Former Labour Party leader Ruairi Quinn at the party’s ‘think-in’ 2014
As he steps back from struggle and spin,
The fellow they call Ruairí Quinn,
Reflects on a life,
That’s had plenty of strife,
And more than one noteworthy win.
John Moynes
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson (left) and British Prime Minister David Cameron
It’s the moment we’ve all waited for,
As the posh boys are going to war,
With themselves. There’ll be blood,
On the floor, which is good,
For the game matters more than the score.
John Moynes
Press Association
Donald Trump at Doonbeg Golf Club in 2014
There once was a golf club in Clare,
Which was bought by a man with great hair,
He said that the green,
Was the best he had seen,
But these days he just doesn’t care.
John Moynes
Coronation Street‘s Izzy Armstrong (Cherylee Houston) purchases cannabis on the soap
In Britain the Street takes a stand,
Supporting a drug that is banned,
If you get chronic pain,
Once then twice then again,
It might just leave you feeling grand.
John Moynes
ITV
The BT2 store that will house ‘Victoria’s Secret’
The papers are in for a treat,
As a shop opens on Grafton Street,
It’s news, so they must,
Print nothing else, just,
Some young wans displaying their meat.
John Moynes
Victoria’s Secret/Irish Times
Boxer Manny Pacquiao, who has described gay couples as “worse than animals”
After getting some knocks to the head,
One might say things that shouldn’t be said,
But matters of state,
Shouldn’t be based on hate,
Stick to fixing the roadways instead.
John Moynes
Ethan Miller/Getty
The future, all boffins agree,
Is something they won’t live to see,
And so they can say,
Whatsoever they may,
About skyscrapers under the sea.
John Moynes
Related: Seascrapers
(Press Association)
Last night’s TV3 Leaders’ Debate, from left: Gerry Adams, Enda Kenny, Joan Burton and Micheál Martin
Last night the big wigs of our state,
Together stood up to the plate,
And made some hot air,
As if we would care,
What was said in the heated debate.
John Moynes
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Siptu picket at Red Cow Luas station this morning
From Stillorgan and right into town,
The whole of our tram network’s down,
Now the poor middle class,
Must trudge through cold grass,
As they walk into work with a frown.
John Moynes
Pic: Dave Dunne
