THE ability to ruin a night out by bringing your party to the shadiest bar in town is not a skill people tend to hone over time, but it’s the only way to explain how Dublin man Kenneth Longwater manages to do it every single weekend according to his friends. “At this stage, it can’t… Read more »
IT’S hard to imagine that there was ever a time when you could pay a visit to an Irish house and not be offered a cup of tea, but that was very much the case as recently as the 16th century, when importers began to ship the product from the Far East for the first… Read more »
WITH the initial céad míle fáilte having faded from memory, certain sections of Irish public have hardened their feeling towards refugees fleeing war, WWN can reveal. Taking the temperature across a number of locations in Ireland, WWN learned that Ukrainian refugees are becoming the easy scapegoats for every issue or problem in contemporary Irish society…. Read more »
THE INAUGURAL hosting of the Rose of Tralee in 1915 has all but been forgotten, however, that is set to change with a new book by Irish historian Jim Logan. “It wasn’t the glitzy international event it has grown into today,” explained Logan, sitting down for a chat in WWN’s offices. “The festival was preceded… Read more »
THE CHILDREN of Ireland are indebted to her, but so few know of the mind behind the invention of the humble copybook. Today WWN speaks to Aisling Scannon about her remarkable contribution to Irish schooling. “It was the invention of homework; something de Valera and the Catholic Church invented when they were looking for a… Read more »
CHA-CHING! The government has signed off on a minimum wage hike of 80c, meaning workers who put in a 37-hour week should see themselves better off by €1,600 a year, but instead of splurging it all on drink like the panicky animals you are, perhaps you should consider putting it to better use. – The… Read more »
IN one of the most crushing moments of his 45-year long life, nobody was around today to witness Westmeath man Robert O’Rourke’s ‘superhuman’ save of a glass that fell out of his kitchen cupboard as he opened the door, WWN can report. O’Rourke had been making himself a cup of tea when he went to… Read more »
UNABLE TO imagine anything more reckless than agreeing to a first company wide pay increase in a decade, local CEO Harry Conney has warned against such actions as it could spiral inflation out of control. “Raising wages as inflation increases will just further fuel inflation as workers spend money on ridiculous non-essential discretionary spending items… Read more »
MAROONED on the side of the M9 motorway somewhere around the Carlow exit awaiting the arrival of a mechanic to take a look at his stricken automobile, Waterford man Eamon O’Carroll has tearfully expressed how he would be ‘walking home in shame’ by this stage if his father was still alive. O’Carroll, 37, was on… Read more »
ONE LOCAL Waterford man has once again expressed his significant anger at the state of the country’s political class, in addition to even more pronounced frustration at the fact the Irish public seems incapable of protesting. “I’ll tell you this much, energy prices could quadruple again, and house builds could be halved and still you… Read more »