Posted in Irish journalism, Irish election, Media on May 20th, 2008 3 Comments »
Readers may hate me for putting up the Eamon Dunphy interview with former Government Press Secretary Mandy Johnston, which aired on RTE Radio last Saturday morning, but I only do it as a note for the record. Much of what she has to say is about her career, and her time with Charlie McGreevy, little […]
Posted in Irish Society, Government, Irish election, politics/world on Aug 3rd, 2007 7 Comments »
The sound of a thousand hands smacking against foreheads can be heard across the country following the news that among the Taoiseach’s 11 nominees to the Seanad is one Eoghan Harris, FF monkey grinder extraordinaire.
Eoghan Harris is of course a Sunday Independent columnist and a former RTE producer of the hit program Postbag as […]
Posted in Irish election, politics/Ireland, Bertie on May 31st, 2007 2 Comments »
We are always giving out about RTE. The State of Us was dire, Fair City risible, and Killinascully is a vacuous black hole of a comedy which wouldn’t even make a crazy old lady laugh.
But what about RTE’s election coverage? It was supposed to be the most extensive coverage ever. The RTE TV studio […]
Posted in Property, Irish election, Ireland on May 27th, 2007 No Comments »
The body strives for that which sickens the mind with love…
Stretches out toward that which smites it, and yearns to couple.” (Lucretius, In the Realm of the Senses, 4.1048)
For all the talk of a presidential campaign - for all the Lunz cuntz focus groups and “Dream On Baby” slipup scoops- this election boiled down to […]
Posted in Irish election on May 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
So I was wrong. Many people were. Before the time passes completely and the recent memory of the last week of the election campaign is wiped out of our collective memory by the inevitable rewrite once the negotiations for government begins, we should remember that lots of people thought that Fianna Fail were going to […]
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 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 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 PDs, Irish election, politics/Ireland, Bertiegate, Bertie on May 5th, 2007 5 Comments »
“I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot.
Would that you were cold or hot!
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,
I will spew you out of my mouth.”
(Revelations, 3:15-16)
In Dante’s Inferno, at the threshold of Hell, lie abandoned the apathetic:- “That craven crew / Of angels who […]
