Author Archives: John Moynes

Restaurateur Philippe Weiner (above) says EU must have been referring to his place when warning diplomats to avoid a Brussels restaurant

If you’re in Brussels late and you feel
Like finishing work with a meal
The prices are high
And the waiter’s a spy
And all that you say he’ll reveal

John Moynes

Pic via The Guardian

Former UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has called for a multi-billion-pound cut in the UK’s overseas aid budget

The Tories are casting some shade
At foreign development aid
For when Brexit kicks in
Their reserves will be thin
They’ll have less cash than if they had stayed

John Moynes

Pic: RAF/flickr

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, 40, discovers he has the metabolism of a 53-year-old during ‘Operation Transformation’ last night on RTÉ 1

One thing that I don’t like to see
Is a Taoiseach whose younger than me
But now I’m quite glad
Leo’s health is so bad
The computer says he’s fifty three.

John Moynes

Smoking cannabis occasionally may improve men’s fertility by stimulating sperm production, a study by Harvard University suggests.

When a young couple sit down to plan
How they’ll go about starting a clan
It may be that weed
Is just what they need
To increase the sperm cells’ lifespan

John Moynes

Pic: Allstock

 

Bales of cocaine with a ‘street value’ of €800 million was seized in the Atlantic by an EU force led by a former Garda

For gangsters it’s never a joke
When they have a whole boat load of coke
Piled up by the tonne
But the cops spoil their fun
And send the whole thing up in smoke

John Moynes

Pic: Express das Ilhas

Bishops have asked mass-goers to ‘co-operate’ with drink-driving checkpoints near churches

A chap who they say was divine
Was known to turn water to wine
But going to mass
Won’t get you a pass
From penalty points or a fine

John Moynes

Rollingnews

A Japanese hand tattoo on pop star Ariana Grande (left) reads ‘small charcoal grill’ instead of the intended ‘7 rings’

Getting a foreign tattoo
Is something the trendy folk do
It’s all very well
As long as you spell
Correctly, just please think it through

John Moynes

Pics: Getty/Ariana Grande

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaving the House of Commons last night

At long last the Brits have agreed
That the backstop is not what they need
Though this looks like a deal
It still won’t be real
Until all of the EU concede.

John Moynes

Pic: Getty