The video for Phil Lynott's 'Old Town' is synonymous with Dublin in the early 1980s.

The video for Phil Lynott's 'Old Town' is synonymous with Dublin in the early 1980s.

The video for Phil Lynott's 'Old Town' is synonymous with Dublin in the early 1980s.

Minister for Transport Seamus Brennan confirms that Dublin will have a metro link between the city centre and the airport by 2007.

The video for Phil Lynott's 'Old Town' is synonymous with Dublin in the early 1980s.

An Irish language teacher is fined for refusing to answer in English when questioned by the RUC.

Margaret Thatcher stabbed and JFK beheaded in Wax Museum attack.

With Dublin singer Mary Byrne out of the running, Irish interest in the final of the British reality television music competition ‘The X Factor’ rests with Niall Horan, one fifth of the boy-band One...

John O'Connell was a private in the Free State army travelling in the convoy that was ambushed at Béal na Bláth on 22 August 1922 when Michael Collins was killed.

EU commissioner Pádraig Flynn on his daughter Beverly, the cost of running three households and developer Tom Gilmartin.

With Dublin singer Mary Byrne out of the running, Irish interest in the final of the British reality television music competition ‘The X Factor’ rests with Niall Horan, one fifth of the boy-band One...

The video for Phil Lynott's 'Old Town' is synonymous with Dublin in the early 1980s.

An Irish language teacher is fined for refusing to answer in English when questioned by the RUC.

The video for Phil Lynott's 'Old Town' is synonymous with Dublin in the early 1980s.

The video for Phil Lynott's 'Old Town' is synonymous with Dublin in the early 1980s.

The influence of growing up in Clare on the work of writer Edna O'Brien.

The video for Phil Lynott's 'Old Town' is synonymous with Dublin in the early 1980s.

John O'Connell was a private in the Free State army travelling in the convoy that was ambushed at Béal na Bláth on 22 August 1922 when Michael Collins was killed.

Tobogganing in the Phoenix Park Dublin after a big snowfall.

IRA volunteers recall the attack at Kilmichael in west Cork on the Royal Irish Constabulary's Auxiliary Division during the War of Independence.

Horslips perform 'Furniture' live at the National Stadium in Dublin.

Shane MacGowan of The Pogues and Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners chat about their latest collaboration.

Former Tipperary footballer Bill Ryan remembers the events that took place in Croke Park on 21 November 1920, a day subsequently known as Bloody Sunday.

Members of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement travel to Belfast by train to buy contraceptives as a protest against the law which forbids the importation and sale of contraceptives in the Republic...

Luke Kelly recalls meeting Patrick Kavanagh in The Bailey pub where the poet told him he had a song for him.

Luke Kelly recalls meeting Patrick Kavanagh in The Bailey pub where the poet told him he had a song for him.

Fans pack Cork city centre ahead of Michael Jackson's first Páirc Uí Chaoimh show.

Plans are under way for Ireland's first Irish language television channel.

The First Dáil (An Chéad Dáil) was Dáil Éireann as it convened from 1919–1921.

The heaviest snowfall across Ireland for decades results in traffic chaos, fuel and food shortages, and the closure of schools and workplaces.

Wren Day celebrations are led by strawboys and fife and drum bands in Dingle County Kerry.

On 31 January 1984 a fifteen year old school girl from Granard, County Longford died giving birth.

Security was tight at Croke Park as fans enter the stadium to see U2 play Dublin as part of the Joshua Tree Tour.

Plans are under way for Ireland's first Irish language television channel.

Aer Lingus flight hijacked with 113 passengers and crew on board.

Thousands turn out to pay tribute to Dublin writer Brendan Behan on his final journey.

Residents of Bombay Street in Belfast describe how they were burnt out of their homes by loyalist mobs.

Dublin fireman Willie Bermingham explains why he set up ALONE a charity to care for the elderly.

Nan Joyce becomes the first member of the Traveller Community to stand for election in the history of the state.

Ireland becomes the first country in the world to bring in same-sex marriage by a popular vote.

Executed for treason and buried in London in 1916, Roger Casement's remains return to Ireland.

Aer Lingus launch the first direct commercial service flying between Dublin and New York.