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There will be a sizable Irish contingent there today made up of the President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O’Neill, Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie and Social Democratic and Labour Party leader Colum Eastwood. Sinn Féin’s Alex Maskey will also be attending in his role as Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Patricia Donnelly, who was made an OBE in recognition of her work at the head of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Northern Ireland, will be in attendance as will be the Reverend Mervyn Gibson, grand secretary of the Orange Order, who was made an MBE for services to the community.
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