27/03/2016 BBC Newsline


27/03/2016

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Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to watch

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the Easter Rising commemorations in Dublin.

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The military parade was the largest ever staged in the Republic,

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as our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison reports.

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Simple, stirring, sombre and sullen. Just some of the words that describe

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today's commemoration, which involved the laying of a wreath. It

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was here that the leaders of the Easter Rising were executed, thereby

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changing history. The parade, it is estimated, was seen by hundreds of

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thousands. It paused outside the GPO for the main event. Present were

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current and former leaders as well as the British ambassador. A

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representative was on the podium. Children from the four provinces

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laid flowers at a symbolic gesture of the unshakeable resolve to live

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together in harmony and peace. An army officer re-enacted the

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proclamation of a republic. We hereby proclaim the Irish

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Republic as a sovereign independent state and we lead our lives and the

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lives of our comrades in arms to the cause of its freedom, welfare and

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exhortation among the nation. When the president laid a wreath

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outside the GPO, he did in memory of all those who died in the rising.

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Spectators appreciated the overall tone of the commemoration.

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It is a new Ireland we see these days so it was lovely to be here.

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I am staying here with my family and...

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The atmosphere is electric. We awaited them so it is only right

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they be commemorated. The event ended with a fly past and

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BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson is in Dublin.

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Mark, it was a very high-profile military parade in the city today.

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In many ways, the eyes of the world were on Dublin today. The Irish

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state wanted to send out a message. A strong, confident independent

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nation, it is. One Government politician pointed out that nearly

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every soldier belonging to the Irish Defence Forces was on parade today.

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Nearly every military vehicle. Perhaps a subtle message that the

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Irish Army is the only legitimate army in Ireland. They are the true

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successors of the 1916 Irish volunteers. Maybe a subtle statement

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but a statement none the less. And there was a noticeable

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absence of Unionists - The Irish Government would say that

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they would bend over backwards to make the event includes, not just

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remembering the rebels but also the civilians and police officers who

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died. I detect a rebel of disappointment that Unionist leaders

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from Stormont Today not come along. There were a lot of Irish flags

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being waved and it is five weeks from an election, so they are

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probably watching the TV, glad they did not come here today. I suppose

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that is politics. Did everything go according to plan?

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The big worry was the weather. The sun was there this morning but as

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soon as the parade finished, it started to rain. I think the Irish

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Government tonight cannot believe their luck. Now all they have to do

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is sort out a new coalition here which will not be easy.

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Marks in sin in Dublin, thank you. -- Mark Simpson in Dublin.

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Thousands of people have lined the streets of West Belfast

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The parade, with many wearing period costumes,

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began at Divis Tower, before it made its way

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to the Republican plot at Milltown Cemetery.

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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams told the gathering, the peace process

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and the Good Friday agreement had marked a historic shift in politics.

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Hurts must be healed, divisions ended and the scourge

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A service of remembrance for the 116 British soldiers who died

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during the Easter Rising has been held in County Down.

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The commemoration was organised by the Royal British Legion.

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Following a parade in Greyabbey, a wreath was laid on the grave

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of Sandy McClelland, who served with

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He was 18 years old when he was killed in Dublin in 1916.

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Attending the event, UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said

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Unionists must not ignore the Easter Rising centenary.

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It is important that we do not stick our fingers in our ears and pretend

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these things never happen and go away. They happened and impact on us

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today and we have to face up to it. There are different narratives

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depending on your historical perspective and that is the way

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history is. Let us not be nigh anybody else their perspective. Let

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us have respect in the wake we promote our own. -- let us not deny

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anybody else their perspective. And in golf, Rory McIlroy

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is one down against Jason Day in the semifinal of WGC

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Match Play event in Austin, Texas. The winner will face Oosthuizen

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in the final after he won his match Now, finally, onto the weather

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forecast for the rest of the Bank Holiday,

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and here's Barra Best. of the Bank Holiday,

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that the clocks have gone forward and it be sunny. It will turn chilly

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for us all. Temperatures will fall close to freezing and some areas as

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low as -2 or minus three Celsius. There will be frost first thing and

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possibly the odd stretch of ice but a big improvement on today, on

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Monday. A chilly start and a fair amount of cloud but the cloud will

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break with sunny gaps. Scattered showers in the West. Dry and sunny

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weather, before showers develop from the south-west. Storm Katie will

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bring wind and rain and across much of Britain it is a dry picture with

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decent sunshine and showers coming into the south-west later in the

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day. For Northern Ireland, if you have us with sunshine to end the

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day, but watch out for the scattered showers. Winds are light and 9-10dC.

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Low pressure in showers. Winds are light and 9-10dC.

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with outbreaks of rain at times. Not all the time. Sunshine as well but

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low pressure remains in control

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