Irish Times project on landlord Marc Godart wins Mary Raftery Prize
Prize awarded annually to an individual or small team responsible for social affairs journalism
Mary Raftery
Journalist
Mary Raftery journalism prize winner to be announced on Thursday
Two Irish Times projects among five shortlisted for prize named in honour of the late journalist and which recognises contributions to social affairs journalism
Fintan O’Toole on his career: ‘You had to learn to live with the fact that some people despised you’
The Irish Times columnist has made a new documentary about his life for RTÉ. Here he looks back on a career that he began as the Michelangelo of Tipp-Ex
The beginning of the fall of the Catholic Church in Ireland
Bishop Eamonn Casey’s life and career came apart 30 years ago today
In a Word . . . Media
Irish media for a long time did a medium job – at best – of holding power to account
Cruelty and abuse of power were not the preserve of religious orders
State-run psychiatric hospitals were the single greatest contributor to coercive confinement in mid-20th century Ireland
The God Squad author and ‘fearless campaigner’ Paddy Doyle dies at 69
Disability activist wrote about cruelty and abuse he suffered in Waterford industrial school
Death of pioneer in advocacy for survivors of residential child abuse
Soca began in Coventry and Birmingham before being set up in London, then Dublin
Fintan O’Toole: Young Micheál Martin had courage to face dark truths
In 1999 the then minister for education made brave choices. Does he still have it in him?
What is it in the Irish character that compels us to secrecy?
RTÉ’s Redress: Breaking the Silence was a brave and often unwatchable documentary
Roscommon-Galway results: No FF or FG candidate elected
Sinn Féin’s Claire Kerrane (27) becomes first woman elected in constituency since 1981
Keelin Shanley obituary: An ‘accidental journalist’ known for her curiosity, empathy and versatility
From a family of medics and scientists, she studied biochemistry before switching to media
Publication of Murphy report 10 years ago gave ‘confidence’ to abuse survivors
Landmark inquiry ‘changed attitude to clerical abuse’
‘Awe at dignity and humanity’: Abuse survivors commemorate State apology
Events held in Dublin to mark 20 years since apology to survivors of residential institutions
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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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