Author Archives: Aaron McAllorum

OK. This is what happens when you use an English illustrator. The guy on the ground in the middle we think is Bertie and to his right is the late actor Charles Laughton. But who is the man on the left? It couldn’t possibly be this chap, could it? Can you help us identify him. Here’s a closer look:

Louise Minihan, 29, a former Sinn Fein Councillor, apparently squirted the paint from a “sports drink bottle”.

Louise Minihan Resigns From Sinn Fein (Indymedia)

Random quote from Cllr Minihan:

“My father was outside the British Embassy in Dublin when it was burnt in 1972 and he went on the protests during the Hunger Strike in 1981 – the year I was born. My mother was busy raising six children – my three sisters, two brothers and myself – but there was always talk in the house about what was going on. Even my mother would agree with the IRA strategy.”

(An Phoblacht, July, 2007)

Cllr Minihan, following her election victory to Dublin City Council last year.

And some video. Louise in relatively happier times at the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis (starts at 10 seconds)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeMn7ZDtup0

Zach Galifianakis partakes of the ‘erb on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher over the weekend. California votes tomorrow on the legalisation of “some marijuana activity”. Ireland, meanwhile, continues to clamp down on reefer madness.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeSmR2hfp-I&feature=player_embedded

Insists former teacher Mary Hanafin.

And by life experience she means…

Barrister: Brian Lenihan

Solicitors: Brian Cowen, Dermot Ahern

Social Worker: Mary Coughlan

Farming Co-Op Manager: Eamon O’Cuiv

Teachers: Tony Killeen, Batt O’Keefe, John Gormley, Micheal Martin, Noel Dempsey, Mary Hanafin, Mary Harney, Pat Carey.

Business: Eamon Ryan (‘Cycle Safari’ tour operator).

Please Eire We Feel Your Pain But May We Have Some More (Conor McMorrow, Sunday Tribune)