Ahern to lay wreath at memorial for firefighters killed on 9/11

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will meet with UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and visit the Twin Towers memorial site with New York mayor Michael Bloomberg today.

Ahern to lay wreath at memorial for firefighters killed on 9/11
Wed, 14 Mar, 2007 - 00:00
Paul O’Brien,  Political Reporter, New York

Mr Ahern is paying the traditional St Patrick’s Day visit to the US this week, and arrived in New York yesterday.

A Fianna Fáil fundraising event had provisionally been pencilled in for last night, but was cancelled because the necessary paperwork couldn’t be arranged in time.

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