Sindo shines once again!

Android 666

This has to win the prize for most shameless piece of promotion ever:

Chloe's burning ambition -- and dedication to her tragic boyfriend Rory

Lovely Chloe Brennan, 15, who has her sights firmly set on being an international supermodel, has been going through almost unbearable trauma during the past few weeks, having lost her boyfriend, Rory, to the ravages of cancer at the age of just 15.

Chloe's pain is intense, but her heart goes out to his family, who have been visited with such tragedy far too early in life. She intends to dedicate her modelling career to Rory's memory, in the belief that he will inspire her, and that he is determined that she should do well. But, difficult though it is, life goes on; Chloe faces into the Junior Certificate next week and she has temporarily stopped work in her mother Mary McNulty's unique Déjà Vu 'gently worn' boutique in Ranelagh (opposite the Luas station. She knows Rory is with her all the way. "What more can I say. I know it," says Chloe, who is wearing an Aideen Bodkin dress from Déjà Vu.

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Sykk

Her parents should have their child taken off them and brought back into the real world.

MagicMarker

Good luck to her.














She'll need it.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

They always have some woman on the front page, usually talking about their plans to be a model.

The King of Moo

Does "gently worn" mean they sell rags in the boutique?
If so, you should be able to find the Sindo in there.

DrumSteve

Bit harsh on her to be honest.

What do you want her to do? She's only a kid.

Shame on the paper but no need to give her dogs abuse.

bonerm

What's was the number of that shop again? :rolleyes:

marcusgunn

This is a horrifying piece of journalism.
Shame on all involved. What is the newsworthiness of all these random pieces of information?
And as for the quote at the end! "what more can I say, I don't know?"
What the Fcuk?

:mad:

bonerm

The King of Moo wrote: »

Does "gently worn" mean they sell rags in the boutique?
If so, you should be able to find the Sindo in there.

I must see can I sell some of my books and CD's on Ebay now. However instead of listing them as "used/second hand" I'll say "gently read" and "gently listened to".

TheZohanS

Maybe I've misinterpreted the article but that's fecked up. Trying to use the death of someone as a profit making tool and it's not for charity? That's obscene.

Dennis the Stone

It's what Rory would have wanted.

mike65

Sindo in tacky article shocker - why its Deja Vu all over again.

bonerm

Dennis the Stone wrote: »

It's what Rory would have wanted.

I'm sure he would have wanted to live. But this is a close second.

My name is URL

I doubt anyone reading that would mistake for actual journalism

Logical Fallacy

Not much of a shop if they don't even have landline tbh.

Birneybau

Fcuking Rag!

sensibleken

just when i thought the indo couldnt get any worse

snickerpuss

If I was his parents I'd be freaked. Would definitely be paying Chloe and the family a visit for an explanation!

ArtyM

Thats bad bad bad.
Someone needs a good slap for that, would love to know who exactly is behind it and how it ever got past an editor.
Is it just me or does it look like she is Irish dancing?
Dancing on his .......

El Weirdo

If she wants to be a model, all she needs to do is stand on Grafton Street, in her pants holding a bag of Tayto. That's how the rest of them do it over here, isn't it?

bonerm

ArtyM wrote: »

would love to know who exactly is behind it and how it ever got past an editor.

It reads like the sort of infotainment Alison O'Riordan might have come out with, except there's too many big words and things like paragraphs in it etc.

Aldebaran

It's like something out of The Onion.

stovelid

I don't buy it so I deeply regret that I somehow end up passively inhaling some of its rank contents via AH every week.

Xivilai

dusgusting really, I mean come on for ****s sake

prinz

Really reads like the usual wannabe model/clothes shop advert that often graces the pages of that paper. Sounds to me like they enquired of the young one if she had any sob story/angle and then ran with it..

PrincessLola

Enough of this "lovely girls" and "Irish models" crap. The sindo makes me sick to my stomach, but this crosses the line. (btw, none of these 'lovely girls' can ever do anything more then place their hands on their hips and pose for a twix promo, but thats another rant for another post..:mad:)
I'm sure she was upset about losing her boyfriend but this is pure exploitation, and I blame the parents and journalists more then anything as they're the 'adults' in this situation.

LittleBook

prinz wrote: »

Really reads like the usual wannabe model/clothes shop advert that often graces the pages of that paper. Sounds to me like they enquired of the young one if she had any sob story/angle and then ran with it..

It literally reeks of:

[scene: ladies lunching]
Shop owner: business is terrible dear
Friend who works for the Indo: let me see if I can whip up some free publicity for you darling. I might even get an article out of it if we can find an angle.
Shop owner: Well, this guy my daughter knows just died of cancer, would that help?

Actually, I'm starting to fee sorry for the kid. As much as I believe 15-year-olds know what they're doing, I highly doubt she has any idea of the shítstorm that is about to descend upon her.

Dudess

Aldebaran wrote: »

It's like something out of The Onion.

Yeah true - I lolled actually at the "She intends to dedicate her modelling career to his memory", the advertising of her mother's shop - complete with address, phone number and mention of the dress she was wearing from it, and the "What more can I say. I know it" bits... they look that close to parody.

Staggeringly horrible... The kid herself, ok, not as bad as her mother/the SIndo, but meh, seems cynical enough for 15 tbh - the fact that she'd take part like...

UglyBolloxFace

I could understand if they just casually name-dropped the shop, seeing as she did work there, but to give precise location details ('Ranelagh...opposite the Luas station') and a contact phone number shows just how despicable these people are.

Out of interest, has anyone tried to ring the mobile number and maybe ask for an explanation? (Yes, I know we have no right to ask that, nor should she even entertain these requests, but it would be interesting to hear what she has to say).

Nodin

For reason I'd feel less fucked off by this if it was found out "Rory" didn't actually exist.

telekon

That is literally the worst thing i've ever read in a newspaper. The sindo sinks to a new low.

You know its bad when even a sindo journalist is too embarrassed to put their name to an article...

--Kaiser--

stovelid wrote: »

I don't buy it so I deeply regret that I somehow end up passively inhaling some of its rank contents via AH every week.

I was checking into a hotel last week and the receptionist asked if I'd like a free copy of the Sunday Independent.

"Not as long as there's toilet paper" I replied

ibarelycare

Aldebaran wrote: »

It's like something out of The Onion.

Bingo. I actually had to read a few replies on the thread to gauge whether it was a joke or not.


Someone PLEASE ring that number! (I'm too chicken :pac:)

Liam Byrne

Android 666 wrote: »

Chloe faces into the Junior Certificate next week and she has temporarily stopped work in her mother Mary McNulty's unique Déjà Vu 'gently worn' boutique in Ranelagh (opposite the Luas station, 087-6187824).

Were this not added, I might have taken the article ad at face value.

Then again, it is the Sindo.......is that even the right phone number ?

suicide_circus

Absolutely appauling stuff. Its like some grim twisted black comedy satire piece. Shame on the newspaper, editor, "journalist" and the girls parents. I'm quite sickened.

UglyBolloxFace

ibarelycare wrote: »

Bingo. I actually had to read a few replies on the thread to gauge whether it was a joke or not.


Someone PLEASE ring that number! (I'm too chicken :pac:)

I rang it, asked if this was "Deja Vu" and the woman who answered was very wary and said yes, but you could hear in her voice the strain that indicates that she must be getting calls about this all the time.
I had the intention of asking why she did this despicable thing, but I just hung up.

flo8s967qjh0nd

Sindo is rubbish. Seems to be full of ridiculous articles by "good looking" women "journalists" who, for reasons best known to the editor, pose for a "sexy" photo to go beside their story. This is a new low though!

Dudess

Amazed the number isn't already changed...

Lots of awareness is being created of the shop though, in fairness - even if plenty are disgusted and will boycott it, plenty won't...

Elba101

marcusgunn wrote: »

This is a horrifying piece of journalism.
Shame on all involved. What is the newsworthiness of all these random pieces of information?
And as for the quote at the end! "what more can I say, I don't know?"
What the Fcuk?

:mad:

That whole paper is a horrible piece of jouurnalism! It has repackaged 'news' in to 'keep them thick and keep them happy'

I hate it :mad:

Bosco boy

Angus fanning must be asleep at the wheel again, it's only matter of time
before my fish and chip wrapper is no more!

Cianos

They best hope /b/ doesn't hear about this!

ibarelycare

Cianos wrote: »

They best hope /b/ doesn't hear about this!

I'd so post it up there if that place didn't scare the bejaysus out of me.

Oranage2

God this is terrible - the only thing i can think of to help this poor girl is to now shop at Déjà Vu 'gently worn' boutique in Ranelagh (opposite the Luas station). Its what Rory would have wanted.

markesmith

Shocking article, but we all know the Sindo's a rag.

Zebra3

Gene Kerrigan's articles are the only reason I visit that website.

mikemac

What are "gently worn" clothes?

Dennis the Stone

Cianos wrote: »

They best hope /b/ doesn't hear about this!

http://i.imgur.com/YonPs.jpg

ibarelycare

mikemac wrote: »

What are "gently worn" clothes?

Basically it's a posh St Vincent de Paul shop. Without the charity.

Android 666

markesmith wrote: »

Shocking article, but we all know the Sindo's a rag.

'We all know it's a rag and but to exploit the death of a 15 year old boy to help sell second hand clothes is absolutely insane!' said Andriod, wearing a red jumper and brown jeans from Dunnes Stores, opposite the roundabout.

Luxie

Dudess wrote: »

Amazed the number isn't already changed...

Lots of awareness is being created of the shop though, in fairness - even if plenty are disgusted and will boycott it, plenty won't...

Particularly Sindo readers who lived the high life during the boom and miss their designer fix......

Ash.J.Williams

Dennis the Stone wrote: »

http://i.imgur.com/YonPs.jpg

what's this?