Monthly Archives: September 2012

Presidential Visit in Dublin: Part 2

12:30pm Áras an Uachtaráin President Higgins hosted lunch for Lord Bannside and Baroness Paisley today. I accompanied them on their visit , where they had a friendly and wide-ranging discussion on several matters of common interest with the President and … Continue reading

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The Paralympics

Festival of fun: The Olympic and Paralympic Games have produced a summer of love in Britain  A parade of champions from Mansion House in London tomorrow will offer one last chance to share in the glories that kept the country … Continue reading

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Presidential Visit in Dublin: Part 1

  Today I accompanied The Lord Bannside and Baroness Paisley on a Presidential visit to Dublin. At Farmleigh this evening we had dinner with Ms Mary Hanavin, who as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport in the previous Government of the … Continue reading

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East Belfast Arts Festival

 

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A Letter from Ulster-Brian Desmond Hurst

Today the Chaiman of the Northern Ireland War Memorial, Lieutenant Colonel C T Hogg, invited me to attend the launch of A Letter to Ulster. The invitation came at the suggestion of my friend Alderman Marion Smith, Deputy Mayor of … Continue reading

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A Letter to Sammy Douglas, MLA

  Dear Sammy, This is the Lakota Prayer I recited at the Patron’s request on Saturday at Bell’s… There are mischief makers who doubt my words..Woe to them, for they will be cast into Outer Darkness, where they belong.    Lakota (Oglala Sioux)   … Continue reading

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A Coffee Morning for Rebecca and Africa

  Today I went to Rebecca’s Coffee Morning and met her Family and Friends..She was raising funds for a three month GAP visit to Africa to teach children, heip in an AIDS programme and then a Habitat for Humanity Project. I told … Continue reading

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