Statement from President McAleese on 9/11 attacks
11th September 2001
The President, Mary McAleese, has expressed her deep shock and horror at the unfolding terrorist acts in the United State of Am
The President, Mary McAleese, has expressed her deep shock and horror at the unfolding terrorist acts in the United State of America today. The President said that these atrocities were ‘crimes against the very foundations of our humanity’. The President commented that ‘it is unbearable and almost unbelievable for the rest of the world to be witnessing such wanton destruction of human life in front of our eyes’.
President McAleese has spoken by telephone with the US Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Richard Egan, and has asked him to convey to President Bush the heartfelt sympathies of the Irish people in this hour of great tragedy for the people of America, a nation which Ireland holds so dear.