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Caption competition: Enda and Ali
Monday, May 16, 2011
From the propaganda horn of the glorious Free State! Taoiseach meets Muhammed Ali – Merrion Street Irish Government – Friday 6, May 2011 What did Enda say to Ali that scared him so? Answers in the comments section.
The Parable of the Irish Bail-Out
Saturday, December 4, 2010
This little story has been doing the rounds recently, its author anonymous. It reminds me a little of the wry allegorical tales of Flann O’Brien, but I’m sure purists will disagree. I think it has parable-like qualities, hence the title. Part of me hopes it was written by an exasperated junior civil servant… The Irish [...]
Project Maths: Coalition Calculation
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The exit of Dr Jim McDaid may throw a spanner in the works for the Budget 2010 vote. The Government now relies on two Independent TDs to get the budget through. Once again, the fate of the nation is in the hands of an unpredicatable Kerryman and a man kicked out of Fine Gael for [...]
Éire 2016 AD – Background, MP3, lyrics
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
After the great response to Hobart’s posting of the Éire 2016 AD video, I decided to do some more research into the background to this irreverent send-up of The Long Fellow and our society. The rapper is well-known playwright, Arthur Riordan, co-founder of the world renowned Rough Magic theatre company. Riordan also wrote Rough Magic’s [...]
Thank Heavens, We Are Living In Rathgar!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Jimmy O’Dea I came across the lyrics to this amusing old song while my mother was doing research into the history of the Presbyterian church in Rathgar. Further investigation reveals it to be a song by Jimmy O’Dea. I’m not quite sure when it dates from, but the references to dictators and isms lead me [...]
An Garda Síochána san Austráil
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
There are at least two home-made Garda vans driving around in Australia, one in Melbourne apparently, and another in Cairns. Perhaps there are more doing the rounds! The photos shown here are from the one in Melbourne. These are not imported originals, oh no. Someone has actually gone to the effort of creating a fake [...]
Football fall-out
Monday, November 16, 2009
A rather good piece of satire did the rounds in the lead-up to the Ireland-France match at the end of last week. It turned up on an Irish soccer blog, but originated from a small Irish ad agency, Chemistry. It purported to be a leak of a series of letters between Irish and French diplomatic staff [...]
Last chance to see…
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
On the eve of what will probably mark the departure of Ceann ‘Clown’ Comhairle, John O’Donoghue, I present to you his finest hour, in case you had somehow forgotten it. Elaine Byrne of the Irish Times has this to say in her article: That O’Donoghue is regarded as a good Ceann Comhairle and a nice [...]
Makeup in motion
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The other day when cycling home through Harold’s Cross, I saw a yellow sports car, a rather nice one. I was cycling behind it and was able to read the bumper sticker: “Caution: Driver applying makeup”. I’m so happy to be in Finland.
A very Irish reaction to Google Street View
Friday, August 14, 2009
Google Street View hasn’t come to the Republic of Ireland yet but, as part of the United Kingdom, the omniscient Google vans have recorded the streetscapes of the North. These boys were captured in their natural habitat, with a very typical reaction to anything new. The source of this image has many other interesting snapshots [...]
Good news! Spice-burger saved, for now
Friday, July 3, 2009
Spice burgers back on the menu due to popular demand – Irish Times Paul Cullen – Friday, July 3, 2009 After an extraordinary outpouring of support for Walsh Family Foods, the sole manufacturers of the product, it started making spice burgers again yesterday, just a fortnight after the Finglas-based firm closed with the loss of [...]
Brian Cowen bréagach
Monday, June 22, 2009
http://twitter.com/fakebriancowen/ Finally, something funny on Twitter! My friends will know that I am far from a fan of Twitter. Perhaps I am too long on the internet to understand the general attraction of it. It seems generally like a drip-feed of pseudo-celebrity gossips combined with the ability to dribble self-indulgent minutiae across the web. This [...]