Newspaper of the Century | The 2008 Hijinx Awards
Black guy nobody’s heard of sells out O2 for 14 nights
Music industry insiders were baffled by the rush to buy tickets for American singer John White – who has since gone on to sell out the new O2 Arena for a record 14 nights.
They hired market research company, Phil’s Market Research, to look into the phenomenon and the results showed that 99% of people had [...]
Cowen in talks to secure new pay deal with social partners
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has had recent discussions with the social partners about the new national pay deal, in the context of further economic decline.
With latest exchequer figures showing Ireland has a greater deficit than Rafael Benitez’s transfer dealings at Liverpool, emergency measures were needed. The agreed 6% increase has been widely criticised as too generous [...]
Dublin suburb reels from Ninja plague
Residents of Templeogue in Dublin are calling on Gardai and the army to help them fight a spate of attacks by radical insurrectionist ninjas who have recently moved into the area.
The otherwise sleepy suburb has been on high alert since the first incident took place just two weeks ago. A middle-aged man was making his [...]
Gardai inquest evidence dismissed as ‘bollocks’
Evidence given by members of Gardai at the inquiry into the death of Liam Roswell, a 15 year old Thurles youth, has been called into question by medical experts.
The inquest is taking place in a Thurles courtroom and is looking into the circumstances of the young man who died in 2002. Liam Roswell was arrested [...]
Newstalk and Today FM to become one single being, claims expert
As expected the merging of the news departments of Today FM and Newstalk took place yesterday. Both stations, owned by Denis O’Brien’s Communicorp company, will pool resources with newsreaders and journalists appearing on both stations during bulletins.
There were further cutbacks at Newstalk as they cut two evening programmes. Late Night Live with Declan Carty, which [...]
Vintners to freeze drink prices. Not everyone fooled.
It’s good news for lushes, sots, drunkards, rummies, barflies and alcos across Ireland as publicans have announced a one year price freeze.
The gloomy economic outlook, rising unemployment, and more people opting to drink at home has put pressure on the industry to get revellers back in to bars. The Licenced Vintners Federation (LVF) and the [...]
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