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A great grandson of 1916 leader James Connolly has unveiled a statue in the republican icon’s “spiritual home” of Belfast. James Connolly Heron said it was an honour and a privilege to attend the event on the Falls Road in the west of the city.

Gardai are appealing for help to identify a woman whose body was found washed up on rocks in Co Dublin. She was discovered at Scotsmans Bay, Sandycove, on Thursday.

Cocaine with an estimated street value of 112,000 euro has been seized by Gardai. Mixing agents, scales and a quantity of cash were also recovered when officers searched a property in south Dublin.

Irish President Michael D Higgins has suggested Britain’s “imperial triumphalism” be re-examined in the same way as Irish republicanism has been over recent years. In a keynote speech at an event marking Ireland’s Easter Rising against British rule a century ago, Mr Higgins said there has been much discussion of violence by Irish nationalists at… Continue reading Michael D Higgins issues 'imperial triumphalism' call in Easter Rising speech

Transport across Dublin on Easter weekend is set for chaos after Luas workers rejected a pay deal. The tram drivers and ticket inspectors will strike on Saturday and Sunday, with an estimated 250,000 people expected on the city’s streets for the 1916 centenary commemorations.

A mother who lost five members of her family when their car plunged off a pier in Ireland has told funeral mourners she will be “forever grateful” to the man who saved her baby. Louise James choked back tears as she addressed those who had packed Holy Family Church in Londonderry.

Britain has praised the Irish Government for marking the 1916 Rising centenary in an inclusive way. Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said she appreciated efforts to celebrate the 100th anniversary while promoting reconciliation.

Denis McCormack’s voice cracked with emotion as he recalled his father’s gunrunning as a teenager in the Rising. In front of thousands on College Green he fought back tears and patted the ribbons on his chest which charted James McCormack’s service with the Irish Volunteers from 1916-22.

Hundreds of thousands of people have lined the streets of the Irish capital for a huge military parade to mark 100 years since the Easter Rising against British rule. In a centrepiece event as part of a year of commemorations of one of the most defining episodes of Irish history, President Michael D Higgins laid… Continue reading Huge crowds in Dublin for centenary commemoration of Easter Rising

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has condemned the latest gangland-style murder and warned criminals that violence will be their downfall. Noel Duggan, nicknamed “Kingsize” for his prolific cigarette smuggling, was shot dead in his Mercedes in the driveway of his home in Ratoath, Co Meath, on Wednesday.