Sunday Independent - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Sunday Independent: Encyclopedia Ii - Sunday Independent - Controversies
The newspaper has been the source of many controversies over the years: Sunday Independent - The Keane Edge. The Keane Edge was a gossi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Éire: Encyclopedia - Éire
Éire (pronounced [ˈeːrʲə]) is the Irish name for Ireland. The name Éire is the nominative form in modern Irish of the name for the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Larkin: Encyclopedia Ii - James Larkin - Organising The Irish Labour Movement 1907 - 1914
In January 1907 Larkin undertook his first task on behalf of the trade union movement in Ireland, when he arrived in Belfast to organise ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Duffy Author: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Duffy Author - The Lenihan Interview
In 1990 as part of his postgraduate thesis for his Master of Arts in Political Science Duffy interviewed senior politicians, one of whom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The News Letter: Encyclopedia Ii - The News Letter - History
Founded in 1737, the News Letter was printed in Joy's Entry in Belfast, named after United Irishman Henry Joy McCracken, and was publishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shannon Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Shannon Airport - History
In the late 1930s, transatlantic air traffic was dominated by Flying Boats and the 'European Terminal' was at Foynes on the south side of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liam Lawlor: Encyclopedia Ii - Liam Lawlor - Professional Life
In 1974, he unsuccessfully stood as a candidate in the local elections to Dublin County Council. In 1977 he was elected to Dáil Éireann...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographics And Politics Of Northern Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographics And Politics Of Northern Ireland - Views On The Union
Most Northern Irish Catholics support unification, although opinion polls have shown a minority (approximately 30% according to a study i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of St Patrick: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of St Patrick - Composition
The British monarch was, and still is, the Sovereign of the Order of St Patrick and appoints the other members. The Lord Lieutenant of Ir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Irish News: Encyclopedia Ii - The Irish News - Northern Ireland Newspaper Market
Northern Ireland has two other main newspapers: (Belfast) News Letter (morning — unionist) The Belfast Telegraph (evening — conserva...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - You're A Star: Encyclopedia Ii - You're A Star - 2004-2005
The format of the show was changed for the 2005 season, to try to ensure that Ireland chose an act with more appeal across Europe. The sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sunday Tribune: Encyclopedia Ii - Sunday Tribune - Second Near Collapse
The paper became one of Ireland's most successful newspapers in the 1980s, eating into the market of The Sunday Press, which like other P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patrick Hillery: Encyclopedia Ii - Patrick Hillery - President Of Ireland
Patrick Hillery - The 'Sex Scandal' and the Papal Visit. Though once voted the world's sexiest head of state by readers of the German D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich - Criticism
Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich - Attacks from Catholic conservatives. Tomás Ó Fiaich was one of the most controversial modern Roman Cathol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oireachtas: Encyclopedia Ii - Oireachtas - Role
To become law a bill must first be approved by both the Dáil and in most circumstances the Seanad (although the Dail can override a Sean...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Media In Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Media In Ireland - Broadcasting
Broadcasting in the Republic of Ireland is divided into public service broadcasting, governed by the Broadcasting Authority Acts 1960-200...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evening Telegraph: Encyclopedia Ii - Evening Telegraph - Launch
The Evening Telegraph was launched in 1871 by a former Irish nationalist Lord Mayor of Dublin Edmund Dwyer Gray. The newspaper was unavow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oireachtas: Encyclopedia Ii - Oireachtas - Role
To become law a bill must first be approved by both the Dáil and in most circumstancs the Seanad (although the Dail can override a Seana...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - Notable Events
1971: First British soldier on security duties, Gunner Curtis, killed by the IRA in current campaign in North Belfast. Three unarmed Br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Éire: Encyclopedia Ii - Éire - From Éire To The Republic Of Ireland
The declaration of the republic proved somewhat controversial. In 1945 when asked if he planned to do so, de Valera had replied, "we are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Media In Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Media In Ireland - Film
The Irish Film industry has grown rapidly in recent years thanks largely to the promotion of the sector by Bord Scannán na hÉireann (Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of St Patrick: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of St Patrick - History
The Order was founded in 1783 in order to honour senior Irish peers. After the Irish Free State came into being in 1922, the Executive Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of St Patrick: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of St Patrick - Vestments And Accoutrements
For important occasions, such as coronations and investitures of new members of the Order, Knights of St Patrick wore elaborate vestments...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - Organisation
The IRA is organised hierarchically. It refers to its ordinary members as volunteers (or óglaigh in Irish). Up until the late 1970s, IRA...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Media In Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Media In Ireland - Press Freedom
Ireland has freedom of the press enshrined in its constitution. The NGO group Reporters sans frontières named Ireland in joint first pos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Duffy Author: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Duffy Author - Writings On Religion And Gay Marriage
He is a frequent contributor to the Irish Times's Rite and Reason religious column. One article in 1998, revealing the existence of Rites...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - Categorisation
Due to its frequent use of bombs; its killing of hundreds of policemen, soldiers and civilians, predominantly though not exclusively in N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liam Lawlor: Encyclopedia Ii - Liam Lawlor - Death
Lawlor was killed on October 22, 2005, when the Mercedes-Benz car he was being driven in on the way from Sheremetyevo International Airpo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of St Patrick: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of St Patrick - Chapel And Chancery
The Chapel of the Order was originally in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Each member of the Order, including the Sovereign, was allotted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Media In Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Media In Ireland - Newspapers
There are several daily newspapers in the Republic of Ireland, including the Irish Independent, The Irish Examiner, The Irish Times, Iris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of St Patrick: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of St Patrick - Precedence And Privileges
Knights of St Patrick could prefix "Sir" to their forenames, but the form was never used in speech, as they were all peers and therefore ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shannon Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Shannon Airport - Ground Transportation
Shannon Airport is the end destination of the N19 national route, which connects to the N18 Limerick–Galway route. A new dual-carriagew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oireachtas: Encyclopedia Ii - Oireachtas - History
The word oireachtas comes from the Irish language and has been the title of two parliaments in Irish history: the current Oireachtas of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Éire: Encyclopedia Ii - Éire - Footnote
1 By the 1980s both men's personal relationship had broken down completely. Browne saw MacBride, who had been his party leader at the tim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - You're A Star: Encyclopedia Ii - You're A Star - You're A Star Charity Special
On Tuesday 2 August 2005 (at 21.30 GMT) the You're A Star Charity Special made its debut. The special contained 8 Irish celebrities conte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shannon Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Shannon Airport - Foreign Military Aircraft At Shannon
In April 2003 the High Court ruled in Horgan v Ireland that for Ireland to be a Neutral Power under international law, it must prevent "b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patrick Hillery: Encyclopedia Ii - Patrick Hillery - Phone Calls To The Áras: The Lenihan Tape Claim
However it was in 1982 that Hillery's reputation as president was arguably made. In January 1982, the Fine Gael-Labour government of Garr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - Origins
The Provisional IRA has its ideological and organisational roots in the pre-1969 anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army. This organisation spl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patrick Hillery: Encyclopedia Ii - Patrick Hillery - Cabinet Minister 1959-1973
The new Taoiseach, Seán F. Lemass, began the process of retiring de Valera's ministers, many of whom had first become ministers way back...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oireachtas: Encyclopedia Ii - Oireachtas - Northern Ireland Representation
Although the original Article 3 of the constitution asserted the 'right of the parliament and government established by this constitution...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Duffy Author: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Duffy Author - Media And Research Work
During the 1990s and 2000s Duffy worked as a researcher and as a political commentator for most major Irish publications, including The I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Duffy Author: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Duffy Author - Advising The Republic Advisory Committee
On the basis of his studies of international heads of state, Duffy was one of six people (including Sir Ellis Clarke, the former Governor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich - Sudden Death
Ó Fiaich died of a heart attack at the age of 66 while leading an Armagh diocesan pilgrimage to the Marian shrine of Lourdes in France. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich - Cardinal Ó Fiaich Library
The Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library, a registered charity, was opened in Armagh in the years after his death. Named after the cardinal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich - Ancient Order Of Hibernians
The Ancient Order of Hibernians, a nationalist organisation largely (though not exclusively) based in the United States, has named its Nu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - P. O'neill
The PIRA traditionally uses a well-known signature in its public statements, which are all issued under the pseudonymous name of "P. O'Ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - Infiltration
The IRA has often been infiltrated by British Intelligence agents, and in the past some IRA members have been informers. IRA members susp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich - Controversial Reordering Of Armagh Cathedral
Ó Fiaich's re-ordering of the high Victorian gothic St. Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh Cathedral proved highly controversial. He had the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich - From President To Archbishop
Tomás Ó Fiaich was an academic and noted Irish language scholar, folklorist and historian in the Pontifical University in Maynooth Coll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich - Initially Blocked For Cardinalate By Pope John Paul I
Pope John Paul I controversially blocked plans to make Ó Fiaich a cardinal in 1978 with the quip "Ireland deserves better". The United K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich - Accused Of Being The Provo Cardinal
Ó Fiaich's republicanism proved controversial. While lauded by republicans he was criticised by both unionists and moderate nationalists...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich - Hunger Strikes
During the IRA hunger strikes Ó Fiaich was a privately influential figure among republican supporters, credited with helping end the fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shannon Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Shannon Airport - The Shannon Stopover
The United States - Ireland bilateral or Air Services Agreement requires that air carriers operating between the United States and Irelan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shannon Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Shannon Airport - Foreign Military Aircraft At Shannon
In April 2003 the High Court ruled in Horgan v Ireland that for Ireland to be a Neutral Power under international law, it must prevent "b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Larkin: Encyclopedia Ii - James Larkin - Larkin In America 1914 - 1923
Some months after the lockout ended, Larkin left for the United States. He intended to recuperate from the strain of the lockout and rais...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Larkin: Encyclopedia Ii - James Larkin - Return To Ireland And Communist Activism
Upon his arrival in Ireland in April 1923, Larkin received a hero's welcome, and immediately set about touring the country meeting trade ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Larkin: Encyclopedia Ii - James Larkin - Return To The Labour Party
In 1941 a new trade union bill was published by the Government. Inspired by an internal trade union restructuring proposal by William O'B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - Strength And Support
The Provisional IRA has several hundred members, as well as tens of thousands of civilian sympathisers in Ireland, mostly in Ulster. In 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Larkin: Encyclopedia Ii - James Larkin - The Dublin Lockout 1913
In early 1913 Larkin achieved some notable successes in industrial disputes in Dublin, making frequent recourse to sympathetic strikes an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - Activities
According to the CAIN research project at the University of Ulster, the Provisional IRA was responsible for the deaths of 1,706 people du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The News Letter: Encyclopedia Ii - The News Letter - Politics
The News Letter has historically been a hardline Unionist title. On April 1, (April Fool's Day) 1993, the paper published a reader poll a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - End Of The Armed Campaign
On July 28, 2005, the Provisional IRA Army Council announced an end to its armed campaign. In a statement read by Séanna Breathnach, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - The Belfast Agreement
The IRA ceasefire in 1997 formed part of a process that led to the 1998 Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. The Agreement has among its aims...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Provisional Irish Republican Army - Weaponry And Operations
In the early days of the Troubles from around 1969-71, the IRA was very poorly armed, having available only a handful of old fashioned we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Larkin: Encyclopedia Ii - James Larkin - Beginnings
Larkin's family lived in the slums in Liverpool during the early years of his life, and from the age of seven he attended school in the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sunday Independent: Encyclopedia Ii - Sunday Independent - Content
The newspaper is a general Sunday newspaper, covering news and politics. It is published in five sections: News, Sport, Business, Propert...   » Read the article