Archive for June 4th, 2007
Greens to Land on Planet Bertie?
Fresh from winning the Rumble in Ranelagh, Green TD John Gormley is now leading his party into negotiations on forming a new Government. Surely John has not forgotten his recent scathing description of Fianna Fáil as a strange religious cult that lives without vision or values on Planet Bertie? >>> (more…)
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Anna Nolan on Big Brother 2000
From seven years ago, before all of the twists and scandals, Anna Nolan is still my favourite Big Brother housemate. There will never be a better guitar-playing lesbian ex-nun on any tv show. Here’s a video tribute to Anna’s adventure.
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The Scandal of Saint Charles of Mount Argus
Yesterday the Pope magicked four new ‘saints’ into being, one of them based on a 19th century Dutch priest who lived in Dublin. The Irish President and Garda Commissioner attended the show, which the media reported as if something real had actually happened. Perhaps even as real as the scandal that caused the Church to transfer Fr Charles from Ireland to England in 1866. >>> (more…)
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