100 years on and it’s water that rises angst

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr said that “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”

On Easter Monday 1916, the populace looked on aghast as a provisional government holed up in the GPO claimed to take over the country.

On Easter Monday 2016, the populace will look on aghast as a caretaker government holed up in Leinster House claims to run the country.