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Another Bertie ad

category dublin | arts and media | news report author Monday November 08, 2010 13:57author by Foxy Slatteryauthor email foxyslattery at gmail dot com

Tabloid Taoiseach turning more tricks

In response to former Taoiseach demeaning himself, an artist gets annoyed
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As tribute to Berties continued ability to sell newspapers, an eight x five foot canvas of the great man was hung from a lamp on the wall of West’s jewelers on Dublin’s Grafton Street on the 29th of October. The canvas, depicting a smiling Bertie drinking a cup of tea above the words ‘Riches to Rags’, is believed to be a simultaneous comment on the former Taoiseachs stewardship of the country and his asinine decision to advertise a tabloid newspaper amid the throes of a crisis for which he bears much responsibility.
The canvas hung for the day before being removed by the city council at around 4pm.

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author by opus diablos - the regressive hypocrite partypublication date Mon Nov 08, 2010 14:43author address author phone

..hanging such a poor likeness

when ye might have hung the rat in person..

author by Berty Clone - Di yis have ti ask me ?publication date Mon Nov 08, 2010 19:32author address author phone

Ahhhh Lads , yis is alawayz tri-in te take me down for jazus sakes de yis all have bad memries
of what i dun ti the country ,


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