Planned Freedom of Cork recipient ‘stunned’ at award
Mary Crilly to be honoured for 40 years helping survivors of sexual and domestic abuse
Tony Barry, former CRH chief executive and Ibec president, dies
Businessman served on several boards, including as deputy governor of Bank of Ireland
Brian Cody to remain as Kilkenny manager for a 24th year
County board ratify management teams for 2022 at Monday night meeting
Margaret Thatcher’s moods, Garret FitzGerald’s outburst – a diplomat looks back
Late British diplomat David Goodall recalls the creation of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement
The burning of Cork by the police in 1920 was hardly surprising
Amid escalating violence and fear, it took just one incident to ignite the situation
Seamus Mallon: Fractured relationship with Irish political leaders
Former Seanad member fell out with Charles Haughey, had a blazing row with Garret Fitzgerald and felt let down by Bertie Ahern
State papers: Councillor went to San Francisco to get new teeth and jobs
Colourful Cork councillor Bernie Murphy’s visit, which made front-page headlines in the US, caused great embarrassment to Irish diplomats
Birmingham Six were furious with Haughey for not seeking their release
State papers: Paddy Joe Hill wrote to taoiseach pleading with him to take their case to European Court of Human Rights
Killing of Irish soldier by Israelis believed to be ‘deliberate and unprovoked’
Cpl Dermot McLaughlin killed when Israeli tank shell hit Unifil post in January 1987
Funding ‘ill-defined’ plan for Irish College in Paris raised concern
Official questioned merits of spending money on a building owned by the French government
Snapshots of Cork street life in all its 1960s glory
Along with running a tea empire, Anthony Barry captured Cork's life and times
Barry’s Tea family donate more than 5,000 images of Cork
Photographs were taken by late Anthony Barry when he was Lord Mayor of Cork
Jackie Tyrrell: Cork hurling needs leaders of old
Senior players need to offer better example against Tipperary than last year’s disaster
Ronan O’Gara to be awarded Freedom of Cork
Former rugby player says he is ‘very humbled and honoured’ by the council’s decision
How a plan to sell launches to Iran was scuppered
State Papers: As Iran-Iraq war raged, Noonan floated idea for sale of boats to Iranian navy
Request for boat to visit Air India crash site denied
State Papers 1986: Naval Service had no suitable craft for requested ‘pilgrimage’ by relatives
Thatcher was a chameleon on Ireland even after Anglo-Irish Agreement
State Papers 1986: the year after agreement was signed relations remained complex
Irish entertainers on UN list of South Africa visits
State papers 1986: Government under pressure over proposed ban on South African produce as Dunnes Stores strike continued
Funeral of former tánaiste Peter Barry held in Cork
Michael D Higgins and Enda Kenny among mourners at funeral of businessman
Politicians pay tribute to achievements of proud Cork man Peter Barry
Formidable Fine Gael TD and minister was ‘immensely popular’, says President Higgins
Peter Barry: the man who helped cajole the Iron Lady into Anglo-Irish Agreement
Business success of the Barry’s Tea owner was secondary to his political impact
Peter Barry obituary: Hard-headed politician turned Barry’s Tea into a success
As minister he helped overcome British reluctance during Anglo Irish Agreement talks
Peter Barry, former Fine Gael tánaiste, dies aged 88
Businessman played important role in Anglo Irish agreement during foreign affairs tenure
Women take the reins at the Dublin Horse Show
Away from the glamour of Ladies’ Day, women are riding high in all aspects of the annual Dublin Horse Show
State Papers: Row over registration of Irish emblems
‘Who’s Who in Ireland’ had harp design as‘an exact reproduction of the official crest’
Government considered citing Aids in David Norris case
State was fighting in European Court of Human Rights to retain ban on homosexuality
State papers 1985: Taoiseach turns down French lessons
FitzGerald agrees to address Paris conference on evolution of Irish foreign policy
State Papers: FitzGerald declined to host reception for Soroptimists
Despite plan made with women’s charity, event clashed with bank holiday weekend
Vatican voiced concerns over Irish legislation on condoms
Northern Catholics offended by ‘lurid descriptions of hedonistic debauchery’
Ministers struggled to frame response to Dunnes Stores strike
Determined efforts by employers’ body and ICTU failed to achieve resolution
‘Steam has run out’ of Ian Paisley, but Peter Robinson is ‘a dangerous man’
State Papers 1985: Sinn Féin ‘not a concern to us in our jurisdiction’, says minister
Garret FitzGerald notes partial apology by UK editor for Irish ‘pig’ comments
John Junor of ‘Sunday Express’ admonished by British press council
SDLP impressed by party’s inclusion in government’s ‘most secret negotiations’
State Papers 1985: Reports noted tensions between Seamus Mallon and John Hume
The real deal that changed the game
Thirty years ago on Sunday November 15th, FitzGerald and Thatcher sealed deal at a press conference at which everything was sweetness and light . . .
Anglo-Irish Agreement: How the deal was done
Against all the odds, the agreement showed that politics could actually work in the North
Dublin pressure on Irish language drew mixed response
Northern state papers 1987: Peter Barry felt nationalist identity was insufficiently recognised
Delaney expects Joey Holden to make Kilkenny full back berth his own
Legendary defender says Wexford’s Ciarán McDonald one of best full forwards around
Unflappable sports anchorman who also ran a top-flight public relations agency
Bill O’Herlihy: September 28th, 1938 - May 25th, May 2015
Ahern and Cowen receive most in State pensions
Mary Lou McDonald says small number of people ’overpaid and over-pensioned’
Ahern and Cowen paid €80,810 each in pensions, Dáil told
Mary Lou McDonald says some former politicians ‘overpaid and over-pensioned’
Irish government against meeting in London as it was ‘old imperial capital’
Note from 1986 refers to sensitivity Dublin felt about appearing to ‘pay homage’ to UK
Portadown decision brought Anglo-Irish relations ‘to lowest ebb’ in 1986
Belfast papers show tensions over Orange parade on nationalist Garvaghy Road
Dublin wanted Divis Flats demolished to reduce influence of Sinn Féin
Irish government said conditions in Belfast complex allowed extremism to flourish
Opposition to Reagan’s visit made little impact in White House
Protests over Central America and nuclear weapons dubbed part of ‘democratic process’
State fought David Norris case despite defeat seeming ‘unavoidable’
‘No real prospect’ of arguing homosexuality ban was necessary for protection of morals
Negative response to Anglo-Irish deal
Papers show ambivalence on part of Thatcher and Northern secretary King
Former taoiseach Liam Cosgrave canvasses for Deirdre Clune
Fine Gael European election candidate explained her father, Peter Barry, “quite friendly with Liam”
Michael D Higgins granted Freedom of the City of Cork
President recalls family links with Leeside at a ceremony attended by several hundred
Euro elections must not be decided by ‘personal wealth’, says FG candidate
Comments by Harris seen as criticism of party running mate Clune
SDLP leader resisted British government pressure to abandon all-Ireland solution
NI secretary of state told Hume to be clear on what was and was not feasible
President praises Christian Brothers for contribution to education in Cork
The establishment of CBC school in 1888 was a ‘statement in favour of democracy’
Former TD Dick Barry praised for his willingness to help out his constituents
Former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave among those who came to pay their respects
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