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enis Rooney(right), IFI Chairman and The Minister of State for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton T.D., met with Mr. Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament at the Battle of the Boyne Interpretive Centre, Oldbridge. The International Fund for Ireland is an independent international organisation established by the Irish and British Governments in 1986. The Fund’s main objectives are to promote economic and social advance and encourage contact, dialogue and reconciliation between Unionists and Nationalists throughout Ireland.

Contributors to the Fund are the United States of America, the European Union, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Since its inception, the Fund has committed more than £668m/€838m to a wide variety of projects in Northern Ireland and the southern border counties. Developing and funding initiatives that tackle segregation and promote integration to build a lasting peace in Northern Ireland and the southern border counties is a key priority for the Fund. Photo; Johnny Bambury