With the advent of a Provisional IRA ceasefire and the beginning of what became known as the Peace Process during the 1990s, the official view of the Rising grew more positive and in 1996 an 80th anniversary commemoration at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin was attended by the Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael, John Bruton.
Coa chegada dunha tregua por parte do IRA Provisional e o comezo do que se chegou a coñecer coma o Proceso de Paz de Irlanda do Norte durante os anos 90, a visión oficial sobre o Alzamento trocouse máis positiva, e en 1996 o Taoiseach e líder do Fine Gael, John Bruton presidiu a conmemoración do 80º aniversario no Xardín da Lembranza en Dublín.