Place: Van Diemen’s Land

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

columnists

Terry Prone: Zoom call from the loo, and tearing down a statue

Successful women are always under pressure to be relatable, vulnerable, and humble, writes Terry Prone

general

Spike Island opens to the public today and we look back at its darkest history

general

Vintage View: The heroic life of Thomas Francis Meagher

news

Plans to link events marking 1916 with 1848 leader’s birth

general

Book review: The Great Race

food

December delight

The cabbage plot rebels

The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick

Sat, 21 Aug, 2010

Sharing the pain - Judges’ pay law must be changed

THERE is something quaintly charming, something from the times of duelling pistols and public hangings, child chimney sweeps and deportation to Van Diemen’s Land for snaring a rabbit, about the notion that members of the judiciary might make “voluntary contributions” in lieu of the public service pension levy.

Tue, 23 Jun, 2009

The Joy

MOUNTJOY Prison, known colloquially as “the Joy”, has been the alma mater for some of this country’s most hardened and notorious criminals.

Wed, 02 Aug, 2006