Decayed Centenary - Frank McNally on the history of Irish brain rot
A rather uninspired choice as Oxford University Press word of the year? Maybe not
Éamon de Valera
Fintan O’Toole on his career: ‘You had to learn to live with the fact that some people despised you’
The Irish Times columnist has made a new documentary about his life for RTÉ. Here he looks back on a career that he began as the Michelangelo of Tipp-Ex
David Marcus: Editing Ireland, edited by Paul Delaney and Deirdre Madden: Rich miscellany of poems, stories and reminiscences
This centenary compilation pays tribute to the pre-eminent editor’s mission to enhance and uphold Ireland’s literary culture
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
Neil Jordan: We lived in an Ireland that emanated from the brain of one paranoid individual
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’
Glasnevin Cemetery tour guide: ‘I’m a bit of a nepo baby. I’m related to Daniel O’Connell’
Irial Ó Conaill finds special the revolutionary nature of the facility, with no separate sections - so ‘everyone is equal at the very end’
Servant of a new Ireland: Brian Maye on former unionist John Bagwell
The Seanad member survived gun shots, a kidnapping and the burning down of his ancestral home at Marlfield
South Dublin school’s plans to create ‘private Aviva’ in Rathgar square face local backlash
St Mary’s College proposals will cause ‘irreversible damage’ to biodiversity, nature preservation and heritage, residents say
Many Irish men and women fought in the second World War fought for reasons far removed from ideology
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
How ‘women in the home’ provision in the Constitution came about
Éamon de Valera’s family history, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid’s views and the trends in Europe may all have contributed
Future Irish cities: Tomorrow’s Dublin or Limerick will be clean and green, not noisy and grey
We need more than apologetically modest green visions when reimagining our towns and cities
Mansplainers are in full ‘listen ladies!’ voice, telling us we’re reading it all wrong as referendum nears
The mansplainers are in full ‘listen-ladies!’ voice, telling us we’re reading the thing all wrong
Tras Honan obituary: A ‘natural politician’ and first female cathaoirleach of the Seanad
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
West Cork killings should be admitted as sectarian, says historian
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
Leo Varadkar gets ready to channel his inner Éamon de Valera
How much political mileage is in the Government’s insistence that ‘the centre must hold’?
The day Éamon de Valera cried in the Dáil: ‘The world is looking at us now’
Staging the Treaty: A filmed theatrical production, written by Theo Dorgan, using primary sources will soon be available to view
Faux pas fails to derail Micheál Martin’s Israel visit but Dev’s Hitler condolences not forgotten
Tánaiste meets Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and raises Irish concerns over illegal Israeli settlements
Irish Civil War could have been avoided but for Churchill’s intervention, says historian
Dr Martin Mansergh said the Collins-de-Valera draft constitution provided the basis for avoiding conflict but Churchill vetoed it
Diarmaid Ferriter: Occasional tension is the price of an assertive presidency
Michael D Higgins is pushing the boundaries of his office, but do we really want a muzzled presidency?
Offences Against the State Act: Is it still needed?
The Act has been deployed against the IRA at various times in the past but that threat no longer exists
Who is Fianna Fáil for? A dwindling, increasingly regionalised demographic
The Fianna Fáil brand remains toxic to younger voters, but for most under 30, it is truer to say it is increasingly irrelevant
Is Ireland Neutral? The Many Myths of Irish Neutrality: A timely read
Conor Gallagher’s lively book seeks to amplify questions around our defence policy
Fresh evidence and perspectives on Irish neutrality are sorely needed
The real challenge for Irish neutrality policy is to reconcile conflicting orientations in line with our own historical and contemporary political experience
Centenary of the end of the Civil War to be marked by national event on Sunday
Garden of Remembrance will see both sides gather to remember the dead of the war
‘Hang it, you can’t keep smiling all the time’: The truth about coronations, according to King George VI
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
Building a nation: Eight key challenges faced by the State
In spite of adversity, Ireland became one of the few newly independent states to survive as an uninterrupted democracy
Rite & Reason: Changes to Constitution on women in the home first mooted 27 years ago
If the priests took a conservative view of where a woman’s place should be, so did others – including The Irish Times
Boy, they sure don’t like Joe Biden down here in Texas
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
Former Fianna Fáil minister ‘wary’ of any change to Irish neutrality
Policy has served country well in helping to develop strong tradition of promoting world peace, says Éamon Ó Cuív
Mother in home amendment could create powerful tool to hold Government to account over care
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
Russian ambassador: Ireland in no position to lecture others on morality after WWII neutrality
Yuri Filatov accuses Irish and other governments of supporting an ‘ultranationalist' regime in Ukraine
‘In today’s terms, they were war crimes’: The ageing children of Ireland’s Civil War generation remember
The horrors inflicted during the conflict are still rarely spoken of but they continue to haunt an elderly generation
Curious Journey: Timothy O’Grady on his book of interviews with Irish War of Independence veterans
First published in 1982 and now reissued, Kenneth Griffith’s book was born out of censorship
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