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My dog has been to two G8s. A G8 dog.

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why they couldn't have a Skype conference.

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All we'd want now is if Obama came up

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and bought the Impartial Reporter here.

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I think there's an expectation that we, the local paper,

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needs to produce something special this week.

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In the heart of deepest Fermanagh in the historic town of Enniskillen

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lies the home of one of Northern Ireland's oldest newspapers,

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the Impartial Reporter and Farmer's Journal.

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Denzil McDaniel is the latest in a long line of illustrious editors

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who report on all the big stories.

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The Impartial Reporter was founded in 1825

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and the place is just steeped in history.

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These were just some snippets of the stories

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that the Impartial has carried.

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You know, 1830, the death of King George IV.

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1837, we include world news,

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the bid by Texas for independence from Mexico.

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We always look for world stories, but world stories with a local angle

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and that's kind of a long tradition over nearly 190 years

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and here we are today covering a world story in our own patch.

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Denzil's dedicated team of journalists are facing

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one of their greatest challenges, reporting the news

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while the G8 political circus rolls into town.

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A massive press corps has descended

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and a huge ring of steel is being erected around the G8 venue.

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People may be preparing for lockdown,

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Award-winning reporter Rodney Edwards has landed an exclusive.

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OK, well, it's four weeks to the G8 summit

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and today the Secretary of State

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is visiting the venue for the summit, the Lough Erne Resort.

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I would like to get talking to the Secretary of State

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to ask some questions about the summit.

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A lot of waiting? Yep. All part of the job.

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I think some of these people are on Fermanagh time.

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Journalist Lily Dane visits the home of Mrs McManus,

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a lady who has just turned 100.

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PEOPLE LAUGH

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You're a fine woman, Mum.

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And what would you attribute the long life to? What is your secret?

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Is there a secret? I don't think there is. I just think you...

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Aren't you a good Christian woman? You've always looked after the poor.

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And you've always been there for your family. So you enjoy life, then?

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You've had an enjoyable 100 years? I do. I do. Great.

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Are you going to have a party tomorrow?

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She's having a little family party tomorrow

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and she's having a big, big party on Sunday. Oh, right.

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We're going down to the chapel for mass and then we're going to the...?

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Westville Hotel. Westville Hotel. Lovely. Very nice. It's for over 200.

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Oh, my goodness! That's only family and close friends.

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But there's no mention that I'm getting money.

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Hello. Hi. Nice to meet you. Rodney Edwards from the Impartial Reporter.

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The Secretary of State. Good to meet you too. Sorry about weather.

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Well, I was taking a look and it still looks lovely,

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even in the pouring rain. Absolutely. Absolutely.

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What preparations are currently taking place?

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There's a major policing and security planning process under way.

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Inevitably, events like the G8

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come with their fair share of challenges on the security front.

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How many protesters are expected in Fermanagh?

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That's the big question, I think, that we all want the answer to.

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Well, there's a lot of research going on

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as to how many protesters might come.

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I think it is never possible to have a reliable figure in advance.

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She swears by a wee cup of tea, don't you?

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Back at the party, Mary has 100 years of stories for Lily.

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THEY CHATTER AND LAUGH

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The only time the Impartial Reporter ever came in

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was if you got something in some shop

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and they didn't want to waste good paper,

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they just give you a whack of the...

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So you used it for wrapping paper? That's right.

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One of the groups identified is a group

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that dress up in clown costumes and clown masks

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and they tickle police officers.

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Is that a concern of yours?

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Whether I'm quite sure exactly how

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people demonstrating in clown outfits would be dealt with,

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I'm sure the police and I will have an appropriate strategy for clowns

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Secretary of State, thank you very much.

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That's OK. I'm delighted to be speaking to the Impartial Reporter for the first time.

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Thank you. Of course, the newspaper that broke the story.

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You did, didn't you?

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It was one of my colleagues, actually, Julie Kenwell.

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So you got a world scoop, then. Indeed. Indeed, she did very well.

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Julie has an even bigger story than G8 to deal with.

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She's at home looking after her newborn.

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It was really down to having local sources in Fermanagh

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and having all your important contacts,

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so whenever we came out that week with the exclusive,

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we knew that we were onto a winner with the story.

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I'm planning to go back just for the week of the G8

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because I wouldn't like to miss out on it.

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It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Fermanagh,

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but as a journalist,

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it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as well.

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Preparation for G8 is in full swing.

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Derelict shops are getting a lick of paint

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and businesses are set to cash in as the world's great and good

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drop in for a cup of tea or a paper.

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My family's here 44 years and we've been selling it 44 years

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and it's still selling as well as ever.

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The Impartial used to be bought a lot for the death columns,

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because you'd have nice coloured pictures showing the deceased

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and giving the whole details.

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I think the G8 is going to be great for the country

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and it's tidied up all the derelict buildings, tidied up...

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It's put Fermanagh... On the map, yes.

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Definitely a big thing getting all the old buildings tidied up.

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Yes and the roads. And the roads.

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All we'd want now is if Obama came up

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and bought the Impartial Reporter here!

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THEY LAUGH

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I wouldn't think so, but hopefully he'll see it.

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You wouldn't know, he might. Take a few copies down to them.

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# On the road again

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# Just can't wait to get on the road again... #

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Staff photographer John McVitty's job

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is to bring local stories to life with great pictures.

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# ..I can't wait to get on the road again... #

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John's task is to get a photograph of the new bypass being opened

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by Minister Danny Kennedy just in time for G8.

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So maybe yourself and the chairman and Henry sort of waving towards...

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Or thumbing, whatever, yeah, lovely.

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Forget about the car, OK? We are not watching the car?

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So the car is not going to knock us down? Are we a safe distance away?

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And even if you want to lean over with the thumbs, OK?

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We need to be careful about road safety issues.

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You don't have us insured? No.

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Make sure I can see you.

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CAR HORN BEEPS Chairman! Chairman!

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SHUTTER CLICKS REPEATEDLY

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Perfect. It's always nice to be satisfied

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when you get the picture at the end of the day.

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Journalist Meadhbh Monahan meets local actor Ciaran McMenamin

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to get his views on one of Fermanagh's most contentious issues.

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Obviously, you are a Fermanagh man.

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Are you proud of your county and its green image

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and do you think that would be

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affected by fracking if it took place?

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I think this is the biggest issue for Fermanagh ever, in my eyes.

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Right, OK.

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In terms of us as a community and what it's going to mean

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and how the place will change for all our children and their children.

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I was just imagining yesterday what the place is going to look like.

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I mean, the change that's going to come is insane. I don't...

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As I keep reiterating, I don't think people get that.

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I think we need to become this...solid unit of opposition.

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Another huge event next week for Fermanagh, the G8.

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What's your thoughts on that and what it will mean for the county?

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I mean, it's... As the man says, any publicity is good publicity.

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If the sun comes out like this next week

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when all the world's journalists are here, the place will look amazing.

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Personally, I don't understand

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why they couldn't have a Skype conference -

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Deputy Editor Sarah Saunderson ensures the arts aren't overlooked

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in the build-up to the summit.

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Local writers Bryan Gallaher

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and Marion Maxwell talk about their new show.

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Writing is a solitary occupation, so did you research together or

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did you do it separately and then come together?

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A mixture of both it was, wasn't it? Yeah.

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You know, we'd research and we would get together and we would

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argue about what we had decided should be in

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and what should be left out. That's right.

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While we are both very interested, totally absorbed in the lore and

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the culture of Lough Erne,

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especially where we were reared, Upper Lough Erne. Yes.

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Have you been overwhelmed by the reaction to it, because obviously

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this is back by public demand at

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Well, it was sold out both times before. Both times, yes.

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It's not for us to say but we have had a lot of compliments,

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I suppose and interest.

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But we have unearthed some interesting stories,

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love stories, menage-a-trois, murder story.

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Yes. And why nobody who lived around the shores of Lough Erne

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ever could swim.

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Really? Yes. Why is that?

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We'll have to find out! Don't wait. Don't wait.

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Wait for the thrilling instalment!

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I think it's very important not to forget about local stories.

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Obviously, the G8 is dominating people's lives as we come into June,

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but life in Fermanagh goes on.

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People go to school, people will sit exams, people go to their work

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and ordinary things are happening as well, so we have to reflect that.

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Security is a major concern for Fermanagh during G8.

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Rodney has secured an interview

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with PSNI Superintendent, Alwyn Barton.

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Tell me about the police operation on the water.

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The waterborne patrolling has already started.

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We've had an increasing footprint now of boat patrols deployed

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primarily to provide a presence on the lough.

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What about terrorist activity?

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Is it possible that terrorists could travel by water?

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It's something which can't be ruled out.

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It's not something which there is information around at the moment.

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But certainly, it has to be part of our contingency planning

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and it's naive to not plan for it.

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So therefore we ensure we cover it. Yes.

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Brian Donaldson is meeting a local farming family to see

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how they will cope with disruption during the G8.

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Most Fermanagh farms,

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all members of the family are very much part of the farming situation.

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THEY CALL THE COWS

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How's James' Spanish?

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He needs to be more like me. He'll understand quite a lot

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because I speak to the kids in the house in Spanish.

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But he'll speak in his time.

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Being a farmer, you do not have much time to go on holidays. No, no.

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But he will understand quite a lot. Yes, yeah.

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One thing which is rather unusual on this farm is that James' wife,

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Alvera, is from Spain. And they've got four children.

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And the three eldest children are all bilingual.

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And it just adds a fantastic international flavour to this

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particular part of the world.

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I know you will have members,

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maybe more deeply affected by what is going on surrounding the G8 summit.

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There are guys actually within the inner cordon.

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How will they manage to get their milk out, get their feed in

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and if they had an animal sick, what arrangements are in place?

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With G8 fast approaching, the journalists seek out

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leads for the weekly edition.

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Maeve has heard a rumour that there is

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a celebrity in town at the local butchers.

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Do their best... It's none other than Eamonn Holmes.

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What do you think of the sort of hysteria that seems to have

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gone over the weekend about this fake villages?

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I think if you get boarded-up shops

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and places that look rundown it is a self-fulfilling prophecy

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so whereas it's not ideal, I'm not necessarily against it.

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I think that someone who passes through, you want a good impression,

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you want to be able to go back and say that's a nice place to be.

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Things are looking well.

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Part of the attraction of Enniskillen is that it is rural

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and a rural environment and you do not want it to change so much.

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But you see, look, she's going to create an... She's stopping here

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to take a picture of me with her camera and, you know...

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Doesn't matter about the rules and regulations. Look at this!

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Look at this. Quick, quick. Quick, before they...

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She is getting out of the car.

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If you don't ask, you won't get.

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Never mind the trucks and the traffic, we'll just delay,

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bring the whole town centre to a standstill. Lisa... I got a picture.

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Got it. Did you get one? We just don't want a picture.

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It has to be the picture. Take a look. Lisa is blinking in this.

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We're in trouble.

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Is it all right, Lisa?

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The Impartial's official photographer John, meanwhile,

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is busy back in the office

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upstairs in the newspaper's photo studio.

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Yes, totally relaxed.

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OK, give me a side-on view, please. Just keep that, don't move.

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Bring a leg right over the top of it and onto the foot of it. Yes.

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On your bum for me, like a good girl. That's it.

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On down for me.

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Happy, Janice? It was OK, actually, yeah. It wasn't too bad.

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The phone'll be goin' on Thursday morning. Thursday morning.

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I'll be first up, out to the shop to get the Impartial. Super.

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That's what it's all about. Thanks for coming in. Thanks, girls.

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Yes, she should enjoy them, now, on Thursday, when the paper comes out.

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Back on the street, Eamonn is still stopping traffic.

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Lisa, move that car before you get a ticket. Eamonn, nice to meet you.

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That's great. Lovely seeing you, lovely seeing you.

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And just finally, what has been the overall reaction from

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the local people you've met about the G8 coming? Positive or negative?

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If they get... Apart from you coming.

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..anywhere near the reaction I've got,

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I think everybody is in a frenzy.

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Somebody told me they met Colin Farrell and now they have met me,

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they're looking forward to meeting President Obama.

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I hope you catch a glimpse of them all. Thank you very much. Not at all.

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Appreciate that. OK, all the best. See you, Lisa. Bye-bye.

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Thank you very much, Niamh.

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Niamh, you not want a picture? I'm very annoyed.

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You don't want a picture? Now, see that, she's too cool for school.

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This is me. Can you freeze frame this?

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That's one for Niamh's album.

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Or is that Maeve?

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Back at HQ,

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Deputy Editor Mark Conway is piecing together the weekly edition.

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You know, John just doesn't settle for the ordinary.

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I think that's the key to John. He's one of the best in the business,

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no doubt about it. Not only in Fermanagh, but Northern Ireland.

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He's a brilliant news journalist, brilliant sports journalist.

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And a photo like that, we have to use big in the paper for the impact.

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Rodney has called a Tweeting in Denzil's office.

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We're hosting a live twitter Q session via our Twitter page

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relating to the G8 summit.

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There's a question from a P7 pupil at Jones Memorial.

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"Is there any chance that school will be closed?"

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Who would like to deliver the bad news?

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"Hearing that the South have powers in place to switch off

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"mobile phone masts if required over the G8?

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"Is there a same plan in the North?"

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the mobile network and that actually was more of a hindrance than a help.

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Protestors and campsites. Any more information on that?

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Will there be a campsite for protesters?

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It's a matter that is under consideration

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but no decision has been taken at this point in time.

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"Will the Western Education and Library Board be providing

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"free breakfasts for kids who have to get up half an hour earlier,

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"some at 6am to catch a bus at 6:45am?"

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The Catering Service will be having discussions with the schools.

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Two miles away in the beautiful venue for G8, Lily has arrived

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to meet chef Noel McMeel who will be cooking for the world leaders.

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I have Lily here at reception for you from the Impartial.

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Great. Thank you, Noel. Bye.

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Photographer John is there too, of course.

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To me, obviously, we'll be covering various aspects of the G8

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and how people are involved.

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Noel's obviously Executive Head Chef leading a team.

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So really, it's just an idea of a picture story, possibly.

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And just, you know, how he's going to promote the Northern Ireland produce.

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It is very exciting times. Everybody is so excited.

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I think more so, I think when it really all came about in January.

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When our Prime Minister Cameron actually came over

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and announced it was actually going to be in Fermanagh. Yes.

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It's unbelievable.

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Well, do you want to talk here, or shall we go outside

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when it's such a nice day? It's such a beautiful day, why not go outside?

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OK, that's great.

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Have you any sort of special dishes that you plan to prepare?

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Everyone asks me what kind of dishes are we going to be doing for the G8!

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I can only tell you that it will reflect a lot to do with Fermanagh.

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You know, at this stage,

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do you know what you're actually going to be doing?

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We know exactly what we're doing,

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and we're well prepared for it. Can I tell you? No! No!

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You can tell me afterwards, though. Afterwards, yes. Tell me afterwards.

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Maybe!

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Back at the newspaper's offices, journalists are responding

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to the tweets and messages from their readers.

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Are you all enjoying it so far?

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THEY LAUGH

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On a scale of one to ten,

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how concerned is Barack Obama about the phone signal in Derrygonnelly?

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THEY LAUGH

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You're not to be tweeting, Denzel now, come on!

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THEY LAUGH

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OK.

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Green bins, blue bins, they'll all be collected during that time, will they?

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With the exception of those properties that are within

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the exclusion zone, where the road is closed,

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all collections will be as normal.

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OK. Well, thank you all very much.

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Hope you enjoyed that!

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We just had a very lively Twitter Q session

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with the G8 delivery group in Fermanagh.

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Green bins will be collected, so nobody needs to worry about that.

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Nobody knows when things happen, obviously.

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In my business, nobody knows.

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The phone can ring, people can come through my door at any time.

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And we have to act accordingly

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and make things go as smoothly for the family as possible.

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Everybody knows the G8 is here. So we just have to work with that.

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During G8, it certainly will prove a wee bit more difficult.

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Most graveyards will be open.

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Julie, who broke the story, has come back to work just in time for G8.

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It's very strange being back in the office

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after four months of being off and being at home with Alfie.

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But in a way, it almost feels like I haven't been away, too.

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I've kind of slipped back into things again.

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And it's nice to be doing something other than changing nappies all day!

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It's quite refreshing.

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And I'm just looking forward to Monday and Tuesday,

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just to be able to soak up the atmosphere

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and see what it's like to be in Fermanagh during the G8.

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Denzel has gathered his team for a briefing.

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The big event is the big event.

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But to us, it's much more important that we get how it affects Fermanagh.

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There's no template for this, because, you know,

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as long as we have kind of a set plan of what everybody's doing.

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If we keep communicating.

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Maeve, you're going to look after the protests.

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Julie and Brian, vox pops.

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Reports of traffic jams, people affected by disruption.

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Schools serving breakfast, etc.

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There's also a slight possibility of an interview

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with Cameron on Tuesday. Did he request it, or did you?!

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It was after Julie, you see.

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He read Julie's piece and thought,

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have to do something with The Impartial!

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Yeah, I heard he was asking for an interview

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with the journalist of the year!

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Everybody happy?

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It's the last paper before G8.

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Lovely.

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Janice and her mum are excited to see

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if her photo shoot has made it into the paper.

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Oh, Janice! Oh, no. Oh, they're lovely.

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She's in, and Mum is very proud.

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They really are. She cleans up well!

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Brian and John head to the local school to find out

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how disruption might affect the students.

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This is Friday the 14th of June.

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We're trying to find out how many of the students

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had to get up really early.

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What time did you have to get the bus this morning?

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Yeah, at like, 7:10. 7:10? Does that mean getting up at what time?

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About 6.30. 6.30. That's quite early, isn't it? Yeah!

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And it was daylight at that stage, was it? Yeah, bright! Yeah.

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So, is there anybody else earlier than you, do you think,

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coming into school?

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Have you heard of anybody getting up really, really early?

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6.30 is early enough, I think!

0:25:510:25:53

Meanwhile, Rodney gets wind of another story.

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I've heard a little rumour that somebody is going to be

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staying at the Crom estate over the G8. Who that is, I do not know.

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But that is why I am off to meet Noel Johnson,

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the manager of the West Wing at Crom Castle. I'm going to ask him.

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In fact, I'm going to demand that he tells me who's staying!

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I would love a cup of tea.

0:26:280:26:30

What do you say to Mr Obama?

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Is it you have to let the teapot get a bit stronger?

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You think he likes strong tea? He likes strong tea, yeah.

0:26:410:26:44

Is that what they've told you? Yeah. So you'll be ready for him!

0:26:440:26:48

Good man, Rodney! Does he drink tea? I don't even think he drinks tea.

0:26:480:26:52

I have no idea. Green tea, I think. Is that right?

0:26:520:26:55

Close to the G8 venue, Brian gains access inside the ring of steel.

0:26:590:27:04

Anyway, David, we're to see how you're coping with the pressure? Yes!

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So, do you know what is likely to happen, then, you know, coming...?

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Well, basically, I think we'll be closed off.

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I was intending to cut the silage, basically, this week.

0:27:220:27:26

But because of the short growth of grass,

0:27:260:27:28

it wasn't basically worthwhile.

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So I don't think now I'm going to get my silage man in

0:27:300:27:33

until after the G8.

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Yeah. We're going to get caught up in this rain.

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We can go and stand in here for a minute or so. Yeah.

0:27:410:27:43

As the rain starts, there's time to discuss more ethereal matters.

0:27:460:27:50

So we don't get all sunshine in Fermanagh, anyway!

0:27:530:27:56

If President Obama arrives, if he knocks on the door,

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he'll certainly be invited in! And maybe President Putin as well!

0:28:020:28:06

David, if they jointly agree to send men to Mars,

0:28:060:28:09

it would be a historic agreement, would it?!

0:28:090:28:11

It would be a historic arrangement!

0:28:110:28:13

I would have to consider if they were giving me

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an option of going or not now! I just don't know!

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I just don't think I would maybe be just first.

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I would have to give it thought, anyway, before I'd agree to go!

0:28:200:28:23

Back at Crom, Rodney continues to research his story.

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Somebody's staying here. We don't know for sure.

0:28:340:28:37

But it would maybe be nice if we got someone. What about Putin?

0:28:370:28:45

We've cleaned the boats out and all! He is a keen fisherman, is he?

0:28:450:28:49

Oh, very keen.

0:28:490:28:50

Do you think Michelle drinks a good cup of tea? She drinks green tea.

0:28:500:28:55

Does she? Yeah. Have you been told that? Yeah.

0:28:550:28:58

So you have green tea ready for her?

0:28:580:28:59

We'll have the green tea ready for her. Good.

0:28:590:29:01

What do you think she'll make of the Fermanagh rain? She'll love it!

0:29:040:29:08

So it's Michelle Obama, then?

0:29:080:29:11

So, Noel, is this where Putin's going to be sitting?

0:29:110:29:14

Or Michelle Obama?

0:29:140:29:15

If they did come, wouldn't it be a beautiful venue for them

0:29:150:29:18

to have something to eat?

0:29:180:29:19

But we have a group of ladies coming from Lisnaskea tonight.

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This is where they're dining.

0:29:220:29:24

So, what you're saying to me is you can't tell me who,

0:29:240:29:26

because you don't know. But when you do know, you will tell me?

0:29:260:29:29

I will, yeah. When I find out. So I'll come back, then? You come back.

0:29:290:29:32

Right.

0:29:320:29:33

As the world leaders prepare to arrive,

0:29:400:29:42

award-winning snapper John has braved the roadblocks

0:29:420:29:45

to cover his next assignment, a farming special on sheep shearing.

0:29:450:29:49

# They've never questioned anything, never disagreed

0:29:490:29:54

# Sometimes I think they must have wool in their ears

0:29:540:29:58

# And when you see a cane I see a crook... #

0:29:580:30:01

Definitely he's mastered after thousands upon thousands of sheep.

0:30:010:30:06

And as you can see, I haven't mastered it just yet!

0:30:060:30:09

# It's sheep we're up against

0:30:090:30:11

# It's sheep we're up against! #

0:30:110:30:14

If Obama wants to come up here and give it a go,

0:30:140:30:17

we've a spare hand piece...

0:30:170:30:20

he can come and give me a shot for a day if he wants.

0:30:200:30:23

Enniskillen has experienced unprecedented levels of security

0:30:340:30:38

in preparation for G8.

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A major land, sea and air operation is under way

0:30:410:30:44

to cope with the massive number of protestors expected.

0:30:440:30:48

Two men, one tent, and a dog have shown up.

0:30:500:30:53

Rodney and John are on hand to capture the moment.

0:30:530:30:56

Down with the G8!

0:30:560:30:58

We'll take you on! Peacefully! We'll dance... We'll dance the G8!

0:30:580:31:03

# We're going to dance you out Going to dance you out. #

0:31:030:31:07

It's a bit different for Enniskillen.

0:31:080:31:11

Tweeting the life out of it cos it's going to be everywhere, you know,

0:31:130:31:16

it's going to be in lots of papers, so I want to get it out first.

0:31:160:31:25

It's the day before G8

0:31:260:31:27

and the clash between Fermanagh and Cavan in the GAA Ulster Championship

0:31:270:31:31

has been in doubt ever since the summit was announced.

0:31:310:31:34

It's going ahead despite concerns.

0:31:340:31:37

Impartial sports journalist Gareth Cauldwell

0:31:370:31:39

is there to cover the story.

0:31:390:31:42

There was the fears that people wouldn't get into the game

0:31:420:31:45

but as you can see there's plenty of people coming in,

0:31:450:31:48

their fears seem to be allayed to an extent.

0:31:480:31:50

Traffic's been moving freely through Enniskillen all morning.

0:31:500:31:53

People are going to come in the now.

0:31:530:31:55

We're only an hour away from the start of the game

0:31:550:31:57

and it's beginning to fill up.

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I suppose it will impact on the crowd.

0:31:590:32:01

I don't think the crowd would be the same as what it was

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if the G8 wasn't happening.

0:32:040:32:05

Enniskillen is host to campaigners from around the UK who are using

0:32:150:32:18

the G8 as a platform to highlight world poverty.

0:32:180:32:22

The Most Reverend John Sentamu, Archbishop of York,

0:32:220:32:24

leads a church service for the IF campaign.

0:32:240:32:27

Impartial's journalist Brian manages to get a one-to-one.

0:32:290:32:32

So we should work at it. Yes, absolutely. Thank you.

0:32:320:32:34

And it'll be a good thing when it happens. Where did...

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Where was it thought about and started? Enniskillen.

0:32:370:32:40

Enniskillen. Absolutely. All right?

0:32:400:32:42

Another Impartial reporter? Is he? I hope so.

0:32:440:32:47

And I follow you on Twitter as well. You do? Oh, lovely.

0:32:470:32:49

So you showing me that I was here? Yes. Knew you were here. OK, OK.

0:32:490:32:53

Nice to see you. Another reporter. Dominic?

0:32:530:32:56

Did you say Dominic? John. Oh, another John.

0:32:570:32:59

Which is the Baptist or the beloved?

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Both.

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You can't be both!

0:33:030:33:05

It's the morning of G8 and, despite the empty streets,

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there's a high security presence.

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Impartial's editor Denzil is a guest on Good Morning, Ulster.

0:33:180:33:22

I'm Karen Patterson, live this morning in Enniskillen...

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When Julie broke the story months ago it was, you know,

0:33:260:33:30

it was an abstract thing.

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Oh, wonderful. And we've been building for months.

0:33:320:33:35

And this is the day.

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You get a real sense of excitement building there

0:33:370:33:39

listening to Kelly in Belfast.

0:33:390:33:40

I mean, there's no question about it.

0:33:400:33:43

We talk about the cliche "historic" and it was never more appropriate.

0:33:430:33:49

And there is a certain buzz, there's no question, it's building already.

0:33:490:33:52

Just looking at Denzil as we are all sitting around the monitor

0:33:520:33:56

watching that distinct livery of Air Force One touching down in Belfast.

0:33:560:34:01

It is momentous, it's huge, isn't it, Denzil?

0:34:010:34:04

It's the reality of it.

0:34:040:34:05

Watching those television pictures, it's actually quite exciting.

0:34:050:34:08

Because there's no doubt, you know,

0:34:080:34:10

we've been waiting for this for months.

0:34:100:34:12

There's no doubt that whether G8 leaders...that President Obama

0:34:120:34:16

is the main man and to see him landing at Belfast International

0:34:160:34:19

is... It really brings the reality of it home.

0:34:190:34:21

It's Maeve's job to head to the lake to cover the flotilla protest.

0:34:250:34:29

Where are you from and what's your purpose today?

0:34:290:34:33

I just got out of Guantanamo, myself.

0:34:360:34:38

LAUGHTER

0:34:380:34:40

Just, really, tell me a bit about why you're here today.

0:34:460:34:49

To pull a sound bite. We don't want to turn the lakelands into wastelands.

0:34:490:34:52

As the world leaders arrive,

0:35:040:35:05

reporter Julie has been sent to the local secondary school.

0:35:050:35:08

We don't know exactly who's coming. OK. We'll wave, anyway.

0:35:120:35:16

What are all your friends saying?

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Whoo!

0:35:190:35:20

I'm sure you'll be ringing home, then, to let everybody know as well.

0:35:220:35:26

As soon as I walk away.

0:35:260:35:28

This is about as exciting as it gets.

0:35:290:35:31

And, of course, there's somebody from the Impartial there.

0:35:360:35:40

Yeah, Rodney's there.

0:35:400:35:42

He's got the golden ticket.

0:35:420:35:45

It's all very exciting.

0:35:450:35:47

Julie and the crowd have waited well over an hour

0:35:500:35:52

in the hope that the cavalcade will stop.

0:35:520:35:55

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:35:550:35:57

She can take some consolation, however.

0:36:040:36:06

I think he was waving at me, to be honest.

0:36:060:36:09

In town, a crowd has gathered to protest.

0:36:170:36:19

Maeve is at the heart of the story.

0:36:190:36:21

I'm here because people are fracking...

0:36:210:36:25

I'm just sick of the lies and people dying for no reason

0:36:250:36:29

and the erosion of human rights.

0:36:290:36:30

As Maeve prepares to walk to the security fence

0:36:400:36:43

with the protestors, G8 marches on at the Resort.

0:36:430:36:47

ALL: Getting louder by the hour!

0:36:470:36:51

ALL: Power!

0:36:520:36:57

ALL: Power to the people!

0:36:570:37:01

ALL: The people got the power!

0:37:010:37:04

The sun sets on Fermanagh

0:37:070:37:08

as the quietest G8 in history bids the county farewell.

0:37:080:37:12

But as Enniskillen relaxes,

0:37:160:37:18

the editor of the Impartial Reporter has a paper to get to press.

0:37:180:37:22

Well, it's now 11 o'clock, Wednesday morning.

0:37:230:37:28

And things are starting to come together.

0:37:280:37:28

It's been an incredible couple of days for everybody.

0:37:280:37:34

But we've now set our stall out to do 25, 26 pieces of coverage of this.

0:37:340:37:39

But I think there's an expectation that we, the local paper,

0:37:390:37:42

needs to produce something special this week,

0:37:420:37:44

there's that added expectation and a bit of added pressure.

0:37:440:37:47

But there's no doubt the staff respond every week

0:37:470:37:50

to that sort of pressure. So we've no doubt we'll do it again this week.

0:37:500:37:53

As the paper is finally printed, the staff of the Impartial can be proud

0:37:550:37:59

of another momentous event in this great newspaper's history.

0:37:590:38:02

Back at the G8 venue, doorman Patsy reflects on the big event.

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Something I'd never have ever envisioned in my lifetime

0:38:120:38:16

to meet ten world leaders in one place.

0:38:160:38:19

And it's the pinnacle of my career, because, over the years,

0:38:190:38:26

The Impartial Reporter produced an 88-page special edition,

0:38:330:38:37

its headline "Dream big dreams."

0:38:370:38:39

They broke the story of the year

0:38:390:38:41

and award-winning journalist of the year Rodney Edwards did,

0:38:410:38:44

after all, get his scoop - an interview with the Prime Minister.

0:38:440:38:48

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