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  • Aerial photos of Cork and other Irish places

    Via Tom comes news that Cork has made it onto earth.live.com bird’s eye view photos. It’s very impressive. Given certain buildings on the map, and the stage at which they are built, the photos are very recent. It’s only appropriate that Cork is on there before Dublin. But don’t worry jackeens, Dublin will be on…

  • Fitna the Movie: Geert Wilders' film about the Quran

    Explicit warning: This video contains some VERY graphic images and audio, please do not watch it unless you are prepared to see and hear them. BBC news story here. Personally, I found the film extremely upsetting. If you would rather not experience that upset, do not watch it. I do see merit in the argument…

  • Coughlan in the UAE

    The FF website isn’t exactly clear where she was though. Does that mean she was in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, or both? Or does someone think Abu Dhabi is in Dubai?

  • A conspiracy of silence

    Readers will be aware that I have been following events at the tribunals closely for several years. When I lived in Dublin I attended Flood and Moriarty on a regular basis. I saw the evidence of many ‘star’ witnesses including James Gogarty, Ray Burke, Liam Lawlor, Charlie Haughey, Denis O’Brien, Michael Lowry, and many others.…

  • No End in Sight

  • Dobson interviews Ahern

    Try and count how many times in this video we now know that he misled us. I remember at the time watching and not believing a word he was saying. I guess I was right. The syncing is poor, I may try another upload. Update: YouTube in three parts: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:

  • Hehehe Law & Order – Mahon Tribunal Unit

  • RTE coverage

    Hmm. Why do I get the feeling RTE are not giving this story the coverage it deserves. People are bored with the tribunal and Ahern? Yea right.

  • Obama's speech

    Regardless of the politics, I do enjoy watching him speak.

  • Time to go Ahern

    Caruth has just said she did lodge Sterling for Ahern. Where did it come from? Resign now, Mr Ahern

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