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June 10, 2009

Nation bids fond fuck-off to Mary ‘Tooodle-Lou’ McDonald

Gay-Gay Phyl
Posted by : Gay-Gay Phyl
Filed under : Irish News, Politics

News that festering pork-slit, Mary Lou McDonald, has crashed out of public life has been greeted with enthusiasm by anyone with two brain cells to rub together, according to initial reports on the public reaction to last Friday’s elections.
“Who the fuck is she kidding with her stupid face and her crap mullet? She has [...]


February 19, 2009

Ronnie McGrew – My Dublin: Episode 16

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Ronnie McGrew

Ronnie McGrew appears every Thursday on the Irish Sentinel to talk about the town he loves so well. This week he explains why he won’t be going to Cork for the Irish Blog Awards, and his dislike of awards shows in general.
Ronnie McGrew was elected Mayor of Stoneybatter in 1987 but was forced to resign [...]


February 5, 2009

Ronnie McGrew – My Dublin: Episode 14

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Ronnie McGrew

Ronnie McGrew appears every Thursday on the Irish Sentinel to talk about the town he loves so well. This week, in times of recession, he reminisces on tough times in the past.
Ronnie McGrew once partnered Limahl in a pro-celebrity-homo golf tournament at La Manga.
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January 19, 2009

Hitler spotted in Arnotts

Fintan Chevalier
Posted by : Fintan Chevalier
Filed under : Politics

Celebrity party animal Adolf Hitler was spotted in Arnotts of Henry St. today, apparently purchasing refill capsules for his Nespresso machine.
The German socialite, famous for his late night brawling outside local pigsties such as Renards and Ron Blacks, was accompanied by on-and-off girlfriend Eva Braun.
The two haven’t been seen in public together since 1945 which, [...]


January 15, 2009

Ronnie McGrew – My Dublin: Episode 11

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Ronnie McGrew

Ronnie McGrew appears every Thursday on the Irish Sentinel to talk about the town he loves so well. This week he talks about the camaraderie between Dubliners.
Ronnie McGrew will assist weight loss as part of a calorie controlled diet.

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December 18, 2008

Ronnie McGrew – My Dublin: Episode 9

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Ronnie McGrew

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 pub? Yiz are not perpetual [...]


December 4, 2008

Black guy nobody’s heard of sells out O2 for 14 nights

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Arts & Ents

Music industry insiders were baffled by the rush to buy tickets for American singer John White – who has since gone on to sell out the new O2 Arena for a record 14 nights.
They hired market research company, Phil’s Market Research, to look into the phenomenon and the results showed that 99% of people had [...]


November 27, 2008

Ronnie McGrew – My Dublin: Episode 6

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Ronnie McGrew

Ronnie McGrew appears every Thursday on the Irish Sentinel to talk about the town he loves so well. This week he talks about driving around Dublin in your car, and he longs for the old days.
Ronnie McGrew Rickrolled the entire cast of the 1968 Gaiety panto, before Rick Astley had even been born.

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November 24, 2008

Balbriggan plagued by spate of Velociraptor attacks

Fintan Chevalier
Posted by : Fintan Chevalier
Filed under : Irish News

The sleepy suburban shit-pit known as Balbriggan, Co. Dublin has apparently been overrun by a series of unprovoked velociraptor attacks. The Garda switchboard has been inundated with reports of the acid-spitting dinosaurs wreaking havoc on the local townsfolk.
At 2.15pm, a group of pensioners were set upon by the rampaging raptors at a bus stop in [...]


November 21, 2008

Life going from bad to worse for owls

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

Concerned DSPCA officials are appealing for witnesses after a series of assualts on owls in parks across Dublin.
The latest incident, which took place in Marlay Park at the foot of the Dublin mountains, saw an owl taken from a tree and punched repeatedly in the face. The owl was then left dazed and confused on [...]