KEEN not to forget the impact the housing crisis is having on young children across Ireland the coalition government took time out from half-hearted squabbling over tax cuts for middle income earners to directly address those children who have found themselves homeless. “Firstly, we’d like to apologise for failing to hit our target of 15,000… Read more »
UNIONIST politicians and those voting for them have confirmed that democracy has its limits and should be reconsidered after Sinn Féin saw its vote increase during local elections. “A majority in Northern Ireland, from one particular community, enjoying the majority of the vote? You might as well be talking about the heyday of Mao Tse… Read more »
GARDAÍ have ended their missing persons search for Limerick man Niall Collins after he made his first appearance in front of the Irish media in weeks, much to the relief of the Irish public. “Oh thank God, I’d thought we’d lost him,” said one concerned member of the public, who had joined the many high… Read more »
IS THERE a story or issue that just won’t go away but you want the media, opposition politicians and public to move on from it and focus on how you’re failing on all other fronts too? Well, you’re in luck because WWN has one such guide for a government in need. It’s simple, if you’re… Read more »
RESIDENTS in Doonbeg, Clare have been queuing up outside the Donald Trump owned golf course to give the former US president the most Irish of welcomes. No, not raising a pint in his honour or striking up some music and Irish dancing, instead locals are partaking in that treasured Irish tradition of offering a ‘pillar… Read more »
TAKING a break from ill-tempered and politically motivated attacks on Irish media outlets whose reporting has resulted in the resignation of two junior minister and an investigation into An Bord Pleanála, Tánaiste Micheál Martin is entertaining the idea of antagonising two of the most hostile countries on the planet which boast substantial military capabilities. “We… 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 »
SEEKING to temper nationalist dissent at the news she will attend King Charles’ coronation as First Minister-designate, Michelle O’Neill has insisted that like any discerning and nosy Irish person she’s just looking to have a gawk at what kind of spread the English are putting on and maybe sizing up some curtains. “What can I… Read more »