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 ...

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 ...

“Cantor Fitzgerald misled investors about a critical investment consideration by repeatedly stating in public filings that it had not identified or approached any potential merger ...

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 ...

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 ...

Secret papers from 1986 show Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Garret Fitzgerald intervened in a strip-searching case at a Northern Ireland jail. A pregnant woman was searched on her committal for non ...

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald believed the island of Ireland was at risk of civil war in the mid-1980s, with the possibility that republican extremists ...

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 ...

The plan, at a cost of £10,000, was approved verbally by Taoiseach Charles Haughey, and, following the June 1981 election, was approved again by his successor Garret FitzGerald. But because it ...