Old Hayden's Almanac: March

Moving Hearts reform but the line-up contains no members of the original band… The Minister for Zero Tolerance John O’Donoghue announces strict American-style disciplinary measures for Fianna Fail TDs under the banner “Three Strokes And Your Out”…

Members of Westlife are believed to have been present in the studio for the recording of their new single… As part of an intensive Irish language promotion drive, new Irish chart rules will allow songs in Irish to be granted an extra 20% sales… RTE bring back Today Tonight but can’t decide whether to show it last night or to-morrow night… Eoghan Harris loses his temper…

A new tribunal announces that all radio licenses issued while Ray Burke was Minister For Communications are invalid… The Government unveils plans for a high-quality resort-style state of the art jail for politicians… Dana and Ronan Keating start their presidential campaigns… Samantha Mumba publishes her autobiography with ten of the eleven chapters devoted to her feud with Twink… Dustin disappears after being asked to star in a new television commercial for Paxo…

A publican in Mayo starts a campaign to pay more money to performing musicians…