A report into the qualities of processed foods commonly available in shops and supermarkets has concluded that they do not provide any significant nutritional or health benefit that would not also be provided by eating the food’s packaging instead.
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Food and packaging interchangeable, report finds
Bono gets Madonna, Jolie to adopt Celtic Tiger cubs
U2′s preparations for the last of their Croke Park gigs have been marred by a tiff between frontman Bono and drummer Larry Mullen over Bono’s latest humanitarian mission – getting his celebrity friends to adopt Mirish children devastated by the economic meltdown.
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Kenny confused, upset over ‘Lisbon No Strategy’
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, the self-styled Taoiseach in waiting, is said to be confused and listless after learning late last night that his party want him to adopt a No to Lisbon stance in the hope that the people of Mireland would then do the opposite and say Yes to Lisbon.
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Cabinet concern as ‘God’ and ‘Country’ square off
The rift between Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has widened after Mr Ahern refused to leave his vigil at the tree stump in Rathkeale in Limerick to attend a meeting with Mr Cowen over the President’s council of state meeting.
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Union fights for jobs of staff who don’t work
Sources on both sides of the Bank of Ireland pay dispute have admitted that reaching resolution on the issue is unlikely unless it can be established what the staff involved actually do for a living.
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Con Sultans enjoy gloom boom
While increasing numbers of Mirish people continue to suffer the indignity of having to eat sandwiches instead of paninis, the boom years are just beginning for the nation’s Con Sultans as they prepare to offer their expertise to the process of implementing An Bord Snip Nua’s cost-cutting measures.
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A bridge too far as roads become motorways
Top civil servants in key Government departments are slowly coming to terms with the realisation that their political masters are on holiday and no longer need constant therapy, counselling and reassurance. The development has freed the mandarins to get back to running the country and they have already come up with some exciting solutions...
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Parties united on Kenny ‘no to Lisbon’ plan
The Taoiseach has promised that the Government parties will work closely with Fine Gael over the summer in an effort to persuade Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny to campaign for a no vote in the second Lisbon referendum on October 2nd.
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Taoiseach banks on tree stump to save economy
The Mire has just learned that Taoiseach Brian Cowen has asked the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern and Finance Minister Brian Lenihan to drop everything and go directly to Rathkeale in Limerick where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared as an outline in a tree stump.
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Ryanair abandons healthcare – ‘bloody invalids!’
Ryanair’s running of the health service is over less than one month after it begun. The airline had agreed to take over the role of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and outsource all treatment to Spain but sources say Ryanair bosses could not tolerate the number of disabled passengers they had to facilitate.
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