For hours, the young cadets waited, standing at attention by the freshly dug grave — a striking tableau in their crisp, green tunics and brown breeches, rifles by their sides.

AFTER completing my doctoral dissertation on Irish neutrality, Tim Pat Coogan, the then editor of The Irish Press, wrote that his newspaper would be interested in publishing a series of articles based on the papers of David Gray, the American wartime minister to Ireland, but he added his own health warning.

On the 40th anniversary of the deletion of the ‘special position’ of the Catholic Church from the Constitution, Ryle Dwyer examines the article’s origins

A priceless stained-glass window commemorating teenage IRA volunteer Kevin Barry has been given a new home at his alma mater.

Major Vivion de Valera, son of Eamon de Valera, complained about being bombarded by virgins over the condoms controversy 30 years ago, state papers reveal.

President Eamon de Valera accepted gifts from Colonel Gaddafi the same year Libya began arming the IRA, official state papers reveal.

One of the country’s best known historical writers is among group of experts who will decide how to honour the million people who died in the Great Famine.

An expert group set up to consider ways to commemorate the Irish Famine will hold its inaugural meeting today.

LIFETIME achievement awards were yesterday presented to three people described as icons of tourism development in the Blackwater Valley.

THERE is a contrast between Europe and America but not a contradiction, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern told the joint houses of Congress yesterday.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will address the joint US Houses of Congress on April 30, becoming the sixth Irish leader to do so.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will join an exclusive group of world leaders when he addresses the US Congress in April.

Charles J Haughey’s political career stuttered at first with an embarrassing defeat in a by-election in the 1950s.

Every primary school in Ireland should be given a Tricolour and flag to mark the 90th anniversary of the Easter 1916 Rising next month, Government TD Tom McEllistrim said tonight.

GAA president Sean Kelly wants the association to honour Michael Collins - “one of the country’s great patriots” - by naming a major trophy or stadium in memory of the Corkman.

De Valera’s funeral left one British diplomat under-whelmed, writes Ryle Dwyer.

IRELAND’S handball ‘compromise rules’ squad head to a major tournament in the Basque town of Azkoitia in Spain today.

LEADERS from across the political divide paid tribute to former chief justice Tom O’Higgins who died yesterday.

Actor Gabriel Byrne is to launch a US campaign to pressure the Irish Government to reveal the truth behind the expulsion of Donal de Roiste from the Irish army in 1969.

A former Irish army lieutenant who was retired from the Defence Forces by former President Eamon de Valera has launched an international campaign to clear his name.