Garda Historical Society

To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the foundation of theGarda Síochána, a historical society has been established. Its firstnewsletter appeared in July 1995 and a winter lecture series is alreadyunderway. […]

‘Pixilated’ pistol puts in a timely reappearance

No Taoiseach. No British prime minister. No armed security. No jostlinghordes of press. Not even one international jurist was presentyesterday to witness the decommissioning ceremony in a south Dublinhouse. There […]

United Irishmen commemorated at Clifton Street cemetery

A plaque commemorating the founding of the United Irishmen was unveiledin Belfast’s Clifton Street cemetery on Saturday 7 October by DouglasGageby, former editor of the Irish Times and Patron of […]

Braveheart…brave attempt

Mel Gibson’s recently released film Braveheart, based rather loosely on the life of the Scots hero William Wallace, has engendered much debate and not a little criticism. It is  a […]