Charles Haughey

Mansergh entered electoral politics after decades as a backroom figure and served as minister of State

Postponement of Scannal followed due diligence to comply with election guidelines, RTÉ says

Legislation to remove the triple lock will come before the Dáil in the near future. If Catherine Connolly was president, there could be a potential showdown

One hundred years on from his birth, all the late former taoiseach’s biographers have speculated on the impact of his impoverished childhood

For the author of A Long Winter and Ship in Full Sail, inspiration often comes subliminally. But he has also brought his inner self to the surface through therapy

He tried to implicate Charles Haughey in an IRA gun-running plot during the 1980s

Built in 1794, Emsworth off Dublin’s Malahide Road is for sale for €9.25m

Cathedral Rocks is an awe-inducing feat of nature on Inishnabro, one of the Blasket islands, while Ballygarry Estate outside Tralee is the perfect base to explore from

Business leaders argue that the district is moving in the right direction and reject a judge’s recent stark depiction of it as a ‘no-go area’

Rite & Reason: He cured a social ill with the Succession Act, which stopped men from cutting their wives out of their will

In Ireland, we call it “mé féinism” - but now it’s everywhere. Could people power save us?

Combining meticulous research with firecracker plots, author sold more than 75 million copies of his books around the world

Landmark St Stephen’s Green building expected to appeal to owner-occupiers, developers and investors

The language has become coarser but it is striking how fuelled by testosterone the Dáil has always been

Seven-bedroom property owned by Bruce Arnold also has a three-bedroom mews on site

Micheál Martin was thrilled although for a while it looked like there’d been a drastic rewriting of history

In allowing himself to appear as the creature of Michael Lowry, the Taoiseach seems oblivious to the damage he is doing to his own character

The worship of mammon and mammon-makers has brought us to the point where a rich felon purports to rule the world and carve it up to his liking

Television: Series follows Dublin teenagers seeking to complete their collection of banned VHS movies

It is not clear why it took the gardaí 14 years to complete their file arising from the 2011 Moriarty report, but the passage of time raises the question of the fairness of now bringing charges against anyone

From manifesto-stitching to partnership, and from Independents’ day to confidence-and-supply: people at the heart of previous talks recall how the deals were done

The Irish Times columnist has made a new documentary about his life for RTÉ. Here he looks back on a career that he began as the Michelangelo of Tipp-Ex

‘Taboo’ against the use of nuclear weapons has come ‘under pressure’ in ongoing warfare once again

Patrick Freyne: If I was in Disney+’s Jilly Cooper adaptation, someone would surely compliment my ‘magnificent column’

Ms O’Rourke was deputy leader of party between 1994 and 2002 and became Seanad leader afterwards

Television: Ben Dunne’s story had everything, from kidnap to drugs to a Succession-style business rivalry

‘Arrangements continue’ for ‘full and final wind-down’ of tribunal established 27 years ago, says Department of the Taoiseach

The main parties’ approaches to Ireland’s cultural life was encapsulated by the opposing outlooks of Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald

Joyce had an astute understanding of government and the political system, of politicians and how they worked

Prof Ivor Browne and feminist June Levine hosted Sebastian Barry, Charlie Haughey and others at D6 home

The author of 10 books and two plays ‘felt compelled to write’, his daughter recalled

Joyce was co-author of The Boss, about former taoiseach Charles Haughey’s time in government in 1982

Government symbol on Doctor Who credits would have startled my 1980s self but is a marker of how much has evolved in film and television business

Television: Three-part film’s strength comes in never falling into ghoulishness or sensationalism

Paul McGinley pitches up in Ballsbridge; BBC Northern Ireland journalists get good gigs; Sharon Horgan enjoys literary success; and Fianna Fail decides to run new and not so new names

Forecasting the end of our days has taken up a lot of people’s time here on Earth

The original findings from the 1982 report that the fire was started deliberately have been debunked

He made much of his undoubted wealth – he was reputed to be worth up to €100 million at the time of his death – from property

Plus: Jack Crowley’s financial conversion, architect Tom de Paor’s Wicklow woes, Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s Galway house sale, and Dublin jarveys say neigh to Harry Crosbie

Newly released State papers shed light on the years immediately after the Belfast Agreement, so much of which is still in dispute or open to interpretation