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Fatal shoot-out on Irish border remembered 100 years on

A “forgotten” flashpoint at the Irish border in the wake of the War of Independence that left several people dead is set to be remembered 100 years on. By February 11 1922, the British had handed over power to the Irish Free State provisional ...

10 Feb 2022 at 13:10

National News

Discovery of 100-year-old hand grenade sparks alert

THE DISCOVERY of a hand grenade - possibly dating back to the War of Independence - sparked a major alert this Friday morning. The device was found shortly after 9am at Solohead in County Tipperary. The Army Bomb squad from Collins Barracks ...

22 Sept 2023 at 14:50

National News

Explosives believed to be from War of Independence found on former RTÉ journalist's farm

A former RTÉ journalist got a big surprise while renovating an old shed on his farm in West Cork with a find of gelignite explosives - and lots of it. This prompted an arrival of the bomb squad to the farm of Fergal Keane in Baltimore. The ...

06 Oct 2023 at 11:07

Features

A salute to Ned Broy - the daring spy from Rathangan

It’s the morning of July 12 1921. A daring spy, jailed in solitary confinement for five months on 56 charges of High Treason, is released under the War of Independence Truce. A Rathangan native, who became a trusted party to two giants of ...

12 Jul 2016 at 13:24

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COMMENT: Lessons of our forefathers

When he was alive, Thomas McHugh, who was born in 1905 and was my grandfather, told me stories of going to football matches as far away as Arklow on a bicycle. I don't know what route he took, but if you go via the M50 (which wasn't ...

21 Feb 2017 at 10:33

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