Heroes of 1916 to be remembered

Family members of some of the heroes of 1916 are expected to attend a special wreath-laying ceremony at the National Monument on Grand Parade in Cork on Easter Monday.

The ceremony will be one of nine such synchronised ceremonies taking place at locations around the country at 1.15pm — the time the first shots of the 1916 Rising were fired.

Representatives of the families of Thomas Kent, Diarmuid Lynch, Tomás MacCurtain, Terence MacSwiney and James Ó Beirne have all been invited to attend.