THERE are those among us who would never dream about throwing a rock at anyone, let alone a member of the emergency services attending the scene of an accident. But going by the numbers of ambulance crews, fire brigade members and gardaí that get assaulted by groups of youths each year, some people clearly possess… Read more »
There are many great scientists, but certainly one of the greatest is Nikola Tesla. He is less famous than Albert Einstein or Thomas Edison, but his contribution to mankind is simply immeasurable. Tesla was a quiet and modest inventor, a genius who lived and suffered for his inventions and who did not receive the majority… Read more »
CURRENTLY on sale for a cool $200 million, the Los Angeles residence of Hugh Heffner has carved out a place in the pop culture landscape, becoming known the world over as “the Playboy Mansion”. For years, this 1,800 square meter palace has acted as headquarters for the lucrative Playboy brand, and has been the site… Read more »
DESPERATE to someday visit New York, but daunted by the sheer size of the Big Apple? How can you be sure that you eat at the best restaurants, stay in a nice area, squeeze in as many sights as you can? Luckily, you work with a woman who was in New York once, and she… Read more »
IN 2016 some of our most beloved celebrities are turning 50, and we were shocked to learn of those celebs who you totally wouldn’t expect to be reaching half a century. Check out the essential list below: It’s hard to believe with her haggard face that has obviously suffered some serious wear and tear that… Read more »
OVERINDULGED over the holidays? Had that first pint and subsequent countless pints since only to regret it now? We’ve all been there, and there’s only one reasonable answer to bringing an end to an unhealthy lifestyle that carries on for 11 months of the year. That’s right, it’s time to eat some green stuff for… Read more »
WWN’s Waterford-based foreigners affairs expert Cian Moore Manley is on hand to give the Middle East the once over: The world at times is a sea of ignorance and I would like to help many people flailing in choppy waters from drowning, so I’m going to boil down a centuries old religious conflict into a… Read more »
HERE at WWN we’re a little bit different to our news rivals and we’ve thought seeing as it is 2016 we should cast our eyeballs ahead and list off things we’re looking forward to over the course of the next 12 months, some of which may or may not happen: 1) A much needed rematch… Read more »
HERE at home and further afield, we look at the 4 most shocking moments of 2015. Strap in, it’s going to be some ride! The Government did something By allowing a referendum on Marriage Equality to go before the people the Government and the political class at large displayed a rarely seen side to themselves,… Read more »
A VINTAGE Irish year full of highs and lows can be boiled down to 10 defining moments which are legally obliged to feature in the 2015 episode of Reeling in the Years. A compromise list of those events are listed below: Drugs legalised in Ireland In May, thanks to a loophole put into Irish legislation… Read more »