Cattle in Northern Ireland may face mass culling if new higher tariffs are applied to British milk in the event of a no-deal Brexit
Though nobody is quite sure how
It seems No-Deal’s coming soon now
And they’ve started to mull
Over a massive cull
I’m glad I’m not a northern cow
John Moynes
French President Emmanuel Macron (right), with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the Élysée Palace, Paris, last April, has given Britain until Friday to ‘revise’ its Brexit plans
There are people in London who feel
They’re now getting close to a deal
But Macron had the cheek
To give them a week
To rethink their plans and get real
John Moynes
EPA
Thin Lizzy’s manager said he contacted An Post telling them 2019 did not mark the 50th anniversary of the band – as they launched in 1970 – but “they went ahead anyway” with commemorative stamps (above)
Old rockers will give a loud cheer
Now that stamps of Thin Lizzy appear
And while this is great
Take a look at the date
It seems An Post got the wrong year
John Moynes
Rollingnews/AnPost
Meanwhile…
Concert in GPO Dublin to launch stamps in honour of the iconic Irish rock band Thin Lizzy and its lead artist Phil Lynott. Stamps based on art work by the great Jim Fitzpatrick. Congratulations to @Postvox on two beautiful stamps. pic.twitter.com/3fXq5speOp
— Felix M. Larkin (@felixmlarkin) October 3, 2019
Last night.
GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1.
The US is set to impose $7.5bn of tariffs on exports from the EU including Irish whiskey, scotch whisky, French wine and cheese and aircraft in retaliation for subsidies given to the aerospace group Airbus
The folks in the White House all think
That yanks should pay more for their drink
It’s not that they’ll choose
To stop buying our booze
They’re just hoping the EU will blink
John Moynes
The predicted path of Storm Lorenzo during the next 48 hours
Batten all your hatches down
As Lorenzo is coming to town
There’ll be strong winds and rain
And experts explain
If you’re outdoors then you might just drown
John Moynes
Map: AccuWeather
Yesterday: Swing Lo’
China’s Communist Party marked its 70th Anniversary with a parade in Tiananmen Square, Beijing yesterday
Xi started the celebration
With a forthright and long explanation
Of the strength of his land
Its history and
Said no one could shake this great nation
John Moynes
Gettty
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed worms were found in a filter at a plant which provides drinking water to more than 131,000 homes in Cork
When you take a glass to the sink
To fill it with refreshing drink
The thing that comes out
Of the end of the spout
Should never be wriggly and pink
John Moynes
Paul Murphy TD has left the Socialist Party to set up a new political group
As Trotskyists try to outwit
Big business they’re forced to admit
That pure socialism
Is born out of schism
Which means that it’s time for a split
John Moynes
Yesterday: Splitter
Some people are coming to speak
About shortening your working week
Is this just a fad
That will do only bad
Or is it something we should seek?
John Moynes
Pic; Alamy
A painting (above) attributed to Cimabue (1240 – 1302) and recently discovered hanging in a French kitchen may not be all that it seems
It’s wonderful when your eyeball
Spots a piece of artwork on a wall
And maybe it’s true
A long lost Cimabue!
Just don’t check too closely at all
John Moynes
Pic: AP
