The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, sends a message of condolences on the occasion of the tragic plane crash in Havana.
Unofficial translation:
President of Ireland @PresidentIRL
"With deep sorrow we have learned of the sad news of the tragic plane crash that occurred yesterday in Cuba and now we extend our solidarity and condolences to the families of the victims and their relatives".
The Ambassador of Cuba participates in the National Commemoration of Famine, held in the city of Cork with the presence of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland.
The University of Cork was the venue of the national commemoration that remembers the victims of the great famine, which hit Ireland in the middle of the 19th century and that caused more than one million victims and forced the largest emigration of Ireland. Its population was reduced by more than two and a half million people and even today Ireland has less population than in 1850.
The Ambassador of Cuba makes a courtesy visit to the Lord Mayor of the city of Cork.
Within the framework of a joint visit to the city of Cork, on the occasion of the annual National Famine Commemoration, which was hosted by the University of Cork, a representation of the Ambassadors of GRULAC residing in Ireland, composed of the Chiefs mission of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Mexico, held a courtesy meeting with the Lord Major of Cork, Tony Fitzgerald, who outlined the county's growth projects in territory and population, as well as the perspectives that are opening for a more extensive collaboration with other cities.