Dan MacCarthy explores llauntannig, an island where the Aud lay anchored off during the 1916 Rising.

Easter Rising leader Thomas Ashe was described yesterday as “a man ahead of his time” by two young pupils from the school where he once taught.

When Susan Bro spoke at a memorial for her daughter, Heather Heyer, who was murdered by a right-wing extremist in Charlottesville just over a week ago, her powerful response resonated with families on this island who had lost a loved-one to bewildered extremism.

Previously unseen poems, slogans, and autographs of Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith, and Countess Markievicz capture the swarm of republican activity in Clare to kickstart Éamon de Valera’s political career 100 years ago.

Tim Pat Coogan’s new book on Michael Collins’ hit-squad during the War of Independence is entitled The Twelve Apostles. In fact, members of the squad never referred to themselves in that way, says Ryle Dwyer

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has come under further political pressure about what he may know about who who carried out the 1983 IRA murder of prison officer Brian Stack.

A man who alleges to have been raped by an IRA member says Gerry Adams is lying about the murder of Brian Stack.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is facing pressure to give gardaí the name of a senior IRA figure who knows the identity of the killers of murdered prison officer Brian Stack.

Two sitting Sinn Féin TDs have sensationally stated in the Dáil they were not involved in the 1983 killing of prison officer Brian Stack.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has become embroiled in a damaging row with the son of provisional IRA victim Brian Stack after insisting he received the names of four people involved in his murder from the grieving family.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called on Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams to clarify who gave him the names of four senior provisional IRA members who may have been involved in the 1983 murder of prison officer Brian Stack.

Dialysis patients who smoke are less likely to get a kidney transplant and are more likely to die earlier than non-smoking kidney disease sufferers, according to a new study led by Limerick researchers.

A hundred years to the day that Patrick Pearse stepped on to O’Connell Street and proclaimed an Irish Republic, the GAA will hold its extravagant commemoration of the most seminal moment in modern Irish history. 

The naval ship LÉ Aisling is in the bay, the Irish army will be on manoeuvres, and the strains of ‘Lonely Banna Strand’ are ringing out across Tralee Bay in one of the biggest State commemorations outside of Dublin of events associated with 1916.

This is how the men and women who would be involved in the looming rebellion spent this week 100 years ago — some deeply involved in its planning, others still oblivious.

Austin Stack was blamed by many for the disaster that befell the German guns plan in Kerry, but he played a key role later in the first Dáil, writes Ryle Dwyer

Des O’Sullivan reports on the wealth of 1916 memorabilia coming up for auction prior to the centenary.

Details of what was being done this week 100 years ago by those planning the Rising, and how it was observed by British authorities in Ireland.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has dismissed suggestions he was not “savvy” on financial matters or his party’s manifesto during the general election campaign.

The gardaí’s “fresh assessment” of the Provisional IRA will depend entirely on what the PSNI investigation into the murder of former paramilitary Kevin McGuigan reveals, it has emerged.

The son of the only prison officer murdered in the Republic during the Troubles has said Sinn Féin claims the Provisional IRA no longer exists are a “blatant lie”.

The new Lord Mayor of Dublin said she is not going to continuously answer questions about her party, Sinn Féin.

On the 50th anniversary of the repatriation of Roger Casement’s remains, Ryle Dwyer contends that perfection is not a requirement of patriotism.

I understand that a family wedding has prompted Ulster senior club football champions, Slaughtneil of Derry to request a change of date for their All Ireland semi-final fixture with Austin Stack’s, The Rock, Tralee from Saturday, February 14 to Sunday February 15.

Stephen Stack was taking the positives from Austin Stack’s performance despite seeing them lose a four-point second-half advantage.

Dhara Kivlehan was given a photograph of her newborn baby Dior just before she was transferred from Sligo Regional Hospital to Belfast four days before her death, an inquest heard yesterday.

Even the sky in Kerry was dressed in gold late yesterday as the victorious All-Ireland senior and minor footballers teams’ train pulled into Casement station in Tralee.

The Government has denied there was an amnesty for IRA killers operating in the Republic for more than a decade.

In early November 1915, on the weekend of the All-Ireland final, the Tralee Republican leader Austin Stack dispatched three men disguised as Kerry football supporters to Dublin.

Forging a Kingdom: The GAA in Kerry, 1884-1934

The family of an assassinated prison officer have pleaded for a face-to-face meeting with his killers after the IRA finally admitted it was behind the murder.

The family of the only prison officer to be assassinated in the Republic believe they know the identity of his killer after new evidence came to light in recent weeks.

Researchers at University of Limerick have found that people suffering from gout are at higher risk of death from heart disease and other illnesses.

For determined collectors all roads lead to Limerick this weekend.

Dr Crokes 0-14 Laune Rangers 1-03

There are plans to make final diving preparations today to raise the anchors of the Aud, the arms ship scuttled in Cork Harbour on Easter Saturday 1916.

ALL-IRELAND champions Cork dominated the O’Neills/TG4 Ladies Gaelic Football All Stars at a gala function at the CityWest Hotel on Saturday night.