I FIRST heard of Jimmy Gralton in the early 1980s when his surname was used as the title for a short-lived socialist magazine.

Last Wednesday marked the 90th anniversary of the death of Michael Collins. Ryle Dwyer on a new book on his decisive role in the Anglo-Irish War

A Bloody Sunday match ticket will be the main event, writes Des O’Sullivan

ONCE a month the Irish Cancer Society charity shop on Castle Street, Cork, puts on sale the books and other items they have been displaying in the window.

I FIND it hard to fathom why the Lord Mayor of Cork, Brian Bermingham, should wish to organise a concert in the City Hall in honour of Corkmen who died in British uniform in the First World War. Moreover, the timing (November 8) makes the concert part of a bigger Remembrance Day/Poppy Day ceremony — a blanket commemoration of all British regiments and campaigns.