Fake shop fronts North of Ireland fool G8 Leaders cover up

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The pain of Economic reality not being personally relevant and being ignored by world leaders is a reality. Most are super wealthy, but none of them give a crap about the poor they represent, unless of course they need them for one of their economic wars, like Iraq.
That reality does not get much clearer or more pitiful anywhere in the world, than in North of Ireland right now.
Fake shops front, with plastic stickers to appease G8 summit leaders.
How pathetic the British statelet, talk about having no pride, this is not fools pride, it is perverts pride. To think some of these loyalist and unionist think they can laugh at Ireland. Ireland that foolishly helps props up the charade of British Colonial terrorists foundations.
the north of Ireland without subsidy akin to Bolivia

Fake shop fronts to make G8 leaders happier, North of Ireland
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British Colonial statelet cover up
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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"Where would you see a shop front in Northern Ireland like this anyway? It's more like something you'd find in Belgravia or Chelsea," he said, referring to elite districts of London.

The fakes are not the first of their kind in Northern Ireland.

Last year, smart-looking shop fronts appeared in a series of derelict Belfast stores along the main route from the city centre to the grand Stormont parliament building.

"Northern Ireland is in the international spotlight so it is entirely right that we should portray it in the best light possible," Northern Ireland Environment Minister Alex Attwood said in a statement.

"We should do everything we can to make these areas as attractive for residents, tourists and consumers. If we want tourists to visit and stay longer, then tackling major eyesores and dereliction will certainly help."

Northern Ireland has been hit hard by the downturn, although it has been partly shielded from the economic crisis in the Republic of Ireland thanks to an annual grant from the UK government that accounts for about half of public sector spending.

Even the luxury five-star hotel where G8 leaders will meet in two weeks' time has been in receivership since 2011.

In Belcoo, some wonder what will happen to the new shop fronts once Barack Obama and other world leaders have left.

"In six months' time how are these shops going to look?" asked Jim Leonard, a 50-year-old unemployed bricklayer.

"They'll just be pieces of paper blowing around the ground."
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Even some of the wee shops are fake
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Fake shop fronts Northern Ireland to fool and impress G8 Leaders, how cynical and perverse can a state be.

The politicians there should be ashamed of themselves, allowing this to happen, a real cover up, among so many state cover ups in the dirty war Colonial statelet.

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