MOSCOW NEWS THAT RUSSIAN president Vladimir Putin had endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the top job in Washington, had pundits scratching their heads until a Russian reporter asked the Kremlin strongman to explain his reasons. “The Russian President smiled, broadly, then slapped the reporter on the head very gently and told him to take…

WASHINGTON DC JUST WHEN SHE might have believed she had smiled and laughed her way to the White House, Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is being told by supporters that if she doesn’t smile and laugh a lot more she might well have to outline her policies in detail. “That might not be the smartest move,”…

BUSINESS DESK WRITERS A LEADING IRISH economist says that the recent release of tickets for the much-hailed reunion tour by the British band, Oasis, caused inflation across the island of Ireland to tick upwards for a short period of time. “Taylor Swift has been known to move economies when she touches down on tour,” says…

BELGRADE THURSDAY A BICYCLE SHED built for the Irish Parliament which cost three hundred and thirty five thousand euros is actually a prototype for a planned luxury bike shed industry which the Dublin Government hopes will replace American technology firms when they finally leave. “Oh, yes, the moaning about the price tag for a shed…

LONDON ENGLAND FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS, happy with a job well done against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin, have dismissed complaints against manager Lee Carsley’s refusal to sing an anthem – including God Save The King – before games, adding that they would gladly sing Deutschland Uber Alles in his company if that helped continue the…

DUBLIN AFTER BEING DEFEATED 2-0 by England, Republic of Ireland football supporters have announced that as far as anthems go they will sing any song that brings them victory, including God Save the King, Land of Hope And Glory and The Sash. “It’s beginning to look like the period of 1986 to 1994 was a…

KHAN YUNIS HAMAS HAS OFFERED to release Israel from its eleven months of captivity if the Jewish state will cease bombing Gaza. “We’ll let them go if they stop killing our civilians,” said a spokesman for the Palestinian group. “If this goes on any longer we cannot be responsible for the state of the Israeli…

NEWCASTLE AUSTRALIA’S LABOR GOVERNMENT insists that an earthquake in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley had no relationship to new internal polls which show the Federal administration’s popularity sliding in the face of economic pain being suffered by people across the Commonwealth. “The earth has moved but the Australian Government has not,” says Bluey Digger, whose…

DUBLIN NEWS THAT ENGLAND manager Lee Carsley will not be singing the English National Anthem at the coming Ireland-England football match in Dublin, has led to calls for anthems to be dispensed with and everyone in the stadium to come together and sing Ooh Aah Up the Ra, which has become popular among young people…

KYIV THOSE WHO FIGURED Irish leader Simon Harris’s recent visit to Ukraine was a ham-fisted publicity stunt to give him an international profile ahead of a general election on the Emerald Isle later this year, may find that there was a more pragmatic reason for his meeting President Zelenskyy: Irish plans to encourage Ukrainian refugees…