Debate contribution: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026

Debate contribution by Ms Michelle O'Neill on 21 September 2026.

MLA: Ms Michelle O'Neill
Party at the time: Sinn Féin
Date: 21 September 2026
Type: Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5742107

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I am glad that your request is that I be cloned so that I can be everywhere all the time. Thank you, Phillip. You cannot get to everything at the fleadh. It was a huge success. There was so much that I did not get to go to this year but will go to next year. The fleadh demonstrated the best of us — absolutely; all day long. What we put on display for the world to see — the international media were watching — was inclusion. To me, that is what a new Ireland looks like. That is exactly what it looks like.

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