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THE WEEKEND IS finally here.
After months of anticipation, and also a deal of politicians trying to outdo each other in ‘claiming ownership’ of the Easter Rising, the commemoration of the centenary proper will kick off in Dublin today with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Garden of Remembrance.
That will set the scene for three days of celebrations, mostly in Dublin but also around the country, with RTÉ running Reflecting the Rising on Easter Monday, touted as the biggest public event Ireland has ever seen.
600,000 people are set to travel to Dublin for the celebrations according to estimates, but will you be among them?
We’re asking: Will you be attending an event over the Easter Rising centenary weekend?
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Where’s the ‘Depends on the weather’ option :-)
Or the yes I fancy sitting for 3 hours in my car cause there’s no luas
Who cares bout the greedy Luas!! Get a bus!!
Where I’m the bus service is poor , plus I don’t fancy standing at a bus stop anyway with the weather that’s expected
The 1916 leaders would be so proud of you.
Yes cause it makes me more patriotic if I sand at a bus stop in the p!ssing rain doesn’t it ya clown
@Paul The 1916 leaders would be rolling in their graves whilst simultaneously scratching their heads at the state of things.
So the bus service is poor but you have a Luas stop nearby?
Brilliant gene !!!
Dublin Coach provide an excellent inexpensive service people should try it.
Did I say I had a luas stop nearby ? No Luas means more traffic on the road heading to the city centre . Entender ???
Yes you did , on a thread last week . You were giving out about the drivers . Why was my other commemt removed !
Take the bus !
Take a hike !
Dublin bus are throwing loadza xtra buses on for the 3 days.
I would go if the political parties didn’t have such a big influence on it. I just don’t feel like spending my weekend hearing skewed versions of our country’s march toward freedom.
I’d imagine they were people who the establishment of the time treated similar to the water protestors of today. Ridiculed at every opportunity.
And now that same establishment want to tell us their version of events?! No thanks.
Equating 1916 to Water Protests?!
Tell me you’re having a laugh….
He didn’t equate 1916 with water protests, he equated the ridicule with which the establishment treated both.
What age are you?
Yeah I can’t wait till the 24th of April.
Personally I am not that interested, as Jack says it will too politicised and not much about the real ordinary people involved. On another topic, how come most of your poll results rarely add up to 100%.
To be fair, asking a load of people who seem to spend all day commenting online, are they going to go out on Sunday to the parade, it’s hardly surprising the majority are not!
Didn’t realise it wasn’t possible to comment and be somewhere at the same time…
I’d like to thank the Luas drivers for pinpointing this weekend to cause as much disruption as possible to Irish patriotism and the nations centenary celebrations. Well done lads ye bunch of wasters.
I hope that they all get their marching orders on Tuesday morning and show us that the Luas management do have the balls to do their job.
Yes, but not a state one. I’d rather ignore commemorations organised by a gorvernment utterly embarassed by and ashamed of, 1916. For those going, enjoy your big screen videos of bono/bob geldoff/ian paisley, enjoy the big banners of John Redmond. And enjoy being fed the line in the speeches that the 1916 rising was about achieving a glorious 26 county partitioned land and that this somehow constitutes Irish Independence.
Are ye feeling a bit left of it in the UK there Tyrone, don’t worry sure there is always the 12th.
You’re so predictable Rod. Same old hateful comments in every article.
Tyrone, nobody is ashamed of our past. It is just that for most of us the present is far more important without shackling ourselves to what some people would have us believe.
Where’s the hate?
Ah right Chris. So that’s why an Easter Rising commemorative video made no reference to the Easter Rising? Cos we have to concentrate on the present? And the John Redmond banner is about the present too then, yeah?
Good lad TEG.
Put on your Celtic Jersey, buy the 1916 Tracksuit from Sinn Féin’s online store and visit the propaganda fest in the Ambassador Theatre where you can spill some of your Dutch Gold for the Hunger Strikers of the 1980s.
The entire event is about Commemoration. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s not about people using it as a excuse to vent anger and hatred.
Exactly Tyrone, tragedy of the past is a tool to gain wisdom, not a guide to rule our lives.
Nope. Walking about in the cold and rain being underwhelmed is not my cuppa tay.
There’s a load of reasons not to go in: 1. Luas strike 2. Uncertain weather 3. Too crowded 4. 4 young kids 5. I’ll watch it on the telly. All have crossed my mind. However I feel the least I can do is attend in person and pay my respect to the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country
Most towns around the country holding events and parades. Think I’ll support local in the true spirit of the rebellion.
The rebellion was almost entirely confined to Dublin
Fact check :
1) Home Rule had been legally established in 1914
2) there were no British regiments in Ireland in 1916,
3) the 1916 Rising was directed solely at Irishmen, who for the most part didn’t join the army to defend the UK, but to fight for Belgium and Home Rule.
So you think Home Rule for the entire island was going to be granted even though the unionists were armed and the army were on their side. Another fact check by the way, the men who fought in 1916 did NOT want Home Rule.
That’s not what he said
There is little to celebrate that the men of 1916 would want to be remembered for. We haven’t even got a staple government to sort out the crisis of homelessness, emigration and rural de-population. Even the banks and transport companies are screwing us.
In the absence of a staple government, would you settle for a sticky-tape one?
Do we have a choice Jim……
It seems to me that the men/women of 1916 wanted a lot of different things, including: socialism, nationalism votes for women, anti conscription etc, etc…..
Its called democracy chris..
I just think there’s going to be trouble in town…
No, it’s turned into shinnerfest 2016
Sinn Fein organise events every year in every county to celebrate the Rising, as they are doing this year so nothing new there. What is new though is the other political parties taking a once off interest.
The great revisionists have claimed the 1916 as there own, not withstanding they have only been about since 1969.
Oh right I could sworn that they were the same SF party, well that’s what every FG/FF/Labour hack keeps telling us. They are constantly telling us that the SF party never actually took part in the Rising so which is it?
The other parties Paul get on with the job of running the country, while Sinn Fein are living out a distorted version of Ireland’s history.
Chris you just contradicted your above statement where you said we don’t even have a stable government today, get now you say the other parties get on with the job of running of the country. I could swear the two biggest parties refuse to go into power together….
The Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith. It took its current form in 1970 after a split within the party (the other party became the Workers’ Party of Ireland), and has been historically associated with the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). It’s kind of like saying baseball and rounders are the same thing.
Paul there is no contradiction in saying that the other parties get on with the job of running the country. Presently we have a caretaker government. It wouldn’t be the first time that this country was governed by a minority government and there is no reason why that couldn’t happen again.
Thankfully, SF/PIRA are being sidelined and ridiculed for the vile minority that they are.
This weekend is about the Irish people, with thousands of events, culminating in a parade by the defence forces of this proud nation.
Diarmiud/Leo somebody must be doing something right when the likes of you try and pass yourself of as Irish.
It is disrespectful and an insult to those who fought in the Easter Rising. One of the men who are among other so called leaders on this banner, was John Redmond. He was not a leader, he stole money from the volunteers to purchase weapons and ammunition. This traitor persuaded irish men to join the British Army to fight against their own. You all know who the real heroes are?
No as I prefer gandi ‘s non violent option. Principal of non violence gained Indias independence !
I know, sure a few peaceful protests and the Brits would definitely have left. How did none of them think of that?
Scotland had a vote on independence last year. They didn’t have to kill any one!
Conor are you seriously trying to equate the world of 1916 and 2015 as the same, good God man please tell me you’re taking the piss?
Is India free or not? Peacefull non resistance won then that!
Conor three years after the Easter Rising the British massacred 1,000 peaceful protestors in India in Amritsar so stop trying to compare apples and oranges. That was their attitude to peaceful protest back then!
India had a long road to freedom and it was far from peaceful at times. You should read up on it some more it’s actually very interesting and not what I expected. Although some of the massacres carried out by the British were easy to fathom.
India was partitioned against it’s will, which lead to widepsread death and destruction.
There is a pattern here.
The NICRA were peaceful. They were shot dead in the streets
Comparing India to Ireland seems rational. They were both tiny colonies with small populations right beside the heart of the British empire.
You’d really have to know feck all about the history of the Indian subcontnent in the 20th century, outside of inspirarional Ghandi quote memes, to describe it as peacefull.
From widespread secrarian violence, ethnic cleansing and mass displacement that lead to partition, to the numerous Indo-Pakistani wars, the genocide of Bengalis and the Bangladesh war of liberarion, it was about as far from peaceful as its possible to be.
Makes the conflicts involced in Irish ideoendence look positively tame in comparison.
@Conor O’Neill,
The people of Derry tried peaceful protest and were massacred on the streets.
The NICRA were indeed peaceful. They were also very successful in achieving the civil rights that are enjoyed in NI today. Although they were attacked (verbally and sometimes violently) that did not deter them or prevent their success.
Home rule was being democratically called for since 1870, the democratic non violent path was ignored by the lords and didn’t work. Also the you can’t compare the Irish problems to Scotland or India, they are all totally different situations. Scotland voluntarily signed up to the act of union, Ireland signed up through force of arms, treacherous bribery and bloodshed.
The flawed Irish Parliamentary Parties route was also undemocratic as women weren’t allowed to vote thus they had no mandate and didn’t represent all the demographics.
The revisionists would have you believe that an ungrateful Ireland bit the hand that fed it, but the fact is Ireland’s history of violence was brought to these shores.
No, but only because I’m working. I’d love to be there on Sunday for the parade
Commemorating killing is not my idea of the actions of a civilised society.
Neither is watching porn but that doesn’t stop you!
Leo so what you are saying is 99% of the worlds countries are not civilised then, clown!
I think he’s saying that celebrating killing is not civilised
Yeah, it’s not like anyone died at the Battle of the Boyne. When Leo’s marching on the 12th, he won’t be celebrating any killing. That would be uncivillised.
It is uncivilised
Why is it that anyone who disagrees with the events of 1916 is suddenly a loyalist?
So what country is “civilised”, in your mixed up world view? Certainly not the British, what with Waterloo and Trafalger day. Not the Americans either, cause they love to throw a good party every fourth of July. Can’t forgot about the French and Bastille Day. Then there’s Defender of the Fatherland Day in Russia. Army Day in India. Yom Ha’atzmaut in Israel. Simon Bolivar Day in multille Latin American countries. Just about every single country is Europe acknowledges Armistice Day in some form. I could go on and on.
But you’re missing the point entirely anyway. Its not about celebrating killing. Its about commerating our history and our past. Cultural contextualising of out shared past, and how it has shaped and defined the country of today. And our history, like the history of every single nation on the planet, like the history of our very species itself, has its monents of violence. Its impossible to avoid.
The self loathing Paddy stuff is really contemptible.
Not saying everyone is, just Leo. He’s most certainly a Loyalist.
I couldn’t watch those traitors who have turned us into a Third World economy, hijack the memory of the brave patriots who gave their lives for Ireland.
Should have fireworks like 4th of July in America, and maybe some barbeque
Interesting Easter statement from imperial grand wizard Drew Nelson in the Belfast Telegraph.
Drew has a problem with Catholic civil servants wearing ashes on their foreheads, Catholic paraphanelia on their desks plus they spend too much time Monday mornings talking about GAA matches.
Jesus wept.
Drew Nelson appears like his namesake Horatio, not very accommodating of people he didn’t like. Horatio hated his own wife and didn’t bother to attend at his fathers funeral.
Yes chris. These where people that Michael collins sacrifice the nationalist population in the 6 counties for a 26 county republic. Lock into a super Orange State..!!!
Bobby it was Arthur Griffith signed the Treaty, Collins was the junior member of the delegation.
No I won’t be wasting my time .. sounds l like a snooze fest
AFTER Belgium, Many might be too scared to go???
I don’t know. It’s still a month away
If there was a real revolution happening again id be there otherwise stick it.
WHERE IS THE 1916 SPIRIT, IT IS ALL SHOW AND BULL AS WELL AS A CATCH PENNY BUT WHERE IS THE 1916 SPIRIT???
John Perkins, Former Advisor IMF.
“My job was to identify countries with resources that corporations covert, like oil and then arrange a huge loan to that country from the World Bank or from one of its sister organisations. The money however would not go to the country, it would go to our own corporations who would make huge profits, but the majority of the people would suffer terrible as a result, because money would be diverted from Education, Healthcare and other Social Services to pay interest on the debt.”
What happened when the IMF moved in and the debt couldn’t be repaid?
“We go back into that country and say, since you can’t pay your debt, sell your resource oil or whatever real cheap to our corporations without any environmental restrictions or, or social regulations. Privatise, sell your electric utilities, your water, sewage systems, your schools, your jails, all your public sector businesses to our corporations, and in the few cases where we failed economic hitman, the jackals went in and still do and aah, they either assassinate the leaders of the country or overthrow them in coups.”
WE ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS IN 1916 AND THE PROCLAIMATION IS DESTROYED DUE TO THE E.U. AND THE TROIKA, When will people wake up?
Let’s celebrate it without knowing what we are celebrating, lets use it as an excuse as a catchpenny and an excuse to get drunk and say how nationalistic we are under the thumb of the E.U.
Wow, did you edit those quotes yourself?
No, as they are quoates, you do not edit quotes Dave… Straight from Perkins at his book signing at a bookstore in the U.S. from one sitting.
Wasn’t hard to do, I listened to what he said on the recorded interview on TV and I wrote it down WORD FOR WORD, as that is quotation…
4th paragraph, 4th line, you’ve omitted something
Also when did he serve as an advisor to the IMF? Those dates are relevant
Nothing omitted at all, it is word for word using quotations, no mistakes at all.
http://www.wanttoknow.info/johnperkinseconomichitman
“John Perkins was for many years one of the world’s top economists. He worked directly with the heads of the World Bank, IMF, and other global financial institutions. He quit this work in the 1980s because morally and ethically, he felt it was wrong to play such a key role in creating world empire at the expense of the less advantaged around the world.
After being persuaded and even bribed not to write a book about his experiences, Perkins states, “When 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart.” The book, Confessions of an Economic Hitman”
So he quit 30 years before the IMF got involved in Ireland? Also, in reference to your quote “or, or” did he stutter? Surely no need to write the stuttering
Also, your quote is misleading, nowhere does it say that that is what he advised the IMF to do or that it was his role with the IMF. Some man for twisting words. Link the video of his book signing there will you
https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/335781-refugee-crisis-wwii-un/
It is the same then as now as TTIP and the TiSA Agreement shows and Perkins still has good friends out there still?
The video is at the start of the programme… All the detail are there….
I think that the IMF in the Troika bail out scenarios have proved him to be spot on due to austerity and to the ECB…
If anybody is planning to make the trip from outside of dublin the 69 bus from Rathcoole will get you into the city centre. parking should be cheaper and more plentiful than closer to the city. It also travels past citywest where there is parking for the luas which probably won’t be used due to the strike.
I was thinking of going in to O’Connell Street tomorrow but I am wondering if it’s going to be an excercise in futility. I was in there last night and the large amount of “private” seating means getting a view of the GPO/Parade is going to be very limited. I wanted to catch the reading of the proclamation. A bit annoyed at the amount of seating, 6000 seats I think.
I would have loved to be in Dublin for it but due to luas strike I’ll be staying local
What have I now, said the fine old woman…..
Aiming for a 1916 free weekend.
Already went to a very special event marking the commemoration. My son’s class in school acted out a play written especially for all the schools in Ireland I believe.When they acted out the wedding and sang Grace there wasn’t a dry eye in the hall.Well done to all the teachers who got the kids to practice for weeks and to who ever came up with the idea.
Just watching the ceremony from The Garden of Remembrance. Sweet Jaaasus its complete, total and utter dreck. Tomorrow will be arrive at Stephens Green at 8.30am. Have a look at the troops and their vehicles and equipment. Home by 10.30 and have it on the tellybox in the background.
Jesus there is a spectacular bunch of moaning
Arse’s here today.
That is called piles or farting lol.
Participating in an event on Monday.
I’ll see what’s on come 24th of April.
No Luas service, I suppose the army lads will have to walk to town now.
Patriotism is the Pursuit of the vicious
I will certainly not be attending a state commeration, An FG slant on the rising? no thanks, not for me or my family, watched a bit of it today on pravda nothing but a ticketed event and a snob fest, working class need not attend. The cheek of heather humphreys being there, was she not in favour of destroying Moore St?
The centenary will be April 24th. So no.
If the Govt wanted people to attend why didn’t they make Easter Sunday a public holiday?
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