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The story of the Stickies: why the IRA split in two
Why did the IRA split in two, into the Provisionals and the Officials? The so-called ‘Stickies’ abandoned their armed campaign but never their guns –…
2 years, 1 month ago
Ukraine's spymaster and the Russian poisoning plot
As Ukraine’s spymaster Kyrylo Budanov is a hate figure in Russia. To date, he claims no less than 10 assassination attempts have been made against hi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Poet, punk, performer extraordinaire - Shane MacGowan has left us
From a poetry-fuelled middle class upbringing to the chaotic UK punk scene, Shane MacGowan was an innovator who wrote his own rulebook, before tearin…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Builder Brothers' Bust-Up: A Family Feud and the High Court
Not so long ago, Hugh and Greg Kavanagh were emerging as the post Celtic tiger big boys in the property world. The siblings headed up a series of bus…
2 years, 1 month ago
Emily Hand, Leo Varadkar, and the fallout from that tweet
Scenes of jubilation as 9-year-old Irish Israeli Emily Hand was finally reunited with her family after 50 days of being held hostage in Gaza. But how…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Garda failure to act? The rise of the far right and the Dublin riots
Is the far right set for political gains in Ireland like those in other European countries? We also examine claims that in less than an hour after th…
2 years, 1 month ago
The phone tapping scandal and the downfall of Charles Haughey
In 1981, The Fianna Fail government ordered the tapping of journalists phones to find out who was leaking damaging government secrets to the press. T…
2 years, 1 month ago
Revisited: ‘Money for Jam’ – What John Delaney did next
John Delaney is recruiting his Irish contacts to become directors of brass-plate Irish companies for overseas online businesses selling cannabis oil …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Dublin Riots: Anarchy on our streets and the fallout from it
Dublin City is cleaning up the aftermath of violent scenes following a night of rioting, clashes with Gardaí and looting. The unprecedented scenes fo…
2 years, 1 month ago
Sam Altman - OpenAI's revolving door and the future of AI
Artificial Intelligence often dominates business and tech news of late, and all too often these stories centre on fears that AI will replace human jo…
2 years, 1 month ago