Remembering pioneers of independence

The great-grandson of one of the men at the forefront of the Easter Rising has led tributes to the revolutionaries who fought for Ireland’s independence.

Gearóid Ó Briain is a descendant of Cathal Brugha, who fought in the 1916 rebellion and went on to be one of the founders of Dáil Éireann.

He was among family members invited to a state ceremony marking the anniversary of the 1916 Rising, led by President Michael D Higgins.