10 METRO Thursday, October 1, 2009 D To celebrate the release of Couples Retreat, Universal Pictures International Ireland and Metro are offering you the chance to attend an exclusive screening of the film, with leading man Vince Vaughn in attendance. Based on an original idea of Vaughns, the comedy follows four Midwestern couples who embark on a journey to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the other three set out to jet ski, spa and enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon discover that participation in the resorts couples therapy is not optional. Suddenly, their group-rate vacation comes at a price. You can attend the premiere on Friday 16th October at The Savoy Cinema, OConnell Street, D1. AT AN EXCLUSIVE SCREENING INTRODUCED BY VINCE VAUGHN! Terms & Conditions: The competition closes at Midnight Friday 2nd October and the winners will be chosen at random from the entries received. Entrants must be over 18 years old. Usual Metro rules apply. The Editors decision is final. SP. Oxygen8, Hospitality House, Cumberland Street South, D2. Customer Service number 0818286606 metrocompetition Text COUPLE, followed by your answer A, B or C and your name to 53133 (texts cost 60c + standard network charge) or email your answer, your name and contact details to ireland.comps@metroireland.ie For your chance to win a pair of tickets (30 pairs to be won), just answer this simple question: Who is the retreat for? A. Cowboys B. Clowns C. Couples SEE IT FIRST, AND FOR FREE IN CINEMAS OCTOBER 16 Losers and Lisbon Dublin: Maybe not so fair city I took a group of Swiss students on a walking tour in Dublin this week, from the GPO to the Famine Monument via the Abbey Theatre and the Customs House. Three times in the space of an hour I was harassed or threatened by drinkers/druggies. During the whole tour I did not see one garda pass by. Is this quarter of the city now effectively abandoned to our ever- growing tribe of neer-do-wells? I doubt if too many of my 25 teachers and students will be rushing to book their next flight here. Gerry the Tour Guide, by e-mail Michael OLeary used Iceland as an example of a country that is begging to join the EU so that it can enjoy its so-called benefits. Well were in the EU but what protection has that brought the tens of thousands of people whove lost their jobs or are in serious negative equity? The country he should have compared us to is Norway they have the same population as us, and the same fishing, gas and oil reserves. But instead of being in a heavy recession their economy is booming. Thats because they manage these resources themselves whereas we have given all ours to the EU and Shell etc. Every year the Norwegian parliament consider EU membership and every year they look to Ireland and the decimation of our fishing industry (and the total loss of 200billion to our economy since 1973). The Lisbon Treaty will destroy any chance we have of getting our resources back which is the only way we can recover from recession. Tiarnan Lee, Dublin Some papers carried an ad by Ryanair insisting that only losers say Dublins best-read letters page Metro Mail E-mail letters to mail@metroireland.ie with a name. Or text us. Text MAIL followed by comment and name to 53131. *Texts cost 30cent per message + standard network charges. SP. Oxygen8 Communications, Hospitality House, Cumberland Street South, D2. Customer service number 0818286606 talk to us Dart dossers: To all the lazy-ass schoolboys who sit on the floor of the Dart in the mornings do your legs not work? Do you really expect everyone else to bunch up so that you can stretch out in comfort? Gavin, by e-mail Mind readers: JB, what is going on with bus passengers? Eight out of ten never have their fare ready. They dont read information on bus stops or press the bell to request stops, expecting the driver to read their mind. They then look angry when you pass their stop. Darren, Rush No to Eurovision: Are the Yes campaigners trying to tell us that if the Treaty isnt ratified, we will not be allowed to enter the Eurovision? Aside from being untrue, politically irrelevant and idiotic, it is also the kind of statement that is likely to recruit more No voters! L, Dublin Hangover: I see Guinness still hasnt pulled those ads asking us to raise a glass for Arthurs Day on September 24, even though it happened a week ago. Is this the very definition of an advertising hangover? Hondo aLean, by e-mailaLean, by e-mail In Brief No to Lisbon, with pictures of Mary Lou McDonald, Patricia McKenna, Declan Ganley and Joe Higgins, who, the ad said, were either Dil or Euro election losers. However, Ryanair chose to ignore that in the recent European Parliament election, Mr Higgins won a seat as an MEP. So thats one winner who wants a No vote. The fact that Ryanair has spent the last three years trying to take over Aer Lingus, and might fall foul of European competition law, would have nothing to do with the new- found Europhilia of the low-wage airline, would it? r Cranky, Dublin 7 So Infact claim that 80million is lost to pirate DVDs every year? Id love to know how they came up with this figure. I doubt all the under sevens and over 65s are buying up pirate copies rather than originals so that means they believe the rest of us are spending more than 20 each on copies over originals. Am I the only one not buying my share of blackmarket DVDs? Septial D, by e-mail Sendusyour txt J, you dont have to trust the Government over Lisbon. Trust the impartial Referendum Commission. They have the facts so read them. We all know the Government are incompetent clowns who cant be trusted. You dont have to point out the obvious. ark So by voting No in Lisbon 1 we secured a number of guarantees. We should vote No again, just to see what else we can get think Ill have a PS3. Neil, Dublin Ask yourself why Michael OLeary has spent over 500,000 in a aggressive pursuit of a Yes vote. Is it to enhance and protect workers rights? Methinks not. Sen Irish politicians are paid to represent Irelands interests in Europe not Europes interests in Ireland. A No to Lisbon is a Yes to democracy. Ciaran, Dublin 8 Thanks for telling the gossip on X Factor! We are huge fans of it and of your Guilty Pleasures. 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