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Rossport to Soloheadbeg: Vincent McGrath recalls fallen relative
‘I often heard my grandmother say she didn’t like Dan Breen because he killed her uncle’
Soloheadbeg group says decision by President Higgins not to attend ‘a missed opportunity’
Killing of two policemen in ambush started War of Independence and remains controversial
Áras silent on Higgins turning down centenary invitation
President not to attend Soloheadbeg event to mark IRA attack on Royal Irish Constabulary
Vote 100: Events to mark the centenary of the vote for women in Ireland
The ending of the ban on women voting and standing for election is being celebrated across the country
John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace – a nostalgic popemobile trip
Review: This creaky documentary links the pope’s 1979 visit with the peace process
Ireland well-served by presidents with a record of public service, says Mansergh
Former Fianna Fáil TD says office of president has become a unifying figure
Mourners told Martin O’Donoghue ‘a citizen of some distinction’
Congregation hears mercurial Crumlin native a ‘wonderful husband’ and good father
Call for Ireland to maintain strong research links with UK after Brexit
Royal Irish Academy admits 28 new members
Frank Murray ‘the consumate professional’, funeral hears
Public servant was completely committed to locating remains of Disappeared, Mass told
Irish-British relations a long way from 1998 heyday
Officials in both governments acknowledge lack of chemistry between Varadkar and May
Fianna Fáil Ardfheis: Delegates share their views
Party members on Martin’s leadership, arrangement with SF and presidential election
Taoiseach leads large attendance at Cosgrave funeral
Three surviving ministers who served under former taoiseach present
Shadow of 1917 Irish Convention hangs over Brexit
Debates around free trade and customs barriers as key 100 years ago as now
Miriam Lord: Dr Biffo gets it off his chest at veterans’ reunion
Dublin Castle gathering of Fianna Fáil from different era hears defiant Brian Cowen
Patience of McGuinness a useful example for North’s deadlocked parties
Former deputy first minister pursued long-term strategy with much forbearance
Brendan Duddy: From chip-shop owner to secret peacemaker
Duddy was the first outsider ever to meet the IRA’s Army Council
Prince Charles honours Easter Rising, war dead in Glasnevin
‘This is just to prove I can write,’ royal joked as he signed visitors’ book in Government Buildings
Maureen Haughey funeral told of ‘republican in the truest sense’
‘Nationalist to her fingertips’ was proud of legacy of late father, former taoiseach Séan Lemass
David McKittrick: How Martin McGuinness left behind the grim rhetoric of war
‘Powell remembered seeing the two leaders of militant Irish republicanism playing with Tony Blair’s children and trying to ride Nicky Blair’s skateboard through the rose garden’
Criticism of Easter Rising commemoration way off the mark
Events marking 1916 part of Decade of Centenaries which respects all traditions
Former Minister calls for respect during commemorations to mark the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and Civil War
Martin Mansergh echoes President Michael D Higgins in arguing that no side had a monopoly of right in their actions
East Link bridge renamed after 1916 leader Tom Clarke
Many would consider honouring of Proclamation signatory long overdue, says Higgins
Martin Mansergh criticises secular readings of Proclamation
Proclamation of 1916 was ‘pledge of non-discrimination to the religious minority’
Government formation remains in a state of uncertainty
Analysis: Fine Gael TDs fear Independents do not fully grasp the reality of power
Stephen Collins: Government possible if parties engage in grown-up politics
Survival of minority government will require new way of doing politics
Cambridge conference puts Rising in historical, global context
Gathering looks at reception of the 1916 Rising everywhere from Iceland to China
Election result offers opportunity for institutional change
Analysis: Everyone who has been elected should play part in shaping the future Dáil
PJ Mara ‘made friends everywhere’, funeral Mass hears
Denis O’Brien among the pallbearers at service for former Fianna Fáil strategist
Charles Haughey ‘distrusted’ Department of Foreign Affairs
State papers reveal partition of Ireland was ‘at the heart of contemporary politics’ in 1988
DUP leader went from hard man to protector of peace process, says Ahern
Peter Robinson went through ‘long period of being very hostile to the Republic’
Kelleher appointed new director of elections for Fianna Fáil
Martin thanks retiring director Pat Carey for his work to date on election campaign
IRA ‘oversight’ of Sinn Féin has roots in 1977 document
Gerry Adams part of group that sought to overhaul the republican movement
Michael McDowell compares SF to De Valera and Collins
McDowell interviewed for new book written by former Irish Times political correspondent
Storm clouds over Stormont: Electoral competition has had a destabilising effect
Martin Mansergh: The IRA may not have been defeated, though they were certainly held in check
Aylward and Power moves suggest FF renewal losing steam
Hard for Fianna Fáil to escape image its new politics is identical to its old approach
FF’s Mansergh loses out at Tipperary selection convention
Ex-ICMSA president among general election candidates chosen in several constituencies
Martin Mansergh may return to Dáil pending FF convention
Mansergh among five members running for Fianna Fáil candidacy in Tipperary constituency
Ex-FF minister of state Martin Mansergh to bid for Dáil return
Selection convention for new Tipperary constituency to take place on Thursday
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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