Taoiseach welcomes McGuinness decision to attend banquet with Queen

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today welcomed the decision by Martin McGuinness to a state banquet with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, saying that people had to “move on and not be blocked by the past”.

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister and ex-IRA commander McGuinness will attend other events organised by the monarch in London during the historic official visit by President Michael D Higgins to the UK next week.