Author Archives: Paul Duggan

About Paul Duggan

Political commentator, Liberal, Curmudgeon, Rogue, Rebel (Cork), Daddy. Creator and author of Irish Shades of Grey.

Neil Prendeville’s Radio rant.

Posted on May 15, 2013

Cork’s 96 FM DJ Neil Prendeville is man known by some as the mouth of the south. Prone to the kind of hyperbolic righteous indignation that would make God blush. Neil Prendeville’s daily talk show is the most listened-to programme on … Continue reading →

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Sinn Fein Cllr plagiarises Fine Gael TD’s press release.

Posted on May 2, 2013

Some people in will tell you that, in todays modern cynical age of the internet originality is just plagiarism gone unnoticed. One can only presume that member of Wicklow county council and Bray town councillor, Sinn Fein’s John Brady was hoping that … Continue reading →

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Fails and funnies from Irish print media.

Posted on April 22, 2013

Belmullet tourism drive   AWKWARD Stoners in employment shocker Titanic sense of humour   Brotherly love   Sunday Business Post, never known for its sense of humour. Not funny just a fail.   Of course not confined to print media … Continue reading →

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Tweets that rocked Irish Politics

Posted on April 5, 2013

Twitter the double-edged sword for Politicians, it has turned what used to be a controlled, one-way political message into a real-time dialogue with voters all over Ireland. Sometimes with hilarious and dire consequence’s. It has given political party handlers all … Continue reading →

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Meath East By-election candidates and Youtube videos

Posted on March 20, 2013

There was time briefly, around the 2007 general election and 2009 and local elections  when every half-baked half wit running for political office posted a video on YouTube. Usually said candidate is sitting behind a desk at work, on the … Continue reading →

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The Meath East By-election

Posted on March 14, 2013

The candidates for the Meath East by-election are, Fine Gael’s Helen McEntee, Fianna Fáil Senator Thomas Byrne, Cllr Eoin Holmes of  Labour, Sinn Féin’s Darren O Rourke, Sean O’Buachalla of the Greens, Seamus McDonagh of the Workers’ Party and Ben … Continue reading →

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A History of Ireland in 100 Objects.

Posted on March 12, 2013

The Royal Irish Academy, the National Museum of Ireland, and The Irish Times are collaborating with the EU Presidency, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Adobe to bring you a gift of A History of Ireland in 100 objects ‘from the people … Continue reading →

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TD’s that have done jail time.

Posted on March 12, 2013

The English judicial system has no qualms about jailing politicians. As can be seen by the jailing of former British cabinet minister, Chris Hune, who was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for the Eastleigh. He was jailed for perverting the … Continue reading →

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Carlow CAHWT tell TD they are going to picket his home.

Posted on March 11, 2013

Amongst other things, they tell Pat Deering, Fine Gael TD for Carlow/Kilkenny they are going to shut down his constituency office. They also allege he manhandled an elderly man. Funny how they got everything else on video except their allegations of manhandling.

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Holier than thou Shane Ross

Posted on March 6, 2013

Shane Ross the professional politician from Wicklow is currently TD for Dublin South. Deputy Ross holds record as the Seanad’s longest-serving Senator from 1981 until he was elected to the Dáil in the 2011 general election. During his stint in … Continue reading →

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