International Fund sets up five-year campaign

An international fund supported by the EU, US and Canada is set to embark on a new five-year campaign to promote reconciliation in Northern Ireland, it emerged today.

The International Fund for Ireland has supported more than 5,000 projects in Northern Ireland and in the border counties of Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth since its foundation by the British and Irish governments almost 20 years ago.