Believe it or not it is actually the 1-year anniversary of the George Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech. On May the 1st 2003, aboard the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, Bush declared the end of majour combat in Iraq! Interesting then that 602 of the 741 American casualties in this war have come after Bush’s famous speech. [...]

Well unless you are blind and deaf you know that today is a new day for Europe and the start of a new era. 10 countries have joined the EU as of midnight last night. Tá fáilte romhaidh, welcome to the fold! Big parties in Dublin this weekend, not to mention protests.