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16/03/2005
Murphy honoured for peace process work
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy, has been honoured by Ireland’s largest peace charity in recognition of his work on the Northern Ireland peace process.
Co-operation Ireland awarded Mr Murphy with their Peace Dove award during a ceremony in New York on Tuesday as the Secretary of State began a series of engagements marking the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations.
Mr Murphy said: “I feel deeply honoured to accept this award from an organisation which has done so much to build peace in Ireland. To be named in the company of President McAleese, George Mitchell and John Hume, friends of the peace process and whom I am proud to call my friends, makes the award even more special.”
Speaking of the Government’s determined commitment to the Peace Process, Mr Murphy concluded: “The Prime Minister and myself continue to believe that the political leaders who have invested so much in the peace process are as committed today as they have ever been.
“We share the vision of a new Northern Ireland, free from injustice and conflict and I believe that will come because the people of Northern Ireland, republican and nationalist, loyalist and unionist, want it to happen.”
(MB/SP)
Co-operation Ireland awarded Mr Murphy with their Peace Dove award during a ceremony in New York on Tuesday as the Secretary of State began a series of engagements marking the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations.
Mr Murphy said: “I feel deeply honoured to accept this award from an organisation which has done so much to build peace in Ireland. To be named in the company of President McAleese, George Mitchell and John Hume, friends of the peace process and whom I am proud to call my friends, makes the award even more special.”
Speaking of the Government’s determined commitment to the Peace Process, Mr Murphy concluded: “The Prime Minister and myself continue to believe that the political leaders who have invested so much in the peace process are as committed today as they have ever been.
“We share the vision of a new Northern Ireland, free from injustice and conflict and I believe that will come because the people of Northern Ireland, republican and nationalist, loyalist and unionist, want it to happen.”
(MB/SP)
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