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Dr Brian Murphy

TU Dublin

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Dr Brian A Murphy is Enterprise Partnership Lead in the TU Dublin Enterprise Academy.

Does The Great Gatsby reflect F. Scott Fitzgerald's Irish roots?

The author with Irish Catholic roots may have had a complex relationship with Ireland yet echoes of Irish influence run through his works
F. Scott Fitzgerald • 21 May

A short history of US presidential inaugurations

The tone and content of an inaugural speech has often served as a president's mission statement for the next four years
United States • 18 Jan

75 years on, should Ireland have a Republic Day?

The reticence to commemorate the day Ireland became a republic is down to the complexities and controversies of our history
History • 18 Apr 24

How the President and Taoiseach dealt with George VI's funeral

There was almost zero public expectation that Sean T. O'Kelly or Eamon de Valera would attend King George VI's funeral in 1952
History • 19 Sep 22

JFK and the long shadow caused by the Bay of Pigs

The lessons Kennedy had learned from the fiasco of the Bay of Pigs were to stand him - and the world - in good stead during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but Cuban-American relations still remain complex sixty years later.
JFK • 15 Apr 21

The winners (and losers) from Irish presidential elections

Here's a miscellany of what happened when Ireland previously went to the polls to elect a president
Presidential election 2018 • 27 Oct 18

Douglas Hyde's inauguration - a signal of a new Ireland

The inauguration of Ireland's first president was a seminal moment in the country's political development.
Douglas Hyde • 25 Jun 18

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