Cork council to host most Rising events

Cork County Council will host the largest number of events planned anywhere in the country to commemorate next year’s centenary of the 1916 Rising.

More than 300 events are planned by 100 different groups at 70 venues and they will include re-enactments, lectures, oral history projects, plus some in Múscraí and Oileán Cléire which will be undertaken in Irish.

It is estimated the events will cost €500,000 to stage.