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MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY STUDENT Emma Kelly is on a J1 in the US for the summer.
She’s working in a restaurant over in Chicago, and didn’t recognise Ireland’s new Taoiseach when Leo Varadkar stepped through the doors at the weekend.
When she realised that it was in fact the head of the government who’d just ordered the shrimp tacos, she decided she’d take a “painfully awkward” picture with the Fine Gael leader.
Speaking to RTÉ’s Ryan Tubridy Show this morning, Kelly said she’d been in Chicago for the past two months and was living with a large group of friends.
“I’m a host in a restaurant,” she said. “So when people walk in, I greet them and take them to their seats. I give them water, tell them a bit about the restaurant.”
She said that when Varadkar arrived, she thought he and his companion were “just two normal guys”.
“Half way through the conversation, I realised they were Irish,” she said. “Obviously I was excited because I don’t get to talk to that many Irish people over here.
I told them there was a wait list to sit outside so I sent them to the bar. Then 15-20 minutes later, I brought them out to a tiny two-person table… then [my friend] Emer comes in and says ‘do you know that’s Leo Varadkar out there at the table?’
She then went out to move the Taoiseach’s table and said that he was “really nice about it”.
“He wasn’t too mad we didn’t recognise him, I don’t think,” Kelly said.
When you’re working in Chicago, you’re not expecting someone like that to walk in.
She said that they were moved to another table and that they enjoyed a nice conversation about her J1 and his holiday abroad.
Varadkar saw Kelly’s tweet later on, and sent one back to thank her for the service.
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Massive disappointment, the headline sucked me in, I thought she was on the aircraft when he partied in his undies.
Deliberately misleading headline alright.
The very best headline I’ve read on thejournal.
Legend get him on the late late
You have to be a presenter of another RTE show to get on that hot ticket.
Just give him a ticket to the show. He’d jump up on stage and make the show watchable for more than 2 whole mins.
It’s a fair point Jambon. If Tubs starting giving yippers and erb to everyone in the audience not only would the atmosphere be ELECTRIFYING, I for one would be queuing around donnybrook awaiting the night of our lives.
Was it Enda Kenny??
I bet he got a kick in the Caucasus for his trouble…
Probably a pat on the head. Sit ubu sit.
I think the Germans will have special methods of punishment for this humour filled individual
She was checking out Dacchau ; how appropriate rubber !
Luftpantsa
Maybe he was trying to get higher..
Pathetic joke
Why are so much of yous idiots that every article has something to do with enda kenny. Is your brain so lowly capacitated that you can’t actually bring a proper comical sentence to the forumbin relation to the incident.
Can you repeat that in English please.
Enda kenny
Enda Kenny, when asked recently on how he felt about Mayo’s All Ireland chances avoided the question and blamed the whole thing on the previous Fianna Fáil government.
What I want to know is where were the rest of the A-Team. I’d expect this type of behaviour from Murdock – but from Mr. T? What’s the world coming too!
The reason he didn’t try to fly it?
“I ain’t flying in no plane fool…”
Mr. T wouldn’t get on no plane, fool.
Ah… that explains the drugs – clearly Hannibal mixed up the meds in his milk.
Mr T is doing a show on BBC3, World’s Craziest Fools. It’s dumb but hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlIPx6MYE-U
Definitely wasn’t Irish. We don’t have money to spend on marijuana and ecstasy. Or underwear.
Speak for yourself fool.
Aw Gaz, give us a score. i promise I’ll buy leopardprint second skin speedos. And disco biscuits lol
“Enda, mein lickspittle, DAS IST VERBOTEN!!”
It wasn’t that mad Irish priest was it.
I really hope it turns out to be enda kenny:)
Oh yes I did!!
Probably because she had taken the shirt off of his back. :)
Headline had me thinking we had flying high bunga bunga party.
It was Mr Merkel.
It would have been great if he got the plane going.
There’s been serval high profile embarrassing news stories for Merkel over the last 2 weeks. Interesting given there is a major election coming up in September.
I don’t know the lady and don’t think she has been a great leader, certainly in European terms…. but ya gotta wonder why this is all happening now….
“Butch Merkel and the Wingdance Kid !”
We all partied
He must have been out of his vulkan mind….
Must have been Silvio thinking it was bunga bunga party night.
What are maijuana pills?
They’re like magic beans ; If the cops catch you with them you can’t emigrate !
German version of our dancing priest fella
Guess you could say
It’s all “up in the air” at this stage
Seriously, who the fu*k is Angela Merkel?
Anything for a few bob these days
Tear the underwear of Angela with me teeth so I would.
You might get a surprise with what you might find if you did.
One of the Bushes perhaps….
According to the bible John the only good bush is a burning bush ; Satan and his son dubya read the passage and thought “Middle East !”
Shit I hope it wasn’t Enda !
Angela’s wingman is going around in underpants ; t’would remind you of Top Gun .
More underpants parties!
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