THE past week may prove to be a defining moment for the Greens in Government. Before the dawn comes the darkest hour. They learned however much they wish to avoid a general election, Fianna Fáil are even more eager to evade the electorate.

BY any standards, the contribution to political life in Ireland over many decades by the late Dr Conor Cruise O’Brien has been both enormous and controversial.

The Government considered sinking the historic Asgard yacht at sea after buying it as an icon of the State’s foundation, official files reveal.

THE year 1977 was not a great one from the standpoint of the state papers. Historically, the most important events were related to that year’s general election. As the civil servants were not formally involved, the elections were glossed over in the state papers.

Newly released State papers shed little light on the famous ‘thundering disgrace’ row writes Caroline O’Doherty.

THE Labour Party likes to spin a tale about how it single-handedly ‘transformed’ the office of the President.

IT was disappointing to note a series of errors on pages 8 and 9 of the New Year’s Day edition of the Irish Examiner.

LEADING figures from the racing world paid a poignant farewell to 25-year-old jockey Kieran Kelly in a Co Kildare church graveyard yesterday.