METRO Friday, October 2, 2009 D TODAY: Mostly cloudy, some rain, getting windy. Max 15C TOMORROW: Cool and windy, with some rain. Max 14C METRO Weather BY SARAH STACK Swine flu claims two more lives TWO women have died from the swine flu virus in the last week, health officials con- firmed last night. Both women one from the west and one from the east of the country had underly- ing medical conditions. The first Irish death was at the beginning of August, and a total of four people have now died from the H1N1 virus in Ireland. Dr John Devlin, the Department of Healths deputy chief medical officer, said further deaths may occur. Dr Devlin revealed infection figures had increased slightly to about 3,600 cases of infection a week, but stressed that in most people the symptoms were mild. He said the vast majority of patients do not need to go to a doctor, adding that 28 people with the virus remain in hospital, with ten in intensive care. However, he warned people to seek atten- tion if they deteriorate after three days. Bin your ButtS Fs chief quits, the rest remain THE board of Fs will not step down until Tnaiste Mary Coughlan brings in new reforms at the helm of the State training agency, it was revealed last night. Only chairman Peter McLoone formally announced his immediate resignation, as expected, after a meeting of directors which lasted almost seven hours. Speculation had been mounting of a mass resignation over a series of scandals over wasteful spending of taxpayers money running into millions of euro at the employment agency. But in a statement, the directors ruled out any more resignations ahead of Ms Coughlans plans to bring in a new board to replace the team that has presided over recent controversy. The remaining board members confirmed their intention to stand down as part of an orderly transition to the new board, it said. Cigarette butts make up about half of the litter on Dublin city streets, and Butts Are Rubbish Bin Them is the message in a new Dublin City Council litter initiative, launched yesterday by Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello Best places for the black stuff THE Long Hall on Georges Street and Mulligans on Poolbeg Street have tied for the best pint of Guinness in Dublin, according to review site WhoseView.ie. The Gravediggers in Glasnevin, Kehoes on St Anne Street and the Stags Head on Dame Court rounded off the top five, as voted for by site members, Irish bloggers and users of Twitter. MENU tHE Home Digest 4 Guilty Pleasures Celebrity gossip 6 World Digest 10 MetroLife Arts & entertainment 12-13 TV 14-15 60 Second Interview Dita Von Teese 14 Letters 17 Classifieds 18-20 Sport 21-24 Help keep Dublin clean and tidy for everyone by taking your Metro with you and recycling it tragic climber is honouredA MOUNTAINEER who died hours after scaling one of the worlds highest peaks was honoured yesterday with an awards scheme in his memory. In August last year, Gerard McDonnell from Kilcornan, Co Limerick, was the first Irish man to reach the summit of K2. The 37-year-old vanished shortly afterwards, when his route down the mountain considered the most dangerous in the world was hit by an avalanche at 8,000 metres. Despite extensive rescue efforts, the engineers body has never been recovered. The prize aims to recognise the sporting achievements of local athletes and volunteers. Mr McDonnells brother JJ said his family was deeply moved by the creation of the award. It is humbling that Gerard has been honoured in this manner by his own county, a county he was so proud of, he said. Applications for the Contribution To Sport award are available online at www.cllsp.ie. The closing date for applications is November 20. Hero: McDonnell Court order is served via Twitter A COURT has showed it was in step with the times when it granted an order which allowed service of an injunction via Twitter. Solicitors Griffin Law dubbed it Blaneys Blarney Order after the subject matter a blog called Blaneys Blarney (donalblaney.com). It requires an unknown Twitter user anonymously posting under the same name, and thus breaching the copyright and intellectual property of the blogs owner, to stop posting and identify themselves. The firm said that the order, obtained at a hearing at Londons High Court, was the first ever to be served via Twitter and signalled an end to anonymous breaches of the law on Twitter or any other website. Donal Blaney, the victim of the impersonation and the principal of Griffin Law, said: The scales of justice have been tilted in favour of innocent victims today. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html