Pictured at the official opening of Merville House, Newtownabbey were from left:  Baroness Blood, Denis Rooney, Chairman of the International Fund for Ireland, Alderman William De Courcey, Mayor of Newtownabbey and Patricia Pepper, Chairperson of Merville House Ltd.

The International Fund for Ireland is an independent international organisation which aims to promote economic and social advance and to encourage contact, dialogue and reconciliation between nationalists and unionists throughout Ireland.

Set up by the British and Irish Governments in 1986, the Fund is supported by contributions from the United States of America, the European Union, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Please explore this site to find out more about what the Fund does and how it may be of help to your community.