No one is talking about the huge contradictions at the centre of centenary fanfare

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No one is talking about the huge contradictions at the centre of centenary fanfare
 - It is high time that people got real about the legacy of the Rising, and about ... Are they celebrating 1916 as the foundation of the current Irish state?
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