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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 »

07 May

O’ Dea remains Minister for Defence

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

Willie O Dea has retained his post as Minister for Defence after the new cabinet was unveiled in the Dail this evening The 55 year old Limerick East TD was named as part of Brian Cowens new ministerial team which saw changes in other ... Continue reading »

30 Apr

Minister Willie O'Dea TD and Patricia McKenna debate Ireland's …

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on forumoneuropepodcast.org

The Minister for Defence, Willie O’Dea TD, has told a packed public meeting in Limerick organised by the National Forum On Europe that there is no threat in the Treaty of Lisbon to Ireland’s traditional policy of military neutrality or ... Continue reading »

17 Apr

Stop the world - Grandad wants to get off

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

Willie O’Dea has saved the country from every imaginable disaster by sending out booklets [I still haven’t received mine]. Gormless has managed to insult China [not that they didn’t deserve it], and justify selling out the Green Party ... Continue reading »

16 Apr

Galwey to gangs: "Sit down and resolve"

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

Judging by the reaction of Limerick people to numerous mediation volunteers such as Willie O’Dea and John Devane in the past, Mick’s idea is not the answer. More Limerick people weigh in on the issue in todays Sunday World. ... Continue reading »

15 Apr

National Emergency Plan

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

I was very interested to hear Willie O’Dea talking about the iodine tablets that weren’t distributed to every house in the country. Apparently those of us who received them should throw them away. This is very clever thinking, ... Continue reading »

13 Apr

Go on, Clint, make my Willie O'Dea

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on pigmotel.com/barrelrepairer

He’d be better off suing Willie O’Dea after the Minister for Defence claimed on live radio last week that he’d like the New York actor and director to play him if his life story were ever filmed. The admission was certainly a surprise. ... Continue reading »

03 Apr

Mahon is not over yet.

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on thedossingtimes.com/blog

Listening to Willie O’Dea on RTE seems that they are blaming the resignation on the fact that the Mahon Tribunal is distracting the government from operating successfully and thus for the benefit of the country he resigned. ... Continue reading »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

01 Dec 2007

They seek them here …

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

Another report has Irish Defense Minister Willie O'Dea stating that the first troops from the EU peacekeeping force would not arrive until January at the earliest. He adds that the Irish contingent would go only if other EU member ... Continue reading »


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