Suns Take on events

IRE60

The UK edition of The Sun took this take on Royal Events with its headline, sub-head and intro paragraph:

God brave the Queen

She defies terrorists and nine bomb threats

THE Queen made her historic visit to Ireland yesterday - brushing aside attempts by diehard terrorist fanatics to wreck the occasion.
She bravely defied NINE bomb threats - one of them a potentially deadly REAL explosive device.


ummm, wonder how sanitised the IRE version will be!

Oh - reading on about the 'pipe bomb':

"It was on a coach heading for a bus station less than a mile from Dublin's Garden of Remembrance"

or 16.3 miles according to Google Maps!!

Corsendonk

IRE60 wrote: »

The UK edition of The Sun took this take on Royal Events with its headline, sub-head and intro paragraph:

God brave the Queen

She defies terrorists and nine bomb threats

THE Queen made her historic visit to Ireland yesterday - brushing aside attempts by diehard terrorist fanatics to wreck the occasion.
She bravely defied NINE bomb threats - one of them a potentially deadly REAL explosive device.


ummm, wonder how sanitised the IRE version will be!

Oh - reading on about the 'pipe bomb':

"It was on a coach heading for a bus station less than a mile from Dublin's Garden of Remembrance"

or 16.3 miles according to Google Maps!!

You got to love The Sun for its comedy value, pity so many people actually believe its stories.

P.S Did that writer actually work as an estate agent in the Greater Dublin area at one time?

IRE60

"In the Sleepy Village of Maynooth which is within walking distance of the Garden of Remembrance is a cosy artisan cottage in need of some attention" One of those Ludramans - I believe so.

coylemj

One small step for Ma'am (as she stepped off the plane in Baldonnel) will be hard to beat! Does anyone know which paper used this headline? Heard about it on the radio.

IRE60

I think they, or one of the sharp tabloids, had 'The Regal has Landed' on the same occasion.

V Clever.

jonsnow

How Irish of them

flogen

IRE60 wrote: »

"It was on a coach heading for a bus station less than a mile from Dublin's Garden of Remembrance"

or 16.3 miles according to Google Maps!!

What bus station was it? Did you make the 'Loose Change' error of getting Google Map's distance by road, as opposed to the distance as the crow flies?

IRE60

Maynooth!

Road or crow flies - it doesn't matter in that case

flogen

IRE60 wrote: »

Maynooth!

Road or crow flies - it doesn't matter in that case

Ah, OK... yeah I think that's a wee bit more than a mile away alright! Maybe they meant the Garden was a mile away from the first signpost for Maynooth (or from the nearest train station that would get you there).

Horsebox_twenty

The Sun clearly meant that the bomb was on board a bus, heading for a station (Bus Aras on Store Street) that is less than a mile from the Garden of Remembrance.... "a bus station less than a mile...." Perfectly accurate, no?

baalthor

The Express had a similar 'Brave Queen defies terrorists' front page headline.