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Left - Right: Minister Dara Murphy, Kevin Vickers, President Higgins, Jackie Ellis, General Relations Officer at the Embassy TONY_MAXWELL

This hero is now officially the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland

Kevin Vickers shot a gunman last October who had killed a soldier at the Canadian parliament.

KEVIN VICKERS, THE sergeant-at-arms who shot dead a gunman at Canada’s parliament, is now officially the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland.

Earlier today, Ambassador Vickers – who has a strong Irish-Canadian background – presented his credentials to President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin.

Kevin Vickers was hailed a hero after shooting a gunman who killed a soldier at the Canadian House of Commons in Ottawa. After the incident, he received a standing ovation in parliament.

New ambassadors

Vickers joined the Ambassador of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, HE Mr Roberto Calzadilla Sarmiento, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia, HE Mr Armen Sarkissian, in presenting their Letters of Credence to the President at Áras an Uachtaráin today.

The new ambassadors were accompanied on their journeys to and from Áras an Uachtaráin by an escort of honour – a motorcycle detachment drawn from the 2nd Cavalry Squadron at Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin.

A guard of honour was provided at Áras an Uachtaráin by the 1st Mechanised Infantry Company from the Defence Forces Training Centre at the Curragh Camp.

Afterwards, Ambassador Vickers met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, to discuss the potential for building on Ireland’s relationship with Canada.

Minister Flanagan said he was “delighted that Ambassador Vickers has been able to take up his post so soon after his nomination by the Canadian government”.

In our first meeting, we discussed the great potential for further developing Ireland’s relations with Canada and building on our already strong business, political and cultural links.

Ireland’s trade with Canada is worth at least €2.75 billion, said Flanagan.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 7:44 AM

    The whole “we can have nukes but you cant” attitude by the US must make it nigh on impossible to achieve anything with these talks

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    Mar 15th 2019, 7:53 AM

    @Quiet Goer: That’s the way it should be.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 8:06 AM

    @Stephen O’Donoghue: ?

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    Mar 15th 2019, 8:23 AM

    @Stephen O’Donoghue: the US are quick enough to arm who it likes.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 8:49 AM

    @Jim Buckley Barrett: That has feck all to do with Nuclear weapons which can take out the entire world rather than some far away country with pea shooters. That’s a totally ludicrous statement.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 8:56 AM

    @Stephen O’Donoghue: and a whackjob has the codes.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 9:02 AM

    @Billy Nomates: True, but we need to keep the whackjobs down to a minimum

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    Mar 15th 2019, 2:11 PM

    @Stephen O’Donoghue: No it’s not. If American wants denuclearisation then they should lead by example.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 2:53 PM

    @Rob Cahill: Have you seen how many countries have nuclear weapons? It has to be a joint venture, one isnt going to disarm while others are not.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 7:43 PM

    @Stephen O’Donoghue: But the USA thinks that North Korea should unilaterally disarm. Why should they?

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    Mar 15th 2019, 8:15 AM

    The US don’t want a solution to North Korea. They want a ready to start war for when they are finished in the Middle East or when arms sales are slowing down. This is all just a show and a useful distraction for trump when there is embarrassment at home.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 12:55 PM

    @Diarmuid Moore: Just to clarify, that’s what the NeoCons, Dems and let’s call them deeply embedded career bureaucrats and agents want, not what The President or the people want.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 9:27 AM

    Trump whinging about May not taking his negotiating advice while forgetting he’s failed miserably with NK, getting the Mexicans to build a wall, building the wall, winning against China.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 9:33 AM

    Golden opportunity and Trump throws it away, Golden shower on the other hand.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 1:59 PM

    It’s hard to fault the North Koreans on this…How bad has the US become if Kim & co are sounding reasonable in comparison

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    Mar 15th 2019, 1:59 PM

    And in other news, Nancy Pelosi wants to lower the voting age to 16 now that the President is trying to bring in Voter I.D. cards. Not too hard to connect the dots on that one. This after passing a resolution in the House for voting rights for illegals earlier in the week. Whatever it takes to stay in power Nancy.

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    Mar 15th 2019, 6:17 PM

    @Shane Dignam: pot calling the kettle black? Didn’t the Irish kick up hell over a potential required government ID?

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    Mar 15th 2019, 6:37 PM

    @emul8ter25: Irish in America or here at home? Sorry don’t know what you are referring to. All I know is that the US is one of very few developed countries without voter ID and the dems are desperately trying to allow illegals and minors get the vote to cancel out the losses this would bring about.

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    Mar 16th 2019, 12:02 AM

    Trump should never have given him a stage like that, he doesn’t need it. Trump is backwards and old school in his negotiations like a 80s Real Estate hustler – shower with unlimited praise and affection , get them to commit then knife in the back. Kim isn’t stupid to fall into his trap.

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