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# Easter Rising

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# Easter Rising
Trust seeking designs for Glasnevin’s 1916 memorial
232 people were buried in a mass grave after the Easter Rising, now a chapel is being planned for that site.
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Sep 30th 2013, 4:15 PM
# MacGill
Gerry Adams: The institutions of the State have their backs to the border
“The prevailing sense among the policy makers is to perpetuate the status quo,” the Sinn Féin President has told the MacGill Summer School in the Glenties this evening.
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Jul 31st 2013, 8:18 PM
# Moore Street
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.
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Apr 9th 2013, 8:01 AM
Voices
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.
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Apr 1st 2013, 8:30 AM
# Easter Rising
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.
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Mar 31st 2013, 3:50 PM
# Your Say
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.
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Mar 2nd 2013, 10:00 AM
# you told us
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the best, the most popular and the most commented-on pieces from the past week. Did you make it in?
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Feb 23rd 2013, 11:00 AM
# Bank Holiday
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.
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Feb 21st 2013, 3:40 PM
# object matters
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.
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Feb 10th 2013, 8:45 AM
# Moore Street
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”.
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Jan 24th 2013, 8:15 PM
# need to know
The Evening Fix...now with added finger-wrestling
The things we learned, loved and shared today…
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Sep 16th 2012, 7:55 PM
# 1916 rising
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.
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Sep 16th 2012, 9:15 AM
# Moore Street
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.
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May 20th 2012, 8:31 PM
# 1916 rising
In pictures: 1916 Easter Rising remembered
A three-year-old girl wore her great-grandfather’s medals at today’s ceremony.
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May 16th 2012, 9:34 PM
# Moore Street
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.
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May 1st 2012, 3:30 PM
# Michael Collins
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.
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Apr 19th 2012, 7:27 PM
# Michael Collins
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.
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Apr 17th 2012, 9:41 PM
# Dissidents
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.
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Apr 10th 2012, 8:32 AM
# Michael Collins
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.
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Apr 9th 2012, 5:49 PM
# The Daily Fix
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.
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Apr 8th 2012, 8:03 PM
# Easter Rising
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.
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Apr 8th 2012, 7:27 PM
# 1916
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.
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Apr 8th 2012, 3:52 PM
# 1916
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.
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Apr 8th 2012, 9:55 AM
# Defence Forces
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.
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Feb 5th 2012, 12:17 PM
# Race for the Áras
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.
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Oct 4th 2011, 12:14 PM
# Easter Rising
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.
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Apr 24th 2011, 1:57 PM
# De Valera
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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Mar 28th 2011, 11:59 AM
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