Garret Fitzgerald's 'constitutional crusade' came crashing down in 1986. Fergus Finlay — then a government adviser — says now: 'He, and we, made a complete bags of it'

The Irish Examiner has been revisiting 1986 in a series looking at what made news 40-years-ago. The murder of 20-year-old Adrienne Murray was one of the major stories to come out of Cork that year, as this report in the then 'Cork Examiner' shows

1986 was a challenging year for Ireland marked by devastating violence in Northern Ireland, ongoing political strife, and social conservatism, yet it also saw early signs of change, leaving room for some optimism amid the gloom

As a new Irish Examiner series revisits 1986, friends reflect on Phil Lynott’s brilliance, vulnerability and enduring cultural legacy