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Friday 23 October 2020
In the government’s new plan on living with Covid-19 is a section on how we mark those who have died during the pandemic.
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will pay their respects at the same memorial today.
A Centenary Forum and Centenary Historical Advisory Panel will be created.
President Michael D Higgins led the commemoration event at Collins Barracks in Dublin.
Advocacy groups can apply for up to €2,500 in funding per event.
The proposal was one of a number of considerations put forward by the force last year.
We’re joined by two experts to discuss what went wrong and what we can learn from it.
The Government’s controversial commemoration had been the subject of much criticism this week.
The controversy around the RIC commemoration is entirely understandable, but it’s not that simple, writes Dr Mary McAuliffe.
The philanthropist contributed to the construction of libraries across Ireland.
President Higgins laid a wreath on behalf of the people of Ireland at a ceremony in Collins Barracks.
Trump will arrive in Shannon Airport later today.
Michael D Higgins was commemorating the centenary of the establishment of Dáil Éireann.
A million new coins will go into circulation this year.
Remembering our war dead means reminding ourselves who and what made them war dead and to despise their modern-day equivalents, writes Tom Farrell.
It’s time to stop airbrushing the Irish soldiers who died in World War I out of our history, writes Fine Gael senator Frank Feighan.
Josepha Madigan said the event will give an opportunity to pay tribute to the young Irish women who travelled from workhouses here to Australia.
Brian Murphy publicly apologised today in his bid to have his recorded conviction for a public order offence overturned.
The authorities have declared 15 July an annual national holiday of ‘democracy and unity’.
The event will mark her impact on Irish history.
Over 1,600 women are buried in cemeteries around the country, many of whom are in unmarked graves.
A lecture and exhibitions are underway to mark the anniversary.
Minister Flanagan said we must be vigilant in standing against fundamentalist ideologies.
The first coin features one of Gray’s most iconic designs.
The now-demolished block of flats in Ballymun bore the name of the revolutionary leaders.
Gerry Adams has called it a “quite frankly bizarre decision”.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Paris attacks in which 130 people lost their lives.
A commemoration was held for Casement this morning in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
The poor fella is FROZEN.
The next three days will see celebrations in Dublin and across the country in commemoration of the centenary of the Easter Rising.
The banner generated a lot of criticism when it was unveiled at the beginning of the week.
It’s all part of the GAA’s 1916 Commemorative Event which takes place on 24 April.
The events kick off today with a flag-raising in Dublin Castle.
The Hoops are marking National Famine Memorial Day at Celtic Park this afternoon.
A commemorative event was held in west Cork for Michael Collins yesterday.
UCC historian Gabriel O’Doherty on the life and legacy of Fenian leader Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, whose funeral centenary is being commemorated today.
Tomorrow will mark 100 years to the day that the RMS Luistania sinking.
Cork will spend the next few weeks commemorating the Lusitania dead and celebrating the rescue effort.
It concluded with an Air Corps fly past.
Earlier in the week RTÉ revealed the government’s original literature had included more imagery from the 1916 Easter Rising.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
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