Last surviving child of executed patriots in Irish 1916 ''Easter Rising''

(11 Apr 2006)
1. Pan up of exterior of Wan Yan College
2. Close-up of coat of arms and name of Wan Yan College
3. Medium of Father Joseph Mallin, last surviving child of the executed patriots in a 1916 Independent movement in Ireland (Easter Rising)
4. Medium of statue of the Virgin Mary
5. Close-up of Father Joseph Mallin
6. Medium of Father Joseph Mallin walking along into church
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Father Joseph Mallin
"We were driven out there. We have�it has to be one country, one day. The others were put in, you see, to keep us under control there. Now everything was taken off I think, every bit of land. My own family - their name is on that place. But we can''t throw anybody else. We''ve got to reconcile. We can''t do an injustice now for the injustice done to us. We must walk away."
11. Wide of skyline with trees in foreground then pan to show Father Joseph Mallin
8. Medium of Father Joseph Mallin walking along
9. Close-up of Father Joseph Mallin walking along
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Father Joseph Mallin:
"We have to get freedom because we must run our own lives and we must not be dictated by others. But we must use our freedom for good things. That''s all. Not selfishly."
12. Close-up of Father Joseph Mallin talking
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Father Joseph Mallin:
"As long as we make sure that we keep to our ideals about truths, justice is, must be there. We can''t do an injustice there together, but what we think is the right thing in the end."
14. Close-up of Father Joseph Mallin walking along
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Father Joseph Mallin:
"The only message I have is we are not in charge of history. God is."
16. Medium of Father Joseph Mallin at airport check-in desk heading for Dublin for the anniversary of the 1916 Independent movement''s "Easter Rising"
17. Wide of Father Joseph Mallin at airport check-in desk
18. Close-up of Irish passport
19. Father Joseph Mallin walking along with woman in airport lounge
20. Father Joseph Mallin shaking hands and saying farewell to friends
21. Father Joseph Mallin walking through security guards to departure lounge
STORYLINE:
As Ireland prepared for the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising - one of the most important dates in modern Irish history - the last surviving child of the executed leaders of the uprising expressed his hope for a united Ireland.
During Easter week in 1916, revolutionary forces, made up of the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army, led by school teacher and barrister, seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic independent of Britain.
The uprising was suppressed and its leaders executed.
AP Television News interviewed Hong Kong priest Father Joseph Mallin - the last surviving child of the executed men, ahead of his trip back to Dublin to take part in the commemoration ceremonies.
The 92 year-old Irish priest is the son of Michael Mallin,
Mallin surrendered on Sunday, 30 April when ordered to do so by leader of the uprising - James Connolly.
He was executed by firing squad on the 8 May.
Joseph Mallin first came to Hong Kong in 1948 and started to serve as a priest in a college in 1955.
Speaking on Tuesday he said that Ireland " has to be one country, one day". However, he also called for reconciliation.
"We can''t do an injustice now for the injustice done to us, " he said. "We must walk away."
Within the Irish Republican tradition, the leaders of the Easter Uprising who were executed are revered as martyrs and as founders of the Irish Republic.
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