Pat Kelly’s charge is enigmatic but, just like his media-shy trainer, utterly fascinating, writes Pat Keane.

We take a trip down memory lane and check out what happened on this day in years gone by by looking back at some Irish Examiner front pages and highlighting other events which went down in history across the world.

In August 1969, headlines were dominated by Northern Ireland and the beginnings of what was to become known as “the Troubles”.

The Government’s decision to meet Gerry Adams after the IRA ceasefire showed “indecent haste”, British government officials have said.

We take a trip down memory lane and check out what happened on this day in years gone by by looking back at some Irish Examiner front pages and highlighting other events which went down in history across the world.

Violence in the North, the space race, and the infamous Chappaquiddick incident involving Edward Kennedy were in the headlines 50 years ago. All three issues were to appear in the headlines for the years and decades to come.

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. The Taoiseach, that is.

Former Fianna Fáil TD and Minister, Michael Smith, has settled a defamation action he brought over a newspaper article.

The Taoiseach in Washington British politicians often talk warmly about the “special relationship” that the United Kingdom enjoys with the United States.

Owner Philip Reynolds is “counting down the days” to the Cheltenham Festival as he eyes Magners Gold Cup glory with Presenting Percy.

The predictable decision by MEP Brian Crowley not to stand again to be an MEP brings down the curtain on one of the most successful politicians this country has ever seen, writes Daniel McConnell.

It’s the first Sunday of October and you’ve just landed at JFK and, this being midday local time, a hundred county finals back home are into their closing stages. This you know because Pepsi Sister has Sunday Sport on the radio in – she being the successful one of the offspring - her fire-engine red Jeep, writes Enda McEvoy.

If Britain can leave with a better deal than it had when it was a member, that’s the end of the EU, writes Fergus Finlay

The double standards and discomfort of Michael D Higgins’ self-appointed adherents is comedy gold, writes Gerard Howlin

The pushing and shoving over who really wants an election is the tribal violence of ward politics in a student union setting.

We weren’t just ending the conflict, we were also putting in place arrangements to replace the Anglo-Irish Agreement, writes then junior minister Liz O’Donnell

Pat Kelly has pulled off some jaw-dropping tricks at Cheltenham this last three years, but the man’s ability to slip into the shadows in the winner’s enclosure while thousands toasted his genius has to be right up there.

Her public persona was charming, but behind the scenes she radiated a cold determination to win, writes Fergus Finlay

A tribe derives its identity not just from its own culture, but from opposing the culture of the other, writes Fergus Finlay 

The multi-millionaire businessman, Larry Goodman, attempted to squeeze further concessions out of the Charles Haughey-led government in 1987, despite having already secured one of the largest ever state grants for a private company.

The drip-feed of information over the O’Higgins Tribunal and the Disclosures Tribunal had only one possible outcome, writes Special Correspondent Michael Clifford.

The drip-feed of information over the O’Higgins Tribunal and the Disclosures Tribunal had only one possible outcome, writes Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

Having called for the head of Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald last Thursday, he has spent the past four days seeking a way out of causing a general election.

I don't believe Frances Fitzgerald was, or could have been, part of the conspiracy against Maurice McCabe, writes Fergus Finlay.

In 1989, then-finance minister and would-be taoiseach Albert Reynolds was eviscerated for dismissing Fianna Fáil’s coalition with the Progressive Democrats as a “temporary little arrangement”, writres Daniel McConell.

Today is the 25th anniversary of the last winter poll — unless you’re a meteorologist and count the last two general elections, held in February, as winter votes.

While intensive and daily negotiations about peace were going on, the IRA planned and executed a terrible atrocity. Adams honoured the bomber, writes Fergus Finlay

Fergus Finlay has never come across nationalism that seemed essentially to be based on snobbery. If there is one in the world, he thinks Catalan nationalism might qualify

GARDA Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has thus far managed to hold on to her job, despite a litany of failings within the force. 

On the 40th anniversary, Ryle Dwyer looks at the momentous events of the 1977 general election.

Leo must go on. He must risk events, prove his capacity to handle them... convince of his credibility, writes Gerard Howlin

Set out to break down barriers. Not the trendy ones, but the really insurmountable barriers, says Fergus Finlay.

The late Taoiseach Albert Reynolds once pointed out that you can cross the big hurdles successfully, but you get tripped up when you get to the small ones.

Rugby legend Ronan O’Gara will be conferred with the Freedom of Cork City today during a ceremony which will be streamed live to the world.

There have been occasional highs during Enda Kenny’s 2,234 days as Taoiseach, but his numerous lows repeatedly hit new depths, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

Tributes have been paid to Tom Savage, former chairman of the RTÉ Authority, who died yesterday following a short illness at the age of 76.