Taoiseach calls for three minutes’ silence for tsunami victims

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has called for three minutes’ silence to be observed tomorrow at 11am in memory of the victims of the Asian tsunami.

Offices, factories and shops across the country are expected to come to a standstill tomorrow morning in a gesture of remembrance as the death toll for the natural disaster yesterday reached more than 144,000.

Jean Claude Juncker, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, which now holds the EU presidency, has asked all 25 EU member states to stage a similar observance.