To fully comprehend what had happened in Irish politics in the six months between July 1921 and January 1922, and then on ...

PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher has described the killing of members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) in the War of ...

Catherine Connolly is settling into life at Aras an Uachtarain after a long tenure by predecessor Michael D Higgins.

On the anniversary of his death aged 69, stars from Sigourney Weaver to Sharleen Spiteri, Tom Felton to Harriet Walter, remember the wit, charm and endless generosity of one of Britain’s best-loved ac ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin "takes zero notice of what Fianna Fáil backbenchers say", according to a TD. In an interview with ...

Analysis: A woman was effectively banished from the country for the crime of kissing of a boy in public in Co Louth in 1937 In October 1937, a young man and a woman were seen kissing in public in ...

The Killarney born actress stars alongside Paul Mescal in 'Hamnet', a film focusing on how William Shakespeare and his wife ...

A neglected woodland in northern Israel offers a window into Éamon de Valera’s legacy and a lost moment of Irish-Israeli goodwill Éamon de Valera Grove in Beit Keshet Forest near the Palestinian town ...

“Although we often spoke about the de Valera Forest, we weren’t actually able to get in here for many years because of overgrowth. Trees had fallen, bushes had taken over, and the entrance had ...

Britain strongly urged the Irish Government nearly fifty years ago not to release key 1936 records about King Edward VIII’s abdication, especially a key conversation between Éamon de Valera and a top ...

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