A Diplomatic Incident
The Irish Ambassador to the UK, David Cooney, could be forgiven for feeling a bit sore after the Tory conference. First he attended a DUP fringe meeting at which Jeffrey Donaldson attacked the Irish Republic's "anti-British sentiment", then he was refused entry to the NI Conservatives' fringe meeting.
It wasn't a deliberate diplomatic snub but the result of trying to pack too many people into too small a room. The ambassador was not alone.Also excuded were the UUP MLAs David Burnside and John McAllister. A letter of apology to the Irish Embassy is in the post, but if I was an NI Tory I wouldn't be looking to transfer my life savings into the Bank of Ireland or the Allied Irish anytime soon.
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