Tag: Oliver J Flanagan

Elected for the first time at the age of 23, before going on to serve 44 years in the Dáil, this weekend marks the...

Forty years ago in 1979 the first ever direct elections to the European Parliament were held in tandem with the local elections on June...

The two General Elections of the 1970s were the first to be really contested in the full glare of the then relatively new-fangled gadget,...

So you think the political landscape is fragile, fractured and fragmented – well you clearly weren’t around in the 1980s. The 80s, the decade that...

Saturday afternoon in Portlaoise. A week to election day. It's pleasantly mild for January as Minister Charlie Flanagan parks in the Market Square in the...

Brought to you in association with the Midlands Park Hotel 'May you live in interesting times,' is an old proverb that could be easily applied...

Forty years ago in 1979 the first ever direct elections to the European Parliament were held in tandem with the local elections on June...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union ‘Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose’, the more it changes, the more they...

Brought to you in association with People First Credit Union If it’s nail-biting drama, excitement and intrigue you are looking for, forget about the Game...

Last year the Irish Independent obtained an exclusive extract of the book 'A Century of Politics in the Kingdom - A County Kerry Compendium'. Here, authors Owen...

In just over three weeks, the country will go to the polls for another referendum as we’re asked to vote on the hugely emotive...

I got a job working construction For the Johnstown Company But lately there ain’t been much work On account of the economy (The River, Bruce Springsteen) On June 26,...