Irish president in first state visit to London

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  • čas přidán 7. 04. 2014
  • The Irish President Michael Higgins has arrived in London for his first official state visit to the UK. He was received at Windsor Castle by the Queen. Andy Davies reports on how the relationship between Ireland and Britain is set to change.Sign up for Snowmail, your daily preview of what is on Channel 4 News, sent straight to your inbox, here: mailing.channel4.com/public/sn...
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Komentáře • 201

  • @Catalpa1876
    @Catalpa1876 Před 2 lety +56

    Michael D Higgins, President of Ireland. A true statesman.

  • @5timestkd467
    @5timestkd467 Před 6 lety +92

    Respect to Ireland from America 🇺🇸🇮🇪

  • @northchurch753
    @northchurch753 Před 5 lety +89

    Respect from Canada to the lands of my ancestors 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪

    • @connorbrennan501
      @connorbrennan501 Před 4 lety +4

      ayy same. Irish and English roots go far back in Canada.

    • @immortaltyrant2474
      @immortaltyrant2474 Před 4 lety +3

      🇬🇧🇨🇦🇮🇪

    • @kimjong-un1136
      @kimjong-un1136 Před 4 lety +5

      Whiskey and Syrup mix incredibly well. That's all I'll say.

    • @conor711
      @conor711 Před 4 lety

      Crown Prince of Manitoba 💪💪

    • @callumlynch9575
      @callumlynch9575 Před 3 lety +1

      Oh good god, this is a prime reason why we hate the americans

  • @aben7810
    @aben7810 Před 3 lety +16

    Sweet. Respect from Algeria to the British and Irish

  • @ethanmurphy9719
    @ethanmurphy9719 Před 4 lety +32

    I'm irish so happy

  • @endacolbert
    @endacolbert Před 4 lety +54

    God bless Ireland from USA

  • @gilbyadams7360
    @gilbyadams7360 Před 7 lety +37

    Respect from indonesia to ireland. Longlive.

  • @dazzer273
    @dazzer273 Před 5 lety +47

    Republic of Ireland is a term used to describe the type of independent state Éire/Ireland is. The Irish president and many presidents have been to the North of Ireland. As a nationalist I’m still very well aware that the north of Ireland is part of the UK so again she’s wrong. It’s the first visit to Great Britain.

    • @Adson_von_Melk
      @Adson_von_Melk Před 4 lety +11

      No, he made the first STATE visit to the UK, those he made to Northern Ireland were not state visits.

    • @gingerbaker4390
      @gingerbaker4390 Před 3 lety

      Ireland was part of the UK. You had representation in Westminister. I don't know where the republic idea came from. ?? It must've been foreign.

    • @phillipwilloughby5013
      @phillipwilloughby5013 Před 3 lety +7

      @@gingerbaker4390 No not foreign. It was the Irish Volunteers, the Irish Citizen Army, and the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
      They created Ireland's Proclamation of Independence and the seven men who signed it were all executed and that compelled the Irish people to establish the Irish Republic. The Irish cherish their Proclamation of Independence like the Americans cherish their Declaration of Independence.
      And Ireland never wanted to be part of the UK and were forced into it in 1801. And as the Irish Declaration of Independence says (yes there is an Irish Declaration of Independence too) "English rule in Ireland is, and always has been, based upon force, and fraud, and maintained by military occupation against the declared will of the people.".

    • @phillipwilloughby5013
      @phillipwilloughby5013 Před 3 lety +2

      True. You never anyone say:
      Republic of France
      Kingdom of Belguim
      Federal Republic of Germany
      Kingdom of Spain
      Republic of Italy

    • @TY-gh2yf
      @TY-gh2yf Před 3 lety

      @@phillipwilloughby5013 home rule was basically devolution but nobody had the word for it yet. You had many parties with variants on what was to happen. Some wanted to stay within the union but be independent etc

  • @xoor7647
    @xoor7647 Před rokem +5

    With all this Brexit happening in the U.K the relationship will be tested again but I'm confident it will become stronger than ever.

  • @briangriffin9708
    @briangriffin9708 Před 5 lety +15

    Talk about being negative, Channel 4 completely missed the point.

    • @PeterGranby
      @PeterGranby Před 8 dny

      YEA WE KNOW. SO DID YOU WE TINKH... OK....... .

  • @carmelsunblast8889
    @carmelsunblast8889 Před 2 lety +5

    A good job from our great president

  • @semajbronson21
    @semajbronson21 Před 6 lety +5

    0:45 Drum Major Steven Staite, Grenadier Guards leading The Band of the GrenadierGuards

  • @finn4012
    @finn4012 Před 3 lety +17

    Relations have just been set back. She didn’t pronounce the D in his name

  • @toptenhits
    @toptenhits Před 10 lety +22

    C4, always liked you guys - but - you miss the point this time. The head of state of Ireland just visited and you were more than a touch negative - leg before wicket. You guys should care more! It's important that you do.

    • @toptenhits
      @toptenhits Před 10 lety +3

      there is no threatening aspect to this engagement - this is a sincere exchange

    • @toptenhits
      @toptenhits Před 8 lety

      finalfrontier001 orish mutt like me - chris is gas

    • @MattanzaMafiaFedora
      @MattanzaMafiaFedora Před 8 lety +1

      +finalfrontier001 You are sincerely pathetic to make such a statement, mush. Ireland has influenced the world in ways that we have never seen from any other Occidental culture, and you really should take note of that.

    • @finalfrontier001
      @finalfrontier001 Před 8 lety +3

      MattanzaMafiaFedora
      Not more than the English.

    • @MattanzaMafiaFedora
      @MattanzaMafiaFedora Před 8 lety +2

      finalfrontier001 Mate, they have amounted every bit as much as we have, and then some.

  • @lorddoire727
    @lorddoire727 Před 2 lety

    This hope it is always

  • @mcfcfan1870
    @mcfcfan1870 Před 3 lety +17

    0:12 Bold of you to assume he doesn't have a D ?

  • @aine7173
    @aine7173 Před 4 lety +18

    Christ when the Queen of England came to Ireland we didnt bring up.everything done to Ireland by the british. We couldn't I suppose it would years I the telling.

    • @phillipwilloughby5013
      @phillipwilloughby5013 Před 3 lety +5

      When the Queen went to Croke Park in Dublin, BBC News did mention British forces turning up on the pitch and opened fire on the spectators during a football match in 1920.

    • @rnw2739
      @rnw2739 Před rokem

      Let's face it, you people are so obsessed with hanging on to resentment and do not even want reconciliation. It woukd never be good enough and the fact the loudest voices were not even present or alive during the incidents they cite is laughable.
      The vile comments made by so many Irish over the events of yesterday make tuay all too clear.
      Enjoy your wallowing and bitter hate filled lives whilst the rest of us embrace the future and forgiveness on BOTH sides - a concept strangely alien to Ireland who purport to be religious lol.

  • @TheOshman4
    @TheOshman4 Před rokem +1

    Very negative ending to the piece

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před měsícem

    Weird to think this video is a decade old

  • @seancurtain5285
    @seancurtain5285 Před 6 lety +7

    London is the city of my birth and Ireland is the country of my ancestry. My 'nationality' encompasses the WHOLE Irish nation and ALL its parts 9anáisiún uile agus gach roinn de). Higgins' presidency does NOT extent to the northeast corner of Ireland, only to part of the country that was formerly known as the Irish Free State.

  • @Philip_Bialk
    @Philip_Bialk Před rokem +1

    Good Afternoon Your Excellency,
    Sir, I am blessed to be created in the image of God and am gifted to present Jesus' ministry. May the fortune of your citizens bring prosperity to all your souls in Ireland.
    I am faithfully committed to making a difference in the lives of others because of the descent of the Holy Spirit.
    Yours sincerely,
    Philip Bialk
    P. B.

  • @irishguy8555
    @irishguy8555 Před 5 lety +6

    2 Islands???🤔

    • @steverose7384
      @steverose7384 Před 4 lety +6

      1.333 of an island and 0.666 of an island 🤣

    • @conorgilsenan3821
      @conorgilsenan3821 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes 2 islands what u slow

    • @CaptainX2012
      @CaptainX2012 Před 4 lety +1

      @@conorgilsenan3821 Ireland don't own an entire island, as a portion of the island is part of the United Kingdom.

    • @conorgilsenan3821
      @conorgilsenan3821 Před 4 lety +2

      @@CaptainX2012 yas may officially own the north but it will always belong to the people of Ireland

    • @Mr.Fender
      @Mr.Fender Před 3 lety +1

      @@CaptainX2012 not a portion six counties so about 17% of the island

  • @abdulinniss3287
    @abdulinniss3287 Před 2 lety +1

    Bernie Sanders

  • @aarondolan6776
    @aarondolan6776 Před 3 lety +14

    never peace until a united 32 ireland.

  • @jackyoungnighthawks4897

    De Higgins

    • @oog2370
      @oog2370 Před 3 lety

      Nope. Daniel Higgins

    • @craw.54
      @craw.54 Před 3 lety

      michael danny higgins

  • @TheJokeExplainerr
    @TheJokeExplainerr Před rokem

    Now, Im irish so of course i hate england, but i love the country itself.

    • @oliversherman2414
      @oliversherman2414 Před měsícem

      As an Englishman, I have no hard feelings for Ireland and actually have a lot of love for it. I'm pretty insulted by your blind hatred for my country 😞

    • @Hasanbas-rv3vm
      @Hasanbas-rv3vm Před 24 dny

      Youre ancestors were the oppressors of course you have no il feeling towards ireland!

  • @furaleyedera895
    @furaleyedera895 Před 3 lety +7

    英爱友好🇬🇧🇮🇪!

  • @billbolland909
    @billbolland909 Před 3 lety +1

    Oo. OSWALD MOSLEY

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Před 2 lety +4

    God Save The Queen. Long Live The Queen.

  • @Sarcastix7
    @Sarcastix7 Před 3 lety +4

    Pity Brexit has ruined this relationship between Ireland and the UK

    • @nofatchicks6
      @nofatchicks6 Před 3 lety +1

      Get a grip

    • @phillipwilloughby5013
      @phillipwilloughby5013 Před 3 lety +3

      True. Ireland quickly set up a trade deal with France after the Brexit referendum. New shipping routes were established between Ireland and mainland Europe so the Irish truckers can avoid driving via the UK. And the Irish government is having the size of Rosslare port doubled.

    • @MrRooibos123
      @MrRooibos123 Před rokem

      It hasn't ruined it, just made it a bit more difficult.

  • @karloconchobhair7912
    @karloconchobhair7912 Před 9 lety +37

    Ní neart go cur le chéile, tiocfaidh ár lá.

    • @flowersarenice1572
      @flowersarenice1572 Před 5 lety +3

      Karl O'Conchobhair Gad Sauf Oor Queen

    • @craw.54
      @craw.54 Před 3 lety +1

      shut up anglo

    • @TY-gh2yf
      @TY-gh2yf Před 3 lety

      @@craw.54 racist

    • @craw.54
      @craw.54 Před 3 lety +1

      you don't even know what the definition of racism is lol

    • @TY-gh2yf
      @TY-gh2yf Před 3 lety

      @@craw.54 prejudice towards somebody of a different race. If we aren't the same genetic mud from shagging for thousands of years, then we are different. But this geezer thinks that difference hierarchical

  • @rick_grimes1528
    @rick_grimes1528 Před 3 lety +4

    3:46 bruh tha lady wants to kill someone shes mad

  • @adhamhmacconchobhair7565
    @adhamhmacconchobhair7565 Před 4 lety +9

    Its the nicer version of Donald trump meetimg kim jong un

  • @christopher9727
    @christopher9727 Před rokem

    John 3:16-21
    16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
    Mark 1.15
    15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

  • @donaldstewart9827
    @donaldstewart9827 Před 3 lety +5

    Why should any Irishman or woman pledge an allegiance to a foreign sectarian monarchy?

  • @matthewlynch9331
    @matthewlynch9331 Před 4 lety

    us ie

  • @abhouston1
    @abhouston1 Před 7 lety +8

    That voice 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @thisisthenewcovenant6058

    He is not a man to trust

  • @steverose7384
    @steverose7384 Před 4 lety +8

    Woah, the queen got to meet a Leprechaun!

  • @gingerbaker4390
    @gingerbaker4390 Před 3 lety

    Lol what recepricol benefit does Britain have with Ireland., ? Ridiculous speech.

  • @mariomakiling2598
    @mariomakiling2598 Před 3 lety +2

    Lovely to see the 2nd First Minister of Ireland visiting her majesty. Yes, Ireland will be forever British long live the Monarchy and down with republicanism

    • @donaldstewart9827
      @donaldstewart9827 Před 3 lety +5

      Stop talking bullshit,Ireland all thirty two counties of it is Irish, there are in the six north eastern counties foreign planters who don't consider themselves Irish but bow the knee to a foreign English monarch, the clock is ticking on them as they are fast becoming a tiny minority on the island of Ireland.

    • @itsme-sn5gi
      @itsme-sn5gi Před 3 lety +8

      I was wondering when I would see a comment from a British extremist...

    • @phillipwilloughby5013
      @phillipwilloughby5013 Před 3 lety +6

      No, he is the President of Ireland. When Ireland became a republic, the president replaced the monarchy as head of state.

    • @Ghost_of_Michael_Collins
      @Ghost_of_Michael_Collins Před 3 lety +7

      Long live republicanism and down with the monarchy.

    • @Ghost_of_Michael_Collins
      @Ghost_of_Michael_Collins Před 3 lety +1

      Also Mario I think you failed Geography class in school.

  • @flowersarenice1572
    @flowersarenice1572 Před 5 lety +9

    Ireland is British
    Yeah it is shut up

    • @user-hm8wf2jf1h
      @user-hm8wf2jf1h Před 5 lety +18

      Flowers Are nice unless you live in the past AND advocate the destruction of democracy, then you are wrong.
      Ireland is independent. Ireland is sovereign. Ireland is free. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
      And in the next few years, that last missing bit - Northern Ireland - 16% of the island of Ireland, will be finally returned to independent Ireland.

    • @flowersarenice1572
      @flowersarenice1572 Před 5 lety

      THE DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY THE DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY
      HAVE YOU ANY IDEA HOW THE IRISH FREE STATE WAS FORMED? THAT WAS HARDLY DEMOCRACY

    • @danboland3775
      @danboland3775 Před 5 lety +11

      Yeah look up the 1918 general election m8

    • @Daisy-ct3nh
      @Daisy-ct3nh Před 5 lety +2

      Flowers Are nice tool, it was democracy,a referendum of the people!

    • @flowersarenice1572
      @flowersarenice1572 Před 5 lety

      edelno5 blaa There wasn’t a referendum 🙄

  • @bookwormsurfer
    @bookwormsurfer Před 22 dny

    Half Gaeltacht, half royal. No wonder I feel feckin f'ed up.