Newspaper of the Century | The 2008 Hijinx Awards

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April 7, 2009

North Korea launches surprise assault on Christmas #1 spot

Gay-Gay Phyl
Posted by : Gay-Gay Phyl

His country may subsist on a diet of boiled mud and mysogo-genocide, but that hasn’t stopped Kim Jong Il from launching an early bid to make himself Top of the Pops this Christmas. 
The North Korean Premier hopes to croon his way around any number of meaningless UN resolutions to secure a live performance in the [...]


December 29, 2008

Israel condemned for further strikes on Gaza

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

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.
In the early hours of last night a Palestinian [...]


November 28, 2008

Mumbai terrorist attacks deemed irrelevant

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Tech & Web, World News

The recent terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai have shocked the world yet cultural experts have declared the events to be of ‘little importance’ and claimed they will be forgotten by history within weeks.
A team of so-called Cultural Scientists set-up by professors and academics at Trinity College in Dublin has outlined the criteria [...]


October 16, 2008

Jews call for an end to Hallowe’en

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

Irish rabbis have called for Hallowe’en celebrations to be banned, a move which has sparked outrage amongst Moore Street fireworks sellers.
Jewish leaders claim that in a secular nation there should be no religious celebrations apart from Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Tenth of Tevet and Harvey Fierstein’s birthday. Rabbi Sam E Davis Jr from [...]