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.