An Irish coup

It's quite a coup for the Republic that we have got the chair at the vast meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva…

It's quite a coup for the Republic that we have got the chair at the vast meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, which lasts for six weeks from mid-March. When 185 countries meet, our ambassador to the UN in Geneva Anne Anderson will be in charge.

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