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Sat 08 Aug 2009Hotel Rwanda genocide hero to visit Ireland next month
A MAN who used his influence and connections as temporary manager of a hotel in Rwandan capital Kigali in 1994 to shelter 1,268 Tutsis and moderate Hutus from being slaughtered by the Interahamwe militia is to make his first visit to Ireland next month.
Paul Rusesabagina has accepted an invitation from the Kinsale Peace Project in Co Cork to visit schools in the town and make a speech on September 3rd.
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