An article caught my eye from Saturdays independent. Basically it is that
LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte has been summoned to appear before a Complaints Committee of his own party.
It is the first time in the history of the State that a party leader will be investigated by his own party. If the complaint by a […]

A recent study have dented Brian Cowen’s chances of being the next leader of Fianna Fail. According to Daniel Hamermesh of the University of Texas Handsome men have edge in election wins. This study may force members of Fianna Fail to rethink there election statagy and try to get Miss World Rosanna Davidson to run […]

Excellent post over on instant punditry about how politicians and journalists can take cocaine and nothing happens but when something similar happens to a model the media is total in its condemnation. I suppose the argument against Kate Moss was that she is a role model. Well it says a lot about the world today […]

In Wednesdays Irish Times there was a quiet a snotty letter from a Michael O’Carroll who is a member of Keep Ireland Open. He was complaining that the Irish Times Tourism supplement did not give walking tourism proper coverage. He then also went on about how Dublin walkers were going walking in Wales rather then […]

A new EU law Protected Designation of Origin means that the product must come from the location it is named. For instance Feta must come from Greece and Parma Ham must come from Parma and Newcastle Brown ale must come from Newcastle. This was challenged in court and they lost. So this means that […]

Recently it was published that Ireland are top for Freedom of the press. IN one of the paper one of the journalists unions I believe the NUJ. State that it was still not free and that the Libel laws were to tight and should be loosened. Well considering that they had no problem releasing a […]

M.C Hammer had Hammer Time now its Bertie Time. So Bertie has made his speech. Wearing a yellowy type Bertie emerge running through the crowd shaking hands as if he was Jerry Springer or Orpah all that we needed to hear to complete the image was for the chant of Go Bertie Go Bertie but […]

Type Failure into Google and click I feel lucky.
Thanks to Where me country for spoting this

Something that has not got much coverage in the media (as it is not in Dublin). Is the fact that the water supply in Ennis County Clare is not suitable for consumption.. The town council has not decided to bring tankers in with water instead people have had to buy bottled water. Some people who […]

Rory Carrol has been released. There doesn’t seem to have been time for a ransom to be paid. So the reason he was released is unclear. It could be as he is Irish or that the Guardian newspaper isn’t Fox News. Anyway its good he is safe. And in true Irish style he reported to […]