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02nd Apr 2015

Ireland’s greatest ever job might be yours, a Cork firm needs a professional beer taster

We have our suspicions but this could be amazing

Paul Moore

We have our suspicions but this could be amazing.

This JOE believes that if something appears to be too good to be true then it’s usually a damned lie that breaks my heart.

I’ve learned the hard way that there’s no such thing as a free meal, Lionel Messi isn’t signing for my League of Ireland club and I’ll probably never marry Jennifer Lawrence.

I live in hope.

These harsh truths might be enough to drive anyone to drink but it seems that you can now ‘label’ all those hours that you spent at the bar as ‘training’ or ‘research’ for this dream job in Cork.

JOE reader Shay Clinch brought this job advertisement to our attention and if it’s true then we expect a minimum of one million applications to be received.

Our gut feeling is that it’s an April Fools Prank, a very elaborate one, but you just never know.

Maybe we’re too cynical and dreams actually can come true.

Take a look.

BeerJob

Being slightly suspicious ( or ravenous beer hounds) we dialled the number expecting to be pranked.

The phone dialled out before we were greeted with a very official and professional sounding voicemail that relayed the above message.

JOE dug a little deeper and discovered that the company and website of ‘potentially the greatest job in Ireland’ seems legitimate.

We’ve a feeling that a fair few Irish people will now be brushing up their CV’s and doing some research, in this case, that means heading down to the pub.

The job advert can be found here and if it’s legitimate then we’ll 100% drink to that.

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