Ulster Scots win in Stormont deal could be considered preparation for defeat

Far from corrupt religion, these nuns inspired as strong female role models

The first Dáil and its successors remained wedded to a conservative model of politics

The 1916 Rising and War of Independence were only the tip of the iceberg in a greater social and political revolution spanning 50 years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Do our current leaders have the same skills as those who helped secure the Belfast Agreement?

Politician, writer and diplomat discussed on centenary of his birth

The intellectual challenged the idea the pursuit of unity was the State’s main goal

The Clash played Trinity College 40 years ago today. The student organisers recall the British punks' explosive 1977 visit to Ireland

Obituary: Liam Cosgrave was first elected to the Dáil at the age of 23

Like the Ireland of his time, Cosgrave’s achievements were a function of his limitations

FG leader was an uncompromising and often controversial political figure

Dublin Fire Brigade tenders bring blaze in north Co Dublin under control

From ‘Dress suitably, and buy a revolver’ and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'

British state papers: Rev Martin Smyth wrote to Thatcher in 1987 following seizure of 150 tonnes of arms travelling from Libya

Unfounded symphysiotomy claims, Obama and Ellen and fears about The Quiet Man

‘We may have protests’, said Washington counsellor when film premiered in 1952

Anecdote about General Assembly address is one of most enduring in political history

How the whip system has reduced the Dáil to a galley of whipped voting slaves