Funeral of Irish Times columnist told he was ‘inspirational’ in final lecture

Creighton lines up breakfast briefing for female political journalists, a sort of ‘Ladies Who Launch’ event

Almost 125,000 turn up at Carter family farm in Co Laois for day two of ‘the Ploughing’

President Michael D Higgins says his poetry is dominated by farming memories

Watchdog criticises George Lee for not challenging designer Paul Costelloe over comment

Harry McGee finds voters engaging with the Fianna Fáil leader in south Dublin

A failure to manage the Garda crisis has resulted in coalition being on the back foot

Second byelection in Dublin West since 2011, in the one Dáil term

Result of second by-election in evenly-split constituency likely to be tight

Sports, especially GAA, a fertile hunting ground for parties seeking election nominees

Opinion: A global economic system based on maximising profit is obviously flawed

Several studies have criticised media outlets for their reporting of the boom years. But financial journalism could be said to have had a good recession

Minister says considerable easing on her budget due to efforts to reduce Live Register

The Newstalk presenter lacked big guests but made sparks fly. Over on RTÉ Radio 1, George Lee went gloriously off-piste

Speakers to discuss management of economy and public finances after the Troika bailout ends

RTÉ’s new host is a welcome female voice, but could learn from Miriam O’Callaghan’s empathetic style

HOTSPOTS: In recent years Cabinteely has been reinvigorated. At the foot of the Dublin mountains, it combines good outdoor amenities with the urban-village feel of Ranelagh and, say locals, has a great sense of community

There are worrying signs of drift with the operation of the centre but it’s not quite clear if a rot has set in