Thug has sentence increased, but not by enough

Kevin Dunne of Ballyfermot Drive has had his sentence for assault causing harm increased from seven to ten years by the Court of Criminal appeal.
Dunne left a Lithuanian man severely brain-damaged and wheelchair-bound as a result of a savage, uprovoked attack.
He is currently serving a two-year sentence for another unprovoked attack on a Frenchman.
The maximum [...]

Drico and Dorce get orses kicked

Total 'mare for the "Lions".  (PMSL)
 That is all.

Progressive Democrats admit they’ve been soft on drink driving

The PDs have passed a motion at their annual party conference pledging to get tough on drink drivers if in government after the next election.
This is the party that has been in charge of the Department of Justice since the present Government came into office.
And they're only getting tough on drink driving now?

Ireland is a Great Little Country

So I wake up this morning and I look at the RTE Online news page.  Here's what I see:
Murder probe launched in Waterford
(08:23) Gardaí in Waterford have launched a murder investigation following the death of a 60-year-old man.
 
Two killed in Kerry accident
(08:49) Two people have been killed in a two-vehicle collision in north Co Kerry.
 
Body [...]

The Elephant in the Living Room

These days, if a Minister for Health was seen to be a heavy smoker, you can be sure the subject would be loudly debated in the press and raised by the opposition in the Dail.
Likewise if it became known that a Minister for Health was a heavy drinker.
So why the conspiracy of silence where the [...]

The Dope Who Puts the Shambles in Babyshambles

Pete Doherty has been arrested again on drug possession charges – just three hours after sympathetic Judge Jane McIvor sentenced him to a community order with two years' supervision and 18 months drug rehabilitation at Thames Magistrates' Court.
Doherty was was showing "significant signs of compliance and effort" in tackling his addiction, Judge Jane purred as she spared [...]

Teachers dish ‘em out, but can’t take ‘em

The Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) has decided to withdraw co-operation with school inspections because they don't want the inspection reports to be published.
Why?  What have they got to hide?
If they're worried about getting bad reports, they can always do what I used to do when I was at school.  Burn the reports and blame [...]

Tony Blair has gone quite mad

Tony B. Liar has obviously gone completely off his rocker.
Like his fellow devoted "Christian", George Bush, the British Prime Minister refuses to rule out military action against Iran, even though his own Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, (hardly a limp-wristed pacifist himself), has described such a course of action as "inconceivable" and "illegal".
God save us from [...]

Excellent employment opportunity for a born liar

White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, is to resign.
Potential applicants for the vacant position should note that the most important attributes required are (1) a neck like a jockey's bollocks, and (2) a back passage of sufficient width to accommodate a puppet-master's hand.

Brady and Eames protecting their turfs

I see in today's Irish Independent that the two Archbishops of Armagh are annoyed at a mass concelebrated by Catholic and Church of Ireland clergy.
It's all very well to pay lip service to ecuminism, but we can't have activities that threatens our privileged and exalted positions, can we?