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“This is a man who likes to compare himself to Mandela, he is now comparing himself to Michael Collins.”
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“This is a man who likes to compare himself to Mandela, he is now comparing himself to Michael Collins.”
The Sinn Féin president will not withdraw remarks made at a fundraising dinner in New York last week.
The poster is a take-off of the popular Netflix drama House of Cards.
A ceremony was held at the Cathal Brugha Barracks yesterday to mark Collins’ death in 1922.
The event will be the first attended by the Defence Forces in recent decades.
Four councillors have broken away from the party, meaning it no longer has a majority across the city and county council.
As part of a series of interviews with Dubliners, journalist Eoin Lynch and photographer Deirdre Brennan speak to writer and journalist Tim Pat Coogan.
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Collins gives an impassioned speech before shots are fired and some fights break out.
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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The party is under pressure this morning over its response to the report of the Smithwick Tribunal which found collusion over the murder of two RUC officers by the IRA.
Visitors to the barracks in Cork will have an opportunity to see armoured fighting vehicles including the ‘Sliabh na mBan’, which accompanied Collins at the Béal na mBláth ambush in 1922.
The brochure with the reference to the Irish revolutionary leader has since been withdrawn from circulation.
On the anniversary of his death, Collins’ grand-niece unveiled the memorial and placed a wreath.
The final journey of the ‘big fella’ is travelled by the RTÉ broadcaster John Creedon in a programme to be shown this evening.
Carl Levin and John McCain have dismissed the Irish ambassador’s account of Ireland’s corporate tax system.
The first clip from King of the Travellers shows a sulky race on Dublin streets.
The 60-year-old says despite his globetrotting and international fame, he remains “99.9 per cent Ballymena”.
Following a series of health problems including a blood clot in her head, the US Secretary of State has a full schedule this week ahead of her departure later this month.
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Flashback to the turbulent beginning of Saorstát Éireann, which was hurtling towards civil war even as it gained statehood.
Head of the new National Army Michael Collins faced serious administrative challenges as new force took over British barracks.
Visitations of the Virgin Mary to a teenage boy and ‘bleeding’ statues in Templemore, Co Tipperary seized the country – even causing Michael Collins to get involved in the mysterious case.
The US president, and the man who first joined him on the moon, pay tribute to the late astronaut.
From launch to landing: NASA archive images from the first successful manned moon landing mission.
Enda Kenny’s address at Béal na mBláth also reveal details about the overall themes of Ireland’s EU presidency.
The coins commemorating the 90th anniversary of the republican’s death in 1922 are available starting today from €48.
Historian’s presentation at Glasnevin Cemetery will question how the former Minister for Finance might view the current state of affairs.
Communications between Michael Collins, Eamon de Valera and others involved in the negotiations are now available on Kindle and iPad.
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The owner of a swab used to clean the corpse of rebel leader Michael Collins has reportedly withdrawn it from an auction.
A lock of Michael Collins’ hair is withdrawn from sale after members of his family say they believed the auction was inappropriate.
The man who led the United States to independence trumps the Corkonian rebel leader in a poll of British academics.
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The lock of hair is amongst a range of items of historical value being auctioned off in Dublin this month. Other items include newspapers, pistols and photographs.
Online poll puts War of Independence revolutionary ahead of Rommel, Napoleon and George Washington in ‘Britain’s Greatest Foes’ list… but behind the founder of modern Turkey.
A report being launched today highlights the difficulties of those in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit who do not have enough to meet their physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs.