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07/05/2008
Bertie Bows Out With Orange And Green
While yesterday he was with a party of Orangemen, outgoing Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has now performed his last official duties as head of government - this time at a ceremony in Dublin to remember those who died in the 1916 Rising.
Mr Ahern took the salute of a guard of honour made up of 108 members of the Defence Forces on his arrival at Arbour Hill this morning.
He and President Mary McAleese are attending a mass and wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate those who died for Irish independence in 1916.
Yesterday, Mr Ahern and Northern Ireland's (also) outgoing First Minister Ian Paisley, met to open a visitors' centre near Drogheda, that commemorates the 1690 Battle of the Boyne - in company with a large delegation of Orange Lodge members.
(BMcC)
Mr Ahern took the salute of a guard of honour made up of 108 members of the Defence Forces on his arrival at Arbour Hill this morning.
He and President Mary McAleese are attending a mass and wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate those who died for Irish independence in 1916.
Yesterday, Mr Ahern and Northern Ireland's (also) outgoing First Minister Ian Paisley, met to open a visitors' centre near Drogheda, that commemorates the 1690 Battle of the Boyne - in company with a large delegation of Orange Lodge members.
(BMcC)
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