THE Queen of England has sent a heartfelt letter of thanks after receiving the loan of the big Burco boiler for Prince Philip’s wake, for the afters of his funeral at the weekend. “One has to say, you all have been such splendid chaps over this most difficult period, which is particularly delightful to see,… Read more »
LOCAL MAN Alan Devaney has taken advantage of a rare 4-hour window of free time in his weekend to get his car the closest it has ever been to regaining its ‘fresh out of the box clean’ look it had the day he bought it, prompting a wave of emotion. Devaney, who thinks valet services… Read more »
LOCAL busybody Ciaran Caul is so besotted with the anxiety filled thrill gifted to him by the Covid-19 pandemic, it is becoming increasing clear he wants this seismic disruption to normality to continue until the end of time. “You know the way after this amount of time, you do others the kindness of not throwing… Read more »
HAVING just been made aware of one ‘sophisticated’ scam involving people being asked for their bank details, those on welfare have been alerted to a second, more serious scam which reportedly involves the Department of Social Welfare telling people there’s plenty of jobs out there. “Whether it’s someone on jobseekers or even on the PUP,… Read more »
A FORBES journalist is said to be in a stable condition in hospital after reportedly receiving several stab wounds outside his home after being attacked by billionaire Stripe founder Patrick Collison in a frenzied attack, which according to Forbes is a very run of the mill occurrence in war torn Limerick. Stephen McBride, a contributor… Read more »
LOCAL father Cian Fanning has placed his regret on record following the implementation of a fun game which has received rave reviews of ‘again, again’ from his son Tom. “Ah shite, he’s the stamina of a marathon runner and loves repeats more than a daytime TV schedule,” Cian said, cursing himself for chucking Tom in… Read more »
A CONTROVERSIAL visit by Irish MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace to the Middle East has raised fears locally in Iraq that Hashed al-Shaabi, a group labeled as Iran-backed terrorists by some, have been radicalised by the MEPs. “It’s doing my head in, the lads have completely abandoned shooting practice and just spend their day… Read more »
CONTRADICTING years of her own social media comments, tweets and sharing of dozens of energy efficient articles highlighting the benefits of wind turbines, local woman and ‘environmentalist’ Sinead Crawley failed to see the irony of her latest quest to halt a local wind farm from being erected, WWN can report. Echoing the vast array of… Read more »
CARLOW student Dermot Keegan has said he will probably just cram for the new vaccine certificate when its launched, as opposed to gradually preparing for it with regular study sessions. “I should be grand because I’ve watched a lot of news with the folks over the past year so I’m fairly up to scratch on… Read more »
