10 volunteers honoured with State funerals

The State funerals of ten volunteers executed during the War of Independence takes place in Dublin later today.

The State funerals of ten volunteers executed during the War of Independence takes place in Dublin later today.

600 family members, as well as the President, Mary McAleese and the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, will attend a requiem mass before the remains of nine of the men are re-buried in Glasnevin cemetery.

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