Ireland facing Recession. AAAAAAAARGH!!!

It’s official. Ireland is in the grip of a recession. The government has spent months studiously avoiding the ‘R Word’, instead using such beautiful euphemisms as ‘we’re experiencing a tightening of circumstances in the economy’. But now it’s official. The elephant in the room can no longer be ignored. We’re dooooomed!
But it’s not all bad. [...]

The worst thing about voting ‘No’ to Lisbon…

Is that you find yourself effectively ‘on the same side’ as these wankers.

The above owners of incredibly punchable faces are all members of the United Kingdom Independence Party. Because of them, I very nearly voted ‘Yes’. They don’t just have a few legitimate issues with some aspects of the Lisbon Treaty. In fact, they probably [...]

Uncharted Waters

“No”
“I’m sorry… what did you say?”
“I said no!”
“Hang on a minute, while I kick you several times in the testicles…”
“Actually, when I said ‘no’, what I actually meant was ‘yes’”

As Ireland travels into this supposed period of political uncertainty, with question-marks allegedly dangling precariously over our EU future, it’s reassuring that, even in this period [...]

“Send all Lunatics to Jail” - Government

Perhaps not quite, but not a million miles away… Right next door, in fact.
In these enlightened times, there really isn’t quite enough stigma associated with mental illness, so the government is finally going to do something about it. In what can best be described as a return to good old-fashioned Victorian values, our great leaders [...]

Fuck me, what the fucking fuck did the fucking Taoiseach just say?

I cannot fucking believe the fucking fuckstorm of fuckery that has emanated from Brian ‘Big Ignorant Fucker’ Cowen’s use of an expletive in the Dáil on Wednesday. In what was intended to be a private conversation with the Tánaiste, Mary Coughlan, the Taoiseach was (slightly) clearly heard to have described somebody as ‘f***ers’.
Yes, that’s right. [...]

Bye bye, Bertie…

Credit where it’s due…

Yes, his Eurovision entry was pretentious and downright woeful. Yes, he has consistently been one of Ireland’s most vocal cheerleaders for the Iraq invasion. Yes, he believes that secularism, liberalism and feminism are the main causes of depression and suicide among young males. Yes, his Katy French article was quite possibly the worst piece of [...]