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Taoiseach chose Nama because he ‘loved the sound’ of the word
According to sources in Government buildings Taoiseach Brian Cowen opted for Nama over nationalisation of the banks because he loved the sound of the word. »
The Mire reflects on a pig’s mickey of a year – twisted and crooked
It was a year that began with a visit from several British MPs to Dail Eireann to study the mystifying way in which our TDs resisted resigning. »
Taoiseach not drinking enough say sources in his head
In an unprecedented exclusive sources inside the Taoiseach’s head have revealed that, contrary to media speculation, Brian Cowen is not drinking nearly enough. »
Queen, Thatcher and corgis to campaign for Lisbon here
Queen Elizabeth ll is to travel extensively around Mireland in the next fortnight campaigning for a Yes vote in the Lisbon referendum. »
Lenihan claims tree stump depicts Kathleen ni Houlihan
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... »
NAMA left with nothing as Kenny squats ‘everywhere’
Senior Governmnent figures were locked in crisis talks with National Asset Management Agency executives (NAMA) and heads of all of the country’s financial institutions this evening after it emerged that former Late Late Show host Pat Kenny is claiming squatters’ rights over all of the land assets that NAMA was planning to manage. »