CEANN Comhairle Séan Ó’Fearghail had to restore order in Leinster House this morning after a chant of ‘you’re in trouble, you’re in trouble’ broke out among TDs, stemming from the Taoiseach’s request that Minister for Further Education Simon Harris ‘see him after Dáil’. It is believed that Micháel Martin, along with Vice Taoiseach Leo Varadkar… Read more »
DIGGING in with Convention Centre staff while armed with a mop and a bucket, Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl is surveying the inexcusable damage caused by the government after it spent the entirety of last night’s motion of no confidence debate in Leo Varadkar flinging its arse effluent at Sinn Féin. “Oh for feck sake,… Read more »
WITH the help of dream analysis experts WWN attempts to figure out what Green Party leader Eamon Ryan was dreaming about prior to being woken up during a sitting of the Dáil in the Convention Centre yesterday so he could vote down a bill which proposed giving a living wage to low paid workers. Every… Read more »
AFTER MUCH controversy, dismay, infighting and ego-massaging the identities of the governments’ junior ministers are now known, with significant representation for the hitherto ignored West. However, there has been some concern that some newly installed junior ministers are under the impression they are actual minister ministers, prompting calls for the record to be set straight… Read more »
HERE’S what’s in store for all new and returning TDs as the 33rd Dáil sits for the first time. There will be considerable back-to-Dáil traffic in Dublin City as eager parents drop their TD children off at the gates of Leinster House. Expect the mounting of pavements and parking on double yellow lines. To signal… Read more »
CEREMONIES planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the first ever sitting of the Dáil in 1919 have been cancelled by TDs who have decided against such celebrations in favour of doing ‘sweet fuck all’. Fearing that drawing attention to the aspirations of the first Dáil might reflect poorly on their own lack of effort,… Read more »
LEINSTER House has been put on high alert following reports that a huge amount of boiling, uncontrollable Kerry temper has caused the Healy-Rae brothers to fuse together to form one Super-TD, with enough political-savvy and shouting power to control the flow of politics in Ireland for a generation. Concerns were raised about the possibility of… Read more »
A SCHEDULED photo shoot with one of Ireland’s leading photographers was reluctantly cancelled by the Taoiseach’s office this afternoon following news that Tanaiste Frances Fitzgerald resigned from office “for the sake of the country”, thus avoiding a snap election. Sources confirmed that Leo Varadkar instructed staff to call the photographer and postpone the election poster… Read more »
NEW INFORMATION regarding the Tánaiste’s knowledge of the legal strategy to attack the credibility and motives of whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe, suggests for the very first time that the government may view whistleblowers as a nuisance and not a key and integral part of improving institutions and eliminating corruption and malpractice. Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald first… Read more »
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL has given the go ahead to the much needed expansion of the Dáil bar, transforming the TD watering hole into a sprawling five-storey nightclub that could rival any late night spot Ireland currently has. “We’ll get a bit of push back from the public, obviously, but the sessions sometimes spilled right back… Read more »