Simon Coveney and Jack Chambers to attend partition commemoration event

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney will attend the partition commemoration event in Armagh this month.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney and Government Chief Whip Jack Chambers will attend the centenary commemoration of partition and the foundation of Northern Ireland in Armagh later this month.

The event has been shrouded in controversy since an invitation to attend was rejected by President Michael D Higgins. The President raised questions about what he perceived as the political nature of the event.