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An Irishman’s Diary

Mon Sept 06 2021 - 01:40

'There's no dressing it up. It was a bad day’ - Varadkar emails FG members

Taoiseach says politics is ‘volatile’ and can change again quickly and ‘in our favour’

Fri Feb 14 2020 - 09:23

Class warfare and shadowy gunmen: How the 2020 election echoes 1932

History repeats election with government in power for decade accused of being out-of-touch

Thu Feb 06 2020 - 09:21

Taoiseach disputes Maria Bailey’s claim about her deselection

TD says she was not told that basis of decision relied on proposal from party leader

Wed Nov 20 2019 - 10:47

Taoiseach says he will listen to vote by FG members in Maria Bailey constituency

Fine Gael’s Dún Laoghaire members set to vote on a motion to change election ticket

Thu Oct 31 2019 - 02:44

Dún Laoghaire Fine Gael to vote on changes to election ticket

Meeting on October 31st seen as putting pressure on local party TD Maria Bailey

Tue Oct 29 2019 - 16:40

Seán Lemass tapes: the split in Sinn Féin and setting up of Fianna Fáil

The old Sinn Féin had collected ‘all sorts of queer cranks’ with ‘people making speeches in favour of vegetarianism and the single tax’

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 00:00

His father’s son: Liam Cosgrave and ‘the boss’

WT Cosgrave and son shared a deep commitment to parliamentary democracy

Thu Oct 05 2017 - 09:28

Leo Varadkar is set to govern as a chief - not a chairman

The Taoiseach is more direct and proactive and less diplomatic than Enda Kenny

Sat Jun 17 2017 - 01:00

Kenny to trigger FG leadership contest after US visit

Taoiseach ‘philosophical’ and intended to step aside in coming months, say sources

Tue Feb 21 2017 - 12:47

Nurses strike moves step closer after talks break down

Union says management needs to radically improve existing proposals

Mon Feb 06 2017 - 21:05

Diarmaid Ferriter: Kenny must justify his lead role on Brexit

There is precedent for Taoiseach taking on foreign affairs challenge but he must bring coherence and planning

Sat Jan 07 2017 - 05:00

Tim Pat Coogan: role of Irish Press in my father’s downfall

Purge of Garda disclosed in State Papers had context in de Valera’s earlier crackdown

Sat Dec 31 2016 - 00:00

Kenny has a chance to leave a legacy of Dáil reform

With Fine Gael lacking an overall majority, the role of the Dáil may change

Tue May 17 2016 - 00:10

From the Archives: July 25th, 1923

Shortly after the Civil War the Free State government began regularising some of the activities during the War of Independence, including the Republican Courts, amid hints that some of them had got out of line

Fri Jul 24 2015 - 17:00

Rejection of presidential age referendum shows ageism at heart of Irish society

Young people are, by every measure, a marginalised group in Irish society

Tue May 26 2015 - 17:00

Farmers frustrated by beef prices despite talks progress

Farmers have been attempting to secure an increase in prices, which they say have been as much as €350 less per head than in the UK.

Fri Nov 14 2014 - 01:15

Syria hands over details of chemical weapons to The Hague

UN core members to vote next week on plan to fast-track destruction of weapon stockpiles

Fri Sept 20 2013 - 14:58