Bovine experts believe painting a cow to look like a zebra may reduce fly bites
The gadfly’s the bane of the cow
But boffins have found a fix now
Some stripes, black and white
Will ward off the bite
But nobody’s really sure how
John Moynes
Pic: Plos One
Londis, 49 Grafton Street, Dublin 2 was served with a closure order last month after a dead rat was founder under its deli counter
You don’t want a dead rat by your feet
When you’re going for something to eat
So delis like those
Are now forced to close
Until they’re clean, tidy and neat
John Moynes
Pic: Google Maps
A no-deal Brexit could prevent County Antrim’s Down Royal (above) from hosting its showpiece festival of racing in November
Some horses that just want to race
Have a new set of hurdles to face
Outside the EU
No one’s sure what to do
To get the beasts to the right place
John Moynes
Pics: Down Royal
Cattle in Northern Ireland may face mass culling if new higher tariffs are applied to British milk in the event of a no-deal Brexit
Though nobody is quite sure how
It seems No-Deal’s coming soon now
And they’ve started to mull
Over a massive cull
I’m glad I’m not a northern cow
John Moynes
French President Emmanuel Macron (right), with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the Élysée Palace, Paris, last April, has given Britain until Friday to ‘revise’ its Brexit plans
There are people in London who feel
They’re now getting close to a deal
But Macron had the cheek
To give them a week
To rethink their plans and get real
John Moynes
EPA
Thin Lizzy’s manager said he contacted An Post telling them 2019 did not mark the 50th anniversary of the band – as they launched in 1970 – but “they went ahead anyway” with commemorative stamps (above)
Old rockers will give a loud cheer
Now that stamps of Thin Lizzy appear
And while this is great
Take a look at the date
It seems An Post got the wrong year
John Moynes
Rollingnews/AnPost
Meanwhile…
Concert in GPO Dublin to launch stamps in honour of the iconic Irish rock band Thin Lizzy and its lead artist Phil Lynott. Stamps based on art work by the great Jim Fitzpatrick. Congratulations to @Postvox on two beautiful stamps. pic.twitter.com/3fXq5speOp
— Felix M. Larkin (@felixmlarkin) October 3, 2019
Last night.
GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1.
The US is set to impose $7.5bn of tariffs on exports from the EU including Irish whiskey, scotch whisky, French wine and cheese and aircraft in retaliation for subsidies given to the aerospace group Airbus
The folks in the White House all think
That yanks should pay more for their drink
It’s not that they’ll choose
To stop buying our booze
They’re just hoping the EU will blink
John Moynes
The predicted path of Storm Lorenzo during the next 48 hours
Batten all your hatches down
As Lorenzo is coming to town
There’ll be strong winds and rain
And experts explain
If you’re outdoors then you might just drown
John Moynes
Map: AccuWeather
Yesterday: Swing Lo’
China’s Communist Party marked its 70th Anniversary with a parade in Tiananmen Square, Beijing yesterday
Xi started the celebration
With a forthright and long explanation
Of the strength of his land
Its history and
Said no one could shake this great nation
John Moynes
Gettty
Paul Murphy TD has left the Socialist Party to set up a new political group
As Trotskyists try to outwit
Big business they’re forced to admit
That pure socialism
Is born out of schism
Which means that it’s time for a split
John Moynes
Yesterday: Splitter
