Irish town erects fake shop fronts for G8 summit

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Irish town erects fake shop fronts for G8 summit


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Stickers have been applied to windows to make towns look neater


I shit you not. Apparently the G8 leaders and their entourages are such delicate flowers that they can’t bear to see the effect of the global recession on the towns they drive through, such as upcoming host Enniskillen in Northern Ireland.

Via RTÉ, the Irish national broadcaster:

Local councils in Northern Ireland have painted fake shop fronts and covered derelict buildings with huge billboards to hide the economic hardship being felt in towns and villages near the golf resort where G8 leaders will meet this month.

Northern Ireland’s government has spent £2m (€2.3m) tackling dereliction over the past two years, the environment department said. Some buildings have been demolished and others have been given a facelift in an attempt to make areas more attractive.

Almost a quarter of “dereliction funds” were freed up for local councillors in Co Fermanagh in anticipation of Britain hosting the annual Group of Eight leaders’ summit there on 17-18 June. More than 100 properties have been spruced up. In the one-street town of Belcoo, the changes are merely cosmetic.

At a former butcher’s shop, stickers applied to the windows show a packed meat counter and give the impression that business is booming. Across the street, another empty unit has been given a makeover to look like a thriving office supply shop.

Locals are unimpressed. “The shop fronts are cosmetic surgery for serious wounds. They are looking after the banks instead of saving good businesses,” said Kevin Maguire, 62, an unemployed man who has lived all his life in Belcoo.

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WOW. absolutely reprehensible to say the least. taking a lesson from Catherine the Great?
 
shame they just couldn't reduce the rents or make it easier for a real business to be in that property
 
All this proves in the so called leaders don't care.
If they really we're leaders they would do something about the present state of affairs, but when you are owned by corporations the only thing they care about are lobbyists and corporate CEO's putting money in your pockets.

I heard a very interesting comment the other day, people cheer and support these political leaders and will do just about anything for them but at the end of the day are you any better off personally, but you can bet these people are, they truly don't give a shit about the common man.

President Obama party's the night away with Lady Gaga while people in the US lose their homes, jobs and have to live off food stamps.
 
hi .they have been putting these false shop fronts over other towns in northern Ireland for a couple of years now .bushmills portrush etc
 
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