14/10/2014

Irish Ambassdor To Attend London's Cenotaph Remembrance Ceremony

Ireland's Ambassador to Great Britain, Dan Mulhall, has accepted an invitation to lay a wreath at London's Cenotaph Remembrance Sunday ceremony in November.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny laid wreaths in Enniskillen in November 2012 and 2013, while likewise Tánaiste at the time, Eamon Gilmore, did likewise for the past two years at the Cenotaph in Belfast.

Mr Mulhall will attend the London ceremony for the first time, honouring the memory of thousands of Irish men and women who fought and died in World War I.

(MH/CD)

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