ALTHOUGH he failed to see the year-on-year growth he had hoped for after handing out free drugs to 7-year-old trick-or-treaters last October, local drug pusher Keith Martan is to press ahead with the scheme after hearing that every other drug dealer in the country is apparently doing it. “I saw online last year that drug… Read more »
THE advent of online banking and offshore accounts has ruined the noble art of glad-handing and bribery, according to a new report that reminisces fondly on the days that when you wanted something done, you first had to make a trip to the stationery store. “If I wanted to get a politician to grant me… Read more »
BUSINESSES that rely on your custom regret to inform you that the thing you paid €4 for and considered value for money has now double in price and looks suspiciously smaller in scale. “It doesn’t matter what product or service it is, any increase in costs incurred by businesses, real or imagined, have been passed… Read more »
A COUNTY Waterford businessman is being treated for PTSD today after being shaken down by Revenue henchmen over warehoused tax from the Covid lockdown period when he was forced to halt all operations by the government, with the same government now instructing bailiffs to act like drug dealers owed a debt. “Where’s our fucking money,… Read more »
HAVE you ever thought about opening a shop of your very own, in a largely abandoned and empty shopping complex on the outskirts of town? If so, hundreds of units across the nation are available for you to lease right now, WWN Property can confirm. Take Elmwood Square on the Dublin road out of Waterford… Read more »
AN UNQUENCHABLE thirst for innovation – that’s what’s driving one Irish business group. And that indefatigable desire to innovate at every turn has led the risk takers at Kinahan OCG to partner with Hezbollah, a market disruptor with decades of experience. Using Hezbollah’s logistics software and payment processing system Hawala, Kinahan OCG have already processed… Read more »
UNABLE TO imagine anything more reckless than agreeing to a first company wide pay increase in a decade, local CEO Harry Conney has warned against such actions as it could spiral inflation out of control. “Raising wages as inflation increases will just further fuel inflation as workers spend money on ridiculous non-essential discretionary spending items… Read more »
THOUSANDS of stranded passengers who missed out on flights from Dublin Airport at the weekend have been told to aim their blame at Meath man Cathal Durkan, who ‘just couldn’t wait’ until his flight from Newcastle had reached the terminal before checking his WhatsApp messages. Durkan, who had been on a combination work event/ piss-up… Read more »
THERE was bad news on the home improvements front for anyone today as the last plumbing contractor in Ireland with any availability this side of Christmas passed away following a short illness, leaving thousands of homes with no chance of getting a few jobs done around the house. “The death has occurred of Peter Hanlon,… Read more »
