Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement review
Roland Philipps explores contradictions, complexity and character of an Irish hero in this compelling biography
Roger Casement
‘Ireland has always done death a little differently. We have a sense of the devastation it can bring to families and communities’
Dr Georgina Laragy is behind The Dead Body in Modern Ireland, a two-day conference with an eye-opening range of topics
Treasures from Dalkey mansion include imitation-Japanese furniture
Paintings by Jack B Yeats and William Scott also feature in Monte Alverno Sotheby’s sale
Discovery of export of Casement pistols to US caused alarm in 1991
Department of the Taoiseach and National Museum notified after letter from gun collector
Inside the new Dún Laoghaire Baths (spoiler: don’t expect baths)
For years the derelict amenity was a blight on the seafront, a lost opportunity for a public facility
Tralee: The ‘poor cousin’ of Co Kerry no more
Sarah Burns finds lots to do on a weekend trip to the south-western town
A stroll through time in Glasnevin cemetery
Ireland’s best known cemetery has resumed tours for visitors
Exhibition of Anglo-Irish Treaty portraits marks centenary of talks
Lavery portraits of both sides on view at Irish Embassy in London – ‘The Art of Negotiation’
The revolver used to kill Billy the Kid sells for €5.78m
Art&Antiques: Sale of Colt at Bonham’s Los Angeles achieved world auction record for firearm
São Paulo Letter: Fire at neglected cultural institution a metaphor for a troubled Brazil
Under Bolsonaro’s regime the Cinemateca Brasileira has been starved of funds and effectively abandoned
King’s speech appealed to ‘all Irishmen... to forgive and forget’
The royal visit for the opening of the Northern Ireland parliament in 1921 was of great significance to Ulster unionists, though the target audience may have been Sinn Féin
Should the Invincibles be reburied in Glasnevin Cemetery?
Phoenix Park assassins were executed and buried in yard of Kilmainham Gaol
Roger Casement statue unveiled and will stand in Dún Laoghaire
Sculptor Mark Richards secured commission following local authority competition
Emma Dabiri and Hazel Chu: ‘This is a real, important moment in Ireland’
Race, inequality and how we have a unique opportunity to create a better country
No Irish Need Apply – Frank McNally on the national hang-up about capital punishment
An Irishman’s Diary
Macabre exhumation of Roger Casement’s remains documented
Irish diplomat gave account of London dig after ‘49 years in a waterlogged grave’
Time’s up for Leopold II, Belgium’s butcher of the Congo
Europe Letter: The horrors of king Leopold’s colony spurred Roger Casement to rebellion
Plans lodged for demolition of The O’Rahilly house
Developers want to replace historic building at Dublin’s Herbert Park with apartments
Church of England distances itself from Irish language ruling on gravestone
Coventry decision seeking translation on headstone ‘does not reflect any national policy’
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Derry Girls’ blackboard goes on display as a museum piece
‘Protestants keep toasters in cupboards’ exhibition challenges NI stereotypes
Executed for spying – An Irishman’s Diary on Timothy Quinlisk
Quinlisk was first civilian to be executed by IRA in Cork for spying during War of Independence
Shooting dead of IRA volunteer instigated general strike against British rule
The Limerick files: Robert Byrnes was the first IRA volunteer killed in the War of Independence
The Cork woman who inspired radicalism from Ireland to Russia
The Irish woman wrote one of the most popular and influential novels of the 20th century selling millions of copies worldwide
A potted history of plants at Dublin’s National Botanic Gardens
Guided walks include an exploration of the plants whose trade played a role in the rise and fall of empires
Rural decline has football in South Kerry on life support
Falling populations have forced clubs to amalgamate and the future could be bleak
Going, going, gone: Buckley Galleries hosts final auction
The hammer fell for the last time in legendary Buckleys of Sandycove this afternoon after 56 years in business and nearly a million lots sold
Nine decades of rich and largely stable Irish-German relations
Higgins will visit a nation that has come a long way from mere ‘uninformed sympathy’
Rory O’Neill hails HIV treatment advances after ‘death sentence’
Dress worn by performer during ‘Noble Call’ speech goes on display at National Museum
Tory Island’s only hotel on the market for €400,000
Tory’s biggest employer, Óstan Thóraigh has been at centre of island life since late 1800s
The strange case of Sinn Féin and the cartoonist it tried to block
Brian John Spencer wanted to create a large scale painting. Sinn Féin was having none of it
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