Liam Cosgrave’s monumental legacy is that he put the nation’s security and the national interest before party considerations, writes Ryle Dwyer   

A Fine Gael TD’s attempt in the 1960s to reconstitute the role of the State in society may have failed, but it later influenced major policy changes, writes Ciara Meehan.

Over the coming days the primary and urgent focus for the Coalition parties will be on why they were at the wrong end of such a very serious kicking from the electorate.