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January 20, 2010

Sentinel Snippets

Arnold Corns
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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 [...]


January 16, 2009

Sentinel Snippets – January 16th 2008

Arnold Corns
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The government is to distribute shares of Anglo Irish Bank amongst the public once the nationalisation is ratified in the Dail on Tuesday. Each house will be sent a booklet containing up to 50 shares, depending on how many people are resident, their Dublin postcode (if applicable) and the employment status.
Each share provides €1,256 worth [...]


January 6, 2009

Sentinel Snippets – January 6th 2008

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Irish News, Snippets

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 [...]


December 19, 2008

Sentinel Snippets – Dec 19th 2008

Arnold Corns
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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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December 10, 2008

Sentinel Snippets: Dec 10th 2008

Arnold Corns
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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 [...]


October 17, 2008

Sentinel Snippets

Arnold Corns
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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 [...]