FILE PHOTO: Women walk past a mural marking the 100 year anniversary of the Irish Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, March 27, 2016. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish government on Tuesday cancelled plans to hold a ceremony next week to commemorate the British police force that fought against Irish independence a century ago after a backlash by opposition parties.
The commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP), who fought Irish rebels during the 1919-1921 War of Independence, was due to take place in Dublin Castle, former seat of British administration in Ireland but now used for state events.
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