Here's What Happened Today: Easter Sunday

The Rising, Belgium and bodies in a stream had people talking today.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

1916 Easter Rising commemoration Grace Nic Mhathuna, six, from Dublin, waves a flag outside the GPO MAXWELLS DUBLIN GOVERNMENT HANDOUT MAXWELLS DUBLIN GOVERNMENT HANDOUT

INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan Blast Pakistani police officers stand guard at the site of a bomb blast in a park in Lahore, Pakistan. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#LAHORE: Over 50 people are dead after a bomb attack in Pakistan. A bomb ripped through a crowded park where Christians had gathered to celebrate Easter.

#BELGIUM: Police in Belgium used a water cannon after right-wing protesters showed up to the site of a shrine for those killed in Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels.

#LEEDS: Police in the UK have launched an investigation following the discovery of three bodies at a house in Leeds.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

For the day that’s in it, watch Captain Peter Kelleher of the Irish Defence Forces read the Irish Proclamation aloud outside the GPO.  Spine-tingling.

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