Organisation: Provisional Government

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Cosgrave's headstone broken by vandals

The headstone on the grave of Ireland’s first head of the Free State, William T Cosgrave, has been smashed in two.

comment-analysis

British army fire did not spark Civil War

RIC men were not heroes

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Sectarian violence and murder spreads across the North

comment-analysis

Big Fellow made history in own image

Public service expenses rip-off a perversion of true republicanism

Latest push for peace could be the best chance in 85 years

IN the past there have always been people in the wings who have had a vested interest in destroying the various peace initiatives.

Sat, 08 Apr, 2006

1916 commemoration ‘a mistake’

THE oldest survivor of the War of Independence is opposed to this year’s Easter Rebellion commemoration - despite marching in many military parades over the years.

Mon, 03 Apr, 2006

Council calls for return of Easter Rising surrender letter

Dublin City Council is to write to the British government calling for the return of a surrender letter rebel leader Padraig Pearse handed to an English general after the Easter Rising, it emerged tonight.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2006

Pearse the rebel was once a democrat who had been betrayed

ROBIN BURY of the Reform Movement states (Irish Examiner November 8) that “1916 was not mandated.”

Mon, 28 Nov, 2005

How the 1916 rebels got a retrospective mandate

ROBIN BURY of the Reform Movement states (Irish Examiner letters, November 8) that “1916 was not mandated”.

Fri, 18 Nov, 2005

Let’s examine ourselves before lecturing those in the North

THE final decommissioning of the IRA arms last weekend was not the first time the organisation has dumped its weapons.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2005

Cowen urges buyer to make Pearse letter available to State

THE anonymous buyer who paid €700,000 for Padraig Pearse’s 1916 surrender note should make it available to the State archives, Finance Minister Brian Cowen said yesterday.

Fri, 27 May, 2005

Pearse’s surrender note sells for €700,000

A SURRENDER note written by Padraig Pearse fetched €700,000 — almost 10 times its guide price — at an auction held in Dublin last night.

Thu, 26 May, 2005

€700,000 for Pearse surrender note

A surrender note written by Irish revolutionary icon Padraig Pearse fetched €700,000 – almost 10 times its guide price – at auction in Dublin tonight.

Wed, 25 May, 2005

Govt may buy Padraig Pearse surrender note

The Government could purchase the hand-written surrender note from the revolutionary icon Padraig Pearse which goes under the hammer this week, it emerged today.

Mon, 23 May, 2005

Militants 'kill Italian journalist'

Militants in Iraq have murdered kidnapped Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who disappeared last week, Pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera reported.

Fri, 27 Aug, 2004