Politics
Fear and Loathing in Leinster House: Letters from the Campaign Trail, Day 1
Dear Jim, thank you for taking the time to correspond with me in this busy run-up to the...
Leinster House Declared ‘Green Zone’ After Suicide Bombing Narrowly Fails
Cementgate: Besieged Irish politicians are breathing a sigh of relief following their lucky escape from the clutches of...
All-party condemnation for ‘sober’ TD found working late in Dail office
Irish TDs (members of parliament) moved this morning to distance themselves from the latest scandal involving alcohol to...
Do You Get The Smell Of Porter?
'When votes are tight and hard to get And your currency has also ran, When all you have...
Judge forces Dáil members to don ‘diapers’
A Dáil member having a smoke break outside Leinster House (image from Cristian.torras used under a Creative Commons...
Dublin Protest: Worst. Coup. Ever.
An attempt to storm the Irish parliament building last night came to a swift and sudden end following...
North Clare Tests Nuclear Weapons
The Irish Defence Forces late Thursday night carried out a controversial nuclear weapons test below the Cliffs of...
The Truth About Nick Clegg’s Nazi Roots
Obersturmführer Nicholas 'Schifti Schnitzi' Panzerclegg, Berlin 1944 After several days of furious sifting through reams of parchment, annals...
Healthcare Reform To Pass As Obama Bores Republicans Into Submission
(President Obama addressing Congress yesterday) House Republicans, at their collective wits end after another nine-hour Healthcare borefest in...
Healthcare: Republicans Demand Obama Pats Head And Rubs Stomach Whilst Burping State Of The Union
House Republicans putting proposals to President Obama yesterday In a dramatic move, house Republicans demanded that in order...