Recently departing his role as CEO at the FAI John Delaney leaves behind a legacy of the FAI racking up a whopping €55 million of debt during his tenure. Delaney’s reign may well be remembered fondly only by his bank account now that the full extent of the mismanagement the FAI was subjected to has… Read more »
THE ISPCA has issued its annual warning to parents and gift-givers ahead of Christmas, urging them to reconsider giving their kids dangerous wild lizards such as Komodo dragons, Gila monsters and Asian water monitors as gifts this year. “It may seem like a good idea to give little Johnny or little Una a nine-foot, 200lb… Read more »
DESPITE the rapid advance of time, the accumulation of new experiences and the erosion of old memories one local Dublin man has the name ‘Hailo’ seared forevermore into his brain and will not refer to the popular taxi app any other way, WWN can confirm. Rendering several expensive rebrands as ‘fairly fecking pointless’ 29-year-old Liam… Read more »
MOURNERS packed tightly into the rows of pews housed in the Church of St Ignatius in county Kildare were treated to a beautiful funeral mass celebrating the life of Alan ‘The Hammer’ Lowney who passed away aged 33. Fr. Noel O’Canolyn spoke of the ‘kind-spirited and generous gentle giant’ who had time for everyone and… Read more »
SHOWCASING his deft interpersonal skills which sees him easily break through barriers and cross all divides based around political, religious, cultural and social backgrounds, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has become the man to solve the intractable issues surrounding Ireland’s beef disputes. Beef farmers unhappy with the money they receive from big corporations and the seeming indifference… Read more »
A RECORD-SETTING study among Irish people has shown that 31 out of 31 counties agree without doubt that the island would be much better off if Dublin was chiselled off and allowed to float out into the Irish Sea, WWN can confirm. The study follows a report showing that Ireland’s capital ranked worst place in… Read more »
A DISAPPOINTED government has reacted in anger and frustration at the news that the latest figures from their Official Scroungers Index shows a record 10,514 people are pretending to be homeless. With a gentle and tender arm of support slung over the shoulder of a visibly upset Minister for No Housing Eoghan Murphy, his cabinet… Read more »
NOT BUILDING houses didn’t do it. Spending hundreds and hundreds of millions of taxpayer’s money in HAP payments to landlords and vulture funds instead of building social housing didn’t do it. Massaging housing and homeless figures didn’t do it. Could the answer to saving Eoghan Murphy’s political career come in the guise of just changing… Read more »
THE FAI turned to Sepp Blatter after their favoured candidate John Foley, formerly of Athletics Ireland, withdrew himself from consideration at the last minute. Despite the short notice former FIFA chief Blatter was delighted to take up the role and his appointment marks a clear departure from the financially murky John Delaney era. The in-no-way-disgraced… Read more »
MINISTER For Health Simon Harris and Minister For Housing Eoghan Murphy are said to be skipping around Leinster House in jubilation today, after seemingly cracking both of their troublesome, scandal-ridden briefs with one simple brainwave. Murphy, facing down the barrel of a vote of no confidence due to the ever-escalating housing crisis, assembled his fellow… Read more »