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The institution of the free local paper is a cherished one. In the years before spellcheckers, the Limerick Post served us well as a source of amusement and embarrassment, with its articles on the beautiful Dock Road and cheesy advertorials. Here are a few clippings from July 1989.
Design from the late eighties
Of course the Post [...]
Warning! Utterly Random Lightning Strikes
Can one group of people make arbitrary rules that prohibit certain behaviour by the rest of us?
'Of course,' you say, 'the government does that all the time.'
True, but in this case whilst the government are discussing newly proposed 'blasphemous libel' laws, they are not the ones setting the boundaries–the religious are. [...]
Baby needs a new pair of shoes
As Jon Favreau says in Swingers: 'We all have stories.'
It's nice to be the recipient of good fortune, and even better to string a chain of coincidences together to make a gripping narrative. Unfortunately, this makes some people certain that they have somehow been favoured by a higher power, [...]
Never again! I promise!
Having been recently hoisted on a long petard of my own making [see Lame Duck article], I thought I might make mention of one Martin Eisenstadt, a fake blogger and political personage that had the mainstream media completely fooled.
I guffawed greedily when I heard that Sarah Palin hadn't known that Africa was [...]
Every one a coconut
Remember the reports about the former children's home in Jersey? Gruesome dungeons of torture and death? I guess we were all eager for a fresh fix of Fritzl frighteners.
Haut de la Garennne seemed the perfect setting for nefarious acts of murder most foul. Movies like Nicole Kidman's The Others, House on Haunted [...]
Who's the clown now?
We've all debated the famed US$700Bn bailout ad nauseam, but unbeknownst to us another larger one has slipped under our radar. Maybe we're too tired after McCain/Obama to care. But let's plough on regardless.
Emergency loans spread over 11 programs have allowed the Federal Reserve to funnel enormous amounts of cash to Wall [...]
Black is white
No doubt RTÉ, BBC and others will be providing us with special TV and radio reports on the U.S. elections but for the genuine immersive American experience, the internet is your best bet.
There are plenty of online talk shows but National Public Radio (NPR) should have the most sober discussions.
Those pranksters FOX News [...]
Hmm…that doesn't look right!
You might have heard this one. If so I apologise, but it's certainly news to me–and it's juicy, involving a big name, a flashy occasion, and some conspiracy at the highest levels.
Perhaps it's a failing, or maybe it really doesn't matter in the great scheme of things, but I'm not a sport [...]
