IT has been explained to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the plight of his nation ‘couldn’t have been expected’ to still be front-page news after three months of coverage, adding that people ‘don’t really like when these things have no end in sight’. Factors contributing to Ukraine’s demotion down the ranks of newsworthy items include:… Read more »
BEWILDERED and full of questions, an immeasurable number of White House interns and aides have been dumped off Lockheed C-5 Galaxy military transport planes and left on Kyiv airport tarmac in what is perhaps the biggest blunder of Joe Biden’s presidency yet. Biden, having secured support from lawmakers for a $40 billion aid package to… Read more »
“I KNOW a thing or two about resisting the stranglehold of an occupying foreign force, let me tell you that,” stated a somewhat-inebriated Eoghan McDoohan yesterday in the pub, as WWN reporters did their best to enjoy a post-work pint and avoid yet another drawn out conversation with the supposed former IRA man. McDoohan, who… Read more »
IN RESPONSE to Boris Johnson controversially comparing Ukrainians fighting back against the Russia invasion of their country to Britain voting to leave the EU, people with working brains and rudimentary understanding of the world have been quick to help the British PM understand that the comparison doesn’t quite fit. “Brexit would be more like if… Read more »
A Waterford man has vowed to never drink a Black Russian cocktail for however long it takes for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to back out of Ukraine. Making the announcement on Saturday night, hero David Mannihan gathered friends and revelers attending Egan’s Nightclub around him before ordering the once popular concoction. “I refuse to drink… Read more »
LABELING his address of the House of Commons as ‘historic’ an inordinate number of times, a misty eyed Tory government moved by Volodymyr Zelensky patriotic appeals went as far as to say ‘absolutely not you old cad you’ to all requests. “Some splendid stuff in there about recognising Russia as a terrorist state, hairs on… Read more »
DESPITE claiming to have welcomed Ukrainian refugees with open arms, Boris Johnson’s Tory government has thus far failed to lift refugee numbers above the number of Kremlin connected oligarchs still sheltering themselves and their assets in London. “On the issue of oligarchs I think this is very unfair, we have repeatedly warned them to hurry… Read more »
AS IRISH people absorb the news that the country could take in 80,000 Ukrainian refugees as the biggest refugee crisis since World War II engulfs Europe, many experts have said the situation is the definitive test for Ireland’s ‘Céad Míle Fáilte’ claims. Coming to the realisation that such a large number of refugees would require… Read more »
FURIOUS after the entire Russian and Belarusian teams were today banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics after the International Paralympic Committee reversed its original decision, para ice hockey athlete Yuri Smirnoff began cursing at the assembled press before suddenly standing up from his wheelchair, walking away and flipping reporters the middle finger in disgust, WWN… Read more »
DIESEL laundering groups from around the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland have made an unprecedented pledge to send vital fuel supplies to the Ukrainian army to help in their fight against the invading Russian forces, playfully adding to ‘watch out for the customs lads, they’re dipping!’. The move comes as Russia continues to illegally… Read more »