Sinn Féin leader finds there is no partition in economy class as she is seated in the same row as DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson on their way home from Washington
A sizeable number of the visiting Irish contingent had a similar idea and were booked on the same Aer Lingus flight. The aircraft wasn’t a big, wide-bodied one but a smaller Airbus with three seats on either side of a central aisle.
They probably succumbed when the Sinn Féin leader uttered the words “There you are, Jeffrey!” before slipping into her seat beside the equally surprised-looking DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson and his special adviser. Jeffrey was in the window seat.At this point, we are reliably informed, the Sinn Féin WhatsApp group went into meltdown.
The Minister for Public Reform and Expenditure delivered the keynote address at Ennis Chamber’s annual president’s lunch, which was hosted this year by Colin Ryan and Chamber chief executive Margaret O’Brien. Local politicians in attendance included Fianna Fáil senator Timmy Dooley and Green Party senator Róisín Garvey. The chamber sent its best wishes were sent to Fine Gael TD Joe Carey, who is recovering from a major health scare.
Not the sort of enthusiastic behaviour one might expect of a politician often tipped for a big job in Europe after the next election, whenever that may be.Irish, French and Basque locals joined forces at their St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Biarritz last weekend to honour Brigitte Porte, the recently retired media and cultural director at the Irish Embassy in Paris.
One of Brigette’s Irish friends in the south of France thought it would be fitting to mark her retirement by asking the President to write a letter to her which would then be presented at her retirement do in February at the embassy in Paris. Aidan Larkin was ordained in 1985 but he led a very interesting life before entering the priesthood. He was an SDLP representative for Mid-Ulster in the powersharing Stormont Assembly in 1973. He qualified as a barrister and went to work for the European Council’s legal service in Brussels.
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