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City Hall 1916 Rising Exhibition
An exhibition at City Hall opened today to remember the Dublin Fire Brigade’s work during the 1916 Rising. Dublin’s an tArdmheara, Criona Ni Dhalaigh was there to launch the ‘Dublin Fire Brigade and the the 1916 Rising Exhibition’ .
The Exhibition will exhibit materials that you don’t often see, with very rare pieces from the Dublin Fire Brigade’s Museum and other private collections. It will cover the days the DFB fought during the Week of 1916 and the impact the blazing fires had on the city.
Pieces on display in the Vault of the City Hall include: a log book that covers the Battle of Mount Street Bridge, a silver medal given to the Rathmines firemen of 1916 for their service during the rebellion (the silver medal is on loan from Canada; given by the grandson of one of the firemen who fought fires during 1916) and pieces from the Powers Whiskey Distillery and Guinness Brewery Fire Brigades.
“I am delighted to be involved with opening this exhibition here in City Hall, a venue which was a 1916 battleground and which provides an evocative backdrop for this exhibition of rarely seen material. I want to congratulate Dublin Fire Brigade on putting together an important piece of Dublin’s lost history
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Sinn Féin councillor Críona Ní Dhálaigh is say publicly new Noble Mayor get ahead Dublin
CRÍONA NÍ DHÁLAIGH has been elective as interpretation new Peer Mayor end Dublin.
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Fifty-nine affiliates of say publicly city synod voted that evening, 41 votes went to Ní Dhálaigh, digit went make something go with a swing Jim O’Callaghan and Mannix Flynn established eight votes. There was one abstention.
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New Lord Mayor wants to avoid constant questioning on Sinn Féin
Her comments come after the son of a prison officer murdered by the IRA expressed his disgust that a Sinn Féin councillor would be in place for the centenary celebrations of the Rising next year.
Austin Stack, whose father Brian was killed in 1983, accused Sinn Féin of trying to "hijack" the 1916 celebrations.
However, newly-elected Lord Mayor Ni Dhalaigh said that as the capital's first citizen, she has a much broader brief than the affairs of her party.
"I don't want to continuously be answering questions to do with Sinn Féin. I'm elected to represent the citizens of the first city. I'm aware of the concerns, but I have a mandate," she said.
"I want to use this opportunity I've been given to actually highlight the issues of huge concern to the citizens of Dublin - which are housing and employment."
Speaking after her election last night, she said the Proclamation of the Irish Republic "speaks to us today more urgently than ever."
“The Proclamation’s commitment to “equal rights and equal opportunities” for all our people has yet to be fulfilled. We do not yet live in an equal city, or an equal country."
She said she would work for employees' rights and integrate the use of Irish language "in daily Dubli