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The daring raid of The Upnor by the IRA

By Pauline Murphy One of the greatest military coups in Irish history occurred on the waters of Cork Harbour just over 100 years ago when the IRA...

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Despite the high-blown rhetoric of some on the Catholic right and the populist fringes of political life, presumably nobody actually wishes to...

It’s a story in itself that it was quite shocking last week to see a minister stand up to her officials, but Minister of State for Disabilities...

Character references and courtroom displays of support for convicted sex offenders are worthless, and serve no other purpose than to re-traumatise...

There is another history of Ireland. Through their work, one group of historians has set a challenge to every parish in the land to honour...

Spanning 1,500 years of Irish life, and containing almost 11,000 biographies, the Dictionary of Irish Biography is now available free online. If...