The mysterious case of too many fucking fadas

Sometimes, we get things wrong.  Sometimes, however, it’s not our fault.  As a result of the historical intransigence of the Irish people and their insistence on the creation of a 26 county partitionist statelet, the education system in the still loyally British...

If I were Fine Gael’s election director…

Day 1: attempt viral hatchetjob on Cowen. Interspersed graphics of Bertie, Cowen and Martin. Martin and Cowen at Cabinet table. Lots of smiling. Graphic showing national debt growing on screen. Heartbeat background. Slowing to a flatline. Finishes with a fade to...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-30

Cowen considering Cairo-like show of strength, suddenly reminded of size of Irish Army Air Corps. # Blogpost: Fianna Fáil preparing to print election posters with infinitessimally small FF logo. http://nabidana.com/hoons/epic_fianna_fail/ # I would support a...

The case of the disappearing fáda.

Eagle eyed viewers have pointed out that the font I use for my headlines can’t handle fáda characters.  For someone writing disparagingly of others who don’t use the character or who misuse it as gaeilge, it’s obviously a bit embarrassing.  Thanks...