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Dublin, September 11: Heading home from work, shocked by what I’d seen in the previous few hours, I wondered if people on the train felt the same as I did. Were they horrified? Were they feeling sick? Were they in shock?
A group of schoolboys, loud with nervous excitement, talked about what they’d seen. But, for the most part, there was little conversation.
That night and over the following few days, the words of Mary McAleese, Bertie Ahern, Mary Harney, the thousands of Irish people who stood in line for hours to sign books of condolences, and the near complete closure of Ireland and overflowing churches on September 15 for the National Day of Mourning convinced me that, yes, Irish people were feeling as I did.
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President George W. Bush is expected to begin the search for a new ambassador to Ireland following the imminent departure of incumbent Richard Egan and his wife Maureen Fitzgerald. The outgoing ambassador tendered his resignation to President Bush after just 15 months in the job and his request to stand down sent shock waves throughout diplomatic circles considering he only presented his credentials to Irish President Mary McAleese in September 2001.
At a very early stage into his term of office he was thrown into the public limelight when he decided to attend the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis (annual convention) shortly after the September 11 attacks. However despite occupying such a prominent diplomatic role he since maintained a relatively low profile. According to sources Egan did not particularly enjoy the heavy social schedule entailed at consular level.
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Hillsborough Castle is
the Queen s official residence in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, and the last time she visited was in 2016. It’s also home to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who holds an annual garden party there, usually attended by a royal representative. In 2014,
Historic Royal Palaces took over the running of Hillsborough Castle and Gardens and started a five-year refurbishment that is believed to have cost an eye-watering £24million, but it s fair to say that the home has always been pretty mind-blowing. Take a look…