Labour leader was shamefully omitted

THE success of the recent Easter Rising commemoration is not in doubt.

Labour leader was shamefully omitted
Mon, 24 Apr, 2006 - 01:00

The important task of re-establishing the legitimacy of Irish republicanism has been advanced.

However, in all the commentary about the Rising and the subsequent founding of our State, one name has been shamefully omitted. That name and that man is Tom Johnson.

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