An Bord Snip Nua was a group charged with recommending public sector cuts in these ‘economic times’ ….. well …. I’ve seen it all now:

Bail out the banks for billions and make ordinary Joe Soap, Joe Public and everyone else in the public sector pay for it.

Full reports are available through the RTE website … the Dept. of Finance website apparently can’t handle the extra traffic:

• RTE – ‘Bord Snip’ recommends €5.3bn in savings’
• The Full Report
• The Appendices

They sure did hit Education hard …. bastards.

This fair country of ours is fucked.

Where can I emigrate to?

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Overture to ‘Stiffelio’ by Verdi  conducted by Sir Edward Downes.

The jarveys who don’t use poo poo catching devices on their horse have been banned from Killarney National Park.

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Happy birthday Roger! 66 today.

A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, “ I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir.”

The driver says, “Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60, perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating.”

Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: “Now don’t be silly dear, you know that this car doesn’t have cruise control.”

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Not long more me thinks before Cowen and Co. will be saying good bye to Leinster House:

Taoiseach Brian Cowen emerged shell-shocked from a raucous meeting of Fianna Fail TDs and senators last week to be told that he is now presiding over a party even more fractious and split than it was during the era of Charles Haughey.

At Fianna Fail’s final parliamentary party before the summer recess, Mr Cowen had been expecting a relatively timid affair during which he would rally his party colleagues in advance of them spending 10 weeks among their angry constituents.

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Two irish ducks crossing the road. The one at the back goes ” Quack, quack”.
The other one turns round and says, ” Fer fecks sake, I’m going as quack as I can.”

Ode to a tree stump.

I’ve seen it all now …. tree stump worship on church grounds in Co. Limerick.

Hundreds of people are flocking to St. Mary’s Church grounds in Rathkeale, Co. Limerick to pray and touch a willow tree stump which people are claiming depicts an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary herself.

Candles have been lit, multiple rosaries recited and a 24 hour vigil has been mounted to ensure that nobody removes the offending tree trunk!

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Don’t think I agree with Michael Jackson’s daughter having to speak at his memorial service.

The media are describing it as her 26-word speech (even though I counted 27 words?).
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