Why did ninety-seven terrified Irish women have to gather together in one place yesterday, under the glare of the media, and wait all day to find out if they had breast cancer?
How did it happen that these ninety-seven women heard on the news that they might have breast cancer?
When the HSE discovered that 568 ultrasound [...]

I thought it would be good to give the political ranting a break, just for tonight, and I was actually going to tell you a joke instead of venting and cursing and posturing and projectile vomiting.
But no.
Bertenstein just won’t go away, will he?
What sort of bollocks is he talking now? What sort of shit [...]

OK. I can’t help it. Sorry. I just can’t help saying all this because the time is right and there’s an election coming up and it has to be said.
I know – all right? I know I’m repeating myself. I know I said all this yesterday, but there’s an election coming [...]

I see our government has decided to go to the country.
Great. Time to start torturing those political reptiles that call to your door once every four years. After all, even if you didn’t disagree with their policies, it’s very hard to like a heavily-sweating man in a bad suit with a gigantic belly [...]

There’s an almighty row going on at the moment about the contracts being offered to new hospital consultants.
An incredible uproar.
And the reason? Well, the government is going to hire more consultants, but they’ll have to work exclusively in the public health service. They won’t be able to have private patients under the new [...]

So the lawyers aren’t going to suffer a crippling reduction in fees after all. What a relief.
It looked for a while as if they were going to be forced to manage on a measly €1000, but no. Common sense prevails and their fees remain at a richly-deserved €2500. Per day.
Now, I know [...]

Did you ever hear of Frank Shortt?
Probably not, but I won’t be long telling you who he is.
Frank Shortt owned a bar in Donegal, and in 1995 he was convicted of allowing drugs to be sold on his premises. The bastard, you might say. Indeed.
In its judgement last Wednesday, the Irish Supreme Court increased [...]

Not everything I write here is true. Did you know that? Sometimes I make things up to keep you amused, but occasionally life smiles on me and something just happens.
I was locking the Bockmobile yesterday at the supermarket when a small car pulled up beside me. The driver was a stocky, [...]

Did you know that?
Adam Keane, a 20-year-old rapist from Daragh in Clare, claims his life has been ruined by the publicity surrounding his recent conviction for rape. He doesn’t like to see his name mentioned in public, even though he is a rapist and a piece of shit. The rapist, Adam Keane, 20, [...]

Do you remember the case of Dean Lyons?
No?
Back in March 1997, two mentally-ill women living in “sheltered housing” in Dublin were murdered in a savage attack during which the killer ritually mutilated their bodies. The crime, which came to be known as the Cannibal Murders, was plainly committed by a madman, and a forensic [...]