RTÉ releases 50 audio and visual recordings from its archives for 1916 centenary

‘I have been very accident prone . . . I must be the most scarred violininst ever’

Veteran criminal shot dead outside his Dublin home two years ago

Convicted man a ruthless dissident republican gunman who killed for money

Other counts of IRA membership and weapon possession against Seán Connolly dropped

In a second, edited extract from his book Vivid Faces, historian Roy Foster considers the role of theatre in shaping the minds of the revolutionary generation