Posted in Labour, Fine Gael, Irish election, politics/Ireland, Bertiegate on May 22nd, 2007 2 Comments »
How was the election for you? It’s a question that is perhaps a little premature as it’s still dragging on, with FG leader Enda Kenny, like a WWF contender knocked to ground by a devilish leg swing from an opponent he confidentially thought was floored, swinging back with the kitten punches of a child.
On […]
Posted in great irish bands, irish culture, Irish music, Irish working Class Culture on May 21st, 2007 6 Comments »
This is a little gem of a song.
It’s “Talking to Yourself” by Feargal Is The Applejack - a Dublin band of the late 1980s / early 1990s. The video also contains footage of the almost legendary Sean A. McDermott. For those interested, the group’s myspace contains three more songs - alas no more videos […]
Posted in Ireland, Politics on May 20th, 2007 1 Comment »
Last October the Mushroom Workers’ Support Group issued a report into the exploitation of non-national workers in the Irish industry. The organization was founded by Sintija Pirite, who is originally from Latvia. Sintija worked two years on a mushroom farm when she first came to Ireland. The report was picked up briefly by the mainstream […]
Posted in music on May 18th, 2007 No Comments »
How did Adam Pierce think up the name Mice Parade?
You have fifteen seconds to figure it out….
C’mon, the clock is ticking….
Ting! D’Ah, you didn’t get it did you? Simple, he just mixed up the letters from his name. What-a-clever-bastard.
Adam Pierce sometimes plays drums in a band call HiM. Here he is at the Brighton Festival […]
Posted in Sinn Fein, Irish election on May 18th, 2007 7 Comments »
If the evidence of Wednesday night’s TV debate stinker for Gerry Adams is anything to go by, the great elephant in the Irish political room may be more Dumbo than Tantor.
Many clever people have genuine fears about the growing influence of the Shinners in the 26 counties. The reasons are obvious and well documented.
However, […]
Posted in Irish election on May 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
Back at the start of the year, it took me three attempts to get onto the shiny, new register of electors. I filled in the form and dropped it in the post, for free, as they said. Time passed and my name didn’t appear on the list at checktheregister.ie.
I filled in a second form […]
Posted in politics/Ireland on May 17th, 2007 3 Comments »
Half asleep yesterday morning, an item on French radio caught my ear - it was a piece of schadenfreude concerning the latest twist in the case of Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. Mr Wolfowitz is in the process of being caught by the proverbial knackers on account of his blatant nepotism towards his […]
Posted in Labour, PDs, Fine Gael, Irish election, politics/Ireland, Bertie on May 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Yesterday’s debate between the leaders of the smaller parties on Primetime was hard to call. Clearly, there was no over all winner. The format itself seemed to act against it.
We, the electorate are supposed to consider a party worthy of our vote based on an undergraduate style tuss up, where each speaker was determined […]
Posted in Ireland on May 15th, 2007 2 Comments »
Hugh Green has an interesting post about the current obsession with dates. I was going to add a comment but I ended up writing this instead. He says:
“I have a problem with dates. When I read history, I rarely remember the dates mentioned. In fact, I go out of my way not to remember them. […]
Posted in gigs, music on May 11th, 2007 4 Comments »
Mark E.Smith has said before that ‘if it’s me and your Granny on bongo’s, then it’s the Fall’. It was stated to reassure journalists that although he’d sacked his entire band and recruited a bunch of teenagers in Glasgow to take their place that the Fall would remain the same. It proved to be true, […]
