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look at these assholes

2 Comments Posted by on November 11, 2010

irishtimes.com: The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has received 28 complaints about the behaviour of gardaí following a protest organised by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) last week. Some 25,000 people participated. If you thought the behaviour of the Gardai was about to change, think again. In this video there are beatings of people [...]

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IT’S ALL GONE THONG

8 Comments Posted by on October 25, 2010

I saw this on the front of the Wurdeld as it was laying on a table next to me yesterday, honestly, it was in a hotel lobby, I dont know who put it there but like a car crash I couldnt stop looking. THE Sunday World today lays bare the antics of the revellers behind [...]

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post ban substances have appeard

Comments Off Posted by on June 20, 2010

drugs.ie: Products that have appeard since the recent ban include, White Columbia, Raz, Amplified, Extreme Stardust, Sn*berry and Pure NRG. After testing, compounds found in these ‘post-ban’ substance are Naphyrone; Lignocaine; Ethcathinone; Dimethocaine; and Caffeine. According to the unmistakable gardai-speak: We shall update this page in light of any further developments. Well they have not [...]

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aftershock

Comments Off Posted by on May 3, 2010

its not about the drink or what happens after an earthquake it is RTE’s series of programmes called aftershock: I find the name to be strangely familiar to Futureshock: In a special programme, RTÉ Television examines whether Ireland’s property bubble is about to burst. In Future Shock: Property Crash, journalist Richard Curran assesses the chances [...]

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valley girls

Comments Off Posted by on April 13, 2010

From independent.ie, 2006: ON ANY given Saturday or Sunday, you’ll spot them, in gangs of two, or five or 10. From the top of their purposely messy heads to their UGG-clad toes, these teenage girls have done what rich kids do best, taken an American phenomenon and made it their own. Though the girls aren’t [...]

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irish recycling

Comments Off Posted by on April 11, 2010

one of my neighbours thought it was ok to dump their hoover in the recycling, I thought the bucket of bathroom waste a while back would take some beating but here it is:

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nama nama nama nameleon

Comments Off Posted by on April 6, 2010

Lacking in new material at the moment so I am rehashing some old stuff. Every newspaper over the Easter weekend was filled with NAMA and the bank holiday roads contained the Celtic Tigers bastard offspring – the SUV badly driven by emotionally confused nouveau riche. Granted there are now less than before – maybe the [...]

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idiots

3 Comments Posted by on March 3, 2010

The Irish Times own both Ireland.com and myhome.ie – They paid 50 million for the latter. I read with interest There are hopes that renewed activity may be taking place in the property market after website MyHome.ie said the number of second-hand properties that were “sale agreed” in January rose significantly. The property site, which [...]

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the irish mind and bonos inner dynamism

4 Comments Posted by on February 17, 2010

IDA Ireland has enlisted the support of Bono, the U2 singer, and the artist Louis le Brocquy in a 4 million drive to market Ireland as a prime business location for US multinationals. In language far removed from IDA Ireland’s typical investment parlance, the body said “le Brocquy aimed to make a recognisable image of [...]

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All changed, changed utterly

2 Comments Posted by on February 17, 2010

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? Yeats in Easter 1916. Brian Cowen wants economic sacrifice and needs the place looking great as if 2016 is some sort of tidy towns parade: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen last night invoked the centenary of the Easter Rising in five [...]

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