President Higgins thanks them for bringing about a ‘free and independent’ Ireland

Patrick Pearse’s great-grandnephew describes Rising as Ireland’s gift to the world

1916/2016: a miscellany

Other reports that day include that "the Austrians had dropped here and there a quantity of sweets, some wrapped in red and blue paper. The news was soon spread that they were poisoned"

Nothing stopping the city awarding 70 women the Freedom of the City to achieve gender parity

Stonyhurst archivist seeks to explain mystery surrounding Plunkett’s part in 1916 rebellion

Only surviving child of executed Easter Rising leader to receive award in Hong Kong

Letter contrasts recruitment from two Dublin colleges

Battalion had decisive impact in one of few 1916 battles outside Dublin

After ’16 films include animation telling the story of teenage rebel Vincent Byrne

Fr Joseph Mallin has been a Jesuit priest in Hong Kong since 1948

‘Ireland in 1916 was. as it is now, a global island, a nation that both reflected and was engaged in the bigger international issues of the day’

Senator says families of 1916 families should be central to commemorations

Association grew from increasing concerns family interests were being ignored by State

Archive letter tells how British sergeant major noted the order in which 1916 commanders were buried

One of last surviving children of Easter Rising veterans remembers father’s service