It always amazes me how much life is disrupted for any city that hosts a sitting US president. In the times I have been part of the TV pool - the press that follows the president - I have to say you can’t really see the disruptions. The streets, people and signs pass in a hurried blur. From the outside it is painfully clear the effect it has.
In Dublin, Obama’s visit caused most bridges to be closed, the trams were running only occasionally and it seemed the whole of the city had set out on foot on a very blustery day.
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