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“I’m a victim”, says Willie O’Dea
In an highly charged interview on RTE’s News at One, Minister for Defence told Sean O’Rourke that he was a victim as the controversy over his Limerick Leader interview continued.
The Limerick TD was clearly emotional as recent events had been ‘very difficult’ for him in the wake of his allegations against Sinn Fein’s Maurice Quinlivan [...]
New PPF toilet system to be rolled out post-budget
As the government prepares to bend us over and insert its barbed penis into the unlubricated anus of the people of Ireland a new measure designed to raise further money is to be announced.
In what experts are calling the ultimate stealth tax every household in Ireland will have to pay €175 to have a PPF [...]
Galway water crisis worsens
The Environmental Protection Agency has called for the resignation of John Gormley after discovering that drinking water in Galway is giving people AIDS.
A new study showed that almost the whole water supply in the county is infected with the disease and experts are warning that things could get worse unless urgent action is taken. Public [...]
Dail debate sparks angry words
The Dail resumed after its summer break today and the opposition were quick to round on the government for the state of the economy.
Leading the charge was Labour leader Eamonn Gilmore who accused Taoiseach Brian Cowen of doing nothing and claimed that 146,000 people had lost their jobs since he took over as leader of [...]
Greens go National, Socialist
Ahead of today’s pre-Dáil seminar in Tralee, a local meeting of The Irish Green Party has mooted the changing of their name from ‘Comhaontas Glas’ to ‘The Black Cross with Arms Thingy on a Striking Red and White Background Party’. The title ‘The Khaki Supremacists’ was also suggested.
The gathering, which was held in the parish [...]

