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.

The men and women of 1916 risked their lives to free the Irish people from the tyranny of an oppressive colonial empire.

The men and women of 2016 risk their political lives to free the Irish people from the tyranny of oppressive water charges.

Are the opening events of 2016 the most appropriate way to honour the memory of 1916?

Jason Fitzharris

Rivervalley

Swords

Co Dublin