Saturday, February 28, 2009

Did Fianna Fail Get Its Own Web Address Wrong?

Suzy, Damien and I assume Mick, among others got the following email after the rousing rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow Leader's Speech at the Fianna Fail Ard Fheis tonight:

Dear friend,

I’ve just come off stage at Fianna Fáil’s Ard Fheis, where I’ve outlined the difficult measures we’re having to take to help return the country to growth. I was frank about the scale of the problems we face, but I’m optimistic about the ability of the Irish people to meet these challenges through the hard work and ingenuity we’ve always shown. We’re a resilient and creative nation and we’ll meet our challenges together.

You’ve heard from me, now I want to hear from you.

I’m asking each of you to submit a question for me, which I’ll answer as many as I can via video right here on the new Fianna Fáil website. Submit your questions at:

http://www.fiannafail.com/askthetaoiseach

To better serve you, and to help lead us out of this recession, I want to hear what you thought of my speech, the questions you might have about some of the important measures I’ve announced and your ideas about how Fianna Fáil can set Ireland back on the road to growth and renewed prosperity.

Ask me questions - as directly as you want to - and I’ll answer them in the clearest terms possible. I want to embrace a new openness and engage with you in honest conversation about the direction of the country. Post a question for me:

http://www.fiannafail.ie/askthetaoiseach

Our Ard Fheis is finishing up now and I’d like to thank the many thousands of Fianna Fail members who came and made their voices heard.

Wishing you and your family security in these difficult times,

Brian Cowen

Taoiseach

P.S. if you were unable to attend the Ard Fheis or missed the coverage on television and radio, we covered the event on our website and we’ll be adding more speeches and video over the coming days.

That first URL goes nowhere. In the same week they fucked up the FF website launch they manage to fuck up another strand of their online outreach reacharound.
Epicer and Epicer FAIL.

Brian Cowen Inspirational Hero Uber-Taoiseach



Taoiseach Brian Cowen explaining through mime this evening his plan to free Ireland from recession.

Bodies the Exhibition


Mmmm. Death porn.

#ffaf



Makes you feel a bit sick, doesn't it?

#ffaf on twitter.

RTE And The Long Arm Of The Law


Looks like the RTE newsroom had a few scoops before filing this breathless story.

" The device was found on the person of a man in his mid 20s who was arrested in Athlone this afternoon by gardaí in Galway following the recovery of a fireman."

OK BUT WHAT HAPPENED THE FIREMAN???? And how long are the arms on those Guards in Galway who can arrest someone that's in Athlone? Now that's policework.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Free Oral Sex For Bloggers On Ryanair Flights

Something we were working on today on TwitPic

By Made in Hollywood.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The Rospars of Ob

joe-rospars-fianna-fail-ireland

Joe Rospars Talk: Fianna FAIL Web 2.0

Fianna Fail have managed to completely cunt any potential relationship they might have had with bloggers. Read the tweets for the Joe Rospars (Obama's webby guy) talk, which turned into the launch of the new FF website for bloggers who thought they were there to hear Joe Rospars.

UPDATE: FionnTimes has a screengrab from Strawberry Media billing for the event. No mention of Fianna FAIL.

UPDATE 2: The Rospars of Ob.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Irish Blog Awards 2009

That was... fucking great. They should have it every year.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Mervyn Storey- Dear God, What Were You Thinking?


Mervyn Storey clearly needs proof that there is no intelligent design. Green Ink recommends precise measurements taken from reflectulation in a science mirror.