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German Ambassadors Speech

LegacyUser · 2007-09-23 20:20:42

Hey guys... Anyone know where to read the full speech the German ambassador made regarding Ireland?? I heard them talking on the radio this morning about it and thought the whole thing facinating.

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23-09-2007 9:20pm

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Hey guys...

Anyone know where to read the full speech the German ambassador made regarding Ireland??

I heard them talking on the radio this morning about it and thought the whole thing facinating.

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#2 23-09-2007 9:50pm
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He came across as incredibly arrogant. Dont know where you will find it though....

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#3 24-09-2007 9:51am
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2469335.ece

http://irisheagle.blogspot.com/2007/09/ambassador-is-humorous-man.html

much of it is lost in translation, having said that, it's my honest opinion he said nothing that isn't true, and the truth is very often, hard to swallow.

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#4 24-09-2007 10:20am
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There's no transcript of the speech, unfortunately. And if there was, it'd be auf Deutsch!

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#5 24-09-2007 10:24am
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the point is he was briefing german businessmen, it's the Ambassador's job to look after the interest of their businessmen, typical newspapers trying to stir up a non story

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#6 24-09-2007 2:35pm
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big thread on this already as well

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=54071216&posted=1#post54071216

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