MILLIONS of people around the world signed books of condolences for the late Muammar Gaddafi today. Over 40 million people have already expressed their sympathies since the 69 year old lost his battle to revolution yesterday afternoon. A book of condolence was opened last night at the Libyan embassey in Dublin and people queued throughout… Read more »
TEENAGERS everywhere were said to be very excited today after hearing news that legendary rock star Ian Brown is to launch a ‘brand new’ indy rock band called ‘The Stone Roses‘. Thousands of young fans continued to swarm social networks this evening with the good news. Some saying this was ‘probably his best idea yet’. “Oh my… Read more »
A NEW social network called ‘Life’ has been taking the world by storm and is already tipped to become the number one platform for social interaction among friends and relatives. Launched only 3.85 billion years ago, the network has already surpassed 7.5bn members and is expected to reach 8 billion members by the end of… Read more »
A RECENT study in the US has found that a staggering 98% of Americans are already very happy with their ceiling depth and find no reason to increase it as recently suggested by the president. Barack Obama had warned the country they risked tipping the world back into a recession and throwing “millions more people out… Read more »
A controversial new facebook game that has drawn harsh criticism from both politicians and the general public asks players to build an Afghani poppie farm and sell as much opium as you can in order to fund the Taliban rulers in your virtual district. Zynga LTD, a San Franciscan game developer , released the game… Read more »
RYANAIR has announced its plans to run flights where passengers are hung on meat hooks during the journey at a cost of just €2 per ticket. Ryanair’s CEO, Michael O’Leary, has been quoted as saying “We’ve been looking into meat hooks for a long long time. We would be taking out the last 20 rows… Read more »
Over 20,000 Facebook users clashed with riot police in Dublin today in protest of the new Facebook status layout. Demonstrations were held in Dublin to protest the sudden decrease in font size and the awkward positioning of the status message. This being the strongest challenge yet to the social networks handling of interface changes. Protesters… Read more »
THE 74,000 Km2 island of Ireland has been sold under the hammer for €80bn after originally carrying a price tag of €900bn earlier this week. Currently operating as a small country, the Republic of Ireland was sold by online property website Daft.ie to a group of European investors called the IMF. On the west coast… Read more »
INTERPOL has launched an investigation after the island of Ireland fled the west coast of Europe yesterday evening shortly after receiving a ‘considerable sum’ of money from the European Central Bank (ECB). Formed by large glaciers and a very harsh climate more than 10 thousand years ago, Ireland is the third largest island in Europe and the… Read more »
BOB the builder, Britain’s fifth-largest home builder, filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors yesterday amid a national and local housing market that continues to stagnate. WWN has learned the building contractor owes creditors as much as €146m and hasn’t been able to renegotiate credit terms, according to documents filed in Manchester Circuit Court. Bankruptcy in… Read more »