Engaging with women’s experiences of partition helps to advance our perception of an enduring trauma and overcome a border in our minds
Continuity of ‘implacable social systems’ witnesses the refloating of an old focus on the back garden
The Government’s prioritisation of peaceful co-existence echoes the position adopted by de Valera in 1932 when he became acting president of the Council of the League of Nations
Television review: The story of how leading women of 1916 were later marginalised is chunkily incorporated into the grand sweep of de Valera’s fall and rise in TG4′s De Valera san Fhásach
His genius is to lull you into thinking he’s harmless
US gifted second piece of moon rock after final moon mission, which is now in National Museum
State Papers: Beleaguered Irish legation in Washington briefed that German and Italian embassies only had six staff
President John F Kennedy visited Ireland for four days in June 1963, the year of his assassination
Furious messages to diplomats in US took issue with taoiseach’s action amid wartime neutrality
IRA Army Council management by Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern’s referendum worries and unionists’ mistrust are revealed in documents
A rather uninspired choice as Oxford University Press word of the year? Maybe not
The Irish Times columnist has made a new documentary about his life for RTÉ. Here he looks back on a career that he began as the Michelangelo of Tipp-Ex
This centenary compilation pays tribute to the pre-eminent editor’s mission to enhance and uphold Ireland’s literary culture
Durcan’s poems are risk-taking explorations of where tragedy and comedy meet in contemporary Ireland. A selection of his finest work is gathered in a book
The Ireland of film-maker and author Neil Jordan’s youth was like ‘living in a fantastical universe that didn’t make any logical sense’
Irial Ó Conaill finds special the revolutionary nature of the facility, with no separate sections - so ‘everyone is equal at the very end’
The Seanad member survived gun shots, a kidnapping and the burning down of his ancestral home at Marlfield
St Mary’s College proposals will cause ‘irreversible damage’ to biodiversity, nature preservation and heritage, residents say
Perhaps not overly mindful of the horrors that would await them, many Irish people went in search of liberation, adventure or experiences unavailable at home
Éamon de Valera’s family history, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid’s views and the trends in Europe may all have contributed
We need more than apologetically modest green visions when reimagining our towns and cities
The mansplainers are in full ‘listen-ladies!’ voice, telling us we’re reading the thing all wrong
Known for her ‘old-school blunt and direct analysis of the state of the nation’, her love of people and as a role model for younger female politicians
Killings in 1922 were removed from history for decades and ‘silence was not broken’ until Canadian historian published controversial work in 1990s, says Prof Brian Walker
How much political mileage is in the Government’s insistence that ‘the centre must hold’?
Staging the Treaty: A filmed theatrical production, written by Theo Dorgan, using primary sources will soon be available to view
Tánaiste meets Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and raises Irish concerns over illegal Israeli settlements
Dr Martin Mansergh said the Collins-de-Valera draft constitution provided the basis for avoiding conflict but Churchill vetoed it
Michael D Higgins is pushing the boundaries of his office, but do we really want a muzzled presidency?
The Act has been deployed against the IRA at various times in the past but that threat no longer exists
The Fianna Fáil brand remains toxic to younger voters, but for most under 30, it is truer to say it is increasingly irrelevant
Conor Gallagher’s lively book seeks to amplify questions around our defence policy
The real challenge for Irish neutrality policy is to reconcile conflicting orientations in line with our own historical and contemporary political experience
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Get the latest news, analysis and match reports from the M6N and W6N championships
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
