From Today's Clare Champion

Noted Folk Song Collector Re-imprisoned And Then Set Free.
In a startling chain of events, hostage Jim Carroll was earlier this week snatched from the dustbin, where he had been dumped by the West Clare Taliban. He was then re-imprisoned in the Ailwee caves, before eventually setting himself free.

Last night, the noted folk song collector was back home with his wife, Pat and his pet lizards, Henry and Tom. According to a Garda representative, the Free West Clare Taliban, a splinter group of the main organisation, carried out the snatch raid on the Lahinch Golf Club dustbin, when they heard that Osama Bin Liner, the WLT leader, had decided it would be impossible to ransom Mr. Carroll.
The prisoner then literally talked his way out of gaol. In a scene reminiscent of one of Tom Sharpe's novels, Mr. Carroll, a former world champion marathon arguer, recounted the praises of Ewan MacColl for eighteen hours without a break or a single possessive pronoun. Eventually, the Taliban members ran shrieking from the caves, leaving Mr. Carroll free to make his way home.

The folk song collector, who looked none the worse for his ordeal, said "It was tough going. There was one horrible moment when I thought they didn't want to listen."