Catherine Connolly
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Sep 17, 2026
Andrew McNairHOST
Officials also point to wider benefits, including potential regeneration around the city centre, including potential regeneration around city centre locations such as O'Connell Street.
Andrew McNairHOST
President Catherine Connolly is spending the second day of her official visit to Scotland in Glasgow as she continues a four-day programme aimed at strengthening ties between Ireland and Scotland.
Andrew McNairHOST
The visit began yesterday when the President received an honorary fellowship from the Royal Society of Edinburgh where she highlighted the deep cultural, historical and linguistic links shared by both nations.
Andrew McNairHOST
The trip will later take her to Coatbridge on the Isle of Skye where she'll visit Scotland's National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture.
Andrew McNairHOST
Speaking ahead of the visit, President Connolly said Ireland and Scotland are bound by centuries of friendship, culture and migration.
Andrew McNairHOST
From Glasgow, Fecra Gallagher has more.
Fecra GallagherCORRESPONDENT
The President kicked off her Scottish tour yesterday morning when she was received by First Minister John Swinney at Bute House in Edinburgh, his official residence.
Fecra GallagherCORRESPONDENT
On a week when Irish reunification has been to the fore of the news agenda, Connolly and Swinney discussed movements towards self-determination in Northern Ireland... and in Scotland during a private meeting.
John O'SullivanCORRESPONDENT
It also noted that while 2,671 local authority homes were retrofitted last year, the current pace of activity is unlikely to meet the national target of retrofitting 36,500 properties to a B2 rating by 2030.
Brian JenningsHOST
President Catherine Connolly has met Britain's King Charles as part of her four-day official visit to Scotland.
Brian JenningsHOST
President Connolly was a special guest at a dinner at Dumfries House last night.
speaker_4CORRESPONDENT
This was a strictly private event hosted by the King in the Palladian surroundings of Dumfries House, an 18th century mansion set on an extensive parkland estate.
Oliver CallanHOST
I hope they cheer up eventually.
Oliver CallanHOST
Who's having a good week? I would say President Catherine Connolly is having a swell week.
Oliver CallanHOST
Very quiet Uachtarán up to this point, doing things in her own new style that we're getting used to.
Oliver CallanHOST
And in just the last, is it six days? She met Donald Trump last Saturday morning in that atmosphere that would have chilled Spain in July.
Fiach MoriartyGUEST
And, you know, I think, actually a friend of mine is the principal now of Gael's Glynche Cor, and he made a great point.
Fiach MoriartyGUEST
Catherine Connolly was, her first point of order when she became president was to visit Gael's Glynche Cor, just quite near the Phoenix Park.
Fiach MoriartyGUEST
And he said in an interview, he said, everyone that comes through the Gael's Gael system kind of becomes an advocate for the language.
Fiach MoriartyGUEST
Because certainly when I was a kid, you were weird, you were odd.
Victoria SecretHOST
Did you see the table? No.
Victoria SecretHOST
Was that the one with having tea with Catherine Connolly? No.
Victoria SecretHOST
So he had to like, he was signing something.
Victoria SecretHOST
And I have to show you because the people are saying that they put him at a tiny table.
Victoria SecretHOST
Yeah.
Davina DivineHOST
he just spits out like non-stop fucking lies it's absolutely fascinating and everything is the best it's always the best it's always the best it's always the best
Victoria SecretHOST
here it is found it let me see so there's President Catherine Connolly and there he is at a table but it's a tiny table and people online are saying no she's taking the piss at him like he looks like he's at the kids table it doesn't look that bad surely they have a massive desk in the office and they've put him at this tiny table because he's also like a big man too yeah he is tall I think he's like 6'2 or 6'4 it's even low like look where it goes up to her on her hip she can't be that tall it's
Davina DivineHOST
probably there since like the 1920s or something it's probably a real historical piece of furniture and the book alone the whole table I know that's it's like something you'd have in the hall in the 90s you know like with your phone and yellow pages on it if she did do that intentionally that's fucking gas she's cool I like her my word is cherub oh cherub cherub you know like say
Niall DelaneyHOST
Dr. Connolly had been in Dublin, included in the many thousands who were protesting at the visit of US President Donald Trump to Ireland.
Niall DelaneyHOST
She is, as you know, a sister of our president, Catherine Connolly, which is no doubt one of the reasons why her interview caused so much reaction.
Niall DelaneyHOST
And she told CNN News that the White House should be flattened with the rubble that the Israelis were responsible for creating in Gaza.
Margaret ConnollySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
80,000 people accounted for and probably another 200,000 are dead under the rubble.
David YoungGUEST
Um, and yeah, [chuckles] did I expect the answer? [sighs] I think part of me did because he'd, he had hinted at it, um, not only in March, uh, when at the speaker's lunch he talked of the merger, but even at the start of that meeting when the, when the both, uh, [lip smacks] both principals, uh, you know, had a, had a, had a few words to open things up, and that's the way these things usually work.
David YoungGUEST
They, they make some opening comments, um, and then I think the first or second question, he was asked about his, his engagement with Catherine Connolly, and at that point, he, he mentioned again that they'd talked about Northern Ireland, and he made another joke, uh, about, you know, to the Taoiseach about, you know, "When are you, when are you guys getting together?" in respect of potential, uh, hinting at unification again.
David YoungGUEST
Uh, very different from making a joke and making a quip at a, at a lunch or, um, as a sort of an aside to a question.
David YoungGUEST
It's, it's different, uh, obviously to get him on the record and making a serious point on that, and that's what I'd, what I'd hoped to achieve, and thankfully, it, it worked out like that.
James WalkerHOST
Mm-hmm.
Laura WebsterHOST
Catherine Connolly is here in Scotland.
Laura WebsterHOST
Uh, she's here for four days actually, so, uh, kind of nice follow on from the Celtic Alliance, uh, coverage we've been doing already.
Laura WebsterHOST
She was meeting with John Swinney, the Scottish First Minister, earlier today, so we'll have some more coverage on that as well.
Will FaulknerHOST
I'll give you some actual numbers in a minute.
Will FaulknerHOST
Catherine Connolly was here at the National Ploughing Championships yesterday.
Will FaulknerHOST
As is customary, the president performed the official opening around midday, and she used her speech to talk about climate change and says, "It is crystal clear we cannot continue with business as usual." Now, bear in mind, she's speaking largely to an audience of farmers here, and many of those were forced to use their winter fodder earlier this year because of the stunted grass growth.
Will FaulknerHOST
So I'm not sure how much sympathy there was for her view or indeed interest.
Fran CurryHOST
Yeah.
LeanneHOST
And I know Catherine Connolly got a lot of slack online because she wasn't Michael D. Higgins.
Fran CurryHOST
Mm.
LeanneHOST
And Michael D. Higgins wouldn't have done that, and he did it this way, and he did it that way.
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