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Bertie came

An Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, visited us at the opening of the ArcLab Research and Innovation Center yesterday. The day went well though he was in and out faster than a wife dragging her man out of a pub. Apparently he had 15 other openings to attend to that day.

The mayor of Waterford was there as was Martin Cullen and various other dignitaries from WIT.

One thing I must comment on is that Irish speakers need to raise their heads more. The mayor kept her head up more than most but it looked like she was reading her notes via braille. The rest, even Bertie, kept their heads down as they read their speeches. I was also suprised when the building was blessed by two priests. Apparently it is the done thing in Ireland even though afterwards a few jokes were made about avoiding it becoming a religious day.

All in all an interesting experience and a good thing for the Waterford region.

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James Corbett 2 years ago 1 point
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"The day went well though he was in and out faster than a wife dragging her man out of a pub"

That brings back the memories. It was all of 6 years ago when I setup in business and first thought of myself as a web developer. One of me first contracts was a website for the local parish council. As luck would have it An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was calling around to launch some other scheme/association in the parish and we got him to launch the website at the same time.

What amazed me was the way in which the whole thing was choreographed. Bertie's personal assistant literally rehearsed every footstep Ahern would take and estimated how long it would last..... "So An Taoiseach will enter at this door.... walk across the room thus.... sit down at this chair..... and push this button.... then he'll stand for a photograph and exit via that door".

Of course "pushing the button" didn't actually do anything significant but I guess it cut the virtual tape ;-)

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James Corbett 2 years ago 1 point
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Did I actually write "one of *me* first contracts"....? Crikey I'm not really that much of a bogger.... honestly! ;-)

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Paul Watson 2 years ago 1 point
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hehe, you culchie you ;)

One of the WIT dignitaries was leaning into Bertie's car yesterday. I remember seeing the car starting to inch forward, door still open and dignitary still attached. One of Bertie's minders had to push the dignitary away who then took a step back with his arms outspread, the door slammed shut and the car roared off. Pretty weird.

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James Corbett 2 years ago 1 point
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Weird indeed but I bet that kind of thing happens all the time. DId you ever see the episode of "Hanging with Hector" where Ò hEochagàin followed Bertie to France? There was a photocall on the steps of some building and Chirac forefully shoved one of Bertie's aides down the steps out of the shot. And I don't mean 'nudged gently'.... I mean *forecefully* shoved .... hehe....

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