A review of the evidence finds a Free State intelligence officer as the most likely culprit

The anti-Treaty IRA was losing military momentum when its chief of staff was killed in April 1923

Gaining membership required complicated diplomacy, illustrating challenges for new state on world stage

It was a desperate response by the first Irish government to the Civil War. They believed only the most severe measures could stop the violence

In spite of adversity, Ireland became one of the few newly independent states to survive as an uninterrupted democracy

Final year of Decade of Centenaries programme recalls first step in Ireland taking its place on world stage

The period that followed the 1920s would see Mother and Baby Homes, abuse of Magdalene women and attempts to control women’s reproductive capacity

Many areas addressed by contributors in this resource link directly to the Leaving Cert syllabus

Many of these articles can serve as a pathway for deeper research on issues that pique pupils’ interest

President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar attend ceremony outside the GPO

Volume cleverly employs a range of sources to capture both the physical carnage and those at the centre of it as both perpetrators and victims

Mary-Lou McDonald tells crowd of several hundred at Liam Mellows’ grave in Wexford that republicans are ready to bring about a 32-county socialist republic

Democracy’s endurance suggests we got more right than wrong, but there are long shadows

Narrative of political responsibility and need to face down anti-treaty republicans endures. However, most of the 81 anti-treaty soldiers executed were of low rank

In just six months 81 men were executed, 100 years ago

Killester Garden Village was the largest development built in Ireland by the British government for ex-servicemen

The Public Safety Bill resulted in the execution of 81 anti-Treaty prisoners during the Civil War

In the News podcast: Ronan McGreevy talks about the man and his legacy

Diaries he kept from 1918 to 1922 will now be accessible to the public through the National Archives of Ireland

New documentary suggests couple’s hasty marriage may have been to ward off scandal