Newspaper of the Century | The 2008 Hijinx Awards
It can be Dunne! Ben over the moon at top prize
Ben Dunne was last night celebrating his new title of King of Irish Advertising having scooped top prize at the National Radio Advertising Awards.
The ceremony is held every year to acknowledge the best in radio advertising and for producers, recording studio employees, voice over artists and advertising industry folks to get pissed, tell each how [...]
It’s a big fucking iPhone. Seriously, what were you expecting?
I’ll keep this brief. We’re big fans of Apple hardware here in Sentinel Towers. Corns uses a Macbook Pro to organise cannibal deathmatches in Liberia. I myself cruise the information pornohighway from time-to-time using one, but never without a microwaved pomelo close by. We have faith in Apple’s ability to produce a great operating system [...]
EXCLUSIVE : Apple’s new iSlate revealed
The Irish Sentinel can blow its own trumpet this morning, and not in the biblical sense, as we unveil the first pictures of Apple’s eagerly anticipated new device.
Nicknamed the iSlate it is set to revolutionise communication, networking and and e-reading. Some of the features of the new device include:
Ecological and environmentally friendly ‘chalk’ with which [...]
Neville labels Tevez a ‘monster’ as war of words continues
Gary Neville, Man United right back and wearer of sport’s worst Ronny, has blasted Carlos Tevez ahead of tomorrow night’s Carling Cup semi-final 2nd leg at Old Trafford. After scoring twice against his old club in the first leg, the Argentinian striker responded to his former captain’s sly middle-fingered salute by calling him a ‘boot [...]
Gormley to introduce water charges
Minister for the Environment, and power hungry invertebrate, John Gormley today claimed the introduction of water charges could raise as much as €1bn a year for the exchequer.
Speaking to reporters outside the Green Party HQ, a hollowed out tree stump beside Baggot Street bridge, Gormley claimed the introduction of such charges was long overdue with [...]
Violent attacks across the nation during boards.ie outage
A number of violent episodes followed in the wake of the boards.ie hack last week. Intrepid forum moderators had no choice but to manifest their Hitler complexes in the so-called ‘physical’ world.
“I moderate my forum on boards with an iron fist. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, fucks with me and gets away it.”
The words of [...]
Fianna Fail politicians to receive counseling for series of metaphorical tragedies
Fianna Fail today announced that a number of party members are undergoing what they say is ‘rigorous counselling’ having been subjected to experiences comparable to some of the worst crimes imaginable.
Minister Martin Cullen says press intrusion into his life was like being raped. He was brought to Pearse Street Garda station where a female Garda [...]
Benitez thanks black arts for Spurs win
Under pressure Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez thanked the club’s fans for their support after they beat Spurs 2-0 at Anfield last night, but die-hard reds may be shocked to know the win came at some cost.
Liverpool have struggled this season, losing and drawing too many games for a team that was tipped to win the [...]
Sentinel Snippets
TV3 have announced their newest reality TV show – “It’s a Knock-out” featuring Joe Coleman and his painfully retarded sidekick, Keith. The show will involve a series of games such as ‘Who can burn their corneas out quickest by staring at directly at the sun’ and ‘Where’s Mary?’, in which teams will have to study [...]
Miley Cyrus to Miley Die-rus
Tributes to teen sensation Miley Cyrus have been dribbling in since it was unexpectedly revealed today that the Hannah Montana star is in her last days, relatively speaking. The singer’s team of doctors have released a statement confirming rumours that Ms Cyrus is indeed suffering from what has become known as ‘The Human Condition’. Since [...]

