Rome's formidably obedient servantESSAYS : Cardinal Paul Cullen and his World, Edited by Dáire Keogh and Albert McDonnell, Four Courts Press, 470pp. €55Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
Recapturing relevance a huge challenge for FFANALYSIS : The most devastating defeat for a dominant party since 1918 means Micheál Martin must go back to FF’s roots in the…Tue Mar 01 2011 - 00:00
Taoiseach's failings as national leader may inflict most damage on FF at pollsANALYSIS: At the end of his inept term as leader, Brian Cowen’s legacy is to leave Fianna Fáil’s identity in tatters and its…Mon Jan 24 2011 - 00:00
Notes from a banana republicREVIEW: Feckers: 50 People Who Fecked Up Ireland By John WatersFri Dec 24 2010 - 00:00
Leading light or damb squib?MEMOIR: Leading Lights: People Who’ve Inspired Me By Eamon Gilmore with Yseult Thornley, Liberties Press, 209pp. €16.99Sat Nov 27 2010 - 00:00
She came, she saw . . .AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Nuala Fennell played a vital progressive role at a transformative time in politicsSat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
The not so swinging SixtiesTHE 1960s has been described as a watershed decade for Irish sexuality, setting in motion a number of changes that prepared the…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Rising to the challengeHistory Last year's commemoration of events in 1916 has inspired a thought-provoking essay collectionSat Apr 21 2007 - 01:00
A species in soundbitesIrish Society: This is not the first book to observe the Celtic Tiger transformation of Irish society, nor will it be the last…Sat Dec 17 2005 - 00:00
Orphan of republicanismIrish History: Families frequently lament that they failed to record or document the experiences of relations who were steeped…Sat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
Apologies for past not the answerShould contemporary politicians have to apologise for the perceived sins of their political ancestors, or is it the case that…Mon Feb 07 2005 - 00:00
Hope and despairLooking out his window at grey, rainy Dublin in the summer of 1954, the writer Anthony Cronin, then editor of The Bell magazine…Sat Jun 19 2004 - 01:00
