Irish Republican Army

Paramilitarism still a ‘clear and present danger’ for Northern Ireland, says monitoring body

Independent Reporting Commission says formal engagement is needed to achieve ‘disbandment’

IRA men who shot 13 Protestants in West Cork were not a rogue unit, says historian

TG4 documentary examines nature of Bandon Valley Massacre to determine if killings were sectarian

Diarmaid Ferriter: Were the first 100 years of the State a success or failure?

Democracy’s endurance suggests we got more right than wrong, but there are long shadows

Once the home of Edward Carson, the Ulster Hall never saw a night like this

Thousands flock to bastion of Ulster unionism to discuss prospects for united Ireland

Kincora boys’ home to be demolished as legal proceedings continue

Developer describes the bulldozing of the former home as a ‘bittersweet’ moment for victims

‘Murder is murder’: Widow of garda killed by IRA dismisses Mary Lou McDonald’s comments

Ann McCabe’s husband Jerry was killed by the IRA in June 1996 in Co Limerick during an attempted robbery

Fintan O’Toole: The full, unexpurgated version of Up the ’Ra

Up cutting the legs off young women shopping for wedding dresses. Up torturing kids with Black and Decker drills through their kneecaps

Chant by Irish football team ‘turns my stomach’, says Methodist minister whose father was shot dead by IRA

Both the Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw and the Football Association of Ireland issued apologies over the incident

Diarmaid Ferriter: Church’s insecurity during Civil War set in train its move toward authoritarianism

Clergy were unsure about their role in a state born out of violence and racked by divisions, so they built a culture of obedience and deference

Una Mullally: What does it mean to say ‘up the ’Ra’? And why does it keep happening?

The women’s soccer team knew what they were doing: it’s just that what they’re doing means something different now

Up the ‘Ra: The chant that does not seem to go away

A social media post of the Republic of Ireland women’s soccer team singing the pro-IRA chant after their World Cup qualifying win in Scotland quickly went viral

Coalition leaders must confront those who would tear down the State bequeathed by Michael Collins

Sinn Féin is trying to bamboozle us into believing that the IRA’s most recent and bloodiest terror campaign should receive retrospective justification

Alleged right-wing extremist sympathiser awaiting trial over plan to make guns using 3D printer

Details of arrest in latest EU terror report detailing 14 terrorism-related arrests in Ireland last year

Army likely to be withdrawn from guarding Portlaoise Prison due to dwindling numbers of paramilitaries in E Wing

Presence of soldiers at facility has seen it gain a reputation as one of the most secure jails in western Europe over past 50 years

Fellow traveller – Frank McNally on the ‘republican widowhood’ of Dervla Murphy

An Irishman’s Diary

Sinn Féin confirms it will abstain from Dáil vote on renewing law for non-jury court

Party also has ‘no difficulty whatsoever’ declaring its property portfolio

Renewal of law used to prosecute terrorism expected to be approved

Minister for Justice seeks extension of Act providing for non-jury Special Criminal Court

Refugees escaping Mariupol arrive in Dublin: ‘We will never return’

Refugees from destroyed Ukrainian city who have fled to Ireland describe their grief

Derry Girls is comedy gold, but its last episode was no grand finale

Derry Girls finale review: Alas, the last episode overdoes it with a one hour special

Centenary of British handover of Cork’s Collins Barracks marked

Minister says troops of 1922 would be proud of role Defence Forces play in peacekeeping

Environment group rejects criticism over stance on Roscommon flooding

Council and OPW trying to circumvent environmental protection, group claims

Taoiseach and Tánaiste to address Michael Collins commemoration in Cork

Ceremony at Béal na Bláth will mark 100th anniversary of revolutionary leader

From remembrance ceremony to murder, the final hours of Sir Henry Wilson

How two republicans gunned down a hero of the first World War on his own doorstep

Important Irish art works on show at Paris exhibition

Sales mark centenary of the 1922 World Congress of the Irish Race

Fintan O’Toole: Don’t avoid the united Ireland issue. Make it real

A potential new state will float in Irish Dreamland in the absence of detailed plans

Sinn Féin’s targeting of voters through social media has paid off

Use of TikTok, Instagram and Facebook linked in part to party’s historic NI election win

Despair, defiance and democracy: Ireland in 1922

Part of the challenge of this year’s centenary is to confront the silences around 1922

How the Civil War was fought

Clear by second week of July 1922 that Civil War could not be confined to Dublin

Bandon massacre showed roots of internecine violence ran deep

Shooting dead of 13 men in 1922 led to mass exodus of Protestants from that part of Cork

Execution of four IRA leaders illustrated the extent of Civil War bitterness

Government opted for official reprisal for the murder of Sean Hales TD

In 12 days Ireland went from fledgling democracy to civil war

How the independent state in 1922 went from democratic general election to disaster

The Dáil debate that shaped how we understand Irish history

A Sinn Féin split over the Treaty left Ireland in uncertain circumstances in early 1922

What was the real death toll of the Irish Civil War?

Figures previously put forward of 4,000-5,000 dead now no longer thought to be accurate

Contesting the silence: Irish language writers on the Civil War

Notable exceptions were made to widespread desire to forget conflict

Erskine Childers: a strange mix of a British imperialist and an Irish republican

By the time he died at the age of 52, Childers had made powerful enemies in the pro-Treaty side

Erskine Childers: a strange mix of a British imperialist and an Irish republican

Childers made powerful enemies on the pro-Treaty side of the Civil War

In1921/1922 the North saw some of the most intense violence in Ireland

Catholic civilians bore brunt of retaliations for ongoing IRA assassinations

My grandfather Cathal Brugha has been unfairly depicted as an extremist

Ruairí Brugha: Former IRA chief hoped his death would ‘serve some greater good’

Sister against sister: How the Treaty split Cumann na mBan

The formation of pro-Treaty Cumann na Saoirse led to rancour among former allies

Harry Boland: A charismatic leader within the Irish revolutionary movement

Dublin man was a faithful friend to de Valera and had a complex friendship with Collins

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