Lough Funshinagh in south county Roscommon hasn’t drained since 2016
Experts just cannot explain
Why Lough Funshinagh will not drain
As it really should
It’s now a great flood
That grows every time there is rain
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‘Mountaineering Scotland’ has revealed that virtually all fatalities on the Scottish mountains are men over the age of 60
Some experts have told a long tale
Of why sometimes mountaineers fail
If you’re climbing alone
Then stay off your phone
And mainly try not to be male.
Pic: WinterMountaineering
Donald Trump sued his rival in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and several other Democrats, alleging that they tried to rig that election by tying his campaign to Russia
Now Trump always knows what to do
And what he knows is: always sue
And so this is why
Half of the FBI
Must explain if his ravings are true
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, who is also Minister of Defence, has promised an “action plan” to rebuild the country’s depleted armed forces
Now that the world’s getting tense
There are people who think it makes sense
To plan for the worst
And put ourselves first
And spend a lot more on defence
The decommissioned Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Inshore Patrol Vessels – ex HMNZS Rotoiti (top) and HMNZS Pukaki (above) – are intended to replace LÉ Orla and LÉ Ciara
Our navy has just purchased two
New vessels but we’re short of crew
So they’re far away
Which is where they will stay
Until we figure out what to do
New Zealand Defence Force
Orangutans have their own ‘languages’ that have been shaped by social mingling just like humans, a new study in Southeast Asia reveals
In Sumatra these days, as a rule
Each orangutan wants to sound cool
When they meet in a gang
They all talk in slang
So don’t appear like an old fool
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The anti vax crowd will abhor
The news that they’re churning out more
But it’s bound to please
Those who don’t like disease
And are waiting for jab number four
Ed Sheerhan attending his copyright trial at London’s High Court yesterday
There is a pop singer called Ed
Whose lawyers have stood up and said
He did nothing wrong
When writing a song
It all came from inside his head
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British judges have ruled that Bermuda’s ban on same-sex marriage is permitted under its constitution
There are judges based in the UK
Who for some reason still have a say
In faraway places
And in recent cases
They haven’t been friends of the gay
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Gold demand has surged and prices are rising across the world as the Ukraine conflict flares
Whenever there’s news of a war
There are people who’ll want to put more
Of their savings in gold
And now we are told
That prices are starting to soar
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