Leo Varadkar was just a “wet day” in the Dáil — to use Bertie Ahern’s phrase — when he got stuck into the taoiseach of the ...

Former Irish Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald was born on February 9, 1926, in Dublin. We take a look back on his life and career. Garret Fitzgerald, one of Ireland's most respected statesmen ...

Harris is not the first of Ireland's leaders to make the mistake, with dozens of people comparing him to former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald - who once gave a speech while wearing odd shoes.

John FitzGerald, adjunct professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin and the son of former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, believes there is “zero” prospect of a border poll in the next ...

For economist John FitzGerald, Irish unity is at least a generation away. Describing himself as “neutral” on the constitutional question, the son of former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald believes ...

Former Irish taoiseach Garret FitzGerald warned Thatcher in 1985 that failure of the Anglo-Irish Agreement could trigger a devastating civil war, according to newly released official papers. As ...

until the 1980s when it became an annual event where the taoiseach visits Washington DC. "Garret FitzGerald was the first to start visiting every year between 1982 and 1987. "He was trying to ...

Profile of the political career of former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Doctor Garret FitzGerald’s career. Report shows Garret FitzGerald meeting Henry Kissinger. Garret FitzGerald attending ...

In 1959, when the late taoiseach Dr Garret FitzGerald and wife, Joan, bought it for £4,250, the owner was Count Edwardo Tomacello. A TCD lecturer, he had been the Irish leader of the Italian ...

The Navy on Tuesday released a partially redacted report on the investigation of the collision in June between the American destroyer Fitzgerald and the ACX Crystal that resulted in the death of ...

The government feared a "big" loyalist bomb in Dublin during a bitter unionist revolt against the Anglo-Irish Agreement, then Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald said. In a meeting with then Northern ...

The agreement was signed at Hillsborough by the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and the Taoiseach, Dr Garret FitzGerald on 15 November. It gave the Republic of Ireland a consultative ...