While I collected my thoughts yesterday on the revelations of Sunday (election date for 24th of May, Celia Larkin supposedly receiving GBP 30K from Michael Wall) the rage I already feel for this government has just gotten unbearable. To make matters worse the announcement that the Mahon tribunal would not continue until after the election…
Last evening I got a chance to watch “The State of Us” on RTE television. When I first heard about this programme I was a bit sceptical that it would never equal Bull Island. However, having watched it I can say that it is truly brilliant! It’s risky enough to be good and contains some…
The results of the latest MRBI poll are out and it makes interesting reading. Support for Fianna Fáil is down and support for Fine Gael is up, in fact the swing is so much that if Labour, Fine Gael and the Greens get together then they are currently 10 points ahead of the government parties…
Many thanks to Wellboy from UpTheDeise for alerting me to this. The Monopoly crew are looking for votes on what counties should make it onto the new all-Ireland monopoly board. However, only 22 of the 32 counties will be allowed so vote now or your county will be forever, forgotten. Naturally I’m voting for Waterford…
Tip of the hat to Damien Mulley for finding this one. It’s a wee political satire from Thicko of Michael McDowell. To be honest I found it hard to figure out where reality ended and parody began… http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/kf3FQb5q9co ** Update: video has sadly been removed since this original post was made. One cannot speculate as…
Today marks the passing of Boris Yeltsin, former president of Russia. While opinions of Boris will no doubt vary greatly and since I do not know many details of Russian politics, I will refrain from casting any strong opinions. I’ll remember him best for standing up Albert Reynolds on the runway and admiring how although…
The electioneering is in full swing these days and party politics is long forgotten as a horse that won the 1992 Grand National. Stamp duty appears to be the biggest item on the agendas of most parties with the notable exception of Fianna Fail whose finance minister has knocked the idea several times at this…
For once I’m kind of lost for words here. Seemingly the so-called “operation anvil” (the crack down on gun crime) led to big increases in the Garda overtime bill in 2006. Okay, fair enough but then I learn that the figure is over EUR 102 million for just overtime and I recall more shootings and…
The subject line: a quote from Trey Perkins, student at Virginia Tech. Another dark day for the United States of America and their ever-present gun problem: Another student shooting on campus, 33 shot dead at Virginia Tech – the worst atrocity that America has yet seen. The science of killers’ psychology is long established and…
Today marks the start of a series of articles in the Irish Times by Ronan McGreevy, focussing on the problem of “environmental vandalism” within this country. The series of articles will touch everything from fly-tipping to graffiti and other small crimes. I suggest that anyone who still thinks that we live in an idyllic island…