Coveney condemns 'shameful' Easter Rising parade on anniversary of Lyra McKee's murder

Saoradh Colour Party marches from Free Derry corner to the City Cemetery in Derry, as part of an event to mark the 1916 Easter Rising. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has condemned the "shameful" holding of a republican Easter parade by a group linked with dissidents in Derry this afternoon. 

The parade went ahead, three years to the day Lyra Ms McKee, a journalist, died after being struck by a bullet during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry.