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01/06/2016
Sinn Féin MLA Visits Flanders
Sinn Féin MLA Martin McGuinness has visited a World War One battlefield in Flanders, Belgium, today, 01 June.
He was joined by Vice President Mary Lou MacDonald TD and Party Chair Declan Kearney MLA.
Mr McGuinness said: "It is important I come here as deputy First Minister in a spirit of peace and reconciliation, showing leadership and reaching out the hand of friendship to unionists.
"Tens of thousands of Irish men from across the island died in the First World War and it is important to recognise that. They are part of who we are.
"Recently I have discovered that many republicans, including my colleague in the Executive Office, Conor Heaney, whose great grandfather was killed at the Somme, lost relatives during the First World War.
"I hope this visit is a further step towards reconciliation. It is an opportunity to remember the past in a mature way and to build a better future for everyone."
He will also be visiting the Somme in France on Thursday, 02 June.
(CD/LM)
He was joined by Vice President Mary Lou MacDonald TD and Party Chair Declan Kearney MLA.
Mr McGuinness said: "It is important I come here as deputy First Minister in a spirit of peace and reconciliation, showing leadership and reaching out the hand of friendship to unionists.
"Tens of thousands of Irish men from across the island died in the First World War and it is important to recognise that. They are part of who we are.
"Recently I have discovered that many republicans, including my colleague in the Executive Office, Conor Heaney, whose great grandfather was killed at the Somme, lost relatives during the First World War.
"I hope this visit is a further step towards reconciliation. It is an opportunity to remember the past in a mature way and to build a better future for everyone."
He will also be visiting the Somme in France on Thursday, 02 June.
(CD/LM)
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