Doherty: Government should not send Coveney to North for centenary of partition

Pearse Doherty says President Higgins was absolutely right in deciding not to attend that event. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Sinn Féin’s finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has said that the Government should not send the Foreign Affairs minister to a service to mark the centenary of partition in Northern Ireland organised by church leaders.
“President Higgins was absolutely right in deciding not to attend that event,” he told RTÉ radio’s
.