Mary Coughlin Attempts To Carry Out Her Duties

You know that in casual exchanges between working colleagues Brian calls her Merry Cockring?

Fine Gael Threaten Violence on Europe

Beat the Heart of Europe.
Mr. Mulley for the tip-off.

Today's TD challenge:

Slip the word cunt into the Dail record.
For example:

"I cunt believe the Minister expects the House to believe..."
or
"I cunt three reasons why this legislation is flawed..."
or
"You're a cunt, Taoiseach."

Come on TDs, Brian's winning!

Brian Cowen is a Fucker

Well you can't argue can you Brian? When you're calling people fuckers yourself you can't really get too defensive if you're called a total wankbag out-of-his-depth tool of a motherfucking bad-tempered ballsucker, eh?

What would YOU call Brian Cowen?
Cowen apology after use of f-word
A New Era.
Jazz Biscuit
Una
Mulley

Dunnes Stores Defending Free Speech

Three Ireland has been banning gay websites from its handsets. Good to see that Dunnes is all for free speech when it comes to clothes lines then.

Una Mullally Plagiarised in Irish Daily Mirror Today

MY work, not the work of "some internet wags" Una. At least in the Tribune you can make out the logo, but today's Mirror has helpfully cropped that out in its article. Fair enough, use the images but at least give a fucking credit.

But the real juice is Political Editor Aine Hegarty has lifted Una's tongue-in-cheek interview with Lili Forberg word for word in today's Irish Daily Mirror.

I call plagiarism.

UPDATED: Linked to Lili's blog. Una has reaction here. Seems this is so common she doesn't even register it any more. I also emailed Aine Hegarty this morning:

"Given that you've used my uncredited images and the better part of Una Mullally's article from yesterday's Tribune for your article today, I'm left wondering what you actually do for a living."

No reply.

Inadvertent Assonance On The BBC

Adults with autism to be audited. So says the headline.

Blogger Green Ink Leaks Data Protection Commissioner's Report

Photo owned by diaper (cc)

No I didn't. It was a little known blogger elsewhere. Story.
So it wasn't sensitive information that was leaked. But still, it is the kind of thing Alanis Morrisette would leave out of a song about irony, isn't it?

As Good As My Word

Gone. Goodbye Mr. Ahern.
It's not the end of an era.
I won't miss you.

Eamon Ryan Casual Like

More.

There's also a Facebook group of Ryanies now.

Lesbians.

From the BBC:
Campaigners on the Greek island of Lesbos are to go to court in an attempt to stop a gay rights organisation from using the term "lesbian".

Those Lesbosians sure are a militant lot eh?