Four Irish soldiers who died in the First World War have been honoured today by newly-unveiled plaques during Armistice Day commemorations in Dublin.

Irish Examiner journalist Dan Buckley reveals how few Irish families — and his was no exception — were left untouched by the reach of the Great War.

IN 1990, the Public Records Office released the files of the young men (some of them boys of no more than 16 or 17 years of age) executed by the British Army for desertion and allied breaches of military discipline in the First World War.