Champions League Final. Manchester United vs Chelsea. Live Blogging at Its Worst.

I'm watching this game and trying to figure out what the fuck it's all about.  One gang of fannydancers are trying to get the ball past the other crowd of [...]

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Shock Fucking Horror!! Fucking Taoiseach Fucking Swears in Fucking Dáil!

Fucking hell.  Brian Fucking Cowen said "fuckers" in the fucking Dáil and the fucking opposition have their fucking knickers in a fucking twist, for fucksake.  What a fucking bunch of [...]

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Mahon Tribunal Witness Des Richardson Suffers memory Lapse

You remember our old pal Des Richardson, don't you? Of course you do. I wrote about him here and here and here. Well, Des has been giving evidence to the [...]

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Equal status

The Equal Status Act, 2000. What the fuck is that? It's an act that was passed in 2000, which gives people equal status. Hmmmm. Do you really want to read [...]

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Heineken Cup 2008

Heineken Cup 2008

We're ready.  Talk in Limerick is of little else. _____________________________ Are you going to Cardiff? Yeah.  You? Yeah. Who'll win? Hard to call. How you travelling? Ferry. I'm flying. We [...]

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Cluster Bombs Conference

Engineering genius needs the chaperone of a moral compass. When design is placed in the hands of turbo-charged, but socially-limited, intellects, we get brutal, anonymous cities and a savage tearing [...]

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What About A Song?

Some songs are so powerful, they stay with us all our lives, and this is one that did it for me. Spooky as it gets.

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Ted Kennedy and Mary-Jo Kopechne. What Really Happened at Chappaquiddick?

Ted Kennedy might die soon. What happened, Ted? If you're asking who the hell Ted Kennedy is, then you probably belong to Generation Meh, as one contributor here describes it, [...]

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Bullet Gets A Job

I know that look. What, I demand.‚  What, Bullet?‚  What?‚  Spit it out.‚  I won't bite you. Bullet shuffles his feet and looks down at the floor.‚  I got a [...]

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Bertie Ahern and the Mahon Tribunal. He Hasn't Gone Away, you KNow.

Everywhere you look, the world is full of generous businessmen, but in North Dublin, you can't fling a crooked stick over your shoulder without hitting one of them.  Take for [...]

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