G8 summit in Co Fermanagh

electrobanana · 20-11-2012 02:06PM #1

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1120/david-cameron-to-visit-northern-ireland.html

British Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed next year's G8 summit will be held in Lough Erne, Co Fermanagh.
The summit will be held on 17-18 June at the Lough Erne Hotel.
Mr Cameron made the announcement during his PM Direct Sessions meeting with factory workers in Co Armagh.
"I want the world to see just what a fantastic place Northern Ireland is," Mr Cameron said.
The summit will be one of the most high-profile events ever witnessed in Northern Ireland.
Barack Obama will be among those heading for Fermanagh, but it will not be the first time a US president has been a guest in the county.
Bill Clinton has visited Enniskillen on a number of occasions and a community centre in the town bears his name.
The last time the G8 summit was held in the United Kingdom was at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2005.
The five-star Lough Erne complex in Enniskillen, opened in 2007, is located on a 600-acre peninsula between Castle Hume Lough and Lower Lough Erne.
The £35 million development is now on the market for a third of that figure.
The G8 brings together the heads of eight of the world's most powerful economies - the US, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, the UK, Japan and Canada.
The G8's roots lie in the oil crisis and global economic recession of the early 1970s.
Next year will be the 39th meeting in a series dating back to 1976.
Leaders aim to boost co-operation over trade and finance and strengthen the global economy.
This year the premiers of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the EU joined US President Barack Obama at Camp David, Maryland.

Is this not the one with all the riots??

summerskin · 20-11-2012 02:09PM

Now with added sectarianism!

Zebra3 · 20-11-2012 02:10PM

electrobanana wrote: »

Is this not the one with all the riots??

You mean the one with protests that would be attacked by the police.

To show how democratic those leaders are, they hide their meetings away now in the asshole of nowhere to make it difficult for huge numbers to protest against the corruption of the elite.

electrobanana · 20-11-2012 02:12PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

You mean the one with protests that would be attacked by the police.

To show how democratic those leaders are, they hide their meetings away now in the asshole of nowhere to make it difficult for huge numbers to protest against the corruption of the elite.

ya that's the one alright

c_man · 20-11-2012 02:14PM

summerskin wrote: »

Now with added sectarianism!

Also a few Pro-Sean Quinn protests.

Lapin · 20-11-2012 02:15PM

electrobanana wrote: »

Is this not the one with all the riots??

Tis. (Eh, the one where the police and protesters attack each other).

I wonder will they spill over and flare up south of the border?

The Gardaí won't be able to borrow the watercannon from the PSNI this time because they'll need it themselves.

They're fúcked.

europa11 · 20-11-2012 02:15PM

Will the Quinns be invited along?

Winty · 20-11-2012 02:17PM

All jokes aside this is great news add some much needed funds to the area

Great news

Stheno · 20-11-2012 02:19PM

Anyone else think it's a strange place to have it in, especially coming up to the marching season?

Chucken · 20-11-2012 02:20PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

You mean the one with protests that would be attacked by the police.

To show how democratic those leaders are, they hide their meetings away now in the asshole of nowhere to make it difficult for huge numbers to protest against the corruption of the elite.

That makes no sense

If people want to protest, a bit of travelling shouldn't stop them?!

Would Dublin be an acceptable venue?

electrobanana · 20-11-2012 02:20PM

Winty wrote: »

All jokes aside this is great news add some much needed funds to the area

Great news

Id say any funds will go on security lots and lots of it.

Zebra3 · 20-11-2012 02:23PM

Chucken wrote: »

That makes no sense

If people want to protest, a bit of travelling shouldn't stop them?!

Would Dublin be an acceptable venue?

Do you think there'd be bigger protests in a large city of a small village?

They pick the middle of nowhere in winter so there's just not the facilities to deal with large numbers of protesters.

gifted · 20-11-2012 02:26PM

Jesus...can you picture the heads on the boys when they see Fermanagh for the first time..."bloody hell lads, the recession is worse than we thought

AGC · 20-11-2012 02:27PM

Winty wrote: »

All jokes aside this is great news add some much needed funds to the area

Great news

Not good for the area at all, will be complete nightmare for any local residents and will bring no money to the area.

Interesting venue considering it is in administration.

Is Belfast or Dublin handier to commute from or will it matter? Helicopters all over the place!

Chucken · 20-11-2012 02:28PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

Do you think there'd be bigger protests in a large city of a small village?

They pick the middle of nowhere in winter so there's just not the facilities to deal with large numbers of protesters.

Its in June

I dont think it should matter where its held.
If people are cant stand by their ideals and make their way to protest, then maybe they should stick to armchair protesting.

AGC · 20-11-2012 02:29PM

Chucken wrote: »

Would Dublin be an acceptable venue?

For what? A conference we have nothing to do with or protest?

Autonomous Cowherd · 20-11-2012 02:30PM

I think an idea I heard on here..... of growing grass/crops and then mowing in messages that the world leaders can see as they fly over in their helicopters....is a great idea!!

My message would be really sappy, like ' WORLD PEACE ' or ' BE KIND '

I live near by...I'll assemble a team of mowers... :-D

AGC · 20-11-2012 02:30PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

You mean the one with protests that would be attacked by the police.

To show how democratic those leaders are, they hide their meetings away now in the asshole of nowhere to make it difficult for huge numbers to protest against the corruption of the elite.

Because holding it in the Europa in the middle of Belfast would be much better for the protestors:rolleyes:

Of course they hold them away from the public, you think the secret service, MI5 etc... want people to get near them??

Think the last one in the States was help in Camp David!

Grayson · 20-11-2012 02:33PM

If they held off a couple of weeks, the majority of the riotious population would be up at the garvaghy road. But then again, so would most of the police.

Stheno · 20-11-2012 02:33PM

AGC wrote: »

Think the last one in the States was help in Camp David!

Indeed it was!

Chucken · 20-11-2012 02:36PM

AGC wrote: »

For what? A conference we have nothing to do with or protest?

That was typed with tongue firmly in cheek

jmayo · 20-11-2012 02:47PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

Do you think there'd be bigger protests in a large city of a small village?

They pick the middle of nowhere in winter so there's just not the facilities to deal with large numbers of protesters.

I know the weathr can be bad in the North West but jeeze are you now claiming June is in winter ?

Autonomous Cowherd wrote: »

I think an idea I heard on here..... of growing grass/crops and then mowing in messages that the world leaders can see as they fly over in their helicopters....is a great idea!!

My message would be really sappy, like ' WORLD PEACE ' or ' BE KIND '

I live near by...I'll assemble a team of mowers... :-D

How much do you bet some eeejits will write "Free the Quinn 1"

How about just writing Fook Off ?
Every pilot would fly over it just for a laugh.

Luca Brasi · 20-11-2012 02:51PM

Stheno wrote: »

Anyone else think it's a strange place to have it in, especially coming up to the marching season?

As Britain is the host they are entitled to have it in any part of the United Kingdom they want.
Why they picked a place full of inbred yokels who can be guaranteed to whinge and moan about the disruption to the fulfilled lives baffles me

20-11-2012 02:55PM

Chucken wrote: »

That makes no sense

If people want to protest, a bit of travelling shouldn't stop them?!

Would Dublin be an acceptable venue?

Luca Brasi wrote: »

As Britain is the host they are entitled to have it in any part of the United Kingdom they want.
Why they picked a place full of inbred yokels who can be guaranteed to whinge and moan about the disruption to the fulfilled lives baffles me

AS the UK is host they can have it anywhere in the UK you mean?

We really dont want to start mixing up our Britains and our UK's in northern Ireland now do we.

ProudDUB · 20-11-2012 03:00PM

Chucken wrote: »

That makes no sense

If people want to protest, a bit of travelling shouldn't stop them?!

Would Dublin be an acceptable venue?

The UK is hosting this summit. Dublin is not in the UK.

Fratton Fred · 20-11-2012 03:03PM

Air Force One landing in Belfast? the M1 will be full of Plane Spotters.

Chucken · 20-11-2012 03:10PM

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

AS the UK is host they can have it anywhere in the UK you mean?

We really dont want to start mixing up our Britains and our UK's in northern Ireland now do we.

ProudDUB wrote: »

The UK is hosting this summit. Dublin is not in the UK.

Ok. Sorry

Winty · 20-11-2012 03:17PM

AGC wrote: »

Not good for the area at all, will be complete nightmare for any local residents and will bring no money to the area.

Interesting venue considering it is in administration.

Is Belfast or Dublin handier to commute from or will it matter? Helicopters all over the place!

Sorry do not agree.

The area and the venue will need tarting up so construction jobs and the media will need hotels and resturants so the area will have money left behind
The locals will see the benefit as it will only last a handful of days

AGC · 20-11-2012 03:27PM

Winty wrote: »

Sorry do not agree.

The area and the venue will need tarting up so construction jobs and the media will need hotels and resturants so the area will have money left behind
The locals will see the benefit as it will only last a handful of days

And then the North will be hit with a lovely security bill which will out do it all.

The venue doesn't need much tarting up, what it will need is a complete pre visit by each delegation for security etc which will again come out of the tax payers pocket.

A 2 day conference like this won't bring much if anything in the long run bar hassle.

Terrontress · 20-11-2012 07:36PM

Lough Erne is one of the most beautiful settings in the UK and I think it is a great venue to host such a summit.

The international tourist industry is already very well developed in Fermanagh so hopefully this will further that.

Lough Erne had a lot of American service personnel stationed in the run up to D Day. Hopefully the world will know a bit more about it by this time next year.

westendgirlie · 20-11-2012 08:16PM

I agree with Terrontress. Lough Erne is picturesque and the golf course is an ideal setting for the summit.

The G8 summit is broadcast worldwide and regardless of protesters, the airtime this part part of the North West gets, should hopefully boost tourism for Fermanagh and its surrounding counties.

I hope Bord Failte takes advantage of the summit and books advertising space on TV stations in (at least) the 8 participating countries.

G8 summit in Co Fermanagh

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