D Wednesday, September 16, 2009 METRO Offer ends 30/09/09 or while stocks last for new customers who port to O2 and avail of the O2 Clear 350 price plan on an 18 month contract. Free Extra ceases when contract term is complete. Price Plan & Free Extra allowances exclude roaming. Free unlimited weekends and evenings run from 6pm Friday to 8am Monday and 6pm to 8am Monday to Friday. Free Extra ceases when contract term is complete. Subject to status, fair usage and direct debit. Prices correct as at 01/09/09. See o2.ie for terms. Offer ends 30/09/09 or while stocks last for new customers who port to O2 and avail of the O2 Clear 350 price plan on an 18 month contract. Free Extra ceases when contract term is complete. Price Plan & Free Extra allowances exclude roaming. Free unlimited weekends and evenings run from 6pm Friday to 8am Monday and 6pm to 8am Monday to Friday. Free Extra ceases when contract term is complete. Subject to status, Visit an O2 outlet or o2.ie Move to get more Unlimited calls or Unlimited texts. Get this phone, 350 mins + 150 texts and choose any unlimited free extra, all to any network. For just 50 a month. Guinness girl: I was only tipsy A student waits to start a university entrance examination in Seville, Spain,yesterday.Studentstheremustpasstheexamaftercompleting secondary school to gain access to university Picture: Reuters a waItInG Game EURO MYTH 1: The EU is to ban energy-guzzling plasma TVs as part of an initiative to combat global warming. No, two measures are to be introduced to help reduce CO2 emissions: minimum standards for the energy efficiency of televisions, including plasma TVs; and a TV energy-labelling scheme using the A-G classes which are used for washing machines and fridges. Only new and emerging technology is being targeted, so current TVs are safe. EUmatters EURO MYTH 2: Plans to ban turfcutting. No, the EU is not banning or even targeting it. Under its conservation legislation, it is protecting a very small number of sites which it considers of special scientific interest. Ireland has 850,000 hectares of bogland on which there is winnable turf. A very small amount of this (four per cent, or 35,000 hectares) is of sufficient scientific interest to be preserved under the Habitats Directive. EURO MYTH 3: Cakes and scones entered at country fairs cannot be eaten, and must be destroyed afterwards. No, EU food hygiene legislation apply to food businesses and not fairs where food is prepared occasionally. The Scottish Womens Rural Institutes, from which the rumour originated, confirmed it recommended that cakes containing fresh cream, eggs or butter is disposed of at the end of the show, to avoid any outbreak of food poisoning. I was not fondled on flight: Clare Irby denies being drunk A SOCIALITE accused of being so drunk she was on the verge of being dangerous did not let a stranger touch her breasts on a plane, a court heard. Clare Irby, a descendant of the Guinness brewing family, also insist- ed she was not drunk, did not say she was relaxed from taking opium, and did not strip to her knickers revealing a black G-string as she changed from a yellow skirt into black leggings, as the court had previously heard. The mother drank maybe four or five glasses of red wine on a flight from India to Londons Heathrow air- port, but was only tipsy, she told jurors. There were moments when she did not behave like a young lady, she admitted, but was still ful- ly functioning with all my faculties. The 30-year-old also denied know- ing passenger Daniel Melia, 36, who sat behind her with his girlfriend. Asked if he fondled her breasts, she said: I can assure you no-one touched my bloody breasts. This is something I would remember. Irby also changed her sons nappy and threw the dirty one on to the empty seat behind her. After being told what she was ac- cused of, Irby said: It sounds like Im hearing about a stranger. I cant re- member it happening. She told the jury of eight men and four women that she was wearing black briefs, not a G-string, and only removed her skirt once she had her leggings on underneath. But she ad- mitted talking loudly on the flight, saying her two-year-old son doesnt listen to me if I whisper. She also blamed her child for her repeatedly pressing the attendant call button, saying she needed soft drinks for him because he was drinking an inordinate amount of liquids. Irby, of Fulham, west London, is the daughter of Paul Aschan, a scion of the Guinness dynasty. The Isleworth Crown Court trial continues. by JO STEELE index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html