Group emerges to mark Easter Rising in 'appropriate' manner

A new group has emerged who say they will work to make sure the centenary of the 1916 Rising will be marked in an "appropriate and fitting" way.

The "Reclaim the Vision of 1916" group will work with relatives of those who died during the Easter Rising, who say they were only given a skeleton outline of what will be in the Government's programme of celebration.

Sponsors include the playwrite Brian Friel and Professor Declan Kiberd.

Organiser and internationally acclaimed artist, Robert Ballagh, explains what pushed them to start the initiative.

He said: "One of the things we felt very strongly is that the event and the participants in the event should be marked, should be commemorated, but it shouldn't stop there.

"We should look at why these people did what they did almost 100 years ago. What were their aims, what were their objectives, what were their dreams?"