|
|
President Higgins' packed
Inishowen diary
08.09.14
PRESIDENT of Ireland
Michael D Higgins will have a packed diary when he
visits Inishowen this weekend for a number of
engagements with various organisations around the
peninsula.
The following is the full list of engagements:
Friday, September 12
12.15pm - Carndonagh: President will visit Colgan
Hall on the occasion of their 100th anniversary
celebrations.
3pm - Clonmany: President will visit the restored
16th Century O’Doherty Castle
7.30pm - Buncrana: President will present the 2014
Tip O’Neill Diaspora Award at the Inishowen Gateway
Hotel.
Saturday, September 13
11am - Buncrana: President will visit ‘The Exchange’
social and resource centre at Castle Avenue. |
 |
|
President Michael D Higgins who will
have a busy round of engagements in Inishowen this
weekend. Photo: Áras an Uachtaráin. |
Meanwhile, Donegal
County Council has announced details of President
Higgins' presentation of the annual Tip O'Neill
Diaspora Award.
The award will be presented this year to
Massachusetts State President, Senator Therese
Murray. The ceremony at the Inishowen Gateway Hotel
will be attended by guests from Ireland as well as
friends and associates of President Murray and
members of the O’Neill family from the US. The
awarded recognises the recipient's achievements and
commitment to Ireland and to Irish people abroad.
Rosemary O’Neill, daughter of the late Tip O’Neill
said: “It is a great honour to come back to Ireland
to meet the President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins,
and participate in the Tip O’Neill Irish Diaspora
Award and in the diaspora events that compliment the
weekend’s festivities."
Other free and public Tip O'Neill events taking
place over the weekend include the official opening
of Sliabh Sneacht Centre, Drumfries on September 12
at 4pm.
The Tip O’Neill Inishowen Schools Essay/Art
Competition will be presented on September 13 at
10am at the Sliabh Sneacht Centre, Drumfries.
The annual Tip O’Neill Diaspora Lecture will be
delivered by Professor Ronan Fanning on September 13
at 11am in the Sliabh Sneacht Centre, Drumfries. |
|
