Politics

J Edgar Shatter to fight dirty war on tax haven issue

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May 22, 2013

Secret Police Minister J Edgar Shatter is under pressure to unearth something compromising about members of the European Council this morning.
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Laughter everywhere at idea of standards in public office

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May 20, 2013

Hysterical laughter broke out across Ireland this morning after Independent TD Mick Wallace suggested there was such a thing as a Standards in Public Office Commission.
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Alan Shatter knows what you did last summer

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May 17, 2013

Justice Minister Alan Shatter knows what you did last summer.
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The Mire ‘humbled’ as stories become Govt policy

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May 16, 2013

The Mire was humbled today after Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin revealed he based policy on Mire stories.
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Cabinet back ‘awesome’ possibility of cloning each other

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May 16, 2013

The Cabinet will meet today to progress the ‘awesome’ possibility of cloning each other.
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Hawk-eye TD detection system in Dáil a ‘waste of money’

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May 15, 2013

A backbench TD has dismissed the introduction of Hawk-eye technology in the Dáil as an expensive gimmick and a waste of money.
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Fine Gael TDs to insult each other as Twitter practice

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May 10, 2013

Fine Gael TDs have been encouraged to insult each other to get them used to using social media.
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Political aides acted on own initiative when making potholes

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May 9, 2013

A number of Fine Gael TDs have insisted they had no idea their parliamentary assistants had been digging potholes in their constituencies.
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Parliamentary assistants questioned after Internet kidnapped

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May 9, 2013

A number of parliamentary assistants were detained by gardaí this morning after the Internet was allegedly kidnapped.
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TDs admit getting ‘carried away’ with 3D printer

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May 7, 2013

Leinster House is running out of room to store arses after the Government admitted to getting carried away with the State’s only 3D printer.
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