A best-man bond broken by Civil War: Kevin O’Higgins and the order for Rory O’Connor’s execution
Two men who were close as revolutionaries were forever torn apart by the split over the Anglo-Irish Treaty
Erskine Childers
Irish people have always demanded too much of RTÉ – and it usually delivered
Responsibilities were presumed to include reviving Irish, selling everything ‘from sausages to sweep tickets’, and providing a living for writers and musicians
Presidents’ inauguration menus through the decades: what do they tell us about Ireland?
Food content creator Ann Marie Duffin and chef-turned-historian Elaine Mahon reveal the secret world of Irish State dining
Call in Dáil for immediate byelection to fill Catherine Connolly’s Galway West seat
Deputies pay tribute after she became first sitting woman TD to win presidential election
Olivia O’Leary: I got a sharp lesson in how protective Irish people are of our presidents
We love all our presidents, even the ones we didn’t vote for - but none has been such a genius at branding as Michael D Higgins
All the presidents of Ireland so far, ranked from nine to one
Each office holder has brought a particular emphasis and Michael D Higgins has followed suit
Presidential election: A short history of controversies and kerfuffles
Some presidential controversies have been faintly comic, others more serious
Ireland’s first Michelin star: ‘It made the front page of the London Times, but only got a mention in the Examiner’
Declan and Patsy Ryan recall receiving the restaurant industry’s highest accolade in 1974 for their Arbutus Lodge
Ireland’s priceless moon rock from Apollo landing was destroyed in a fire
US gifted second piece of moon rock after final moon mission, which is now in National Museum
The long shadow of a gunman: Weapon used to kill Kevin O’Higgins may still be out there
The gun used to assassinate the Free State minister for justice in 1927 was still in use in the 1970s during the Troubles
West Cork killings should be admitted as sectarian, says historian
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
Important Irish art works on show at Paris exhibition
Sales mark centenary of the 1922 World Congress of the Irish Race
How the Civil War was fought
Clear by second week of July 1922 that Civil War could not be confined to Dublin
Execution of four IRA leaders illustrated the extent of Civil War bitterness
Government opted for official reprisal for the murder of Sean Hales TD
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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