how much does it cost shell to buy the favour of the Govt.? [kevin t walsh writes over on indymedia.ie] I also ask the most pertinent question ………. Why has no-one Minister, the President, the Taoiseach, the Church not congratulated this man on his Global Achievement. In any other country, Willie Corduff would be a…
Portlaoise Prison: Talk to Joey
[RTÉ reports] A total of 17 mobile phones, three SIM cards, 11 chargers and eight batteries have now been discovered hidden in Portlaoise Prison. Search teams have also found a large quantity of home-made alcohol, 150 tablets, including ecstasy, 30 syringes and a budgie. [make that 2 budgies]
Sliabh(een) na mBan [Rpt]
Sliabh(een) na mBan A loan all a loan by the wave-washed strand And alone in a crowded hall More interest I will pay as they gave me eight grand But my bank account is not here at all It lies far away on islands where I stay In accounts where the statements are all gone…
election 2.0
batt o’keeffe has a podcast on his blog (tnx to tom raftery) eric byrne has blogspot posters (pic below by bhg in Rialto) green party back greene’s rte2fta.com campaign videos hit votetube before the 18-34 year olds work out what a PPB is. plastic ties on nuclear war heads! the sign said ‘Danger Keep Away’
HSE shoots self in foot and bleeds to death in crowded A&E court case
reading my rss feeds I get confused breakingnews.ie “The Attorney General today insisted there was nothing preventing a teenage girl fighting to travel to Britain for an abortion from doing so.” ireland.com “The District Court has refused to grant a teenage girl the right to travel to Britain for an abortion.” OK AG works for…
kids election questions
Four year old said this morning (from the back of the car to her mother) ‘why are there pictures of dead people on lamppost posters?’ funny what their little heads think of, my answer is they’re not dead just politically deceased. Also kidz ask, how do you get the posters up so high daddy? and…
I felt embarrassed
[debate] The Taoiseach: The Deputy is right. I felt embarrassed a few evenings ago when I watched a country with a population of more than 60 million people receive the results of its highest poll ever – 85% of the population – within two hours. The Taoiseach: With a bit of luck our election results…
and my holidays begin
for the next 26 days I will be holidaying in Portmarnock & Malahide working on the Clare Daly Campaign, don’t expect a drop in posts here! and expect an increase on the twitter front, all the news thats fit to twit. I heard the news on the 3am RTE Radio 1 bulletin. Voting will be…
another blog turns one year old
At conferences I hear (and sometimes i say) 1. Don’t blog if you have nothing to say 2. If you have something to say – podcast it! © doop.ie 3. Don’t blog when drunk! 4. Don’t number bullet points (unless 1 is more important than 4) well its nice to see blogs that ‘don’t fade…