It appears I have been going too easy on Gazeta Wyborcza. Here’s Tony Judt on Adam Michnik, its editor: “Today, America�s liberal armchair warriors are the �useful idiots� of the War on Terror. In fairness, America�s bellicose intellectuals are not alone. In Europe, Adam Michnik, the hero of the Polish intellectual resistance to Communism, has […]
Generations of quaffing Trinner students might find themselves getting slightly sentimental at the following news:”STUDENTS’ drinking patterns will never be the same again at TCD.The famous Buttery Bar at the college is closing due to a sustained slump in trade.” (More from the Indo)The report also states that “authorities at Trinity are imposing rules to […]
In the 21st century, the lowest form of wit is uploading a jpg that made you smirk:
While the government remains paralyzed by crisis, the world, especially the business world, keeps on spinning. Ryanair’s announcement that it had already bought 16% of Aer Lingus’s shares and was intending to take over the company outright appeared to come from out of the blue, reported as breaking news off the wires this morning. I […]
Just after 9.30 PM, Irish time. The following has just been posted on the RTE site: RT� News has learned that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern may have bought his home from an individual who attended the controversial Manchester dinner at which he received �8,000 while Minister for Finance.Documents suggest that businessman Miche�l Wall may have sold […]
A few words on the political situation here. The coalition is broken and PiS is looking around for MPs it can persuade to jump ship and join them. How to persuade them? Well, with the promise of jobs of course – a secretary of stateship for you, for instance. A PiS official was secretly filmed […]
Reading Shane Barry’s commentary on financial scandals surrounding Bertie Ahern, it struck me that his posts could be applied, with virtually no changes, to the Italian situation. The Gombeen factor is to be found alive and well internationally – if that’s any consolation to Mr Barry. Only the names and donation sums need to be […]
(Adapted from Merriam-Webster Online) Main Entry: 2shoddy Function: adjective Inflected Form(s): shod�di�er; -est 1 : made wholly or partly of shoddy 2 a : cheaply imitative : vulgarly pretentious b : hastily or poorly done : INFERIOR c : SHABBY , DISREPUTABLE
A sense of weariness with gombeen politics means I find it burdensome to comment on the farce that unfolded in the D�il yesterday. Alas, events perhaps reflected Beckett’s resigned observation: “The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.”On the radio this morning, presenter Cathal Mac Coille attempted to shame arch-waffler Miche�l Martin into […]