Speaking at republican commemorations in Drogheda and Dundalk, Sinn Féin President and TD for Louth and East Meath Gerry Adams today: "The Sinn Féin leader said that the leaders of 1916 would be appalled by the policies of this and previous Dublin governments. Never was there greater need for republican politics on this island than today. The republic which was proclaimed in 1916 has been set aside by those in the political establishment, and the limited freedom won after the Rising has been squandered.