Remembering Easter 1916: Was the sacrifice justified?

THE Government will today publish the long-awaited details of how it proposes to officially mark the 1916 Easter Rising.

It will be a considerable but unexpected achievement if this programme realises the near impossible and satisfies the kaleidoscope of opinion so eager to pronounce on the event and how it might be marked.

It is almost inevitable that some people will be dissatisfied. How might it be otherwise?