It was at this point one of our media team (the one with the glasses) approached me. “Are you OK to do the interview, taoiseach?”

He was new, so I went straight in: “Mac Coille? That weedy fucker. I have lads like him for breakfast. And you know what? It’s breakfast time.”

But Glasses went on. “No, it’s just, have you even slept, sir?”

I patted his sloping, bony back and went straight in again: “The chances are, son, that I am in a blackout right now. You see? This is what they don’t teach you in Gonzaga.”

With that I pushed him aside emitting a loud belch as I did so and strode towards the earphones. They are called cans in the radio business.

It was around this time that Newsweek made me their Man of the Year. Who would have thought when I won my father’s seat that I would one day (cont. p64).

This is the Togo international squad. 

Not the same Togo that showed up to play Bahrain, however.

On TV3’s Midday as Mary was defending Cowen. Starts around the 9.30 mark.

As you know. Not the first time.

We heart Marion McKeown.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzcLQRXW6B0
Get your coconuts ready

Hoyuelo De Peligro!

That’s Spanish for Devil’s Dimple.

Other handy phrases:

Que está bajo el capó  Who’s under the hood there?

Rapido! Hacer una llamada de José Duffy  Quick! Call Liveline.

Spanish Police Won’t Be Keeping Watch Over Rapist (Irish Independent)

Moronail

Two new phones from HTC unveiled in the last hour in London.

The Desire HD and the Desire Z (a slider phone with a physical keyboard).

Desire HD specs include dual flash, 8mp camera, metal casing, SLCD, 1GHz
processor, 4.3″ screen.

Desire Z is similar but with a 800MHz processor.

HTC are also launching an eBook service, with direct download to phones.

Available next month. Everywhere except Ireland.

UPDATE: See comments.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iANRO3I30nM

Acclaimed Irish Dancers Suzanne Cleary & Peter Harding blow the brains out of the Irish Dance genre in this multi-media extravaganza. Their style liberates Irish Dance from its velvet-clad, tin-whistle-blowing, diddly-idleness and drags it kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.

Soon they’ll be oiling their fingers and putting them in leathers. With a little bandana.

BuzzFeed

Just in.

FF whip John Curran doing the asking.

Ensuring more bad coverage for his boss.

But.

Coveney can’t take it back.

No more than Sinead Ryan can.

It’s out there.

Coveney Called On To Withdraw Comment (Irish Times – breaking news)