http://www.irishsentinel.com Newspaper of the year 2008 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:22:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.irishsentinel.com/2009/01/06/sentinel-snippets-january-6th-2008/ Liverpool and Ireland striker Robbie Keane has blamed his profilic miss rate this season on the fact that he's finding it hard to get used to life in the north of England. The former Spurs and Wolves and Coventry and Inter Milan and Fettercairn Rovers player has failed to acclimatise to ... http://www.irishsentinel.com/2009/01/05/keane-finding-life-tough-on-merseyside/ Taoiseach Brian Cowen will leave Ireland for Las Vegas later today in an attempt to balance the country's books. With a delegation that will include Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, and Cowen's personal henchman and bodyguard, Mary Coughlan, the Fianna Fail leader will 'hit the slots' to try and win enough ... http://www.irishsentinel.com/2009/01/05/cowen-heads-to-las-vegas-to-shore-up-public-finances/ New year's eve - a time when many people commit suicide. For those who aren't such cowardly pussies it's a chance to put a bad year behind them and start again. However, folk who have suffered throughout 2008 and are hoping the new one will be better will be dismayed by ... http://www.irishsentinel.com/2008/12/31/2009-worst-year-ever-says-new-zealander/ There was further condemnation of Israel last night as armed forces launched another savage attack on the Gaza strip. The missile bombardment, described as 'retaliatory' by Israel's foreign minister Yitzak Kilarab, came in response to a Palestinian attack on a Jewish family's house in Lennox Street, Dublin 8. [caption id="attachment_835" align="alignright" width="234" ... http://www.irishsentinel.com/2008/12/29/israel-condemned-for-further-strikes-on-gaza/ Millions of children across the world are facing a bleak Christmas after it was revealed than Santa Claus is unlikely to make his deliveries this evening. [caption id="attachment_832" align="alignright" width="204" caption="Santa "went fuckin mental", say sources"][/caption] Reports suggest that he travelled from the North Pole last night and checked into the Priory ... http://www.irishsentinel.com/2008/12/24/christmas-cancelled-as-santa-checks-in-to-rehab/ A Sutton man was last night arrested and charged with the murder of his wife. Paul McGlynn from Bayside Park was taken into custody after calling Gardai to inform them of his wife's death. He claimed he came home from the supermarket to find his wife being attacked by a one-armed ... http://www.irishsentinel.com/2008/12/22/dublin-man-arrested-for-murder-of-wife/ 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 ... http://www.irishsentinel.com/2008/12/19/sentinel-snippets-dec-19th-2008/ Sex offenders could be electronically tagged and monitored after leaving prison, under plans unveiled today. [caption id="attachment_822" align="alignright" width="305" caption="Give a give a give a Garmin to your sexually abused friends and family"][/caption] Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite technology would track offenders for six months after release. ... http://www.irishsentinel.com/2008/12/18/sex-offenders-to-be-fitted-with-gps-tags/ Ronnie McGrew appears every Thursday on the Irish Sentinel to talk about the town he loves so well. This week he reflects on Dublin's new found multi-culturalism. Ronnie McGrew thinks people who do the 12 pubs of Christmas should be shot in the hoop. "What's wrong with just staying in one ... http://www.irishsentinel.com/2008/12/18/ronnie-mcgrew-my-dublin-episode-9/