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Brian Lenihan leaves €368,290 in his will
1 week ago

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has left €368,290 in his will, which went to Probate in Dublin last week.Mr Lenihan, who was suffering from pancreatic cancer, drew up a simple one-page will on the June 2, 2011, eight days before he died.He left everything
Lenihan's private papers 'not of interest to inquiry'
3 weeks ago

FIANNA Fail leader Micheal Martin last night cast doubt on the relevance of the private possessions of former finance minister Brian Lenihan to the forthcoming banking inquiry.It had been reported that material from Mr Lenihan's Dail office had been give
Terry Keane interview left a chill at Abbeville
1 week ago

THE morning after gossip columnist Terry Keane revealed on The Late Late Show that she was the mistress of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey was "not a barrel of a laughs" at the then family home in Abbeville in Kinsealy, his son Sean revealed yesterday.S
Former minister's private papers 'crucial' for any inquiry
4 weeks ago

BRIAN Lenihan's tragic passing has denied any inquiry the chance to hear first hand in public his full version of events.As a result -- and as we reveal today -- moves are afoot to secure Lenihan's private papers. It is hoped that they will cast light on
FF embarks on comeback trail
11 hours ago

Micheal Martin has refused to play the victim and his courage is paying off for his party, says Anne HarrisThe cliche says a poll is merely a snapshot in time. That's true if you skinny-dip in the shallows. Real political change is to be found in the dee
Historical record of the Irish beat scene
2 weeks ago

The new Radiators album recreates a culture long neglected by mainstream historians, writes Declan Lynch Bluesville, The Caravelles, The Shadracks, The Action, The Dakotas, Granny's Intentions, The Creatures, The Orange Machine, The Greenbeats, Eire Appa
Why we need more details from NAMA
3 days ago

Yesterday's announcement from NAMA that it plans to invest up to €2bn in the Irish property market over the next four years is welcome news. With NAMA now the dominant -- some would say virtually the only -- player in the depressed Irish property sector,
Ireland's hour
2 weeks ago

Mr Cahill chronicled that Irish monks, led by St Patrick, St Columba and others, copied invaluable ancient Greek and Roman manuscripts, saving written knowledge from plu