Current Landmark Media Investments shareholder Ted Crosbie pointed out, in recent years, the Irish Examiner has survived “the Famine, World War 1, the War of Independence, the Civil War, the Great Depression of 1930, de Valera’s Economic War of the mid-30s, World War II and several recessions”.

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Seamus McGrane was recorded in a pub in Dublin in April, 2015, a month before the prince’s visit to Ireland, say Diarmaid Mac Dermott and Daniel Hickey

A Real IRA leader who plotted an explosion during the State visit of Britain’s Prince Charles two years ago has been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court of directing the activities of a terrorist organisation.

An Irish scientist has given new meaning to the expression ‘driving under the influence’ by test-driving a car that is powered by his ground-breaking new whiskey-derived fuel.

A father threatened to break his wife's teeth with knuckle-dusters when he held her at gunpoint during a siege at her south Dublin home, a court has heard.

When a game series becomes primarily known, and bought, for it's deep and dense multiplayer mode the incentive to continue to provide a single player alternative must be increasingly small.

The 'Timeline 1916 exhibition' and the film 'GPO 1916, Eyewitnesses to History' will run until May 20 at Cork City Hall.

DICE unveiled Battlefield 1 with a trailer that impressed even Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare developer Infinity Ward.

DICE will unveil the new Battlefield game tonight from 9pm BST, and you can watch the entire thing right here. The main event will be live streamed on Twitch tonight.

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Lenny Abrahamson is following up the massive success of Room with a couple of new projects, including a drama set during World War 1

A memorial consisting of three standing stones will honour West Cork men who lost their lives in service during the First World War.

Condemnation would have handed the British a propaganda weapon against Irish nationalists, and, in any case, the leaders were personally known to the clergy, says Dermot Keogh

The Irish cinema is still going to be dominated by Star Wars: The Force Awakens this week but good ol' Charlie Brown is willing to give it some competition.

I am researching the family background of Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock, the greatest British air ace of World War 1.

Exposing Israelis as serial perpetrators of injustice is not anti-Jewish. Anyone who makes objective, rational observations in advocating basic human rights and civilised dignity for Palestinians is criticised. 

Inquest heard man used up his air while removing a weight caught on guide line above harbour wreck

The commander of the German U-20 submarine who ordered the devastating torpedo to be fired at the Lusitania and the officer who launched the strike have sidebar links to another dramatic event in Irish history — the 1916 Rising.

Time and Time Again

An exhibition dedicated to Guinness employees who fought in the First World War was opened by broadcaster Gay Byrne in Dublin yesterday.

Have we learnt anything in the 100 years since the beginning of World War 1? I don’t think so. Maybe we are all materially more comfortable than we were in 1918, but many problems are the same.

We're running out of tissues here.

This might be it.

THE human face of war and what happens to a deeply traumatised soldier when he returns home to Limerick after the First World War is explored in On the Wire, a newly-devised piece of theatre from Wildebeest Theatre Company.

Remember the huge waves, the howling winds and the lashing rain?

Anti-war activist and lecturer Jim Roche argues that the brave men who signed up so willingly to fight in WW I were victims of a series of lies orchestrated for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many

Many Irishmen working in England at the outbreak of World War 1 enlisted in English regiments. One was Thomas Kedian, of Moneymore, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, my grand-uncle. 

Yet again, the summer school in Glenties, which bears the name of Patrick MacGill, has ignored both the writer and his participation in World War 1. That this should be the case in the war’s centenary year is a glaring omission.

Enda Kenny has said Jean-Claude Juncker will be elected as the next European Commission President despite continued reports linking the Taoiseach with the position.

Everyman, Cork

A Dublin man who stabbed his father to death with a World War 1 sword has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

Sixty nine men left Blackpool, in Cork City, to fight in World War 1 and never returned. Local historian Mark Cronin’s book, Blackpool to the Front, tells their story, which is echoed in towns across Ireland.

A dedicated fan of Jane Austen, director, Mary Curtin is bringing her show, Ladies of Jane to the Cork Arts Theatre this week.

It is three years to the day that the war in Syria began. Sophie Magennis argues that Ireland has a role to play in alleviating the growing human cost of the conflict.

Thanks to Angelina Jolie's BAFTA tux, androgyny is back. Get ready for masculine tailoring, cropped hair and brogues.

The Ennis Book Club Festival (March 7-9) is a reader’s delight. “Other literary festivals are about writing skills and getting published. Our workshops are different. One of our really popular events is called ‘Ten Books You Should Read’,” says chairperson, Ciana Campbell.

Need inspiration for your holidays in 2014? From city breaks to family getaways to adventure destinations, Isabel Conway has 10 of the best at home and abroad.

One of the last surviving Irish soldiers granted a pardon after fighting against Nazi Germany has laid a wreath to remember his comrades.

Tommy Barker says this Shanakiel offering could be a high-class ‘penthouse’ purchase

Renovated, old master gunner’s house is for sale, says Tommy Barker