Drama bigs up Adams-Trimble encounter; Saoirse Ronan gets a knock-back; buskers object to Grafton Street development; and Sabina Higgins takes on a woolly role
David Trimble, then UUP leader, and Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein president, at Castle Buildings, Stormont, in April 1998 during the negotiations that led to the Belfast Agreement. Photograph: Pacemakertalks back in 1998? Their joint comfort break has gone down in legend but a wee difference has emerged in various accounts over what was said as the pair relieved themselves.
So what did they actually say as they held the fate of Northern Ireland in their hands? Asked about it at a Q&A on stage after the performance, Adams corrected the record, saying his ice breaker was: “We have to stop meeting like this,” to which Trimble replied: “Grow up.”I hate running. I tried it and it didn’t do me any good. I can’t be alone feeling like this?
Saoirse Ronan bought a house near Ballydehob in west Cork for €650,000 in 2020. Picture: Andres Poveda Last month the High Court heard claims that a pension fund operated on behalf of Foxrock-based businessman Connie Kelleher by David Montgomery is owed another considerable sum from the late solicitor’s estate. Montgomery allegedly operated a scheme loaning out money from Connie Kelleher’s pension scheme to borrowers, who paid interest on the loans, helping to top up the pension but there is now a €618,834 hole in the client account.
Glover points out in his objection that buskers and residents frequently clash in Temple Bar over noise. He fears the same will happen on Grafton Street, which he says is “most famous worldwide for its street musicians”. He says the “charm and culture” of street musicians attract thousands of tourists every year to Ireland but they will be left with nowhere to perform if streets like Grafton Street turn residential.
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