A hard taskmaster who never compromised on editorial standards

Museum’s Irish Times room features several new items from the newspaper’s history

The Belfast to Derry race in 1904 was disguised as a ‘reliability trial’ and took place at around 40mph

Author was a feminist, economist and environmentalist who wrote the weekly Eye on Nature column for 33 years

Peter Murtagh felt no gun pressure on his trip all the way through South and Central America but that all changed in Texas

After reaching Deadhorse, Alaska, the last stop on my journey up the Americas, I took a dip in the Arctic Ocean and reflected on what I’d learned

Coming out of Fairbanks on my journey up the Americas, there is a warning for would-be users of the Dalton

Things are changing for locals in Moricetown, where I stop on my journey up the Americas

The cannabis industry in Canada is a rapidly emerging major player in the economy of British Columbia

People I meet are helpful and friendly in British Columbia, where I stop on my journey up the Americas

I don’t much like the sound of Dismal Niche and Cape Disappointment but stop in Ilwaco, Washington on my journey up the Americas

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I find warm hospitality and spontaneous friendship in Gualala, where I stop on my journey up the Americas

Peter Murtagh continues his journey up the Americas with a stop off at the famous Mel’s Drive-In Diner. He isn’t disappointed, and meeting a rock queen is an added bonus

Peter Murtagh: On my journey through the Americas I stop in Salina, where fields that stretch on forever are farmed at an industrial scale