President and Sabina attend the annual commemoration of the Irish Citizen Army

Thu 22nd Mar, 2018 | 12:30
location: Liberty Hall, Dublin
President and Sabina attend the annual commemoration of the Irish Citizen Army

As in previous years, the President and Sabina Higgins attended a ceremony commemorating the Irish Citizen Army.

In 2016, the President spoke of the Irish Citizen Army as a “workers' army whose members were committed not just to national independence, but to the social and economic transformation of Ireland". You can read the President’s speech here:

http://www.president.ie/en/diary/details/president-attends-a-ceremony-to-commemorate-the-significant-contribution-of