The ferry, named after the island, can accommodate 126 passengers and will be operated by Doyle Shipping.

A community will shortly unveil a huge scale model of the liner Lusitania, which was torpedoed 12 miles off its coast in 1915 with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.

If a nun living in Cork doesn’t hold the key to identifying relatives of a Private Ryan who won two World War One medals, those searching for them fear they are heading into no man’s land.

Twenty years hence, when the producers of Reeling in the Years are choosing the sounds and sights to represent the stories of 2019 they shouldn’t face too arduous a task.

Gardai are examining footage from security cameras in the vicinity of St Stephen's Green to try to identify who was responsible for throwing paint over the Haunting Soldier sculpture.

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Acknowledging that many of its members fought in the British army does not diminish the GAA’s contribution to Irish society or the fact that many others of its members fought in 1916 and in the War of Independence, writes Paul Rouse

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"Whilst looking at letters, diaries and books written by cancer patients around the world — which are highly emotional things to read — what comes across from reading them is that these people are in a constant state of hardship and survival, facing huge challenges"

Imagine the UK government has made an emergency announcement, after extensive consultation with employers, employees, students, and civil servants, writes Joe Gill.

Remembrance Sunday commemorations will take place across the world, and the island of Ireland, today.

People commemorating World War One are being asked to wear white poppies instead of the usual red poppy.

As many as 4,500 Corkmen died in the bitter battles in Europe during the First World War One.

A decade after the onset of the property and banking crash, mortgage debt means households

New Zealander Hori Morse served as an Auxiliary in Tralee, Co Kerry, during the War of Independence, when the town was international news. In 1921, he began an affair with a married woman and would himself become a front-page story, says Ryle Dwyer

Since becoming Irish President in 2011, Limerick-born Michael D Higgins has proven a popular head of state. 

Festival fashion has come a long way since Kate’s iconic Hunter wellies and hot pants at Glastonbury in 2005. Now there’s a new look for the festival field, says Annmarie O’Connor.

Cristiano Ronaldo's opening goal for Real Madrid at Celta Vigo on Wednesday night was his 367th in Europe's top five leagues.

Evidence suggests Assad was behind this week’s chemical weapons attack. Leaders are saying it is a redline issue but Western powers are at a loss to respond, says Peter Apps

Ronan O’Gara isn’t the first Corkman to make waves in Parisian rugby.

At 73, the veteran singer still loves the buzz of playing to a live audience, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler.

Scarred by the horrors of World War One, army veteran Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) opts for self-exile as a lighthouse keeper as The Light Between Oceans (12A) begins. 

Oliver Stone’s film ‘Snowden’ may change US public opinion and garner support to pardon the whistleblower, who performed a public service in the public interest, says James Bamford.

Battlefield 1 is heading for release very soon, and it's going to take us back to World War One for the first time in many a year.

If you need further proof that learning can be fun, then look no further than Sunday’s Well Boys National School who have brought us another moment in history using lego.

An exclusion, or heritage, order is expected to be placed on a World War One German U-boat which will prevent irresponsible divers from tampering with it and possibly risking injury or death.

Northern Ireland Attorney General, John Larkin, recently had a pop at the Easter Rising — the usual stuff about it failing the ‘just war’ theory test and having no democratic mandate.

Democratic candidate Bernie Saunders follows in a proud tradition of American socialism which has now been forgotten by his countrymen. Alan Chin reports.

Ross O’Carroll, Dublin hurler and footballer has contributed to a new book on the GAA in the turbulent years between 1913 and 1923.

Speaking to the West Brom programme on Saturday, the Republic of Ireland international revealed he would not wear a poppy next month and will stand up for his beliefs. 

The lone Irish-based descendent of O’Donovan Rossa tells Noel Baker how her family is proud of its famous ancestor. We get a bigger picture of him as a human being and not just as a Fenian.

A Baltimore lifeboat rescue of 23 people from a steamship called Alondra, wrecked off the Kedges in West Cork in late 1916, is to feature in a special RNLI touring exhibition commemorating the centenary of World War One.

Barry C Lynn looks at the easing of America’s trading relationship with China in the 1990s and the present dilemma for the US in managing its dependence and weaker status.

The sinking of the Lusitania is a story that has gripped the imagination of the world over the intervening decades and filled the pages of many books and articles, President Michael D Higgins said in his speech marking the centenary commemorations.

New Zealand prime minister John Key has apologised for pulling the ponytail of a waitress who accused him of bullying, media reported.