December 12, 2019 Craic & Codology

Following the recent Twitter storm over BBC DJ Alex Dyke’s refusal to play Fairytale of New York on BBC Radio, after calling it a “nasty, nasty song”, Ian O’Doherty has just rewritten the lyrics to make them more acceptable to the hysterical PC (politically correct) thought police.  It was Christmas Eve, dear. Thought I’d wear… Read more »

December 12, 2019 Craic & Codology

Key Points: Team experienced difficulty adjusting to local customs (hardwork, modesty, organisation, etc) Language barrier prevented local media from communicating with Joe Schmidt and Rory Best Time difference played havoc with preparations as Irish side still thought it was 2018 IRFU blazers refused to renounce their divinity

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

Serious questions have been raised about Blueshirt Inc chief executive Elon Varadkar’s future at the helm of the company after an embarrassing gaffe at the launch of one of his brand new, hi-tech candidates. After criticising his rivals for their faulty products, Varadkar was left red-faced when a public demonstration went badly awry. For weeks,… Read more »

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

Number of people happy with the deal: 2 (maybe) Number of people who fully understand it: 0 Rise in Eoghan Murphy’s blood pressure: Through the roof Affordability of ‘affordable homes’: One national lottery win away Number of photos of some grinning minister cutting the ribbon after it’s all eventually sorted: 1,954,003 Profit for Richard Barrett… Read more »

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

Britain’s PM tells it like it isn’t Wed: Gosh! It’s election time and yours truly has hit the ground with all guns flying. Bojo is currently out and about on London’s backstreets meeting the ordinary decent voters in Belgravia and Knightsbridge. Even the proles can’t get enough of me. Not surprising, really, seeing as the… Read more »

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

Favourite film: Traveller  Favourite song: Caravan, Van Morrison  Favourite TV show: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings  Favourite nuts: Brazilian  Favourite food: Window dressing  Favourite star: Red Dwarf  Favourite exercise: Backtracking  Favourite body part: Cloth ears  Favourite politician: Haughty 

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

Lot 13: Marty Morrissey, Ray D’Arcy, Marian Finucane This three-piece collector’s item has long lingered within the Montrose storehouse and is of genuine antique value, dating from the test-card era. History of tender handling and comes to market due to high maintenance costs, fading veneer and attracting cobwebs. Original cotton wool included, but needs considerable… Read more »

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

Key points of the Fianna Fáil/SDLP election manifesto: Mary Lou McDonald is a bit much, isn’t she? Lorraine Clifford-Lee to be hidden in the House of Lords  Timmy Dooley to be sent to the Falklands (one-way) Absolutely no references to Claire Hanna’s antipathy to Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin to stop saying Londonderry  Cringeworthy joint canvas… Read more »

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

Fine Gael by-election candidate Verona Murphy has called for the “immediate closure” of every crèche in Ireland amidst fears of “a jihadi uprising” by three to five year olds. “I am reliably informed that tens of thousands of these kids have been radicalised by Islamic extremists and are primed, even as I speak, to unleash… Read more »

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

Dee Forbes RTÉ’s head honcho will have to walk barefoot through a field of buffalo-dunged nettles while chewing on the larvae of dead cockroaches to remove the envelope bearing notice of a €2 licence fee increase from the maggot-festering intestines of a dead badger. Sickening humiliation. Danny Healy-Rae The Kilgarvan campaigner will consume 14 pints… Read more »

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

Beatific pre-festive greetings from Rome. Yes, Francis here in complete humility. As the leader of 1.3 billion faithful, I love to keep in contact with my Irish flock who are always in my infallible thoughts. What a joy to hear from my very good friend Mr Quinn, Ireland’s greatest living Catholic, who has been writing… Read more »

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

My little Leo From the Inaction Man series, this current Taoiseach model could prove a surprise hit. The lightweight figure is fully adaptable with shifting eyes and a lovable two-phrase vocabulary. Use the pull-string to hear Leo say: “I want to take full responsibility” and “You can really trust me”. Already been on the shelves… Read more »

November 28, 2019 Craic & Codology

By Dee Sgustin In another sensational interview this week, Prince Andrew has defended his spending time with the royal family for years, despite public concern about their behaviour. The prince says he understands alarm among British tax payers over the number of children the family has been having, but says his loyalty “brought considerable benefits”… Read more »

October 31, 2019 Craic & Codology

Boris: Nil Desperandum! Britain’s head honcho tells it like it isn’t TRIPLE CRIPES! What a busy week with all this unholy hullabaloo about seeing off the Eurocrats once and for all. Well, entirely thanks to the gargantuan efforts of yours truly, the whole Brexit hoo-ha is almost done and dusted. Bozza to the rescue again… Read more »

October 31, 2019 Craic & Codology

Nightmare on Every Street A man gets a job as a taxi driver in Dublin and soon enters a nightmare world filled with obnoxious students, spontaneous projectiles of vomit, bankers, consultants and racists; where overworked gardaí take 25 minutes to arrive. Watch for the scene where a furious Roy Keane gets splashed. Night of the… Read more »

October 31, 2019 Craic & Codology

Why Are These Losers Still Breathing? by Our Sports Editor – Phil Backpage Ireland’s World Cup is well and truly over – back in the gutter after yet another disgraceful quarter-final mugging. But the big question is why oh why is Joe Schmidt’s overpaid pack of pampered failures still blatantly going about their daily lives… Read more »

October 31, 2019 Craic & Codology

by Our Environmental Staff – Phil Bucket Irish Water issued a renewed warning last night that the company is facing “a major shortage of excuses” over the coming months. A spokesperson for the waterless utility said: “We are currently experiencing an exceptional drought of credible reasons to explain why we have simply not been able… Read more »

October 31, 2019 Craic & Codology

LEBANON entered a worrying phase yesterday after a well-known Irish ‘celebrity poet’ was forced to evacuate from the capital Beirut as angry crowds gathered in the city. According to reliable accounts, Michael Twee, sometimes known as ‘The President’, had mentioned Galway 2020 and then volunteered to read some of his poetry. Panic set in. The… Read more »

October 31, 2019 Craic & Codology

SINN FÉIN has called on Micheál Martin to end his party’s deeply controversial policy of abstentionism. The Fianna Fáil leader has come in for sustained criticism following revelations that a number of FF TDs had failed to show up for key votes and arranged for surrogates to vote in their place. SF president Mary Lou… Read more »

October 31, 2019 Craic & Codology

By Dee Posers THE IRFU today confirmed that the country’s international players will be “fit and raring to go” in time for the winter clubbing season. Many of the country’s well-known representatives like to frequent Ireland’s trendiest hot spots and are much admired by ordinary revellers and glossy supplements as they pose with young women… Read more »

October 31, 2019 Craic & Codology

Leo Varadkar Lightweight superhero and Cheshire cat masquerade. Watch your friends gasp in horror at the ghastly permo-fixed smirk. Arlene Foster Vampire bat mask and hard-faced scowl will transport you right back to the late 17th century. NOOOO! Jacob Rees-Mogg Victorian skull encased in top hat. See your family scream as Britain’s scariest Old Etonian… Read more »

October 31, 2019 Craic & Codology

THERE WERE eyebrows raised in alarm at Dublin airport after Minister for Sport and Photo Opportunities Shane Ross failed to pop up when the Irish rugby team returned home after their World Cup 2019 exploits. (Surely debacle? – Ed.) As the players slipped furtively into the arrivals hall, keen-eyed observers were unable to locate the… Read more »

October 31, 2019 Craic & Codology

Joe Brolly to be relegated entirely from the RTÉ panel Remaining panellists to be allowed aggressively self-promote Leinster football championship to be dumped in the Sin Bin If referee is bundled into their car boot post-match, the losing team must pay for locksmith No more criticism of the Sky deal GAA to mark cards of… Read more »

October 16, 2019 Craic & Codology

BORIS: Let’s do it! Britain’s PM tells it like it isn’t – yikes! What an absolutely spot-on victory for yours truly in getting the Euro shower to think again before pointing the fickle finger of blame at poor old Bozza for everything. Just when Brexit disaster loomed, cue a hastily arranged get-together with our fair-weather… Read more »

October 16, 2019 Craic & Codology

RUGBY WORLD CUP JAPAN 2019 by Our Man in Tokyo Harry Kane The world of violent tropical storms was rocked to its foundations when an outbreak of international rugby threatened to ruin the arrival of Typhoon Hagibis in Japan. Local residents, who were forced to sit through 80 minutes of Ireland’s match with Samoa in… Read more »

October 16, 2019 Craic & Codology

This is Seán. Do not be fooled. Behind the smiling features and proud nose lies a tale of heart-breaking sorrow and impoverishment. Seán was once a titled personage and one of the richest men in Ireland. His greatest love (besides himself) was climbing. He reached the higher rungs on the social ladder and the upper… Read more »

October 16, 2019 Craic & Codology

The entire world held its breath last night as the wives of two well-known footballers had a row on social media. “We haven’t seen anything like this,” said one tabloid editor, “since yesterday.” On other pages: WAGS – assorted untalented women getting an awful lot of attention WAGES – footballers given ridiculous amounts of money… Read more »

October 16, 2019 Craic & Codology

by Our Social Media Staff Phillipa Page WAG investigator Coleen Rooney turns her attention to some of Ireland’s historical stories. Shergar’s Disappearance Countless theories have been put forward as to what happened to this champion racehorse back in 1983, with persistent rumours that Col Gadaffi was involved. However, after blocking everyone from viewing her Instagram… Read more »