The former taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Liam Cosgrave has died at the age of 97. Mr Cosgrave was elected Fine Gael leader in 1965 and led the party for eight years, becoming taoiseach in 1973.

Liam Cosgrave was, until his death aged 97, the oldest surviving taoiseach (Irish prime minister). The son of WT Cosgrave, the first head of government of the newly independent Irish Free State ...

Soon after taoiseach Liam Cosgrave requested that president Paddy Hillery dissolve the Dáil on May 25, 1977, the party commissioned an opinion poll. The results shocked them. Far from being ...

Liam Cosgrave was born into a tradition of public service. His father, W.T. Cosgrave, was head of the State's first Government from 1922 to 1932. Cosgrave joined the army in 1940 and went on to be ...