Charles Haughey

The original findings from the 1982 report that the fire was started deliberately have been debunked

He made much of his undoubted wealth – he was reputed to be worth up to €100 million at the time of his death – from property

Plus: Jack Crowley’s financial conversion, architect Tom de Paor’s Wicklow woes, Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s Galway house sale, and Dublin jarveys say neigh to Harry Crosbie

Newly released State papers shed light on the years immediately after the Belfast Agreement, so much of which is still in dispute or open to interpretation

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

A selection of photos from the former Irish Times picture editor, who has died aged 77

Taoiseach could always have attended himself in a private capacity but sending his official representative gave his Government’s seal of approval to Dunne

How we view our tax obligations has evolved greatly since the murky days of the 1980s

Requiem Mass for former Dunnes Stores chief executive to take place on Tuesday in west Dublin

The photographs of Henry Wills documenting Mayo and Irish life were published in the Western People for more than 40 years. A book collecting his best images, In All Kinds Of Weather, was launched last week

Fallout from Florida incident lasted for two decades and reached the top of Irish politics

An Eye on Ireland gathers together four decades of journalism on a changing Ireland by Justine McCarthy

Challenges of the job have a habit of taking a toll on careers of those who hold it

Brief reviews of Sugar Street, Line of Fire and Owlish

Broadcaster has grappled with the same dilemma since the 1960s: to be a national jukebox or a national broadcaster

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

To explore the success of Irish artists without mentioning Haughey is like staging Hamlet without the prince

He survived one of the longest election counts in the country’s history, describing it as ‘the agony and the ex-TD’

Book about double murderer Malcolm Macarthur is an exercise in the uncanny

With Aer Lingus offering daily flights to London and Ryanair marking 10 million passengers passing through the airport, Ireland West is on course for its busiest ever year

Conor Gallagher’s lively book seeks to amplify questions around our defence policy

Irish Times political correspondent Harry McGee draws a line between Malcolm Macarthur’s crimes in 1982 and then-taoiseach Charles Haughey

Harry McGee met murderer Malcolm Macarthur over the past 18 months and spoke to him at length as he wrote his book, The Murderer and the Taoiseach

Always keen on a new challenge, the unassuming Kin, Wire and Queer as Folk star gets on his gumshoes for Barber, his new film

The party has presented itself as the agent of change but what will that mean in reality?

Gearóid Ó Faoleán makes a compelling case that public support was wider than often acknowledged

Recent Irish political history has shown that the old Civil War parties want power and are willing to cede policy priorities to coalition partners

As a living relic of old indecency. Bertie Ahern is a valuable reminder of how things used to be in Ireland

The battle to save it started in the 1970s and what transpired could be scripted as a blockbuster mystery film

The former taoiseach is back in the headlines as we approach the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Belfast Agreement, and he might have big plans

Former chief justice, attorney general and judge of the European Court of Justice worked on several cases which developed European law and expanded its impact

Former taoiseach’s initial excitement over import of horses at taxpayers’ expense quickly evaporated, National Archives files show

Ireland’s present is not perfect but its past was grim, one of hypocrisy and economic failure

Television: There’s plenty of gossipy goodness in the second instalment of Two Tribes, Seán O’Rourke’s documentary on Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael

Chances of a united Ireland coming to pass in decades ahead are remote, but endless speculation has put issue at centre of political debate

The Tibnin Bridge murders in October 1982 have cast a shadow over the families of the deceased and the Army for four decades

Liam O’Dwyer expected to explore potential conversion of D4 landmark to pub or boutique hotel

Depopulation trend reverses as remote working offers fresh opportunities for communities on the edge

Private investor seeks buyer as bank moves operation from the high street to online

Former minister, senator and European commissioner is remembered for his integrity