§ Wide coverage in the UK, Ireland and Belgium of the visit of British Prime Minister David Cameron and Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny to First World War memorials across Flanders in Belgium. Media report on the joint visit to the Island of Ireland Peace Park, the grave of William Redmond, the village of Wyteschaete, the Menin Gate in Ypres, and Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Cemetery, as well as the Prime Minister’s relative Captain John Geddes and the PM’s announcement to provide £5 million to repair First World War memorials. A number of media note that the British and Irish leaders also met Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo at a ceremony under the Menin Gate in Ypres.
1. UK
Press Association – Cameron and Kenny visit war graves
TELEVISION
BBC News – David Cameron and Enda Kenny visit WWI memorials in Belgium
BBC Northern Ireland – David Cameron and Enda Kenny visit WWI memorials
ITV News – David Cameron announces £5m war memorial funding
NATIONAL PRINT PRESS
The Telegraph – David Cameron makes tribute to his brave forebears who died in First World War
The Telegraph – David Cameron: ‘Why our children must learn the lessons of the First World War’
The Telegraph – David Cameron and the Irish Republic’s prime minister Enda Kenny visit World War I graves and memorials in Flanders, Belgium
The Telegraph – Gone west – but remembered at the Menin Gate and Tyne Cot cemetery
The Guardian – Damaged war memorials to be fixed with £5m raised from Libor fines
Daily Mail – ‘In honour of all those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom’: Cameron lays cross in tribute to great great uncle killed during WWI as he visits Belgium battlefields
Daily Express – David Cameron pays tribute to great-great-uncle as he visits Flanders fields in Belgium (Pent Valley & Elio)
Daily Express – £5 million boost to First World War memorials to mark 100th anniversary
Daily Star – British and Irish Republic leaders visit World War One memorials in Belgium
Daily Mirror – David Cameron announces creation of £5 million fund to repair dilapidated war graves – Visits First World War battlefields of Belgium
LOCAL PRESS
London Evening Standard – Cameron and Kenny visit war graves
London Evening Standard – David Cameron’s tribute to Ypres dead on no man’s land trip
Belfast Telegraph – PM David Cameron and Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny visit Flanders war graves
Hartlepool Mail – Cameron and Kenny visit war graves
Yorkshire Post – The lonely grave: Cameron and Kenny in moving WW1 tribute
Epsom Guardian – Cameron and Kenny visit war graves
2. IRELAND
TELEVISION
RTE – Kenny and Cameron make ‘poignant’ joint visit to WWI sites
U TV – Premiers pay respects to Irish war dead
NATIONAL PRINT PRESS
The Journal – Enda Kenny and David Cameron to visit World War I memorials in Belgium
The Journal – Pics: Enda Kenny and David Cameron honour war dead in Belgium
Irish Independent – Cameron and Kenny visit war graves across Flanders in Belgium
Irish Independent – World War One tribute: Kenny and Cameron conduct two hour tour in Flanders
Irish Independent – An interesting honour for Kenny at Menin Gate
Irish Independent – Two nations unite in honour of war dead
Irish Times – Kenny and Cameron to visit first World War graves in Belgium
Irish Times – Taoiseach and British prime minister pay respects to war dead in Flanders
Irish Examiner – Kenny and Cameron to visit Western Front graves
3. BELGIUM
TELEVISION
VRT (Belgian national broadcaster – Dutch-speaking) – Cameron en Kenny bezoeken slagvelden rond Ieper
RTBF (Belgian national broadcaster – French-speaking) – VRT pooled footage + interview with Belgian PM
Centenaire 14-18: visite des Premiers ministres britannique et irlandais
Video : Cérémonie à Ypres avec Di Rupo et Cameron
Images : Premiers ministres britannique et irlandais
VTM (Belgian private broadcaster – Dutch-speaking)
Cameron herdenkt WOI In de Westhoek (VRT footage)
LOCAL TELEVISION
Flanders News – Mr Cameron and Mr Kenny in Flanders Fields (VRT footage)
West Flanders TV – David Cameron en Enda Kenny bezoeken donderdag Ieper en Mesen
West Flanders TV – Britse en Ierse premier leggen krans neer aan Vredestoren
Mesen (VRT footage plus interview with Flemish Belgian children)
NATIONAL PRINT PRESS
L’Echo – Di Rupo, Cameron et Kenny commémorent 14-18
Le Soir – Première Guerre Mondiale – Les Premiers britanniques et irlandais en visite dans le Westhoek
7sur7 – David Cameron en Belgique pour le centenaire de 14-18
Belga – David Cameron en Belgique pour le centenaire de 14-18
De Standaard – Historisch bezoek Britse en Ierse premier aan Westhoek
De Standaard – In beeld: Ierse en Britse excellenties bezoeken Westhoek
De Morgen – Britse en Ierse premier samen op bezoek in de Westhoek – Last Post met Peeters en Di Rupo
Het Laatste Nieuws – Britse premier op bezoek in de Westhoek
Het Nieuwsblad – Britse en Ierse premiers bezoeken Westhoek
LOCAL PRESS
Het Nieuwsblad – David Cameron komt naar Westhoek
Het Nieuwsblad – Basisschool zingt voor Britse premier
Het Nieuwsblad – Donderdag hoog bezoek verwacht onder Menenpoort
Gazet van Antwerpen – Cameron herdenkt WOI in de westhoek
Flanders Today – British and Irish Prime Ministers stand together in First World War tribute
4. INTERNATIONAL
AFP – Cameron, Kenny tour WWI sites, deepening Anglo-Irish ties
Associated Press (AP) – NATO: EU leaders must cooperate more on defense (British Prime Minister David Cameron came straight from World War I battlefields in western Belgium)
Global Post (U.S) – Cameron, Kenny tour WWI sites, deepening Anglo-Irish ties
The Times of India – Cemeteries with graves of Indian soldiers of World War I receive £5 million grant
5. DIGITAL MEDIA
Tweets by British Prime Minister David Cameron @Number10gov @Number10press @David_Cameron , the British Embassy to Belgium @UKinBelgium , @BritEmbDublin and @IrishEmbBelgium, Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo @ElioDiRupo , reached digital audiences of over 3 million. Photos of the visit were also highlighted on facebook pages, including by Downing Street and the British Embassy to Belgium. Articles about the visit and the £5 million funding announcement are featured on the websites of Number 10 and British Embassy to Belgium.
