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03 Aug

Boylesports offers €10000 for O'Dea to shave 'tache

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

The Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea is being offered €10000 to shave his moustache by betting company Boylesports.... Continue reading »

Lies , Damn Lies , Statistics , Galway

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

Author: Thing Fish Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:45 am I wonder if the Dail Eireann cabinet session involve Willie O'Dea putting on a mini skirt and shaking the pom poms shouting “Everything is wonderful, no recession” and the like.... Continue reading »

O'Dea feels 'vindicated' after campaigning for release

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

BRITAIN:AFTER BEING “immersed” in the case in recent years, Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea said he felt personally vindicated yesterday after Barry George was cleared of the murder of British television presenter Jill Dando.... Continue reading »

31 Jul

Some Law and Order…please?

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on blog.catholicireland.net

Willie O’Dea, The Minister for Defence, has stated that there will be no cutbacks, to quote RTE, on “frontline policing to deal with organised and serious crime”. Which is good to know. However he was not able to confirm as to the ... Continue reading »

20 Jul

Willie O'Dea raises keyboard against "merchants of doom

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

Ireland is better placed today to weather current political crises, says Willie O'Dea http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/merchants-of-gloom-think-were-still-living-in-the-past-1436109.html ... Continue reading »

16 Jul

“The genocide is ongoing”

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

The Republic of Ireland’s Minister of Defence, Willie O’Dea, has described the current situation in Chad as “highly volatile” and the most challenging mission ever undertaken by the Defence Forces. It won’t have been made any less ... Continue reading »

02 Jul

“That will be a decision to be taken by the Government..”

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

Today the Republic of Ireland’s Defence Minister, Willie O’Dea, indicated to the Dáil that March 2009 might not be the end of the matter for those troops. Speaking of the UN’s plans to replace the Eufor mission in March, Mr O’Dea said: ... Continue reading »

26 Jun

it's raining, it's pouring

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

Willie O Dea has yet to send a really comprehensive booklet, imo. I feel sad though - my husband's been working flat out since forever, and he doesn't usually have weekends off - he's been in a windowless warehouse through all the ... Continue reading »

Weirdest Questions and Answers.

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

Makes you wonder, why anyone would want to know if Willie O’Dea considered losing his clothes for Spencer Tunick. “I don’t understand the question.”... Continue reading »

23 Jun

“Yes, we have the right to ask about the effectiveness of such a …

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

Defence Minister Willie O’Dea yesterday claimed he had an ‘apology’ from Jose Fischel de Andrade, a representative from the UN in Goz Beida. Setting aside for one moment at that that’s not the same organisation, the controversy does ... Continue reading »

Chad Peace force stretched to the limit…

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

Not least he detecting a slight deflation in Defence Minister Willie O’Dea’s bluff confidence that Irish forces had fulfilled all of their mandate. Lally confirms that apologies were forthcoming from UNHCR in Chad, Dublin and Geneva. ... Continue reading »

19 Jun

Ireland’s EU murky mandate in Chad

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

and points up the nearly unreported incident where Irish forces did not prevent a UN humanitarian compound from being sacked by rebels - and an ominous round of finger-pointing between Willie O’Dea, the Chadian government and the UN ... Continue reading »

18 Jun

The Lying Liability

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

Responding to UNHCR complaints that Irish Defence Forces failed to provide protection to their staff and offices during a rebel attack on saturday Minister Willie O'Dea, a proven bullshitter wholly unsuitable as in any Ministerial post, ... Continue reading »

17 Jun

O’ Dea visits Irish troops in Chad

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

Defence Minister Willie O'Dea has landed in the central African country of Chad today on his first official visit to Irish troops serving a peacekeeping mission in the region. The Limerick East TD is using the 3 day trip to meet with ... Continue reading »

15 Jun

Tu dis oui, je dis non

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

I'd rather be ruled by an army of faceless Belgian bureaucrats that Brian Cowen, Willie O'Dea or even Eamon Gilmore. I'm into the whole United Europe dream. Belgian chocolates are scrummy. So let's get together, nuke up, ... Continue reading »

13 Jun

Micheal Martin

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

Story goes that Martin was sick of seeing Willie O'Dea getting all the attention off the birds in Coppers on Student nights, because Willie offered them a puff of his “cigar”. So Martin decided smoking in Coppers / the whole Republic ... Continue reading »

31 May

Irish voters baffled?

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on voteno2lisbon.wordpress.com

In recent days I have been trying to reconcile Brian Cowen’s claim on one hand that he negotiated the Lisbon Treaty line by line with the other assertion that he hadn’t read it cover to cover, when up popped Willie O’Dea, ... Continue reading »

19 May

Irish Army Peace Keeping Force To Chad

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

The Minister for Defence, Willie O'Dea, has described the deployment along the Darfur border as one of the most challenging missions the troops will ever undertake. 150 soldiers are due to join them soon. Unlike previous UN peacekeeping ... Continue reading »

10 May

Operation Platinum hits criminals hard

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

Minister Willie O Dea praised the raids and confirmed that the Criminal Assets Bureaux were preparing to seized houses owned by criminals,. “Over the past twelve months CAB have been carrying out a huge investigation into property in ... Continue reading »

09 May

Willie O'Dea

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

Willie O'Dea will seriously fuck you up…anytime…anywhere. That's about it really.... Continue reading »


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