D Tuesday, September 29, 2009 METRO A rare white tiger splashes about in a pond during feeding time. Photographer Birte Person, caught the image at Singapore Zoo feed me focus shifts can cause sight loss CAN a magician really make things disappear? We lose our sight for a few milliseconds when our eyes make tiny shifts in focus, scientists have revealed. It is too short for us to notice but long enough to miss changes around us. In tests at Edinburgh University for BBC1s Bang Goes The Theory, people looking at photos failed to detect objects becoming bigger. Working mother = unhealthy child MOTHERS who work raise unhealthier children than those who stay at home, a study has found. Research on 12,000 children by the Institute of Child Health in London found that those whose mothers are employed are more likely to have unhealthy lifestyles, being driven to school, snacking and eating too few portions of fruits and vegetables. Molloy deal row builds THE Tnaiste has defended the golden handshake given to ex-Fs boss Rody Molloy. Mary Coughlan said the 1million payoff for Mr Molloys resignation last November was agreed under the legislation which set up the agency. But Labour TD Risn Shortall said she has looked into the matter and cannot find any legislation that gives a minister the right to spend an additional 1million on an individuals pension, and Communications Minister Eamon Ryan said he will be seeking further details about the pay-off. Petrol bomb is thrown at department of financeBy Con doherty Fire: A garda on scene THE Department of Finance has been tar- geted in a petrol bomb attack by a lone assailant, garda confirmed yesterday. A device was thrown through an office window on Merrion Street in central Dub- lin by a man late on Sunday night. It is understood a garda on duty in the area spotted the small fire and alerted the Fire Brigade. No-one was injured in the attack on the ground floor office, but a small amount of damage was caused to the building. A Garda spokesman said a lone male is thought to have carried out the attack after walking towards Merrion Street from the Baggotrath Lane direction at 10.50pm on Sunday. The man was wearing a dark coloured woolly hat and his face was covered by a scarf, he said. He wore a black fleece top that zipped up at the front with a white logo on it. The T-shirt he had on underneath was light in colour. He also wore dark blue jeans. Officers at Pearse Street have appealed for anyone who was in the area between 10.15pm and 11.15pm and who may have witnessed the incident or the suspect to come forward. We are also appealing to any taxi driv- ers who were working the area and who may have picked up, or dropped off, a fare matching the above description to contact us, the spokesman added. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html