For anyone with a sense of humor and a taste for the absurd, here are the stories from the length and breadth of Ireland that make it big in the local newspapers.and nowhere else. Read all about the dogs in Mountmellick forced to wear nappies, the Kerry boat builder who travelled 23 minutes back in time, the pub thieves who escaped through Limerick prison, the Corkman whose most treasured possession is his bucket from the Pope's 1979 visit, and many, many more.