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AS THE DUST settles on the 2016 Oscars, we can reflect on how our very own Saoirse Ronan absolutely slayed on the red carpet.
Most of the attention, of course, has been on her fabulous emerald green dress – which most people here took as a nod to her home country.
One white, one green – and winning plaudits all over the place.
I was only half paying attention to the red carpet, but I seem to recall someone attributing her mismatched earrings as a symbolic nod to the division of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Did anyone else hear that?
With another commenter backing that up:
That was my first thought upon seeing it.
Jason Ginsburg / TwitterSaoirse Ronan is wearing mismatched earrings "in honor of Ireland"? Huh?
— Jason Ginsburg (@Ginsburg) February 29, 2016
Thanks, TV.
Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie
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What a load of horseshit.
It’s a daily edge article ..
Calm down, Dave. These articles are for the ladies. Just don’t read them.
All the yanks think everything we do is a reference to the troubles. I spent some time over there in Philadelphia. Everytime somebody realised I’m Irish, I was asked was I pro or anti-IRA/Sinn Fein
Never been asked that once mind you in Florida we are always asked if we are English or Irish .
A few taxi drivers had said people from England just answer where as most Irish get very upset.
Any American reading The Journal comments section would think the majority of us support Sinn Fein
Got mistaken for being English because they heard me speaking in English and they abuse I got over it . mind you they were sick when I told them I was Irish .
Abuse because the thought you were English where ? In America I don’t think so Europe probably
Well which are ya? :)
Anti….very anti
Jasus she s looking well!
Well she looked stunning ..
Tripe article
I thought her cleavage represented an East West divide
Many Americans still think bombings are a regular occurrence in Ulster, and even in Dublin. Sure you’re more likely to get shot dead whilst nipping out for a sliced pan in the USA.
She looks beautiful!
To symbolise a hung Dáil…
Willie Frazer will start tearing out his awful hairstyle.
Surely you could find something other than Wullie’s hairstyle to criticise?
She pulled it off
Wish she would
I think the white is to symbolise how stupid some Americans are the, well the green is to match her dress. For me the evokes how sensible it is not to go the Oscars naked.
Maybe she just thought it looked good? I think it did.
If it was supposed to be that, why wouldn’t the other one be orange?
An American-born actress wears different earrings. They could represent the north pole and another place that is not the north pole.
Basically Americans have very little Emotional Intelligence. …With them what you see is what you get……They don’t get the Irish need for many shades of grey!!!!!
Why drag “Emotional” into it?
Emotional is always in it….no need for dragging. …
Aren’t they reading too much into it?
I have so many oddd earrings…I’ll have great fun now mixing and matching..
Nice earrings all the same.
Fashion statement ? or just bad taste?
I would say bad taste , Donna , mind you if this trend catches on I’ll be away in a hack with the amount of earrings that I have no match for !
Well
Everyone else made political statements
Why shouldn’t Seersha?
What political statement did she make ??
I’m sure if we put our heads together we can come up with one.
Give me strength
Anyone realise that orange represents the north not white, white represents peace between the two
Does anyone realise that orange represents the north and white just represents peace between the two
‘Mericans can be real dopes sometimes
Then we wonder how they vote for Trump…
How in God’s name can you be a Hero playing Drums? It certainly diminishes the true Hero’s that risk their lives doing something.
As for the Irish Lass mismatched Earring’s, perhaps she wanted to do something different,instead of letting Politics rear it’s ugly Head again! Have a G’day.
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