It was a night like no other. In a terror-filled 24 hours, Cork city centre was reduced to rubble. Over 100 businesses were either destroyed, badly damaged or looted. To mark the 100th anniversary ...

O’Halpin’s family history reflects the complexities of the Anglo-Irish and Irish Civil wars period. His great-grandfather P.J. Moloney was a member of the first Dáil Éireann, the Irish assembly.