President and Taoiseach attend Easter Rising commemoration at Arbour Hill

President Michael D Higgins with children from St. Gabriels National School, Cowper Street pictured this morning at the Arbour Hill Commemoration Ceremony. Picture: Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Leaders including the Taoiseach and the President gathered in Arbour Hill on Wednesday for the annual commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising.

The executed leaders of the rising, a rebellion against British rule that paved the way for Irish independence and the creation of the Republic of Ireland, are buried in Arbour Hill cemetery on the north side of Dublin.