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In Pictures: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visits Ireland

Updated / Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:39

Ban Ki-moon was awarded the Tipperary International Peace prize yesterday

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting Ireland to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ireland’s membership of the international organisation

Mr Ban and his wife meet President Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins in Áras an Uachtaráin

Mr Ban meets Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces Conor O'Boyle and Colonel Eamon Caulfield in the Curragh, Co Kildare

Mr Ban visits the Defence Forces Training Centre in the Curragh

The Secretary-General of the United Nations meets Lt Gen O'Boyle

Lieutenant Colonel Ray Lane shows Mr Ban the pressure plate of a bomb

Lt Cl Lane shows Mr Ban a bomb disposal robot

Mr Ban plants a tree at the Defence Forces Training Centre with Minister for Defence Simon Coveney

Mr Ban arrives at Farmleigh House

Mr Ban shakes hands with Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald at Farmleigh House in Dublin

Mr Ban gives a speech at Farmleigh House

UN Secretary General speaks at Farmleigh House in Dublin

Mr Ban and Ms Fitzgerald meet Ayman and Amouneh Halnan from Syria and their baby Abib at Farmleigh House

The UN Secretary-General meets Esther Nasser and Eulalie Odia from Africa

Mr Ban and Ms Fitzgerald meet refugees who have resettled in Ireland

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