'Forced disappearances’ are often associated with Republican paramilitaries but British forces have also covertly killed, as have all sides in Ireland's War of Independence and Civil War

On May 10, 1916, Kathleen Lynn, pioneering doctor, independent thinker and political activist, wrote in her diary: “Mtjoy clean & comfortable, but I’d give £10,000 for Kilmainham and Madel. Greatest joy.

A very popular artist in Ireland and abroad, Maeve Taylor recalls painting the Kinsealy home of former Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, and a day in May 1974 when the bombings happened on Talbot Street in Dublin.

Regarded as 'a great soldier of Ireland' even by his opponents in the Civil War, General Liam Lynch's death on April 10, 1923, is being commemorated with a new biography, art exhibition and parades with bands from Argentina and the US

Beyond contemporary politics though, it was about honouring a man who did his country a major, selfless service

The event, taking place in Michael Collins’s native West Cork, will feature a historic address by the Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin

His place in history as a founding father of Irish independence has long been overshadowed by Michael Collins but for all that he did for this country, Arthur Griffith deserves to be truly heralded for the part he played as 'the father of us all'

A rare copy of the 1916 Proclamation which can be traced directly to the General Post Office (GPO) during the has been gifted to University College Cork (UCC) and is set to go on public display.

A drama-documentary recreating the Treaty debates will be broadcast on the Oireachtas TV channel in December