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Gardaí arrested one person after scuffles broke out between protesters and the Public Order Unit outside Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery. Efforts were made to burn a Union Jack and bangers were exploded, one of which was thrown at lines of gardaí and led to the brief altercation. […] A group of about 100 people, mostly men, gathered to protest at the unveiling ceremony in the cemetery of a “Remembrance Wall” listing the names of all those who died in the 1916 Easter Rising, including British soldiers. Many of those present carried banners and placards bearing the logo of the 32 County...

Thousands of soldiers marched solemnly Sunday through the crowded streets of Dublin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ireland’s Easter Rising against Britain, a fateful rebellion that reduced parts of the capital to ruins and fired the country’s flame of independence. The Easter parade through Dublin featured military ceremonies at key buildings seized in 1916, when about 1,200 rebels sought to fuel a popular revolt against Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom. […] Many Dubliners opposed the insurrection as an act of treason in time of war, but public sentiment swiftly swung in the rebels’ favor once a newly arrived...

There was an estimated 120,000 people at the 1916 commemorative parade in Dublin today. In a formal ceremony outside the GPO at noon, the President and the Taoiseach listened to a reading of the Proclamation and observe a minute's silence. Ms McAleese laid a wreath in honour of those who died in 1916. The President then took the salute as 2,500 members of all branches of the defence forces paraded in the capital. It included the reserve force, and members of both the Organisation of National Ex-servicemen and the UN veterans' association. The parade also included representatives of An Garda...