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		<title>Celebrity ego fuel to revive economy and save planet</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/celebrity-ego-fuel-to-revive-economy-and-save-planet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite all indications to the contrary, it now seems likely that a Green Party energy initiative is going to save the Government, the economy, the country and the planet.
Energy Minister Eamon Ryan has revealed a new technology that will tap into celebrities&#8217; egos to fuel the national grid.  &#8220;Ego fuel is an eco fuel,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cost benefit analysis of state agencies fails to find any benefit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cost benefit analysis of all state agencies which was ordered by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has had to be abandoned after it could find no discernible benefit to measure cost against.
Mr Lenihan ordered the review as part of his preparation for December&#8217;s budget. However, although a team of forensic accountants dedicated six months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry cabinet protests against Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traffic was severely disrupted in the centre of Dublin today as angry members of the Cabinet took to the streets to protest against the Government.
Many citizens were surprised to see Taoiseach Brian Cowen and all of his Government ministers protesting against his government but Mr Cowen said it was vital that the public realised &#8220;that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenihan claims tree stump depicts Kathleen ni Houlihan</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/lenihan-claims-tree-stump-depicts-kathleen-ni-houlihan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The unprecedented pressure the Government is under finally led to a split in the Cabinet yesterday when a fistfight broke out between Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern and Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan after Mr Lenihan insisted that the tree stump in Rathkeale, Co Limerick, which is alleged to depict the Virgin Mary and infant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cabinet concern as &#8216;God&#8217; and &#8216;Country&#8217; square off</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/cabinet-concern-as-god-and-country-square-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s council of state meeting.
The Taoiseach sent Mr Ahern and Finance Minister Brian Lenihan to Rathkeale earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taoiseach banks on tree stump to save economy</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/taoiseach-banks-on-tree-stump-to-save-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
The two senior Government ministers have been briefed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenihan doesn&#8217;t fancy career prospects</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/lenihan-doesnt-fancy-career-prospects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan is said to be utterly bemused at opposition calls for his resignation over the International Monetary Fund&#8217;s bleak assessment of Mireland&#8217;s economic outlook.
In the face of the onslaught from Fine Gael and Labour Mr Lenihan resorted to the delusional stance of stating that the report represented an endorsement of current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cowen says stones will bleed</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/cowen-says-stones-will-bleed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/cowen-says-stones-will-bleed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taoiseach Brian Cowen has added his voice to calls for leopards to change their spots but has cautioned that this may be a long drawn out process.
Welcoming a leading leopard&#8217;s statement that leopards who had yet to change their spots might still do so, Mr Cowen said he expected &#8220;strong and continuous participation&#8221; by leopards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenihan determined to change leopards&#8217; spots</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/lenihan-determined-to-change-leopards-spots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has announced that leopards will be legally obliged to change their spots after the next general election. Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan last night said legislation to give effect to the new law will pass all stages in the Oireachtas, before the Dáil and Seanad rise for the summer recess.
The move follows exhaustive [...]]]></description>
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