Today marks the 100th year since the Easter Rising
It’s been a century to the day since the event that changed the course of Ireland’s history. On this day a hundred years ago, a group of volunteers fought and died to oppose British rule …
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Thousands expected to attend centenary celebrations across Ireland
As celebrations to mark the 1916 rising get underway, thousands of people are expected to attend events across the country. The President and the caretaker Taoiseach will take part in a ceremony outside the GPO …
Game On! GAA club will host two exhibition matches fashioned in the style of 1916
Blackrock National Hurling Club plans to conmemorate the events of Easter Week 1916 with a unique festival that will include music, exhibitions, talks and two very special matches in the style of a century ago. …
Easter Rising centenary: Commemorative €2 coin issued today
If you are a numismatic fan, today’s your lucky day, as the Central Bank has just issued a brand new, 1916-themed commemorative €2 coin. 4.5 million of these newly minted items will be released into …
Government opposed to Sinn Fein’s proposed Bill that would see a public holiday being introduced to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising
It has been widely reported that the Government are currently opposed to a proposal put forward by the Sinn Féin party that would see the exact date of the Easter Rising, April 24, being made …
Jeremy Corbyn proposes a Countess Markievicz memorial
British Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn has proposed a Countess Markievicz memorial. He hopes that it will be erected in his London constituency of Islington North. Corbyn announced his intentions at the Labour Women’s Conference. Countess …
Remembrance ceremony for those who fought in the Easter Rising to be held in Dublin today
The 1916 Relatives Association will honour their family members who fought in the uprising almost a century ago. The ceremony will take place at the Garden of Remembrance on Parnell Square, starting at 2pm. A …
Irish visit for Pope Francis may be on the cards in 2016, just in time for Easter Rising celebrations
Pope Francis may visit Ireland in 2016, according to reports. A papal visit was ruled out for next year, but there is speculation that the Pope will visit in the year Ireland marks the centenary …
Irish Water protester thrown out tonight of for event for calling Enda Kenny a “c**t” and a “traitor”
Enda Kenny and Joan Bruton were heckling and jeered by one female Irish Water protester tonight in Dublin at the launch of the governments plans to commemorate the 1916 rising. The heckler stopped Kenny …