Execution of four IRA leaders illustrated the extent of Civil War bitterness

Government opted for official reprisal for the murder of Sean Hales TD

Ring Cycle – Frank McNally on Brendan Behan and the Fáinne wearers

An Irishman’s Diary

Fit to bust – Paula Murphy on the man behind Laurence Campbell’s sculpture

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Michael Cronin – last surviving son of Kitty Kiernan was keen sportsman and loyal friend

An Appreciation

Thinking Anew – A universal and timeless significance

Twelve artists elected to Aosdána

Association honours new members in artforms such as writing, drama, dance and film

Is James Cecil Parke Ireland’s greatest ever sportsman?

A career interrupted by World War One saw him captain Ireland and win at Wimbledon

My debating days: By Michael D Higgins, Mary Harney, Dara Ó Briain and more

Debating taught me ‘to think quickly and speak slowly in unpredictable situations’

No-vault compensation – Frank McNally on the many talents of Ulick O’Connor

Ulick O’Connor funeral arrangements announced

President leads tributes to writer and member of Aosdána, who died aged 90

Painter (88) to lose €17,000 as Aosdána changes membership rules

Patrick Pye, a religious artist who has fading sight, deemed ineligible for stipend

End of a political era at Lenihan family home

Home of late Brian Lenihan snr now on market for €1.3m following death of widow Ann

French writer Michel Déon dies in Galway, aged 97

Novelist moved to Ireland in 1968 and his best-known works are partially or totally set here

Brilliant solicitor who acted in sensational 1960s fraud trial

Gerry Charlton: September 11th, 1934-October 2nd, 2015