Archive for June 18th, 2007

Trevor’s Incredible Stretching Conscience

Either Trevor Sargent is an ethical simpleton, or else he believes that the rest of us are. Trevor is now ‘absolutely happy’ with Bertie Ahern’s word on his personal finances. Why? Because the Greens were given two cabinet seats. That follows his Alice in Wonderland resignation speech after ‘proudly’ breaking his word to the electorate. Let’s look at exactly what has happened. >>> (more…)


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That’s Pirate Radio Part 10 – The 1983 Raids

In 1983 the Irish airwaves were awash with over fifty pirates as the new Fine Gael Labour Government settled into power. Then Chris Cary at Nova imported a powerful transmitter to broadcast into the UK market. This proved too much for Jim ‘Fixer’ Mitchell, the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. >>> (more…)


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