:00:00. > :00:08.Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to watch
:00:09. > :00:11.the Easter Rising commemorations in Dublin.
:00:12. > :00:14.The military parade was the largest ever staged in the Republic,
:00:15. > :00:25.as our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison reports.
:00:26. > :00:34.Simple, stirring, sombre and sullen. Just some of the words that describe
:00:35. > :00:40.today's commemoration, which involved the laying of a wreath. It
:00:41. > :00:48.was here that the leaders of the Easter Rising were executed, thereby
:00:49. > :00:55.changing history. The parade, it is estimated, was seen by hundreds of
:00:56. > :01:00.thousands. It paused outside the GPO for the main event. Present were
:01:01. > :01:07.current and former leaders as well as the British ambassador. A
:01:08. > :01:13.representative was on the podium. Children from the four provinces
:01:14. > :01:17.laid flowers at a symbolic gesture of the unshakeable resolve to live
:01:18. > :01:24.together in harmony and peace. An army officer re-enacted the
:01:25. > :01:30.proclamation of a republic. We hereby proclaim the Irish
:01:31. > :01:36.Republic as a sovereign independent state and we lead our lives and the
:01:37. > :01:41.lives of our comrades in arms to the cause of its freedom, welfare and
:01:42. > :01:45.exhortation among the nation. When the president laid a wreath
:01:46. > :01:54.outside the GPO, he did in memory of all those who died in the rising.
:01:55. > :01:59.Spectators appreciated the overall tone of the commemoration.
:02:00. > :02:05.It is a new Ireland we see these days so it was lovely to be here.
:02:06. > :02:10.I am staying here with my family and...
:02:11. > :02:14.The atmosphere is electric. We awaited them so it is only right
:02:15. > :02:24.they be commemorated. The event ended with a fly past and
:02:25. > :02:28.BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson is in Dublin.
:02:29. > :02:31.Mark, it was a very high-profile military parade in the city today.
:02:32. > :02:45.In many ways, the eyes of the world were on Dublin today. The Irish
:02:46. > :02:52.state wanted to send out a message. A strong, confident independent
:02:53. > :02:59.nation, it is. One Government politician pointed out that nearly
:03:00. > :03:04.every soldier belonging to the Irish Defence Forces was on parade today.
:03:05. > :03:07.Nearly every military vehicle. Perhaps a subtle message that the
:03:08. > :03:12.Irish Army is the only legitimate army in Ireland. They are the true
:03:13. > :03:16.successors of the 1916 Irish volunteers. Maybe a subtle statement
:03:17. > :03:17.but a statement none the less. And there was a noticeable
:03:18. > :03:33.absence of Unionists - The Irish Government would say that
:03:34. > :03:37.they would bend over backwards to make the event includes, not just
:03:38. > :03:45.remembering the rebels but also the civilians and police officers who
:03:46. > :03:49.died. I detect a rebel of disappointment that Unionist leaders
:03:50. > :03:53.from Stormont Today not come along. There were a lot of Irish flags
:03:54. > :03:56.being waved and it is five weeks from an election, so they are
:03:57. > :04:02.probably watching the TV, glad they did not come here today. I suppose
:04:03. > :04:08.that is politics. Did everything go according to plan?
:04:09. > :04:11.The big worry was the weather. The sun was there this morning but as
:04:12. > :04:17.soon as the parade finished, it started to rain. I think the Irish
:04:18. > :04:20.Government tonight cannot believe their luck. Now all they have to do
:04:21. > :04:27.is sort out a new coalition here which will not be easy.
:04:28. > :04:32.Marks in sin in Dublin, thank you. -- Mark Simpson in Dublin.
:04:33. > :04:37.Thousands of people have lined the streets of West Belfast
:04:38. > :04:38.The parade, with many wearing period costumes,
:04:39. > :04:41.began at Divis Tower, before it made its way
:04:42. > :04:42.to the Republican plot at Milltown Cemetery.
:04:43. > :04:45.Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams told the gathering, the peace process
:04:46. > :04:48.and the Good Friday agreement had marked a historic shift in politics.
:04:49. > :04:52.Hurts must be healed, divisions ended and the scourge
:04:53. > :05:02.A service of remembrance for the 116 British soldiers who died
:05:03. > :05:05.during the Easter Rising has been held in County Down.
:05:06. > :05:09.The commemoration was organised by the Royal British Legion.
:05:10. > :05:12.Following a parade in Greyabbey, a wreath was laid on the grave
:05:13. > :05:15.of Sandy McClelland, who served with
:05:16. > :05:22.He was 18 years old when he was killed in Dublin in 1916.
:05:23. > :05:25.Attending the event, UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said
:05:26. > :05:33.Unionists must not ignore the Easter Rising centenary.
:05:34. > :05:40.It is important that we do not stick our fingers in our ears and pretend
:05:41. > :05:46.these things never happen and go away. They happened and impact on us
:05:47. > :05:50.today and we have to face up to it. There are different narratives
:05:51. > :05:54.depending on your historical perspective and that is the way
:05:55. > :06:01.history is. Let us not be nigh anybody else their perspective. Let
:06:02. > :06:03.us have respect in the wake we promote our own. -- let us not deny
:06:04. > :06:05.anybody else their perspective. And in golf, Rory McIlroy
:06:06. > :06:08.is one down against Jason Day in the semifinal of WGC
:06:09. > :06:10.Match Play event in Austin, Texas. The winner will face Oosthuizen
:06:11. > :06:13.in the final after he won his match Now, finally, onto the weather
:06:14. > :06:17.forecast for the rest of the Bank Holiday,
:06:18. > :06:29.and here's Barra Best. of the Bank Holiday,
:06:30. > :06:34.that the clocks have gone forward and it be sunny. It will turn chilly
:06:35. > :06:41.for us all. Temperatures will fall close to freezing and some areas as
:06:42. > :06:44.low as -2 or minus three Celsius. There will be frost first thing and
:06:45. > :06:48.possibly the odd stretch of ice but a big improvement on today, on
:06:49. > :06:53.Monday. A chilly start and a fair amount of cloud but the cloud will
:06:54. > :06:59.break with sunny gaps. Scattered showers in the West. Dry and sunny
:07:00. > :07:06.weather, before showers develop from the south-west. Storm Katie will
:07:07. > :07:11.bring wind and rain and across much of Britain it is a dry picture with
:07:12. > :07:15.decent sunshine and showers coming into the south-west later in the
:07:16. > :07:19.day. For Northern Ireland, if you have us with sunshine to end the
:07:20. > :07:23.day, but watch out for the scattered showers. Winds are light and 9-10dC.
:07:24. > :07:28.Low pressure in showers. Winds are light and 9-10dC.
:07:29. > :07:30.with outbreaks of rain at times. Not all the time. Sunshine as well but
:07:31. > :07:41.low pressure remains in control