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Ah yes, Deacon Blue.
My own fave from the talented Scots..The coverage of the Queen’s visit has in fact been quite extensive here in Ireland.
Irish Independent
The Irish Times
Irish Examiner
RTE
TV3
NewstalkAll the above just a few examples of how popular and successful this visit was on so many levels. Television, radio and print media were in overdrive this week to mark the event.
Naturally, a barking minority of gobshytes tried to pour scorn and ill will on this wonderful occasion. What little and ineffectual noise they made in attempting to disrupt not only failed embarrassingly, but also went a long way in distancing their idiotic ways even further from the vast majority of Irish people. So we thank these ignorant dinosaurs for that.An overwhelming success.
Almost surreal in it’s historic signficance.Who would have thought in the darkest days of Anglo Irish relations this speech could ever happen?
The Queen’s Speech In Dublin Castle
The fact that Foreign Secretary William Hague and Prime Minister David Cameron joined the Queen is hugely important.. along with a tinge of sadness in that one of the primary architects of peaceful accord on these islands, former Taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald, died yesterday.
His dream became a reality.Current Taoiseach Enda Kenny said today..
“..It sends out a message that Ireland’s grown up, and that Elizabeth II, Queen of England came here as a very welcome visitor, and that our people really showed this week that we truly are the land of one hundred thousand welcomes.”
As President Obama will find out come monday :)