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President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina at the commemoration of the Tom Clarke Bridge. Colm Mahady/Fennells

The East Link toll bridge is now officially named after a 1916 leader

It was named on the anniversary of Tom Clarke’s execution.

THE EAST LINK toll bridge, which connects Dublin’s docks with the south city, has been officially renamed.

The bridge was today named in honour Thomas Clarke, the “Father of the 1916 Rising”.

The toll bridge is the last bridge over the Liffey before the river enters Dublin Bay and Dublin City Council says there are no records of it ever being officially named.

Clarke was one of the chief organisers of the rising from his tobacconist shop in Dublin and was the first signatory of the proclamation.

The bridge was today officially named by President Michael D Higgins, on the anniversary of Clarke’s execution and in the presence of the grand niece of his wife Kathleen, Helen Litton.

Dublin City Councillor Nial Ring said that the naming was “wise and correct”.

“The fact that ownership of the East Link bridge reverted to DCC last year presented us with an opportunity to get the bridge named the Tom Clarke Bridge and I was delighted when my fellow councillors on both the Commemorations Committee and full city council approved my request.

The fact that the bridge is being named in Tom Clarke’s honour on the day of the 100th anniversary of his execution is of particular significance and the bridge will be a real and long lasting reminder of the sacrifice he made for his country and for us.

“As city councillors we often complain that we have very few powers, but in this case we had the power to name the bridge and we used it wisely and correctly.”

Dublin City Council has committed to spending €5.2 million on an upgrade of the bridge over the next three years, making it more cycle and pedestrian friendly.

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    Mute OnTheOutside
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    May 3rd 2016, 1:59 PM

    Be great if they got rid of the ridiculous toll also.

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    Mute Not_Rod_Ten©
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    May 3rd 2016, 2:04 PM

    Haven’t we paid for this bridge already

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    Mute Gerry Ryan
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    May 3rd 2016, 2:40 PM

    No, we’ve paid for about five bridges.

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    Mute Paul Cunningham
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    May 3rd 2016, 2:56 PM

    Many times over by now, they have got used to the revenue.

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    Mute Patrick Hurley
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    May 3rd 2016, 2:01 PM

    Naming a tax in another name after one of the signatories. What next? Rename the USC as the Padraig Pearce independence fund? Rename Irish Water as James Connolly Memorial Inc?

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    Mute William J Dunphy
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    May 3rd 2016, 2:09 PM

    Bit of an insult putting a hero’s name on that butt ugly bridge.

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    Mute Colm Vambeck
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    May 3rd 2016, 3:23 PM

    Paying to cross a bridge in a city with a river in it. Fucing joke ,which was designed to take a fraction of the traffic it does now. Dont we pay motor tax in this country to use the roads, as long as you don’t have to cross a river, its like medieval times where the rich put a tole on a bridge to cross a river. FYI, the bridge is paid for.

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    Mute Joseph Blocks
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    May 3rd 2016, 10:38 PM

    Don’t be ridiculous Colm, that motor tax is for paying for water!

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    Mute Magoo
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    May 3rd 2016, 2:16 PM

    Dick Turpin?

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    Mute Sean Whelan
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    May 3rd 2016, 2:50 PM

    Scambridge!

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    Mute Ken Pepper
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    May 3rd 2016, 4:10 PM

    Tolls being abolished would have been a better tribute

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    Mute Rothar Man
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    May 3rd 2016, 2:20 PM

    Woooooooo not a single fu@k do I give about this

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    May 3rd 2016, 2:55 PM

    And yet here you are!

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    Mute Fionn_Oisinn
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    May 3rd 2016, 11:41 PM

    Spoken Like a True Patriot. You’re a disgrace. Thomas putting his Life on the line for ungrateful fxxxkers like u..

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    Mute JibberIrish
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    May 3rd 2016, 4:23 PM

    The Man would turn in his grave.

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    Mute John Mulligan
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    May 3rd 2016, 3:00 PM

    Good luck on making that name stick!

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    May 3rd 2016, 3:21 PM

    Sponsored by Viagra

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    Mute Silverharp Harp
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    May 3rd 2016, 3:22 PM

    Imelda Marcos would have been better

    Tagalog wife of President Ferdinand Marcos, is suspected of having stolen, along with her husband over 5 billion dollars of wealth Philippines. When she and her husband have been deposed from power in 1986, authorities found in Imelda’s lockers in Malacañang (presidential palace) over 3000 pairs of shoes, size 37. Imelda’s extravagance was beyond any acceptable limit. During an expedition to purchase real estate in New York, she decided to buy the Empire State Building, but eventually gave up. Evaluated at about $750 million, the building did not exceed her financial possibilities, but she said it was an acquisition too glaring. ” Instead, she spent fifty-one to get Crown Building and sixty million for Herald Center and two other apartments in Manhattan.

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    Mute John Mulligan
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    May 3rd 2016, 3:01 PM

    I’d have preferred ‘Bridge-it’

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    May 3rd 2016, 3:26 PM

    After 33 years still tolled Decision was made by Dublin corporation to keep toll SF voted to keep this charge

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    May 3rd 2016, 7:28 PM

    At least you could pronounce it quicker than you drive over it unlike The Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge. Of course you are going a bit faster

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    May 3rd 2016, 9:19 PM

    Two points:
    -She is still alive, so why was something named after her.
    -why was something named after her ?

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    May 4th 2016, 12:38 AM

    Is there a bar of iron stuffed up Mickey Dee s hole?

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