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    #572
    Batsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭Batsy


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Lizzie is running on Auto pilot now..... she stares at floor and then sticks hand out and smiles every 30 seconds! Bored to death!

    I'm not sure. She seems to be enjoying her time in Ireland. Bertie Ahern was on Sky News this afternoon saying how he sat next to the Queen during at lunch a Buckingham Palace in 1998, just after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, and the Queen told him that she would like to visit Ireland. Now she has her wish granted.

    She also seemed interested when Mary McAleese was explaining the rules of Gaelic football to her- a sport alien to the British - when meeting players at Croke Park

    The Queen was heard live on BBC News 24 asking one of the players how long he had been playing the sport and he said since he was six years old. She seemed genuinely interesting in the places she was visiting.


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    #573
    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    ppink wrote: »
    I was thinking that when I was watching Christy Cooney? guiding the Queen by her elbow today in Croagh Park!

    i also thought that shoulderless outfits were not respectful....I think they said that at the wedding?

    It wasn't Christy Cooney as he knew how to behave but some ex.GAA head bod that held her elbow.


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    #574
    Xivilai
    Registered Users Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Xivilai


    BBC presenter gave a fine background to Dublin's British history :pac:


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    #575
    gandalf
    Registered Users Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Feck that the traffic cameras are down, was hoping to see some scobes getting their skulls cracked on the Dublin Traffic cams site :(


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    #576
    Dionysus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    mike65 wrote: »
    Well spotted, and thats my point. Shouldn't SF have taken a lead rather leave it to the skanger element? Or are SF now too far away from the "trackie" elements to protest with any street credibility while not being close enough to mainstream politics to participate?

    Paul Reynolds, the RTÉ reporter, was on Morning Ireland this morning and anybody familiar with his reports could not claim him as being pro Sinn Féin. He's very much pro "the Guards" as he refers to them, or "the Gardaí" as he equally incorrectly refers to the Garda.

    Anyway, Reynolds never once mentioned Sinn Féin as being responsible for the protests and went further: Éirigí had stewards policing its protest and it was only people who arrived later who were responsible for rioting: he especially mentioned that the people who were responsible for the rioting were people well-known to the Garda for their involvement in drug dealing and the like.

    Reynolds report can be listened to here

    Now, either Reynolds is lying or people here are deliberately trying to tarnish Sinn Féin and Éirigí with rioting that they have no responsibility for. Which is it?


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    #577
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    jos28 wrote: »
    It's a form of torture to make an 85 year old woman stand for so long and for no real reason. She is hardly going to remember meeting these people.

    Yeah it's a joke. The poor woman looks painfully fed up.. and for what, to stroke the egos of the other guests


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    #578
    Aldebaran
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭Aldebaran


    My invite must have gotten lost in the post.


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    #579
    Cathaoirleach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 701 ✭✭✭Cathaoirleach


    Now I know why she's wearing gloves. I wouldn't want to be shaking hands with all them knackers coming in for dinner.


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    #580
    Cool_CM
    Registered Users Posts: 4,982 ✭✭✭Cool_CM


    Jaysus, put them away Joan :eek:


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    #581
    Dionysus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Yeah it's a joke. The poor woman looks painfully fed up.. and for what, to stroke the egos of the other guests

    Another reason why "service-till-death" royalty, like "service-till-death" papacy, is irrational.


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    #582
    Dunny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    Who was that that grabbed philips arm? The stare he gave him..:D


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    #583
    Pauleta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,778 ✭✭✭Pauleta


    William Haye touched the queens arm and Mary Mac pulled his arm away :pac:


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    #584
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    The pageantry and expense involved with things like this is pretty sickening.


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    #585
    Xivilai
    Registered Users Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Xivilai


    Let the woman rest for Christ sake. She'll keel over before the night is done.


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    #586
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,476 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Batsy wrote: »
    I'm not sure. She seems to be enjoying her time in Ireland. Bertie Ahern was on Sky News this afternoon saying how he sat next to the Queen during at lunch a Buckingham Palace in 1998, just after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, and the Queen told him that she would like to visit Ireland. Now she has her wish granted.

    She also seemed interested when Mary McAleese was explaining the rules of Gaelic football to her- a sport alien to the British - when meeting players at Croke Park

    The Queen was heard live on BBC News 24 asking one of the players how long he had been playing the sport and he said since he was six years old. She seemed genuinely interesting in the places she was visiting.

    I think she is enjoying the trip but does she's had more state banquets that hot dinners (if you know what I mean) and they must be a pain in the arse for her......and all that hand shaking.

    She is definitely a pro at it but it must get very boring after a while!


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    #587
    killerhitman
    Registered Users Posts: 459 ✭✭killerhitman


    there are a few UAVs and garda helicoptors flying around where i live beside the phoniex park now because of the queens visit


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    #588
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    we assume your one that did the little curtsy to the queen is English.


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    #589
    gandalf
    Registered Users Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    The pageantry and expense involved with things like this is pretty sickening.

    What would make you happy a curry chips and kebab in Zaytoons instead?


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    #590
    Xivilai
    Registered Users Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Xivilai


    Look how quickly the Queen's smile appears and fades! :pac:


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    #591
    baldbear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,564 ✭✭✭baldbear


    jaysus the spuds will be getting cold. Did Iris Robinson make an appearance?


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    #592
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,194 ✭✭✭jos28


    Wish we could fast forward this bit. SO Boring...........


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    #593
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,476 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    The pageantry and expense involved with things like this is pretty sickening.

    What are you on about....people standing in line is costing nothing......the building has been there for hundreds of years and is not just pit up for the night.
    Cost is security and dinner and that is more than paid for by free publicity for Ireland.

    This is no different than what would happen if any other head of state visited!


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    #594
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    baldbear wrote: »
    jaysus the spuds will be getting cold. Did Iris Robinson make an appearance?


    ...they're just clearing out the young fellahs before she arrives.


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    #595
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    ffs I'm getting tired sitting here watching it, poor woman I feel sorry for her.


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    #596
    Xivilai
    Registered Users Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Xivilai


    Why the hell would anyone want to shake all those hands, god damn it. This is torture. :eek:


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    #597
    gandalf
    Registered Users Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    jos28 wrote: »
    Wish we could fast forward this bit. SO Boring...........

    I'd say the Queen would agree with you!

    This is bordering on elder abuse!!!!


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    #598
    Aldebaran
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭Aldebaran


    Does all this hand-shaking and ego-stroking really need to be broadcast live on tv? Couldn't they just show her speech? That's all anyone wants to see I'd imagine.


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    #599
    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    Dionysus wrote: »
    Another reason why "service-till-death" royalty, like "service-till-death" papacy, is irrational.

    It's what sets the British monarchy apart from other monarchies - abdication is considered poor form and diminishes the status of the position. Once you head down that road you might as well elect the monarch.


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    #600
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    It's actually difficult to watch at this stage. I'd be embarrassed shaking her hand seeing how uncomfortable she looks


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    #601
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,194 ✭✭✭jos28


    baldbear wrote: »
    jaysus the spuds will be getting cold. Did Iris Robinson make an appearance?

    Not yet, but I heard her husband on the radio today saying they were looking forward to going.


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