There was no book of condolences and it was a private residence not an embassy, but the finer details hardly matter at this remove. De Valera addressed the Dáil in the morning and then travelled in ...

Decision by then taoiseach to visit German Legation led to government being swamped with angry letters Éamon de Valera’s condolences over Adolf Hitler’s death sparked outrage as government was ...

Almost five decades after his death, the legacy of Éamon de Valera is in the news again. As the Government wrestles with how to replace his reference to women's duties in the home in the Constitution, ...