€4m extra to commemorate 1916

The Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht has been given an additional €4m to roll out an "integrated plan" to commemorate 1916.

The allocation is on top of a €22m capital programme announced earlier this year for major commemorative projects in 2015, including a new interpretative centre at the GPO in Dublin.

The department received an budget allocation of €274m for 2015 which, it pointed out, was first increase for current expenditure in six years.