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Smear campaigns, dirty tricks and a hopeful drops out: The race for the Áras gets personal
Whispers, denials and dirty tricks - as the fight for the Irish presidency gets brutal, we bring you sharp, fearless analysis of the Áras race as the…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
From paramilitary to the pulpit: how IRA gunman Mark Lenaghan became a man of the cloth
The funeral of 65-year-old Mark Lenaghan in Co Down last week attracted a large crowd and plenty of well-wishes for the beloved local reverend, but n…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
From Nasa to fraud: was my scientist dad a spy?
Michael Briggs was once celebrated as a brilliant scientist – but behind the acclaim lay deception. He had fabricated parts of his academic record an…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The fake Irish aristocrat, the French film star and the missing millions
He called himself Terry Birles, an aristocrat who dazzled Cork’s elite and the Royal Cork Yacht Club. Now he faces trial in France, accused of an all…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ploughing, presidents, and the fight over Joe Grogan’s estate
As expected, this week’s National Ploughing Championships provided a perfect pitch for hopefuls Connolly, Gavin and Humphreys to field questions and …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Extra: Human remains found during search for missing Donabate child
Gardaí believe they have found the remains of the missing boy from Donabate, Co Dublin. This afternoon authorities named the child as Daniel Aruebose…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Leo Varadkar: Dinners with President Higgins, first dates with Matt and his team’s distrust of Simon Harris
Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar is baring it all in his new autobiography Speaking My Mind, from private dinners with President Michael D Higgins, to f…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Skeleton by the tracks: Mystery looms over exhumed Cork railway body
In January 2021, workers clearing the abandoned railroad between Midleton and Youghal made a startling discovery. Along the track lay the skeletal re…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Marianne Smyth: The American conwoman who claimed to be Jennifer Aniston and a member of the IRA Army Council
Marianne Smyth claimed to be on the IRA’s Army Council, a satanic priestess and to be Jennifer Aniston. The American was convicted of swindling more …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Revisited: “I shouldn’t really be here”: Comedian Willa White on drug addiction and prison
Comedian and actor Willa White reflects on an incredible life story that saw him beat the odds to survive drug addiction, and why his time in prison …
3 months, 4 weeks ago