A lot done since 1916 but a lot more to do for the children of 2006

I DON’T want to labour the point, but this is the week when we’re going to be hearing an awful lot about the anniversary of 1916.

It's 90 years since the Rising 90 years of change and development and growth, with more than a few setbacks on the way. But at the end of that 90 years, we're rich. We're successful. We've made it.

When I was a kid and we were celebrating the 50th anniversary, we were all made to memorise the Proclamation of Independence. Nowadays, I can still remember bits and pieces of it, as most of us can. It's when you try to compare the Proclamation to the country we see all around us today that you realise that some things, anyway, have changed.