This morning.
Independent TD Clare Daly to the Taoiseach in relation to the G8 meetings
“But is it not a reality that you have showcased us as a nation of pimps prostituting ourselves in return for a pat on the head?”
Via Páraic Gallagher
This morning.
Independent TD Clare Daly to the Taoiseach in relation to the G8 meetings
“But is it not a reality that you have showcased us as a nation of pimps prostituting ourselves in return for a pat on the head?”
Via Páraic Gallagher
Watch them in action here.
The G8 summit family photo at Lough Erne in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, today
Top from left: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barrack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta.
Meanwhile,
Vlad is on steroids had the protein breakfast.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
PA's Alex Lodge fleshing out some issues with protester at #g8 demos. #blogpag8 pic.twitter.com/YFp2WiGGCh
— Brian Hutton (@magicbathtub) June 17, 2013
Oh.
Previously: Tea Erne?
Top pic via Paul Reilly
Taoiseach Enda Kenny walks with G8 heads of state, including David Cameron and Barack Obama, above, in Lough Erne, and later discussing US-EU trade matters, above, in Enniskillen.
Via Merrion Street
DUP’s Sammy Wilson and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams co-operating on a Mexican wave at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast this morning.
Via: Sam McBride
(Brian Little/Presseye)
Northwest G8 Action Group made this ‘Peace Rocket’, above, as part of their protest at the G8 summit
Yesterday, it was ‘apprehended’ by Gardaí.
But today
2 G8 Wiv Luv writes:
“A huge thank you to Joe Higgins TD, Cllr Declan Bree, the Parades Commission Northern Ireland, the organisers of G8 Not Welcome Protest Enniskillen. The two solicitors who gave their services for free, and everyone who made phone calls and offered support. Our Peace Rocket is now back in our possession, and Will carry our message of Peace Unity and Justice to World leaders in Enniskillen today.”
A proper Irish welcome. #g8 #guinness https://t.co/F8YKYTXaXs
— Shawna Thomas (@ShawnaNBCNews) June 16, 2013
The Irish sure know how to win over the White House press corps. Trays of Guinness waiting for us upon our arrival at the hotel.
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) June 16, 2013
Members of the White House Press Corps receiving pints of the black stuff on arrival in Sligo last night.
Meanwhile, in today’s Irish Times Letters, Clinical Psychologist Dr Declan Aherne outlines his concerns about our relationship with alcohol:
The alcoholic society may be best represented by its ambivalence toward excess alcohol consumption. Just as the alcoholic individual will deny that s/he has a drink problem, so the alcoholic society will demand “evidence” that there is a problem with sponsorship by alcohol companies, ignoring the blatant fact that alcohol sponsorship in sport is providing a universal endorsement for alcohol consumption, without the provision in equal measure, for alternative lifestyle choices.
It is this imbalance, driven by marketing and brand exposure, that generates peer pressure to drink. Those who argue that there is no evidence to link alcohol problems with sports sponsorship are demonstrating a clear ostrich-like approach to the difficulties our society is facing in relation to alcohol.
An alcoholic society (Dr Declan Aherne, Irish Times Letters)
Previously: Bienvenue Bulben
The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, minutes ago.
Under LOCKDOWN for the anticipated arrival of Michelle Obama and her daughters to see Riverdance this evening.
They’re that embarrassed.
Thanks Joanne Butcher