This afternoon.
South King Street, Dublin 2
Duncan James from boyband Blue and ambassador for innocent drink’s new ‘Bolt From The Blue’ beverage unveils a blue (greenish to the eye it must be said) statue of himself at the Irish launch of the new blueberry-based juice.
Any excuse
Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland
Again.
This afternoon.
Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe with visiting UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid – the third time the Ministers have met in the eight weeks since the Chancellor took up his position.
They must really like each other.
Or we’re completely screwed.
Or both.
Can't stand still for more than a minute before doing something for attention. #NotMyPrimeMinister pic.twitter.com/veyBfH5B1b
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) September 9, 2019
Ah here.
This morning/afternoon.
Government Buildings, Dublin 2
Earlier….
wow. the PM of Ireland just absolutely *shreds* boris – to his face – here. brutal pic.twitter.com/a9uztfodJG
— Nicky Woolf (@NickyWoolf) September 9, 2019
For the benefit of those of us not classically-educated…
Hercules went mad and killed his wife and children but Athena stepped in, knocked him out and stopped his killing spree.
She then helped him through the rest of his 12 labours to atone for his streak of lunacy. https://t.co/U7j75ua6LU
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) September 9, 2019
Earlier….
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Dublin for talks with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar https://t.co/S8uYHp2qa9
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 9, 2019
This morning.
Government Buildings. Dublin 2.
More as we get it.
This morning/afternoon.
North Great George’s Street, Dublin 1
UK Labour remainer and British Lord, Andrew Adonis addressing members of the Institute of International and European Affairs [IIEA].
In his address, Lord Adonis noted that Brexit represents a resurgence of English nationalism and an attempt to ‘finish the Thatcher revolution”.
And Blair did that already.
FIGHT!
This afternoon.
Institute of International and European Affairs
Brexit-bashing former UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve ahead of a speaking engagement at the Institute of International and European Affairs chaired by Ruairi Quinn (top left in light tan ‘jazz creepers’).
This evening.
ICTU HQ, Dublin
Second referendum-supporting UK Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn, above with General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Patricia King, in town to hear a briefing on how a hard Brexit will hurt workers in Ireland North and South.
Stop that.
The smiling.
This morning.
Former Hollyoaks and Strictly Come Dancing star Danny Mac at an unidentified tea and macaroon emporium in Dublin to announce his casting as male lead – the Johnny Depp Mathieu Kassovitz part – in Amélie The Musical which arrives in Dublin on May 28 for a limited run at the Gaiety Theatre.
Photocall Ireland
Watch Leo Varadkar and Michel Barnier speak on Brexit from Leinster House in Dublin https://t.co/70zyW2wrF2
— The Independent (@Independent) April 8, 2019
This afternoon.
Government Buildings, Dublin
The EU’s Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, in Dublin to discuss the Brexit crisis ahead of a summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Wednesday.
Taoiseach meets Michel Barnier in Dublin ahead of EU leaders’ summit (RTÉ)
This afternoon.
Convention Centre, Dublin
Former British Foreign Secretary and Churchill biographer Boris Johnson arrives at the second day of the Pendulum Business Leadership Summit.
Update:
Boris Johnson's interview with Brian Dobson is something else.
Dobson asks about Irish border trade several times, talking over Johnson.
Johnson nicks Dobson's sheet with border trade facts.
Dobson quips: "You can keep that, you might find it helpful"
Queue wild applause pic.twitter.com/uUXLmkQL6T
— Paul O'Donoghue (@paulodonoghue93) January 10, 2019
Oh.
Stop that.
Yesterday.
Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin 4.
Alan Alda, actor and founder of the Alda Centre for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, New York and and science journalist Jonathan McCrea at the Science Communication Conference.
