John Charles McQuaid

I was dismissed as a church elder because I married my same-sex partner

Mother landed at London hotel where Jane Russell staying after she heard of actor’s wish

Challenge not just about roll out but convincing people of merits

‘Risky’ rugby hacks sidelined for annual Lansdowne dance; British and Irish Lions

Patrick Freyne: Gavin hasn’t had a land-hungry American visit yet, but it’s surely coming

Picture Post was wildly popular with readers but appalled the Irish church and censor

Trinity students’ provocative decision to raise the Union flag led to riotous scenes

Church in Finglas to be replaced by one 10 times smaller and land sold to city council

Book review: Margaret Scull looks at the church’s role in the Troubles over 30 years

Treasures include first draft of The Ginger Man with Brendan Behan’s unsolicited edits

Tributes to Dominican Sisters who pushed boundaries of education for young women

New book traces life story of ‘visionary’ and efforts to secure concert hall for Dublin

Eight-acre site has potential for more than 400 apartments

A-Z highlights from a new guide to Irish housing which aims to demystify the jargon

Ruan Pienaar’s departure proved to be key as scrumhalf made move to Belfast from Connacht

Half a million Irish women emigrated to England in the mid-20th century

Leo Varadkar has been accused of trying to ‘get down with the kids’ via 1980s pop icon Kylie Minogue. Here’s how our former leaders rocked us in the Oireachtas

‘Truly Frank’ review: Journalist’s book is surprisingly vulnerable and expertly bitchy

‘When first built it was almost too small – people came early to Mass to get a seat!’

Former taoiseach was an economic moderniser but not socially liberal

The World Meeting of Families explained and how it will affect transport in Dublin

Fifty years ago encyclical laid down terms of church’s ban on artifical contraception

Core chief talks transparency, creativity, tech regulation - and a ban on emails after 7pm

Bernard Davenport obituary: former colleagues recall his intellectual brilliance and pleasantness

Spiritans, founders of Blackrock College and Rockwell, to shut Marian House in Dublin

Misleading information made it almost impossible for people to find each other following an adoption

Practice known about for decades; the only thing new is its acknowledgement

On the latest podcast, lingerie millionaire Vicki Ashman talks to Róisín Ingle

They smashed stereotypes, changed Ireland – yet many are forgotten by history

He was part of the Dublin bohemia that stopped Ireland succumbing to complete stultification

Photographic stills from the film ‘The Quiet Man’ more than double the estimate

The Westmeath resident and son of Irish parents felt no sentiment towards Ireland

Don Cockburn: born March 13th, 1930, died September 5th, 2017

Whyte’s ‘Eclectic Collector’ lots shed light on Ireland’s social, political and economic past

De Valera and his team created a robust, adaptable and sophisticated document

Book about John Hearn shows public servant of ‘outstanding calibre’ says Chief Justice

Students asked if ‘US presidents always acted for the good of America’

The backlash was mostly about acting out the ritualised shame of being from a persecuted, backward little country

Margaret Clarke was a key figure in Irish art and a new show illustrates how her portraits deserve greater recognition beyond her partnership with Harry Clarke