Joe Duffy to publish book on children killed in 1916 Rising

A book by RTÉ’s Joe Duffy on the children who died during the 1916 Easter Rising will be published later this year.

The popular broadcaster spent the last few years finding out as much as he could about the fate of some 40 children to, as he put it, “free them of the anonymity”.

The children, aged 16 and under, were among 374 civilians killed during the six days of the insurrection.