where was our president

jakdelad

with the worlds media here last week on the visit by his holiness
the dalai lama to ireland
where was president macaleese??
surley this VIP should have been offically welcomed by our president??
when the queen comes she will be all over her like a rash
or even the pope..
selective social climbing......
roll on the election

caseyann

I guess since he wouldnt allow Ireland pay anything to his visit,none of them usual money grabbing suspects wanted to be there.Due to the fact they couldnt write it off in their expenses.:rolleyes:

Delancey

Not sure what this has to do with the economy , my guess is that the visit was not given official status for fear of offending the Chinese. His last visit here the president met him in a private capacity and the chinese called the Irish ambassador in for a drressing down.

Eliot Rosewater

Irish Economy forum?

This thread is a half-blog style one that won't create any meaningful discussion, and thus doesn't meet the minimum standard required by the charter. Locked.

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