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The Mire reflects on a pig’s mickey of a year – twisted and crooked

By The Mire

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. »

Big Brother makers and Simon Cowell may make reality show here

By The Mire

X Factor producer Simon Cowell and Big Brother producer Endemol are believed to be in negotiations with Taoiseach Brian Cowen about turning events in the country into a reality television show. »

Lenihan claims tree stump depicts Kathleen ni Houlihan

By The Mire

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... »