{"id":385724,"date":"2026-04-07T03:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385724\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T03:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:45:11","slug":"dissident-republican-group-holds-easter-parade-in-derry-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385724\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissident republican group holds Easter parade in Derry \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A dissident republican parade to commemorate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/1916-rising\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/1916-rising\/\">Easter Rising<\/a> in 1916 has taken place in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/derry\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/derry\/\">Derry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The parade started in the Central Drive area of Creggan before making its way to the city cemetery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/police-service-of-northern-ireland\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/police-service-of-northern-ireland\/\">Police Service of Northern Ireland<\/a> helicopter monitored the procession overhead but there was no visible police presence on the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">There was a colour party of people wearing face coverings, sunglasses and paramilitary-style dress, carrying the Irish flag and republican flags.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A crowd of a couple of hundred people followed the parade to the cemetery, including a number of young people with their faces covered, some carrying petrol bombs and planks of wood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The event, billed as the \u201cUnfinished Revolution National Easter Commemoration\u201d, concluded with speeches at the cemetery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A small fire was started in the middle of the road outside some shops in the Creggan area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The dissident republican event has sparked scenes of violence in previous years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"People take part in a dissident republican parade that on Monday travelled from the Creggan shops in Derry to the city cemetery. Photograph: Mark Marlow\/PA Wire \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SP4BCPK2CGDQOV2VC2CSUECMQ4.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"532\"\/>People take part in a dissident republican parade that on Monday travelled from the Creggan shops in Derry to the city cemetery. Photograph: Mark Marlow\/PA Wire  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The organisers of the parade \u2013 the National Republican Commemoration Committee \u2013 had applied to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/parades-commission\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/parades-commission\/\">Parades Commission<\/a> for permission for the Easter Monday event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In its determination allowing the march to proceed, the commission explicitly prohibited the wearing of paramilitary-style clothes and flags linked to proscribed organisations. \u2013 PA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dissident republican parade to commemorate the Easter Rising in 1916 has taken place in Derry. 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