IN CASE YOU hadn’t heard – the Secretary General of the UN is in Ireland at the moment.

He picked up the Tipperary Peace Prize on Sunday, met President Higgins at the Áras yesterday – and was up early this morning for a chat with the Taoiseach.

Along the way (we won’t let you out of the country otherwise, apparently) the 40th most powerful man in the world made time to stop into Brogans, on Dublin’s Dame Street, for a pint of Guinness – even trying his hand at the famous two-step pour.

#UNSG Ban Ki-moon in Brogans pub,Dublin pic.twitter.com/mZgt5CfmCq
— UNHCR Ireland (@UNHCRIreland) May 25, 2015

UNHCR Ireland / Twitter

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Unlike Her Maj, back in 2011, he actually tried the stuff as well…

#UNSG Ban Ki-moon given the traditional irish welcome with a pint of porter pic.twitter.com/Ia1jtappi5
— UNHCR Ireland (@UNHCRIreland) May 25, 2015

UNHCR Ireland / Twitter

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