Up at 4am to cover a Fine Gael campaign event at Dublin Port.
#ThePeopleWhoGetUpReallyEarlyInTheMorning
#ThePeopleWhoGetUpReallyEarlyInTheMorning
God help me.
"We haven't got enough high-vis" 
There's a man essentially giving a narration now so it's more like the Viking Splash Tour now than the NiteLink.
Loving life more with each passing second.
There's the Tánaiste and Mairead McGuinness hiding from the rain under a bike shed.
Small talk isn't easy at this hour, let me tell ya.
Everyone's very excited to see the ferry arrive.
I was given a high-vis with a snotty tissue in the pocket.
It gets better and better.
It gets better and better.
Here they are now. All the lads.
Simon Coveney rejects view that this is a stunt.
Paschal Donohoe says he thinks it's "extraordinary" to label it as such.
Coveney says Micheál Martin is afraid to talk about Brexit.
#ge2020
Paschal Donohoe says he thinks it's "extraordinary" to label it as such.
Coveney says Micheál Martin is afraid to talk about Brexit.
#ge2020
Pressed the Tánaisre to elaborate on differences between FF and FG... He says "it's about trust".
Says FF wrecked the economy but doesn't specify what the difference in approach on Brexit would be...
Says FF wrecked the economy but doesn't specify what the difference in approach on Brexit would be...
The Fine Gael bus has pulled up at Circle K.
Are Simon and Paschal getting the brekkie rolls in?
Are Simon and Paschal getting the brekkie rolls in?
Answer: Mairead McGuinness and Helen McEntee straight for coffee. Paschal and Simon are in the line for rolls.
A deli counter for the Irish people - @BigDirtyFry
A deli counter for the Irish people - @BigDirtyFry
"Could I get a sausage roll," says the Tánaiste... "With butter and ketchup... Just sausages yeh"
Paschal Donohoe "or the lad in the yellow top" orders a bacon sandwich.
This is such good content.
This is such good content.
This man from Mullingar is off to watch Man Utd.
"Will we get a selfie hah? The Three Amigos isn't that it?" he says.
"Will we get a selfie hah? The Three Amigos isn't that it?" he says.
"Just eat the damn roll" I resist calling out.
A couple of lads said well done to Mairead McGuinness for "putting manners on Farage" so I'd say that's her day made.
Thus endeth coverage of the Dublin Port Brexit breakfast roll stunt.
Someone in 40 years: Where were you on Brexit Day, Richard?
Me: On the front lines lad... Watching Simon Coveney gnash a sausage sambo.
#brexit
Me: On the front lines lad... Watching Simon Coveney gnash a sausage sambo.
#brexit
Actually feel for all the punters coming in off the boat looking for a sausage roll and being swamped by politicians and grumpy journalists.
Running back to the garage because I'm starved and unimpeachable and wouldn't take a breakfast from FG.
Helen McEntee said she's "not a breakfast roll kind of girl" but I certainly am!
Helen McEntee said she's "not a breakfast roll kind of girl" but I certainly am!
Now that you're here, it is Brexit Day and a number of protests will be held along the border by communities who say they are losing their rights as EU citizens and to draw focus on the importance of a trade deal.
@bcab4eu
@bcab4eu
Coveney now on @PatKennyNT: We are losing a very powerful friend in Europe...
He's now talking up new relationships and alliances like ones with the Nordic countries and Netherlands.
He's now talking up new relationships and alliances like ones with the Nordic countries and Netherlands.
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