Taoiseach to visit war memorial in Belgium

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will join British prime minister on a visit to a First World War memorial in Belgium next month.

The news came shortly after Mr Kenny laid awreath for the war dead on Remembrance Sunday in Northern Ireland.

He told the BBC the visit to Messines and the Menin Gate had been planned since the Queen’s visit to Dublin in 2011 and added that the visit will be a recognition of the role of Irish soldiers in the First World War.