It was Pádraig Pearse who wrote “Lord, thou art hard on mothers: We suffer in their coming and their going.”

WHEN The Irish Press was first published in 1931 — Pádraig Pearse’s mother pressed the button to start the printing press — the paper’s founder Éamon de Valera said the paper’s purpose was: “To give the truth in the news ...” 

It was not by chance that Pádraig Pearse was the first rebel court-martialled and killed, writes Ruán O’Donnell

The centenary commemorations of a pivotal moment in Irish history continue today with the unveiling in Rosscarbery, Co Cork of An Post’s new 70c stamp, featuring a photograph of Pádraig Pearse delivering his historic oration at the graveside of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa on August 1, 1915.