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May

ireland live

Categories: Abroad: Ireland May 2011, All Photos and Articles
Tags: Barack, dublin, Ireland, irish, links, live, Michelle, moneygall, Obama, President, streaming, visit

Two Irish television channels will have live online coverage of the President and First Lady’s visit tomorrow, RTE and TV3

Sometimes their live online stuff isn’t available for viewing outside Ireland, but hopefully everyone willl be able to watch tomorrow.

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All times US Eastern - and very approximate!

4:30 AM (9:30 AM Irish time) President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at Dublin airport

They will travel from there to the Phoenix Park, Dublin, where their first stop will be Aras an Uachtarain for a meeting with President Mary McAleese and her husband Martin

Mr Obama will then visit Farmleigh, also in the Phoenix Park, where he will be greeted by Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny and his wife Fionnuala. Mr Kenny and Tanaiste (deputy Prime Minister) Eamon Gilmore will then have a bilateral meeting with Mr Obama

Following the meeting, Mr Obama is expected to visit US ambassador Dan Rooney at his Phoenix Park residence

9:0 AM (2:0 PM Irish time) The President and first lady are due to leave Dublin for Moneygall. If weather conditions are not favourable, they may travel by road instead of helicopter (Moneygall is one hour, 40 minutes from Dublin by road)

Mr Obama will then return to Dublin. He may stop off at the US embassy in Dublin to greet staff

12:30 PM (5:30 PM Irish time): Mr Obama is expected to arrive at Dublin’s College Green for an open-air concert and speech

The President and first lady will stay overnight in Dublin before leaving for London on Tuesday morning

(Irish Times)

You can see the full week’s schedule here

May

yet another gremlins update

By Chipsticks 30 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Articles
Tags: blog, gremlin, gremlns, site, wordpress

Grr …. WordPress still can’t figure out why so many of you are having trouble with this site. They say they’ve tested it with all the major browsers and it’s working fine. (But it’s not!)

Here are some tips from the WordPress support page if you want to try them - sorry again for all the problems.

WordPress support: Some issues that you encounter with your WordPress.com blog or account can be solved by changing your browser settings, refreshing the page, or clearing the browser cache and cookies.

Note: We recommend that you use Firefox for optimal performance with WordPress.com.

A force refresh or reload will cause the browser to re-check with the web server to make sure it has the latest copy of the web page you are viewing:

Windows: Ctrl + F5
Mac/Apple: Apple + R or Cmd + R

Clear Your Cache and Cookies: Each time you access a web page, your web browser stores a temporary copy of the files needed to display the web page to you. Those temporary files are called the browser cache. If your cache is not updating properly or if it’s stuck, you could be viewing an older version of some of the supporting files.

If you are experiencing problems displaying WordPress.com pages, clearing the browser cache is a good first step to try to resolve the issue. If that doesn’t help, you should also try clearing the browser cookies. Instructions for clearing cache and cookies are different for each browser and version. Google has outlined the steps for all major browsers - see here

More Troubleshooting: If you are still having trouble, here are a few more things you can try -

Upgrade your browser and Flash Player to the latest version available….

Try an alternate browser. If it works, then the issue is with the browser settings.

May

whoo hooooo, new white house photos!

By Chipsticks 24 Comments

Categories: All Photos, Joe 'Big Deal' Biden and Michelle Obama
Tags: air, Barack, Biden, Boehner, dancing, flash, force, hands, house, Joe, john, Michelle, mob, Obama, official, one, pete, photos, President, souza, white

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in the “Pit Crew Challenge” during an event with the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition on the South Lawn of the White House, May 9, 2011. The First Lady visited seven activity stations during the event, which helped promote both the Let’s Move! and Joining Forces initiatives. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

First Lady Michelle Obama dances during a Flash Mob Dance at Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden head towards the Oval Office Private Dining Room for lunch, May 4, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama walks across the tarmac with Vice President Joe Biden prior to departure from Fort Campbell, Ky., May 6, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama shakes hands with people in the crowd following his remarks on immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, May 10, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama talks with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid during a dinner with chairmen and ranking Members of Congress in the East Room of the White House, May 2, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

First Lady Michelle Obama greets students following a Flash Mob Dance at Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

President Barack Obama disembarks Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, following his trip to Fort Campbell, Ky., May 6, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Lots of new White House photos here

May

parish news

By Chipsticks 59 Comments

Categories: All Videos
Tags: Barack, funny, Ireland, irish, laughing, mass, moneygall, news, Obama, offaly, parish, President, priest, video

This is from the Irish news tonight. The video quality is terrible, but you have to hear the priest at the start, he completely cracked me up. When he reads out the parish news every week it’s usually filled with announcements like “cake sale at Mary Mac’s in the morning”.

:lol: