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Portrait of Irish president Higgins removed from Belfast City Hall at request of DUP Lord Mayor
In a statement provided to The Irish News on Wednesday, Belfast City Council confirmed that the portrait had been placed into ...
Irish president's portrait removed from lord mayor's parlour
Sinn Féin say a portrait of Irish president Michael D Higgins has disappeared from a reception room at Belfast City Hall used ...
Row at Belfast City Hall after Irish president’s portrait removed from lord mayor’s parlour
The new Lord Mayor of Belfast has refused to explain why a portrait of the Irish president Michael D Higgins has disappeared ...
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‘He truly loved this country’ — Tributes paid at funeral of Lord Henry Mount Charles
The funeral of Lord Henry Mount Charles has heard how the Anglo-Irish aristocrat was spurred on by a need to 'open the castle ...
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The Irish Independent’s View: Lord Henry Mount Charles’s vision and courage leave many of us in his debt
Ireland may be slow to let people into its heart, but when it does, it tends to be for life. Lord Henry Mount Charles, who has died at the age of 74 after living with cancer, would probably have been ...
Tearful scenes as Slane icon Lord Henry’s kids follow coffin with ‘party on in memory’ tribute & U2 star joins mourners
GRIEVING loved ones of Slane Castle’s Lord Henry Mount Charles have vowed to “party on in his memory”, his funeral service ...
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Portrait of Irish president Michael D Higgins removed from Belfast City Hall
The office of the DUP lord mayor of Belfast has removed a portrait of Michael D Higgins. The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Tracy Kelly, was unable to explain why the portrait was removed when she was quizzed ...
Watch: Lord Mayor hosts wreath laying ceremony to commemorate 109th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme
A wreath laying ceremony took place in the Garden of Remembrance at Belfast City Hall, hosted by Lord Mayor Tracy Kelly.