Ireland’s stance in the Rockall dispute is largely nonsense
Irish representatives have one good point to make on the issue, but keep making bad ones
Irish representatives have one good point to make on the issue, but keep making bad ones
John FitzGerald: Government policies have seen better outcomes thanks to domestic expertise
Seán Lemass: Historic meeting uncovered ‘bare, hard-rock prejudices’
Seán Lemass tapes: 1958 plan to reverse protectionism and open Ireland up to foreign investment had a galvanising effect on the economy
Obituary: Otto Glaser
Kim Haughton has photographed 100 people, one born every year since foundation of the State
Influential civil servant’s son pays tribute to ‘wonderful father and great patriot’
Policies of protectionism helped to ensure Ireland was a backwater for 50 years
His sense of purpose told him the State could not continue as it was in the late 1950s, losing its population to mass emigration and its morale to creeping despair
TKWhitaker: Central Bank governor – turned bank into a dynamic institution
TK Whitaker: Making of a civil servant – Long life mirrored State’s journey through economic and political upheaval
TK Whitaker: the young civil servant – talent was evident from beginning of civil service career
His ideas gave new hope to Ireland
Core lesson remains that we must be competitive internationally to prosper
Radical civil servant played pivotal role in economic, social and political life of State
His critical contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process is less well known
No increase in €1bn fiscal space and no extra cash to bail out departments, says Minister
Margaret Downes has served on numerous boards in business and the arts
Achievements of former civil servant and Central Bank governor Dr TK Whitaker celebrated at annual summer school
Widely regarded as the architect of modern Ireland, his was the quiet presence, the rational, informed voice behind many of the events that shaped modern Irish history
Review: Whitaker’s service to Ireland is well painted but author Anne Chambers’s treatment of her subject is a bit cosy
In an extract from a new biography, the former civil servant Ken ‘TK’ Whitaker recalls the drafting of the plan that turned Ireland’s economy around in the late 1950s, a time of emigration, unemployment and political pessimism
Ireland’s first full-time financial journalist recalls the ‘Rising Tide’ of the early 1960s
Former minister says Ireland is not a failed State and people should not accept ‘phoney reform’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices