The recent terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai have shocked the world yet cultural experts have declared the events to be of ‘little importance’ and claimed they will be forgotten by history within weeks.
A team of so-called Cultural Scientists set-up by professors and academics at Trinity College in Dublin has outlined the criteria [...]

“Gay no longer means what it used to mean and I’m sick of it. It’s got to stop”.
The plaintive words of 28 year old Lorcan O’Toole, a young Dubliner who is tired of how the word which describes his sexuality has been hijacked.
“In recent times the word gay has been used to describe something which [...]

Ronnie McGrew appears every Thursday on the Irish Sentinel to talk about the town he loves so well. This week he talks about driving around Dublin in your car, and he longs for the old days.
Ronnie McGrew Rickrolled the entire cast of the 1968 Gaiety panto, before Rick Astley had even been born.

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FAS chief Rody Molloy resigned this morning after days of controversy surrounding expenses claims made by him and other agency executives in the last four years.
While much of the public outcry has been about the transatlantic air travel the Irish Sentinel can exclusively reveal the expenditure was not limited to business class flights. Some of [...]

The Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance are reportedly set to announce major reforms of the public sector that will include significant lay-offs and the rationalisation of more state agencies. It is believed as many as 75,000 jobs could be lost.
Many feel the move is long overdue with bloated agencies costing millions per year on [...]

There has been much media coverage of the newly released album by three Irish priests. Fathers Eugene O’Hagan (48), his brother Martin (45) and their old school friend David Delargy (44) made international headlines after signing a £1m (€1.19m) record deal with Sony BMG earlier this year and their album ‘The Priests’ is already number [...]

The sleepy suburban shit-pit known as Balbriggan, Co. Dublin has apparently been overrun by a series of unprovoked velociraptor attacks. The Garda switchboard has been inundated with reports of the acid-spitting dinosaurs wreaking havoc on the local townsfolk.
At 2.15pm, a group of pensioners were set upon by the rampaging raptors at a bus stop in [...]

Discount supermarket Aldi has emerged as a major stockmarket player having taken advantage of last week’s crash in Bank of Ireland shares.
From a yearly high of €18 shares fell to just €0.85c and millions were lost from stock and pension portfolios. This morning a sharp rise in the bank’s shares was reported on the ISEQ [...]

Mince pies, snowmen, presents, decorations, little children sitting on the knee of an elderly aroused man, last minute shopping and driving while drunk. All traditional parts of a great Irish Christmas.
But those law-abiding, tax paying citizens who enjoy nothing more than skulling pints and driving with one eye shut so there’s only one road may [...]

Having hit the headlines for his remarkable attack on his own team, Arsenal captain William Gallas has followed that up with a player by player critique of his teammates on his personal website.
This is sure to infuriate manager Arsene Wenger even more who is mulling over whether or not to strip Gallas of the captaincy. [...]