Atrocities inevitable from all sides in a civil war

I am saddened by the wave of anti-RIC/DMP rhetoric that has dominated the airwaves and print media in recent weeks causing a well-meaning Government to panic and do a U-turn on the planned ceremony in Dublin Castle.

Over halfway through the (so-called) “Decade of Commemoration” I was pleased to see that all participants in the historic events of a century ago were being commemorated by the Irish State — including indeed the 116 British soldiers killed suppressing the Easter Rising in Dublin.