Two hundred years ago the first editor of the Impartial Reporter newspaper in Enniskillen, William Trimble, was described as “the father of the Irish ... of the Easter Rising in 1916.

In the aftermath of the Irish uprising, the British vowed to punish the rebels with impunity. Ireland now under martial law saw that the nationalists were tried with no legal counsel or defense.

Irish Nationalists have dug into the city of Dublin. They take cover in buildings and fire from rooftops but the British ...

The Patrick Pearse Commemorative Association is hoping to raise funds to erect a statue to Patrick Pearse at Dublin's GPO.

Mr Higgins on Sunday led a commemoration ceremony at the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin to mark the anniversary of the Easter Rising. Captain Conor Gibbons read the proclamation of independen ...

The differing reactions to the Easter 1916 Rising in Irish America and Ireland can be gauged by the editorials in the two most popular Irish papers in their respective countries. The Irish ...

It’s a commemoration of a seminal and heroic defeat which changed the course of Irish history. The Easter Rising was no military success but the British government’s over-reaction to it ...

The Sinn Féin president has accused the Taoiseach of having his "head in the sand" over Irish unity. Speaking at the party's annual Easter Rising commemoration in Carrickmore, Co Tyrone ...

The Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising ... of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. It marks the last time Mr Higgins will lead the event as the sitting president. Join the Irish Independent ...

The Easter Rising was a rebellion designed to overthrow British rule in Ireland. It was organised and carried out by members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Irish Citizen Army ...

Young people have been urged to promote Republican Sinn Féin’s Éire Nua policy at a commemoration in Co Armagh to mark the 109th anniversary of the Easter Rising. The call came as members and ...

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has reiterated a call for Irish unification as senior members of her party attended events to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising. Ms McDonald addressed the ...