The TK Whitaker archives: a career of answering back
TK Whitaker, who has died at 100, said things to ministers that other public servants would not, and his hard-hitting memos often – though not always – won their respect
Like it or not, State must help UK get good deal on Brexit
Empathy with our largest trading partner does not mean antipathy to the EU
Leaders pay tribute to TK Whitaker on 100th birthday
Enda Kenny sends best wishes and congratulates retired ‘paragon of public service’
Diarmaid Ferriter: Some rare cases of Irish political backbone
Our politicians could benefit from reading some documents at the National Archives
From the Archives: January 16th, 1965
Taoiseach Seán Lemass visited Northern PM Terence O’Neill, and his government published a White Paper on Irish. Backbencher, aka John Healy, interpreted both events
St Patrick’s youth detention centre to shut its doors
Institution once described as ‘finishing school for bullying and developing criminal skills’
Vatican disinclined to invest in ‘poor’ states like Ireland, TK Whitaker told
Dublin sounded out Holy See about possibility of investment in mid-1960s
Kenny praises ‘national treasure’ TK Whitaker
Launch of book by Anne Chambers on economist credited with modernising Irish economy
The State we are and the State we can become
The humiliation of losing our sovereignty was palpable in 2010. Now is our best opportunity to inaugurate a new phase of Irish statehood
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