All changed, changed utterly. These are defining words from another era that described the explosion of violence on the streets around the Easter Rising. But the poetry of WB Yeats poignantly now illustrates a terrible horror rising over our country and planet: Covid-19.

Áilín Quinlan asks three couples to share the story of how they met and their secrets to a happy relationship

Sinn Féin are the main beneficiaries and drivers of this winnowing.

The Reeks District has launched its Big Five campaign, a collection of the most thrilling outdoor adventures the country has to offer. Kieran Meeke puts it to the best

Last week, the Derry senior footballers took their training session into a city club for the first time ever. Declan Bogue tracks the societal, religious, cultural, and economic reasons why the city has always been prevented from fulfilling its potential in the GAA world.

Patrick Bergin is back in Cork with an almost- forgotten play he discovered by the brother of one of the 1916 leaders, writes Esther McCarthy.

A £10,000 sterling reward has been offered for information about the murder of Lyra McKee.

President Michael D Higgins has led a commemoration to mark the 103rd anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin.

President Michael D. Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and Minister with responsibility for Defence Paul Kehoe will lead a ceremony in Dublin today to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Rising.

The 29-year-old was killed in Derry on Thursday night after she was shot in the head amid riots in the city.

The men, aged 18 and 19, were arrested by PSNI detectives this morning.

It is almost 100 years to the day since 14,000 workers in Limerick went on strike in protest at the British army imposing martial law.

Rod Stewart tells Ed Power about his upcoming Irish dates, his cover of Grace, and his ongoing love affair with football.

The surviving spouses of deceased War of Independence veterans have received almost €8m in pension payments from the State in the past 10 years, new figures have revealed.

From shoe box to window box, Tom Burke recalls the journey of Ireland’s First World War soldiers on eve of the centenary of the November 11, 1918, armistice.

Eoin Edwards reviews Declan O’Rourke's gig at the White Horse, Ballincollig.

The legendary singer was among a number of artists that performed at the Garden of Remembrance location.

James Ryan squirms at the idea that he might be recognised on civvy street these days.

Last Sunday, the great and the good gathered on a cold and breezy O’Connell St for the annual Easter Rising commemoration, writes Daniel McConnell.

The histories of governments are in the main chronicles of recklessness and stupidity, redeemed every now and again by moments of genius and sheer good fortune.

Under heavy cloud and against a bitter cold, they stood in silence.

The Irish flag is marking a significant milestone today.

A set of chairs that Michael Collins gave to one of his sisters as a wedding gift is up for grabs in a Cork auction tomorrow.

A Catholic priest shot and killed Patrick Pearse and two other Irish republicans in west Cork during the Civil War, leading anti-Treaty IRA members later claimed, writes Niall Murray.

Women and children feature alongside household names in the files of more than 1,500 people whose War of Independence and Civil War roles are disclosed in historic records published today.

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After suffering three days of ‘inhuman, dangerous and barbaric’ treatment, Easter Rising hero Thomas Ashe died in hospital, 100 years ago today, says Robert Hume.

Easter Rising leader Thomas Ashe was described yesterday as “a man ahead of his time” by two young pupils from the school where he once taught.

In the theatre of war of the turbulent years from 1919 to 1921, Cork was the main act, writes John Borgonovo

The centenary of the Easter Rising leader Thomas Ashe’s death will be marked with a State commemoration in Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery next Friday.

Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington is retracing the footsteps in the US of her campaigning grandmother, who was widowed in the Easter Rising.

There are allegedly paranormal activities occurring at the Canadian ambassador’s residence in Ireland.

The surviving spouses of War of Independence veterans received a 50% increase in their pensions from the State last year to commemorate the centenary of the Easter Rising.

Brexit will more radically change Ireland's relationship with the UK than the 1916 Easter Rising and partition, an MEP said.

This book is not just another book explaining why we do not speak our own language, and why we should, and how we might. 

Members of the Capuchin order had key roles in the Irish revolution, writes Niall Murray

A magnificent gift which was given to former Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney and his wife on their day of their wedding has gone on public display for the first time.

Ashe Memorial Hall, Tralee, one of the first buildings to be constructed after Independence, has been rededicated to the memory of the patriot Thomas Ashe.

Previously unseen poems, slogans, and autographs of Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith, and Countess Markievicz capture the swarm of republican activity in Clare to kickstart Éamon de Valera’s political career 100 years ago.

Just a few hours after paying tribute to fallen police officers at the opening of a memorial in Belfast, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited Áras an Uachtaráin where they saw the Peace Bell which was designed in 2008 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.