President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has called
for 'a new Ireland' on the 100-year anniversary of the Easter Rising, a
rebellion largely regarded as having led to Ireland's independence.
A mural in Dublin's city centre marking centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising as celebrations get underway nationwide
Michael
D Higgins called for Irish people to take responsibility for building a
true Republic in a keynote address to descendants of those who fought
and died in the 1916 Easter Rising.
But he said the ideals of the Proclamation can still inspire today.
'Our
nation has journeyed many miles from the shell shocked and burning
Dublin of 1916,' he said. 'We can see that in many respects we have not
fully achieved the dreams and ideals for which our forebears gave so
much.
President Michael D Higgins lays a wreath at the Garden of Remembrance
in Dublin, in honour of those who fought and died for Ireland's freedom
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