Crisp spring sun shines on Easter Rising ceremony

President Michael D Higgins yesterday laid a wreath outside the GPO in Dublin to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

Some 350 members of the Defence Forces took part in the O’Connell St ceremony, which climaxed with a fly-by from the Air Corps.

Hundreds of spectators turned out for the ceremony, which took place in crisp spring sunshine.