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The First World War officially ended at 11am on 11 November 1918.
Events are taking place this morning to mark the moment the guns fell silent.
Remembering our war dead means reminding ourselves who and what made them war dead and to despise their modern-day equivalents, writes Tom Farrell.
Armistice Day will be marked tomorrow, 100 years on from the cessation of hostilities.
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.
In a survey for the Claire Byrne Show, one in five people said they didn’t know whether elected officials should wear it.
The ceremony is due to take place on Sunday 11 November.
The vessel was torpedoed 100 years ago today.
The ship was torpedoed by a German submarine on 10 October 1918.
“Pep said hello to me and I said thank you for all you’ve done for this team,” Vera told the BBC.
Around 35,000 Irish died during World War One, which is being remembered this month.
The ship sank on 25 January 1917, killing 354 of the people on board.
Hope Powell writes about the slow progress of women’s football in her recently released book.
Hope Powell writes about the slow progress of women’s football in her recently released book.
The sixth class at Parteen National School in Clare are trying to track down the soldier’s family.
About 50,000 Irish men fought and died during the war.
More than 3,500 Irish soldiers perished in the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago.
Patrick, from Dún Laoghaire, was one of the 49,000 Irish men that was killed in World War I.
The ‘war to end all wars’ up close.
And John Bruton’s getting involved…
Readers share their family links to the Great War with some tips on how to begin your search.
We asked the public for their view on the marking of the centenary.
The Irish Anti-War movement have criticised ‘idealised’ versions of the First World War.
World War I was a conflict of cultures but also an expression of social values, as the intense involvement of the educated classes showed.
The president will travel to Belgium for World War One commemoration ceremonies in Liege and Mons in Belgium on Sunday.
One hundred years ago today, a conflict broke out that would change the world forever.
Within a week all the European superpowers were locked in conflict.
No? One Labour TD believes that more should be done to commemorate Redmond, an East Clare MP who died in World War I.
The RTE programme reveals first hand accounts from the men who fought against the Germans in the Second World War.
Neil Richardson’s book tells the story of Irishman Richard Todd, one of the first men on banks of Normandy, who went on to be nominated for an Oscar.
Call for public to find old documents, photographs etc. relating to ‘The Great War’ – they will be scanned and recorded on a pan-European website.
Florence Green, who served with the RAF as a waitress on an air base, was the last known survivor of the conflict.
More than 50,000 Irish people died in the First and Second World Wars. Should we wear the poppy to commemorate them?