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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Cate McCurry

Easter Rising anniversary marked by President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Micheal Martin in Dublin

The 1916 Rising which prompted a series of events leading to the independence of Ireland has been marked in Dublin.

Irish President Michael D Higgins led the commemorations of the Easter Rising in a military ceremony outside the GPO on O'Connell Street in the capital, one of the main sites of the rebellion against British rule in 1916.

It was the first public event to mark the uprising since the beginning of the pandemic.

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