William Martin Murphy
The Sunday papers: From investigative brilliance to scurrilous gossip
Mapping the history of that most Irish of newspaper genres – the Sunday paper
Riot in Ringsend: How Shels and Bohs played a part in the 1913 Lockout
From The Back Pages: Scenes of violence marred the opening of Shelbourne Park
Citizen Lane: Art and the creation of the Irish nation
Hugh Lane’s contribution to cultural history is the focus of Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s new film
Anti-conscription campaign Ireland’s most complete, and bloodless, victory over British imperialism
The Irish labour movement’s leading role in the campaign proved a pyrrhic victory, creating internal tensions within trade unions and drawing hostility from their British counterparts
Fintan O’Toole: Still no shame in helping yourself to other people’s money
INM pensions scandal shows there is no unacceptable face of Irish capitalism
Pension cut at ‘Independent’ a ‘new low in corporate behaviour’
Unions protest over unilateral plan to reduce pensions by another 30% as company meets
Schools closed over extra hour’s work, Kenny tells Dáil
Opposition criticises Government’s approach to secondary school teachers’ strike
Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge reaches its 200th birthday
Landmark has survived despite criticism by WB Yeats and the scourge of ‘love locks’
New website details Easter Rising compensation claims
Jack B Yeats and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington among those who sought monetary relief
Newspaper coverage of the Rising
The coverage of the Rising in Irish newspapers was largelyshaped by their ideological positions on Irish nationalism
Ivan Tuite appointed associate director of Lansdowne Partnership
Tuite brought on board to enhance residential side of business
Dublin has 400 houses and apartments under construction
Former veterinary college site in Ballsbridge among more high-profile developments
Maureen O’Hara's Cork estate goes on sale for €2.3m
The Hollywood star is selling her scenic coastal property, Lugdine Park, which is set on 35 acres.
Eason chief hopes the next chapter at iconic store will have a happy ending
Adapting the 127-year-old grand dame of booksellers to the world of modern retailing is a big challenge, admits Conor Whelan
Scientists pitch projects in plain English at NUIG
Project on 1913 Lockout cartoons wins ‘Threesis’ time-trial contest
Band of brothers: the Lockout with music and dancing
The Abbey Theatre’s adaptation of James Plunkett’s 1958 play ‘The Risen People’ takes in elements of music hall and vaudeville, and discards Jim Larkin
More than the men of 1916 William Martin Murphy defined the ethos of the new Ireland
Opinion: Capitalist outlook espoused by 1913 Lockout victor became fundamental to the character of the independent Irish state
Contemporary social democrats are deriving their own lessons from 1913
Opinion: Events of the year concerned not just class struggle but the right to citizenship
High drama on O’Connell Street in Dublin Lockout commemoration
There have been changes since 1913, but some are still more equal than others . . .
Lockout: biased media on both sides
Cartoon sketches satirised both James Larkin and William Martin Murphy
Romantic Ireland: Yeats and ‘The Irish Times’, poetry on newsprint
It’s 100 years since Yeats’s ‘September 1913’ was published in ‘The Irish Times’. Queer bedfellows they may be, but poems and papers have had a storied partnership
The meaning of the Lockout
At twenty to ten on the morning of Tuesday 26th August, 1913, the trams stopped running.
The slow rehabilitation of William Martin Murphy
Murphy – often cast as the villain of the 1913 Lockout – is remembered more fondly in a Dublin golf club and his native west Cork
1913 Lockout ‘deliberately conceived’ by business leader, Minister claims
Descendants of William Martin Murphy defend his record at west Cork gathering
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