Daughter of GPO pair ‘lost for words’ at 1916 centenary event‘I feel very emotional when I think of the values of every one of those Volunteers’Mon Mar 28 2016 - 01:00
Premiere of choral work with 1,000 voices at Rising commemorationPaul Muldoon lyrics criticise many aspects of Irish society such as ‘gombeen financiers’Sun Mar 27 2016 - 22:31
RDS gathering brings 3,500 relatives of 1916 veterans togetherPresident Higgins thanks them for bringing about a ‘free and independent’ IrelandSat Mar 26 2016 - 19:28
Rising commemorations lead to many family reunionsRelatives of executed leader Major John MacBride meet for the first timeSat Mar 26 2016 - 16:50
The Irish Times in 1916: a newspaper in focusToday's Irish Times newspaper is a souvenir edition of a 1916 paper that reported the Rising in microscopic detail – and carried some curious advertisementsSat Mar 26 2016 - 05:00
Ireland’s revolutionary history lives on in a Leitrim schoolhouseUS couple purchased building where Seán Mac Diarmada was educatedSat Mar 26 2016 - 01:00
RTÉ to commission follow-up to Rebellion set in the War of IndependenceTelevision MD Glen Killane says there is ‘huge appetite’ for more historical dramaSat Mar 26 2016 - 01:00
Easter Rising families gather from across the globe for commemorationsPatrick Pearse’s great-grandnephew describes Rising as Ireland’s gift to the worldSat Mar 26 2016 - 01:00
Relative of famous RAF fighter ace to attend Easter Rising commemorationsAndy Finucane was in Four Courts garrison as 2nd Lieutenant under command of Ned DalyFri Mar 25 2016 - 15:18
Rising centenary events will be largest in State’s historyHundreds of thousands are expected to take part in events commemorating 1916Thu Mar 24 2016 - 01:00
Courts-martial papers of 1916 leaders released onlineAmong treasure trove is intelligence data on Éamon on de Valera and Michael CollinsTue Mar 22 2016 - 13:10
Eason’s account of Rising made public for first timeStaff turned out of stationery and book store by rebels and premises ‘destroyed’ by shellingTue Mar 22 2016 - 01:00
Exporters and small firms voice Brexit fearsIrish companies warn that uncertainty over EU vote is already creating difficultiesMon Mar 21 2016 - 01:00
Man dies in multi-vehicle crash in Co CorkAer Corps helicopter attends scene after major crash on Mallow-Limerick roadSun Mar 20 2016 - 23:02
Hundreds stranded as a result of French air strikeRyanair and Aer Lingus flights both affected by air traffic controllers actionSun Mar 20 2016 - 19:43
How the British ‘lost’ the Easter RisingIn ‘The Enemy Files’, Michael Portillo shows how events in 1916 were dealt with by LondonSat Mar 19 2016 - 10:46
Some 6,000 shamrock sellers in London for St Patrick’s Day1916/2016: a miscellanyFri Mar 18 2016 - 01:00
St Patrick’s Day 1916: Irish Volunteers hold military manoeuvres1916/2016 Diary: Play about Roger Casement’s role to have premiere in Temple BarThu Mar 17 2016 - 01:00
Relatives of 1916 rebels criticise plans to remember British soldiersGlasnevin Trust to press ahead memorial wall to further ‘understanding’ of the conflictTue Mar 15 2016 - 21:01
Rising from the ashes: ‘Irish Republic’ flag on displayBanner symbolising events of Easter 1916 survived inferno at GPO almost intactTue Mar 15 2016 - 01:00
Thousands of schoolchildren to participate in Proclamation DaySchools to raise flag and read seminal document in events months in preparationTue Mar 15 2016 - 01:00
My health experience: ‘I couldn’t imagine performing bald’Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell speaks about his work and his life, living with Hodgkin’s lymphomaMon Mar 14 2016 - 16:00
Dublin City Council defends College Green 1916 bannerHenry Grattan, Daniel O’Connell, Charles Stewart Parnell and John Redmond shownMon Mar 14 2016 - 01:00
Cheltenham fever takes hold as Irish exodus beginsChampion trainer Willie Mullins leads impressive challenge with 60 race-ready hopesMon Mar 14 2016 - 01:00
Tributes paid after death of musician Conor WalshComposer was ‘a gentleman to all who were fortunate enough to cross his path’Sun Mar 13 2016 - 16:47
Eyewitness account of the Easter Rising published for the first timeArthur Matheson gives a day-by-day account of events witnessed from Dublin 2Sat Mar 12 2016 - 01:00
Luas strike: company to provide bus service on St Patrick’s DayCoaches will run every 10 or 15 minutes from park and ride stops on both linesFri Mar 11 2016 - 21:32
Irish are most optimistic people in EU, survey showsMajority believe economy is improving, but only 40 per cent trust the governmentFri Mar 11 2016 - 12:23
Election shows opposition to water charges, Paul Murphy saysAnti-Austerity Alliance TD urges non-payment of bills at Leinster House protestThu Mar 10 2016 - 17:24
Relatives gather to celebrate winning 1916 Grand National at FairyhouseSome 25,000 gathered for the race that coincided with the start of the Easter RisingThu Mar 10 2016 - 12:17
Joseph Plunkett’s role in Rising remembered by his schoolStonyhurst archivist seeks to explain mystery surrounding Plunkett’s part in 1916 rebellionWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
Seán MacDiarmada, single-minded separatistSeán MacDiarmada was a professional republican for his entire adult life, and his unswerving determination to take up arms against the British led to his being one of the first names on the ProclamationWed Mar 09 2016 - 00:00
Students receive Tricolour and Proclamation in Croke ParkPresident Michael D Higgins says Rising was ‘stunningly ambitious act of imagination’Tue Mar 08 2016 - 01:01
Fr Joseph Mallin (102) to receive freedom of DublinOnly surviving child of executed Easter Rising leader to receive award in Hong KongMon Mar 07 2016 - 19:58
Markievicz journal suggests link between 1916 and 1803Lissadell House document shows Rising leaders studied Robert Emmet’s plansMon Mar 07 2016 - 18:07
Markievicz notes confirm Rising leaders studied 1803 rebellionPapers released by Lissadell House owners reveal jailed Countess at lowest ebb in 1916Mon Mar 07 2016 - 15:04
The Patrick Pearse letters: Trouble at St Enda’s CollegeThe republican leader’s experimental Dublin school struggled with debt – and with irate neighboursSat Mar 05 2016 - 05:45
The Joseph Mary Plunkett papers: ‘I was never meant to be so happy’The youngest of the Proclamation signatories married his fiancee, Grace Gifford, in his prison cell the night before he was executedSat Mar 05 2016 - 05:45
Problem of army recruitment in rural Ireland addressed at Dublin meeting1916: a miscellanyFri Mar 04 2016 - 08:21
A newspaper MD’s daughter gets married in style and 14 Benedictine nuns return home1916/2016: a miscellanyThu Mar 03 2016 - 01:00
Remembering the Rising: Letters of 1916 project launchedCrowdsourcing scheme attracts 1,500 people to transcribe 2,400 letters – all now publicWed Mar 02 2016 - 19:40
€232m Center Parcs resort in Longford granted planningMajor tourism development will seek to employ up to 1,000Mon Feb 29 2016 - 18:37
Can you teach wellbeing? Martin Seligman thinks soAmerican professor Martin Seligman has pioneered positive psychology, inverting the traditional focus of his professionMon Feb 29 2016 - 13:00
