Robert Brennan

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First Dáil planned at 6 Harcourt Street

For the newly-galvanised party, 1918 was characterised by protest, piety, propaganda, prison and ultimately political triumph

Republicans have a long history with Catalan nationalists, despite their significant differences

There is precedent for Taoiseach taking on foreign affairs challenge but he must bring coherence and planning

In 1922, when she was five, unfriendly men with revolvers raided the Brennan family home in Ranelagh, Dublin, in search of Maeve’s father, who was on the run

After accusations of ill-treatment in prisons, ‘Irish Times’ editor Douglas Gageby wrote an open letter to the minister for justice, to close a series on what he saw on visits to Irish jails

Our series on what was happening on the streets of Dublin during Easter Week 1916 explores the inner southern suburbs, scenes of a heavy battle and brutal killing

Research for a thriller set in 1940s Ireland revealed an influx of German agents who despaired about their gossipy, amateurish Irish sympathisers