Éamon de Valera was the first to suggest ‘garden cabins’ as a solution to an Irish social dilemma
Continuity of ‘implacable social systems’ witnesses the refloating of an old focus on the back garden
Éamon de Valera
‘The whole position in Europe is one of uncertainty and of menace’ – John Mulqueen on Éamon de Valera’s foreign policy
The Government’s prioritisation of peaceful co-existence echoes the position adopted by de Valera in 1932 when he became acting president of the Council of the League of Nations
Clumsy de Valera documentary dooms leading revolutionary women to walk-on parts
Television review: The story of how leading women of 1916 were later marginalised is chunkily incorporated into the grand sweep of de Valera’s fall and rise in TG4′s De Valera san Fhásach
Michael D Higgins, the wily old leftie, has always been a supreme politician
His genius is to lull you into thinking he’s harmless
Ireland’s priceless moon rock from Apollo landing was destroyed in a fire
US gifted second piece of moon rock after final moon mission, which is now in National Museum
US ambassador said Ireland was a den of German and Axis spies during second World War
State Papers: Beleaguered Irish legation in Washington briefed that German and Italian embassies only had six staff
JFK’s four days in Ireland among happiest of his life, his father told De Valera
President John F Kennedy visited Ireland for four days in June 1963, the year of his assassination
Irish America appalled by De Valera’s visit to German minister after Hitler’s death
Furious messages to diplomats in US took issue with taoiseach’s action amid wartime neutrality
From Blair and Clinton to civil servants in the shadows, archive papers reveal scale of peace push
IRA Army Council management by Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern’s referendum worries and unionists’ mistrust are revealed in documents
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
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
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