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Sentinel Snippets - January 6th 2008
There could be good news for workers at Waterford Wedgewood. The troubled crystal and crockery company has debts of €400m but oil rich Dubai has made an offer which would see not only the company move to the Middle-East, but the entire county.
The only sticking point appears to be the war between Waterford and Tipperary [...]
Sentinel Snippets - Dec 19th 2008
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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Sentinel Snippets: Dec 10th 2008
Katy French has been appointed Managing Editor of Independent Newspapers. “She still got so much sass”, says Tony O’Reilly.
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Irish poultry producers are ‘living in fear’ according to one chicken farmer. “If people think the stuff being fed to pigs and cattle is bad, wait till they find out what shite we give the birds. It’s [...]
Sentinel Snippets
Residents of Callan in County Kilkenny are holding a sponsored gang rape this evening on the back GAA pitch at 7pm. The rapees are an American couple who stumbled into town during a walking holiday so there’s fun for boys and girls.
There’s an entrance fee of €5 for which you will receive a salmon sandwich [...]

