The Government is Retarded

I read Dan's post on the retrospectively applied charges for residential care which came from Fergus Finlay's article on the same and decided to raise awareness of the latest round of of fuck-knucklery to assail the weaker members of this society. Independently living people with learning disabilities are not only having HALF THEIR WELFARE taken in charges, the charges are being APPLIED RETROSPECTIVELY so that families are suddenly being hit for thousands of euro. I THINK THIS NEEDS A COLLECTIVE FUCK-OFF RIGHT NOW.

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But most importantly, whoever calls to your door in the next few weeks, GRILL THEM ON WHERE THEY STAND ON THIS AND WHAT THEY'LL DO ABOUT IT.

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High King of Tara

First sod turned for M3 motorway

Dear Rock the Vote...

These leaders' blogs aren't blogs. Blogs allow readers to comment on content. Blogs are a two way street. You can come onto my blog and let me know I'm a twat. You might influence me, you might not. But I'll let you say it.
This is just top-down press release style pointlessness. You're supposed to be engaging with voters. Blogs are a great way to do this. These aren't blogs.

Green Ink

http://greeninkpen.blogspot.com

(via.)

Anarchist Focks the Vote

Via VoteTube comes a this lovely little mashup by sharongurrier of recent satirical shenanigans from various blogs (such as this one).

I likey.

The Mad Adventures of Young Patrick Bartholomew Ahern

Lack of e-voting a disgrace, says Ahern

Stupid Adwords

This is for the benefit of the stupid fucking Adwords across the way there that are probably forcing gym memberships down your throat or offering sexy singles for meeting and more.
This is a satirical blog focussing on Irish politics and society through original cartoons and photo manipulation. Favourite subjects for ribbing are Bertie Ahern, Michael McDowell, Mary Harney, Fianna Fail generally and the PDs except for Liz O'Donnell who I have a bit of a thing for. Fine Gael, the Green Party and Sinn Fein have also graced this blog, specifically Enda Kenny, Elizabeth Davidson and Gerry Adams, and even Ian Paisley has turned up. Pat Rabbitte I haven't got anything on because I don't know what he looks like.
So Adwords, read and learn, and offer something to my readers that they might click on and I can earn the price of a pint from Google by about 2025.

Actually, the first line there has probably negated the whole point of this post.

Ah fuck.

(BTW you might be mildly amused by clicking the links above if you haven't already. If you did, well done. I'll by you a pint in 2050.)

Ironic Street Names #1

Derry Street. London.

Bertiecase- And 100 Posts!

Snackbox Diaries.

And this is my 100th post! Wayhey!

Devil's Bit all round.

Beach Brief Thief

Snack begob.

Glenda Gilson's Knob

Her doorknob of course. What were you thinking?

That's more of it now on the Snackbox Diaries.

Bosco- Another Irish Icon on the Skids

Poor Bosco. Now he's off the shit maybe it's time to rehabilitate his career. Transgenders today enjoy a different status than in Bosco's Ireland. Until you go 15 miles in any direction from the major cities: then you're back in the 1950s. An alternative, filthy-rich greedy '50s with gas pipes running through gardens and motorways running through creches and where drink driving is just an expression of culture.

Great stuff from Citizen Fly.

UPDATE: I made the above comment before I saw this story about the transgender dentist. Best of luck with it Lydia. I'm sure you're nothing like Bosco.

Right, I'm back.

Hope you behaved yourselves. And I would go on holiday just when some of the national papers (Sunday Tribune and Daily Mirror) were picking up the Bertieshop stuff and I got all these visitors and nothing new to show them.
Drat. There goes my screenplay/novel/TV series/endorsement opportunity.

Thanks also to Harry McGee for the blinding praise last week. The guy is a visionary.

By the way, THE ELECTION IS OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNN!!!!!!

Hello Sunday Tribune Readers

Damien pointed out that the Snackbox craic had been picked up by the Sunday Tribune.

Have a look around and don't break anything.

Bosco Ahern

Snackbox Diaries

Obey Zod

Snackbox Diaries
Original image courtesy Fustar.

By the way thanks to Bloggorah for featuring my 300 poster and Mick on Slugger for plugging my Mulley Grinder. I predict this time next week we'll be talking about Mulleygate (because Walshgate sounds lame, and Kissgate is, well actually Kissgate has potential.)

Take care this weekend

It's an old one but I'm bumping it for the weekend that's in it. Take care on the roads y'all. I'll be gone for the next week on me holliers and I expect to see you all here when I get back.

Mulley Grinder

Guardian in not having a clue shocker

Bertie and the 300

Snackbox Diaries

"You do not know the power of the Dark Side..."

Snackbox Diaries

That's no moon...

The Snackbox Diaries

Day Wanna Wanga ton Enda Kenny

FF label Kenny's contract 'windy rhetoric'
Snackbox Diaries

Names that don't suit jobs #1

This is Fr. Hardon. I swear to God. Look.

That Lift Incident...

Hat tip to Slugger.

More Next Steps

Some brilliant captions to Bertie's Next Step thingies on Marking Time.

Invisible People Have Serious Moustaches

Damien Mulley with fetching 'tache?

Actual Undoctored Photo

LMAO etc.

MORE.

And one for the Snackbox Diaries

More here.

Tree Hugging

Light bulb levy, higher VRT in climate plan

Desperate DeJa Vu with latest FF/PD attempt to ‘Greenwash’ dire environmental record - O’Dowd

New Climate Change Strategy far too little too late

EXCLUSIVE- STROKE FAHY IN NEFARIOUS ESCAPE PLOT

l-r: Michael "Murray" Fahy, "Michael" Stroke Fahy

GREEN INK has learned this afternoon that corrupt councillor "Michael" Stroke Fahy has attempted to avoid justice by swapping identities with escaped Castlerea prisoner Michael "Murray" Fahy after faking a sudden illness.

In a bizarre turn of events well known fence Cllr. Fahy is believed to have swapped identities with Michael "Murray" Fahy in a bid escape a twelve month sentence for corruption imposed in March. "Murray" Fahy escaped from University College Hospital Galway yesterday. A spokesperson for the hospital said that "Murray" Fahy had been admitted to hospital after an "exascerbated soap dropping" in the prison, but gardai now believe this was a cover story in what has been described as a "shamelessly Hollywoodesque" escape plan for Cllr. Fahy.

"Stroke" Fahy claimed to have taken ill yesterday evening after submitting invoices twice for work carried out on his land by a Community Employment Scheme. Having being rolled to University College Hospital in Galway it is believed Fahy swapped clothes with Murray, who may have been disguised as an Accident and Emergency doctor and therefore couldn't be seen.

A Garda spokesperson has indicated to Green Ink that the plan involved Murray serving out Fahy's sentence for him. Gardai have asked Fianna Fail TDs and councillors to check outhouses and bank accounts and are urging members of the public to be on the lookout for unusually bloated lemmings among the Ardrahan electorate. If spotted Cllr Fahy should be approached and badly beaten, sources say.

In a related development a Garda spokesperson has been disciplined for using the word "Hollywoodesque". He is currently kneeling on pencils in Mill St. Garda Station.

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Galway's Cllr Fahy admitted to hospital
Prisoner escapes from Galway hospital
Another Fianna Fail Corruption Scandal

Fustar's Manky Toy Monday

Makes no sense? You need to go over to Fustar, where it should make even less sense. Also, Irish Election.

Enda Kenny at the National Convention

"GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has made an extraordinary intervention into the Irish general election campaign by effectively urging voters to turf her EU partner Taoiseach Bertie Ahern out of power. "

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Sluggish

The muse has gone on holiday and taken all my pens. It's not as if I'm short on material (was the Merkel/Kenny an April Fool? Does Enda give better back rubs than George Bush?). Back in earnest soon. Promise.