METRO Thursday, October 8, 2009 D At selected Tommy Hilfiger stores and selected stockist nationwide. The first 10 people with the Metro Newspaper into the Tommy Hilfiger store on Grafton Street today between 12.30 pm & 1.30pm will receive one of these exclusive weekend bags free! By SARAH STACK Country split on public pay cuts MORE than half of people surveyed in a new poll disagree that public servants should suffer further pay cuts. The Red C poll commissioned by public sector trade union Impact found that while 58 per cent of the public believe spending cuts are necessary, over half feel public serv- ants should not suffer any more pay cuts. Impact general secretary Peter McLoone said public servants had been unfairly blamed for an economic crisis they did not create. Despite a massive attack on public service pay, public opinion is evenly split on the is- sue, said Mr McLoone. The union has also launched a 450,000 advertising campaign aimed at defending public services. Under the slogan Public Services: Transformation Not Cuts, the 65,000-strong body will take out newspaper and billboard adverts and deliver leaflets to 1million homes. sight for sore flies sniffy cops foil cannabis grower A MAN caught growing cannabis in his flat after Garda investigating a nearby burglary smelled the drugs has been ordered to perform community service. Jordan Harold, 28, with an address in Kenilworth Park, Rathmines, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to cultivating cannabis in June 2007. Judge Katherine Delahunt imposed 240 hours community service to be completed in one year in lieu of a two-year prison term. oBriens handed over to liquidators OBRIENS Sandwich Bars went into liquidation yesterday after a judge declined to set aside its Dublin leases. Founder Brody Sweeney had hoped to sell his business to a group led by Abrakebabra owner Graeme Beere. But the consortium had insisted the OBriens chain transfer ownership of its leases to franchise operators. Mr Beere withdrew his offer on Tuesday after the High Court ruled he couldnt set aside the leases. Renowned photographer Rankin and charity Sightsavers International got together to highlight the 20million women worldwide who are needlessly blind. Trachoma, a disease spread by flies, is one of the biggest causes of blindness in the developing world MENU the Home Digest 4 Guilty Pleasures Celebrity gossip 6 World Digest 10 MetroLife Arts & entertainment 12-13 60 Second Interview Joe Power 14 Letters 10 TV 14-15 Classifieds 17-21 Sport 22-24 Help keep Dublin clean and tidy for everyone by taking your Metro with you and recycling it TODAy: Cold morning clearing to a bright day. Max 12C TOMORROW: Wet, windy, followed by clear spells. Max 12C LOTTO WEDNESDAyS DRAW 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 32 Bonus: 42 Plus 1: 12, 15, 23, 24, 26, 37 Bonus: 35 Plus 2: 5, 12, 21, 25, 30, 41 Bonus: 26 METRO Weather DID YOU KNOW? FULL fat milk and no sugar is how most Irish tea drinkers take their cuppa. A Lyons survey found 41 per cent take sugar and only seven per cent of people take their tea black. Lisbon fast tracked for Czechs THE Lisbon Treaty is being fast- tracked through the Czech courts to bring to an end the uncertainty over its future, Czech prime minister Jan Fischer has said. But eurosceptic Czech president Vaclav Klaus, whose signature is required to complete full ratification of the treaty, says he is awaiting the outcome of a challenge lodged with the constitutional court by a group of senators. However, Mr Fischer, who has little sway over his president, said procedures were being speeded up. After a treaty meeting by video conference with European Commission president Jos Manuel Barroso, Mr Fischer said: The court is working faster. It has asked for expert opinion and everyone is ready to give that advice some time next week. The Czech parliament has already endorsed the treaty and the latest objections are seen as a formality which will be dismissed by the court. But EU leaders are reluctant to implement the treatys terms until the hurdle is cleared. Treaty: Jan Fischer Church may provide extra funds to abused SURVIVORS of institutional abuse may receive increased compensation, senior Catholic clerics have said. Cardinal Sen Brady said a committee would be set up to look at offering further redress to victims, after a group of survivors met bishops at their autumn conference. John Kelly of Survivors Of Child Abuse said: To date the Church has paid absolutely nothing towards redressing the victims of sexual and other abuses. Compensation for abuse is currently being funded by a controversial asset-swap deal that left the State footing a near-1billion bill.Brady: Committee Opposition not banking on Nama bill OPPOSITION parties continue to urge the Government to abandon Nama, quoting Nobel Prize- winning economist Joseph Stiglitz who said it was criminal and that nationalisation of the banks would be better. Had a panel of objective experts given an assessment on the various options, we might have a very different bill, said Labours Liz McManus. Fine Gaels John Bruton said: Theres still an opportunity to ditch Nama. Both were debating the Nama Bill, which came before the Dil again yesterday. Stiglitz: Nationalise banks index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html