In recent months, we have witnessed the start of an eight-year round of centenary commemorations of events extending from the Easter Rebellion of 1916 to the end of the Civil War in 1923.

Some say we should forget about wars. However, rather than glorify or celebrate them, we should remember every gory detail to try to prevent further conflicts, writes Ryle Dwyer

The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick

IT is clear from the responses to President McAleese’s defence of the moral and political status of the Easter Rebellion of 1916, such as that you published by Brian McCaffrey (‘President’s speech under fire,’ Irish Examiner letters, February 7) ...

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern explained yesterday that the Government made it clear to the Sinn Féin leadership that there had to be clarity in further discussions on such matters as decommissioning, paramilitarism, and criminality.

By Ryle Dwyer