100 years ago, Constance Markievicz received a letter confirming her return as MP for Dublin St Patrick’s. Ireland’s first elected female politician was in prison at the time, and the letter was addressed: “Dear Sir”. Robert Hume investigates her colourful life

Rio Olympian Lizzie Lee insists age is no impediment to running fast marathons and says becoming a mother has actually helped her, physically and mentally, to get even quicker this year.

Young women stand up and fight — that is the rousing cry of barrister and owner of Lissadell House, Constance Cassidy.

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St Stephen’s Green is a beautiful place any time of the year but spring is particularly magical.

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There have been calls for the next government to be comprised equally of men and women, in the spirit of commemorating 100 years since women were allowed vote for the fist time.

As the Atlas Of The Irish Revolution hits bookshops, contributor Oliver O’Hanlon looks at the coverage of the conflict by overseas artists and journalists.

TV PRESENTER and former Rose of Tralee, Maria Walsh likes to keep herself busy and, despite frequently experiencing a restless mind in the early hours of the morning, plans to get even busier in the new year as she devotes more time to her new events agency, Juniper & Ruby.

An American composer’s Cork connections inspired him to write an almost forgotten work dedicated to Terence MacSwiney. The piece is about to gets its first airing in the city, writes Marjorie Brennan

A small printing press in the home of Joseph Plunkett was responsible for one of the most controversial documents in Irish history.

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.

President Michael D Higgins says the Republic that the 1916 rebels dreamed of “remains unfulfilled”.

Ellen O’Malley Dunlop asks what Constance Markievicz or Dr Kathleen Lynn would make of the position of women in the republic they helped win, and says we’ve lots of work to do yet

Michael Mallin’s letter on the eve of his execution offers a moving insight into his mindset, writes Brian Hughes

One of the key commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising centenary has taken place with President Michael D Higgins honouring all those who fought and died for Irish freedom.

Equality, not nationalism, was at the heart of the struggle, says Ben Philips

Pension details released by the military archives shows women played a wider role in the Rising than previously thought, says Sinead McCoole

The Revolution Papers’ efforts at providing a critique of the 1916 Proclamation, in its much-heralded first issue are pedestrian, biased and lacking in historical perspective.

WITH political parties in the Republic having difficulty enticing female candidates to run for the Dáil, perhaps they should look for a role model in 45-year-old Arlene Foster, newly appointed leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist party. Next month she replaces Peter Robinson as First Minister.

This Tuesday was the birthday of Constance Markievicz. Her father was an Anglo-Irish landlord, who provided free food at Lissadell House during the famine.

Ireland has still to achieve equality between men and women a century after the founding of the Cumann na mBan, President Michael D Higgins has said.

A number of roads, public buildings, parks and bridges in Co Cork could soon be named after members of Cumann Na mBan.

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Plans for a Leonard Cohen extravaganza at Lissadell House this year have been scuppered over a row about rights of way through the estate, an international promoter has said.

Following a protracted legal battle, the High Court has ruled that public rights of way do exist at the historic Lissadell estate in Sligo.

A decision is expected today in the long-running legal row over public rights of way at the Lissadell estate in Sligo.

TDs today saluted the pioneers of the first Dáil parliament and vowed to emulate their courage in tackling current economic challenges facing the country.

CRITICS of the 1916 Rising claim that it led to the backward society which followed the civil war.

RECENT reports on the case of the Rossport Five from north Mayo have focused on the fact that, so far, the men have refused to purge their contempt of court.

YOU would think that the current crop of political party yahoos would have got their act together a bit more.

The owner of Lissadell House in Co Sligo has revealed that he is on the verge of selling the property.