IT is inconceivable that during all the negotiations and discussions regarding the date of the British queen’s visit to Ireland, no one took into account the importance of choosing a date that would not send out controversial signals.

A rare original copy of the 1916 Proclamation could fetch up to €350,000 when it goes under the hammer this month.

Irish and Argentinian naval personnel today joined forces to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of the Mayo-born founder of the Argentine navy.

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.