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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

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.

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

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

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

A selection of stories from the week: Four year old Cleo Smith rescued in Western Australia; Taoiseach at COP26; Farmers react to Climate Action Plan; EU fines Poland; Doolin Coastguard stood down; Will your next car be electric?; Is the UK about to trigger Article 16?; ABBA launches first album in 40 year

A selection of stories from the week: Pregnant women urged to get Covid vaccine; Carbon Budget published; How to stop the ticket touts; EU fines Poland €1m per day; National Gallery unveils restored masterpiece; Cian McLaughlin's mum still searching Grand Teton Park; Halloween.

President pays tribute to poets Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Brendan Kennelly; Ireland re-opens; Covid in hospitals; Race inequality in higher education; Baldwin fires prop gun, kills cinematographer; British ex-soldier dies while on trial; Ireland misses emissions target; Wexford Festival Opera; Skeletons in Cork; Mhac an tSaoi and Kennelly remembered

Death of Paddy Moloney; Prof Butler of NIAC on boosters and more; UK pre-empts EU move on NI Protocol; Gardaí renew search for missing women; La Palma volcano erupts again; Bow and arrow attack in Norway; Budget 2022; Banksy shredded painting triples list price; Cricketer Amy Hunter scores century on 16th birthday; Paddy Moloney in his own words

A selection of stories from the week: Ireland signs up to OECD tax deal; Ground-breaking malaria vaccine approved; Childcare protest; New Sláintecare board; Prisoner on the run; Facebook whistleblower addresses Congress; Liffey Swim returns; Call for surrogacy legislation; Govt to send representatives to Armagh; Donal Ryan wins Monnet award

Germany after Merkel, electricity shortages, 96 year old woman on trial for Nazi crimes, third dose of Covid vaccine, gambling addiction, Britney Spears's father suspended from conservatorship, lava in La Palma hits the sea, Dial-A-Seanchaí

A selection of stories from the week: Galway wins All-Ireland camogie title; Govt wins confidence motion in Coveney but political fallout continues; President Higgins declines invitation to Armagh; Afghanistan; Baby John's remains exhumed; Apple; a turtle in a plane; Bella finds her forever home