1984 was a seminal year in Ireland. Forty years on, our writers look back at some of the scandals and stories that made the headlines and helped shape the Ireland of today
Historian Dermot Keogh, who has died aged 78, was a leading academic and the author of more than a dozen books who previously worked as a journalist at The Irish Press and RTÉ.
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