A 1989 official visit by the then Taoiseach took place in the midst of a major corruption scandal — and yet it proved to be a highly successful mission for the Irish, writes Ryle Dwyer

One could hardly imagine a more traumatic political time to visit Japan than late April 1989, when Taoiseach Charles Haughey arrived there

The political ground has shifted in the North since last Thursday’s election.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has hit out at Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit, describing it as “very unhelpful”.

The issue of partition poisoned Irish politics for decades as Ireland sought to withdraw from the UK. Now it’s posing a constitutional problem for Britain, writes Ryle Dwyer

Is there an official silence on the alleged past British plot to have our former taoiseach, Charlie Haughey, assassinated?

In the midst of the power-sharing difficulties in the North, Ryle Dwyer argues that people should remember how such problems were initially resolved.

The British government considered leaking details of Irish "intransigence" during Northern Ireland talks in 1990.

Brian Lucey outlines strategic actions which Ireland could take to ease the blows that will almost certainly accompany Britain leaving the EU.

The Democratic Unionists have warned the Irish Government to stop engaging in "megaphone diplomacy" as their row over Brexit continued.

The "very sensitive" issue of the Irish border may not be resolved until near the end of the Brexit talks, David Davis has acknowledged.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said retaining the Common Travel Area between Ireland and the United Kingdom is an “absolute priority” for her in the wake of Brexit, writes Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.

As a former banker with double-figures boardroom and advisory posts on his CV, Frank Cushnahan has a reputation as one of the best-connected businessmen in Northern Ireland.

Bank of Ireland has revealed a remarkable turnaround in fortunes with a profit of €921m for last year – an improvement of €1.5bn on 2013.

The owner of British Airways has ratcheted up pressure on the Irish Government to agree the takeover of Aer Lingus with the offer of a five year guarantee on crucial Heathrow slots.

Redrawing the North's border would be a “fatal mistake”, ex-Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald privately warned Margaret Thatcher, secret files have revealed.

Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Dr Ian Paisley has died aged 88, it has been confirmed today. Here is a selection of his most memorable quotes through the decades.

The Government has denied there was an amnesty for IRA killers operating in the Republic for more than a decade.

Shane O’Doherty in his letter “We must condemn Hamas as we did the paramilitaries” (August 9) makes parallels with the IRA campaign and Hamas in Palestine. 

IRISH-AMERICAN leaders are mounting a last-ditch effort as St Patrick’s Day approaches to win Republican support for immigration reform that would benefit thousands of Irish illegals across the United States.

I recently wrote to An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, to express my view that the practice of both, his, and his ministers, being off the island, over the St Patrick’s Day festival, is not only misguided, but very wrong.

The head of the Revenue Commissioners has def-ended the property tax and declared that it is fair and equitable for citizens as the scope of charges is wide.

THOUGH singing Deutschland über Alles was a nice touch, it would be far more helpful if our notorious political/financial/useless class actually started speaking German full time.

One of the files in the state papers just released by the Department of Foreign Affairs relates to the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in Aug 1979.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has today rejected calls for the Irish Government to apologise for the emergence of the IRA in the 1970s.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny described the current economic conditions of the country as “what is in reality a temporary, hand-me-down, financial straitjacket”.

The birthplace of democracy has gotten used to turmoil, says Ryle Dwyer

The British government is to face a legal challenge over its failure to launch a public inquiry into security force collusion in the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane, it has emerged today.

Government officials from both sides of the border will hold talks in January on the future of the A5 road project, the Northern Assembly has been told today.

The North's political leaders are set to unveil their Programme for Government today.

In the first of three articles on the history of the presidency, Ryle Dwyer highlights the early importance of the office. It was not the partition but the head of state issue that led to the Civil War.

NO ONE wants to see the debates on the Presidency descend into a muck-raking contest, but a reasonably unblemished curriculum vitae is surely a must for such an important State job.

IT was nice to see a degree of personal warmth in the Dáil between Micheál Martin and Enda Kenny. We have been witnessing probably the greatest changes in the Dáil since 1932.

The International Monetary Fund said today it could help Ireland amid speculation that the financially-strapped country was headed for a bail-out.

WHERE the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea sits the mock gothic splendour of the Slieve Donard Hotel – the setting for Daniel Craig and Toni Collette’s adventure into repressed sexual longing in the film Hotel Splendide – and yesterday home to the rather less exciting British-Irish parliamentary forum.

A LEADING peace and human rights campaigner will deliver a keynote speech next week in which he will criticise the Government for not doing enough to achieve unity on the island.

Six Eirigi protesters including Dublin city councillor Louise Minihan locked themselves inside the headquarters of Anglo Irish Bank in Dublin this morning.

TUESDAY’S NAMA bank bailout announcement didn’t just make headlines here but across the globe, with many newspapers interested to see what shape Finance Minister Brian Lenihan’s bank bailout plan would take.

TODAY a memorial will be unveiled in Ventry to an incident that made international headlines 70 years ago. A German submarine, the U35, dropped off 28 Greek seamen at Ventry on October 4, 1939.

THE Government has welcomed the announcement by loyalist groups that they have destroyed their weapons and pledged to respect democratic rule.

Loyalist paramilitary groups in the North have destroyed their weapons and pledged to respect democratic rule, it was announced today.

Agriculture Minister in the North Michelle Gildernew was today heading for a showdown with her UK counterpart and EU Commissioner Peter Mandelson.

THE families of the Omagh bomb victims have accused Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the Government of failing them in their bid to obtain justice for their loved ones.

THE North was in a virtual political vacuum throughout 1977, as there was no single recognised political leader within either the Nationalist or Unionist communities. The Dublin government had a twin policy designed primarily to ensure the British protected the rights of the minority in the North and encouraged agreement on a power-sharing basis.

The Irish Government is dipping into state coffers to pay for a plaque commemorating one of the founding fathers of Ulster unionism, it was confirmed today.

THE commendable decision of the Government to preserve the site of the Battle of the Boyne contrasts sadly with their indefensible destruction of the archaeology of part of Tara.

ON September 26, 1974 there was embarrassment in Government circles when the contents of a memorandum prepared by Conor Cruise O’Brien for the Administrative Council of the Labour Party was leaked. It was an assessment predicting the distinct possibility of civil war.

The British government was told today it must match any investment the Irish Government makes in the North’s infrastructure.

IRA members have accompanied a forensics expert to the burial site of five people the terrorist group murdered as British informers in an effort to find their remains, the Sinn Féin president said today.