How’s this for “paddywhackery” in the Belfast Telegraph ? Plea for Paddy’s Day holiday. Ghastly – forced “craic” and a girl in a shamrock bikini. Those interested in voting ? One small point.Follow the link to vote yes or no www.irwinsbakery.com/stpatricksdayoff
and to validate the vote one ends up having to supply one’s name and address to a bakery.
This is classified as “News”.
I call it sexist exploitative advertising.
And although I’m not terribly religious I think our national Saint deserves better treatment than a naff article featuring a scantily clad woman in a paper providing back-door advertising for a ‘celebrity chef’ and a bakery .
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