METRO FREE Wednesday, November 4, 2009 HELP METRO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER TODAY INSIDE TODAY See Page 14 Comedian Jimmy Carr talks to Metro in our 60Second interview See Page 15 We have 2,000 pairs of tickets for 7UPs Christmas On Ice... PLUS they are maintaining a very archaic tradition of saying that this is men only. I think that most people in Ire- land would consider it a practice and a tradition that sits more in the 19th cen- tury than it does in the 21st century. While women cant become full members, they are allowed to play the exclusive course and pay green fees. Three of five judges who heard the case dismissed the challenge. Outside the court, Joanna McMinn, of the Equality and Rights Alliance, called for equality legislation to be changed and updated. She said the result was a bad day for equality and a bad day for women. The action, which centred on a sec- tion of the Equal Status Act, was aimed at overturning a High Court ruling made three years ago which backed the clubs regulations. But during the Supreme Court hear- ing in December a barrister for Port- marnock argued that, while the activity of the club was golf, its purpose was to cater for men only and on this basis it refused membership to women. Singer dies in crashDublin singer beverley OSullivan has been killed in a car crash in india. The 28-year-old, a former member of the band Fifth Avenue, was on holiday with her boyfriend, Stephen Reeves, 32, at the time of the accident on the road between Agra and Jaipur in the bharatpur area of north-west india. They had flown to the country for six weeks and had hired a car and a driver for the first four days of their trip. A PRESTIgIOuS golf club was last night accused of enforcing 19th cen- tury rules after it won a legal bid re- fusing women full membership. The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge by equality chiefs and ruled Portmarnock golf Club in north Co Dublin was a gentlemens club where golf was played. Equality rights campaigners claimed it was a bad day for women while the 50,000-strong Irish Ladies golf un- ion branded the practice outdated. Sinad Heraty, chief executive, said: Im surprised in this day and age that BY SARAH STACK Golf club wins fight to remain Men Only Full story: Page 5 Picture:LiliForberg index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html