METRO Friday, October 9, 2009 D For information contact; Conference & Banqueting T: 01 6073900 E: info@ocallaghanhotels.com Subject to availability. Conditions apply. Celebrity DJ Papillon @ The OCallaghan Alexander Hotel Halleluia Gospel Choir @ The OCallaghan Davenport Hotel Traditional Christmas @ The OCallaghan Mont Clare Hotel www.ocallaghanhotels.com This Christmas theres a party for everyone at OCallaghan Hotels METRODigest PARENTS in London can now spy on their childs lunch, thanks to a new computer system. Children at St Johns School in northwest London use a photo ID card when they buy their lunch. A list of chosen meals, including dessert, is sent to a website, which parents can check. Rejecting that it was a case of big brother, local councillor Anjana Patel said: Its important that parents see what their children are eating so they can make better nutritional choices. AN ADDICT who raided a pharmacy to get drugs to help him escape from the fact that his mother was dying has been given a suspended sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt. Christopher McCarthy, 28, of Bannow Road, Cabra West, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbery at a Sandyford pharmacy on February 25, 2008. The court heard that the 138 worth of drugs taken in the raid and the 300 in cash were recovered from under a fence. McCarthy had one previous conviction. His mother has since died. Man robbed to escape mother dying SIXTY per cent of Irish children and teens dont eat eggs, a survey has found. Research by the UCD Institute of Food and Health found that consumption of eggs in Ireland is low compared to other countries. Out of a recommended seven eggs per week, Irish people only eat between three and four. Today is World Egg Day and Bord Bia is calling on consumers to get ideas for scrambling, poaching, frying and boiling on www.eggs.ie. Irish need more egging on A STATE body set up to boost tourism has criticised the Governments air travel tax. The Tourism Renewal Group has called for the 10 levy on departing passengers to be scrapped, saying any benefits were outweighed by the damage to tourism earnings. Tourism spokeswoman Olivia Mitchell said Arts Minister Martin Cullen (pictured), who set up the tourism group, needed to take his head out of the sand on the issue. 10 air tax damages tourism A CROSS-border hunt was under way yesterday after more than 30 cattle with TB were taken by rustlers in south Armagh while being collected for slaughter by vets from the Department of Agriculture. Seventeen infected cattle were taken from a field in Keady and a further 16, which had already been loaded into a trailer on the Castleblaney Road, were taken, the Norths Department of Agriculture said. The theft was condemned by Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew who said it put the entire local industry at risk. TB-infected cattle stolen in Armagh Kissing country cousins: Louths Erin McGreehan and Donegals Seamus Long help launch the Original Culchie Festival in Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, which takes place over the October Bank Holiday weekend. Picture: Arthur Carron Expenses furore is a distractionBy COLM KELPIE OVERHAULING the expenses regime for TDs and senators wont help solve the financial crisis, finance minister Brian Lenihan said yesterday. As the controversy over former Ceann Comhairle John ODonoghues lavish spending rumbled on, the minister said people needed to focus on the real issues facing the economy. This country faces a very serious fiscal crisis, Mr Lenihan said. The abolition of Oireachtas expenses wouldnt solve that in any degree. We need to focus on the real issues facing the country. The Finance Minister said Oireachtas expenses were an important issue and signalled he would make the process more open. That will be done and it will be done in a short timeframe, Mr Lenihan said. In the Dil, the Labour Party called for urgent action to overhaul the expenses regime, claiming it was affect- ing all members of the Oireachtas. Lets have action on this, said Risn Shortall. Were all being tarnished. Tnaiste Mary Coughlan said there would be no delay and pledged the Government would bring forward re- form. Mr Lenihan denounced the forced resignation of Mr ODonoghue as a bad day for Irish politics. Tanya Alferez shows how a Lidl fruit raised 100,000 for the Irish Heart Foundation. Lidl donated 10 per cent of the total spent on fruit and veg in one week to the charity. Picture: Photocall fruitful vEnturE... Q: Which Luas line takes you to Movies@Dundrum? A. Red Line B. Green Line C. Purple Line metrocompetition Luas & Movies@ Dundrum have teamed up to give Metro readers a chance of winning Luas tickets and Monthly cinema passes. 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