Murphy in Irish Times.

"Far more serious is the attempt of the Rising's leaders, without authority from the living Irish people (as opposed to the imaginary authority of the dead generations), to establish a new state and themselves as its government with power to start a war and execute citizens. That can't be laughed off.
Furthermore, the Rising is not like the Battle of Clontarf (1014), a 'dead' event with no contemporary political relevance: it is the template for the two-headed monster run by the IRA Army Council, and for its feral children, the Real and Continuity IRAs."

"To celebrate the Rising is to celebrate their anti-democratic elitism and bloodlust."