Brussels attack is an atrocity but the Rising is celebrated
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It is not a re-enactment of the Easter Rising, but the timing of the coincidence is uncanny.
One is an atrocity; the other considered a cause for celebration.
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The cheering and applause in Maghaberry prison over the bomb that killed a prison officer (Adrian Ismay), is a reminder that remnants of Ireland`s turbulent past persist.
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