It’s always a terrible shame,
To borrow our Dear Leader’s fame,
So the cadres agreed,
That some comrades need,
To be ordered to choose a new name.

John Moynes

(Reuters)

Dubliner Duncan Cambell, winner of the 2014 Turner Prize

So this year the big Turner Prize,
Goes to one of our own arty guys,
It’s a shame that he ain’t,
One to sit down and paint,
He does modern art, which I despise.

John Moynes

(Zimbio)

If you’re writing to Santa Claus,
Get scribbling and don’t stop to pause,
Post it soon and thereby,
He’ll have time to reply,
Thus winning your childrens’ applause.

John Moynes

(Woodsidelark)

This is the worst day of the year,
It fills each shelf stacker with fear,
When the sinister fringe,
Go on their shopping binge,
And cause many a bruise and a tear.

John Moynes

(Gif: Buzzfeed)

FAI chief executive John Delaney

The FAI met and they chose,
To ignore the events that arose,
When they threatened to sue,
Those who simply spoke true,
Now they’re bringing it all to a close.

John Moynes

(SalthillDevonFC)

FAI chief executive John Delaney

Whether it’s right or it’s wrong,
To get tipsy and sing an auld song,
You’d think they’d know better,
Than to send a letter,
From lawyers that’s worded too strong.

John Moynes

(Ballls.ie)

Bathers on Xmas day at the Forty Foot Sandycove, Co Dublin last year

Some people who swim in the sea,
Might shortly be forced to agree,
That rulings on torts,
Handed down by the courts,
Mean the end of their long history.

John Moynes

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

Obama has offered a way,
For millions of people to stay,
It’s given the right,
One hell of a fright,
So they’ll fight it in some dirty way.

John Moynes

(AlJazeera)

Love/Hate actors, from left: Charlie Murphy, Laurence Kinlan and Aoibhinn McGinnity 

Now foreigners can watch Love/Hate,
Will all of them start to equate,
Our country with thugs,
Who kill and deal drugs,
And swear at a furious rate?

John Moynes

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

We finally have a day when,
We can all spare a thought for the men,
So if you have one,
Make sure he has fun,
And let him speak now and again.

John Moynes