A portion of the tri-colour, which was flown at Jacob's factory in Dublin during the Easter Rising, has been presented by a Jersey family to Glasnevin Museum.

The funeral of Fenian patriot Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa in August 1915 will be remembered a century later in Dublin tomorrow in the first State ceremonial event of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme.

The exams set for Leaving Cert economics students included many references to current affairs and topical issues, like Irish Water, mortgage lending restrictions and rent controls.

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead."

PURVEYORS of Irish sporting and general history will be interested to learn that the Croke Park Stadium Tour will once again be serviced by a shuttle bus service for the summer months, and that it will include an extended service to the new Glasnevin Museum.