Ireland’s Ambassador in London from 1970 to 1977 was Donal O’Sullivan. Serving with him as First Secretary and Information Officer from 1969 to 1972 was a somewhat unconventional diplomat ...

Dublin GAA is in mourning after legendary goalkeeper Paddy Cullen passed away. One of the game's great characters, tributes ...

As rioting and violence broke out across Northern Ireland in August 1969 ... At a subsequent Cabinet meeting on February 6th 1970, Minister for Defence Gibbons orally instructed the Chief of ...

A 2005 film showing a then little-known Cillian Murphy playing a transwoman searching for love in 1970s Ireland has moved viewers who were only put on to the film after Murphy's shoot to fame.

From the viewpoint of a Political Correspondent, Northern Ireland lacked any tradition of reasonably fair political reporting. Most of the newspapers tended to be highly partisan, and although the ...

The Ulster Workers Council strike in 1974, which brought down the power-sharing Executive led by Brian Faulkner, was a testing time for the people of Northern Ireland, for the Government at ...