So ninety percent of our flats,
Aren’t fit to be houses for rats,
They’re dingy and cold,
And covered in mould,
And lack room for the swinging of cats.

John Moynes

(Daft)

In Ireland the Left’s long been blighted,
For it’s parties are never united,
But if you’ve got the hots,
For working with Trots,
Then this news will get you excited.

John Moynes

Clare Daly (top) and Joan Collins, founders of ‘United Left’.

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

Old Brendan knows he wouldn’t be in this mess,
If the Croke Park 2 vote had been “yes”,
But our budgetary tsar,
Is going too far,
With his cutbacks to JLS

John Moynes

(Sky)

The IT continues to spin,
That not buying their product’s a sin,
If you think it’s fine,
To share news online,
You’re letting the terrorists win

John Moynes

The EU thinks we’re on the mend,
So they’ve kindly said they will extend,
The length of our loan,
Till our coffers have grown,
Will these bailout years never end?

John Moynes

Top: At the informal meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) Ministers today at Dublin Castle, from left, Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Economy and Monetary Affairs and the Euro, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch Finance Minister and President of the Eurogroup, Mario Draghi, President of European Central Bank, and Klaus Regling, Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism.

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

In news that is bound to astound,
A Garda inquiry has found,
That to themselves they’re seen,
To be totally clean,
Not a hint of a stain to be found.

John Moynes

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)