1. Who afraid of 1916 's ?
- Author
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John Stephenson
- Abstract
ON Monday morning, I tuned in to the webcast of a Dublin City Council meeting. Questions were to be asked about the capital's preparations for the 2016 Centenary of the Easter Rising. I was chilled to hear the assistant chief executive tell councillors that no special financial provision was being made by the council to generate commemorative events, and that they had hoped to get some money next year from a 'National Commemorations Committee' - which doesn't actually exist as a funding body. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Published
- 2014