On the 100th anniversary of Patrick Pearse’s surrender — on the last Saturday of April 1916 — a never-published letter reveals how Irish men in different uniforms found they had a lot in common, writes Niall Murray

One of the great dynasties of Irish professional golf celebrates a major milestone this year when David Kinsella retires after 50 years of service at Castle Golf Club.

Ireland newcomer Cyrus Christie has revealed his swashbuckling debut on Tuesday was tinged with sadness due to a family bereavement.

There’s shades of banishing the remaining ghosts of the much-reviled Anglo Irish Bank at its building foot-prints in both Dublin and Cork cities: the Central Bank has started to convert Anglo’s vaunting vanity HQ project to new State service, while Cork’s former Anglo Irish Bank building is getting a re-brand and letting pitch after a multi-million euro purchase.

It is three years to the day that the war in Syria began. Sophie Magennis argues that Ireland has a role to play in alleviating the growing human cost of the conflict.

Cork County Council has been urged to acquire, as a potential floating museum or restaurant, one of two Irish Naval Service ships due to be decommissioned.

EMER Costello had an idea that she wanted to share.

The Central Bank has formally agreed to buy the partially constructed building in Dublin, which should have been the new headquarters of the failed Anglo Irish Bank.

Two young Dublin men have been given sentences of seven and four and a half years for possessing a handgun in suspicious circumstances in a stolen car.

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey has demanded a full report from CIÉ over an internal company investigation which uncovered losses of €2.5 million due to alleged fraud and collusion.

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey has demanded a full report from CIÉ over an internal company investigation which uncovered losses of €2.5 million due to alleged fraud and collusion.

THE family of Stephen Gately said yesterday they were devastated by the sudden death of the Boyzone singer while on holiday on the Spanish island of Majorca.

Singer Stephen Gately was today remembered in his home city as a much-loved hero and role model who achieved superstardom against the odds.

Three crew members on the Jeanie Johnston famine ship have been paid €16,000 in wage arrears.

A man's body has been found in the River Liffey in Dublin.

WEXFORD County Council has expressed dismay at the flouting of its planning laws by millionaire property developer Harry Crosbie.

A relapsed drug addict who threatened and assaulted a Chinese restaurant owner causing the man to sell his business has been given a four year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Thousands of commuters faced chaos this morning after the derailment of a freight train in north Co Dublin.

Politicians, schoolchildren, religious and community groups will come together today for a major ceremony to mark the United Nations Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

ESB management is to ask for approval from its board to close three power stations by the year 2010.

A MAJORITY of heavy goods vehicles are continuing to avoid using the new toll-free Dublin Port Tunnel.

AN estimated 450 ESB power workers are to consider industrial action which could severely hamper electricity supplies across the country at the height of winter.

NEW restrictions must be placed on heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) to stop cyclists being killed, it was claimed yesterday.

New restrictions must be placed on heavy goods vehicles to stop cyclists being killed in large numbers, it was claimed today.

A cyclist in his 40s has died after he was in a collision with a truck in Dublin's north inner city this morning.

IARNRÓD ÉIREANN could lose millions of euro in business following next week’s closure of its North Wall container depot in Dublin.

A TRUCK driver was killed in a freak accident at Dublin Port yesterday morning.