Kevin Vickers
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Canada-type deal was ‘not a magic pill’ for seamless border, says ambassador
- Politics
- March 20, 2018, 01:07
A Canada-type free trade deal, touted as a post-Brexit model for the EU and UK, was “not a magic pill” to create a frictionless border, Canada’s ambas(...)
Cork history festival unearths informers, murderers and looters
- Heritage
- July 22, 2017, 07:00
The Irish obsession with history is akin to that of Italians for food and the French for love. It is our motivating force, an internal propellant that(...)
Commemorating 1919-23 will be much bigger challenge than 1916 – historian
- Irish News
- July 17, 2017, 11:09
The organisers of a history festival in west Cork are hoping its examination of some of the most controversial events of the Irish revolutionary perio(...)
Man-made chemicals penetrating the deep Atlantic, Irish research finds
- Irish News
- May 23, 2017, 19:46
A “health check” of the Atlantic ocean by the State’s marine research ship Celtic Explorer has found an increased penetration of man-made chemicals in(...)
Irish killed in first World War honoured at Glasnevin Cemetery
- Irish News
- November 11, 2016, 16:43
Wreaths have been laid at the Cross of Sacrifice in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, to remember the thousands of Irish men and women who died fighting in (...)
Canadian ambassador Kevin Vickers launches Arctic novel
- Irish News
- August 31, 2016, 01:00
Canadian ambassador Kevin Vickers said his ambition as a boy had been to join the Mounties (the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). He was speaking as h(...)
University of Notre Dame opens campus in Connemara
- Education
- August 25, 2016, 21:37
The north American University of Notre Dame has marked the opening of its new campus in Connemara with a tribute to High Court president Mr (...)
Want to be happy at work? Then sing a sea shanty
- Irish News
- August 19, 2016, 18:57
“Sometimes we’re bound for Liverpool, Sometimes we’re bound for France. But now we’re bound for Dublin town To give the girls a chance...” To the(...)
The Canadian prime minister has failed to defend his country’s ambassador to Ireland after the diplomat grappled with a protester at a memorial event (...)
Canadian prime minster Justin Trudeau has said he will consider the issue of ambassador Kevin Vickers tackling a protester at a ceremony in Dublin if (...)



