NOT alone are the British Royal family and the British Government not welcome to the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, but they are not welcome to any event honouring men and women who gave their lives to drive Britain from the shores of Ireland. These were the views expressed by Limerick City East councillor Séighin Ó Ceallaigh at the recent Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Derry. Ó Ceallaigh spoke out against any British Royals or British Government officials being welcomed to the centenary celebrations of the 1916 Easter Rising. “Anglo-Irish relations, and reconciliation between Ireland and Britain, will be not complete until the British Government has no presence whatsoever throughout the island of Ireland,” he said.
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