Ceann Comhairle addresses 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in St. Petersburg

Deputy Ó Fearghaíl spoke on the theme of promoting cultural pluralism through inter-faith dialogue. He highlighted the work Ireland has done to foster and promote human rights in its broadest sense. He also pointed to education as one of the keys to promoting peace.

“Children are not born Islamophic; they are not born homophobic; they are not born to think that one skin colour is better than another,” said Deputy Ó Fearghaíl. “These poisonous hates and intolerances seep into them over the course of their lived childhood and early adulthood.  As parliamentarians, living among and representing our communities, we must remain active in challenging these hatreds, this ignorance of our new or well-established neighbours.”

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