The British-Irish Council offers an opportunity to meet with our nearest neighbours to exchange ideas and discuss issues that affect us all, a core component of the Good Friday Agreement.
Speaking before the summit in Guernsey.
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I believe the licence fee does make a contribution, so this constant undermining of it, in my view, only makes things worse, because people are not prepared to support a universal levy.
I would express Ireland's solidarity with the victims of the weekend attack on the Berlin Pride festival that killed one person and injured at least 29 others.
It obviously won't be easy. There are very different views around the table, both about how we raise our money, and how we spend it.
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