Call for protests during Donald Trump's visit to Ireland

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Source: rte.ie news


Updated / Saturday, 1 Sep 2018 22:46
The White House said in a statement that Donald Trump would visit Ireland in November


Politicians and activists have said they will be holding a protest during the visit of US President Donald Trump to Ireland in November.
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Following the announcement, the Government said that Mr Trump’s visit will be an "opportunity to follow up on the issues discussed in the White House in March including migration, trade, climate change and human rights issues".

However, the Labour Party, Green Party and Solidarity-People Before Profit have pledged to organise protests surrounding the visit.

In a statement, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said: "We're calling on Irish people to tell our Government to cancel this visit; and for them to demonstrate in never-before-seen numbers should they fail to do so."........................................

Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2018/0901/990922-donald-trump-ireland-visit/

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Another embarrassing trip abroad for America!!

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The Irish Are Furious: The Entire Country Of Ireland Flies Into Rage As Trump Announces His Plans To Visit - Twitter Hastag #TrumpIsNotWelcomeInIreland

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And there is this:


Suzanne @olsuzanna1
Aug 30

now you did it...Danny Boy is an almost sacred song to an Irishman..it has a history and commaderiere to it .Again trump has showed his utter lack of common sense..and drugs and criminals..good lord...

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Trump mocks Irish air “Danny Boy” joining those who misunderstand the song
IrishCentral Staff
@IrishCentral
August 10, 2018 04:41 AM


President of the United States Donald Trump.Wiki Commons / Matt Johnson

Donald Trump mocked the Irish classic “Danny Boy” during an Ohio rally. It was just the latest diss for a song that should be taken far more seriously as an Irish and world classic.

President Donald Trump dissed the classic Irish song “Danny Boy” on an election stop in Ohio this week. The Republican Party’s Troy Balderson was up against Danny O’Connor on the Democrat’s side. Trump as usual went for a derogatory name for his opponent. Among other things, Trump said:

"A vote for 'Danny Boy' and the Democrats is a vote to let criminals and drugs pour into our country.”

Associating “Danny Boy” with crime and drugs does the song a great injustice not that Donald Trump should care, but Irish Americans should.

Now there are few Irish Americans out there who have at some point not been drawn into an argument about “Danny Boy,” a/k/a “The Londonderry Air.” Usually it’s at 3am in the morning, after a screeching rendition of the Irish American anthem after a few pints too many.......................................................

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[SummerSnow]

1. Unwanted...

[BigmanPigman]

2. I want to know how they get the tRump baby balloon

to fly so high. Someone had a little one at the Stop Kavanaugh and she filled it with Helium and it only got about 12' off the ground and sort of hovered at that height.

[bettyellen]

3. #CeadMileFeckOffs Is the hashtag coming out of Ireland. Well said.

[riversedge]

4. What does it mean??

[Scurrilous]

7. cead mile failte: a hundred thousand welcomes

CeadMileFeckOffs: a hundred thousand feck offs.

[TomSlick]

5. Wait one damned minute.

Trump didn't diss the song, he dissed O'Connor's Irish name. He knows there are way more folks with Irish names in the US than there are in Ireland - right?

Gawd, how stupid.

[truthisfreedom]

6. Sadly for herr drumpf: abroad used to mean a broad.

Now it just means annulment.

[Pope George Ringo II]

8. Just as an update

Donald Trump's Irish visit came 'out of the blue' - Varadkar

The Taoiseach has said the news that US President Donald Trump is to visit Ireland "came a little bit out of the blue".

Leo Varadkar said there is a standing invitation for any US President to come to Ireland and many have in the past.

But speaking on the Marty Squad on RTÉ Radio 1 this evening, the Taoiseach said the Government had not known until "just a couple of days ago" that President Trump would be taking advantage of his trip to Paris for the Armistice anniversary to visit Dublin and Doonbeg in Co Clare.

He said a programme for the visit had not yet been worked out but any schedule would have to respect the fact that we will be inaugurating a President on 11 November.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0902/991158-trump-visit-varadkar/

It looks like Varadkar was a little surprised, and we at least have the possibility that there will be a "schedule conflict" preventing the visit.