D Tuesday, November 3, 2009 METRO Lisa Lambe plays Nora in the Second Age production of A Dolls House at the Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork until Friday and at the Helix Theatre in Dublin from November 10-27 All dolled up Ryanairs losses blamed on fares RYANAIR yesterday admitted falling fuel costs had boosted profits but cut- price fares would result in losses for the rest of the year. The firm said pre-tax profits were 419.4million in the six months to September 30, but warned that prices would fall 20 per cent over the rest of the year, resulting in losses for the last two quarters. A FORMER bank manager has been charged with a 7million fraud and criminal money laundering operation. Peter Creegan, 43, from Tullydonnell Road, Silverbridge, Co Armagh, was accused of defrauding First Trust Bank part of AIB along with an employee of another bank after their arrest in a cross-border operation. Ex-banker charged over 7m fraud Ecstasy men discharged THE three men taken to hospital over the weekend after taking liquid ecstasy have all been discharged. The three were admitted to intensive care in Connolly Memorial Hospital in Blanchardstown following a Halloween party at Annaly Court, Ongar, West Dublin. A total of 11 people were treated in hospital. The illegal drug, also known as GHB, is a potentially lethal sedative, especially when mixed with alcohol. A Garda spokesman said no arrests have been made but investigations are ongoing. 20-strong work syndicate scoops 8.5million lottoBY ROSS McDONAGHA 20-STRONG syndicate was the winner of the Halloween rollover Lotto jackpot. The group from KennCo Underwriting matched six numbers in Saturdays draw to claim the 8,533,395 prize exactly 426,669.75 each. According to KennCo managing director John Kennedy the 20 ticket which was bought the day before the draw in the Centra store, Grange Road Retail Park, Rathfarnham might never have been. Olive Tully is the main organiser of our Lotto group. However, on Friday last, Olive was out. Fortunately, Ms Tully had handed over her Lotto duties to colleague Clare Foye. Weve been running the Lotto group here for a little over a year and we do it on an ad-hoc basis, so sometimes, staff dont play at all. This was the one draw when everyone, even people who were out of the office, played the game. Arent we all glad we did, said Mr Kennedy. Ms Tully may have been off work, but she was first on the ball after hearing on her car radio the winning ticket had been sold in their local shop. She then called Clare to check it out. Clare real- ised we had the winning numbers and the calls all started Clare called me and asked me if I was sit- ting down in a shocked voice... But she then told me the news which she had to repeat about four times, just for it to sink in. I called Alex Burke, our claims manager and he said he had just told his wife that morning that he thought theyd come into money soon. A bit creepy at Hal- loween but great news nonetheless. Last weeks jackpot had been rolling over since October 10 seven draws, and six rollovers. SCIENTISTS researching the origins of the extinct Falklands Wolf believe they have now cracked the problem as to how the animal reached the islands in the first place. By comparing the DNA from museum specimens with that of living wolves, scientists now believe the wolfs lineage goes back to a time when an ice bridge connected the mainland to the islands. When the last Ice Age ended, the wolf then got cut off as the ice retreated. Zoologists had been searching for the answer ever since the last known Falklands wolf died in 1876. Earlier theories said the animals could have been related to coyotes or foxes. But their common ancestor actually dates back to before the end of the last Ice Age, supporting the theory the wolf arrived on the islands via an ice bridge. Falklands wolf was ice-olated 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