Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney T.D., launched the Government’s Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean to 2025 in a virtual event broadcast from Iveagh House on Tuesday 22 February.
Honouring the legacy of John Hume 03 August, 2021 01:00
FEW leaders have had the impact of John Hume.
The late SDLP founder s work in bringing peace to Northern Ireland won him accolades across the world, not least his Nobel prize, jointly awarded with Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble in 1998.
Both men showed strong leadership not just in helping to bring about the Good Friday Agreement but also in encouraging the vast majority of people to support it.
The agreement was the product of decades of often thankless work. In opposing violence, but also remaining open to dialogue with people he disagreed with, Mr Hume laid down the template of how a statesman should behave.
Daughter of John Hume among speakers in new series of foundation seminars John and Pat Hume 05 March, 2021 01:00
A daughter of John Hume is among the speakers in a new series of seminars organised by the foundation established in her mother and father’s honour.
The series, which explores the contribution to peace building by young people around the world, will begin on Monday with “The Missing Peace”.
Established following the Nobel Laureate’s death last August, the John and Pat Hume Foundation aims to promote their legacy by embracing the principles of “partnership, respect and resilience”.
Professor Mo Hume, who holds the chair of Latin American Politics at the University of Glasgow, is one four speakers on Monday.