Why is the Italian right obsessed with Bobby Sands?
First-time visitors to the Bogside Pub in Florence might recognise some of the images on display
What Bobby Sands means to me: ‘The hunger strikers chose to die. Daddy didn’t’
Forty years after Sands’s election as an MP and death by hunger strike, what is his legacy?
The history wars: A new battleground in Irish politics
Is Brian Stanley’s tweet part of a concerted Sinn Féin effort to rewrite the Troubles?
Political deadlock: NI system is same as that which agreed 1994 ceasefire
When Troubles started in 1969, only Unionist Party had power in Northern Ireland
The most Irish thing ever? Ballyhaunis Three identified in quick time
Twitter reunites phoneless Mayo men with their New York holiday photograph
‘The New IRA’s actions are not a consequence of the North’s political vacuum’
Historian Marisa McGlinchey on death of Lyra McKee and state of dissident republicanism
Inside dissident republican groups: A new book throws light on their thinking
Paramilitary organisations see opportunity in Brexit – the harder Brexit the better
McGuinness planned the firing of shots over coffin in church grounds
Bishop ordered ban on paramilitary trappings which ended only with McGuinness’s own funeral
Kevin Brady’s funeral: From the Irish Times archives, March 21st, 1988
Mary Holland was at the funeral of an IRA man murdered by loyalist Michael Stone in Belfast’s Milltown cemetery when two British army corporals strayed into its path and were also murdered in one of the bloodiest weeks of the ‘Troubles’
Anna Burns: From relative unknown to Man Booker prize winner
‘Milkman’ author has been praised for her ‘dazzingly inventive’ writing approach
New course looks at Civil Rights movement and early Troubles
Key players in protests or politics 50 years ago will lecture at Stranmillis University
Guns, grenades and lynchings: Revisiting the funeral murders
A new documentary examines the savage 1988 killings that brought the North to the brink
Gerry Adams was crucial in persuading the IRA to cease fire
‘To know Gerry Adams you have to understand the nationalist experience in the North’
Gerry Adams’s IRA years: An insider’s account
Anthony McIntyre recalls the Sinn Féin leader’s time in the Provisional IRA
Why is the Irish language choking up politics in the North?
Some in SF say row is really about unionists needing to show respect to nationalists
Sean O’Rourke apologises over ‘hunger strikers’ reference
Morrison complains to RTÉ over ‘water was too good for them’ reference to hunger strike
The Northern question: is there any point in fresh talks?
The British and Irish governments have a difficult decision to make
Brokenshire to query North’s leaders on prospects for Stormont talks
Mood downbeat as parties decide whether to return to formal negotiations
Timeline: The life of Martin McGuinness
Key dates for ex-IRA commander, Sinn Féin leader and former deputy first minister
A united Ireland – is there something in the air?
Key figures from both sides of the peace line have their say on the notion of Irish unity
The Guyliner, Blind Date scourge, signs books deal
Bookmarks: a round-up of the latest Irish literary news and listings
Still rethinking the 1980/’81 hunger strikes
Hunger strikes ended 35 years ago today but legacy lives on in ‘twilight zone between history and memory’. Academics behind this Irish Times series reflect on lessons learned
What Brexit means for ex-hunger striker Tommy McKearney
Reflections on Border: ‘If a Berlin-type wall were to be erected, relations would suffer’
McGuinness plays down compensation reports
SF Minister says payments for quashed kidnap convictions will not affect relationships
Maggie Scull: Republicans and historians remain divided over hunger strikes
The strikes filled column inches at home and abroad but their impact and legacy cannot be easily or neatly defined
Did Gerry Adams believe in hunger strikes as a weapon? The record suggests not
In his prison writings Adams offered a subtle critique of the spiritual, sacrificial strand of republicanism which had dominated republican discourse for decades since 1916
Patrick Magee: my Troubles with fiction
Brighton bomber Patrick Magee wrote his PhD thesis while in jail on the portrayal of republicans in fiction. As a novel about the bombing is published, he explains his views
Analysis: A baby in one arm, a briefcase on the other
Cover of Budget 2016 document illustrates Government move to woo mothers
Limerick’s Robbie Williams says Drogheda game a must-win assignment
Martin Russell’s revitalised side bid to take a big scalp against a side currently in freefall
Kevin Brady’s funeral: From the Archives, March 21st, 1988
Mary Holland was at the funeral of an IRA man murdered by loyalist Michael Stone in Belfast’s Milltown cemetery when two British army corporals strayed into its path and were also murdered in one of the worst series of events during the Northern ‘Troubles’
Kneecapping, yes, but a victim’s wellbeing wasn’t an IRA priority
The republican group’s policing system was inherently ill-equipped to deal with the rape of a 16-year-old girl such as Maíria Cahill
Gareth Peirce in moving tribute to Conlon at funeral
‘In the end Gerry Conlon won – the victory was his,’ his solicitor tells mourners
Pressure on Cameron to defuse bomb row
Formula needed to placate unionism without annoying republicans
Adams warns against ‘stoking up tensions’
Unionist parties failing to stand up against sectarian violence, Sinn Féin president says
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