Dublin’s Lord Mayor denies seeking full ban on royals from 1916 centenary

Dublin’s Lord Mayor Christy Burke has strongly disputed claims he was looking to ban members of the British royal family from attending any part of the 1916 centenary commemoration.

Burke, a former Sinn Fein councillor, was responding to a report in the Irish Times this morning that he was looking for a full ban on any royal presence at the commemoration.