Michael D Higgins pulls out of centenary dinner after unionists said they would boycott event, which also honours soldiers killed in Battle of the SommeIreland’s president has pulled out of a dinner at Belfasts city corridor to mark both the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule and the Battle of the Somme.
Michael D Higgins was the Sinn FĂ©in lord mayor of Belfasts guest of honour at the event on 8 April. But the head of state in the Irish Republic withdrew from the civic dinner after some unionists said they would boycott it. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com