#Easter Sunday
The 9 at 9: Easter Sunday
Here’s all the news you need to know this Easter Sunday morning.
Martin McGuinness' gravestone unveiled in Derry
“We have to govern by treating every single citizen equally” reads the tombstone.
Longford community 'devastated' by theft of tabernacle from church
The discovery was made yesterday morning by a local priest when he arrived to prepare for Easter mass.
Poll: Are you going to a religious service today?
Like Christmas, today is a day when mass attendance is higher than usual.
Taoiseach spent twice as much on photos last year compared to 2015
€3,000 was spent to cover cost of photographing the visit of Joe Biden.
Father and son drown in stream as they visit relatives for Easter eggs
Sean ‘Curly’ Sweeney and his three-year-old son died yesterday afternoon in Ashington.
The 9 at 9: Easter Sunday
Don’t forget, the clocks have gone forward. Here’s all you need to know as Ireland gears up for a day of 1916 celebrations.
Bus Éireann to lay on extra services for Easter weekend
600,000 people are expected to pass in and out of Dublin over the course of the 1916 Rising centenary commemorations.
Luas drivers will strike on Easter Sunday and Monday
It comes in addition to St Patrick’s Day.
Dublin churches forced to close on Easter Sunday due to 1916 security cordon
The Archdiocese said parishes in the city centre were told there will be no ready access to their churches on the day.
QUIZ: How well do you remember your school Easter Rising lessons?
Time to root out your history text books.
What to watch on TV tonight: Sunday
Here are the shows that’ll be on your Twitter timeline later.
9 people really getting into the spirit of Easter
It’s all about chocolate and puking.
It's OK, Brian O'Driscoll is having chocolate for breakfast too
Which means it’s fine.
8 totally reasonable ways to have chocolate for breakfast
It’s completely OK. Don’t let the haters tell you otherwise.
VIDEO: Do you recognise this 'Irish town'?
A puzzle from the 1920s.
7 things to do if you're staying in on Good Friday
You’ve got to start thinking outside the box for these holidays.
11 unmistakeable signs it's Holy Thursday
Happy Off-Licence Thursday.
From the photo archives: Easter Sunday through the 20th century
Easter around the world, from 1929 to 1979.
Here's how to make your children work for their Easter eggs
What better way to work off a smidgen of the calories consumed over Easter than with an old fashioned egg hunt.
Just one in five people sit down to a family dinner each Sunday - survey
And when people do get to sit down together, it’s the Sunday roast that proves most popular.
Easter with Tebow? Thousands turn out to hear NFL star speak at church
NY Jets quarterback was speaking at Celebration Church near Austin, Texas this morning.
In full: Pope Benedict's Easter urbi et orbi address
The full text of Pope Benedict’s Easter morning address the world’s Catholics, as delivered in Rome this morning.
Archbishop says Catholics should not fear 'bringing Jesus's message into the world'
In his Easter homily, the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin says the Church in Ireland is enduring a process of “purification”.
Today and 5 other days that make you go... 'Meh'
There’s no Good Friday drama and no Easter Sunday festivities – but this particular Saturday is just one of a few milestones in the year that really drag.
Easter (chocolate) by numbers
As we consume about 9.5 million Easter eggs over the next few days, Repak has asked us to keep recycling in mind.
Easter Sunday slot for Munster and Ulster's Heineken Cup quarter-final
Leinster to face Cardiff on Saturday, 7 April, as details of tournament quarter-finals released by European officials.
Pope uses traditional Easter message to appeal for diplomacy in Libya
The Urbi et Orbi message focuses on developments in Africa and the Middle East, as Benedict urges Europe to accept refugees.
Urbi et Orbi: Pope Benedict XVI's Easter message
The full text of Pope Benedict’s address to the world’s Catholics, praying for diplomacy and dialogue in the Middle East.
Mark your card: Easter Sunday at Fairyhouse
If you followed Mark Hobbs’ advice yesterday you’d have an extra few quid in the pocket. Here’s today’s preview of the action at Fairyhouse.
Suncream, check. Chocolate, check. Smile, check.
We’re set for a (mostly) dry and sunny Easter weekend.
Last Supper actually took place on Wednesday, new book claims
A Cambridge scientist reckons marking the Last Supper on a Thursday is a miscalculation of Biblical proportions.
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