“Would 50 Murders Be An Exaggeration?”

Admin at 2:31 pm December 28, 2012

Dublin North West Sinn Fein TD Dessie Ellis ~~celebrating his 50th murder~~ at the General Election election 2011 count centre, in the RDS.

Irish Independent:: “I know you’ve spoken before about your time in the IRA. Would 50 murders be an exaggeration?”

Dessie Ellis: “I don’t know what they’re on about so I’m not going to comment on it, you know.”

Irish Independent: “Do you know if any of the bombs you made resulted in deaths?”

Ellis: “I’m not going to comment on anything in relation to anything that people are speculating on, okay?”

Fair enough.

‘I Don’t Know What They’re Talking About’ (Irish Independent)

Sinn Fein Politician Dessie Ellis Linked With 50 Murders In Newly Released British Documents (Patrick Counihan, Irish Central)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

Meanwhile in Ballinamore, Leitrim

Admin at 12:27 pm December 28, 2012

Oh.

Thanks Bobby the Box

Is This Your Dog?

Admin at 12:23 pm December 28, 2012

We don’t normally do this.

But.

Jean writes:

I was hoping you could post about this lovely dog we found outside our house – James’ Walk, Rialto, Dublin 8 – this morning [Friday, December 28] and see if there’s an owner we could reunite it with.
It’s a medium sized black and white dog, looks like it could be part collie. It has distinctive freckle-like black spots on its muzzle and feet. It’s very friendly, was found running around on the road so has no road sense, and responds to ‘sit’ so we think it could be a pet (no collar though).

Anyone?

The Leaving

Admin at 4:11 pm December 27, 2012

I’m just saying you might get sick of the wet weeks,  the wet jeans, wet socks, wet funerals and wet streets  and it’s all getting a little harder to justify, roaring ‘We Are Your Friends’ at heads you don’t know in a gaff you’ve never been before  and you never will be again, as London and Sydney swallow your mates;  Any craic? No, youse fucked off.

Just Saying.

A crowd-funded spoken word video by Dave Tynan.

Mike Donnelly writes:

Really great little short about emigration. Pretty apt at the moment and I think it sums the feelings of a generation quite well. Written and Directed by Dublin native (soon to be London bound) David Tynan.

Conor Horgan adds: