Full coverage: Tommie Gorman

Just days after his sad passing, Tommie Gorman’s beloved Sligo Rovers submitted a formal request for funding to redevelop the Showgrounds. The club's chairman Tommy Higgins talks about his childhood friend, developing Irish football, and the future of Sligo Rovers.

Much of Tommie Gorman’s archive gravitates around politics. But, today I am highlighting different pieces, articles that go beyond politics and policymaking. When I think of Tommie’s articles, these are the ones that come to my mind.

Tommie Gorman accumulated friends because he understood people. And he understood people because he cared about them. It is what made him such a brilliant journalist, and a remarkable man.

Tommie Gorman spent more than 40 years in RTÉ but he had a start-up mentality. The Currency was lucky to have him in its corner.

The veteran journalist, who died this Tuesday, chose to spend the last three years of his life writing for The Currency. This privilege leaves us with a body of work infused with optimism.

Given the political discourse in recent weeks, a conversation between the US Ambassador to Ireland and four major participants in the peace process was an important reminder that what happened in Northern Ireland in April 1998 is the political success story of our times.

In a way, the smaller parties and the independents reflect the patchwork landscape that is today’s Ireland. This is the cohort worth watching in the context of the local, European and general elections.

Peter Sutherland spoke what he believed was the unvarnished truth to power: People seek a better life. In a week when asylum seekers were removed from the capital and when Britain and Ireland sparred over refugees, Sutherland’s views are worth revisiting.

Gavin Robinson at 39 now finds himself as leader of the DUP after the shock of Donaldson's resignation. Change is the new normal in politics on the island of Ireland, writes Tommie Gorman.

This cancer support project in Tipperary town is part of a network of centres doing similar work throughout the country. They are driven by heroic, unsung people like Jennifer Jones Hickey and the late Sarah Gleeson.