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1916 Easter Rising Commemoration

1916 Easter Rising Commemoration

Published: Wed 1st Apr, 2015 | 15:30

On Sunday, 5th April 2015 the President attended the 1916 Easter Rising commemoration at the GPO on Dublin's O'Connell Street.

The solemn ceremony, which was led by the President, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Defence, involved prayers of remembrance, a reading of the Proclamation and the laying of a wreath by the President. The ceremony concluded with a fly-past by the Air Corps.