Canadian Ambassador to Ireland Kevin Vickers, right, wrestles with a protester during a state ceremony to remember the British soldiers who died during the Easter Rising at Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin on Thursday. Canada’s ambassador to Ireland tackled a protester who interrupted a memorial service in Dublin on Thursday. “During a ceremony to remember British soldiers who died during the Easter Rising in 1916, Ambassador Kevin Vickers intercepted a protester who ran up to the podium,” Global Affairs Canada said in a statement. The protester was arrested by Irish police, Global Affairs said. Vickers was named Canada’s ambassador to Ireland in January 2015.

Source: thestar May 26, 2016 09:41 UTC