Let’s have a round of applause, and a cinder block on the fingers, for Alecia Keys, who came up with the idea of raising money for charity by asking you to pay to see celebrity tweets and Facebook updates. On the face of it, this sounds like real progress – less Lady Gaga, more money [...]

One of the great challenges facing the government during the votes on Nice, Lisbon 1 and Lisbon 2 was how to get Irish people to recognise or identify with being European. What they needed was the World Cup, and the Living Room on Cathal Brugha Street. This Sunday, look no further as Spain and Holland [...]

Political anoraks all over the nation can’t stop talking about the innovative approach under consideration at cabinet level. Sources say that Taoiseach Brian Cowen and his merry band of feckless heads on sticks are going to ‘take a stand’. The Fianna Fáil party, universally renowned for its ability to avoid the stand, has spotted the [...]

Billions of earthlings had their loads lightened this morning with news that global warming is entirely attributable to ‘good weather’. Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the UN Panel for Unsubstantiated Claims explains:
“When the weather is good the planet gets warmer. Luckily this melts the polar ice-caps in line with our increasing need for water. The [...]