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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 [...]


October 8, 2008

TV3 staff row threatens new schedule

Arnold Corns
Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Arts & Ents, Irish News

The threat of all out industrial action loomed over TV3 last night as bosses reacted to the worldwide credit crunch with plans to outsource jobs to American companies.
In a bid to save the failing company, who posted losses of €40 just last week, it has been decided to move the entire weather operation to WKBC [...]


September 17, 2008

TV3 reel in the rodent

Geraldine Veronica
Posted by : Geraldine Veronica
Filed under : Arts & Ents

TV3 will this evening premiere a new family drama entitled ‘The Littlest Death Gerbil’, the station’s latest attempt to capitalise on the viewing public’s lust for homespun wisdom and sickening torture porn. In a bold move away from their usual diet of eye-gougingly hideous reality television and consistently appalling z-list celebrity chat, the station have [...]