Orange Order display of dunderheadedness
PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins told the BBC with characteristic brio - in an acute historical overview - that ' ethical sensitivity' marked the state commemoration of the Easter Rising.
Apart from Lurgan's masked paraders, Ireland north and south marked the centenary these past couple of days with some effort to keep ceremonies dignified, and thoughtful.
Dissident republicans objected that Edward Carson had replaced sacred scenes on the Falls Road and were assured it was a temporary change to mark the moment and the next centenary, Ulster Volunteers alongside Irish Volu[...]
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