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A burglar was caught moonwalking on CCTV on RTÉ's Crimecall last night and it was so weird
Not-so-smooth criminal.
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Dec 19th 2017, 10:11 AM
'Have you got the wiffy code?': The not-so-serious 2015 political awards
It’s been another GUBU year in politics.
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Dec 24th 2015, 8:00 PM
The truth about that picture of Alex Salmond, a young lady and a Solero
The former Scottish first minister was snapped feeding a young woman a Solero in a picture that went viral earlier this year.
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Dec 24th 2015, 12:15 PM
These politicians did a mortifying fashion show on TV3 this morning
We’d advise them all to stick to the day job.
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Dec 7th 2015, 4:46 PM
'Grotesque and appalling': War of words erupts between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
Éamon Ó Cuív has accused the government’s senior party of lying about protecting rural Ireland.
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Jul 14th 2015, 9:09 PM
Is Aidan Gillen using his Haughey voice on Game of Thrones? People seem to think so
“We are living way beyond our means, Sansa.”
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Apr 16th 2015, 9:49 AM
So we asked this government minister about the colour of *that* dress...
His answer will shock you.
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Feb 27th 2015, 12:14 PM
Fianna Fáil TD thinks Charlie is 'dreadfully unfair'
Dara Calleary has been responding to the RTÉ drama in an interview with TheJournal.ie.
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Jan 14th 2015, 11:35 AM
Did Des O'Malley really stop a row by wielding Saddam's sword around the Dáil?
The story is true… sort of.
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Jan 12th 2015, 9:00 PM
Aidan Gillen is the SPIT of Charlie Haughey in the new RTÉ drama
Uncanny.
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Dec 4th 2014, 3:26 PM
Check out the trailer for RTÉ's new Charlie Haughey drama
“He was a fascinating, divisive character.”
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Dec 4th 2014, 2:49 PM
We'll just leave this old picture of Eamon Gilmore in a polo neck right here
High fashion.
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Nov 25th 2014, 10:05 AM
Check out this short video of Charlie Haughey telling us 'we're living way beyond our means'
“I wish to talk to you this evening about the state of the nation’s affairs and the picture I have to paint is not, unfortunately, a very cheerful one.”
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Nov 2nd 2014, 5:30 PM
Yes, this TD really did say she likes to lather butter all over herself and pretend she's a slug
But it was all for a good cause…
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Oct 13th 2014, 9:34 AM
6 more skills you need to run for election according to these campaign videos
By-election campaign videos are odd, wonderful, and informative. Sort of.
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Oct 6th 2014, 5:08 PM
Was Charlie Haughey really beaten with an iron bar on the morning of the Budget?
There is confusion after the new claim emerged last weekend.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 12:46 PM
On The Trail: 9 odd, weird and wonderful things from Election 2014
The election trail can be an odd place, here are a few things we’ve come across in recent days…
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May 18th 2014, 4:30 PM
Rónán Mullen dancing to Pharrell and 5 other slightly odd campaign videos
The campaign trail is proving to be an increasingly odd place to be.
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May 14th 2014, 2:32 PM
On The Trail: 7 odd, weird and wonderful things from Election 2014
The election trail can be an odd place, here are a few things we’ve come across in recent days…
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May 11th 2014, 4:30 PM
On The Trail: 7 odd, weird and wonderful things from Election 2014
The election trail can be an odd place, here are a few things we’ve come across in recent days…
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May 4th 2014, 6:30 PM
8 skills you need to run for election according to these campaign videos
Fine Gael’s campaign videos for its six MEP candidates are nice productions, but bizarre in places….
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Apr 29th 2014, 10:00 PM
On The Trail: 7 odd, weird and wonderful things from Election 2014
The election trail can be an odd place, here are a few things we’ve come across in recent days…
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Apr 27th 2014, 4:00 PM
11 pictures that prove the election trail is an odd place
Scaring elderly ladies and eating soup – all in a day’s work for a European Parliament hopeful…
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Apr 21st 2014, 3:00 PM
'Ireland's Watergate': How the phone tapping scandal would lead to Haughey's downfall... eventually
What was the phone tapping scandal? TheJournal.ie takes a step back in time and examines what was arguably the biggest political scandal in Irish history that would have consequences far beyond 1983.
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Dec 27th 2013, 7:30 AM
WATCH: TDs try to figure out what 'amazeballs' means
The only problem was they were pronouncing it ‘amazey-balls’.
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Dec 5th 2013, 2:39 PM
In Pictures: The cast of RTÉ drama Charlie get to work
Aidan Gillen as Charlies Haughey and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as PJ Mara.
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Oct 19th 2013, 11:05 AM
TV programme to recall events of Charles Haughey's GUBU years
Two-part programme begins on TV3 tonight and will chart the rise and fall of Charles Haughey during the tumultuous events of 1982 and 1983.
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Aug 19th 2013, 6:15 AM
Ireland camp: Injury situation is GUBU, but Sexton 'a safe bet' for Rome
The Ireland camp are counting the available bodies at Carton House.
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Mar 11th 2013, 3:08 PM
No mention of Patrick Connolly, GUBU in 1982 State Papers
Although it almost brought the Government down, there was no hint of the double murder and massive manhunt that shocked Ireland in the summer of 1982 in the State Archives.
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Dec 28th 2012, 7:45 AM
Double killer Malcolm MacArthur released after 30 years
MacArthur was jailed in 1982 after he killed a nurse in the Phoenix Park and shot dead a farmer.
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Sep 19th 2012, 8:11 AM
Column: It’s 30 years since GUBU. Now THAT was a political battle.
University of Ulster politics academic David McCann recalls the events of 1982 – and says we’ve never seen such a politically-charged atmosphere in this country since that turbulent year.
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Aug 12th 2012, 8:30 AM