1916 centenary: No bank holiday

Moves to commemorate the Easter uprising with an annual public holiday are to be blocked by the Government.

The Cabinet decided to oppose proposed Sinn Féin legislation that would have meant April 24 becoming a national day of remembrance for the 1916 rebellion, known as Republic Day.

Sinn Féin TD Aengus O Snodaigh is set to bring the attempted legal change back to the Dáil this Friday, but Government deputies will vote it down. Ministers said Ireland already had enough public holidays.