FOR younger people reading this, there may be growing concerns about the rumblings of a global recession coming inexorably in our direction. For the rest of us, it’s old news – we’ve been through at least one of these before. So take our hand, rookie. Come sit under the learning tree with us, and we’ll… Read more »
DATING app Tinder has introduced a raft of new features aimed specifically at the rural Irish market, in a bid to attract new customers who feel that internet dating is something that only works for ‘them up in Dublin’, WWN can report. The new measures include: – A ‘shift my mate’ option where you can… Read more »
A LOT has changed in the 17 years since the launch of obituary website RIP dot ie, including the entire death culture of the nation as condolences shifted from the funeral to the forum. Here’s just a few ways in which the website changed the fabric of dying in Ireland forever: Computer literacy Without RIP.ie,… Read more »
SOUNDS of what may be either uproarious laughter or genuine cries of anguish have been heard from a boardroom in AIB, where bosses have convened to discuss today’s tracker mortgage judgement which saw fines of up to €100mn levied at the company and its subsidiaries. The fines, totalling €83m for AIB and €13m for EBS,… Read more »
THE CENSUS results are in, and just like your recent STI screening, there were a few surprises. What information has been gleaned from Census 2022? WWN is here to fill you in: Ireland’s population has surpassed 5 million for the first time since 1841 so just keep a very close eye on the Brits is… Read more »
INNOCENTLY towering over a red stained kitchen table laced with cigarette ash and cheese crumbs, several empty bottles of wine stood silently in unison like they didn’t just fuck you six ways to Sunday. “Whose idea was it to open a fourth bottle last night,” your dehydrated head asks rhetorically, before flashbacks confirmed it was… Read more »
SO, YOU’VE done your bit for the environment and finally went out and got yourself into debt with a brand new electric car only to realise the government has allocated very little charging points across the country. So, what now? Hacking streetlights, that’s what. Let WWN show you how. First bits you will need are… Read more »
THE notion that ‘love can survive anything’ took another bullet to the knee this week, after it was revealed that Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch are to divorce after 6 years of fairytale marriage. Dubbed ‘Earth’s sweethearts’ by the press, the once-inseparable pair cited irreconcilable differences as the main reason for their marriage falling apart,… Read more »
WITH THEIR conscience preventing them from buying Russian gas, knowing the proceeds would fund the committing of war crimes on land that isn’t Russia’s, the EU has turned to Israel in a bid to supply the fossil fuel. “An occupying force unwilling to honour international agreements nor basic humanity as it deprives people of their… Read more »
AFRAID of reprisals from Beyhive members if they admit Queen Bey’s new song Break My Soul leaves them feeling nothing, a dozen or so courageous souls gathered in a basement in an undisclosed location and aimed to support one another in these trying times. “I suppose I’m here today just to ask… is this legal?… Read more »