Irish News

[SirCreamy]

Birds do it with their eyes open (4)??e? Doubtless it follows a plea for enjoyment (4)??r? To do so is an after-dinner practice that helps international proceedings (8)????p?r?

[dannyk13]

Sleep

[Oldred]

passport

[scorpiojo]

3 Passport

[Oldred]

(plea)sure

[fiction-factory]

sure?

[scorpiojo]

1 Peep?

[dannyk13]

(plea)sure

[fiction-factory]

Is sleep for the first one danny? It says 4 letters

[dannyk13]

Ignore sleep

[SirCreamy]

I'll put down prey for the first one as I don't think peep is good parse! Thanks for the answers folk. ..much appreciated!

[fiction-factory]

prey is probably right although I'd have expected a 'sounds like' part of the clue

[fiction-factory]

I'm not totally convinced by prey though

[SirCreamy]

Not know until tomorrow ff but never heard the saying that birds can carry out any of these actions with eyes shut!

[dannyk13]

They can peep with eyes shut.

[fiction-factory]

feed also fits but why would they shut their eyes. Seems an odd clue.
I did look up IREY (hidden in clue) and someone of that name did write a book on birds

[SirCreamy]

The P is right as it's the first letter of Passport (also correct )

[dannyk13]

I would go with peep (double meaning)

[fiction-factory]

Okay thanks. Prey seems favourite then (unless PEEP is the sound birds make in Ireland)

[SirCreamy]

Peep.....sound....hmm!

[fiction-factory]

Ha- spent too long thinking about that and didn't see danny's. I now prefer peep too if that's the sound they make