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| Queen and Michael D Higgins celebrate Northern Ireland contribution | Queen and Michael D Higgins celebrate Northern Ireland contribution |
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| The Queen and Irish President Michael D Higgins are due to host a Northern Ireland-themed reception at Windsor Castle later on Thursday. | The Queen and Irish President Michael D Higgins are due to host a Northern Ireland-themed reception at Windsor Castle later on Thursday. |
| The event is being held on the penultimate day of Mr Higgins' four-day state visit to the UK. | The event is being held on the penultimate day of Mr Higgins' four-day state visit to the UK. |
| It will celebrate British and Irish people who have made a significant contribution to the peace process and to public life in Northern Ireland. | It will celebrate British and Irish people who have made a significant contribution to the peace process and to public life in Northern Ireland. |
| Mr Higgins will later attend an Irish-themed event at the Royal Albert Hall. | Mr Higgins will later attend an Irish-themed event at the Royal Albert Hall. |
| The organisers said the concert would celebrate the contribution of the Irish community in Britain and the "strength and range of collaboration and creativity between Ireland and the United Kingdom". | The organisers said the concert would celebrate the contribution of the Irish community in Britain and the "strength and range of collaboration and creativity between Ireland and the United Kingdom". |
| They added that the line-up includes "some of Ireland's finest musicians, singers, actors, authors and poets". | They added that the line-up includes "some of Ireland's finest musicians, singers, actors, authors and poets". |
| Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Paul Brady, Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard, actress Fiona Shaw, best-selling author Joseph O'Connor and TV presenter Dermot O'Leary are on the bill. | Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Paul Brady, Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard, actress Fiona Shaw, best-selling author Joseph O'Connor and TV presenter Dermot O'Leary are on the bill. |
| The event is called Ceiliúradh, which translates as celebration. | |
| Before the concert, Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness is expected to be among the guests at the Windsor Castle reception. | Before the concert, Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness is expected to be among the guests at the Windsor Castle reception. |
| The former IRA man is now the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland and a very significant figure in the Irish peace process. | The former IRA man is now the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland and a very significant figure in the Irish peace process. |
| Protests | Protests |
| It will be the second time this week that Mr McGuinness has been invited to Windsor Castle. | It will be the second time this week that Mr McGuinness has been invited to Windsor Castle. |
| On Tuesday, the Sinn Féin MLA joined in a toast to the Queen, proposed by Mr Higgins, as an orchestra played God Save The Queen. | On Tuesday, the Sinn Féin MLA joined in a toast to the Queen, proposed by Mr Higgins, as an orchestra played God Save The Queen. |
| A number of victims of IRA violence protested against his participation in the event. | A number of victims of IRA violence protested against his participation in the event. |
| A Conservative peer, whose wife was paralysed in an IRA bomb said he hoped dissident republican terrorists would shoot Mr McGuinness for "bowing to the Queen". | A Conservative peer, whose wife was paralysed in an IRA bomb said he hoped dissident republican terrorists would shoot Mr McGuinness for "bowing to the Queen". |
| Lord Tebbit and his wife Margaret were badly injured in the Brighton bombing, when the IRA blew up The Grand Hotel during the 1984 Conservative Party conference. | |
| Sinn Féin said Lord Tebbit's remarks were "shocking" and "unacceptable". | Sinn Féin said Lord Tebbit's remarks were "shocking" and "unacceptable". |
| Mr McGuinness said he believed the "vast majority of people on the island of Ireland will be very supportive of me contributing to a process of conflict resolution and very important acts of reconciliation". | Mr McGuinness said he believed the "vast majority of people on the island of Ireland will be very supportive of me contributing to a process of conflict resolution and very important acts of reconciliation". |
| Mr Higgins' first engagement on Thursday was a visit to an Oxfordshire farm to witness UK-Irish research work on sustainable farming. |