Page 7 - Easter Rising News Today

The Easter Rising was an armed rebellion which took place in Ireland during Easter week, 1916. The aim of The Rising was to gain Irish Independence from Britain. The Rising began on April 24th 1916, lasting six days. After surrendering, Irish leaders Padraig Pearse and James Connolly along with thirteen others were executed after by the British. Their executions outraged many of the Irish public who originally didnt back the rebels actions. Although The Rising failed from a military point of vie...

Simon Harris is set to be elected taoiseach on Tuesday, April 9th, and he will face a number of issues in his bid to make a mark with less than a year before a…

PSNI use drones to issue warning over unnotified Creggan parade

Annal Tyrone National Graves Association parade takes place in Carrickmore

At noon, the National Flag on top of the GPO will be lowered and the 1916 Proclamation will be read.

Ten days ago, republicans buried garda killer and ex-wife stabber Pearse McAuley in a flag-cloaked coffin, flanked by a male colour party clumping along the concrete in their boots.

President Michael D Higgins lays wreath in first public engagement since hospitalisation earlier in March

Darach Ó Séaghdha looks at what was in the news and in the ether in Irish society at the time of The Rising.

Simon Harris has said his Cabinet make-up will not be known until he is elected Taoiseach by the Dáil.

As Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, history continued to happen while the priest was raising the host at mass and the Baptist minister was