Author Archives: John Moynes

Minister for Health Simon Harris speaks to the media in Dublin Castle yesterday evening following a cabinet meeting on easing Covid restrictionss

It’s starting to look like it’s true
That as we move into Phase Two
And new cases plateau
We’ll have places to go
And once again have things to do

John Moynes

Rollingnews

North Korean leader’s sister Kim Yo-jong says continued air drops by defectors could jeopardise peacekeeping agreement

Some cowards are known to impugn
Their neighbours by way of balloon
But the great Kim Yo-jong
Has declared this is wrong
And insists that this practice ends soon

John Moynes

Reuters

US President Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in The White House in 2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s staff were quite shook
By the President’s threats on Facebook
But now it’s clear their
Boss just does not care
And he’s happy to help out a crook

John Moynes

Getty

Jelle Bakker (we love him), founder of the Marble League, began constructing marble runs at the age of four.

While sports fans are facing a drought
As most of their games are ruled out
They’re asking which ball
Will be fastest to fall
Down a madcap and curious spout

John Moynes

Pic; Jelle’s Marble Runs

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order challenging the liability protections of social media companies

Trump wants to change the design
Of places where folk chat online
So Facebook must choose
To support his fake news
Or else face a crippling fine

John Moynes

Reuters

Yesterday: You Follow?

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket launch was called off last night because of the “strength of electric fields in the atmosphere,” according to NASA

The big moment was drawing near
For Elon’s long hard shiny spear
But some coward cried “Stop!”
And the launch was a flop
You can try again later my dear

John Moynes

Getty

Now Donald has never been shy
Of making things up on the fly
So he doesn’t think
There should be a link
Suggesting his words are a lie

John Moynes

Getty

Met Éireann has issued an alert to farmers warning of weather conditions ‘conducive to the spread of potato blight’

It seems that the weather soon might
Be cause for good cheer and delight
But sadly it could
Be bad for the spud
As the boffins are warning of blight

John Moynes

Pic: Shutterstock

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s aide Dominic Cummings, who is accused of flouting lockdown rules, at Downing Street yesterday

Now Dominic likes to explain
That he has a superior brain
And Johnson agrees
Which means that he sees
To not back him would just be insane

John Moynes

Getty

Director of the French intelligence service says he needs geeks, not just ‘supermen’ like James Bond, played by Daniel Craig (above)

The French have decided to try
To hire a new type of spy
They’ve put out the word
That they’re seeking a nerd
Who can write C++ on the fly

John Moynes

Pic: Universal Pictures