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21 June 2007 Edition

Fifth Column

21 June 2007

Slick Jackie

What about Jackie Healy Rae’s glistening comb-over on the first day of the new Dáil?
Jackie’s slick hairstyle was almost as sharp as the barbs aimed at his South Kerry Fianna Fáil bitter rival, the new Ceann Comhairle, John O’Donoghue.
Is Jackie’s wispy top a tribute to those snappy dressers of 1920s Chicago or Jackie and Bobby Charlton, famous trend-setters for the old... Free article

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Letter to the Taoiseach

21 June 2007

I hear that you are going to increase the number of Ministers of State. A good idea, now that you have locked in the Green Party to the new Government. It might sound like a hardy annual to you, Taoiseach, but I would like you to appoint a Minister of State who will take forward a Green Paper for Irish Unity. Free article


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