A new film about Dervla Murphy paints a fascinating picture of the 85-year-old travel writer, says Ellie O’Byrne

HOW does George Lucas get through the forest? Ewoks. That’s a bad joke and we apologise. But at least it’s intended as a joke, unlike recent Star Wars games.

He gave the impression of having the same knowledge as an armchair fan but that is what made him such a great broadcaster, writes Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

The future is wide open for for the craft beer industry if it sticks to its guns, reports Leslie Williams.

More than 24,000 of the 26,500 tickets available have been snapped up for Friday’s Guinness Pro12 clash of Munster and Leinster at Thomond Park.

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GARRET Fitzgerald believed in the common good. He talked about it as the cornerstone of public policy, and advocated that government promote it.

The new Thief Launch trailer does a good job of setting the scene but not so much informing the player of what to expect in terms of thievery

Garret FitzGerald’s love of statistics shines through even after death in his newly published analysis of school attendance in Ireland almost 200 years ago.

“Professional sport is funny, because it’s a business, but if you refer to it as a business you can strike the wrong note.”

HE’S really pleasant, but wouldn’t be an intellectual heavyweight like Garret.

A Limerick woman who became pregnant following a failed sterilisation and gave birth to a baby who died months later has been awarded €100,000 in High Court damages.

A woman who became pregnant after an alleged failed sterilisation and gave birth to a baby who died five months later has launched a High Court action for damages.

Garret FitzGerald used Ireland’s long history of emigration to gain an advantage over Margaret Thatcher during often tense negotiations over the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, his son has revealed.

WHEN Garret FitzGerald became Taoiseach in 1983 he was known as Garret the Good.

Though a staunch Fine Gael supporter, Bill O’Herlihy voted for Jack Lynch, was asked to run for office by the Fianna Fáil leader, and believes Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil should merge, writes political editor Paul O’Brien

MY two friends are in the pub, sharing a couple of pints.

I HAVE scanned and devoured newspapers by the cubic metre in a frustrating attempt to find genuine reasons behind the plaudits that described former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald as the greatest Irishman, a national treasure, the renaissance man, a towering intellect, a true statesman, Garret the good, a real inspiration.

A RANGE of experiences this past weekend began to make me wonder if there is something different going on in Ireland.

GARRET FitzGerald passed away knowing that the good relations he dreamed of between Ireland and Britain were a reality, mourners at his funeral were told.

“HE was different, he was fun and he was funny.”

IN a state funeral especially fashioned to fit the gentleness of the man being honoured, there were no guns, just Garret.

IT was Garret’s FitzGerald’s express wish that his funeral take place in Donnybrook Church, though it would have taken a building several times its size to hold all who wanted to bid him farewell.

FORMER president Mary Robinson called for a continued “energising” of the public’s spirit to help lift Ireland out of recession.

IT WAS late, for a taking to the church, but still pewter-bright with the promise of rain.

Hundreds of people gathered in the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook this afternoon to pay their final respects to former taoiseach Dr Garret Fitzgerald, described as a "outstanding leader of our time".

Hundreds of mourners have gathered at the Sacred Heart church in Donnybrook this afternoon to say a final farewell to former taoiseach Dr Garret Fitzgerald.

ON March 9 last, Garret FitzGerald returned to the Dáil to witness Enda Kenny being elected Taoiseach.

THE late Garret FitzGerald had “hoped” to be well enough to attend the state banquet in Dublin Caste in which Queen Elizabeth delivered a historic speech just hours before he passed away.

POLITICAL leaders and politicians singled out Dr Garret FitzGerald’s role in the peace process and his contribution to reconciliation in the North.

Garret FitzGerald will be remembered best for his massive contribution to public life in Ireland over the past 50 years, writes John Downing

Bertie Ahern has said Garret FitzGerald was "never partisan or tribal" in his politics, and "truly did put people before politics".

Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson, who bitterly opposed the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, today led the tributes in the North to the late Dr Garret FitzGerald.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, today visiting Kildare as part of her four-day state trip to this country, has offered her sympathies following the death of former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.

Political leaders of all stripes have paid tribute to former taoiseach Dr Garret FitzGerald who has died after a short illness.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said Dr Garret FitzGerald made an enormous contribution to Irish politics and to our wider society.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn was among those paying tribute to the former taoiseach Dr Garret FitzGerald this morning, saying he had learned of his passing "with great sadness."

LATE last week, a handful of media organisations contacted me with bad news concerning the serious illness of Dr Garret FitzGerald. Fearing the worst, they were preparing appropriate tributes. He was gravely ill, suffering from pneumonia and surviving on a ventilator in hospital.

FORMER taoiseach Garret FitzGerald is seriously ill in hospital and has been put on a ventilator.

FIANNA Fáil and Fine Gael could be standing together outside the GPO for the centenary of the Easter Rebellion in little over five years time, according to Leo Varadkar.

FINE GAEL are not hiding party leader Enda Kenny, finance spokesman Michael Noonan has insisted, dismissing such claims as ‘propaganda’.

I WAS completely underwhelmed by Matt Cooper’s piece on December 17.

HE was a courageous editor, ultra-competitive and above all had a commitment to core values.