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An awful kip - Satirical website takes shot at Offaly border town
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An Irish satirical site has poked fun at a poor Offaly border town minding its own business, but the locals are taking it in good spirits. Man actually lives in Portarlington of his Own Free Will is a story on the www.irelandoncraic.com website. A 36 year-old man who doesn’t seem mental or anything has said that he actually lives in the town of Portarlington of his own free will. Brian Delaney swears he has not been relocated there as part of a witness protection programme or anything like that and claims that he actually likes the place.