The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has elected a new moderator. He is Professor Finlay Holmes, and was chosen by fifteen of Ireland's twenty-one presbyteries.

Report shows Reverend Finlay Holmes drinking tea with others.

Reverend Holmes addressing a news conference at Church House, Belfast.

Reverend Holmes speaking on the Presbyterian Church's 1989 decision to stay out of a new British and Irish Ecumenical Body because the Catholic Church would be a member.

Reporter, Kieron Wood taking notes at press conference.

Reverend Holmes speaking about the possibility of breaking the logjam around the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

The reporter is Kieron Wood.

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