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Bar stool political commentators are the worst. If Irish people are said to be politically aware, it must be stated too that we’re probably the least likely of races to act upon our misgivings about the government of the day.

Very Brady is made of different stuff however. In true “down with this sort of thing” fashion, she religiously encamped outside Peter Stringfellows lapdancing club every weekend protesting against what she saw as the sexual objectification of women. Ultimately, suits and men with money were driven from Parnell Street in shame.

Before launching any product on any market, the vendor needs to convince the consumer of its worth. No other product on the market rivals it in terms of price, efficiency, usability blah, blah, blah. Without first-hand use of the product, the consumer needs to be hit with a barrage of PR, marketing and advertising. Any [...]

Fine Gael have jumped on the celebrity candidacy bandwagon by approaching outgoing GAA President Sean Kelly to stand in South Kerry next year. It follows the recent trend of high-profile individuals being offered places on party tickets. Only this week, Colm O’Gorman of One-in-Four announced that he will contest the next general election with the [...]

It is expected that Bertie Ahern is set to agree to new drinking-driving measures that will be introduced in July. The Independent is reporting that these measures include “On-the-spot drink driving disqualifications. Drivers who opt to admit their offence will be spared the public humiliation of going to court.“
These radical measures will be announced tomorrow [...]

Decisions, decisions, decisions. How many do you make a day? Thousands, I’d hazard to guess. Governments make lots of decisions too. In Fact, Ah since coming into power in 2002, the Fianna Fail/PD coalition has either amended/introduced a whopping 137 acts. Now that’s a whole lot of decision-making.