Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney (left) has been asked to explain his appointment of Katherine Zappone (right) as a free speech envoy to the United Nations
Should Coveney make a confession
About his envoy for free expression
He swears to his Lord
That it’s all above board
But it still somehow feels like transgression
Yesterday: Zappwned
A senior Melanesian MP
Thought twitter was the place to be
But found a profusion
Of online confusion
Where people wrote things like “OG.”
Pink (left) offered to pay fines handed out to the Norwegian women’s beach handball team after they refused to wear bikini bottoms while playing
When the Norwegians kicked up a stink
About swimwear did they ever think
That the fine they would pay
Would be picked up by, say
The American pop singer Pink?
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A large meteor lights up the sky over Holmestrand, Norway yesterday morning
In Norway, which isn’t that far
Some fragments of a falling star
Came down to the ground
But are yet to be found
As nobody knows where they are
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The launch of Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien’s new housing policy has been delayed to allow for more work on the package of reforms
The people in government say
That a housing plan is on the way
But there’s also a worry
About all the hurry
So that’s their excuse for delay
Cooling down yesterday in the Forty Foot bathing spot, Sandycove, county Dublin
The boffins predict that it’s not
About to just stop being hot
So perhaps you should stay
In the shadows today
And eat all the ice cream you’ve got
Rumours abound that Jodi Whittaker (above) may step down as Doctor Who
This may seem bizarre yet it’s true
But even fans of Doctor Who
Say it’s gone on too long
And is no longer strong
And a break might be the thing to do
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Bill Clinton turned down tea with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth because he fancied a curry, formerly classified documents reveal
Most leaders wanted to be seen
Sitting down for some tea with a queen
But was until
A fellow called Bill
Declared that that wasn’t his scene
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Indoor pints and dining are due to commence for the vaccinated next Monday
There are government figures who say
There’ll be pints served indoors next Monday
And they quietly urge
You to ignore the surge
In infections that’s heading your way
Vladimir Putin agreed a Donald Trump White House would help secure Moscow’s strategic objectives, Kremlin documents apparently reveal
In Moscow they wanted a way
To humiliate the USA
So they went to the stump
To promote Donald Trump
Well, that’s what these leaked papers say
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