No one is talking about the huge contradictions at the centre of centenary fanfare

A change from the symbolism of the tricolour and the Rising is needed if the communities on this island are to ever find common ground, writes Donagh Davis

At the centre of this year’s centenary fanfare rests a series of huge contradictions that no one is talking about.

It is not even clear what we are supposed to be celebrating. While the rebels acted bravely and with noble aims, the Rising set off a chain of events that would prove in many ways disastrous for the island of Ireland. We are still living with this fallout today.