I can haz iPhone 3GS?
So here goes, prepare to hear the sound of the world’s smallest violin playing. I am on the way to Dublin City Centre to queue for an iPhone 3GS. O2 official policy is ‘no preorders’ but it seems very...
View ArticleCowen's vision for Ireland – Act like we've just been nuked
Speaking after the launch of the report of An Bord Snip Nua, Ireland’s Taoiseach Brian Cowen outlined his vision for the leaner Ireland which will emerge in the aftermath of the proposed cuts. “It’s...
View ArticleToo many twits might make a twat
David Cameron is trending strongly on Twitter today, in what looks to me as an indication to Labour that DC can dominate social media without any effort whatsoever, and make it look effortless. And he...
View ArticleLisbon Referendum Diary 1. A history of mutual smugness.
The most amusing thing about the nascent referendum campaign in Ireland is the approach of the two sides. It’s not as oppositional at least in spirit as you might think. The Pro Lisbon lobby are smug....
View ArticleLisbon Treaty Poster Safari Part One
Lisbon Treaty posters are a complete joke this year. The pro-Lisbon people are essentially trading on their obligations to their old friend Europe, and trading vague ambiguous slogans which often...
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A pictorial guide to who's f**ked this month
With the PBR in the UK and the Budget in Ireland, most of the readers of this blog consider themselves a little f**ked at the moment. But consider how f**ked these people feel.
View ArticleKirk McCambley attacks and the TNF
The young man caught up in the Iris Robinson affair story is currently at the centre of a serious attack storm on Facebook. Back at Queen’s University, we had a concept known as the ‘TNF’ which people...
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When is a water cut not a water cut? When it's 'Water Throttling'.
My local authority, Fingal County Council, has take the exciting step of ‘throttling’ the water supply. The people of Castleknock and Clonsilla (nice areas, North West Dublin) will not be happy....
View ArticleChris Grayling and the Gay Guesthouse Farago
Chris Grayling has apparently been recorded secretly (but not secretly enough) suggesting that in a B&B, owners should be able to reserve the right of service to gay couples who wished to stay...
View ArticleI love my party and I trust its leadership.
So here we are, in the process of creating a stable and responsible Government for the United Kingdom. The negotiations at the Cabinet Office between William Hague, George Osborne and Oliver Letwin...
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