Former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Liam Cosgrave has died at the age of 97.

ENDA KENNY will resign as Taoiseach today, bringing to an end a journey that began in 1975 when he was elected to Dáil Éireann to succeed his father, Henry. 

Des O’Sullivan on an important and historic sale of primary sources for the Irish revolutionary period. 

An ongoing and chronological look back at 1916 and some of the behind the scenes planning of the Rising which was certainly "NOT in the news" of the time.

There will be no ‘show time’ on Budget Day, Taoiseach Enda Kenny told a dinner gathering of business folk.

THE American-born Emmet Dalton had such a fascinating career that it is surprising it has taken so long for a proper biography to be written.

Former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave has wished Enda Kenny well in running the country and warned that being in government is never easy.

Iron Age stone heads and gold Torc feature at sale.

On the 90th anniversary of the infamous Army Mutiny, Ryle Dwyer highlights aspects that history has overlooked

THE decision by the Taoiseach to publicly support same-sex marriage will mean he is about to have a fight on his hands, firstly from conservative Fine Gael backbenchers but, more volubly, from the leaders of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

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

It may just be too late to relax the licensing laws to allow pubs stay open longer to allow next week’s Eucharistic Congress be celebrated with a peculiar Irish gusto — as was done at the last congress held in Ireland 80 years ago.

Labour Senator James Heffernan ponders whether it was appropriate that the portraits of politicians who had been “found culpable of corruption, of abuse of power, abuses of privilege and, indeed perjury”, should still hang in Leinster House.

The Anglo-Irish Treaty was the subject of much debate, even among the Irish delegation, writes Ryle Dwyer

The Anglo-Irish Treaty was the subject of much debate, even among the Irish delegation, writes Ryle Dwyer

LIKE Derek Cregan (Letters, August 19), I also respect Senator Liam Twomey’s right to express his point of view.

DEFENDING Willie O’Dea on Monday, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said: “I suppose Fine Gael are returning to type. They’ve always tried to get the dirt on people. I think it is despicable, to be honest.” Of course, he undoubtedly meant it is despicable to make false accusations.

IS it merely a coincidence that the demise of the national partnership process in its current form and the US motor industry is being reported simultaneously?

ON January 21 last we celebrated the 90th anniversary of the first sitting of Dáil Éireann.

NEXT weekend marks the 90th anniversary of the 1918 general election, the last British election in which the people of the 26 Counties participated.

WE are supposed to be a supportive and caring nation. That’s just humbug.

IAN PAISLEY Jnr had to resign this week as a junior minister in the Northern Executive headed by his father.

AN awareness campaign by the Society of Archivists aims to promote ‘a network of archival repositories across Ireland, committed to preserving archives — the raw material of our country’s history’.

IN his feature article headlined ‘Sectarian wind up’ (Irish Examiner, June 26), Niall Meehan seems either to ignore or conveniently forget the facts surrounding the killing of Protestants in the west Cork area in the 1920s.

THERE were fears yesterday that the original, hand-written words and music of Ireland's national anthem could leave the country after an auction in April with a guide price of €1.2 million.

THE Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis is being held in Killarney over the weekend. The way the Government has been behaving in recent weeks there should be lots of excitement.

SEVENTY-FIVE years ago, on July 22, 1929, a massive hydro-electric project at Ardnacrusha was publicly unveiled at a ceremony presided over by WT Cosgrave, president of the executive council of the Irish Free State.

RUMOURS that Guinness was planning to wind up operations at St James's Gate, Dublin, and move its headquarters to the Park Royal Brewery near London were finally killed off this week with the news that the Park Royal operation is being closed down instead.

YOU would think that the current crop of political party yahoos would have got their act together a bit more.

FORMER Senator Liam Cosgrave could face up to three years in prison for failing to disclose donations received by disgraced lobbyist Frank Dunlop.

FORMER Fine Gael Senator and TD Liam Cosgrave resigned from the party yesterday, ending a political dynasty that stretches back over 80 years to the foundation of the State.

EIGHTY years ago on Sunday last, a new political party was publicly unveiled at a convention in the Mansion House.

The 75th anniversary of the first east-west crossing of the Atlantic by air will be marked this weekend by a repeat flight in a modern-day propeller aircraft.

The 75th anniversary of the first east-west crossing of the Atlantic by air will be marked this weekend by a repeat flight in a modern-day propeller aircraft.

YOUR issue of February 13 last contained a report on the sale of a letter “penned

The Taoiseach last night paid tribute to all Irish men and woman who helped bring about Ireland's independence.