My Celtic Tiger ‘shoeshine boy’ moment

The Crash – 10 years on: Norah Casey, Eamon Dunphy, Jim Power, Eleanorr Tiernan, Eamon Ryan and Frank Connolly on the moment they knew the boom was going bust

Memorial to be unveiled to two gardaí shot dead by bank robbers in 1980

Families of John Morley and Henry Byrne to attend ceremony in Co Roscommon

Affordable houses give hope to renters

Mortgage payments €1,000 less than renting, says new home owner

Knock airport calls for financial incentives to attract new businesses

Mayo airport hopes to attract new business and employment for adjoining lands

Four regional airports awarded €1.94m in grants

Knock and Kerry airports biggest beneficiaries of capital grant scheme

Matthew Perry as Ted Kennedy: the fake nose and ears are not a good look

Meanwhile, Katie Holmes dons an enchanted Jackie Kennedy wig that gives the bearer notions

American visionary: Centenary of JFK’s birth marked by exhibition

US: Kennedy presidency coincided with a golden age of photojournalism

Sean Mulryan joins Knock Airport board

Property developer joins council chiefs as new director

Adrian Donohoe case breakthrough praised at memorial service

Garda chaplain pays tribute to US police at event to honour those killed in the line of duty

‘Hold on to your seats’ – the man Trump wants to be Irish envoy

Brian Burns says people in Ireland are going to be delighted by the new US president

Frank Murray was ‘a hugely proud Irishman full of culture’

‘I can’t grasp how someone so full of love and such massive zest for life can be gone’

Brian Burns reported to be next US ambassador to Ireland

Donald Trump announces the businessman will succeed Kevin Francis O’Malley

The rise of the football intellectual

Some recent books have taken a novel approach, their perspectives on the game being altogether different from those which most often define it

New armed unit will be ‘carefully deployed’, memorial event told

Remembrance medal presented to wife of Garda Tony Golden

Masters of the floral art

An illustrated book and an exhibition recognising some of Ireland’s new garden plants will be launched this year

‘Unstable’ Joe Kennedy’s 1988 challenge to British government

Officials cited ‘robust’ Washington speech before 1988 visit by Kennedy clan scion

First transatlantic pilgrimage flight to Knock due to arrive

Aer Lingus flight from JFK to Ireland West Airport will carry 178 people

Anything but the shamrock: gardening experts name their Irish favourites

Gardening experts name their favourite Irish flower or plant

‘Hypnotic mesmerism’ of singer Jim McCann is recalled at funeral in Dublin

Balladeer was ‘effervescent . . . bubbling over with good humour’

Government seeks details on whether illegal Irish can leave US

Minister awaits information on when emigrants can return under Obama’s orders

Aer Lingus to fly pilgrims from New York to Knock for first time

Cardinal Timothy Dolan: ‘It is an honour for me to open Ireland’s national public novena’

Knock Airport ‘well ahead’ of passenger target

Passenger numbers for 2013 were 3 per cent below record of 686,000 in 2012

Rededication for Irish soldiers buried in mass graves at Deansgrange Cemetery

Ceremony remembers 63 men who fought in first World War

Taoiseach under pressure over Knock airport’s future

Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin says Government “sweetheart deal” with Shannon “changed the rules”

A good year for the 2014 Roses? The harvest is assured

Fellow culchies know this festival is all about renewing the land for another year

From tragedy to pop-culture punchline

Reinventing Kennedy to suit books, TV and film has blurred his significance

Obama pays tribute to JFK’s legacy

President honours Kennedy ahead of 50th anniversary of his assassination in Dallas

Co Sligo and Killorglin lead the celebrations

Carton House to stage the All Ireland Cups and Shields for the next four years as GUI end provincial rotation policy

Pandora names former Microsoft executive as CEO

Brian McAndrews replaces Joe Kennedy who said in March he was leaving the streaming music company

RIC should be afforded an honourable place in this decade of remembrance

Opinion: Huge level of public interest shows folly of decision to downgrade school history

When Joe Kennedy visited Ireland

De Valera offers thanks for American ‘sympathy’

Cosgrave recalls ‘excitement’ over JFK’s Irish visit

Years earlier, the former taoiseach had tipped Kennedy for US president

Kennedy in waiting: Joe III is ‘the real deal’

Joe Kennedy III is the teetotal young pretender who seems the clan member most likely to follow in his great-uncle’s footsteps

Famine to feast – living the dream

Despised for being Irish, the Kennedys overcame the snooty Yankee ruling class to claim the highest office in the land

US Congress group speak out on undocumented Irish

Public push for overhaul of immigration laws ahead of Washington rally

Obama hints immigration reform at shamrock ceremony

President says Irish achievements in the US an example of why a new system is required

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