In the first of his articles covering the conscription crisis of 1918, Ryle Dwyer explained how heavy-handed British politicians looked towards Ireland to solve their army’s manpower crisis during a vital stage of the war on the Western Front.

Andrew Melsom on a collection remembering Irish soldiers’ often heroic roles in World War I    

THE column by Steven King headlined “Republicans’ original mandate can be consigned to dustbin of history” (December 3) left me perplexed, to say the least.

“I coulda had class, I coulda been a contender, I coulda been somebody, not just a bum”... the comments by your columnist Steven King on the 1918 general election result (December 3) recall Terry Malloy’s whine in On the Waterfront.