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Jack Of All Trades, Master Of Ho-Hum
November 23, 2009 – 12:01 am | 7 Comments
Jack Of All Trades, Master Of Ho-Hum

It will come as no surprise to most of you that Ireland is a very small place. I say “most of you” because I have to accept that that Ireland is a very small place …

Interview with Jedward and Simon Cowell
November 19, 2009 – 5:04 am | 7 Comments
Interview with Jedward and Simon Cowell

Me: Gentlemen. Thanks for sitting down with Coddlepot.
John: No problem.
Edward: Thanks for having us.
Simon: Coddle-who?

Celebrity Tiling and Grouting 2009
November 5, 2009 – 4:10 am | 9 Comments
Celebrity Tiling and Grouting 2009

Earlier this year I conceived of a brilliant scheme to exploit a bunch of washed-up celebrities as dog’s body labourers. I contacted some agents and pitched a (fake) TV pilot that tasked “celebrities” with renovating …

Bob Geldof? Rob Ripof, more like…
October 28, 2009 – 11:55 pm | 18 Comments
Bob Geldof? Rob Ripof, more like…

Like so many of his generation, Bob Geldof idolised me in the early 80s. He made no secret of modeling ‘The Boomtown Rats’ on my band, ‘The Council Estate Speckle-tailed Hamsters’.

Jazzuz Almighty
October 26, 2009 – 12:01 am | 10 Comments
Jazzuz Almighty

While the rest of the country enjoys a bank holiday spent on the couch, absent-mindedly picking the sweat-residue from around the buttons on the Sky remote, down in Cork we’re celebrating our annual jazz festival.

Oh Just Fuck Off, Lily Allen
September 25, 2009 – 12:01 am | 25 Comments
Oh Just Fuck Off, Lily Allen

Dear Lily,
Go away. Just … go away.
Yours, Sweary

War in Prada-ise!
September 16, 2009 – 12:01 am | 16 Comments
War in Prada-ise!

How would you feel as a true-born pious devout Spanish nobleman to learn that when you die your God-given title will be inherit by a woman?  More than likely you will spuke up your breakfast …

Oasis Split Dooms the Earth
September 10, 2009 – 5:46 am | 17 Comments
Oasis Split Dooms the Earth

The music world was effectively ended last week with the news that Noel Gallagher has quit Oasis.