A little after 7 p.m. on Saturday evening, Catherine Connolly was declared the President-elect by returning officer Barry Ryan with a record-breaking 63% first preference votes after all 43 constituencies had counted their votes. She overtakes Éamon de Valera, who previously held the record with 59% first preferences in 1959. Douglas Hyde and...
On April 12th, it was announced that the green paper was scrapped.
In sacrificing his own career as President, he made the position of future Presidents more secure and gave the office a status no Government will challenge or insult with impunity.
From the Tara Foundation Winter magazine of 2007/2008.
Did you know it was considered lucky for a black cat to cross your path? Cats were valued in early Ireland for the protection they provided against vermin and black cats were powerful symbols in Irish literature and legend. Christian tradition tended to malign cats and they eventually became associated with the devil, black cats being particularly...
80 trawlers from the country's 180-strong offshore fishing fleet could be eliminated if their owners agree to the Brexit Voluntary Decommissioning Scheme.
The facts behind Shell's activities in Mayo and the jailing of five Irish citizens trying to prevent a dangerous gas pipeline being laid on their land.
Last year, the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) has called for the multi-billion euro MetroLink and BusConnects plans to be scrapped and replaced with cheaper alternatives due to COVID-19.
The impression has been created that the present Government has embarked on large-scale public transport projects. In fact, most of these are draft proposals.
The National Roads Authority's website dedicated to the M3 Motorway, www.m3motorway.ie, was set up as a propaganda exercise to counter criticism and concern over the State's firm conviction that the chosen route through the Tara-Skryne Valley was unalterable, regardless of what new sites might be discovered there. There can be no doubt that, in the...
