A programme of events to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in 2016 has been announced by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan.This forms part of the Decade of Centenaries programme, which is co-ordinated and overseen by Minister Humphreys.