Willie McCarter

The Queen, The President and The Island of Ireland Peace Park, Messines

Willie McCarter on September 16, 2022, 9:22 am

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On Nov 11 1998 as Chairman of the International Fund for Ireland my wife and I had the very great privilege of witnessing the opening of the Island of Ireland Peace Park together with its Round Tower at Messines in Belgium by President McAleese and HM Queen Elizabeth. This was the first major public event at which the President and the Queen took part and it eventually led to the visit by Queen Elizabeth to Ireland in 2011 and to …

On the Protocol we need to put lesser problems into the background for ultimate solution at a later date…

Willie McCarter on May 23, 2022, 1:54 pm

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The world is in the most dangerous state it has been in since the Second World War. Many lives and livelihoods of ordinary people have been lost in the Ukraine due to naked aggression and democracies and democratic values are under severe threat all over the world. In times like these the rallying cry for all those across the world who treasure hard won democratic rights and values has to be the time honoured one of “All HANDS ON DECK”. …