Political uncertainty of 2016 is not fitting way to celebrate 1916

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

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

On Easter Monday, 2016, the bewildered 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