Dr Tony Holohan has advised against mandatory usage, following WHO guidelines

Scientific expert group raised concerns over effectiveness, preferring medical masks

Cork Corporation was first local authority in Cork to pledge allegiance to Dáil Éireann

Advisory group chair hopes War of Independence, Civil War marked as Rising was

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan hoped event would rehabilitate forces’ reputation

the term had the advantage that it avoided ascribing blame to any of the participants

City boundary extension at end of May will be the first in 50 years

Strong focus on mass movements, role of women and workers in series based on award winning book

Dr Maurice Manning said commemorations may revive painful memories of loss and dispossession

Offer excludes large towns and Cork airport which report says should all transfer to city

1990: ‘It was clear that the debate between the bullet and the ballot was not dying away’

City authority rejects offer by Cork County Council to increase population to 160,000

Capacity compromised ‘by scarcity of development land within existing city boundary’

Inclusion of Ballincollig, Blarney and Carrigtwohill ‘warranted by high housing density’

Proposed extension of city into areas now overseen by county council ‘excessive’

While city council supports plan, county council warns of potential negative impacts

Government-commissioned report proposes extending city boundary into parts of the county

Officer angry at how soldiers had been arrested on back of Stevens Inquiry instructions

Events marking 1916 part of Decade of Centenaries which respects all traditions

Martin Mansergh echoes President Michael D Higgins in arguing that no side had a monopoly of right in their actions