Today's papers reviewed (courtesy of newstalk and twitter)

[DCon]

Syrian regime crumbling

THE IRISH TIMES

US SAYS REGIME ‘CRUMBLING’ AFTER SYRIAN PM’S DEFECTION

TAYLOR ON TOP BUT MURPHY LEFT WINDED

BANK HIGHLIGHTED POLITICAL CONNECTIONS OF LOAN APPLICANT

THE IRISH INDEPENDENT

CHILDCARE COSTS NOW OUTSTRIP MORTGAGES

‘CURIOSITY’ BEGINS HUNT FOR LIFE ON MARS AFTER PERFECT LANDING

MADONNA CAREER OVER; SAYS ELTON

THE IRISH EXAMINER

COUNCIL TENANTS FORCED OUT BY THREATS

LIMERICK OFFICIALS CONDEMN BANANA –THROWING INCIDENT

http://www.newstalk.ie/2012/featured...h-august-2012/

[DCon]

Ming seems to be going completely off the rails if the Indo is to be believed. He's dramatically escalating his crazed attacks on the Ceann Comhairle and demanding that the media publish his diatribes in full and unedited.

If he gets much worse it could hit ticket sales at Roscommon cinemas.

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...m-3190365.html

More on this

An entry on Mr Flanagan’s Facebook page from late July states: “Apparently Deputy John Halligan and I broke the rules when we approached the [Ceann Comhairle] outside the chamber. That rule must not count in the Dáil bar where I understand he regularly freely associates with TDs while guzzling pints. He can’t have it both ways.

THE OIREACHTAS may be powerless to impose any sanctions on the Independent TD Luke Ming Flanagan over a heated verbal altercation with Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett or over serious allegations he has subsequently made about Mr Barrett.

The Committee on Procedures and Privileges (CPP), which upholds the decorum of the Dáil, wrote to Mr Flanagan last month requesting that he make a public apology for what it described as a “vicious unprovoked verbal assault” on the Ceann Comhairle.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...321632326.html

[Baron von Biffo]

More on this

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...321632326.html

Facebook doesn't enjoy parliamentary privilege so Flanagan might regret suggesting that the CC is behaving inappropriately because he's a heavy drinker.

[DCon]

Facebook doesn't enjoy parliamentary privilege so Flanagan might regret suggesting that the CC is behaving inappropriately because he's a heavy drinker.

Maybe Ming will claim he updated his facebook from the Dail chamber!

[Baron von Biffo]

Maybe Ming will claim he updated his facebook from the Dail chamber!

[DCon]

Quinn/Farmers/

THE IRISH TIMES

MOUNTING COST OF QUINN INSURANCE TO STATE SPARKS NOONAN ROW

UK INQUIRY CRITICISES CONDITIONS AT IRISH INVESTORS’ CARE HOME

MEDAL COUNT NO AT THREE AS CONFIDENT CONLON GOES THROUGH

THE IRISH INDEPENDENT

FARMERS FACE HIT IN BID TO CLOSE PAYE GRANT DIVIDE

FUEL-PRICE HIKES TO HIT FOR WINTER

POLICE QUESTION ‘MISSING’ BELLBOY IN MICHAELA PROBE

NOONAN FURY OVER QUINN ‘BLACK HOLE’

THE IRISH EXAMINER

25 YEARS OF LEVIES TO PAY FOR QUINN LOSSES

RECORD NUMBER OF WOMEN JAILED – BUT 40% OUT EARLY

http://www.newstalk.ie/2012/featured...h-august-2012/

[DCon]

A councillor in Clare wants residents to scoop the poop.

Good luck with that! Growing up in Limerick, I learned to always have 1 eye on the ground before I trod.

DEPUTY Mayor of Clare, Cllr Pascal Fitzgerald, has called on Clare County Council to have signs erected on housing estates and in residential areas in East and South-East Clare, warning dog owners against allowing their dogs to litter. “We have a problem, not just in my area, but throughout the county, of dogs being allowed to run loose by their owners all over the place and littering. “There is also the problem of people who correctly walk their dogs on leads, but who walk away and leave the dog’s litter behind, much to the annoyance of the public at large”.

http://www.limerickpost.ie/index.php...arns-cllr.html

[DCon]

Katie Taylor success, Tubridy on the breadline, Gardai "not equipped" to protect rural areas

THE IRISH TIMES

‘THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF’

O’CONNOR JUMPS IN FOR BRONZE MEDAL

HIGH EARNERS PAYING MORE TAX AS RELIEFS CUT

THE IRISH INDEPENDENT

THAT WINNING FEELING

TUBRIDY HAS TO MAKE DO ON €373,000

TWO MORE FINE GAEL TDS JOIN REVOLT ON STUDENT GRANT PLANS

NO FREE LUNCH IN SPAIN’S CLASSROOMS

THE IRISH EXAMINER

GARDAI ARE ‘AT BREAKING POINT AND NO LONGER EQUIPPED TO PROTECT RURAL AREAS’

http://www.newstalk.ie/2012/featured...h-august-2012/

[C. Flower]

A councillor in Clare wants residents to scoop the poop.

Good luck with that! Growing up in Limerick, I learned to always have 1 eye on the ground before I trod.



http://www.limerickpost.ie/index.php...arns-cllr.html

"Litter" ? As in pups ?

[DCon]

"Litter" ? As in pups ?

as in poop

[Baron von Biffo]

An American doctor does a bit of private water-boarding - Of his 11 year old daughter.

Well if it's good enough for his government...

http://www.independent.ie/world-news...1-3196001.html

[DCon]

Homecoming row, absentee Senator

THE IRISH TIMES

OLYMPIC ATHLETES TO GET PUBLIC RECEPTION AFTER LAST-DITCH TALKS

MCILROY WINS HIS SECOND MAJOR IN STYLE

SHE MADE IT AN UNFORGETTABLE OLYMPICS: THAT’S WHAT KATIE DID

THE IRISH INDEPENDENT

KATIE’S FATHER ANGER AT HOMECOMEING SHAMBLES

TRIBUTE TO BROTHERS IN FATAL CRASH

O MURCHU HAS WORST RECORD OF DOUBLE JOBBING SENATORS

ANDREWS QUIT PARTY OVER FAKE TWEETS

THE IRISH EXAMINER

HOMECOMING ROW ‘RUINING GAMES’

FEARS PROJECT MATHS WILL LEAD TO LOWER STANDARDS

RING JOINS FG REBELLION ON COLLEGE GRANT CHANGES

http://www.newstalk.ie/2012/featured...h-august-2012/

[DCon]

Front page of tomorrow's Times says that the wealthy will be allowed to give back the children's allowance they receive

I wouldn't hold my breath, for fear of passing out while I wait

It's Burton's "brainchild" as her Department and that of the Revenue allegedly use different computer systems and it will take years and years and years to solve this.

[DCon]

Katie, Rory, Child Benefit, College Grants

THE IRISH TIMES

MEASURE WILL ALLOW WEALTHY TO HAND BACK CHILD BENEFIT

TAYLOR ‘OVERWHELMED’ AS 20,000 WELCOME HER HOME TO BRAY

COLLEGE GRANT SYSTEM FAVOURS FARMERS AND SELF-EMPLOYED

THE IRISH INDEPENDENT

TEARS OF JOY FOR OUR GOLDEN GIRL KATIE

CHILDREN’S CHARITY FORCED TO CLOSE OVE CASH CRISIS

DOUBLE DOSE OF LOTTO LUCK FOR FAMILY

THE IRISH EXAMINER

KATIE SHINES AT EMOTIONAL HOMECOMING

RORY: TEXT FROM KATIE INSPIRED ME TO WIN

SECURITY MAN EXPLAINS WHY DNA FOUND IN MICHAELA ROOM

http://www.newstalk.ie/2012/featured...h-august-2012/

[Baron von Biffo]

Another outbreak of the American disease.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/thr...ng-562889.html

Can you be awarded a degree from a US college if you were away for the shoot out?