Govt to officially recognise Famine commemoration

Campaigners today won a three-year battle to force the Government to officially recognise its annual event commemorating the Famine.

Campaigners today won a three-year battle to force the Government to officially recognise its annual event commemorating the Famine.

The Cabinet has declined invitations since 2004 to attend a small procession in Dublin to mark the 19th Century disaster.

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