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What was that about? Were they talking about Afghanistan?

Inspired by an earlier conversation with Damien. Certainly not inspired by whazzizname off the telly, you know, that twat in the suit. Not Bertie, the other twat.

Callely’s rabbits, Pole Up The Hole, Spliffogate, and now Willie O’Dea exercises his willie live on Today FM:
“This morning Mary O’Connor from Lisnagry, Co. Limerick was the envy of every young girl in the country…ahem!
The obsessed fan finally had her dreams come true and this morning she met her idol….eh…Willie O Dea!

Mary even managed to [...]

UPDATE: Ruairi Quinn has but didn’t inhale, and Willie O’Dea thought he had, but actually got shit-faced off a ciggie. Interviews on Lunchtime on Newstalk today.

Rumble in Ranelagh

Originally posted on Green Ink:
The current crop of PD election material features the cartoons below. Following on from Simon’s accurate analysis of the battery imagery, not to mention the implicit fatalism of the Don’t Throw It All Away campaign, I have to say these fail to offer anything but the image of a party in [...]

The PDs want to lose

McDowell warns about prison contraband

This whole Wallpapergate thing is totally obscuring the real scandal of this election: Vampiregate.

While I never received a reply to my email from last week it seems that the Leaders Blogs on Rock the Vote can now be commented on. Does this herald a new era of spontaneous spinless dialogue between party leaders and voters? Well, you have to be a registered user to comment.
How very Blogorrah.

Unborn in abortion case gets a lawyer
17-year-old seeking abortion challenges HSE

Calls for Taoiseach to issue public statement
Ahern denies ‘prior knowledge’
General Election on 24 May - Official

As some of you might have been aware, I was somewhat enraged to discover that the state is planning to charge disabled adults for living in residential care settings.
So after a weekend in which I suspect I may have calmed down somewhat, I’ve gotten off my rear and am trying to do something about [...]

First sod turned for M3 motorway

These leaders’ blogs aren’t blogs. Blogs allow readers to comment on content. Blogs are a two way street. You can come onto my blog and let me know I’m a twat. You might influence me, you might not. But I’ll let you say it.
This is just top-down press release style pointlessness. You’re supposed to be [...]

Lack of e-voting a disgrace, says Ahern