Coronavirus has created an opening for a fairer health service
Legacy of crisis should be a system based on health need, not ability to pay
Conor Cruise O’Brien forced Ireland to reconsider nationalism
The intellectual challenged the idea the pursuit of unity was the State’s main goal
Liam Cosgrave served his country well
Family experience underpinned his implacable opposition to the violence of the Provisional IRA
John Bruton: Liam Cosgrave put country before politics
Unconventional politician prepared to take great risks on issues he believed in
Liam Cosgrave, former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, dies aged 97
Obituary: Liam Cosgrave was first elected to the Dáil at the age of 23
John Bruton: Liam Cosgrave put country before politics
Unconventional politician prepared to take great risks on issues he believed in
Liam Cosgrave: modest, droll, pious and politically cunning
FG leader was an uncompromising and often controversial political figure
Fine Gael must not abandon Just Society ideals
Mark FitzGerald: Varadkar must be persuaded to buy into bedrock policy
Olivia O’Leary: Why was the State so reluctant to warn mothers about dangers of thalidomide?
In the Story Times episode of The Women’s Podcast, the RTE broadcaster recalls breaking the drug scandal story in 1972
Howlin says government is ‘intrinsically unstable’
Labour party leader says ‘any significant issue’ could ‘knock over’ partnership
Miriam Lord: Labour pretender’s floored ambition steals show
Whodunnit? It was Alan Kelly. He done himself in. And everyone was very sad about it
John Horgan: Irish political divisions are in all the wrong places
Parties are going out of their way to avoid defining themselves as either left or right
From the Archives: January 16th, 1965
Taoiseach Seán Lemass visited Northern PM Terence O’Neill, and his government published a White Paper on Irish. Backbencher, aka John Healy, interpreted both events
Miriam Lord’s Week: Eddie will be okay if Lucinda has her way
Creighton lines up breakfast briefing for female political journalists, a sort of ‘Ladies Who Launch’ event
Previous generations would be astounded at attitudes to churches in Ireland today
A 60-year journey from obsequious conformity
Some reporting on Tuam story 'mistaken'
Minister for Education supports calls for mother and baby homes inquiry
Labour’s sound bites and put-downs took the place of serious debate on contentious issues
Opinion: The old guard chose to ignore Michael D Higgins’s warning
Cosgrave recalls ‘excitement’ over JFK’s Irish visit
Years earlier, the former taoiseach had tipped Kennedy for US president
Dick Barry: former Fine Gael TD steeped in politics from an early age
Born: September 4th, 1919. Died: April 28th, 2013.
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