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O'Keefe warns of 'military coup' - The Irish Times - Wed, Feb 16, 2011
While the winds of change continue to blow furiously across the Arab world, outgoing Cork TD Ned O'Keeffe has warned that Ireland might be next.

Mr O'Keeffe (whose son Kevin is standing for Fianna Fail in the Cork East constituency) has warned of the very real possibility of a military coup.

According to a report published in today's Evening Echo , Mr O'Keeffe said "The situation has become so bad that an Army coup is a real possibility."

Blaming Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan for hastening the possibility of a military takeover, Mr O'Keeffe issued the following warning:

"Our political system is going to fail further. The two Brians have made a right mess of the country and I see the real possibility of an Army coup.

He must be suffering from political senility if he thinks the army would want to take over governing Ireland at the moment...

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Wed Feb 16th, 2011 at 04:15:27 PM EST

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