REACHING INTO the ether of the past to grasp at memories of a bygone era, one local Waterford man has recalled the halcyon days of living the vaunted lifestyle of a billionaire while in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment for a brief time in 2020. “I didn’t want to admit it at the time,… Read more »
THE so-called ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton has passed away following what police have said was a successful assassination plot executed by his smart fridge. The slaying has come just hours after Hinton gave an interview to the New York Times in which he spoke of the dangers of AI amid the rapid acceleration of… Read more »
UNABLE to stomach the pounding noise of what passes for music these days coming from his son’s bedroom, 47-year-old father Tadhg Heaney has once again broken into a lengthy lecture about how old school hip hop was the absolute business and the exact point where rap music reached its height. “White lads called Tyler with… Read more »
UNDERGOING an extended period of ‘me time’ and self-actualising can only go on for so long, the time has come to put your carefree and rewarding days as a proud singleton aside and really regress as a person. But who should you turn this on this the splendid occasion of signing up to a car… Read more »
MANY places, statues, buildings and venues around the world are experiencing name changes as people wake up to the history and origin of how many places came to be named after ignominious historical figures such as slave traders and genocidal warmongers. And Ireland is no different; here’s a number of towns and areas that are… Read more »
AT some stage, all of us ‘age out’ of going to weddings as our friends and relatives of traditional marrying age either tie the knot or decide it’s not for them, leaving only a few weddings invites here and there from late-blooming cousins and co-workers that just need to make up the numbers. Until the… Read more »
FRESH OFF the back of proposing Landlord TDs abstain from voting on his proposed rent reduction bill Paul Murphy, becoming slowly intoxicated on a diet of Mao Tse Tung Youtube recap videos, has taken his efforts one step further. “With assets, profits and cash concentrated among the richest few in Ireland it is not enough… Read more »
THE GOVERNMENT has confirmed it will drag its feet while kicking the can down the road when it comes to implementing recommendations from a report that would reduce delays and barriers currently impeding access to abortion care. “You only think you voted for free safe and legal abortions but silly, you didn’t, you voted for… Read more »
GRAPPLING with the thorny issue of drugs in Ireland and eager to ensure the full spectrum of opinion on drug matters is aired during its sitting lest the country accidentally sleepwalk into sensible and measured decision-making, the Citizens Assembly is to hear from the Singaporean judge who ordered the execution of a man found in… Read more »
