Ahern praises Easter Rising parade
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today said he hoped parades would mark the Easter Rising each year until the centenary in ten years’ time as 120,000 people thronged Dublin’s streets in tribute to those who fought and died for Irish freedom.
In the largest military display in memory of the fallen heroes of 1916, and the first since 1971, 2,500 Defence Forces personnel marched through the capital.
