"If we have a wonderful, clean and green country in the north of Ireland, let's protect it, " he added.
It certainly shook some of my colleagues who'd shown no interest whatsoever in the affairs of the North of Ireland.
"We will meet with the Brazilian government, business leaders and universities and avail of every opportunity to promote the north of Ireland, " he said.
Back in the mid-2000s, McGuigan, a young artist hailing from the north of Ireland, left Europe to pursue his dream of taking a one-man street show to Africa.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said he believed the overwhelming majority of people in the north of Ireland and throughout the island of Ireland were fully behind the agreements that had been made.
"During 2013 we want to seize every opportunity to take our story to a global audience and demonstrate the north of Ireland is a great place to do business and a fun place to visit, " Mr McGuiness said.
The appeasement of terror by the IRA in the north of Ireland has allowed a far more democratic vote to operate and if this continues to be the case I would foresee more seats being won by Sinn Fein in the future.
Back in his home on the north coast of Ireland, Harry Gregg has pictures on his wall of the crash scene.
In 1898, Marconi's company set up two radio stations on the north coast of Ireland that were used to send information about passing ships to the mainland.
The Roads Service said heavy snow accumulations have particularly affected the north east of Northern Ireland, with drifting of up to 40cms reported.
It is thought the stones may have been taken from the world-famous tourist attraction on the north coast of Northern Ireland several decades ago.
It effectively created two 'Home Rule' states by partitioning Ireland into the six counties of Protestant majority in the north east - Northern Ireland - and the rest of Ireland - Southern Ireland.
Two weeks ago, it was the unionists and loyalists who were hailing an Anglo-Irish document, which they felt diluted previous proposals on north-south bodies, linking the Republic of Ireland and the North.
"Her Majesty has sent 'good wishes to all those in Tourism Ireland working hard to promote the many attractions of Ireland north and south', " Mr Gibbons said on Twitter.
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The Met Office warned that heavy snow showers were expected across much of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of north-east England, with up to 20cm of fresh snow possible in places by the end of Sunday.
These beaches made Suchen think of a ragged shoreline in Ireland or the clashing waves of the North Sea at the mouth of a Norwegian fjord.
The group, which ranges from the north and west coast of Scotland to Ireland's west coast, is thought to contain just nine older animals.
His description of the remarkable decline of Catholic Ireland over the past decade is matched only by his sympathetic, though critical, account of the toll that sectarian war in the north has taken on the cross-border Church of Ireland.
The number of unemployed people rose in every part of the UK, except for the East Midlands, where it remained unchanged, and the North West and Northern Ireland, where the number of unemployed fell.
He headed to another significant Celtic site, the Rock of Cashel, in the town of Cashel, County Tipperary, about 94km north of Cork, which then rivalled Tara as a centre of power in Ireland.
Frozen patties in other major stores made by processing plants in Ireland and in the north of England- also suppliers to Tesco, were similarly contaminated.
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But in the big cities, in much of the north of England, in almost all of Wales, in Scotland and in Northern Ireland there are no elections.
Lord Alderdice has argued that such a deal contains all the necessary compromises to ensure the majority of people in Ireland, north and south, can support the deal.
Instead, Wales, the northeast, Northern Ireland and the north-west of England came out ahead.
The three-strike rule is currently in force north of the border for drivers resident in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland and parts of the north of Scotland remained frost-free.
Conditions north of the band of rain, in Northern Ireland and Scotland, are likely to remain largely dry and bright with cooler temperatures and a fresher feel.
The TUV's concerns are political as well as economic, as they fear the harmonisation of tax rates on a north-south basis could be the thin end of a wedge towards an all-Ireland tax policy.
The north of England is doing considerably worse, and Northern Ireland looks dire.
There was a split between those led by Michael Collins who accepted that while British rule in 26 counties of Ireland would end, in the North, where there was a majority in favour of the ties with Britain, it would not.
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