Michael Neeson will follow in the footsteps of his father by taking on the role of Michael Collins. He will play the iconic role in The Rising, a new Irish film about the events of 1916.

Gary Sice says all of Galway have ‘green and red in their eyes’ as they start the plot to dethrone the four-in-a-row Connacht champions Mayo.

Diarmuid Lynch: A Forgotten Irish Patriot

An original signed version of Ireland's Proclamation of Independence has fetched a record-breaking €360,000 when auctioned last night at a Dublin showroom.

A ’prison break’ letter written by Michael Collins and a rare signed copy of the 1916 Proclamation of Independence go under the hammer this month.

Leitrim 1-10 Galway 0-17

Leitrim's senior footballers will be without the support of their manager Dessie Dolan snr for Sunday's Connacht FBD League tie with Sligo.

TWO cousins were yesterday buried side by side as a village engulfed in grief came to terms with the tragic loss of four young people.

The celebrations are underway for the 90th anniversary of the Easter 1916 Rising.

“WE place the cause of the Irish Republic under the protection of the Most High God whose blessing we invoke upon our arms, and we pray that no one who serves that cause will dishonour it by cowardice, inhumanity or rapine”