# civil war politics

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Taoiseach says Treaty negotiators were 'great people' but declines to say if De Valera should have been among them

Éamonn De Valera, the founder of Martin’s Fianna Fáil party, famously did not travel to London for the Treaty negotiations in 1921.

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Dec 6th 2021, 5:04 PM

Spain exhumes Franco's remains and moves him from huge basilica to discreet grave

The former dictator’s body will be reburied alongside that of his wife.

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Oct 24th 2019, 1:15 PM

Donald Trump says removing 'beautiful' Confederate statues is 'so foolish'

The US President sent a number of tweets on this issue this afternoon.

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Aug 17th 2017, 3:28 PM

Could Fianna Fáil do a deal with Sinn Féin? John McGuinness thinks so...

The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has been talking coalitions with TheJournal.ie this week.

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Jan 22nd 2015, 1:30 PM

'I find it a bit disloyal': A Labour minister is NOT happy with Simon Coveney

A Labour minister has taken a dim view of the latest round of coalition speculation.

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Jan 20th 2015, 2:25 PM

Can Enda Kenny and Micheál Martin end Civil War politics?

Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…

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Jan 20th 2015, 9:00 AM

A monument to soldiers killed by IRA in the Civil War has been vandalised

There has been strong criticism after the monument to some of the bloodiest days of killing in the Civil War was badly vandalised.

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Apr 1st 2014, 7:15 AM

Seven life-sized roadside posters of Michael Collins stolen in Kilkenny

The chairperson of the Kilkenny Musical Society said feelings on this time in Irish history still run high in certain quarters.

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Mar 25th 2014, 9:45 PM