The priest who filmed inside a Dublin Magdalene LaundryFr Jack Delaney made rare films depicting Irish life before the advent of televisionWed Oct 23 2019 - 20:35
Parnell and now Michael Collins – What’s with Tory Brexiteers quoting Irish heroes?What was Collins’s ‘freedom to achieve freedom’ speech all about?Wed Oct 23 2019 - 13:08
Gardaí seize €2,300 worth of fireworks in pre-Halloween crackdownOperation Tombola will target the sale of fireworks which can cause serious injuryMon Oct 21 2019 - 17:00
Motorcyclist dies after colliding with parked vehicle in Co TipperaryMan (30s) is 118th person killed on the State’s roads this yearMon Oct 21 2019 - 08:48
Ireland’s birth rate down 25% compared to Celtic Tiger periodDCU economics professor says housing and childcare costs could be affecting birth rateFri Oct 18 2019 - 16:39
Ireland v New Zealand: Irish fans desperately seeking ticket swapsMany Irish fans bought tickets in anticipation of being in the ‘other quarter-final’Fri Oct 18 2019 - 15:11
Brexit deal gets broad welcome as media focus turns to Commons voteWhat the papers say: ‘Get real – take the deal’Fri Oct 18 2019 - 11:41
By the numbers: Can Boris Johnson get his deal through Westminster?DUP votes will be important but not decisive in attempting to secure Commons majorityThu Oct 17 2019 - 15:24
Johnson may not need DUP votes, says Tory ERG memberNigel Evans says group of Labour backbenchers could be vital for ratificationThu Oct 17 2019 - 11:41
Marian Keyes becomes first Irish writer to donate digital archiveAuthor expected ‘well-awarded man’ would be first asked by National Library of Ireland for materialWed Oct 16 2019 - 16:27
Industry organisation to represent hair and beauty sector launchedHair and Beauty Industry Confederation (Habic) says sector employs 30,000 peopleWed Oct 16 2019 - 15:59
More than 90,000 apply for Late Late Show Toy Show audience ticketsHost Ryan Tubridy ‘gobsmacked’ by response to this year’s Toy ShowWed Oct 16 2019 - 11:35
North Dublin primary school substantially damaged in fireSix units of fire brigade on scene of fire in Artane which began at 6.10amWed Oct 16 2019 - 10:03
Donegal centre of plans to destabilise new Northern Ireland stateThe Donegal files: Border villages of Pettigo and Belleek were locations of battles between the IRA and B SpecialsTue Oct 15 2019 - 13:02
Final attack on day of War of Independence truce abortedThe Westmeath files: Attempt to have one more crack at British forces called off due to enemy strength and ‘hostile population’Tue Oct 15 2019 - 11:10
IRA headquarters refused request to defend BallaghaderreenThe Roscommon files: Fears Black and Tans would burn town in revenge for ambushTue Oct 15 2019 - 10:25
Tipperary, 1919: The woman who hid Dan Breen after Soloheadbeg ambushThe Tipperary files: Marian Tobin cited written testimonial from both Breen in her application for a military pensionTue Oct 15 2019 - 08:14
Irish Revolution was one of the most chronicled revolutions in historyMilitary Archives in Cathal Brugha Barracks holds historical, economic and familial recordsTue Oct 15 2019 - 01:00
Emigrants who got State pensions . . . and sometimes lost themSeveral famous anti-Treaty Republicans applied for a pension while living abroadTue Oct 15 2019 - 01:00
Erskine Childers executed over possession of a pistolThe Wicklow files: Free State government had little to pin on high-profile anti-Treaty leader but was desperate to get rid of himTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:07
Traveller’s body used as decoy to lure Black and TansKerry, 1921: Eight Black and Tans were killed by 50 IRA men in the Rathmore ambushTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:01
Leitrim, 1921: IRA volunteers lied about War of Independence attacksThe Revolution Files: Men fabricated raids and arms seizures to get pensions because they were in dire financial straitsTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:01
RIC officer shot dead in revenge for treatment of republican prisonersThe Wexford files: Percival Lea-Wilson was seen by Michael Collins forcing Proclamation signatory Tom Clarke to strip nakedTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Five IRA men killed in botched ambushThe Mayo files: Heavily armed British soldiers overcame menTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
IRA commander’s claims of British deaths ‘strained credulity’The Longford files: Gen Seán Mac Eoin exaggerated number of killings to enhance pension claimsTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
IRA volunteers killed by British forces after tip-off by local womanThe Kilkenny files: Families of both men were later granted State pensionsTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
‘We are absolutely on the racks. This week will see the end of us’The Dublin files: Those who fought in the Rising, and their families, struggled to get a military pensionTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Galway, 1920: Black and Tan with revolver shot in all directions during gunfightThe Revolution Files: Shooting dead of Edward Krumm subject of international investigationTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
IRA made three attempts to capture Baldonnell AerodromeThe Kildare files: Active unit engaged in disrupting vital communications during Civil WarTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Anti-Treaty nurse drugged guards to aid soldier’s escapeThe Waterford files: Bill Lennon faced execution for deserting National ArmyTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Offaly, 1923: ‘Undesirable girls’ rounded up and chained to railingsThe Revolution Files:The actions by the Offaly brigade was listed under police work in the brigade activity reportsTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Laois, Easter 1916: ‘He was fond of the booze’ – IRA man who fired first shot sacked over drinkingThe Revolution Files: IRA officer Patrick Ramsbottom also led the column which carried out the first military operation of the insurrection told pensions committee: 'I was drinking at the time, that is about the size of it'Tue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Dundalk a town of ‘British shoneens, British camp hangers-on and the Ancient Order of Hibernians’The Louth files: Town ‘sneeringly hostile’ to IRA, making operations difficultTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
IRA seize police station with help from RIC constable who switched sidesThe Clare files: Despite deserting, William Carroll was awarded a handsome RIC pensionTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Kilmichael ambush largest in War of IndependenceThe Cork files: Sixteen auxiliaries and three IRA men killed in attack led by Tom BarryTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Shooting dead of IRA volunteer instigated general strike against British ruleThe Limerick files: Robert Byrnes was the first IRA volunteer killed in the War of IndependenceTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Widow of TD executed during Civil War took her own lifeThe Sligo files: Pension file reveals grieving wife of Seamus Devins drank disinfectant 14 years after his deathTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Carlow, 1921: The IRA shoot a pharmacist who wouldn’t close his shopThe Revolution Files: The owner refused to close for the funeral of Terence McSwineyTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00
Belfast pogroms: ‘The street was a mass of brain matter and blood’Newly released Military Archive files shed light on violence in the city in 1920-1922Mon Oct 14 2019 - 03:03
Belfast's 1922 massacre of McMahons caused furore abroadBelfast pogrom’s most infamous incident cast a dark shadow over the extended familyMon Oct 14 2019 - 02:34
Belfast pogroms: ‘The street was a mass of brain matter and blood’Newly released Military Archive files shed light on violence in the city in 1920-1922Mon Oct 14 2019 - 02:11
Harris announces €2m funding for autism awareness planMore must be done to ‘autism-proof’ services, Minister for Health saysMon Oct 14 2019 - 00:02
Heavy rain and flooding expected as weather warning issued for 20 countiesUp to 50mms expected over the next day and a halfSun Oct 13 2019 - 15:22
New army pension files shed light on family of John B KeaneGranduncle of BBC journalist Fergal Keane was granted pension based on civil war recordSat Oct 12 2019 - 01:10
Extinction Rebellion protesters arrested after chaining themselves to DáilProtesters paste exterior wall of Government department with excerpts from scientific papersFri Oct 11 2019 - 18:01
Dublin cyclists protest against car pollution and lack of infrastructureI BIKE Dublin campaign embarks on slow cycle and complains about this week’s budgetThu Oct 10 2019 - 20:20
Green Party leader calls for car pooling scheme for rural Ireland‘We don’t all need to own a car. Most of our cars are sitting in a car park for 95% of the time’Thu Oct 10 2019 - 17:36
Dubliners stage slow cycle in solidarity with Extinction RebellionI BIKE campaign claim Government is not doing enough to support cycling and make it viable optionThu Oct 10 2019 - 15:03
Heuston trains running on time again after thieves tried to steal copper wireIrish Rail employee foils attempted robbery of valuable wire used for signallingWed Oct 09 2019 - 14:56
Mixed reaction to Budget 2020 from the arts sectorArts Council pleased but artists’ body devastated by the increase in fundingTue Oct 08 2019 - 18:36
