It came to pass that the people chosen to pay did come to a clearing in the desert: and the Squire his Boss did speak unto Bertie saying unto him -”Come up the garden path, that I may teach you how to lead thy people up it, for thou art the most cunning and most devious of all my disciples” (Mammon: 19.77)

And Bertie did as his Lord did ask and did presently return to his chosen prey and did show them the Ten Commandments by which he would live all the days of his life (Ambiguity: 20.10)

And they did go thus:

1. I am the Squire your Boss who brought you out of the land of the sixties, into bondage to banks and landowners. You shall have no other governance before Me Read more »

ANGLO IRISH Bank is hoping to avoid taking a multimillion-euro hit on a €1 billion property portfolio by giving a property developer a handful of magic beans to take it off its hands.

The transaction, if it goes ahead, will allow Anglo avoid the losses it would incur if it had to sell the properties on the open market, as well as leading to the development of a ‘state of the art’ beanstalk with own giant and parking for up to 2000 cars. Read more »

A detachment from The Emergency is mustering to bestride the boards as part of the Leviathan Political Cabaret on Thursday February 4th at The Button Factory in Dublin’s Temple Bar.

The Emergency, appearing live for the first time this year, will perform a set of new sketches and songs – including the live premiere of their recent Iris Robinson tribute.

A New Constitution: A Second Republic?

The show proposes and debates a new constitution to replace the 1937 document. It will be hosted by Brendan Halligan, chairman of the Institute of International and European Affairs; Irish Times columnist, Elaine Byrne; Senator Rónán Mullen; and one of Ireland’s foremost constitutional experts Gerard Hogan SC.

(The above adapted from post on Leviathan site – Read the full Leviathan post here)

Book Tickets for Leviathan Now & See The Emergency Live

The show is at 8:30pm in The Button Factory, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Tickets can be purchased online here (price: &eur0;17.50 incl. booking fee).

Is Bertie Ahern – preparing to “do the rounds” of available benefits?

it’s the photo that has sent the welfare sector into deep shock – a chilling image of what may yet come to be: the very real prospect that having worked his way through artist’s tax exemption, cash vacuum Bertie Ahern wants to qualify for every single thing a living being can claim for in the State.

Mr Ahern is one of the most successful political lobbyists on behalf of the business and construction industries, but this time, he’s lobbying for himself. Possible scams include sub letting a ‘Grannie Flat’, developing that limp he was working on, and continuing with the most lucrative scam of all – collecting multiple pay and pension cheques as a ‘representative’ of his ‘constituents’

Larry Gogan is born.