Colm Tóibín on poet Paul Durcan turning 80: ‘Beside the wildness, there is tenderness’
Durcan’s poems are risk-taking explorations of where tragedy and comedy meet in contemporary Ireland. A selection of his finest work is gathered in a book
Durcan’s poems are risk-taking explorations of where tragedy and comedy meet in contemporary Ireland. A selection of his finest work is gathered in a book
The Ireland of film-maker and author Neil Jordan’s youth was like ‘living in a fantastical universe that didn’t make any logical sense’
Irial Ó Conaill finds special the revolutionary nature of the facility, with no separate sections - so ‘everyone is equal at the very end’
The Seanad member survived gun shots, a kidnapping and the burning down of his ancestral home at Marlfield
St Mary’s College proposals will cause ‘irreversible damage’ to biodiversity, nature preservation and heritage, residents say
Perhaps not overly mindful of the horrors that would await them, many Irish people went in search of liberation, adventure or experiences unavailable at home
Éamon de Valera’s family history, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid’s views and the trends in Europe may all have contributed
We need more than apologetically modest green visions when reimagining our towns and cities
The mansplainers are in full ‘listen-ladies!’ voice, telling us we’re reading the thing all wrong
Known for her ‘old-school blunt and direct analysis of the state of the nation’, her love of people and as a role model for younger female politicians
Killings in 1922 were removed from history for decades and ‘silence was not broken’ until Canadian historian published controversial work in 1990s, says Prof Brian Walker
How much political mileage is in the Government’s insistence that ‘the centre must hold’?
Staging the Treaty: A filmed theatrical production, written by Theo Dorgan, using primary sources will soon be available to view
Tánaiste meets Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and raises Irish concerns over illegal Israeli settlements
Dr Martin Mansergh said the Collins-de-Valera draft constitution provided the basis for avoiding conflict but Churchill vetoed it
Michael D Higgins is pushing the boundaries of his office, but do we really want a muzzled presidency?
The Act has been deployed against the IRA at various times in the past but that threat no longer exists
The Fianna Fáil brand remains toxic to younger voters, but for most under 30, it is truer to say it is increasingly irrelevant
Conor Gallagher’s lively book seeks to amplify questions around our defence policy
The real challenge for Irish neutrality policy is to reconcile conflicting orientations in line with our own historical and contemporary political experience
Garden of Remembrance will see both sides gather to remember the dead of the war
An intimate conversation between King George VI and the then Irish ambassador reveals what he really thought about de Valera - and the ordeal of coronations
In spite of adversity, Ireland became one of the few newly independent states to survive as an uninterrupted democracy
If the priests took a conservative view of where a woman’s place should be, so did others – including The Irish Times
Tip2Top: On Peter Murtagh’s journey up the Americas, he ponders how a president of such reforming zeal as Lyndon B Johnson could emerge from such a place
Policy has served country well in helping to develop strong tradition of promoting world peace, says Éamon Ó Cuív
The new wording proposed by the Citizens’ Assembly would allow a carer to take a case to court arguing that what is provided by the State is not reasonable
Yuri Filatov accuses Irish and other governments of supporting an ‘ultranationalist' regime in Ukraine
The horrors inflicted during the conflict are still rarely spoken of but they continue to haunt an elderly generation
First published in 1982 and now reissued, Kenneth Griffith’s book was born out of censorship
While cliches are ticked off ruthlessly, this is impressive big-picture documentary-making
More than 50 years after he was forced out of the Army on spurious grounds, the former lieutenant has finally seen his name cleared
The former army lieutenant was wrongly dismissed from the army in 1969 over false claims that he had links with republican militants; a half-century later he has finally cleared his name
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices