Sunday Game live at 25: The growing pains, rows and missteps of the early years

Worried about the effect on attendances, many in the GAA took their time to warm to live broadcasts

Daddy, dementia and me: He called them ‘tight gobsh***s with no sense of humour’

Daughter pays tribute to bridge aficionado George Ryan’s indomitable spirit in face of ailing health

A brief history of Ireland in 33 great delusions

The falsehoods, euphemisms and face-saving ruses that helped make us what we are

Hoor You To Talk? – An Irishman’s Diary about unparliamentary language

Garda Tony Golden posthumously awarded Scott Medal for bravery

Garda fatally shot by dissident republican Adrian Crevan Mackin at a house in Co Louth

Diarmaid Ferriter: 20 ‘mandatory not compulsory’ things in Ireland

The line about the Public Services Card is part of a grand Irish tradition

The old and the new: Key facts about the 32nd Dáil

The general election has produced an age range among TDs of nearly 50 years

Laois results: Fleming tops poll as Stanley and Flanagan claim remaining seat

Laois becomes first constituency to complete the count

Diarmaid Ferriter: Some rare cases of Irish political backbone

Our politicians could benefit from reading some documents at the National Archives

Diarmaid Ferriter: Schools system is blatantly sectarian

Admissions policies are another ‘dark stain’ and an affront to the ideals of the Republic

Charlie Flanagan returns from US early following death of mother

Minister for Arts Heather Humphreys will deputise in formal events

Culture Shock: In saving Jews from the Nazis, Hubert Butler saved Ireland from shame

As we mark Holocaust Memorial Day, it’s worth remembering that what our great essayist did was illegal – not just in Nazi Europe but also in Ireland, where Jews were not allowed to compete with the Irish self-image as the Most Oppressed People Ever

Fine Gael stalwart Charlie Flanagan rewarded with Cabinet role

If patience is a virtue then the Minister for Children has had 27 years to hone it

Taoiseach insists Shatter made decision to resign himself

‘Alan Shatter was very clear in that his resignation was his decision and his choice’