AOH leader slams Irish President’s State visit to Britain
Posted by Jim on April 7, 2014
A senior figure in the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), Sean Pender, head of their Freedom for All Ireland Committee, has criticized this week’s state visit to Britain by Irish President Michael D. Higgins on the grounds that so much remains undone on issues relating to the Good Friday Agreement.
Pender said that it is time the British and Irish governments “stopped arranging photo ops” and addressed issues such as the Finucane murder case, the conduct of the PSNI, the truth behind the Dublin/Monaghan bombing and other related issues.
The AOH is America’s largest Irish group and the criticism comes after Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness, Deputy First Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive, agreed to take part in the visit, including attending the state dinner banquet at Windsor Castle hosted by Queen Elizabeth.