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October 20, 2008

Rags to riches: Ireland’s latest dot com millionaire

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Irish News, Tech & Web

It might seem like just an ordinary bedroom in an ordinary suburban Dublin house. It’s somewhat gloomy, a Star Wars poster on the wall, crunchy Kleenex littering the floor and the effervescent glow of the PC screen illuminating barely a quarter of the space.
But from these humble surroundings Colin Doyle, an unassuming 31 year old, [...]


October 17, 2008

Sentinel Snippets

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Snippets

Residents of Callan in County Kilkenny are holding a sponsored gang rape this evening on the back GAA pitch at 7pm. The rapees are an American couple who stumbled into town during a walking holiday so there’s fun for boys and girls.
There’s an entrance fee of €5 for which you will receive a salmon sandwich [...]


October 16, 2008

Jews call for an end to Hallowe’en

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Irish News, Lifestyle

Irish rabbis have called for Hallowe’en celebrations to be banned, a move which has sparked outrage amongst Moore Street fireworks sellers.
Jewish leaders claim that in a secular nation there should be no religious celebrations apart from Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Tenth of Tevet and Harvey Fierstein’s birthday. Rabbi Sam E Davis Jr from [...]


October 15, 2008

Wedding daze but man says ‘Don’t pry, mate’.

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Arts & Ents

A Dublin man is refusing all media interviews after taking part in Ireland’s most bizarre wedding ceremony yesterday.
Albert Byrne of Knocklyon yesterday married a female bonobo monkey in the Unitarian Church on St Stephen’s Green in a private ceremony with just a few family and friends on both sides present.
It is the first known wedding [...]


October 15, 2008

Man Booker controversy overshadows budget

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Arts & Ents, Irish News

Despite the cataclysmic budget presented to the country by Brian Lenihan yesterday the major talking point in bars and private members clubs across Ireland was the failure of Cecilia Ahern to win the Man Booker prize.
Instead the award was given to Indian author Aravind Adiga for his debut novel ‘The white tiger’. It tells the [...]


October 13, 2008

New PPF toilet system to be rolled out post-budget

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Irish News

As the government prepares to bend us over and insert its barbed penis into the unlubricated anus of the people of Ireland a new measure designed to raise further money is to be announced.
In what experts are calling the ultimate stealth tax every household in Ireland will have to pay €175 to have a PPF [...]


October 10, 2008

Sentinel entertainment guide

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Arts & Ents, Irish News

If you’re looking for things to do this weekend we’ve put together a list of the best things on offer.

At the cinema Gabriel Byrne and Adam Sandler star in ‘Fists of Furey’. Sandler plays a goofy slacker who one day gets both his fists stuck in the anus of Finbar Furey, played by Byrne. In [...]


October 10, 2008

Honesty the best policy for Biffo and pals

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Irish News, Politics

With the budget looming the government has decided a new approach is needed to reassure citizens that they know what they’re doing.
Nicknamed ‘Honesty First’ it is expected that ministers from all departments, and even the Taoiseach, will admit to errors in order to let people know they can fix them. “How can anybody have any [...]


October 9, 2008

Apple sub-notebook to debut on the 14th October

Fintan Chevalier
Posted by : Fintan Chevalier
Filed under : Tech & Web

Apple nerds across the globe today were whipped into a frenzy of flubbery joy following the publication of leaked photos of the Cupertino company’s brand new notebook (pictured).
The images appeared on the web just days before Apple’s October 14th media event where Steve ‘El Savior’ Jobs is expected to reveal a hotly anticipated sub-$800 notebook.
Through [...]


October 8, 2008

Newstalk 106 – 10late: DJ dies on air

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Arts & Ents, Irish News

Newstalk radio chiefs were in shock today after a leading presenter died on air.
Tom Dunne, recently poached from rival Today FM, passed away during his popular new morning show. After a segment about whether or not he should keep his winter coat for another year the producer cut to a commercial break which was followed [...]