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joe higgins TD (SP) speaking last week in the Dáil on Betrie’s loan. like playing handball against the haystack. thud. 4pm. Dáil TV today. [mp3] [Socialist Party]

Eircom drop broadband price

mine is down €10 a month (or so it says) so this is the same price as eircom anytime at 29.99 a month? for 150 hours pstn 33/56Kbits/s ?

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Berties Swan Song

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…

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Sony v Lidl dictaphone

I wanted a Sony ICD-MX20 Digital Voice Recorder but the Harvey Normal sales guy sent me to Lidl where dictation machines are €14.99 this morning. Sinead in work picked up the MX20 with 2GB card this evening, but the Lidl offer at the other end of the spectrum is interesting. What could you do for…

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Taoiseach Friends

its 1994 and a the sitcom soundtrack is the soundtrack to your life “So no one told you life was gonna be this way your jobs a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s D.O.A. It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear And it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your…