MINISTER HUMPHREYS OUTLINES MONAGHAN CHILDREN’S ROLE IN 2016 CELEBRATIONS

By PATSY McARDLE

A PUBLIC meeting is being held in Monaghan this week, to get the views of local people on how they should commemorate the 1916 Rising.

The meeting was organised as part of Ireland 2016, which is being led by local Fine Gael deputy and Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD.

Students from St Louis Girls’ National School also took part in the first of a series of Ireland 2016 children’s consultations. The children were asked for their views on how we should remember the children who were killed in the Rising, and what their vision is for the future.

Speaking yesterday, Minister Humphreys said: “I am so pleased with the public reaction to Ireland 2016, the national initiative to commemorate the Rising, reflect on our achievements of the last 100 years and to look to the future.

“We’ve been holding local workshops around the country; this week the Monaghan meeting is taking place, while the Cavan meeting will be in two weeks’ time”.

“We want to hear people’s ideas and get their views. Nearly every village across the country has some connection to the Rising, but even if you don’t, it is a great opportunity to …