| Effective January 19 2015 Canada's ambassador to Ireland will be Kevin Vickers, the House of Commons sergeant-at-arms who led efforts to stop the Parliament Hill gunman in October 2014.
Vickers, 58, was the top security officer for the elected legislature since 2006 and also served in the RCMP for 29 years.
The attack on Parliament Hill's Centre Block and the National War Memorial on October 22, 2014 left Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and one male suspect dead. Vickers has been called a hero for his actions that day.  |
