ORGANISERS of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Waterford have stated that the annual parade will go ahead as planned despite fears surrounding an outbreak of Covid-19, although they will be implementing a ban on visiting acts from stricken regions; meaning there will be no appearance from the Hubei province’s number 1 Irish marching… Read more »
THERE was once a time when kids aspired to be movie stars, actors on TV, or pop singers, but no longer. Now every kid wants to have their own YouTube channel, or be a ‘social media personality’, what is the world coming to? Why don’t these kids accept that online streaming and video services aren’t… Read more »
IN lighter news, WWN brings you now to the United States of America, with the adorable story of a 78-year-old grandfather who has brought great cheer to a great number of people by claiming that he’s ‘going to be the next president’! Bernard ‘Bernie’ Sanders, now in the twilight of his years, has been a… Read more »
EARTH’S leading lights were kind enough to share their New Year’s resolutions with WWN and we’re delighted to be able to share them with you, the filthy members of the public who aren’t good enough to be used as toilet paper by any of them: “Win that fucking Oscar for a start. Then my toughest… Read more »
DRINKING in groups, whether it’s in a house, apartment, field or a palatial seaside mansion owned by Brad Pitt, the aim remains the same; to drink as much cheap booze before heading out so you save on your bank account being bled dry by pubs and clubs. Does this strategy always work? No, many a… Read more »
IT’S the embarrassing, reputation-ruining PR nightmare of an interview everyone is talking about. Prince Andrew’s feeble attempt to justify his friendship with sex trafficker, offender and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an interview with the BBC’s Emily Maitlis had viewers scratching their heads, searching for the words which adequately do justice to the sort of ignorance,… Read more »
HATE SPEECH legislation is being earmarked as a priority by the Fine Gael led minority government as a way to combat an increase of racist, xenophobic and homophobic hate speech being used online and in public. The news has been welcomed by those who have been victims of vicious and repugnant verbal attacks at the… Read more »
REPORTS that some energy drinks could contain as many as 17 spoons of sugar and twice the caffeine of an espresso have been confirmed by the staff of Waterford Whispers News after a taste-testing session that left the entire writing staff wired for the better part of an entire day and do you know what, it… Read more »
AFTER closely reviewing our engagement and click through conversion rates with our stats team, this publication is to just use Greta Thunberg’s image for ‘rage clicks’ now in the hopes of further generating our online advertising revenues, WWN can confirm. Admittedly, we could have used a headline that suggests she’s the voice of a generation, or indeed that she’s a… Read more »
NATALYA – the sweet, kind and happy young Russian woman in your area always keen to communicate she was looking for a ‘good man’ via pop ads on questionable websites has finally achieved her goal. Three weeks ago Natalya received a message from Jamal Saeed Juma Bin Ghalaita, whose name you might recall from a… Read more »