A Paddy Power mobile billboard during General Election 2016

So is it outrageous to think
That TDs should cough up for their drink?
Not quaff till they’re ill
And run up a bill
That they pay with a nod and a wink.

John Moynes

Rollingnews

Meanwhile…

Right to privacy of people who don't pay their bills in Leinster House outweighs the public interest in naming them pic.twitter.com/iXDXmPQD0u

— Ken Foxe (@kenfoxe) July 31, 2017

Hic.

Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump’s communications director

So Anthony made a quick call
Full of language that’s bound to appall
And you will not believe
What he said about Steve
Poor old Bannon won’t like it at all.

John Moynes

Pic: AP

The venomous Red imported Fire Ant

The Aussies are giving out grants
To wipe out imported fire ants
These small blighters bring
One hell of a sting
And could wipe out some native plants.

John Moynes

Pic: Plateau Wildlife

For the life of me I can’t see why
They’re still breaking news about Di
Why does anyone care
About that whole affair?
It’s time to let this matter lie

John Moynes

Pic: Getty

As its life signs grow ever more faint
We say goodnight to Microsoft Paint
It was easy and fun
But it got the job done
Though these days it’s looking quite quaint.

John Moynes

RTÉ newsreader Sharon ni Bheolain has criticised the gender pay gap at the station that allows male colleagues like Bryan Dobson (left) earn more for the same work

The women who work on TV
Are saying that they’d like to see
If themselves and the males
Are on different pay scales
For the same shows inside RTÉ

John Moynes

Pic: RTÉ

Justin  Bieber performing in New York last year

In China the culture bureau
Said Bieber can’t put on a show
As officials are sure
That his work’s too impure
To be heard in a town like Guangzhou.

John Moynes

BBC’s biggest earners, from left: Chris Evans, Gary Linekar and Graham Norton

So Auntie decided to say
What celebrities take home in pay
And it seems that boys
Have more money for toys
But they hope the girls get more someday.

John Moynes

Pics: Telegraph

If you’ve found the heat too much to take
You’ll be glad that the clouds soon will break
There’ll be so much thunder
That people will wonder
If heaven can have an earthquake.

John Moynes

Rollingnews