Easter Rising commemorated in Northern Ireland

Belfast Telegraph - 20/04
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has reiterated a call for Irish unification as senior members of her party attended events to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising.

Ms McDonald addressed the annual commemoration in Carrickmore in Co Tyrone on Sunday.

She told those gathered that “building a new and united Ireland is the most important task for a generation” and that the party was “intent to finish the business of 1916”.

Ms McDonald said: “Here we stand for the day when we will commemorate our patriots in a United and free Ireland.

“So, let’s work day and night to fulfil the dream of Connolly and Pearse, of Hurson and Farrell, of McGuinness and O’Hare.”

John Donnelly and his Irish Wolfhounds on the Falls Road (Mark Marlow/PA)

She added: “Hold tightly to your hopes, to your beliefs, to your determination.

“Never, ever give up.

“We will see the rising...
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