METRO Tuesday, October 20, 2009 D Upload your photos at www.metrophotochallenge.com/ie LET THE WORLD SEE THROUGH YOUR EYES sponsored by WIN A TRIP TO ANY METRO CITY WORLDWIDE! CLOSING DATE EXTENDED TO THIS THURSDAY Imagine your photography being seen by millions of Metro readers worldwide! Due to huge participation levels, the closing date for entries has been extended until Thursday 22nd October. There have already been are over 85,000 photos submitted globally to date, with almost 4,000 entered in Ireland alone. For your chance to see your work in print around the globe and win one of 3 trips for two to a Metro city of your choice simply submit your photographs by this Thursday. No entry fee required. Go to www.metrophotochallenge.com/ie for more details. Now let your imagination run wild! METRODigest Skydiver dies in jump tragedy A BOOK of condolences has been opened online for the Kildare skydriver who died after his parachute failed to open doing a group jump in Canada last week. Edward Good, 38, an experienced skydiver and originally from the Curragh plunged to his death in Quebecs Lanaudiere Region when his parachute did not open. He was with a group of eight skydivers who jumped from a small plane at a height of 13,500ft just outside Montreal. He managed to deploy his reserve parachute to soften his landing, but died on impact. Man admits to free hotel fraud A MAN pretended he worked for a recruitment company to get free luxury hotel rooms and a chauffeur driven car. Daniel Duffy, 27, pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial to falsely representing Rigney Dolphin Ltd to induce someone to book hotel rooms in the Burlington and Jurys Tower Hotels in 2006. At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday, Duffy, of Manulla, Castlebar, Co Mayo, also admitted to pretending to be from the company to obtain a chauffeur- driven car. Judge Patrica Ryan adjourned sentencing. MORE than 10,000 people turned up to watch a motocross race only for it to be cancelled as the firm providing medical cover got the wrong week. 300 riders were about to start racing on Weymouth beach in Dorset, England, when organisers had to cancel after they realised there were no rescue teams on scene in the event of an accident, as required by law. UP TO 6,000 Ulster Bank staff face a ten per cent pay cut unless they sign an inferior new contract, a union claimed last night. The fresh deal would reduce the value of their pensions and worsen terms and conditions, The Irish Bank Officials Association (IBOA) added. It has voted to resume talks on pay and pensions. Ulster Bank said it will not be re-entering the mediation process but would talk to employees directly. IBOA general secretary Larry Broderick said staff had been warned by management that up to ten per cent of their pay is to be withheld unless they agree to the new contract. 6,000 bank staff face 10% pay cut MORE than 30 jobs are to be created at an internet services company. Cork firm Newsweaver plans to pump 700,000 into research and development as part of a major expansion plan. The firm, based in Bandon, Co Cork, provides e-mail newsletter software and counts the UN, Shell, AIB and Bupa among its clients. Junior minister for trade Billy Kelleher said the 33 high value jobs are a great boost, adding: Over the next ten years, services will be the key driver of Irelands economic success and job creation. 30 new jobs for Cork internet firm A FORMER member of Hitlers Africa Korps who kept the buses running in Belfast during the height of the troubles died in Scotland yesterday, aged 85. Werner Heubeck (pictured) took over Ulsterbus in 1967 and became famous for carrying bombs off buses in his determination to keep them running. His exploits earned him an OBE and a CBE. Mr Heubeck was born in Nuremberg in 1923 and was conscripted into the German forces in 1942. Troubles bus hero dies Nadia Forde and Paddy Drac take a journey back to Victorian Dublin onboard the vintage Fright Night Bus. With visits to the citys cemeteries and scary stories its said to be the ultimate Halloween trip New Trust in memory of murdered ShaneBy colm kelpie A CHARITY encouraging young people to turn away from crime has been launched in memory of a rugby player murdered in a case of mistaken identity. Shane Geoghegan, 28, was shot close to his Limerick home by gang- sters who mistook him for a drug- dealing rival they were sent to kill. The trust, unveiled by Sunderland Football Club chief Niall Quinn, aims to develop a range of sports and other activities for children as an alterna- tive to anti-social behaviour. Mr Geoghegans mother, Mary, said the family had been fighting to ensure her son was remembered as someone committed to his community. We, his family, want Shane Ge- oghegan to be remembered for his life and the way he lived it, she said. He was a contributor. He made Sunderland will play in a charity game in the city next season to help raise funds for the scheme. From the day we lost Shane, weve been fighting for his memory, Mrs Geoghegan said. Fighting for his memory because of the danger that he may be remem- bered only by the manner of his dy- ing. That would be another tragedy. Mr Geoghegan was gunned down in the early hours of November 9 last. He was returning home from watch- ing an Ireland rugby game at a friends house in the Kilteragh estate, Doora- doyle, just after 1.30am, when his killers struck. His murder caused widespread shock and a major crackdown on criminal gangs in the city. The trust will run a range of projects including Street Games, which aims to develop sport in disadvantaged communities. Donations can be made to Bank of Ireland account number 904317 38377911 or go to the Shane Geoghe- gan Trust website, sgt3.com. on the team: Niall Quinn launching the trust yesterday other peoples lives better. His name should continue to remind people of that wonderful quality, and thats the reason for this trust. Shane in his Garryowen strip index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html