President Higgins opens visitor centre at Kilmainham

President Michael D Higgins has said the country must continue the work of building a Republic of which the 1916 rebels would be proud.

Opening the new Kilmainham Gaol Museum visitor centre President Higgins said the commemorative events to mark the Easter Rising had “allowed us to re-engage with the Ireland of the early 20th century”.

President Higgins added that this had allowed people to focus on the “many different traditions, ideas and ideologies that impelled the stories of bravery, vision and determination that would build a nation”.