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28/11/2014
Taoiseach To Attend Meeting Of British-Irish Council
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to meet with UK leaders on the Isle of Man today as part of the British-Irish Council.
The council was established as part of the Good Friday Agreement and involves representatives of all the UK's devolved administrations.
Mr Kenny will be joined by Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, Britain's Secretary of State Theresa Villiers and Scotland's new First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
The official remit of the meeting is to advance the digital agenda, however, it is understood that Mr Kenny, Mr McGuinness and NI Finance Minister Simon Hamilton, who is there on behalf of Peter Robinson, are to hold discussions on Northern Ireland.
(MH/JP)
The council was established as part of the Good Friday Agreement and involves representatives of all the UK's devolved administrations.
Mr Kenny will be joined by Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, Britain's Secretary of State Theresa Villiers and Scotland's new First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
The official remit of the meeting is to advance the digital agenda, however, it is understood that Mr Kenny, Mr McGuinness and NI Finance Minister Simon Hamilton, who is there on behalf of Peter Robinson, are to hold discussions on Northern Ireland.
(MH/JP)
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