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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Woman who reported atrocities by Black and Tans denied pension and medalKathleen Mary Napoli was so trusted during the War of Independence that she accompanied the treaty delegation to LondonMon Oct 07 2019 - 01:00
Power restored to all electricity customers following Storm Lorenzo, says ESBStorm lingered in Atlantic longer than expected and lost energy, Met Éireann saysFri Oct 04 2019 - 20:28
Heavy rain expected to add to the possibility of flooding across the countryUnsettled conditions will see more rainfall over the weekend and into next weekFri Oct 04 2019 - 14:48
Large whale seen in Dublin Bay found dead in Dublin PortBody of Fin whale, second biggest animal on the planet, is spotted by passengers on a ferryFri Oct 04 2019 - 12:33
Storm Lorenzo to make landfall in Donegal overnight, says Met ÉireannOrange alert in place for five counties with gusts of up to 130km/h forecastThu Oct 03 2019 - 22:06
Rapidly approaching Storm Lorenzo to bring high winds and floodsMet Éireann says likelihood of landfall ‘high probability’ and warns of floodingThu Oct 03 2019 - 00:01
Weather warnings issued ahead of Storm Lorenzo hitting IrelandTorrential rain and gusts of more than 130km/h forecast by Met ÉireannWed Oct 02 2019 - 20:56
John Delaney timeline: From CEO to paid ‘gardening leave’ and resignationDominant FAI figure for 15 years was embroiled in a number of controversies during tenureMon Sept 30 2019 - 09:23
Church leaders call for restoration of Stormont to stop abortionJoint statement urges NI secretary to reconvene Assembly before October deadlineMon Sept 30 2019 - 00:00
Dublin’s All-Ireland winners given triumphant homecomingThousands turn out at Merrion Square to honour success of men’s and women’s teamsSun Sept 29 2019 - 19:29
Remnants of powerful hurricane Lorenzo could hit Ireland later this weekWeather forecasters are tracking the path of category five hurricaneSun Sept 29 2019 - 13:15
Eoghan Murphy criticised as rents surge by 7 per cent in one yearMinister for Housing says rent pressure zones need to work but rents are ‘unsustainable’Fri Sept 27 2019 - 14:18
Simon Community gets planning permission for six-storey treatment facility in DublinExpanded Usher’s Island treatment centre will be opened by the end of 2021Thu Sept 26 2019 - 15:09
Commons chaos: Boris Johnson a ‘man with no shame’British newspapers react to fractious House of Commons debateThu Sept 26 2019 - 10:30
What the British papers say: ‘The most damning verdict on Boris Johnson’s integrity’Financial Times, Guardian and Scotsman newspapers urge Boris Johnson to resignWed Sept 25 2019 - 10:18
