That’s Ireland

Sadly, another week has passed during which real life has interrupted my blog posting. However, nothing can stop the Monday Quiz. On this week last year (Mar 17 to Mar 23, 2007):

• Which Government Minister cost most to travel on their Saint Patrick’s Day junket - Martin Cullen going to San Francisco, Noel Dempsey going to Dallas and Houston, or Mary harney going to Scandinavia?
• Which Junior Minister cost most to travel on their Saint Patrick’s Day Junket - Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher going to Atlanta and Philadelphia, Michael Ahern going to Kuala Lumpar and Singapore, or Tom Parlon going to South Africa?
• Why was former Fianna Fail Councillor Michael ‘the Stroke’ Fahey of Galway jailed for twelve months and fined €75,000?
• Whey were 400 prisoners or former prisoners suing the State?
• What shock did passengers on two Aer Lingus flights to Rome get?

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Answers

• Noel Dempsey’s trip cost us €75,000, Martin Cullen’s trip cost us €27,000 and Mary Harney’s trip cost us €17,000.
• Michael Ahern’s trip cost us €52,000, Tom Parlon’s trip cost us €35,000 and Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher’s trip cost us €33,000.
• For obtaining €7,000 by false pretences in 2002 and the attempted theft of €7,500 in 2003 as well as five other charges of deception and false accounting, and attempting to implicate innocent people in his theft and fraud.
• Because they were being forced to slop out their prison cells.
• Both planes were hit by lightning.