by nabidana | Feb 1, 2011 | Fake News, Ireland Election 2011, politics
An Taoiseach Brian Cowen has announced his departure from politics after the election due to be called today. It is widely expected that the Laois-Offaly TD will return to his career before politics, as a stealthy and well paid assassin, retained by several western...
by nabidana | Jan 31, 2011 | Ireland, this blog
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...
by nabidana | Jan 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
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...
by nabidana | Aug 31, 2010 | Labour Leadership, politics
Lord Mandelson, former First Secretary, has warned that the Labour Party risks slipping back into being ‘a party with policies and positions based on principles and political convictions’, should members elect Ed Miliband party leader next month. Speaking...
by nabidana | Feb 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Irlande, Nul Points First the mildly funny story. It emerged this morning that since 2003, more than 18,000 people cases of serious road traffic offences have been brought to court in Ireland and convicted of. Of those, it would appear that just over 700 of those...