Please see attached picture, of Padraig &,Lisa lee Fitzgerald of The Kinsale Peace Project & Tipperary Peace Award winner Mary Robison ,
This event took place yesterday ,November 7 th 2019 .
Where former President of Ireland Mrs Mary Robinson was presented with the Tipperary International Peace award ,
She became Irelands first female president ,
Mrs Robinson also went on to become UN high Commissioner for human rights .
She is now chairperson of The Elders , group of highly distinguished people ,such as Bishop Tutu ,Who try and help in resolving conflicts around the world ,
Now age 75 years & a granny ,She still has the energy & Enthusiasm to tackle Climate change issues ,Which she stated simply causes more conflict ,In developing countries ,
Mrs Robinson stated ,Remember developing countries cause only 1% of carbon emissions in the world ,But they suffer the most !
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The kinsale peace project is a voluntary committee set up by Kinsale locals
Padraig Fitzgerald & Gerard Timmons to encourage human rights speakers
to vist the seaside town of Kinsale and speak to the local community about
their peace buidlnig work in the world.
To date they have brought :
Teenager Joanne O'Riordan,
Travel writer Dervla Murphy,
Sister Stan, Christina Noble,
senator David Norris,blind
Derry man, Richard Moore ,RTE newsreader Michael Murphy,
Fergus Finlay of Barnardos,
BBC special correspondent & author Fergal Keane,
"the Gandhi of Gaza" ,Dr Izzeldin Abuealis, & former uvf & former inla members from Belfast
Other visitors to the Kinsale peace project have been:
Paul Rusesbaagina, real life hotel Rwanda hero
The Israeli & Palestinian ambassadors
A Darfur rebel group spokesman,
Damien Lewis, author/Sunday time’s journalist and documentary film maker, about Darfur,
Author and aid worker ,RICHARD Poole ,based in the democratic republic of congo
Dr Abdullah el tom ,a spokesman for "jem" one of the rebel groups in Darfur
Justin Kilcullen ,Director of Trocaire
blind peace activist Richard Moore from Derry
Padraig Fitzgerald
Gerard Timmons
kinsale peace project
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For more information please contact Padraig Fitzgerald
on 086 8583185 |