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Friday 4 December 2020
The British electorate were first asked if they wanted to be part of the precursor to the EU after they were already a member of it.
We took a trip to the archives to find out about some of the fascinating people involved.
Another potential victim emerged today.
Since Friday, flowers have been left at the bottom of the mural, along with ‘Yes’ leaflets, pens and sellotape so that people could leave notes.
A European court ruled that the 14 men “did not occasion suffering of the particular intensity and cruelty implied by the word torture”.
We took a trip to the archives to find out about some of the fascinating people involved.
Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell highlighted the tragic fire in the Dáil this week during a debate on the Eighth Amendment.
The collection was made available online this week as part of a project by the council to digitise its archive.
The 45th president of the US has been using two different accounts since his inauguration.
Dublin City Council have published their archives online, in the hope it would help members of the public access records they need.
The Archives and Records Association, Ireland (ARAI) is running Explore Your Archive week from today until next Sunday.
To research Irish history, all you need is an internet connection.
Best day ever.
Walt Disney meets Dev, Miss Ireland 1942, and the ESB in Bahrain, 1977.
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
Vincent Browne wanted to interview the Irish Ambassador in 1984 – who wasn’t happy about it.
The letter on behalf of the Minister for Health of the day was issued to mother and baby homes who were seeking approval as maternity homes.
The newly-available batch includes the will of Irish poet Francis Ledwidge.
The National Archives and findmypast.ie team up to release records which survived Civil War blaze.
Franz Haselbeck cycled around Limerick and South Clare taking photographs of daily events – and major happenings.
These top tips from National Library of Ireland’s conservation expert could help you hold onto family memories for longer.
The video shows a man apparently trying to die by suicide in his car.
In 1912, the suffragettes were engaged in an increasingly confrontational campaign to secure voting rights for women which included bomb attacks and hunger strikes.
Gone are the days when a television programme consisted of a couple of cans and a sing-song.
If you were a NUI Galway student in the late forties… he might have been.
As NASA lands a new exploratory probe on Mars, TheJournal.ie takes a look back over previous Mars missions…
The Australian photographer travelled to Antarctica six times, including as part of the ill-fated Endurance expedition led by Shackleton.
The Normandy landings got underway on this day 68 years ago.
Can you identify the unknown locations of these images depicting daily life in Ireland in the early 1900s?
Archived photographs from the Bain Collection show daily life in NYC at the dawn of the 20th century.
From the crowds gathered along O’Connell Street to RIC officers in the park – take a look through the photographic archives of the Garda Museum.
Ah, the romance of the Cup. We’ve dug into the vaults to remind ourselves why the FA Cup is so special.
From abandoned opossums and their feline friend, to a dog-loving duck…
Call for public to find old documents, photographs etc. relating to ‘The Great War’ – they will be scanned and recorded on a pan-European website.
National Library of Ireland’s archive shows the emotional, moral and practical pressure put on Irish men to join the ranks in the ‘Great War’.
New York’s MoMA is exhibiting some of French photographer Eugène Atget’s thousands of photos of Paris.
Plus, some of the more memorable (and funny) episodes from the campaigns.
The Library has revolutionised its presence on digital media – and has a newfound popularity to prove it.
History-sleuths, amateur and professional, are invited to search through wide collection of personal and State archives of cultural, sporting, political and social documents.
RESTAURANTS AND GASTROPUBS are allowed to reopen across the country from today.
Ireland entered Level 3 restrictions earlier this week after spending six weeks at Level 5.
Non-essential shops and services have reopened, cultural institutions like cinemas and museums are back open and from today, you can once again dine in a restaurant.
So, today we want to know: Do you plan on going to a restaurant/gastropub this weekend?
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