptic cable deal
Mary O’Rourke, in the thick of it again – only this time, for the last time
Forty years in politics. A trailblazer. When she arrived in Leinster House in 1981, she wasn’t ‘just there to make up the numbers’, says Micheál Martin
Mary O’Rourke left office with a record of delivering lasting progress for her country, Tánaiste says at funeral
Mourners at service in Athlone told that the late Fianna Fáil minister, who ‘burned so brightly and for so long’, was devoted to her family
Does Sinn Féin’s two-candidate general election strategy lack ambition?
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‘A remarkable woman’: Tributes paid to former Fianna Fáil minister Mary O’Rourke after her death
Ms O’Rourke was deputy leader of party between 1994 and 2002 and became Seanad leader afterwards
Mary O’Rourke obituary: Fianna Fáil grandee blessed with deep political stamina
Politician who carved out a career on merit, serving in several senior ministries in addition to being party deputy leader
Pat Leahy: Purse is tight when those in need have no access to power
More money alone won’t solve Ireland's drugs crisis – but it will help
Mary O’Rourke: The day I announced our worst ever pupil-teacher ratio
If 1987 was a low point, then 2021 is a milestone in Irish education history
Mary O’Rourke: We should retain the best of this year’s hybrid Leaving Cert
Ongoing assessment by teachers helped reassure students this year
Eco-resort planned for Midlands peninsula sold by Lenihan family
Yewpoint by Lough Ree purchased by Hodson Bay group is set for tourism development
Haughey’s poetry among musings on family-created website
Poems discovered in Charles Haughey’s private papers after he died aged 80 in 2006
Vaccinated O’Rourke eager for a ‘tight, tight hug’ from her grandchildren
Former FF minister initially thought April 1st second jab appointment was ‘a big fat joke’
Athlone councillor returns fridge-freezer full of rotting food to illegal dumper
‘While this was just one fridge and one dumper in one estate, I think everyone in Ireland can relate to the incident’
Leaving Cert grades have no meaning beyond CAO
Comment: We need to think outside the box when reforming how we assess sixth year students
Rialtas na hÉireann mí-shásta faoi chinneadh ar mhaoiniú Ghlór na nGael
Cuireadh in iúl do Rialtas na Breataine gur cheart athmhachnamh a dhéanamh
As Ireland loses its head, the reliably dotty Mary O’Rourke is an oasis of calm
‘How lovely to die on a rug in the garden with the sun beaming down,’ she tells Ray D’Arcy
TV View: No Beano on the couch as Dennis proves a right old menace
Slim pickings were the order of the weekend, and that’s including the duck
Election 2020: Kenny believes his stand on immigration will not affect his chances
Voters in Carrick-on-Shannon are looking at the Hs – health, housing and hyper-inflation
British state papers: Spring’s ‘distaste’ for Adams revealed
Labour leader also said he broke off talks with Fianna Fáil in 1994 because he could not trust them, new files reveal
Shane Sutton accused of Coke can cover-up during Tour of Ireland
Doctor claims Coke can containing urine was used to try to cover up a doping offence
Ex-cycling chief Shane Sutton not to show for Freeman tribunal
Sharp exchanges trigger walkout after defending counsel brands witness ‘serial liar’
Miriam Lord: A scare in Sligo as FF ghosts come out for ‘Mac the Knife’
Blasts from the party’s past gather to pay homage to former tánaiste Ray MacSharry
Former FF minister admits nearly falling for telephone scam
O’Rourke warns people – especially elderly – of scams as Fraud Awareness Week starts
Noel Whelan ‘was a force in the world who never wasted a day,’ funeral Mass hears
Barrister and commentator driven by ‘passion for democracy and fair, equal society’
Irish approach to broadband was wiser in 1998 than it is now
Net Results: State ultimately failed to fund the excellent proposals of Mary O’Rourke
‘People died so we could watch Irish celebrities on Dancing with the Stars?’
Radio review: Kieran Cuddihy and Shane Coleman bring fresh energy to Newstalk Breakfast
Blazing a trail: The 19 female ministers since 1918
After Constance Markievicz, Ireland had no woman at cabinet for 60 years. In the past century, there have been just 19 female ministers - and two female presidents
Coping with serious illness is child’s play
For young patients at Our Lady’s in Crumlin, the hospital’s play specialists are crucially important in aiding recovery
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