Gilmore claims visit has ‘rebuilt’ country’s reputation abroad

IRELAND’S reputation abroad has been “rebuilt” this week with the visit of Queen Elizabeth, according to Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore.

Images of the visit have been beamed all over the world, shining a more positive light on the country, whose reputation has been battered in recent years.

The Labour leader said the world was told that “here is a country that is doing things very well, that is coping with its difficulties, that’s struggling with its difficulties but that’s working through them”.