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29 Mar

Meet me in the morning..

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on thebadambassador.blogspot.com

Today I had intended to post about Willie O'Dea's habit of speaking from both sides of his mouth. I had intended to mention how, Mr. Potato Head… sorry, Mr. O'Dea attacks the Mahon tribunal each time the holes in the Taoiseach's “new ... Continue reading »

25 Mar

Taoiseach Struggling To Believe Own Bullshit

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on thechancer.ie

he was spotted at Sunday’s Easter Rising commemorations wandering about O’Connell Street in a dazed state, quietly reciting the words to Rhianna’s Umbrella over and over before attempting to climb into Willie O’Dea’s moustache, ... Continue reading »

18 Mar

St.Patrick’s Day in Limerick

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on croom.wordpress.com

The Minister for Defence Willie O Dea was in attendance and kept a watchful eye on the Irish Army Rangers as the marched by the viewing podium they are due to depart for duty in Chad in Africa shortly. Overhead we had planes and ... Continue reading »

14 Mar

Willie O’Dea Plans Paddy’s Weekend Coup d’Etat

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on gubuwire.com

Gubuwire has today learned of a plot by Minister for Defence Willie O’Dea to overthrow the Irish Government while the majority of the cabinet are abroad for St Patrick’s weekend. Mr O’Dea is thought to have become disgruntled at being ... Continue reading »

10 Mar

SPANISH ELECTIONS: LOCAL ISSUES, GLOBAL ANALYSIS

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on dublinopinion.com

There is no single transferable vote, and no picture of Willie O’Dea on the ballot paper. In fact, only the names of each party and its leader appear on the list, and each party must gain at least 3% of the vote in order to qualify for ... Continue reading »

05 Mar

O’Dea in Sarajevo to visit stadium where U2 held famous concert

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on jazzbiscuit.com

The Minister for Defence Willie O’Dea will visit the stadium in Sarajevo today where U2 staged a symbolic concert after the Bosnian War ended. That’s right, Captain Pointless himself is having a little trip. ... Continue reading »

17 Feb

As common as Snuff at a Wake

An article about Jan O'Sullivan seen on fitzindublin.blogspot.com

I'm Sitting in the Dail in Jan O'sullivan's office and watching the 10:30 order of business. I just finished looking up some numbers for her about how much money the Health Services Executive (essentially the department of Health) ... Continue reading »

15 Feb

Willie O’Dea. Pictured Yesterday. Just Because.

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on thechancer.ie

more: The Official Willie O’Dea Web Presence.... Continue reading »

P-Day

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on unarocks.blogspot.com

The Chancer is talking about things that would improve the St Patrick's Day Festival this year. Personally, I would like to see Willie O'Dea recreate this video somewhere along the Liffey:... Continue reading »

O'Dea to meet commander of Chad peacekeeping force

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on independent.ie/breaking-news

Defence Minister Willie O'Dea is meeting with the Irish commander of the Chad peacekeeping mission in Paris this morning.... Continue reading »

12 Feb

Sunday Times: Fianna Fail gift shop

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on kathyfoley.wordpress.com

At the very least, Fianna Fail could come up with a few t-shirts, emblazoned with anything from the basic I Heart Fianna Fail or I Heart Willie O’Dea to slogans like “I’ve Looked Up Every Tree In North Dublin” ,”It’s All Smokes And ... Continue reading »

08 Feb

O'Dea defends Ahern in 'tribunal-fuelled assassination'

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on independent.ie/todayspaper/national-news

FINE GAEL was deliberately misrepresenting the Mahon Tribunal in an effort to fuel their attempts at political assassination, Defence Minister Willie O'Dea claimed last night.... Continue reading »

Nob Nation - Linguaphone Limerick

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on rte.ie/2fm

Kevin Myers discovers Stab City and translates popular phrases in the Limerickese language as spoken by Willie O'Dea.... Continue reading »

04 Feb

Government Waste: Blood board to write off €740000 computer upgrade

An article about Jan O'Sullivan seen on valueireland.blogspot.com

The Labour Party's spokeswoman on health, Jan O'Sullivan TD, last night welcomed the intervention of the C&AG on the matter. She said she was anxious that he would establish whether the board had done sufficient preparatory work in ... Continue reading »

28 Jan

Report delays ‘fail’ cancer patients

An article about Jan O'Sullivan seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com

The party’s health spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan warned inquiries were being used as a way of deflecting criticism, not finding out what went wrong. She cited a report into the circumstances surrounding the misdiagnosis in the case of ... Continue reading »

23 Jan

Limerick

An article about Jan O'Sullivan seen on fitzindublin.blogspot.com

I got Jan O'sullivan as my TD she's the spokeswoman for Health for the Labour party in the Dail and a huge woman's rights advocate. she's a member of the Church of Ireland and that's pretty much all I know about her for now, ... Continue reading »

HSE Hits New Low As Patients Referred To Lourdes

An article about Jan O'Sullivan seen on gubuwire.com

Labour Party Spokesperson on Health Jan O’Sullivan has reacted angrily to the decision, describing it as “completely ridiculous and unrealistic”. She waffled on: “I think it shows how much respect the present government has for the ... Continue reading »

13 Jan

O'Dea calls for investigation into tribunal leaks about Ahern's taxes

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on soapboxireland.blogspot.com

DEFENCE minister Willie O'Dea has called on the Mahon tribunal to urgently investigate a series of leaks of documentation provided to the tribunal by Bertie Ahern. There is serious anger within Fianna Fail at the latest leak, ... Continue reading »

10 Jan

That would be news

An article about Jan O'Sullivan seen on irisheagle.blogspot.com

When I saw this headline I just had to click: “Jan O'Sullivan slams health system which favours the poor”. However, it's just a typo and not a new (possibly even a winning?) political ploy from the Limerick TD. The first line spoils the ... Continue reading »

05 Jan

Labour calls for reform of abortion legislation

An article about Jan O'Sullivan seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com

The party’s health spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan, said it was not acceptable for the Republic to continue to export the situation to England. “There is a degree of hypocrisy in this attitude. We can’t just continue sweeping this issue ... Continue reading »

03 Jan

Student takes a STAND

An article about Jan O'Sullivan seen on communityengagement.wordpress.com

Higgins and Jan O’Sullivan, as well as further support from celebrities, government leaders, international athletes and students globally. This is the fourth year in a row that a day has been set aside for this purpose. ... Continue reading »

30 Dec 2007

Willie O'Dea TD -suffers from amnesia

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on johnbarrysblog.blogspot.com

Willie O'Dea in an article in to days Sunday Independent savages blogs and discussion forums. He conveniently forgets -that through the medium of his regular Sunday Independent column- he gets priceless publicity to vent political ... Continue reading »

23 Dec 2007

Regeneration of more city estates

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on newswire99.blogspot.com

Minister for nothing useful Willie O Dea told the Leader today,. “It means that with Moyross and Southill, Limerick will have the biggest ever social engineering programme that has been attempted in Ireland or Britain,” ... Continue reading »

12 Dec 2007

Taoiseach Comments On Personal Tragedy

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on thechancer.ie

The staff party was a disaster; The Red Cow was overbooked AND I got Willie O’Dea for my Secret Santa. What am I gonna do with an Uzi? Seriously, try walking a mile in MY bleedin’ shoes, like. They’re not very comfortable. ... Continue reading »

11 Dec 2007

Mid-west must wait for BreastCheck

An article about Jan O'Sullivan seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com

WOMEN in the mid-west will have to wait another two years to avail of national BreastCheck appointments, Labour Health spokeswoman Jan O’Sullivan TD claimed yesterday. BreastCheck has just been introduced in Cork and the unit there will ... Continue reading »


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