President Michael D Higgins announces series of centenary lectures

President’s biggest initiative of 2020 will reflect on the events of 100 years ago

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The Sack of Balbriggan: The burning of a town that shocked the world 100 years ago

Actions by Crown forces brought renewed focus on Ireland’s struggle for independence

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President Higgins says British must face up to their history of reprisals

President says sack of Balbriggan 100 years ago was rooted in ideas of superiority

Namibia rejects €10m from Germany as apology for genocide

Officials from both sides have participated in eight rounds of talks on this issue since 2015

UK government admits losing sensitive historical documents

Papers relate to the Falklands, Northern Ireland’s Troubles, and Zinoviev letter

Eamonn McCann: Britain deliberately refuses to ‘deal with the past’ in the North

There is nothing new about the dodging and delaying tactics of the British authorities in the North in relation to ‘dealing with the past’

Sinn Féin rejects criticism over tweet about bombing of Syria

DUP MP Gregory Campbell accuses Francie Molloy of suffering from ‘irony by-pass’

An overdue apology

Britain to compensate Kenyans for colonial-era abuse

€23.5m deal for 5,200 survivors of 1950s Mau Mau insurgency announced