Roger Casement told own defence team ‘black diaries’ were a forgery
British government leaked the diaries to sway public opinion over Casement after his arrest for treason
Roger Casement
Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement review
Roland Philipps explores contradictions, complexity and character of an Irish hero in this compelling biography
‘Ireland has always done death a little differently. We have a sense of the devastation it can bring to families and communities’
Dr Georgina Laragy is behind The Dead Body in Modern Ireland, a two-day conference with an eye-opening range of topics
Treasures from Dalkey mansion include imitation-Japanese furniture
Paintings by Jack B Yeats and William Scott also feature in Monte Alverno Sotheby’s sale
Discovery of export of Casement pistols to US caused alarm in 1991
Department of the Taoiseach and National Museum notified after letter from gun collector
Inside the new Dún Laoghaire Baths (spoiler: don’t expect baths)
For years the derelict amenity was a blight on the seafront, a lost opportunity for a public facility
Tralee: The ‘poor cousin’ of Co Kerry no more
Sarah Burns finds lots to do on a weekend trip to the south-western town
A stroll through time in Glasnevin cemetery
Ireland’s best known cemetery has resumed tours for visitors
Exhibition of Anglo-Irish Treaty portraits marks centenary of talks
Lavery portraits of both sides on view at Irish Embassy in London – ‘The Art of Negotiation’
The revolver used to kill Billy the Kid sells for €5.78m
Art&Antiques: Sale of Colt at Bonham’s Los Angeles achieved world auction record for firearm
São Paulo Letter: Fire at neglected cultural institution a metaphor for a troubled Brazil
Under Bolsonaro’s regime the Cinemateca Brasileira has been starved of funds and effectively abandoned
King’s speech appealed to ‘all Irishmen... to forgive and forget’
The royal visit for the opening of the Northern Ireland parliament in 1921 was of great significance to Ulster unionists, though the target audience may have been Sinn Féin
Should the Invincibles be reburied in Glasnevin Cemetery?
Phoenix Park assassins were executed and buried in yard of Kilmainham Gaol
Roger Casement statue unveiled and will stand in Dún Laoghaire
Sculptor Mark Richards secured commission following local authority competition
Emma Dabiri and Hazel Chu: ‘This is a real, important moment in Ireland’
Race, inequality and how we have a unique opportunity to create a better country
No Irish Need Apply – Frank McNally on the national hang-up about capital punishment
An Irishman’s Diary
Macabre exhumation of Roger Casement’s remains documented
Irish diplomat gave account of London dig after ‘49 years in a waterlogged grave’
Time’s up for Leopold II, Belgium’s butcher of the Congo
Europe Letter: The horrors of king Leopold’s colony spurred Roger Casement to rebellion
Plans lodged for demolition of The O’Rahilly house
Developers want to replace historic building at Dublin’s Herbert Park with apartments
Church of England distances itself from Irish language ruling on gravestone
Coventry decision seeking translation on headstone ‘does not reflect any national policy’
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Derry Girls’ blackboard goes on display as a museum piece
‘Protestants keep toasters in cupboards’ exhibition challenges NI stereotypes
Executed for spying – An Irishman’s Diary on Timothy Quinlisk
Quinlisk was first civilian to be executed by IRA in Cork for spying during War of Independence
Shooting dead of IRA volunteer instigated general strike against British rule
The Limerick files: Robert Byrnes was the first IRA volunteer killed in the War of Independence
The Cork woman who inspired radicalism from Ireland to Russia
The Irish woman wrote one of the most popular and influential novels of the 20th century selling millions of copies worldwide
A potted history of plants at Dublin’s National Botanic Gardens
Guided walks include an exploration of the plants whose trade played a role in the rise and fall of empires
Rural decline has football in South Kerry on life support
Falling populations have forced clubs to amalgamate and the future could be bleak
Going, going, gone: Buckley Galleries hosts final auction
The hammer fell for the last time in legendary Buckleys of Sandycove this afternoon after 56 years in business and nearly a million lots sold
Nine decades of rich and largely stable Irish-German relations
Higgins will visit a nation that has come a long way from mere ‘uninformed sympathy’
Rory O’Neill hails HIV treatment advances after ‘death sentence’
Dress worn by performer during ‘Noble Call’ speech goes on display at National Museum
Tory Island’s only hotel on the market for €400,000
Tory’s biggest employer, Óstan Thóraigh has been at centre of island life since late 1800s
The strange case of Sinn Féin and the cartoonist it tried to block
Brian John Spencer wanted to create a large scale painting. Sinn Féin was having none of it
Ireland’s first World War veterans: Shunned, ostracised, murdered
Hundreds of thousands of Irish soldiers returned home to a largely hostile country
‘When I left Ireland it was still a criminal offence to be gay’
For Pride 2018, we raise the rainbow. We hold hands. We tell stories of how we got from there to here
Tories foiled plans to repatriate Casement’s body for years
Stonewalling ended when Harold Wilson took power in 1964 and revealed location of body
Catherine Keener: ‘I did not know about Harvey Weinstein at all’
Onetime queen of indie flicks on her good Catholic upbringing, the #MeToo movement and her latest role in Irish director Alan Gilsenan’s adaptation of a Carol Shields novel
Cumann na mBan commander to be honoured
Julia Morrissey ‘never got over’ execution of inspirational republican Liam Mellows
‘De Valera is 34, dark, deified.’ An English woman meets Ireland’s rebels, 1917
Una Birch Pope-Hennessy’s account of a visit to Dublin is a who’s-who of the revolution
Exhuming Roger Casement by TV drama
In Germany, one man is campaigning to screen a forgotten TV play about the Irish revolutionary
Cycle Series: into a pocket of rich Kerry history
A loop, starting and ending in Tralee, takes in areas associated with St Brendan the Navigator and Roger Casement
Trade unionist ‘exposed atrocious conditions of workers and families’
Centenary: William Partridge (1874-1917) had key role in 1913 Lock Out and Irish Citizen Army
German village to commemorate Irish prisoners of war
Separate event in Co Leitrim to remember an American soldier who died in WWI
The Irish orator who taught Winston Churchill how to win a crowd
Irish connections: William Bourke Cockran represented the US all over the world but is barely remembered in his home county of Sligo
Celebration of Roger Casement symbolises Ireland’s relationship with Peru, says Higgins
President is making first State visit to the fast-growing Latin American country
President Higgins to visit Peru, Colombia and Cuba next month
Latin America’s models of economic development hailed as force against ‘neoliberalism’
Preparations for a polytunnel, from soil to seed trays – and don’t forget the hammock
Your guide to the best groundwork, equipment and plants to get started
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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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