“Exciting things are happening between Canada and Ireland,” stated Canadian Ambassador Kevin Vickers when he addressed the members of Monaghan Co Council on Monday during his first official visit to the county.
The affable envoy has a particular motivation for continuing the work of his predecessors in office in building on the twinning links established between Co Monaghan and the maritime provinces of his country.
He hails from Miramichi, which like Prince Edward Island is formally twinned with the county, and the welcome extended to him towards the conclusion of what was …