Euronews visits The Glyde Inn for show on EU elections
Television viewers across Europe will get an insight into how Louth people feel about Europe after The Glyde Inn, Annagassan, was selected to represent Ireland in a series of programmes by European news station Euronews which will be broadcast ahead of next month’s European Elections,
The programmes, entitled Sleepovers, see presenter Stuart Oates, spending 24 hours in five different countries to discover what their citizens think about Europe.
The Glyde Inn, winner of the National Pub of the Year and National Geographic’s Best Places in the World to Eat, was chosen as his Irish location as he set out to discover what the EU means to his host Conor O’Neill and those around them.
Stuart arrived for his ‘sleepover’ on Thursday April 11 and was greeted with a fabulous traditional music session in the Glyde Inn courtesy of Lannleire Scoriocht.
The following morning Conor, the manager of the Glyde Inn, took his guest on a tour of some local producers calling first to O’Neill’s Bakery for some delicious freshly baked bread. Here Stuart had the opportunity to talk to John O’Neill about his views on the potential difficulties that Brexit might bring.
Conor then brought Stuart to visit Coastguard Seafoods in Annagassan to stock up on Terry Butterly’s famous lobster and smoked salmon. Terry spoke to Stuart about how EU bureaucracy and legislation was making life difficult for SME’s.
Next the pair headed to Clogherhead where they called on Noel Matthews in Dunany Crab and to fishmonger, Seamus Dunne before stopping at Oriel Sea Salt where John Delany talked about the importance of the EU with regards to trade, climate and sustainability.
On the way back to Annagassan, Conor took Stuart to Salterstown Pier for a spot of sea kale foraging. It didn’t take much convincing on the part of Conor to get the Euronews host to brave a quick dip in the waters at the pier!
That evening Stuart made himself useful pulling pints at the Glyde Inn where he later hosted an EU quiz for the locals. To find out how they fared you will have to tune in to Euronews in three weeks time to see the show.