The deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Culture Minister Carál Nί Chuilίn have remembered the awful effects of the famine at the eighth annual famine commemoration in Newry. Expressing his appreciation that the event was taking place in the north, the deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said, “I welcome the fact this commemoration is being held in the north for the first time and commend everyone involved for making this a reality. Culture Minister Carál Nί Chuilίn said, “The Great Hunger’ or ‘An Gorta Mόr’ is a time that should never be forgotten and as such this yearly commemorative event is an important template to help us appreciate what a terrible period it was for Ireland.