Taoiseach told 'we must break the cycle of hate' as he lays wreath at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park

There was some levity during the visit as an excited group of Japanese schoolchildren were left star struck after they waved to the Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park and met with Mayor of Hiroshima Kazumi Matsui to commemorate the bombing and its victims. Photo: Aimée-Linh McCartney

“We must break the cycle of hate.”

This is what Taoiseach Micheál Martin was told by the Mayor of Hiroshima, Kazumi Matsui, in the moments after laying a wreath at the Japanese city’s Peace Memorial Park.