1916 Rising

The plaque aims to serve as a reminder that Connolly gave his life to improve the lives of Irish citizens, Lord Mayor of Dublin Daithi de Roiste said.

WE are just over a month away from another commemoration of the 1916 Rising which began on Easter Monday of that year.

IT’S hard to predict what is going to happen in politics at home and abroad, but there are a number of developments that seem pretty inevitable.

A PLAQUE commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising has been officially unveiled at the Washington Monument.

A LOVE story is always a good bet when it comes to gripping an audience, but when the lead character is married in a prison chapel and executed a day later, it sets the emotional stakes at a whole new level.

CO Down historian Allison Murphy tells the story of the enduring but unlikely love between a Belfast unionist who fought in the Somme and a Catholic republican and feminist who stormed Dublin's GPO along with James Connolly in 1916.

A REMNANT of the Irish tricolour that flew over one of the frontlines in the 1916 Rising has been donated to Glasnevin Cemetery.

THE final surrender letter penned by Patrick Pearse at the end of the 1916 Easter Rising is set to go up for public auction, after the Irish government declined the opportunity to purchase it.

A HAWAIIAN politician standing for the United States Congress is drawing on the "ideals" of 1916 Rising leader James Connolly in his campaign.

THE GAA has launched an online digital archive to mark the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising.