RACING gets under way at Cork Racecourse today for their three-day meeting and tomorrow they will mark the centenary of the rebellion of Easter 1916 with an extensive programme of activities.

At 11:15am - a parade led by a colour party of the Reserve Defence Forces and the Thomas Davis Pipe Band will march through Mallow to the parade ring in Cork Racecourse. Seventy-one local community groups in Mallow and North Cork Region will also take part in the parade.