Tim Berners-Lee at the opening of the Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon last night
Some boffin called Tim Berners-Lee
Thinks the internet can grow to be
A place of delights
Where people have rights
But that’s something that I don’t foresee
John Moynes
Pic: Getty
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and UK Prime Minister Theresa May in Brussels. Belgium last month
Apparently Britain now seeks
A deal that will last just twelve weeks
After which they can order
A brand new hard border
They’re talking out of their arse cheeks
John Moynes
Meanwhile…
The Irish position remains consistent and v clear that a “time-limited backstop” or a backstop that could be ended by UK unilaterally would never be agreed to by IRE or EU. These ideas are not backstops at all + don’t deliver on previous UK commitments #Brexit pic.twitter.com/y7AQ8V1jMo
— Simon Coveney (@simoncoveney) November 5, 2018
Hmm.
Organisers have blamed rain and RTÉ for the low turnout at the Papal Mass in Phoenix Park last August
I think that we all can agree
Each one of us wanted to be
In a park with the Pope
But we just couldn’t cope
With some rain, so we watched on TV
John Moynes
The first official Dublin Monopoly game favours tourist spots over residential addresses
I want to know who is to blame
For destroying a once-favourite game
The streets we adored
Are gone from the board
Which strikes me as rather a shame
John Moynes
There’s a long night ahead, I’m afraid,
For the staff of our fine Fire Brigade
As pallets and tyres
Are thrown onto fires
And stupid behaviour displayed.
John Moynes
Peter Casey speaking at the Presidential election centre in Dublin Castle on Saturday
So Casey has made an advance
Which FF turned down at first glance
But some in the party
Replied with a hearty
Cry of “let’s give Pete a chance.”
John Moynes
Fianna Fáil TD Éamon O Cuiv (left) and Senator Mark Daly with Sorcha McAnespy after a party meeting in Tyrone yesterday evening.
Despite some reports, the party has made no decision with regard to contesting the 2019 NI local elections. The party is continuing its discussions with the SDLP.
— Fianna Fáil (@fiannafailparty) October 25, 2018
A shocking new curve ball was thrown
By Éamon and Mark in Tyrone
When they claimed a new field
But their party revealed
That the two boys were acting alone
John Moynes
Pic: PA
A Fine Gael member canvassing for a Yes Vote in Friday’s Blasphemy Referendum at Tara Street train station, Dublin 1 last week.
I’ve never been much of a fan
Of Ireland’s old blasphemy ban
So let’s end the oppression
Of our free expression
And bin it as quick as we can
John Moynes
It seems that one drinker in three
Considers themselves to be free
From doctors’ advice
Which is rather precise:
Don’t knock back a crate of chablis
John Moynes
Pic: Getty
Raw sewage from the equivalent of 88,000 people flows into Irish waters every day
It’s rather distressing to me
That in thirty eight parts of our sea
That all you can do
When swimming through poo
Is avoid it by swimming through wee.
John Moynes
