From Cairo to Cork: Military coup is real possibility, says Ned

FIRST it was Tahrir Square in Egypt, but next time you see the army it could be in Market Square in Mitchelstown.

Retiring, but certainly not shy, outgoing Fianna Fáil TD for Cork East Ned O’Keeffe can smell a spring of discontent and feels things are so bad here now that an army coup could be a “real possibility”.

Mr O’Keeffe made the somewhat astonishing prediction speaking to the Evening Echo newspaper. And he has form in the predictions business. Apparently he warned about Ireland’s financial meltdown, so keep your ears peeled for the sound of army boots hitting tarmac.