WWN can reveal that the Government has been left red faced following Michael Noonan being named best finance minister by financial magazine The Banker. Government insiders spoke exclusively to WWN about what has been revealed to be a cruel prank. “It’s quite sad really, Michael’s been walking around all day with a badge saying ‘best… Read more »
CUTTING hedges, digging ditches and cleaning sewerage drains could all come part of the social welfare claimants daily working routine in 2014, according to Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan today. Chain gangs of unemployed people who failed to find work will take up new positions in local authorities from early next year, carrying out… Read more »
CHAIRMAN of the National Assets Management Agency Frank Daly defended recent leaks today, stating that its members thought corruption was all part of being a government body in Ireland. Pressure mounted on NAMA for full disclosure of alleged suspicious transactions by its former officials, who leaked sensitive commercial data to a number of outside companies…. Read more »
At 9.30pm this Sunday evening Taoiseach Enda Kenny will address the nation on television. Speech writers have spent the last week carefully crafting a nuanced and sympathetic address that hits all the right notes with the public. Similarly the Taoiseach’s family have put exceptional effort into not being around the house when the speech is… Read more »
INTERNATIONAL HACTIVISTS Anonymous has claimed responsibility for liking a MILF Facebook page using Michael McGrath TD’s personal Facebook page. The Fianna Fail politician was targeted yesterday by the elite team of hackers for no apparent reason, it has emerged. Mr. McGrath (37) had to spend several painstaking minutes trying to deactivate his Facebook account after… Read more »
SINN FEIN leader Gerry Adams said today he has no idea where the bodies of murdered IRA traitors were left buried, insisting that he can’t even remember where he left his house keys most of the time. The ex-commander of the Irish Republican Army told WWN that he is always forgetting stuff and is a… Read more »
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The Government has suffered a further embarrassment relating to the Local Property Tax (LPT) scheme after homeless people were asked to pay for their ‘property’. Letters containing instructions on LPT payments were sent out to cosy alleyway spots and the doorways of shops and businesses in an effort to contact the Nation’s homeless. This latest… Read more »
IRELAND’S CELTIC-TIGER Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has today made a courageous stand against the prejudice that stigmatises happiness, by coming out in public and talking openly about the condition. Mr. Ahern was praised by fellow politicians for his bravery in dealing with his own personal battle with happiness, and was said to be an inspiration to… Read more »
I don’t know if it was the being assaulted by pensioners live on national TV outside Leinster House or the encouraging Young Fine Gael to attack the US Embassy in response to spying allegations but I think An Taoiseach may be questioning my abilities as a government minister. The chief whip had called to inform… Read more »