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Friday 9 June 2023 Dublin: 17°C

# Easter 1916

All time
# RIP
Son of executed 1916 leader dies aged 104
Fr Joseph Mallin was just two years old when his father was killed by firing squad in May 1916.
# Moore Street
'The whole street is dying' - Moore Street traders feel they're being wiped out
Marie Cullen has been working beneath scaffolding on Moore Street for the past year.
# Controversial
There was an "unlawful entry" at the Moore St battlefield site this morning
The government also says workers at the site are being harassed.
# rebel reggie
This Donegal woman got a new car with a very patriotic number plate
Lucky, for it’s one in a hundred years.
# Easter 1916
This Donegal woman got a new car with a very patriotic number plate
Lucky, for it’s one in a hundred years.
# all over the world
Here's that amazing reading of the proclamation by Irish people around the world
We’re not crying, honest.
# back by popular demad
RTÉ's acclaimed Easter Rising drama from 1966 is coming back to TV screens
Many people have been calling for the show to be reshown.
# snapshot in time
Want to see the real Rebellion? These photographs bring you to the heart of the Rising
It’s part of an exhibition by the National Library of Ireland.
# Dublin jarvey
Man who witnessed the events of 1916 has been identified
Tommy ‘Banker’ Walsh was nearly shot in the head during the 1916 Easter Rising.
# Dublin jarvey
Do you know this man? Call for public's help in identifying 1916 witness
The man was nearly shot in the head during the 1916 Easter Rising.
# soldiers are we
The national anthem sung in English? Rebellion's writers were absolutely right about that
The Irish language version didn’t come until a few years later.
# Easter 1916
Bullets and burns were flying in last night's action-packed episode of Rebellion
It’s day three of the uprising and the gloves are off.
# streets of dublin
Google team up with Colin Farrell to tell the story of the Rising...and it's wonderful
The impressive interactive website was launched this evening.
# fact or fiction?
Was an unarmed policeman really shot dead at Dublin Castle during the Easter Rising?
The incident was a central part of last night’s episode of Rebellion.
# Easter 1916
The rebellion kicked off in Rebellion last night but some (even Gerry Adams) weren't happy
Episode two showed a Dublin in chaos.
# fighting woman
This amazing Irish rebel wounded in the Easter Rising is finally getting some recognition
Margaret Skinnider was the only woman wounded in action during the rebellion.
# the rising
'"They are soldiers...": Defence Forces WILL have guns during the Easter 2016 parade
Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said the Defence Forces will be central to practically all of the events that will happen next year.
# Easter 1916
QUIZ: How well do you remember your school Easter Rising lessons?
Time to root out your history text books.
# 1916
Sinéad O'Connor and Shane McGowan join Easter Rising film
The movie will document the life of Seán McDermott.
# hidden history
Bullets, blood and childbirth: Emergency services and the 1916 Rising
It’s all in a logbook that was bought by Dublin City Council.
# heeding history
Was the Easter Rising needed? Just two in five of you think so (but even fewer don't)
The findings comes from a poll from Irish language news website Tuairisc.ie.
# up for the rising
An Post plan two-storey extension of GPO ahead of 1916 anniversary
Planning permission has been sought for a new exhibition, a gallery space and a landscaped outdoor area.
# Banner
PICS: Tribute to slain Alan Ryan in O'Connell Street protest
The face of the murdered dissident republican appears on banner in Dublin today during protest about prisoners’ rights.
# Easter 1916
Enda and Micheál give thumbs-up to 1916 Rising website
Their parties may have been divided by the Civil War but the leaders of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are joined in admiration of interactive site which aims to make 1916 archives more accessible to public.