So what would the heroes think of 2008?

One wonders how the leaders of the 1916 Rising would react to the news, that the Irish Government capitulated to a command from Brussels, to rob the poor in order to pay the rich.

So what would the heroes think of 2008?
Wed, 03 Feb, 2016 - 00:00
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Steve McGarry

Fremont Drive

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