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Welcoming Matt

Bodger at 12:44 pm September 3, 2019

This morning/afternoon.

Phoenix Park, Dublin

Vice President of the United States of America, Mike Pence and his wife Karen meets Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his partner Matthew Barrett (right) at Farmleigh House where they will have lunch.

Earlier: And Add The Halfpence To The Pence

Sam Boal/RollingNews

Update:

Pence has effectively confirmed the USA is on ‘Team Boris’ in the #Brexit showdown.

He said Ireland and the EU need to “negotiate in good faith” with Johnson and allow the UK protect its sovereignty. Added: a US-UK trade deal will be done. (Not what Varadkar would want today.) pic.twitter.com/VnJYLADz2r

— Kevin Doyle (@KevDoyle_Indo) September 3, 2019

Ah.

This afternoon.

Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Sam Boal/RollingNews

And Add The Halfpence To The Pence

Bodger at 12:05 pm September 3, 2019

.@VP chief of staff Marc Short says Trump didn’t order Pence to stay at a Trump resort in Ireland, but rather offered it. “It’s like, ‘Well, you should stay at my place,” Short said Trump told Pence.

— Anita Kumar (@anitakumar01) September 3, 2019

Outrageous!! Pence wl b staying at Trump’s Doonbeg luxury golf course in Ireland even though he has mtgs in Dublin across the country a 3 hr drive away.

He wl be able to fly back & forth on the taxpayer’s tab. It’s all abt the $$$. #Pence https://t.co/vpdc5qAFyq

— Maria Schell-Cannon (@schell50) September 3, 2019

Mike Pence Goes 3 Hours Out Of His Way To Stay At Trump’s Irish Golf Resort (Huffington Post)

Meanwhile…

Lisa O’Carroll, of The Guardian, tweetz:

US ambassador to Irl Edward Crawford and Irish Ambassador to US Dan Mulhall Look on as Pence and Higgins sign book in SILENCE. If it wasn’t for the sound of photographers you’d have heard a pin drop.

Earlier…

US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence arriving at Dublin Airport.

Via Dublin Airport

Earlier: A Thousand Welcomes

He Is Among Us

Bodger at 6:49 pm September 2, 2019

“I want to say what a privilege and an honor it is to be back on the Emerald Isle.”@VP Mike Pence meets with Simon Coveney, Tánaiste and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland. pic.twitter.com/v8k8c2of9a

— The Hill (@thehill) September 2, 2019

Tonight.

Shannon Airport, County Clare

US Vice president Mike Pence with Tániste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney at the start of a short Irish visit. Mr Pence is staying at the Trump Doonbeg and will visit Leinster House tomorrow.

Earlier: Bring Your Handbag

Meanwhile…

Up the republic pic.twitter.com/9MZyKLCN2L

— Oireachtas Retort (@Oireachtas_RX) September 2, 2019

Bring Your Handbag

Bodger at 12:39 pm September 2, 2019

Tomorrow

Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

To coincide with US Vice President’ Mike Pence’s visit to Ireland (which begins this evening)

Via Amnesty International Ireland:

Amnesty, with other NGOs and activist groups, are holding a ‘Disco outside the Dáil’ to celebrate all those who are being targeted by the Trump/ Pence administration’s policies.

Trump and Pence have spear-headed policies that target refugees and migrants, women, LGBTI people, amongst so many others, as well as pushing climate change denial and dangerous rhetoric against journalists and anyone who opposes them.

Tomorrow, 1-3pm.

~~No jeans or trainers~~.

All welcome.

Amnesty Ireland International

Incoming

Bodger at 11:37 am August 14, 2019

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his partner Dr Matt Barrett (right) with US Vice President Mike Pence and his sister Anne Pence in Washington in March

US Vice President Mike Pence is expected to visit Ireland for two days from Friday, September 6.

Suzanne Lynch, in The Irish Times, reports:

It is envisaged that Mr Pence’s visit will begin in Dublin, and he is expected to meet Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Farmleigh in the Phoenix Park.

A courtesy call with President Michael D Higgins is also under consideration. Mr Pence is expected to then fly to Shannon later that day…

…It is expected that the vice president will instead base himself in the Co Clare area. Mr Pence’s ancestors on his mother’s side hailed from Doonbeg, Co Clare, the same village where US president Donald Trump has a golf course. It is not clear if Mr Pence will stay at the Trump property while in the area.

Preparations intensify for Mike Pence’s visit to Ireland next month (Suzanne Lynch, The Irish Times)

Uh Oh

Bodger at 5:11 pm July 2, 2019

#BREAKING on @OANN: Russian President Vladimir Putin is cancelling his plans for today. A Kremlin spokesperson says he will be meeting with his defence minister “very urgently.”

— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) July 2, 2019

BREAKING : VP Pence called back to DC for Emergency situation , cancels campaign event in New Hampshire https://t.co/ndR7khjjfm

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) July 2, 2019

PUTIN PULLS OUT OF SCHEDULED EVENT – RIA QUOTES KREMLIN

PUTIN TO MEET HIS DEFENCE MINISTER VERY SOON – TASS QUOTES KREMLIN

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 2, 2019

— VP Pence’s event cancelled and his flight instantly diverted back to DC
— Putin’s canceled event to stay at the Kremlin and urgently meet with his defense minister
— EU Commision security council called in for an urgent emergency meeting

Trying my hardest to stay calm here.

— Tribunal Report ⚖ (@TribunalReport) July 2, 2019

Gulp.

It’s probably nothing.

~~Trust the plan~~

~~Save yourselves, for pity’s sake.~~

More as we get it.

Pence Moment

Bodger at 1:09 pm March 14, 2019

This is the first time that Vice President Pence has hosted an openly gay world leader at his residence https://t.co/PsHRpZfRIn

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 14, 2019

Um.

~~Macron~~?

~~Trudeau~~?

~~Merkel~~?

Meanwhile…

.@VP confirms he is making plans to come and visit Ireland. #iestaff
He tells @campaignforleo US will stand by Ireland as Brexit continues pic.twitter.com/aqLgMIEMlI

— Juno McEnroe (@Junomaco) March 14, 2019

.@campaignforleo tells @VP there was a time in Ireland where if he tried to be himself, he would have “broken laws”. Significant speech at VP breakfast where he says he is now not judged by sexual orientation #iestaff #WashingtonDC
See @irishexaminer for more pic.twitter.com/UUrebQCnyE

— Juno McEnroe (@Junomaco) March 14, 2019

‘Judged by my political actions and not by my sexual orientation, my skin tone, gender or religious beliefs’ – @campaignforleo pic.twitter.com/EFQosUWFjq

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 14, 2019

Just now in Washington DC.

At the US Naval Observatory.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his partner Dr Matt Barrett meet with Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen.

They were accompanied by Waterford Fine Gael TD and Government envoy to the US Congress to work on the issue of the undocumented Irish in the US, John Deasy (above).

Pics: Leo Varadkar

Earlier: Funds And Games