President Michael D Higgins and senior government ministers have led the tributes to the 1916 fallen at the Kilmainham Jail site where they were executed in an emotional reminder of the deaths of the Rising leaders.

Political leaders, Rising relatives, the Defence Forces, and public servants joined together yesterday in an historic 1916 commemoration that repeatedly sought to include all parts of Irish society.

Electronic tagging of offenders, Brexit, the cost of medicines, and employment in regional areas will feature during debates at Fine Gael’s ard fheis this weekend.

The 800-acre site for the three-day national ploughing championships, which begin at Ratheniska, Co Laois, tomorrow is ready to host Europe’s largest outdoor agricultural event.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has left the door open to a new northern body to monitor paramilitary activity.

The head of the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) has called on the Government to strengthen bilateral trade links with the UK, no matter the outcome of Britain’s referendum on its future with the EU.

The Prince of Wales has expressed regret over lives lost in the Troubles, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said.

The Prince of Wales has expressed regret over lives lost in the Troubles in the North, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said.

A series of events will take place this week to mark the centenary of the sinking of RMS Lusitania off the coast of Cork.

A president, three ambassadors and around 5,300 cruise line passengers will come to Cobh on May 7 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.

Britain will try and build an alliance of like-minded countries in an attempt to secure a series of reforms prior to its EU referendum, provisionally scheduled for 2017, said British ambassador to Ireland Dominick Chilcott.

A half-century after his passing, the deeds of a heroic Irish priest who helped saved thousands of people in Nazi-occupied Rome during the Second World War are still talked about.

A member of England's royal family has laid a wreath at a memorial to rebels who fought and died in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was heckled by protesters when he arrived in Killarney, Co Kerry, for the presentation of a humanitarian award on Saturday night.

As you’re reading this, it’s quite possible Queen Elizabeth II is tucking into a 10lb salmon freshly caught on the River Lee.

Queen Elizabeth is back in Ireland... but only in an exhibition to mark the first anniversary of last year’s historic, royal visit by the British monarch.

Three-way talks on the future of Gibraltar began today with Spanish annoyance over Britain’s use of the tiny colony for repairing nuclear submarines high on the agenda.