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My vote has been cast. I voted no to the Lisbon Treaty half an hour ago in Blarney. Why? It wasn’t to be aligned with Sinn Fein or the Socialist Party who I’d never vote for. It wasn’t because I wanted to piss off Brian Cowen and the main parties. It was partly because I [...]
Pat sent me and I presume everyone he knows on Facebook this photo. The story is that Chinese soldiers dressed up as Tibetan monks and caused a riot at a rally. After a quick search it appears this is a photo taken on a movie set. This post has much more detail including the following: [...]
It didn’t take long. Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister, announced his resignation yesterday and already the joke emails are pouring in. (Thanks Brian and Louise!) My own contributions: Sunday Times, December 23rd 2007. The Bertie score card above is from Bifsniff.com (but created by Brendan O’Connell), anyone want to claim credit for the others? [...]
I caught the last 20 minutes of Britney: Speared by the Paps on Sky 1 last week. It was a candid look into the world of the paparazzi who follow Britney Spears everywhere. Britney Spears has her own agenda and apparently laps up the attention and encourages the “photographers” but how low do you have [...]
I couldn’t possibly let today pass without noting that Arthur C. Clarke died yesterday at the age of 90. I read it first last night when Scott Beale twittered it and my first emotion was shock, and then of course sadness. I don’t know how many Saturday mornings I spent in Cork City Library looking [...]
Three young men were killed today when their car fell into the water at Dunboy Castle just outside Castletownbere in Co Cork. Investigating gardaí say that the three local young men had been driving in the grounds of Dunboy Castle when their Ford Fiesta got stuck in grass close to a laneway below the castle [...]
Oh dear. Dustin will be singing for Ireland at the Eurovision this year. I think we could win. Maybe.
The Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, Sunday Times, Dec. 23 2007 I really would love to know how the Minister for Finance survived so many years without a bank account. Linkies .. Photo Phlow presents your Flickr stream in a new Flash interface. Cute. Here’s my stream there. GIMP FX repository is now up to 90 [...]
It’s easy to find cocaine in Ireland: You’ll find it in the autopsy reports of Katy French (24), John Grey (23), and Kevin Doyle (21) unfortunately. Go to your local pub. A recent investigation of 1,200 social venues found traces of cocaine in many of them. I wish the how to make cocaine video was [...]
Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister received a pay increase of €38,000 a few weeks ago. Not many people are happy about that. To express your disapproval, send an email to FARTOOMUCHBERTIE@gmail.com and you’ll be sent a “Far too much Bertie” sticker. 200,000 stickers have been printed so there are plenty to go around! Via [...]
