Dalai Lama set to visit Ireland

THE 14th Dalai Lama will visit Ireland next year to take part in a series of events being planned by three Ireland-based NGOs.

Children in Crossfire, Afri, and SpunOut.ie, will host the Dalai Lama in his visit and organisers say the trip comes at an important time when Ireland is looking at questions of identity, peace and progress.

A documentary about Children in Crossfire founder Richard Moore, who the Dalai Lama calls his hero, will be screened on UTV tomorrow.