The Irish Times view on the JFK assassination files: nothing will satisfy the conspiracy theorists
The events on that fateful day marked a loss of innocence and the beginning of a long collapse of public trust in institutions
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kevin McAleer on his obsession with JFK’s murder 52 years ago today
JFK’s funeral was the first thing the comedian saw on television. This may explain his fascination with the subject, which he tried to turn into a novel and now here into a poem
Way to Heaven/Assassins
Rough Magic’s Seeds double bill is perhaps the most auspicious and brilliant of the company’s culminations yet
Dublin-born Bishop of Dallas recalls moment he heard of JFK shooting
Bishop Kevin Farrell reads opening prayer at ceremony to mark Kennedy’s death at Dealey Plaza
Interest in JFK conspiracies dwindling as other fantasies get online attention
A majority in a recent poll still do not believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. But the figure is lower than at any point since John F Kennedy’s assassination. What’s going on?
Oswald’s act in Dallas gave us a myth that shaped our understanding of the 60s
Opinion: The ‘change’ or ‘hope’ symbolised by JFK was not of the kind normally associated with the political left
From tragedy to pop-culture punchline
Reinventing Kennedy to suit books, TV and film has blurred his significance
Dallas then: ‘nut country’
JFK defied warnings and premonitions from those close to him to visit a very hostile territory
Dallas still defined by Kennedy’s assassination in 1963
JFK’s ambition went unfulfilled – yet he managed to inspire a generation
Doubts that just won’t die
Half a century later, unanswered questions and conspiracy theories still lure visitors to the site of US president John F Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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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