New year’s eve – a time when many people commit suicide. For those who aren’t such cowardly pussies it’s a chance to put a bad year behind them and start again.
However, folk who have suffered throughout 2008 and are hoping the new one will be better will be dismayed by reports from New Zealand which [...]

There was further condemnation of Israel last night as armed forces launched another savage attack on the Gaza strip.
The missile bombardment, described as ‘retaliatory’ by Israel’s foreign minister Yitzak Kilarab, came in response to a Palestinian attack on a Jewish family’s house in Lennox Street, Dublin 8.
In the early hours of last night a Palestinian [...]

Millions of children across the world are facing a bleak Christmas after it was revealed than Santa Claus is unlikely to make his deliveries this evening.
Reports suggest that he travelled from the North Pole last night and checked into the Priory clinic in what onlookers described as a ‘tired and emotional’ state.
Santa’s PR agent, Max [...]

A Sutton man was last night arrested and charged with the murder of his wife. Paul McGlynn from Bayside Park was taken into custody after calling Gardai to inform them of his wife’s death.
He claimed he came home from the supermarket to find his wife being attacked by a one-armed man. He told Gardai he [...]

Anglo Irish Bank chief Sean Fitzpatrick’s life goes from bad to worse. After resigning having hidden €87m worth of loans from the bank he is accused of hiding all the staples in the head office and selling them Romanians who peddle them at traffic lights. A file is being prepared for the DPP.
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Sex offenders could be electronically tagged and monitored after leaving prison, under plans unveiled today.
Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite technology would track offenders for six months after release. Outlining the scheme further a government spokesperson said “We believe this is something that will benefit the public. For a start each [...]

Ronnie McGrew appears every Thursday on the Irish Sentinel to talk about the town he loves so well. This week he reflects on Dublin’s new found multi-culturalism.
Ronnie McGrew thinks people who do the 12 pubs of Christmas should be shot in the hoop. “What’s wrong with just staying in one pub? Yiz are not perpetual [...]

Tragedy struck Longford early this morning as a bug in Microsoft’s flagship web browser slaughtered 14 innocent school children.
The deceased 4th class students all attended the St. Mary of the Divine Spoon national school in Abbeyshrule. A post-mortem will be carried our later this afternoon, but it is believed the children perished during mid-morning break. [...]

For four years the Irish Blog Awards have been a raucous, and often nude, celebration of the best of the Irish ‘blogosphere’.
From all corners of the country bloggers of all shapes and sizes converge on Dublin to drink pints, tell jokes about UNIX and swap Wordpress upgrade tips. Secondary to this is an elaborate awards [...]

Following reports which suggested that up to 400 people were awaiting admission to hospitals across Ireland the HSE has insisted that ‘there’s nothing to worry about’.
Each of the patients is currently lying on a hospital trolley in a corridor, janitor’s closet, hallway or atrium but hospital administrators say media reaction has blown the problem out [...]