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Taoiseach Attends Ceremony for the 96th Anniversary of the Easter Rising
Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday attended the ceremony to mark the 96th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
President Michael D. Higgins led the ceremony in which Defence Forces personnel, including a brass band and representatives of the Army, the Air Corps and the Naval Services took part.
President Higgins laid a wreath to commemorate those who died in 1916 following which a minute's silence was observed.
The ceremony concluded with a fourship flypast by members of the Air Corps.
