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Referendum Count


Friends,

Okay, that might be stretching it a bit. I mean, does anybody even read these posts? Anyway, it's New Year's Eve and I'm ending the year with a post that has no relevance to that fact whatsoever.
It's a piece of footage from all of seven months back. I shot it in Dublin Castle on my iPhone. The occasion was the Fiscal Treaty referendum count. As you can see from the photo above, Miriam O'Callaghan of RTÉ was interviewing two politicos, namely, the leftie Richard Boyd Barrett and the more-to-the-right and fragrant Lucinda Creighton. Yours truly was nearby: watching, watching, always watching...
Have a great 2013! Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtD9T43DKW8

I remain your humble servant,

Brian


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