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January 19, 2010

Criminals beg for an end to Williams dispute

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Business, Irish News, Media

Ireland’s top criminals held a secret meeting in a Baldoyle warehouse this weekend to to discuss the ongoing dispute between crime journalist Paul Williams and the Sunday World.
Despite fulfilling his contract the Sunday World has tried to prevent Williams from taking up a job offer from the News of the World, going so far as [...]


January 18, 2010

Haiti gives thanks as Facebook status changes bear fruit

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

The people of Haiti were today celebrating the first miracle of the new decade as a mass status change on Facebook instantaneously solved all the problems caused by last week’s devastating earthquake.
As shocked and badly wounded Haitians looked on in wonder, buildings reassembled themselves and rose skywards, services such as water and electricity began to [...]


January 16, 2010

Batt don’t need no education

Geraldine Veronica
Posted by : Geraldine Veronica
Filed under : Irish News

Under a new edict from Batt O’Keefe, Minister for Education, Science and The Proud Inability to Correctly Pronounce Words Ending in ‘ION’, all schools will close from Wednesday next  until the end of time because “it’s been terrible windy the last few days.”
Speaking slurringly to the Irish Sentinel in the wee hours of  Saturday  morning, [...]


January 16, 2010

Sentinel to return after satire overload

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Tech & Web

The Irish Sentinel is pleased to announce its return after a months of recuperation and rehabiliation after a satire overdose. The state of the nation saw Sentinel writers produce, but never publish, over 475,057 articles for the month of May alone.
Madness and canibalism ensued, however, normal-ish service will be resumed over the coming weeks.
Thank you,
The [...]