29 thoughts on “A Limerick A Day”

    1. Clampers Outside!

      By starting out with brown envelopes and engaging in bribery and corruption as proven in the Moriarty Tribunal.

      I wish I had the money to emulate his skill at doing so. I could buy my way into all sorts of things, just like Denis did, as was proven in the Moriarty Tribunal.

    3. Odis

      I disagree!
      Macavity the mystery cat – by T.S. Elliott

      Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw—
      For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law.
      He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:
      For when they reach the scene of crime—Macavity’s not there!

      Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity,
      He’s broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.
      His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare,
      And when you reach the scene of crime—Macavity’s not there!
      You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air—
      But I tell you once and once again, Macavity’s not there!

      Macavity’s a ginger cat, he’s very tall and thin;
      You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.
      His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed;
      His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.
      He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake;
      And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake.

      Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity,
      For he’s a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.
      You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square—
      But when a crime’s discovered, then Macavity’s not there!

      He’s outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.)
      And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s
      And when the larder’s looted, or the jewel-case is rifled,
      Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke’s been stifled,
      Or the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair
      Ay, there’s the wonder of the thing! Macavity’s not there!

      And when the Foreign Office find a Treaty’s gone astray,
      Or the Admiralty lose some plans and drawings by the way,
      There may be a scrap of paper in the hall or on the stair—
      But it’s useless to investigate—Macavity’s not there!
      And when the loss has been disclosed, the Secret Service say:
      It must have been Macavity!’—but he’s a mile away.
      You’ll be sure to find him resting, or a-licking of his thumb;
      Or engaged in doing complicated long division sums.

      Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity,
      There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.
      He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare:
      At whatever time the deed took place—MACAVITY WASN’T THERE !
      And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known
      (I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone)
      Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time
      Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!

  6. ahjayzis

    I’d really like to see a party brave enough to clearly put breaking up this fella’s media control into their manifesto. He’s very plainly showing he’s no friend to a free press, it’s not appropriate he own half of it.

      2. ahjayzis

        He seemed to have a much, much lower profile when FG were in opposition, or is that just bad memory? Suddenly they’re in power and he’s snapping up contracts all over the place and is rarely out of the headlines…

          1. Clampers Outside!

            Denny has no integrity, never mind friends.

            A man / woman with integrity doesn’t bribe politicians.

            A man (or woman) without integrity is untrustworthy.

            Denis proved himself to have no integrity in his dealings around the original mobile licence award and the bribery he conducted to win it, as proven in the Moriarty Tribunal.

  8. chris

    I haven’t looked, but I believe the entire transcript of what Murphy said is available on the Dáil website…

  10. manolo

    @Moynes, it is in days like today that you show why you deserve to be a resident poster. Nice job.

  11. Murtles

    Are people actually typing [REDACTED] or are the BS admins actually having to redact names? Time to test :

    Don’t try to upset Denis
    His reaction will be blunt
    He’ll be abrupt and lawyer up
    Cause you see he’s just a [REDACTED]

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