AFTER the shooting of two gardaí, resulting in non-life-threatening injuries, the Irish media has once again descended on Dublin suburb Blanchardstown to paint a vivid picture of a war torn apocalypse that would make the Syrian civil war blush through its debris covered face. Here’s what the Irish media can tell the public about Blanchardstown:… Read more »
WITH rents reaching ever-more extraordinary levels and young people continuing to be priced out of the housing market, questions are being asked about what the government thinks will happen when these people hit retirement age and do not own a home of their own. Luckily, a spokesperson for the Department of Housing has assured WWN… Read more »
LEGISLATION to extend emergency Covid-19 powers for restrictions until November was passed by the Seanad yesterday, so either do as your told or just get into the back of the fucking van, scumbag. Garda enforced laws for fines relating to travel restrictions and prohibiting some events, including large gatherings, will continue for another 6 months… Read more »
AS SEASIDE towns in Ireland are besieged by yet more anti-social behaviour, many politicians are calling for easy PR in the media by making a number of radical suggestions to curb nuisance making by youths. Acting tough on such things may help politicians get elected before ultimately doing nothing about it, but just what are… Read more »
A DISRUPTION to modern life the likes of which we’ve never seen before and may never see again, many people have been left to rue the stolen experiences and missed opportunities that have come about as a result of Covid-19, even as society crawls slowly back to some sense of normality. Here’s just a small… Read more »
INTROVERTS and extroverts alike are all struggling with the prospect of trying to carry off conversations with strangers and acquaintances in this brave new freedom-having world that is the slow reopening of society. Are you, like so many, riddled with the fear that you will make an utter fool of yourself as you clumsily attempt… Read more »
WWN has been furnished with an open letter to the Irish public from so-called investment funds, vulture and cuckoo funds, and REITs which we have reproduced in full below: “Let’s clear this up; you are our own private ATM machines, if we could figure out how to fit you all with pin pads we would,… Read more »
WWN’S guest columnist today is none other than revered and respected Twitter account holder and very real person Barbara J. Pym, who discusses the fallout from Eoghan Harris’s sacking from the Sunday Independent after he was found be one of a number of individuals operating an anonymous Twitter account which sent abusive messages to journalists…. Read more »
PENNEYS, the bargain hunters’ shopping paradise, will be open to all customers again on the 17th of May and it’s not going to be pretty. With this in mind, one lucky WWN reader will get a chance to win the first place position in a queue at a Penneys branch of their choosing. But there’s… Read more »
ANNOUNCING their divorce after 27 years of marriage, speculation surrounding the fortune of Bill and Melinda Gates remains rampant, but WWN has seen an exclusive extract from the largely amicable proceedings and can reveal: – Bill will keep custody of Clippy, the office assistant, Melinda chose not to contest this point after Bill discovered she… Read more »