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Former White House photographer and author of Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents Pete Souza takes a pop at US President Donald Trump during his visit to Ireland.

Mr Souza has been posting throwback pictures of Mr Obama’s previous visits to the UK and Ireland while Mr Trump is over this side of the pond.

The Hill reports:

In one of a string of photos Souza shared to Instagram, Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama can be seen helping a grinning Queen Elizabeth out of a car.

The caption of the photo, which was shared on the second day of Trump’s visit, reads: “She likes him better.”

In another, Obama can be seen speaking to the British monarch as she laughs. That photo is captioned: “He makes her laugh.”

Obama is shown in another photo playing with Prince William’s son, Prince George, with a caption reading: “The little ones can always tell a person of character.”

Former White House photographer trolls Trump’s visit to UK with Obama throwbacks (The Hill)

Meanwhile….

Last night.

Donald Trump Jnr and Eric Trump during a pub crawl in Doonbeg, Co Clare.

The Irish Examiner reports:

A number of apartments in Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock will be rented out at €3,700 per unit.

A quarter of the 120 apartments have already been snapped up.

The Opus building on Six Hanover Quay is in the heart of the docklands in an area that’s quickly becoming known as Google Town.

Opus

New Dublin city apartments will cost €3,700 a month to rent (The Irish Examiner)

New dockland apartments cost €3,700 a month to rent (The Irish Times)

This morning.

The Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, assisted by officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, are conducting searches at seven premises in counties Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo, Westmeath and Kilkenny.

Via Garda Press Office:

‘The searches are part of an ongoing investigation being conducted by members of The Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation into offences of deception pursuant to Section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud) Offences Act, 2001 surrounding fraudulent practices regarding tampering of identification passports and microchips of horses presented for slaughter in this jurisdiction.‘

Premises searched in horse meat for export investigation  (RTE)

Rollingnews

Ah now..

A day after her writing innocently appeared on the Junior Cert English paper, illustrator Aoife Dooley (top) remains a target for ‘messers’ and nihilistic sociopaths alike.

Yesterday: Swot!

Belmayne Estate on the Malahide Road at Clare Hall, Dublin in 2007

Oh.

BelmayneTruth writes:

..and so it begins! Costs of balcony/fire safety corrective works expected to be pinned on Belmayne property owners…

Previously: Belmayne on Broadsheet

A very satisfying 13 minutes (if you have them to spare) wherein a rusty and wrecked old toy piano found in a barn by YouTube fixer-uppers Rescue&Restore is sandblasted, powder-coated and restored to its former glory.

awesomer

Alternatively…

Oh.

The ‘international face of hate‘?

Thanks bebe

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