Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 278th installment in the series. The abject failure of the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917 triggered ...

NEXT Wednesday, June 7, marks another centenary in the seemingly endless Irish decade of centenaries, this time the Battle of Messines Ridge. This significant First World War battle has several Irish ...

It was the first time soldiers of the 36th Ulster and 16th Irish Divisions fought side-by-side in World War One. The Battle of Messines Ridge has been commemorated with special ceremonies in Belgium.

A MAJOR joint UK-Irish ceremony has begun in Belgium to mark the centenary of a First World War battle where unionist and nationalist soldiers from Ireland fought side by side in the trenches. The ...

19-year-old Michael Wall, from Carrick Hill near Malahide, was a clever, sensitive young man who had a scholarship to UCD, loved his pipe and his Irish Times, and was killed at the Battle of Messines ...

An early colour photograph of the crater left by the biggest of the blasts beneath German positions near Messines on 14 June 1917 (Getty) In the minutes before 3.10am – Zero Hour on Zero Day – silence ...

The battle of Wijtschate-Messines in the first World War in June 1917 was the first act in what became known as the third battle of Ypres, a crucial prelude to the main summer offensive on the Ypres ...

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Britain's Prince William have laid wreaths at the foot of the Round Tower memorial as part of the centenary commemorations for the Battle of Messines Ridge in Belgium. They ...

Up here, on a clear, sunny morning, you can see what the Battle of Messines was all about. This gentle ridge rises near the ancient Belgian town of Ypres. The Flanders plain stretches out below. Sign ...

This week's ceremony will take place in the Island of Ireland Peace Park in Messines In one of his last official functions as Taoiseach, Enda Kenny has joined Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, at ...