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The Little Book of Mick

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The Little Book of MickMichael O’Leary, the retiring Chief Executive of Europe’s largest low fares airline Ryanair, speaks his mind. The European Commission are ‘communists’, airport operators are ‘overcharging rapists’, British Airways are ‘expensive bastards’, environmentalists are ‘eco-nut bags’ and travel agents are ‘fuckers’. ‘Do we carry rich people on our flights? Yes, I flew on one this morning and I’m very rich.’

Paul Kilduff, author of the bestselling Ruinair, has gathered O’Leary’s choicest utterances. Prepare to be informed, possibly offended — but most certainly amused.

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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly and the Temple of Academe

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Ross O'Carroll Kelly

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is all meat and no preservatives, roysh, at least, that's what it says in the can in, like, one particular south Dublin girls' school, which shall remain nameless, roysh, basically to protect the names of the guilty. You know who you are.

The Miseducation Years and The Teenage Dirtbag Years, together in a single volume.

The Miseducation Years
So there I was, roysh, putting the 'in' in 'in crowd', hanging out, pick of the babes, bills from the old pair to fund the lifestyle I, like, totally deserve.

But being a schools rugby legend has its downsides, roysh, like all the total knobs wanting to chill in your, like, reflected glory, and the bunny-boilers who decide they want to be with me and won't take, like, no for an answer. And we're talking totally here. Basically, it may look like a champagne bath with, like, Nell McAndrew, with, like, no clothes and everything, but I can tell you, roysh, those focking bubbles can burst.

And when they do … OH MY GOD!

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Ruinairski

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Ruinairski by Paul KilduffHaving survived his bestselling travelogue Ruinair, Paul Kilduff flies eastwards on a low fares journey to discover the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

Fortunately still allowed to fly on Europe’s lowest airline, he unfolds the former Iron Curtain to reveal our fellow New Europeans. He meets the Latvian politician who refers to Ruinair passengers as ‘savages’; he searches for a second vowel in Brno; he learns there is more to Gdansk than a shipyard wall; he finds beauty in Bratislava and he endures Romania’s very own low fares airline.


And what does Ruinair’s Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary, think of Kilduff’s first book? ‘I heard it should be in the fiction list but keep up the good work. Fly Ruinair. Best wishes, Mick.’

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Head Rambles

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Head Rambles by Richard O'ConnorThe internet is for young people, but nobody told Grandad!
Grandad is Ireland's most cantankerous auld fella. His problem is that he is getting old, increasingly grumpy and even little things are driving him mad.
To get things off his chest, Grandad started to write posts on his blog, headrambles.com, and in this book he offers readers some of the best and funniest of those daily messages. From anti-smoking legislation to the eccentricities of the local council's roadworks, Head Rambles is a must-read for everyone who enjoys a good grumble.

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The Generation Game

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The Generation GameWhere to next? Following his bestselling exploration of the Irish economy in The Pope's Children , David McWilliams looks to the future and outlines what lies ahead for Ireland as we begin to play The Generation Game .

As the Botox Economy is laid bare and the financial filler of other people’s money becomes evident, the Jaggers, Jugglers and Bono Boomers struggle to maintain their slice of a diminished pie.

However, the slow-down gives us the opportunity to take stock. There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic. Taking a trip around the globe from Shanghai to New York, from Latin America to Central Europe, we can learn from history and appreciate that Ireland has a unique economic resource: our Global Tribe. If we exploit the demographic potential of the Diaspora, we can re-invigorate the nation.

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Overheard in Dublin

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Overheard in DublinWith over five hundred favourite quotations from the popular website, interspersed with hilarious cartoons, Overheard in Dublin is the perfect stocking-filler.

Girl: ‘Giz a kiss.’
Bloke: ‘Let me swally me phlegm first.’

Two aul dears queuing for the no. 27 bus. Just caught the end of the conversation:
Old dear #1: ‘Sure whoaya tellin. De kids dees days is terrible bold.’
Old dear #2: ‘And ye know it’s not de parents I blame, it’s the mudders an fadders.’

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The Feckin' Book of Irish Sayings

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The Feckin' Book of Irish SayingsAs a serious study of the nuances of the English language as spoken in Ireland, this book is as useful as tits on a bull.

On the other hand, if you'd like to have a baldy of understanding the various expressions you regularly hear around Ireland, you'd have to be a few brassers short of a whorehouse to ignore it. So stall the ball there!

Whether you're a fine doorful of a woman or you're so hungry you'd eat an oul' wan's arse through a blackthorn bush, this invaluable collection of Ireland's most treasured (and irreverent) sayings is definitely worth having a gander at. 

Colin Murphy and Donal O'Dea are both employed as senior creative staff in one of Ireland's leading advertising agencies. Colin Murphy is Creative Director with a background in copywriting , while Donal O'Dea is a senior Art Director. They have worked together as a team for over a decade and have won more awards for creative advertising than any other team in Irish advertising/marketing.

 

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