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Yes, the surprise announcement has been made this morning that An Taoiseach, Patrick Bartholomew “Bertie” Ahern has announced that he will submit his resignation and depart office on Tuesday, May the 6th. He’ll also be stepping down as Fianna Fáil leader on that day. Considering today’s date, it’s just as well that Bertie didn’t make the announcment yesterday…

Various sources have covered this, including Jazz Biscuit, The Chancer, Mulley, and of course the normal media sources such as RTÉ, so why am I mentioning it?

Well, as with any “shocking” political stories, there are, of course, a few interesting quotes thrown up. I’m not sure how ‘accurate’ exactly the title of this post entry is, but I liked the alliteration, and yes - some of Bertie’s supporters have said some silly things today. While RTÉ’s Brian “Dobbo” Dobson and, in particular, Charlie Bird can’t seem to stop saying the phrase “political bombshell” (- indeed, as Mulley suggested, it could be turned into an early afternoon drinking game!), there are a few others out there playing the foot-in-mouth game. (more…)

According to this video (and, of course, LEGEND), 26 years ago, Fianna Fáil set up an illegal radio station (Election Radio ‘82) in order to promote themselves in that years February Election. On the station they promised to legislate for legal community radio licensing should they win the election - a promise they subsequently broke once elected.

Found this when I stumbled across the Video page on IrishPirates.com, after seeing mike65’s nostalgic post on the boards.ie Radio forum.