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Sun 11 Nov 2009Exhibition pokes fun at political 'Blarney'

Sculptures of Bertie Ahern at the Mahon tribunal and HSE chief executive Brendan Drumm wielding a guillotine form part of two new exhibitions casting a wry look at Irish society.

One piece depicts Minister for Health Mary Harney tucked-up in a hospital bed above an elderly patient on the floor while another portrays a pair of semi-naked pensioners "stripped" by cutbacks.