D Thursday, November 5, 2009 METRO Maternity wards restrict visitors VISITOR restrictions have been put in place at Dublins maternity hospitals to minimise swine-flu risk. The Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, the Rotunda Hospital and the National Maternity Hospital will introduce a restricted visiting policy from at 8am tomorrow. Visiting will be restricted to the partner (or nominated visitor) for expectant/new mothers and gynaecology in-patients, and the parents/guardians of infants in the paediatric unit. THE gang responsible for kidnapping the wife of former GAA star Adrian Ronan are the scum of the Earth, according to fellow Kilkenny ex- hurler DJ Carey. Speaking on Lunchtime with Eamon Keane on Newstalk 106-108fm yesterday, the hurling legend said: The Garda cant do anything about it because we have a system out there that allows them to roam the streets... These people are walking the streets. Theyre scum of the Earth and theyre probably well known to Garda. Ex-GAA star: Tiger gang are scum Artist Alan Ardiff with his work The Collector at the Wunderkammer: Cabinet of Curiosities exhibition at the Waterways building in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin. The exhibition features designs inspired by the Albert M Bender Exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland Picture: Paul Sharp Duck in ThE MiDDlE wiTh you hacked lenihan e-mail address vents at minister BRIAN Lenihans personal website had to be taken down last night after his e-mail started sending out mes- sages lampooning the minister. The e-mails came to light when a Trinity College student attempted to contact the finance minister through his Fianna Fil website, only to be told Brian Lenihan TD really does not care what his constituents have to say. David MacMahon, treasurer of Dublin University Management Science Society, logged on to www. brianlenihan.ie to use the contact form and invite Mr Lenihan to speak at a lecture next month. The automated response he re- ceived told him he had used the wrong e-mail address. But then it went on: Additionally, if you attempted to reach Brian Lenihan TD via the contact form at BY ROSS McDONAGH Lenihan: Doesnt care about his constituents opinions, be- fore supplying the correct address: brianlenihantd@gmail.com. I was surprised, but I figured it was some kind of hack, it was obvi- ously out of the ordinary, said Mr MacMahon. A spokesman for the minister claimed the e-mail address had been hacked, saying: The matter is being investigated and is being viewed very seriously... The site has been taken offline temporarily while the password is being changed. The Department said it did not know who was responsible or how they managed it, and added the attack could have been more damaging. It did admit the sites contact form had previously been set up to direct e-mails to a totally different and much bemused Brian Lenihan by mistake. But it said that problem was fixed and it insisted the same thing had not simply happened again. his Web site: http://www.brianleni- han.ie/contact-brian.html, I am afraid your time has been wasted. Apparently the site operators cant be bothered, or are too incom- petent to fix the form to ensure that it sends your message to the correct e-mail address. You are welcome to complain. However, I am not very optimistic you will see any results. The e-mail went on to say that Mr Lenihan probably doesnt care A star is born light years awayAn infAnt neutron star, the super-dense core of a stellar explosion, has been observed for the first time. the 12.4 mile-wide object has been cloaked in mystery since it was identified as a powerful X-ray source in 1999. Astronomers now know the source is a neutron star 11,000 light years from Earth at the centre of the supernova Cassiopeia A. it is the youngest object of its kind ever discovered, having appeared just 330 years ago. Professor Craig Heinke, from the University of Alberta in Canada, who co-led the research published in the journal nature, said: the discovery helps us understand how neutron stars are born in supernova explosions.Starlight: 330-year-old infant star 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