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Michael Portillo: ‘Ignorance of Ireland among the British is rather shocking’
Documentary by former UK minister examines War of Independence from Britain’s point of view
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Irish and international stars of film, music, politics, sport and real life who left us this year
Diarmaid Ferriter: Ireland is back on the menu in Westminster
Will Theresa May’s newfound interest in Ireland pay dividends?
Obituary: Ronan Fanning
Authoritative Irish historian who spoke out on Rising and Home Rule commemorations
Diarmaid Ferriter: Ireland must ensure it does not become pawn in British game
Irish negotiating about Brexit should look to lessons from history
Death of Ronan Fanning: Tributes paid to ‘wonderful talent’
President marks death of historian who left notable impression on Irish scholarship
Professor Ronan Fanning: A giant of Irish historiography
Ted Smyth reflects on the incisive intellect and modern mind that was Prof Fanning
Criticism of Easter Rising commemoration way off the mark
Events marking 1916 part of Decade of Centenaries which respects all traditions
Paul Gillespie: 1916 was the start of a century of Ireland’s influence on British imperial history
Counterfactual speculation about the timing of the Rising puts 1916 into its proper international context as a huge stimulus of political change in Europe and the world
A newspaper MD’s daughter gets married in style and 14 Benedictine nuns return home
1916/2016: a miscellany
Opinion: Constitutional means would not have delivered self-determination in 1916
Rising was an offshoot of the Great War
Not everyone happy with development on State papers
Dust will barely have time to settle on documents now before they are released
Jonathan Bardon Q&A: ‘good history is not enough: the historian also has a duty to tell it well’
‘Read your first drafts out loud to yourself, as if you were giving a sermon – a great way to show up areas in need of improvement’
Rising commemoration programme to be unveiled at Collins Barracks
Heather Humphreys says commemorations will not ‘glorify violent bloodshed’
Greek debt cave-in a gift to Fine Gael conference
Enda Kenny has eye on election, Michael Noonan has swipe at Yanis Varoufakis
1916 centenary a time for reflection not celebration
The Rising was an act of armed rebellion by an extremist group outside the mainstream of nationalist politics
Historian Ronan Fanning challenges John Bruton over necessity for 1916 Rising
Ronan Fanning said British government’s inept behaviour encouraged violence
Century Ireland brings the decade of centenaries alive for internet generation
New website will deliver the news as it happened 100 years ago for the next decade
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