D Wednesday, September 30, 2009 METRO IRELANDS recession will end at the beginning of next year, economists have predicted. Davy Stockbrokers latest forecast has claimed the economic decline will finally halt within months, after more than a year. The country will return to growth in the first quarter of 2010, with about 0.5 per cent growth for the whole of 2010, compared with previous fore- casts of a three per cent contraction. Davy economist Rossa White also predicted the economy would continue to grow by four per cent in 2011. The outlook is based on a broad range of indicators, including survey data, retail sales, tax receipts and in- dustrial production. It predicts that consumer spending may increase by 1.5 per cent as real incomes stabilise and precautionary BY ROSS McDONAGH Economists and bookies: Recession end is in sight Great to see things could be looking up saving eases, and that export growth is will benefit from global recovery. However, the unemployment rate is expected to peak below 14 per cent in the third quarter of next year, six to nine months behind the bottom-most point in the economy. Separately, the ESRI said that recov- ery is possible by 2011 or 2012. Its economist John Fitzgerald said that if the Government does what needs to be done in the Budget and reduces costs to make Ireland more competitive, re- covery is possible. Bookmakers Paddy Power are offer- ing just 13/8 that the first quarter of 2010 will record growth and claiming punters are optimistic, with almost all bets on the recession ending in either the first or second quarters of 2010. After so much doom and gloom its great to see things could be looking up, spokeswoman Sharon McHugh said. Extradition: Roman Polanskis lawyers lodged appeal LAWYERS for Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski yesterday lodged an appeal with a Swiss court against his arrest on a US extradition warrant to face sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. The Swiss Federal Penal Court said it would make a decision on the appeal within the next few weeks. Polanski, 76, who has dual French and Polish citizenship, was arrested on Saturday in Switzerland, where the Chinatown director was set to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival. The complex extradition process could take years if Polanski challenges it, US judicial sources said. Polanski appeal will take weeks Life story: Sarah Palins book to have a print run of 1.5million SARAH PALIN, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced. As such, the release date of Going Rogue: An American Life has been moved up from the spring to November. 17. Jonathan Burnham, of publisher Harper, said: Its her words, her life, and its all there in full and fascinating detail. Ms Palins book will be 400 pages, and 1.5million copies have been commissioned for the first print run. Interest in Ms Palin, 45, is so high that a fan paid $63,500 (43,600) to have dinner with her, part of a charity auction. Palin finishes her book in 4 months TODAYS TOP SHOT: Lost World by Wojciech Palak Metro readers from around the globe are invited to take part in one of the worlds largest photo competitions. This year the themes are: People, Places and Climate Change. For your chance to see your work in print around the world and win one of three trips for two to a Metro city of your choice, simply submit your photographs by Sunday October 18. Upload your photos now at www.metrophotochallenge.com/ie METRO Photo challenge Leslie Buckley Interviewed live at NCI by Newstalks Eamon Keane Wednesday 30th September National College of Ireland Presents 1.00 - 2.00pm Register at www.ncirl.ie National College of Ireland, Mayor Street, IFSC, Dublin 1 index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html