Members and supporters of Republican Sinn Féin have held a series of commemorations across Ireland to mark the 107th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
At one of the party's main events in Lurgan, Co Armagh, wreaths were laid at the garden of remembrance in the Kilwilkie estate and at the republican plot in nearby St Colman's Cemetery.
This year's Easter commemorations have coincided with the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which takes place on Monday.
In a statement issued on behalf of the "leadership of the republican movement" those involved in brokering the peace deal were criticised.
"The establishment in Ireland and Britain are self-congratulating themselves on a great job done," the statement said.
It added that the agreement has "institutionalised sectarianism in the occupied six counties".
"There is only peace for those who accept the British occupation; for those that do not or it is suspected they do not there is stop and search, arbitrary arrests and house raids," the statement said.
The statement was also critical of nationalists who support the Good Friday Agreement.
"We condemn the political reformists who have turned their backs on the struggle for Irish freedom while out of the corner of their mouths they commemorate Irish patriots who carried out that struggle," the statement said.
"The 'peace process' has become more important than their stated long-term objective, a
united Ireland.
"The 'peace process' is a British process of containment of the Irish struggle."
The statement was also critical of those who have been involved in anti-immigrant protests in the south of Ireland in recent months.
"We reject the rise of right-wing anti-immigrant parties who have come to the fore lately," the statement said.
"Many of those involved carry our national flag and also carry other republican flags, for example the Starry Plough.
"Where were these 'patriots' in opposition to the British occupation.
"These groups spew hatred and division which the Irish people as a post-colonial society are very familiar with."
The statement also referenced the Irish civil war, which took place 100 years ago, and was scathing of the then newly formed Free State forces.
"The Free State did not succeed in crushing republicanism, and they will never be allowed to do so," the statement added
