The backlash against Glastonbury performers Bob Vylan and Kneecap has reignited old battles over media bias, public speech, and the BBC’s uneasy role in navigating culture, politics and power.
One hundred years ago, the Boundary Commission report was shelved. A new book looks at how the Irish Treaty negotiators were hoodwinked and the strategic and tactical mistakes of the novice Irish government.
The story of Gjert Ingebrigtsen — and many parents like him — reveals how children’s sport is increasingly shaped by adult ambition and professional pressure.
Chris Moore has spent a lifetime pursuing the Kincora story. His new book contains startling revelations about how far the establishment went to protect those who were part of the ring including Lord Mountbatten.
Aubrey McCarthy has become the latest figure to be linked with a run for the presidency. He talks to Dion Fanning about why that is unlikely, his own exposure to addiction and how he made a difference in business and in the community.
There is a difference between the history and the stories we tell ourselves. Historian Mike Cronin talks to Dion Fanning about how altering the stories will take generations, and being an English academic writing on Irish history.
On Monday morning, Colm O’Gorman learned of the death of Bishop Brendan Comiskey, a man he had never met, but whose life was entwined with his own.
Muhammad Ali’s visit to Dublin to fight Al ‘Blue’ Lewis is a story of an extraordinary week. Dave Hannigan’s book The Big Fight details that adventure. He talks to Dion Fanning about a lost age, how Ireland changed Ali and his own time working with Vincent Browne at the Sunday Tribune.
The death of Pope Francis has ignited a debate about his legacy and the future of the Catholic Church. Fr Ricardo Da Silva joins Dion Fanning to discuss why his actions were often misunderstood.
The façade of a champion shutting themselves off from the world doesn’t apply to the Masters’ winner. Like other greats in sporting history, victory came to him when he played on emotion.
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