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Willie O'Dea & the Temple of Gloom

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:40:30 +0000

Defence Minister Willie O’Dea demonstrated his usual facility for vulgar abuse in his recent attack on Enda Kenny, following the opposition leader’s critique of Brian Cowen’s performance as Taoiseach in his first 100 days. …... Continue reading »

Bertie agus feall eile RTÉ

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:44:47 +0000

I measc na cuimhní a rith liom agus mé ag éisteacht le laithreoir Morning Ireland ar RTÉ ar maidin agus í ag tathant ar Willie O’Dea bheith ag amharc ar Bertie Ahern, iar thaoiseach, ag cur i láthair clár spóirt RTÉ, The Road To Croker, …... Continue reading »

88 mph

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:58:31 +0000

“Can't see Willie O'Dea giving the go ahead for a fictional piece of hardware for the Gardai to chase down time bandits.” “That'd be a great occupation to have on your CV, wouldn't it?” “What?” “Time Bandit. That's be a real ice breaker …... Continue reading »

Everyone duck! There's a pink elephant flying over Haulbowline Island!

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:24:14 +0000

THE need to “tighten the belt” because of the economic squeeze should not mean cutting anybody’s wages — politicians included, Defence Minister Willie O’Dea has said. In the first of a new series in which Irish Examiner readers get to …... Continue reading »

No Minister! Some things you should know

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:14:49 +0000

There is plenty that currently indicates high risk to health and Willie O’Dea does and should know it. If he lacks the relevant reports, he could ask his cabinet colleague John Gormley for copies! For example: …... Continue reading »

Tributes for drowned Clare Soldier

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:43:32 +0000

Minister for Defence Willie O`Dea and the Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Lt General Dermot Early have both offered their condolences to the family. The removal will take place this evening.... Continue reading »

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

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:42:27 +0000

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

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:39:25 +0000

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

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:38:13 +0000

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 »

Some Law and Order…please?

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:42:53 +0000

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 »

Willie O'Dea raises keyboard against "merchants of doom

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:46:54 +0000

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 »

“The genocide is ongoing”

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:30:01 +0000

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 »

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

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:42:46 +0000

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 »

it's raining, it's pouring

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:29:30 +0000

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.

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:45:01 +0000

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 »

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

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:02:50 +0000

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…

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:06:24 +0000

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 »

Ireland’s EU murky mandate in Chad

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:44:46 +0000

… 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 »

The Lying Liability

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:02:54 +0000

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 »

O’ Dea visits Irish troops in Chad

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:45:18 +0000

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 »

Tu dis oui, je dis non

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:46:59 +0000

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 »

Micheal Martin

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:14:35 +0000

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 »

Irish voters baffled?

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 31 May 2008 10:57:01 +0000

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 »

Irish Army Peace Keeping Force To Chad

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:11:48 +0000

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 »

Operation Platinum hits criminals hard

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:22:29 +0000

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 »