Gerry Adams’ claim was a startling contribution, writes Michael Clifford.

YOU don’t expect to find a poem entitled ‘Didjeridu’ in an anthology of poetry in Irish with English translations.

Caretaker Taoiseach Enda Kenny has made a plea for politicians to work together in the national interest, 100 years after the Easter Rising, in a bid to break Ireland’s post-election deadlock.

The Irishman was a major figure in the Second Boer War, and one of the 16 men executed after the 1916 Rising, writes Donal Fallon

Politics at the start of 1916 in Cork City and county was overshadowed by events in Europe and the Middle East.

Playing with O’Donovan Rossa’s dynamite and his monstrous reign of terror from 1867 to the mid 1880s, is a very irresponsible policy agenda for this state to pursue. No liberal democracy on this earth would place such an evil man on a pantheon of glory.

Ged Nash, the business and employment minister, served for many years as a trade-union official and it is perhaps no coincidence that he was on hand recently to launch The Safety Representative Resource Book, which deals in some detail with aspects of health and safety. It is to some extent modelled on a recent publication issued by the Trade Union Congress in Britain.

IS Paul Howard an evil genius who manufactured the siege of Vico Road for his own ends? Howard is the prolific author of the Ross O’Carroll Kelly columns and novels.

I just heard on the radio that the road from Foxford to Straide was closed. 

A solicitor turned billion euro property investor is facing eviction from a mansion on one of Ireland’s most exclusive addresses after a judge refused a last minute plea from his family to halt a repossession.

The iconic Tipperary hotel where the GAA was founded, and where tens of thousands of sport fans have congregated every year since, is to be sold at auction with a guide price of just €500,000.

Cork poet Louis de Paor tells Alan O’Riordan how he thinks some of the richness of our cultural heritage can get lost in translation

IN 1970, fresh out of St Colman’s boarding school, I attended UCC.

THE hanging men: Ireland has executed 29 people - the last in 1954. The Pierrepoint brothers carried out nearly all of them.

In the pantheon of Irish patriots, a higher place might, under different circumstances, have been reserved for James Fintan Lalor.

The right to peaceful assembly and free expression has never been more important, says Ruairí McKiernan

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has today called for the Irish electorate to vote against the EU fiscal treaty in the upcoming referendum.

28-piece set dates from the 19th century, reports Des O’Sullivan.

PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s visit in May will evoke memories of other celebrated visits of American presidents.

My Flirtation with International Socialism

IRELAND’S co-operative movement has honoured Sir Horace Plunkett, one of its founding fathers, with the publication of a book on his life, and his immense influence on the development of Ireland’s agricultural sector.

DEVELOPERS “using their inside track to Fianna Fáil” have neutered a crucial scheme to provide more social and affordable housing, Labour leader Pat Rabbitte said last night.

Policymakers should pay tribute to the memory of Michael Davitt by ensuring vulnerable people in society have access to legal advice, it was urged today.

Supporters of the Rossport Five are to make the final leg of their 300km walk to Dublin today.

A number of events are planned for Co Mayo today to mark the first anniversary of the imprisonment of the Rossport Five.

I FIND it ironic that on the centenary of Michael Davitt’s death, the average price of a home in Dublin is set to reach €400,000.

President Mary McAleese is to visit the UK today to mark the centenary of the death of Land League founder Michael Davitt.

President Mary McAleese is to visit the UK next month to mark the centenary of the death of Land League founder Michael Davitt, it was confirmed today.

THE sisters and partner of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney were last night hailed as “icons of courage” for their campaign for justice against his killers.

The sisters and partner of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney were tonight hailed as “icons of courage” for waging their campaign of justice against his killers.

The fight for justice by the sisters and partner of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney helped force the IRA to finally end its armed campaign, it was claimed today.

Irish poet and former RTÉ producer/director Michael Davitt has died suddenly. He was aged 55.

The Irish Haemophilia Society has called on Health Minister Micheal Martin to change the rules of appeal for Hepatitis C sufferers who received compensation from a state tribunal in the late 1990s.

Army bomb disposal experts last night defused a pipe bomb type device discovered by a child at a sports ground.

Army bomb disposal experts tonight defused a pipe bomb type device discovered by a child at a sports ground.