The Mire

The Department of Education has defended a controversial getting out of bed allowance paid to primary and secondary school teachers.
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Ireland’s ability to hide rubbish in plain sight has placed it top of the league in the EU for  unaccounted-for-rubbish.
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The Government has said it will not accept houses instead of cash as payment for the household charge.
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GPs and Hospital A&Es may withhold treatment until patients pay their household charge under controversial Government plans.
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Senior members of Fianna Fáil have spoken of their profound shock on discovering through the Mahon report that they were once led by Bertie Ahern.
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The Mahon report brought to mind this excerpt from my bailout satire The Eighty-Five Billion Euro Man:
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In the most devastating blow to jobs in the legal profession since the recession began the Mahon tribunal delivered its final report today.
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The HSE has said it is typical of the media not to focus on the high quality care and attention it provides to dead patients.
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The financial crisis, the HSE, grade inflation in education and the bulk of RTÉ’s programming were caused by men thinking about women, according to research.
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The Government is believed to be uncertain as to how best to squander oil discovered in Irish waters off west Cork.
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