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.

The centenary of the Battle of the Somme recalls the futility of war, writes Ryle Dwyer

IN the early months of World War 1, three myths arose. The first was that burly Cossacks sent by the Czar to help the Allies on the western front were seen embarking from British railway stations for Dover bound for France.