Dave Kenny was amazed to discover a very rare photograph of Michael Collins in his own attic

THE indefatigable Tom Cooper has written an important and uncomfortable letter (March 1) on the subject of the cynical exploitation of the Irish war dead in the First World War.

THE former Fine Gael TD for Donegal North East, Paddy Harte OBE (Letters, February 8) appears to labour under the impression that Irishmen who fought for the British empire during the Great War have been ignored by the Irish state.

LESS than 5% of all convictions for drug-related offences result in a prison sentence, according to a new book.

RETIRED Irish Army captain Donal Buckley (Irish Examiner letters, November 17) takes us to task for “intentionally and maliciously writing out of history a generation of our own people that fought and died for us“.

US President George W Bush is expected to call today for Republicans and Unionists to make compromises to strike a deal to get the Good Friday Agreement back on track.