1920: The timeline

The year saw the War of Independence begins in earnest with an escalation of murder and violence by the British and IRA

Gardaí investigating if Dublin flat fire was aimed at harming family

Mother and child remain critically ill following blaze at apartment in Inchicore

Fire which left mother and three children in hospital treated as suspicious

Mother in her 30s and son (8) in a critical condition after Inchicore, Dublin blaze

This man, a Kurdish refugee, will line out for Leitrim in Croke Park

Zak Moradi arrived in Ireland aged 11 and will make his Croke Park debut on Saturday

Seán Moran: Colm Cooper deserves his rest

Dr Crokes man served Kerry with extraordinary talent and deserves an ordinary life

St Gall’s claim football sevens title to deny hosts Kilmacud Crokes

Antrim side take honours after a penalty shootout in competitive encounter

Cork’s Imperial Hotel celebrates 200 years of business

Daniel O’Connell, Charles Dickens,Michael Collins, Maureen O’Hara among past guests

Golfer Phil Mickelson to return €831,000 amid US insider-trading inquiry

Mickelson agrees to give back profits linked to shares in food company

Phil Mickelson to forfeit almost $1m from insider trading scheme

Securities and Exchange Commission says money was unfairly earned

Recognising the arts at the Cabinet table

The campaign for a reversal of this retrograde decision warrants support

Shopping Spraoi: Cork

The historic Co Cork market town remains true to its fashionable past

Niall O’Dowd: Irish America was first to see the significance of the 1916 Rising

The Irish American leaders wanted to turn back the global tidal wave of condemnation surrounding 1916

Money, politics and what it means to be Irish

Patrick Pearse set out a mystical rationale for Irish nationality. How does his vision stand up in now, and can a nation state compete with the forces of hypercapitalism?

The Irish Times view: A welcome move to restore the heart of Dublin city

College Green plan represents radical change in the use of urban space in the best interests of citizens

Pádraig Pearse: Preparing for the ‘end times’

Long a Gaelic revivalist, Pearse was a latecomer to politics and gunfire, his unfortunate brother an even later one

John Redmond’s finest hour

In March 1912 more than 100,000 people gathered on O’Connell Street in Dublin to hear the MP herald London’s introduction of a new Home Rule Bill

President Higgins pays tribute to writer and poet Thomas Davis

‘Much work remains to be done to realise his (Davis’s) vision for a truly just and reconciled Ireland’

Thomas Byrne ‘lied about identity’ to lease restaurant

Convicted solicitor used fake name to rent Foam Café in Dublin city centre

12-year-old boy seriously injured in Cork hit-and-run

Gardaí appeal to public for help in trying to identify car and driver involved

Historian says Ireland owes its freedom to spread of English

Prof John A Murphy ‘intrigued’ by paradox of growth of nationalism in 19th century

Goals from Paul Ryan and Aidan Roche help Dubs Stars defeat Dublin

Plenty of familiar names to the fore in annual challenge game

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