The Irishman who fought with Mandela for freedom

Born to Irish immigrant parents in Johannesburg in 1915, Michael Harmel was an important anti-apartheid activist

Sporting Controversies: Rugby’s relationship with apartheid all there in black and white

The IRFU’s role in the sport’s dealings with with South Africa is not one to be proud of

Radical days at UCD – the Gentle Revolution 50 years on

How will you fill your 168-hour week?

The most ambitious students in the US don’t waste their non-study time “socialising”. There are coding languages to be learnt, jobs to be sought, enterprises to be founded

Architect of South Africa’s constitution returning to where it all began

Albie Sachs worked out the first draft of South Africa’s bill of rights around Kader Asmal’s kitchen table in Dublin during the late 1980s

Mandela remarks on ceasefire reflected close links with Irish republicans

Opinion: Comparison of situation in Ireland to that in Rhodesia was invalid and maladroit

Mandela’s legacy a challenge for leaders, says Eamon Gilmore

Tánaiste says Soweto service will be an ‘opportunity for world leaders to reflect on what we need to do to carry forward his ideals’

Bono: My friend Nelson Mandela, the man who could not cry

‘He has been a forceful presence in my life going back to 1979, when U2 made our first anti-apartheid effort’

What Mandela meant to me

Happy memories of asking the Nelson Mandela about his first vote

Charlie Bird: I had the good fortune to meet Mandela many times as a journalist. It was always magical