HAVING won a whole fifty euro in the Euro 2016 sweepstake held among the workforce of one Dublin office, Graham McBannon is to spend the majority of today acting like he’s the country’s newest Euromillionaire. McBannon, 28, managed to pick tournament winners Portugal from a hat four weeks ago, and cited his skill at selecting… Read more »
NEWLY reinstated Taoiseach Enda Kenny was greeted with a standing ovation from his political peers in Leinster House today after dismissing the Dáil for the summer holidays, just seconds after being re-elected. Following several minutes of intense applause, Mr. Kenny thanked members of the Dáil for their hard work and understanding over the past two months, and… Read more »
AFTER doing some soul searching late last night the Irish electorate has informed Fine Gael and all negotiating Independent TDs that despite their efforts at forming a minority government, the public is going to go with another election. “Don’t get us wrong, we know a few of them put a good bit of work into… Read more »
THE latest in our WWN Voices series sees the country’s Taoiseach contemplate the fact he has no idea what he’s doing. A Chairde, full disclosure: I haven’t a fucking clue as to what I’m currently doing. This is brand new territory for old E-dog here. I thought a minority government was a bunch of black… Read more »
IN an attempt to diminish the negative effects of the PR disaster stemming from Gerry Adams’s disastrous weekend on Twitter, Sinn Féin have opted to cancel the forthcoming inter-party rap battle at the next Ardfheis. Adams stunned the Twitter audience with his use of the N-word in a tweet about the movie Django Unchained, and… Read more »
AFTER two months without a government, following one of the most diverse general elections in decades, Leinster House is now a shadow of its former self, with a clean-up operation costing well into the millions of euros. We get an access-all-areas look at the damage caused by unruly politicians under a caretaker government. Once decorated… Read more »
FINE GAEL and Fianna Fáil are working around the clock to make it appear as if they are attempting to form a cohesive government which will bring much needed stability to Irish politics. “We’ve got the Nintendo Wii and the Xbox set up and we have the curtains drawn so from the outside people think… Read more »
THE Nation is fully in agreement with the latest research carried out on all 144 newly elected TDs, which suggest their levels of taking the piss have never been higher. Party leaders clearly playing a game which puts their parties first ahead of the needs of the Nation, Independent TDs politely asking for a new… Read more »
THE potential coming together of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in a coalition has taken a huge step forward after it was revealed that Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin had a sleepover in Leinster House last night. Brief negotiations reportedly went well, but what went even better was the two high… Read more »
A FED up Irish electorate has paid for full page ads in all major Irish newspapers and the Daily Mail, advertising for the position of government. Government positions have been vacant since the end of February, despite the competitive salaries, chance to travel in the job, and generous time off. “The basic salary is great,… Read more »