The Rising – Ireland: Easter 1916, by Fearghal McGarry and Years of Turbulence: The Irish Revolution and its Aftermath, edited by Diarmuid Ferriter and Susannah Riordan Free article

WHEN you hear that not only has the BBC co-funded a documentary about Bobby Sands but it also has Irish Times Pontificator General Fintan O’Toole featuring extensively the alarm bells go off. But Bobby Sands: 66 Days is worth the ticket price when it goes on general release in August. Free article