"They have the country half destroyed, and I think if they got in for another term they would totally destroy it!"

Choose your roadsigns carefully!

"Of course ordinary French and German taxpayers are going to be angry at lending their money to an insolvent state with lower tax rates than their own. Why wouldn’t they be? Of course ordinary Irish taxpayers are going to be angry at having to pay for high interest loans designed to bail out foreign banks. Why wouldn’t they be? And while ordi…

Me old friend Kevin has his analysis

Fianna Fail 22%, Fine Gael 30%, Labour 35%!!!! Greens 2%, Sinn Fein 4%, Independents 8%; looks like we may see a Labour Taoiseach...

Eoin O'Malley, who I haven't seen for years, makes the point that having ministers who are not also members of parliament is a Good Idea.

Dissidents from the Irish Greens to set up their own group. Their disgruntlement with their former party is entirely comprehensible, but unfortunately their command of Irish rather poor; you can have "Fís Nua" or "An Fhís Nua" but not, as they seem to think, "An Fís Nua".

via Bookslut, George Bernard Shaw's take on Joyce: "I am an elderly Irish gentleman, and if you imagine that any Irishman, much less an elderly one, would pay 150 francs for such a book, you little know my countrymen."

If you can't stand the cold, stay out of the kitchen...

Author sets book in Dublin; fails

Newton Emerson on top form

ha-tip to Mick Fealty: why STV is too good

What languages are spoken in Ireland?

Indicates strong likelihood of "yes" vote in next referendum.

The Irish Times' relatively sober print account is harrowing enough; the