Series by Mícheál Mac Donncha chronicling the road to the 1916 Rising as seen through the pages of An tÓglach – The Irish Volunteer from 24 April 1915 to 22 April 1916 Free article

Involved in Inghinidhe na hÉireann and later active in both the Gaelic League and Sinn Féin, she was arrested in 1922 during a raid on the home of Maud Gonne and imprisoned in Kilmainham Jail Free article

Britain's MI6 – the Secret Intelligence Service – recruited spies in the Garda and their agents were instructed to infiltrate the Republican Movement, kill republican leaders, and carry out operations in the 26 Counties in an effort to discredit the IRA Free article

'Extraordinary' move to try tax offences in a court without a jury and whose abolition has been called for by the UN Human Rights Committee Free article

“We know as prisoners that receiving cards at Christmas from people was always a morale boost as it showed that people beyond these shores were thinking of us” Free article

Series by Mícheál Mac Donncha chronicling the road to the 1916 Rising as seen through the pages of An tÓglach – The Irish Volunteer from 24 April 1915 to 22 April 1916 Free article

Bizarre distinction made between national and local politics by prominent regional member of Government party Free article

Fine Gael TD accused of lack of knowledge on finance after statement opposing Sinn Féin plans for universal healthcare Free article

The escape of republican POW Gerry Tuite from Brixton Prison in London at the height of the Armagh/Long Kesh Hunger Strike in December 1980 was a tremendous morale boost to republicans Free article

The party's in-depth, costed proposals would see €3.3billion additional investment in healthcare over 5 years and a kick-start in recruitment Free article