Lots of Ireland on Clinton’s Plate Today

On the eve St. Patrick’s Day, Secretary Clinton has six Ireland-related items on her busy schedule. (In the photo above, then-presidential candidate Clinton waves at onlookers during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Pittsburgh on March 15, 2008.) 11 a.m. Bilateral meeting with Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin 12:30 p.m. Bilateral meeting with Northern Ireland ...

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On the eve St. Patrick's Day, Secretary Clinton has six Ireland-related items on her busy schedule. (In the photo above, then-presidential candidate Clinton waves at onlookers during the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Pittsburgh on March 15, 2008.)

On the eve St. Patrick’s Day, Secretary Clinton has six Ireland-related items on her busy schedule. (In the photo above, then-presidential candidate Clinton waves at onlookers during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Pittsburgh on March 15, 2008.)

11 a.m. Bilateral meeting with Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin

12:30 p.m.
Bilateral meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary of State Shaun Woodward

2:30 p.m. Meeting with Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein

4:30 p.m. Bilateral meeting with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness

7:15 p.m. Meeting with Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen

7:30 p.m. Delivers keynote address at the American Ireland Fund dinner, where she’ll be honored for her role in the peace process in Northern Ireland. 

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009 to 2016 and was an FP assistant editor from 2007 to 2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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