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Don't reach for the Werther's Originals just yet. Despite what religious commentators may be saying in some of the mainstream media, the Rat from the Vat isn't any less guilty of his sins after a long weekend in Britain. In this week's Sunday Times, Bryan Appleyard, wrote a high profile article on page 3 entitled "Is this God's rottweiler? No, he's a holy grandad". The article painted the picture of a cuddly old dear who,...

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Jackie Healy-Rae led the charge. Providing enough ammunition for the urban snobs to scoff at culchies well into the next decade, he proudly declared his stance against reducing thce drink drive limit. At 50 milligrams the new regulations will mean that a single pint would pit you against the garda's breathalyser in a game you were sure to lose. Tackle the boy racers, tackle the speedsters, tackle everyone but me - let me hop behind...

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Dermot Ahern, the Irish Justice minister is to introduce a law that will make blasphemy a legally punishable offense in Ireland with fines of up to €100,000 as reported in the Irish Times. At a time when Ireland is struggling to build credibility in the international community, this latest move by Fianna Fail is set to make a laughing stock out of the country, projecting an image of a draconian backwater state turning to God...

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So what a week it's been. The government finally delivered the emergency budget it had only recently said it would never need. And the people of Ireland spent the following two days sending spreadsheets to each other to calculate the impact of the budget on their wallets. British politicians turn to porn videos to 'stimulate' the economy. And football got just a little bit crazier.Before the 'Budget from Hell', as it's become known, the masses...

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Ryan Carson and the Carsonified team jetted in to Dublin to show the software enthusiasts and developers of Ireland something they had been missing for a long time. A world class event that spanned the breath of the web development sector - designers, coders and pretty much every true-hearted techie alike - that produced a turnout which made those present realise just how much diversity and interesting development is going on in Ireland. There was...

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