Cashel

SF Mayor of Cashel who made history by shaking hands with the Queen has died

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on July 12, 2011, 12:56 pm

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Amongst the plethora of Orange-tinged posts on Slugger this week, there’s room to highlight that today’s Belfast Telegraph notes the death of the Sinn Fein councillor “who made history by shaking hands with the Queen”. Michael Browne, who was Mayor of Cashel in Co Tipperary, died on Saturday night following a long battle with cancer. Mr Browne had been widely praised for his decision to defy Sinn Fein’s advice to members to stay away from all events linked to the …

“Sticking your head in the sand is no good”

Pete Baker on May 21, 2011, 1:25 pm

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The Sinn Féin mayor of Cashel Town Council, Michael Browne, has been writing his own “next page” by officially greeting Queen Elizabeth II to the Rock of Cashel – to his party’s apparent surprise. He did signal his endorsement of the visit beforehand. As the Irish Independent reports Mr Browne said he had made his position clear on the queen’s visit weeks beforehand. The 63-year-old had said he would welcome the queen to Cashel if the majority of the people in the …