Ciaran’s Peculier [sic] Blog

It rains a lot here in Ireland, and sometimes the rain can come down in such a torrent that the drains overflow. When this occurs the drain’s contents of leaves, dirt and other ordure flow out along the streets. These days following St Patrick’s Day witness this process in reverse, as much of the filth of cabinet ministers, parliamentarians and county councillors who have taken holidays at public expense over the holiday return unbidden to our shores to resume their collective larceny closer to home. I think I speak for the majority of people in Ireland when I say that no one would shed a tear if they never came back.

 The Catholic hierarchy is I believe partly responsible for much of the crisis currently affecting the church, but I believe in giving credit where credit is due. What would happen if, at important feasts in the Church calendar like Christmas or Easter, the hierarchy announced that it was heading off abroad for “deserved” holidays at the mass goers’ expense? Of course they wouldn’t be called holidays. No, they’d be described as trips to observe missionary activity. Now apart from a handful of globe-trotting prelates, including a deceased bishop recently in the news who used to love visit his diocesan priests in a place called Minna, none of them do this. They remain at their posts. It is often said that Catholic bishops aren’t elected, yet the Catholic church has never claimed to be a democracy. Those whom we elect democratically, who crawl on their fat bellies to win our confidence no sooner get elected than they depart on holidays at our expense and smirk at us that they’re able to get away with it because there is nothing we can do.

 Is it true that Aer Lingus cabin crew seek danger money” at this time of the year, as compensation for having to deal with returning county councillors who demand extra alcohol even when they’ve already had more than enough? Readers will know the incident I’m referring to. They will also know the political party the individual belonged to. They may not know that soon after his return he received a standing ovation from the local branch of his party. What was that for? Good on ya mate for acting the cunt?