If you think the flu going around at the moment, is bad, the biggest killer flu the world had ever known happened 100 years ago. Nuala Wolfe looks at how it affected everything from GAA finals to the politics of the day

A rare copy of the 1916 Proclamation of Independence, signed by rebel leader Sean McGarry, sold tonight at auction for a record €360,000.

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.