Morning Ireland Extra

100 years ago, power is formally handed over to new Irish Government

Shane McElhatton, Series Editor, Decade of Commemorations, is joined at Dublin Castle by historians David McCullagh and John Gibney, as well as Laura Cahillane, law lecturer at the University of Limerick, to remember the day British rule in Ireland formally came to an end, and the first Irish Govt took up the reins of power

Anglo-Irish Treaty ratified 100 years ago today

Shane McElhatton, Editor of the Decade of Centenaries, is at the National Concert Hall with historian Jennifer Redmond and researcher Micheál O'Fathartaigh to discuss the ratification of the Treaty there 100 years earlier.

100 years ago, Anglo-Irish Treaty signed

Shane McElhatton, RTÉ Series Editor, Decade of Commemorations, discusses the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty with historians Heather Jones and Maurice Walsh, while John S. Doyle reviews the newspapers from the that time

The Week In News

A selection of stories from the week: What's next for Covid?; Survivors criticise Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme; Migrant crisis continues on Polish-Belarus border; Earthquake hits Scotland; Garth Brooks announces Croke Park gigs; Northern Ireland Protocol talks continue; Mary Robinson on COP26; Playdates in a time of Covid

The Week In News

Schoolgirl invades pitch, gets Ronaldo's shirt; What's achieved at COP26?; Businesses like the NI Protocol; Crowds at Belarussian-Polish border; Halve contacts, says NPHET; Kerryman on trial for humanitarian work; Met Éireann supercomputer; Irish art; Antigen testing in schools; Vaccinated people can travel to US; Marvel heroes speak Babylonian