Government Chief Whip Paul Kehoe (left) and Enda Kenny in 2010
There once was a Chief Whip called Paul,
With an ominous warning for all,
Opponents of Kenny,
He says there are many,
Years left till the Taoiseach will fall.
John Moynes
(RollingNews.ie)
The Cork Examiner, 1861
FIGHT!
Via Liam Hogan (Limerick 1914)
UPDATE:
The advert appeared in the Cork Constitution paper (Protestant unionist) and was reprinted in the Cork Examiner. Apologies for any confusion.
It seems that the world’s favourite frog,
Must return to his swamp and his log,
He’ll no longer get jiggy,
With the beautiful Piggy,
Now he’s dating a second rate hog.
John Moynes
(Guardian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXzK0AFpmcI
Saul Williams, world renowned poet, rapper, actor and musician [performing ‘List Of Demands’ above) will headline this years LINGO Festival in The Workman’s Club, Dublin on October 18.
Lingo, Ireland’s first Spoken Word festival, attracted “almost 1000 punters into four different venues” last year.
Festival Co-Director Colm Keegan sez:
“Right back at the beginning when we were setting up LINGO, the dream was to connect what’s going on in Ireland with the wider live literature scene, by having world famous poets perform here. Saul was one of the first people on the list. He is the absolute epitome of a spoken word artist. Trace what’s great about the upswell in performance poetry across the world and Saul Williams is there at ground zero, the start of everything, the heart of the hurricane – we are absolutely delighted to have him involved.”
Early Bird tickets for Saul Williams priced €17.50are on sale now from Eventbrite.
Hunting tourist Sabrina Corgatelli
I know it’s a hell of a laugh,
To go and shoot down a giraffe,
The hunting is fine,
But is posting online,
Your photos an error? Not half.
John Moynes
(Facebook)
Tiarnan O’Mahoney, one of three Anglo officials convicted at the High Court yesterday for concealing accounts connected to Sean Fitzpatrick from the Revenue
I thought ‘twould be to no avail,
That this prosecution would fail,
I just can’t believe,
Do my eyes deceive,
Did a judge put some bankers in jail?
John Moynes
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Alessandro Ford, the first western student to be enrolled at Kim Il-sung University.
For five months a student named Ford,
Wasn’t lonely or frightened or bored,
He studied the tongue,
Of the great Kim Il-sung,
In the land that’s forever adored.
John Moynes
(Guardian)
This Norwegian chap really should thank,
The judges who ordered his bank,
To cover the cost,
Of the night that he lost,
To the strip-club staff’s underhand prank.
John Moynes
(NYDailyNews)
I can’t quite believe that it’s five,
Years that Broadsheet’s been alive,
So let’s all take stock,
Of the Smithfield horse cock,
And hope Chompsky continues to thrive.
John Moynes
Illustration: Alan O’Regan/Gary Fitzgibbon
Tour de France 2015 winner Chris Froome in Paris yesterday
A Kenyan-born Brit called Chris Froome,
Took his bike for one hell of a zoom,
From Holland to France,
But his speedy advance,
Was drug-enhanced, many assume.
John Moynes
(PA)
