Ten IRA Volunteers executed by the British in Mountjoy Jail during the War of Independence, including Kevin Barry, will be given State funerals next month, the Cabinet formally decided yesterday.
Nine of the 10 will be reinterred in Glasnevin Cemetery following Requiem Mass in the Pro-Cathedral on October 14th.
The remains of the ninth, Patrick Maher, will be taken to his home village of Ballylanders, Co Limerick, at the request of his family.
More legal action could arise following the unveiling of a controversial IRA monument in spite of a High Court injunction.
Unveiled last Sunday, the monument at Castlewellan, Co Down, is dedicated to 10 republicans from the area.
Down District Council had been granted an injunction against Mr Donal Ward and Mr Mick Murphy to stop building work proceeding. The council owns the land on which the monument was erected.