Easter Rising
# easter-rising - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Dublin councillors back report calling for Moore Street preservation
Members back a report which urges Arts minister Jimmy Deenihan not to allow a full redevelopment of the site.
# easter-rising - Monday 1 April, 2013
Extract: From the roof of the College of Surgeons, the Volunteers watched the city burn
During the Easter Rising 1916, a small force of men and women fought against British soldiers from their posts in St Stephen’s Green and City Hall. In his new book, Paul O’Brien recounts their tragic and noble struggle to protect the newly proclaimed Irish Republic.
# easter-rising - Sunday 31 March, 2013
Commemorations mark 97th anniversary of the Easter Rising (PHOTOS)
More than 350 Defence Force personnel took part in a State ceremony in O’Connell Street, led by President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, and Justice Minister Alan Shatter.
# easter-rising - Saturday 2 March, 2013
Poll: Should the anniversary of the Easter Rising be a public holiday?
It’s coming up to St Patrick’s Day – and Sinn Féin has published a bill to make April 24, when the Easter Rising began, a holiday.
# easter-rising - Saturday 23 February, 2013
# easter-rising - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Sinn Féin wants to make Easter Rising anniversary a bank holiday
April 24 would become ‘Lá na Poblachta’ – or ‘Republic Day’ – under a Bill introduced by Aengus Ó Snodaigh today.
# easter-rising - Sunday 10 February, 2013
1916 Rising conference to take place in Dublin
The conference will examine the visual elements of the Easter Rising – from flags to national symbols – and examine identity and memory.
# easter-rising - Thursday 24 January, 2013
Members of public invited to have their say on future of 1916 buildings
The final decision will be “hugely influenced by what the people want to see on Moore Street”.
# easter-rising - Sunday 16 September, 2012
The Evening Fix…now with added finger-wrestling
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Scars of the Easter Rising you can still see on Dublin streets
From bullet holes in masonry to trenches in St Stephen’s Green, we take a look at the physical remnants of the 1916 Easter Rising.
# easter-rising - Sunday 20 May, 2012
Dáil proposal calls for greater protection of 1916 Rising HQ
Sinn Féin is bringing a private members’ motion calling for the protection and full preservation of the Moore Street site.
# easter-rising - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
In pictures: 1916 Easter Rising remembered
A three-year-old girl wore her great-grandfather’s medals at today’s ceremony.
# easter-rising - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Deenihan to make decision on Moore St site ‘as soon as possible’
The arts minister says the National Museum of Ireland has sent a submission relating to the use of the 1916 Rising HQ.
# easter-rising - Thursday 19 April, 2012
Swab used to clean Collins’ corpse ‘withdrawn from auction’
The owner of a swab used to clean the corpse of rebel leader Michael Collins has reportedly withdrawn it from an auction.
# easter-rising - Tuesday 17 April, 2012
Collins hair ‘withdrawn from auction’ after family reveals sadness at sale
A lock of Michael Collins’ hair is withdrawn from sale after members of his family say they believed the auction was inappropriate.
# easter-rising - Tuesday 10 April, 2012
Six arrested after Real IRA threats at 1916 commemoration
Members of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement gathered to recall the 1916 Easter Rising in Derry yesterday.
# easter-rising - Monday 9 April, 2012
Lock of Michael Collins’ hair to be auctioned
The lock of hair is amongst a range of items of historical value being auctioned off in Dublin this month. Other items include newspapers, pistols and photographs.
# easter-rising - Sunday 8 April, 2012
The Daily Fix: Sunday
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
Anthem composer and tricolour creator honoured at Glasnevin
Peadar Kearney, who wrote Amhrán na bhFiann, and Edward Hollywood who created the national flag, were remembered.
In pictures: Crowds gather to remember the 1916 Easter Rising
The Taoiseach and the President were amongst those at the event outside the GPO in Dublin’s O’Connell Street.
President and Taoiseach to attend ceremony marking 1916 Rising
A ceremony will take place outside the GPO on O’Connell Street in Dublin later today.
# easter-rising - Sunday 5 February, 2012
Taoiseach rules out removing ‘FF’ from Defence Forces logo
Enda Kenny has ruled out changing the logo of the Defence Forces in advance of 2016, or changing the national anthem.
# easter-rising - Tuesday 4 October, 2011
Gay Mitchell: “I will sign any bill that’s constitutional”
Fine Gael’s Presidential candidate says he will sign any bill put before him – and insists he has no prejudice against gay people.
# easter-rising - Sunday 24 April, 2011
Ceremony held to mark 95th anniversary of Easter Rising
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny and president Mary McAleese took part in the ceremony to mark the 95th anniversary of the Easter Rising on Dublin’s O’Connell Street earlier today.
# easter-rising - Monday 28 March, 2011
De Valera colluded with British authorities to break the IRA
Newly-released documents show how Éamon De Valera colluded with the British authorities to crush the IRA.
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