Priest to speak out on Irish unity at Fermoy commemoration

A LEADING peace and human rights campaigner will deliver a keynote speech next week in which he will criticise the Government for not doing enough to achieve unity on the island.

Fr Joe McVeigh is to use the annual General Liam Lynch national commemoration to outline his concerns about a government which he says has become preoccupied with the economic crisis and has taken “its eye off the ball” on the issue of progressing peace in the North.

“The only way forward for Irish unity is peace,” the author of numerous books said. “I am very heartened by the developments in the North since the Good Friday Agreement. But I’m disappointed with the Dublin Government’s approach as they are totally preoccupied with economic matters.”