In this extract from the Atlas of the Irish Revolution, Michael Foy writes that Michael Collins’s intelligence operations had a reputation for omniscience and, though this was not the case, the myth became a political weapon.

The Coronas have had their knockbacks on the road to international fame, but they’ve come out fighting with their latest album, writes Ed Power

“She’s 100% committed. He’ll just have to target someone else.” It may still officially be a polite, cordial oh-so-Fine Gael leadership race, but there is no mistaking the fact the gloves are slowly coming off in the fight to become taoiseach.

There is, as his (eventual) supporter, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald opined, a “magic” to Leo Varadkar, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Grassroots Fine Gael councillors have insisted their views on the future of water charges must be given attention before any decision is taken on how to tackle the controversy.

A more critical view must be taken of abusive men, urged an expert on domestic violence perpetrators.

Former businessman Breifne O’Brien, who was jailed for inducing others to advance millions of euro to him for investment in bogus property deals, is seeking to pursue an appeal to the Supreme Court.

The justice minister is reviewing a system that costs €50m a year and that unquestioningly finances repeat offenders, but public defenders would not be cheaper and may involve a conflict of interest, writes Caroline O’Doherty

Several of Enda Kenny’s loyal senators lost their seats or were last night fighting for their survival.

Smaller parties and Independent TDs have rowed in behind calls for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to begin negotiating government formation options — warning it is otherwise difficult to support either party.

Number of seats: four. Electorate: 99,178 as of last election

Some are household names, others have been overlooked but a move is on to honour, as a group, all those from the West Cork region who fought in Dublin during the Easter Rising.

It is important to record that it was entirely due to the sterling efforts of campaigners that the State finally moved to purchase The 1916 National Monument at 14 to 17 Moore Street.

The preferred bidders on Nama’s largest ever portfolio of assets will pay more than the speculated sale price but significantly less than the face value of the assets.

A developer member of the Maple 10 group given money to buy shares in Anglo who previously claimed it was “hard to tell” if he was a billionaire, has blamed the “glut of inexperienced developers” seeking “a quick buck” for the crash.

Property developer Chartered Land is poised to buy what was once the most expensive land plot sold in Ireland.

TDs and senators claimed over €61,000 on food, drink, taxis, and entertainment while outside Ireland on official parliamentary business last year

The mystery over why Anglo and Irish Nationwide were included in the blanket bank guarantee deepened after another senior banker said yesterday that he advised the Government not to include the stricken firms in the deal.

Court reserves judgment after O’Reilly bids to have murder conviction declared miscarriage of justice

Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (Nama) is weighing up the sale of loans linked to Ireland’s largest shopping mall and two other retail centres in Dublin, sources said.

Irish Life and Hibernia REIT are among bidders shortlisted to buy Facebook’s European headquarters buildings in Dublin.

Depression, working mother guilt and working as a child to pay for her school uniform, the legendary Mary Black talks to Caroline O’ Doherty about her long-awaited autobiography.

The mother of murdered Rachel Callaly says she thinks of what the world lost when her daughter was taken from it — every day.

THE assistant commissioner came out to the gate to meet me. He was accompanied by a detective superintendent from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation.

A former associate director of Anglo Irish Bank refused to sign a letter which he said retrospectively altered the conditions of the Maple Ten loans and weakened the bank’s position.

Anglo Irish Bank executives told a select group of clients they had legal advice and regulator support for loans for a shares deal in the bank, a court has been told.

The mother of Rachel O’Reilly has criticised the law for allowing her daughter’s killer repeated chances to challenge his conviction.

The mother of murdered Rachel O’Reilly has spoken of how she struggled with the will to keep on living after her daughter was murdered by her husband.

Several buildings in central Dublin which were used by rebel leaders during the 1916 uprising are to be saved from the wreckers' ball, it has been announced.

A dumbbell found in a stream not far from the home of murdered Rachel O’Reilly is being examined to see if it could have been the weapon used to kill her.

A review has been completed into the future of a prized Nama-backed development site in Dublin which the families of the rebels of the 1916 Rising are fighting to have protected.

Orders of nuns involved in the operation of the Magdalene Laundries have been urged by TDs to make a contribution to a survivors’ compensation fund.

Lawyers for wife-killer Joe O’Reilly have been asked to indicate whether evidence will be adduced relating to issues raised in his grounds of appeal, which include circumstances in which a book of evidence was left in the jury room during his 2007 trial.

An Independent TD last night linked two well known celebrities to the ongoing investigation into cancelled penalty points.

TAKE some time to relax with a nice glass of wine in our bar or restaurant and enjoy a delicious pre-show dinner”, says the advertisement for a hotel package I’m led to when I try to book for Four Angry Men at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Nov 27th.

The Irish Aviation Authority has likened the financing of the ill-fated Pilot Training College in Waterford to a Ponzi scheme, and said the director of corporate enforcement should investigate the company’s collapse.

It’s 20 years since A Woman’s Heart captured the nation’s feelings, becoming one of the country’s best-selling albums. David Young recalls 1992.

The naming of property developer Joe O’Reilly, owner of the Moore Street/Moore Lane 1916 National Monument, as one of ‘The Maple 10’ developers linked to the Anglo banking scandal, is a matter of great concern.

Former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave and Brud Skehan recalled old times yesterday — when they were both young boys, 83 years ago.

Two former senior executives of Anglo Irish Bank are to face criminal prosecution later this year after becoming the first individuals to be charged in the long-running investigation into financial irregularities at the zombie bank.

The “Maple 10” were the most talked about secret club in Ireland.