[UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Lib Dem’s Nick Clegg last night]

“What happened,” I hear you all beg,
“When Nigel faced up to Nick Clegg?”
Well they say on Sky News,
His “robust” right wing views,
Took the liberal down by a peg.

John Moynes

(Reuters)

[From left: Alan Shatter, Acting Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan and Martin Callinan in 2011]

At long last the country’s top cop,
Decided it was time to stop,
Because decades of japes,
With illegal tapes,
Meant that off was where he had to hop.

John Moynes

(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

That tough talking minister Shatter,
Won’t take back a word of his natter,
About blowers of whistle,
And Gilmore know’s this’ll,
Keep on. What he says doesn’t matter.

John Moynes

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

[Patrick Nulty]

Farewell, once again, to old Pat,
Who’s finally discovered that,
Online, without fail,
You will leave a trail,
When you’re sleazing about like a rat.

John Moynes

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

And now we’ve reached Happiness Day,
When the chaps at the U.N. all say,
That they won’t let your frown,
Bring anyone down,
So cheer up. Right now. Just obey.

John Moynes

(UN)

[Enviromment Minister Phil Hogan]

Those culchies can be quite astute,
At getting their hands on the loot,
They live high on the backs,
Of the Dubs who pay tax,
Which may cause some sort of dispute.

John Moynes

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)