METRO Monday, October 12, 2009 D The Sales Clinic This course has been specially designed for SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) owner managers, sole traders and freelancers/specialists and aims to provide a system that will generate revenue using the strengths of your staff and business. The course will take place over six half-day workshops and one-to-one sales coaching sessions. The workshops will cover the following areas: For further information please contact: Caroline Lang or Richard Bohan IRISH TIMES TRAINING T: 01 472 7101 E. gencourses@irishtimes.com METRODigest Two charged in Wexford death TWO men have been charged with the murder of a woman whose body was found in a burnt out car on the outskirts of Wexford town on Friday. Ricardas Dilys, 27, with an address at Davitt Road South in Wexford town, and Ruslanas Mineikis, 25, also with an address in Wexford town, were brought before a special sitting of Wexford district court this evening. Both men, who are originally from Lithuania, have been remanded in custody. The body of 30-year-old Rebecca French was discovered in the boot of the car in Ballindinas on Friday evening. Garda appeal for assault info GARDA in Clontarf are seeking information about a serious assault which took place in Fairview on Saturday night. The incident in which a 22-year-old man was seriously hurt took place opposite Marino Mart at approximately 3.30am. He was taken to Beaumont Hospital where he is being treated for his injuries. Anyone who may have witnessed this incident or has any information is asked to contact Clontarf Garda Station on (01) 666 4800, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station. A TRiAL DivORCe company says business is booming because the deals it offers are cheaper than the real thing and encourage couples to stay together. The Shanghai Separation Company in China sets up husbands and wives in different homes with visiting rights. After a few months, they decide life alone isnt so much fun, said consultant Shi Mingli. TWO people on board a 40-ft wooden trawler made it safely to shore following a coastal search in Cork. The trawler, which had been converted into a pleasure craft, got into difficulty after it left Cork Harbour en route to Baltimore. The alarm was raised at 12.30pm yesterday. The vessel was taking in water and the engine was in difficulty. A number of coastguard, lifeboat and helicopter rescue units were involved in the search. Contact was finally made by mobile with the skipper of the trawler, and both he and his companion made it ashore safely near Garretstown in Kinsale at 1.15pm. Trawler crew safe following search ARTHRiTiS ireland is to host a free public lecture in Dublin tomorrow evening as part of a series of events. The lecture will be held in the Regency Hotel, Swords Road at 8pm. Prof Geraldine McCarthy, consultant rheumatologist at Dublins Mater Hospital, will be the guest speaker, addressing different aspects of the condition. Arthritis group to host free lecture THe Revised Programme for Government has been criticised by Labour leader eamon Gilmore as a hotchpotch of items which offers a few minor concessions to the Green Party. Mr Gilmore (pictured) claimed that things crucial to the Greens two weeks ago, such as a single-tier health system, were abandoned. While he welcomed the commitment to recruit an extra 500 teachers, he said it fell short of the reversal of education cuts the Greens had sought. Gilmore attacks Greens Teenage stilt walkers called for people to stand tall against budget cuts to youth services outside the Dil yesterday morning as part of the Dublin Focus On Youth Campaign; a coalition of nearly 70 youth services that receive funding from the youth service board Picture: Marc OSullivan wife and three civil servants, accrued a bill of 70,000. Meanwhile, a single nights stay at the Dorchester Hotel in London for then-taoiseach Bertie Ahern cost the taxpayer 2,400, while another one- night stay in Brussels cost 3,000. It has also emerged that Mary Hanafin, who was Minister for Edu- cation at the time, was part of a trade mission to India which billed 28,704 to the Irish taxpayer. Then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and then-Minister for Tourism John ODonoghue were also on the trip. Defending the trip, Minister Hanafin said that there were 200 business peo- ple on the trade mission, including 50 education leaders, and that it did pro- vide value for money for the business and education sectors. Meanwhile, Green Party leader John Gormley made use of the notorious airport transfers, which saw a car dispatched from central London to pick him up at one terminal in Heath- row airport to drop him off at another. And an environmentally friendly ef- fort which saw the Minister and his family take a ferry to Holyhead back- fired, after it emerged a chauffeur- driven car drove five hours from Lon- don to collect him, at a cost of 2,200 for the two day hire. Speaking on RT radio yesterday, Mr Gormley said he didnt realise the cost, and that there was no defence for the sums involved. He said the airport transfer was booked by the embassy, and he be- lieves that every minister stopping off in London is afforded this treatment. Meanwhile, former Progressive Democrat TD Tom Parlon claimed more than 295,000 in expenses dur- ing his four and a half year stint as Junior Minister at the Office of Public Works. More hefty expenses by ministers revealedby joanne ahern THE days of reckless and unneces- sary spending by Government minis- ters is over, Social Welfare Minister Mary Hanafin said yesterday. She was speaking after it emerged Health Minister Mary Harney spent 735,000 using the government jet over a period of two and a half years. The latest expenses figures were furnished to the Sunday Tribune un- der the Freedom of Information Act. They show that the former Tnaiste used the jet 12 times between Febru- ary 2006 and September 2008, and also spent 65,000 on hotels and lim- ousine hire during this time. In February 2006, the Dublin Mid- West deputy was accompanied by her husband and six civil servants on an official visit to Arizona. Car hire dur- ing the trip cost 10,208, while ac- commodation cost 2,285. hey big spender: Mary harney TD Transport Minister Noel Dempseys expenses are also under the spotlight. In a St Patricks Day trip to the US in 2007, Mr Dempsey, along with his The claims Mary Harney 735,000 for the Government jet over three years 65,000 for hotel and limousine hire Noel Dempsey 70,000 for a St Patricks Day trip to the US, including 20,000 for limousines and luxury travel John Gormley 2,200 for a two-day chauffeur service in the UK. He has also admitted using limos for transferring between terminals at Londons Heathrow Airport Bertie Ahern 2,400 for one night at Londons Dorchester Hotel 28,704 to attend a lavish Indian banquet at the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai 40 for pay-per-view movies Tom Parlon 295,000 over four years, with claims of five times more than his successors as junior minister at the Office of Public Works Source: Sunday Tribune New appeal for safe return of little Aisling A WEEK on from the disappearance of New Zealand toddler Aisling Symes, the man leading the hunt has made a personal appeal to whoever might have taken her. Inspector Gary Davey urged the person responsible to either contact him or drop the two-year-old at a hospital. Whoever you are, you might be scared or intimidated by police activity over the past week. Dont be call me. We just want to know where Aisling is, he said. The last person to see Aisling was a nine-year-old child who reported seeing an Asian woman with a dog approach the toddler near her late grandparents home just after 5pm last Monday. The woman is described as being in her mid-30s, about 165cm tall, with long black hair. At least 60 police officers are working on the case. Missing: Toddler aisling Symes index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html