As of 1940, primary school was the sole source of education for 90% of the population. Fifty years ago, Donogh O’Malley outlined an initiative that would finally change all that, writes Ryle Dwyer 

Siptu is to fully drape three sides of the landmark 60m-tall Liberty Hall with images from 1916 to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising.

Dissident republicans have brought shame on the legitimate ideal of securing a united Ireland, the country’s top Catholic cleric said today.

THE reinstatement of the traditional 1916 Easter military parade, announced by the Taoiseach at the Fianna Fáil árd fheis, is to be welcomed.

Although it will be some weeks before the skeletal remains found on a beach near Carlingford in Co Louth can be conclusively identified by DNA, it seems highly probable following the post-mortem that they are those of the late Jean McConville, who was murdered by the IRA in 1972.