Tens of thousands of Irishmen who gave their lives fighting for Britain during the First World War were honoured by the Queen at a Dublin commemoration steeped in symbolism.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the Queen's "healing" visit to Ireland.

AS a Corkman living in Belgium, I was delighted that the city’s lord mayor and groups from Cork attended the Island of Ireland Peace Park in Messines, Belgium, on Tuesday last — Remembrance Day.

IN response to Tom Cooper and Jack Lane who feel that a remembrance concert to honour the Irish who fought and died during the First World War is wrong (Letters, October 20), I challenge anyone who shares these views to attend the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, just once.

Fine Gael must aim to win back a traditional Co Donegal Dáil seat that it held for over a third of a century if it wants to enter the next government, it was claimed tonight.

A new symbol commemorating the contribution of Irish soldiers in the First World War has been unveiled.