I benefit from the bloodshed of 1916, but still I will not celebrate it

The civilians of 1916 did not deserve their deaths any more than the 35 who died in Brussels, writes Victoria White

I’M not going. I don’t feel right about the 1916 ‘celebrations’ and I’m not going to pretend otherwise.

The insurrection caused the deaths of more than 485 people, including 184 civilians. One in five of those who died was under 19. Those civilians did not deserve their deaths, any more than the 35 who died in Brussels this week, and they were mourned no less.