The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, will lead the State Commemoration of the 1913 Lockout which will take place on Saturday, 31 August next - 100 years precisely to the day of Bloody Sunday 1913 - at the Larkin Statue on O'Connell Street, Dublin.
The commemoration will begin at 12.30 pm and the public are invited to attend.However, members of the public are advised to be in position by 12 noon. (Get the official programme here)
The event will involve a wreath-laying by the President of Ireland at the Larkin statue followed by a minute's silence.
It will also include a number of musical performances; readings from Strumpet City by well-known actors and pieces of drama including an excerpt from ANU Productions' Living the Lockout and a scene from the Risen People.
Full details of the programme for the State Commemoration of the Lockout will be released in the coming days.
The event is being coordinated by the 1913 Lockout Commemoration Committee whose members are Joe O'Flynn (SIPTU General Secretary), Sally Anne Kinahan (Irish Congress of Trade Unions Assistant General Secretary) and Padraig Yeates (historian of the 1913 Lockout)
