It represents a significant break in a tradition begun by former Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
Simon Harris will not travel to the annual Remembrance Sunday commemoration at Enniskillen , in a notable break with the tradition of the sitting Taoiseach attending.
Mr Kenny became the first Taoiseach to attend a Remembrance Day service in Northern Ireland when he took part in commemorations at Enniskillen in 2012, in a move seen as symbolic of greater recognition afforded in the Republic of Ireland to Irishmen who fought and died serving in the British Army in the First World War.
Kenny Donaldson, SEFF’s director, said: “For many years people have witnessed diplomatic niceties being observed in Enniskillen for Remembrance Sunday. Irish Taoiseachs have come and have laid laurel wreaths and have exchanged pleasantries with other dignitaries. “We reissue our call for his direct engagement with the families affected by the Enniskillen Poppy Day bomb – a sectarian and ethnic motivated cross-border crime perpetrated by the Provisional IRA.
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