Fine Gael TD Noel Rock (right) and friends before Ireland versus Austria football match at the Aviva, June 10, 2017
Upcoming blueshirt Noel Rock
has always been eager to knock
The old FAI
Then ask “Please could I
Have some tickets?” This comes as a shock
John Moynes
Pic: Twitter
Last night: Sweet FAI
Director of the United States Secret Service Randolph Alles has been fired amid a shake-up in the upper echelon of the Department of Homeland Security
So Trump has come up with a scheme
To purge his security team
In case some of them
Are secretly “Dem”
Which seems to be rather extreme
John Moynes
Pic: Getty
Sunny Beach, Bulgaria – the cheapest beach destination in Europe – where a glass of wine costs €1.36
If when you sit down to dine
You like to knock back some wine
Without breaking the bank
You might like to thank
Bulgarian prices, they’re fine
John Moynes
Pic: Balkan Holidays
Zimbabwe’s legal authorities have reportedly purchased powdered wigs for the poverty-stricken country’s senior judges
Zimbabwean lawyers have said
You don’t need horse hair on your head
And this old tradition
Deserves great derision
It’s high time to put it to bed
John Moynes
Pic: Reuters
Placards featuring Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn near the Houses of Parliament in London
The MPs have said the UK
Should ask for a longer delay
They’ve been kicking the can
And still lack a plan
Which they swear they’ll come up with someday
John Moynes
Pic: AFP
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg (centre) following a meeting at the Merrion Hotel, Dublin yesterday with Oireachtas Communications Committee members, including Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan (right)
We all know democracy’s shook
By lies that are spread on Facebook
But that rather bright spark
Who set it up, Mark
Is wriggling free from the hook
John Moynes
Yesterday: He Is Among Us
Gardai say 10 per cent of drink drivers was detected between the hours of 6am-6pm
I’m sure that it’s certain to irk
If you’re caught while you’re going to work
But a single night’s sleep
After driving won’t keep
You from driving like a dangerous jerk
John Moynes
Bob Geldof is being touted in Britain as a post-Brexit ‘unifying figure to promote a feeling of national togetherness’, The Guardian is reporting today
He’s not the first old music star
To start to act rather bizarre
But it seems that Sir Bob
Now wants a new job
If Britain needs a ‘Healing Tsar’.
John Moynes
Jack (right) and Stephen Teeling with Teeling Whiskey’s 24-year-old single malt crowned the ‘World’s Best Single Malt’ at the 2019 World Whiskies Awards
In Ireland we do like to think
That we’re pretty good with our drink
And when put to the test
It appears we’re the best
So raise up your glasses and clink
John Moynes
Rollingnews
Icelandic budget airline WOW Air has collapsed and gone out of business
It’s always a terrible scare
When your plane will not get in the air
And as it seems WOW
Is grounded for now
Many people will think it unfair
John Moynes
Pic: WOW Air
