Monday, May 22, 2006
Ireland won the Eurovision after all!
They've been reporting this on the Joe Duffy show on the radio and it's probably the funniest story of the year so far.A press release on the Irish government's website has the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism John O'Donoghue congratulating Brian Kennedy on winning the Eurovision for Ireland! I kid you not! The press release dated the 20th of May, the night of the Eurovision, reads:
"John O'Donoghue, T.D., Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism congratulated Brian Kennedy on his success in the Eurovision Song Contest with his own composition "Every Song Is A Cry For Love".
"Minister O'Donoghue said: "I wish to extend my congratulations to Brian on his marvelous win for Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens tonight. He gave a wonderful performance and in the process extended Ireland's record number of Eurovision wins to eight. Everyone should be very proud of this excellent achievement."
ENDS
This is unbelievable! I know the Irish government is used to telling a few porkies but this is ridiculous.
I guess Minister O'Donoghue was more fed up with the voting system than I was.
Well done, Brian! You did us proud!
Stick that up your hole, Finland!
Update: If you click the link above you'll see the Government has removed the press release in question. Rats! Ah well, at least I reproduced it before they got to it...
# posted by United Irelander @ 3:00 PM 
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