Monthly Archives: March 2010

Obligatory pension = Goodbye Ireland

From 2014 all workers over the age of 22 will have to pay 4% of their income into a pension scheme (if not already a member of a work related one). For every €4 paid in by employees, the state … Continue reading

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Rotating Greens

Sadly they’re not rotating on a giant spit above a fire on which tyres, plastic milk cartons and batteries are being burned. Is it coincidence that they are ‘rotating’ at a point where the current ministers have ensured they receive … Continue reading

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Government announces further job losses

The Government has today approved a ban on a range of products sold in head shops. The ban will take another three months to enforce however, as it requires EU approval. The Government says the move – under the Misuse … Continue reading

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The answer is simple : be a cunt

Crime doesn’t pay. Cheaters and thieves never prosper. My hoop. If you have a neck like a jockey’s bollocks and no compunction about creating eight different kinds of truth then you’re all set. Bertie Ahern, we know what he’s done, … Continue reading

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Earthquake in Chile

Puts me in mind of this. They must be gutted that more people haven’t died. “Come on aftershocks!”

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This weekend

This weekend consisted of: Beer, but not too much beer. Playing football, perhaps too much football. Watching football, not enough football, too much violence, not enough red cards, just the right amount of non-handshakes. Driving, stuck behind somebody who thought … Continue reading

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This weekend consisted of:

Beer, but not too much beer.

Playing football, perhaps too much football.

Watching football, not enough football, too much violence, not enough red cards, just the right amount of non-handshakes.

Driving, stuck behind somebody who thought the 30kmh speed limit for the city centre applied everywhere and poodled along, hugging the middle of the road so it was impossible to overtake. I honestly, seriously, truly, wanted to ram them off the road.

Eating squid and pizza but not squid pizza.

And that was about it. I remember when weekends consisted of very different things but if you ask me do I miss the sun coming up and the dirty grey hollowness of a Sunday afternoon that began on Saturday night I have to tell you I do not.