Easter Rising marked by President and Taoiseach at ceremony in Dublin

President Michael D Higgins lays a wreath during the ceremony (Niall Carson/PA)

The 1916 Rising which prompted a series of events leading to the independence of Ireland has been marked in Dublin.

President Michael D Higgins led the commemorations of the Easter Rising in a military ceremony outside the GPO on O’Connell Street in the capital, one of the main sites of the rebellion against British rule in 1916.