Leaving the Church behind him, Thomas MacDonagh found a new calling almost by accident, writes Shane Kenna

On Easter Saturday 1916, Tom Clifford sat down in his room in 4 Gardiner St to write a letter to his brother Dan. The letter has recently been discovered by their niece, Carmel Clifford.

Liveline presenter Joe Duffy’s triplet children will turn 21 on Easter Monday 2016, and he tells them that no matter how tough the recession was it was nothing like Ireland in 1916.

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.

The sad plight of the widows of seven Easter Rising rebels is detailed in a heart-rending new book, says Richard Fitzpatrick

A CLOSE friend’s warning to Michael Collins not to go on that ill-fated visit to West Cork, and a lack of bitterness in ex-taoiseach Sean Lemass following the death of his brother in the Civil War — these are just some of the insights provided in a new series of interviews relating to the struggle for independence.

Highlights include the return of Ear To The Ground, and Áine Lawlor's tale of her battle with breast cancer.

Brian Barton

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday pledged to continue to work for peace and reconciliation in Ireland as wreaths were laid in Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol in honour of the 1916 Easter Rising revolutionaries.

More than 100,000 stand in tribute to the Easter Rising dead as a military parade moves down O’Connell Street, writes Political Correspondent Shaun Connolly.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today pledged to continue to work for peace and reconciliation in Ireland as wreaths were laid in Dublin’s Kilmainham Gaol in honour of the 1916 Easter Rising revolutionaries.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was today urged to ensure the last surviving child of an executed 1916 leader is given a place of honour at the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.