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At St John the Baptist Church in Blackrock, Co Dublin. yesterday.

‘Renaissance Man’ Laid To Rest (Irish Times)

Tributes Pour In For Former Minister and Academic (Independent.ie)

So Transport Minister Noel Dempsey took the good government jet (seven grand an hour) to Northern Ireland when he could have gone by road.

So what? We’re 100 billion in the red. Who gives a fuck?

And when he got to Northern Ireland. His driver was there to meet him.

That’s his job.

Having driven all the way from Dublin.

Oh.

Minister Flew As Driver Followed By Road (Belfast Telegraph)

You couldn’t make it up. And yet that’s exactly what he did.

Callelly Claimed Expenses on Forged Invoices (Irish Mail On Sunday)

Callelly Faces Calls To Quit (The Irish Times)

Hang on. Fake Nokia invoices? Swap two letters and it’s Konia. Which sounds like con ya. Which is, admittedly, a bit tenuous.

(Photo by Photocall Ireland)