An Easter Rising commemoration linked to hardline political party Saoradh has been held in Dublin.
Members of the party and supporters made their way from the Garden of Remembrance along O’Connell Street to the General Post Office (GPO) on Saturday as part of the “unfinished revolution” themed event.
Organised by the National Republican Commemoration Committee, which is linked to Saoradh, the event included three bands and a number of participants dressed in combat style clothing.
Both uniformed garda members and detectives monitored the procession.
During the commemoration wreaths were laid at the GPO, which was one of the main battlegrounds during the 1916 Easter Rising.
The main address was made by Co Tyrone republican Caoimhin Murphy, who sent a message of solidarity to the people of Palestine adding “this tragedy in real time underlines the moral hypocrisy of the west”.
Mr Murphy also told those looking on “this is a defining moment in our history”.
“We are the true inheritors of Wolfe Tone, James Connolly, Padraig Pearse and Bobby Sands,” he said.
“Of the untold number of Fenian dead who fought and died for our country.
“We owe it to those who went before us and those who come after us to continue to strive for a republic by whatever means necessary.”
Mr Murphy said that “it does not take much to tap into genuine patriotism”.
“That is why our movement suffers harassment and censorship from MI5 led forces north and south” he added.
He added that republicans need to ‘embrace all strategies’ to achieve their aims.
“That idea, a 32 County Irish republic, declared here 108 years ago is our goal and we need to be ready to embrace any and all strategies, and to battle the forces arrayed against us to achieve it,” he said.
“We know the battle ahead is a hard road but struggle always is.
“We have been fighting this battle for centuries, an unequal fight against almost overwhelming odds.
“Yet on these streets, in the building behind me, a determined, idealistic and brilliant band of men and women faced down the might of an empire.”
