There have been calls today to outlaw all dogs after a toddler was savaged by a family pet in Artane yesterday. Liam Reilly (2) required 9,000 stitches to his face and upper lip after being attacked by ‘Mungo’, the Reilly family dog.
Mungo was taken to the local vet’s office and put to sleep shortly afterwards. [...]

There was more hot water for the government last night as Minister for Integration, Conor Lenihan, referred to Fine Gael TD Olwyn Enright as a ‘cock sucking crack whore’.
The exchange, which took place during last night’s debate to bring about the 2008 Mentallers on the Streets legislation, sparked outrage from opposition members with Michael Ring [...]

Ronnie McGrew appears every Thursday on the Irish Sentinel to talk about the town he loves so well. This week he looks at walking through Dublin and his favourite trails.
Ronnie Grew is also available for Christmas parties, corporate entertainment, children’s birthdays but not Bar Mitzvahs as he’s allergic to Jews.
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There was further bad news for the BBC and presenters Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross yesterday. With the outcry over the phone calls and messages left for actor Andrew Sachs, in which Ross blurted out that his polluted looking co-presented had “f*cked” his grand-daughter, the last thing the pair, or the corporation, needed was more [...]

A pair of bungling robbers got more than they bargained for when they broke into the home of an 83 year old Dubliner last weekend.
Sean Boyce (27) and Philip Cairns (35) were found butchered in Wilfred Cunningham’s Dartry back garden after relatives had reported them missing. Mr Cunningham was last night helping Gardai with their [...]

Paddy Power has closed its book on who will be the next President of the United States after Democratic candidate, Barack Obama, received the ringing endorsement of Aslan front man Christy Dignam.
The Finglas troubadour has become renowned for his political insight and analysis – and has backed the winning candidate in the last five elections. [...]

The Irish Sentinel is pleased to announce a new weekly series of audio download podcast radio show type things. They feature well known Dublin folk singer, poet and breakdancing champion, Ronnie McGrew.
Ronnie made his name as the lead singer with rough and tumble folkies ‘The Stoneybatter players’ who later changed their name to ‘The Liffey [...]

Internet access in operating theatres is to be discontinued at all major Irish hospitals after it emerged doctors are using wikipedia to help perform complicated surgeries.
It was revealed late last week that when Eircom’s broadband service went down in the Dublin 7 area one surgeon had to make frantic phonecalls to a colleague in order [...]

The Minister for Health Mary Harney has been praised for her courageous strategy in solving the recent medical card crisis.
Together with Brian Lenihan, the two ministers have devised what they call a ‘fair and balanced’ plan to ensure that nobody over 70 is left out in the cold following this year’s highly controversial budget.
Under the [...]

Independent TD Finian McGrath has called on Mary Harney to meet him after Dail today for a punch-up over the medical card issue.
Not content with simply withdrawing support for the government the Dublin North-Central TD has promised supporters that he’ll give the Minister for Health the ‘kicking she deserves’. A friend of McGrath’s told the [...]