I hear you're bigamous now, Kevin

The government risks being seriously compromised this weekend when a Midland state minister will prove bigamous.

Kevin "Boxer" Moran, already married to the charming Michelle, must marry Precious Clarke during a lavish ceremony at Abbeyshrule on Saturday night. A large number of guests will attend the wedding at the Rustic Inn, after which there will be a dinner, speeches and a favorable speech the next morning.

On Friday, we found the minister in his prenuptial hiding place and found that the wedding booklet had already been printed, that flowers were on order and that he had changed his name to "Butty" Moran. , in order to dissuade the authorities.

"I met her on the road after her car broke down. She told me that there was water in the carburetor. She was not wrong, she drove the car into the Inny River. I handed him a trailer and left from there. You can say that I shot twice in the evening, "said the unscrupulous minister of OPW and Flood Relief.

"She is an adorable girl. I'm so excited that my knees are shaking, "he revealed, revealing that Precious is also married and that her husband, Tom Clarke, loves him, calls him Kath. "It's actually her wedding anniversary the night of our wedding, but we do not care. That was mine last week.

The wedding bouquet, as well as the buttonhole of Butty, is made of brown envelopes. "I hear that the rigout of the bride is charming," he told us. Precious will be a vision fully veiled in white lace. The groom and his boys will wear black suits, but they will wear red ties while his tie is pink.

The theme of their happy event is "I'm doing" for nothing.

Minister Moran admits that his wife, Michelle, "only found out a few days ago" about her second marriage. "She said that she was surprised because she did not think that anyone else would have it. She will go out at night to make sure Precious removes me." with his hands. "

He says that hundreds of tickets have been sold for the event. When all is over, the wedding organizers will send a big silver ball to help run the Ballymahone Daycare for seniors.

Crawford Crusader

We were sad to hear the news of the death of former Fine Gael Lord TD Seymour Crawford. The "nice giant" of Aghabog in Monaghan County was universally appreciated in the House and no one had ever had a say in it.

As a county councilor, he was elected to the Dáil in 1992 and held his seat until his retirement from the political world in the 2011 elections. Former vice president of the Irish Farmers' Association, this politician at the Sbady face was a pious Presbyterian and a very good egg.

His death last Saturday reminded us of a staff party held in Oireachtas' dining room many years ago when, for reasons we have long forgotten, many members of the Fine Gael arrived in disguise. The highlight of the evening was the unexpected sight of Seymour, who was frozen and rushing through the doors, dressed in a full Lycra Batman costume, including the gray tights. And by his side, a young Simon Coveney dressed in Robin.

At this week's plenary session of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly in London, delegates remembered Congressman Crawford as a dedicated member of the badembly, working to strengthen the understanding and cooperation between representatives British and Irish policies.

Senator Paul Coghlan, a long-time member of the Assembly, recalled recalling that he had led his colleague from Fine Gael to a meeting in Scotland because he had been injured on the back at the farm and did not could not fly anymore. The Killarney-based senator drove up to Monaghan, picked up Seymour and the couple took Larne's ferry to Stranraer.

During the trip, Coghlan, a member of the club, was eager to live the convivialities after the meeting. Crawford was busy studying maps and guides. On Saturday night, as MPs, MPs and Senators and Senators enjoyed a drink and sang a song, Crawford approached Coghlan, a Catholic, to inform him that he had found a solution "for the next morning", which would suit both.

"We are going to divide the difference. I found an Episcopal Church. Service at nine o'clock. "

Coghlan put down his gin and tonic and went to bed.

The Fodge Podge and Rodge go crazy

We came across a Fianna Fáil TD on Friday.

"Have you seen Podge and Rodge? What did you think? "

As a matter of fact, we had heard both of Ballydung's man's house returning to our television screens this week. The reviews were not great.

"No, no. I did not see him. "

"No, not the puppets. Young Dev and Mark Daly. What do you think? "

It's hard to know what to think, but it's not every morning that you turn on the radio to hear twice Audrey Carville ask a Senator from Fianna Fáil: "Are you and Éamon Ó Cuív you're became thugs last night? "

The mind boggles.

Senator Mark Daly was embossed but did not deny it.

When Politicians Go Rogue: There could be a TV series about it.

& # 39; The unveiling of Sorcha & # 39; could have been an oil painting at the National Gallery for anyone Fianna Fáil knew

Daly and Ó Cuív traveled to Omagh to "unveil" Fianna Fáil's first candidate to run for the elections in the North. The two teammates chaired a meeting to announce the candidacy of Sorcha McAnespy, former member of Sinn Féin.

The only problem is that Fianna Fáil was kept in the dark. "The unveiling of Sorcha" could have been an oil painting at the Museum of Fine Arts for all that they knew about it.

The announcement of the first party candidate in Northern Ireland for a good part of the century is an important event. This would deserve the presence of the party leader. A much bigger room. And a courtesy call to the SDLP.

Could it be Galway Rodge and Kerry Podge who deliberately tried to provoke and destabilize leadership? Some say the pair would not want anything better than a general election and the return of a Fianna Fáil to power in coalition with Sinn Féin. Ó Cuív would not be opposed to such an arrangement, any more than Daly, who relied on Sinn Féin's votes to go to Seanad a few times.

The party's seat is angry. No candidates were selected. Daly and Ó Cuív do not seem to care. But their ad has been canceled for the moment. Put back the curtains.

This is a case of premature congratulations for Fianna Fáil's Podge and Rodge.

Taoiseach tired

Speaking of night outings, did the Taoiseach look a little tired when he went to the Tyrrelstown School Educate Together in Dublin on Thursday morning for his photo shoot to show the concern of his government before the closure of a number of schools for security reasons?

We only ask because he had a rare night off Wednesday. Leo began his evening at the Royal College of Physicians, where he looked very happy and very proud to see his partner, Dr. Matthew Barrett, graduate of a medical training program as a specialist cardiologist.

They are the embodiment of a power couple.

The Taoiseach then headed from Kildare Street to Merrion Row for an end-of-session meeting with his Fine Gael colleagues. The Dáil has risen for a mid-term break on Thursday and will resume on Tuesday, November 6th.

A number of ministers, including Richard Bruton, Simon Harris and Eoghan Murphy, joined him in the bar at the top of Foley for a drink and snack. Fish and chips were served in cardboard cones. Despite the fact that they had to buy their own drink, the TDs and Senators had a good turnout.

But there was a notable absence of women politicians. The Minister of State for Europe, Helen McEntee, was the only woman at the party.

What would he think of Brexit?

The week was important for David McCullagh of RTÉ. Tuesday night, he had the unenviable task of bringing together six presidential candidates around a long televised debate, while repressing the urge to shout: "For God's sake, why not do everything to keep us alone and we leave alone! "

It was the prerogative of the viewers.

Dr. Dave, historian and presenter of Prime Time, did a great job at night. But he could not rest on his laurels because his last book was launched the next evening.

Former Taoism Brian Cowen did the honors for De Valera: Rule (1932-1975) at a reception in the Hodges Figgis Bookstore, explaining to the crowd that one of Dev's greatest achievements was to maintain loyalty of his ministers. "You can understand it, it's a magnificent feat," said Biff, who was not so lucky in this regard.

This book is the second and final volume of the biography of The Long Fellow of the broadcaster. It takes up history in 1932, when the first Fianna Fáil government of De Valera came to power. Cowen praised the author for his objective description of "a crucial figure in Irish politics" and for "a wonderful, detailed and accurate account of De Valera's time in and out of the government", a- he declared.

He quoted the final sentence of the book: "For better or for worse, Éamon de Valera did more than any other individual to shape Ireland on which he directed; and, for better or for worse, Ireland, just like its creator, now belongs to history. "

What would he think of Brexit? He has been vocally anti-European integration throughout his career. He never disclosed how he had voted for Ireland's accession to the European Economic Community, but shortly before our official entry, he told his family members: "I am the first and last president of an independent Ireland. "

As president, he used to attend lectures on advanced mathematics at the Institute of Higher Studies in Dublin. After a particularly difficult episode, he told the director, JL Synge, that he would not come back. Synge admitted that he could not think of an appropriate answer because he did not understand a word either.

McCullagh also discovered that Dev was a kind of romantic. While Edward VIII was considering abdicating to marry Wallis Simpson, the taoiseach was the only one of the Dominion prime ministers to think that he should be allowed to stay. When the British official discussed it with him, he expressed his surprise. Dev said that if divorce was not allowed in Catholic countries, it was in Protestant countries, and he thought that many people "in these days of democracy would be attracted to the idea of a young king, ready to give everything for love ".