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The island of Ireland is filled with lesser-known histories. This year marks the centenary of the 1924–5 Irish Boundary Commission, which left some unionist and nationalist communities on the “wrong” side of the Border. It is also, however, the 90th…

Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl began the first day of the new Dáil term by publicly distancing politicians from the Selling Sunset bike shed, to relief all round – presumably including his own. It later turned out that a cheaper…

The invasion of Ukraine has made greater co-operation on defence in the EU necessary “not only in the future but already now”, the Luxembourg prime minister, Luc Frieden, has said in advance of a visit to Dublin on Monday. Mr…