It looks like FF will press on,
With their calls to get James Reilly gone,
From the top job in Health,
‘Cause he’s run out of wealth,
A medical sine qua non.

John Moynes

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

We’ll soon know if there’s any cash,
Left to spend in the government stash,
Will they start a new boom,
Or is it our doom,
To be trapped in a permanent crash?

John Moynes

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

Once more in the poor Middle East,
The trouble and strife has increased,
For now, though, the fights,
Involve armour-clad knights,
And the shooting and shelling has ceased.

John Moynes

Uriel Sinai/Getty

In Dublin there’s still some goodwill,
For the fellow who came to instill,
A philanthropic itch,
In the pants of the rich,
So they stood up and cheered for The Bill.

John Moynes

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

Meanwhile

There’s a brand spanking new bar @FireDawsonSt …. #justsaying. pop in. Never know who you might see pic.twitter.com/m4hX9WRFKA

— Alan Andrews (@coffeeculture) October 9, 2013

(John FitzGerald , chief economist with the Economic and Social Research Unit (ESRI)

Pour a big glass of Champagne,
‘Cause Ireland’s back in the fast lane,
Regardless of cost,
It’s high time we lost,
The run of ourselves once again.

John Moynes

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

For the life of me I can’t see why,
The Democrats don’t at least try,
To meet them half way,
Oh why can’t they say,
They’re prepared to let some sick folk die.

John Moynes

(Sky)