Republican News · Thursday 15 May 2003

Bairbre de Brún on four-day visit to US

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Human Rights and Equality, Bairbre de Brún, is left for the Uited States on Monday for a four-day trip during which she is scheduled to speak at several engagements organised by Friends of Sinn Féin, including an event in New York where she will address members of the Irish community.

The former minister was in Washington on Wednesday, where she briefed members of Congress - including the Friends of Ireland group and the ad hoc Committee on Irish Affairs - on the current situation in the peace process. She reiterated Sinn Féin's call for the Assembly elections to go ahead in June and the need for the implementation of the Joint Declaration.