Author Archives: Aaron McAllorum

OK. Deep breath…

A report in February 2009 outlined new levels of reduced pay for bankers in exchange for the Government’s €440 billion guarantee.

But an analysis by the Irish Examiner this very morning shows 37 of 44 non-executive members on five of the banks’ boards were paid more last year than recommended in the report.

It also emerged that the banks’ chief executives, whose salaries were capped at €500,000, are receiving benefits including cars and club memberships ranging from €33,000 to €66,000.

One waffer thin mint?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHU67jJQk4o

OK. She’s not famous.

But she will be after tonight.

So consider this a before-before they were about to become famous on the X Factor.

Yes, it’s MayBe, when she was just Mary Byrne, of Ballyfermot, singing with the Wexford Singers on TG4’s version of X Factor, Nollaig No.1.

Daithi O’Se’s  brother, Tom O’Barnetgone, is a judge (he’s around 1.58), Mary sings You’ll Never Walk Alone in English AND Irish and we suspect it was filmed on or around Christmas. Also there’s a little fella at 1.20. We only see his eyes and then the camera drops bringing the lolz with him.

So. Ireland’s Dame Vera?

Can her lungs lift us out of recession?

Fuck yeah.

Sorry Nat, are you trying to equate Stalin with Medvedev? 

Oh yeah because…

What? Because he met him before a U2 concert. In which a few Amnesty volunteers were arrested and manhandled by Russian secret police. How was he to know that?

They’re killing civilians and journalists. It’s becoming a police state. And…

And yes he hung with Putin and Blair while G8 protesters were being clubbed on the streets of Genoa. That was 10 years ago. Build a bridge, Nat-tard.

But…why?

Why does he keep meeting these creeps? Maybe he’s lonely. Maybe he likes shooting the shit with shitheads. The truth is we don’t know. Nobody really knows. You forget one thing, Nat. He’s not like us, the Bonster. He’s a little bit rock ‘n’ roll, a little bit hedge fund, a little bit Sister Stan and a little bit Barry Egan.  The guy lives with these contradictions. Why can’t you, Nat? Why?

Well at least I pay…

Your taxes? Number one, you sign on. Number two, If it was Nick Cave you’d be like ‘Go On Nick. Fuck the system.’  Who’s the hypocrite now, eh? Eh? Eh? Eh, Nat?

Put Churchill’s face back in. Go on.

Thanks.

No, thank you. I’m sorry.

U2 Concert Hits Sour Note (Guardian).

Bono And Medvedev Talk Rock Music, Fight Against Aids (Wall Street Journal – Slide Show)