Cowen to be burned in Wicker Man

The Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party has given instructions to the Chief Whip to prepare Brian Cowen for ritual sacrifice at the next full moon. Chief Shaman of the party, Mayo TD Dara Calleary, has been asked to officiate at the ceremony, where an Taoiseach will be...
Fine Gael Website hacked

Fine Gael Website hacked

The Fine Gael website appears to have been hacked by the hacker group Anonymous.  The placeholder they placed on the site doesn’t make much sense (what with Fine Gael being in opposition and all) but here it is for posterity.  Click to...

National Alliance… no, that can’t be right, can it?

Before I learned practically anything about the new ‘centre-right think tank’ being formed by former Libertas spin doctor (more spin horse dentist in the end, things didn’t go very well in the closing stages of the campaign, but far too much of it is...
Eamonn Mallie and the Rumour Torrent

Eamonn Mallie and the Rumour Torrent

Eamonn Mallie, deservedly one of Northern Ireland’s most respected journalists, sent the twittersphere into overdrive today when he inadvertantly tweeted ‘the minister for justice has just said he is resignin G’. This on the day that the Green Party...

Irish Sovereignty: A brief treatise.

The striking thing about the Irish Sovereignty arguments re: the bailout is how non-sovereign and dependent Ireland has been since the beginning of the twentieth century. First, between 1900 and 3 May 1921, Ireland was under British administration; clearly not...