Newspaper of the Century | The 2008 Hijinx Awards
Sentinel Snippets - January 6th 2008: There could be good news for workers at Waterford Wedgewood. The troubled... Keane finding life tough on Merseyside: Liverpool and Ireland striker Robbie Keane has blamed his profilic miss... Cowen heads to Las Vegas to shore up public finances: Taoiseach Brian Cowen will leave Ireland for Las Vegas later today in an... 2009 'worst year ever', says New Zealander: New year's eve - a time when many people commit suicide. For those who... Israel condemned for further strikes on Gaza: There was further condemnation of Israel last night as armed forces...
October 2, 2008
Cowen: Famine was a blessing in disguise
An Taoiseach Brian Cowen has enraged the ancestors of victims of Ireland’s Potato famine by today declaring the disaster as “a blessing in disguise”. The Great Famine of 1847 which claimed the lives of 2 million Irish citizens and forced another 2 million to emigrate was brought about when English settlers set about injecting every [...]
September 25, 2008
Eddie Hobbs enjoying nation’s plunge into recession
Irish celebrity account Eddie Hobbs has reacted with glee to the news that the country is officially in a recession for the first time since 1983.
The star of TV hits such as ‘Show me the money’, ‘Spend it like Beckham’, ‘Eddie’s Euro Vision’ and ‘Eddie does Dallas’ today held a press conference in Captain America’s [...]

