President hosts unionists at Twelfth reception

Hundreds of unionists gathered at the President’s official residence today for a friendly reception to mark the historic occasion of the Battle of the Boyne.

As thousands of Orangemen took to the streets across Northern Ireland for the Battle of the Boyne commemoration parade, President Mary McAleese held a Twelfth of July garden party in Áras An Uachtaráin in glorious sunshine.