{"id":5571,"date":"2019-02-11T07:47:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5571"},"modified":"2019-02-11T08:49:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T13:49:18","slug":"president-higgins-begins-three-day-visit-to-uk-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5571","title":{"rendered":"President Higgins Begins Three-Day Visit to UK in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2.40972573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2.40972573.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2.40972573-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>President Michael D Higgins, will begin a three-day visit to England with a series of engagements in Birmingham on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>President Higgins, accompanied by his wife Sabina, will attend a civic reception in his honor hosted by Birmingham City Council, and pay a visit to a memorial commemorating the 21 people killed in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial near Birmingham\u2019s New Street station was unveiled last November after a project involving the Justice4the21 campaign group, together with Network Rail and the Birmingham Irish Association.<\/p>\n<p>President Higgins is due to meet trustees and staff of the Birmingham Irish Association and older members of the Irish community in the city.<\/p>\n<p>He will visit Merseyside on Tuesday and Wednesday, where he will be greeted by Britain&#8217;s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s program will see the President visit the University of Liverpool\u2019s Institute of Irish Studies, and attend a lunch promoting business and cultural ties between Ireland and Britain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-5571\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5571&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-5571\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5571&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-5571\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5571&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5571\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Michael D Higgins, will begin a three-day visit to England with a series of engagements in Birmingham on Monday. 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