Bid for Security Council seat gets started

Ireland’s bid to gain a seat on the United Nations Security Council got off to a rocking start as more than 190 ambassadors were guests of Ireland at U2’s sold-out show at Madison Square Garden in New York last night.

The band, at the request of the Government, made available the tickets for the show which is part of the campaign to show off the best of Ireland.

The invitation was to coincide with the Government’s official launch of its bid to win a seat on the UN’s Security Council, which is being spearheaded by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Simon Coveney.