Obama’s just arriving at the Waterfront Hall… I’ll try and note the main highlights of the speech here (when he gets to the podium)…
We're about to go LIVE!! UTV with full #Obama coverage at 9.25am. And don't forget the live online blog http://t.co/2o7j6pC8P9
— Marc Mallett (@MarcMallett_UTV) June 17, 2013
And US people, this is Belfast HUMOUR…
Obama in East Belfast. Someone take him to The Oval and lock him in until he agrees to get the club money. Make it happen people
— Neil Wilson (@Neil_GFC) June 17, 2013
Delays now up to fifteen minutes…
Brian Little's great pic of the moment Finance Minister Sammy Wilson joined Gerry Adams in a pre-Obama Mexican wave pic.twitter.com/bqfmn1p5EN
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) June 17, 2013
“Oh Feck, I’ve been Adamsed…” The Finance Minister succumbs to the wiley moves of President of Sinn Fein…
@GerryAdamsSF is that first time you've put your hands up to anything Gerry? 😉
— Katie-o (@kateyo) June 17, 2013
Well, it’s a fair point…
@mickfealty 'Peace is indeed harder than war, and its constant fragility is part of its beauty.' http://t.co/TLypTXVS2l
— Patricia MacBride (@patriciamacb) June 17, 2013
The best part of the speech was written by someone else…
Yay Matt Baggott has fan!! The #POTUS no less… Makes a change from being a convenient whipping post for the politicians who put him there.
— Mick Fealty (@mickfealty) June 17, 2013
"Over time laws changed, hearts and minds changed… Politicians often follow rather than lead… " on the slow draining of discrimination
— Mick Fealty (@mickfealty) June 17, 2013
Quotess Yeats (pron correct) "Peace comes dropping slow.." But that is no excuse for politics to come dropping slow…
— Mick Fealty (@mickfealty) June 17, 2013
Brief (very) thoughts from on Fox Five, San Diego earlier this afternoon…
Later…
In Enniskillen, PM Cameron and POTUS did painting with kids. POTUS said: “I think I just went outside the lines.”
— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) June 17, 2013
Political coup for Cameron – major diplomatic effort to secure this photo showing UK back at heart of Europe. pic.twitter.com/GTWbCgONG9
— Simon Nixon (@Simon_Nixon) June 17, 2013
And Fermanagh (cool publicity shot)…
The G8 in numbers, so far – 8,000 police officers, 4 protests, 2 arrests.
— Mark Simpson (@BBCMarkSimpson) June 17, 2013
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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