From the Archives: October 3rd, 1977

After accusations of ill-treatment in prisons, ‘Irish Times’ editor Douglas Gageby wrote an open letter to the minister for justice, to close a series on what he saw on visits to Irish jails


1916 Rising: Dublin 4 and 6 street maps

Our series on what was happening on the streets of Dublin during Easter Week 1916 explores the inner southern suburbs, scenes of a heavy battle and brutal killing


Did Germany’s spies like us ?

Research for a thriller set in 1940s Ireland revealed an influx of German agents who despaired about their gossipy, amateurish Irish sympathisers





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