Retired chief justice Frank Clarke on his life in law: 'I think I found the hole that suited my peg'
The outgoing chief justice was the first member of his family to go to university
Varadkar tells party there must be a positive legacy to the pandemic
Tánaiste targets issues like pay and pensions and promises 40,000 new homes per year
George Gibney’s story a cautionary tale we still need to heed
Former Irish Olympic swimming coach’s destructive life is a fitting subject for 10-part BBC podcast
Ireland, 1984: A year of fierce debates and ‘mounting evils’
From the Archives: Ann Lovett, Joanne Hayes, Majella Moynihan – all victims of the highly conservative society of 1984
Attorney general’s ‘dog’s dinner’ comments perhaps best kept for his memoirs
Séamus Wolfe correct to see danger of judges appointed under flawed legislation
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
Business this week: results, meetings and indicators
First-half results at IFG have been preceded by a profit warning issued in late July
Judge with radical edge may take Supreme Court in new direction
Analysis: Ruadhán MacCormaic on what new chief justice Frank Clarke will bring to role
Varadkar and Donohoe should talk to Yanis Varoufakis
Ex-Greek finance minister lays bare lack of accountability in European machine
Judicial appointments: Attorney General’s nomination must be explained
Government’s refusal to answer basic questions only making things worse
Paschal Donohoe: Why Leo Varadkar should be Taoiseach
He values the principle of the ‘Just Society’ and a dynamic, outward-looking Ireland
‘Just Society’ is a key battleground in Fine Gael contest
Analysis: For Coveney it is the party’s soul, for Varadkar supporters it is just a slogan
Ipsos MRBI opinion poll: how voters see Fine Gael’s choice
Public takes quite a different view than members of the parliamentary party
Vincent Browne: Varadkar will move Fine Gael to right with his Tea Party politics
Coveney’s ‘Just Society’ blather was not compatible with party in 1965 or now
Fine Gael must not abandon Just Society ideals
Mark FitzGerald: Varadkar must be persuaded to buy into bedrock policy
Fine Gael leadership contenders trade blows over policies
Varadkar continues to build strong lead among party’s TDs, Senators and MEPs
Coveney suggests Varadkar using ministerial job to canvass for leadership
Varadkar says Government has to ‘hold the line’ on public sector pay
Coveney hopes party grassroots will revive his campaign
Minister trailing in Fine Gael leadership race, but says he will see contest through
Contest between Varadkar and Coveney hinges on tone
Centre-right rivals for Fine Gael leadership divided by style rather than policies
Fine Gael contest about policies not personal lives, says Coveney
‘My private life and my family life are not going to be an issue,’ says Leo Varadkar
Legislation would clear the way for a repeal of the Eighth Amendment
Ireland should follow French model in abortion law, protecting mother and unborn
Fine Gael leadership: Why Varadkar is leading the race
Three-way fight will have no official moves until Enda Kenny willingly steps aside
Diarmaid Ferriter: Some rare cases of Irish political backbone
Our politicians could benefit from reading some documents at the National Archives
Shingles: the facts and myths
The condition is caused by the reactivation of the chicken pox virus within your body
Paul Henry landscape with a political pedigree
‘A Connemara Village’ by Paul Henry, valued at up to €100,000, sold for £85 in the 1930s
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
EU mandarin Declan Costello faces Greek wrath over ‘ultimatums’ letter
Prime minister Alex Tsipras says ‘some technocrats are trying to scare us with ultimatums’
Renua Ireland pledges to be most open party in history of State
Leader Lucinda Creighton wants minutes of all Cabinet meetings to be published
Timeline: Tax evasion dossier
Harney and Rabbitte clashed in Dáil in 2005 over inquiry being brought to an end
Family says Costello had deposit at Guinness & Mahon bank but not an offshore account
Statement says judge could not recall account when asked by authorised officer
Jackie’s 1950s visits to Ireland recalled in letters to Dublin priest
Jackie Lee Bouvier knew and loved Ireland before she ever met JFK , letters to Fr Leonard reveal
Fr Joseph Leonard’s importance to Kennedys recalled by Liam Cosgrave
Former taoiseach was good friend of priest in his later years
Remembering when Fine Gael flirted with a left-wing agenda
Opinion: Declan Costello’s programme may have been prompted by a realisation that he could not stay in the party unless it changed
Disillusionment with politicians is not surprising given what we see of them
Opinion: Nearly half the electorate has no opinion as to how it will vote at the next election
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