Quality Diamond Rings Unbeatable Prices Stephens Green Shopping Centre Tel: (01) 478-5336 1/2 carat diamond in 18ct Gold Limited stock at 1599 We Guarantee Colour H, Clarity SI or better. Offer ends Sat. 14th Nov. DIAMONDS COME WITH A CERTIFICATE D Thursday, November 12, 2009 METRO 11 Its the ticket for shoppers DUBLIN Bus prepaid ticket holders can get special discount rates on Thursdays at some of the citys top retail, food, leisure and beauty outlets through its Ticket Thursdays initiative. The scheme starts today and runs each Thursday until December 3. Participating outlets include Clerys, Tower Records, Champion Sports, Wagamama, Blackboard Bistro and Captain Americas, Dublin Zoo and the National Wax Museum Plus have also signed up. A full list of discounts and further information is available on www.dublinbus.ie/ ticket-thursdays. SearchIng for the perfect pItch all other piers on the viaduct and the reinstatement of the track and other railway infrastructure. Repair work has cost in the re- gion of 4million. A spokesman for Iarnrd ire- ann said: The design and com- pleted works have been inde- pendently reviewed by advisers to Iarnrd ireann, Roughan & ODonovan Structural Engineers, and reviewed by the Railway Safety Commission, who will re- view final details this Friday, to allow for approval to permit the line to reopen from Monday. He advised there will initially be speed restrictions on trains across the viaduct. This restric- tion will be at 40kmh for a mini- mum of two weeks, and raised to 80kmh for a further minimum of two weeks, following which line speeds will be increased to the normal levels of 145kmh. The spokesman said: This is standard practice [for new track infrastructure], and these restric- tions will not impact on the reli- ability of services. Iarnrd ireann partnered with Dublin Bus, Bus ireann and pri- vate operators during the three months the bridge was out of commission to avert commuter chaos. However, with the full resump- tion of rail services from Mon- day, rail tickets will no longer be valid on Dublin Bus and Bus ireann services on the Northern Line corridor and strengthened bus services on routes 33X and 33D will be scaled back. Replacement bus services for Iarnrd ireann customers will no longer operate. For further information log on to www. irishrail.ie. Crumbled: The bridge at Malahide viaduct which collapsed moments after a passenger train crossed it last August Damaged rail line to re-open on Monday COMMUTERS on the Northern Commuter and Belfast Enterprise services will be back on track on Monday with the reopening of the Malahide Viaduct. Major works have been com- pleted since a bridge on the Dub- lin-Belfast line crumbled near Malahide on August 21 last. It happened moments after rush-hour commuter services car- rying hundreds of passengers passed over it. An Iarnrd ireann investiga- tion into the incident is due to be concluded early next year but preliminary findings show the collapse was caused by the ero- sion of the weir at sea bed level, which caused the support to one pier to be undermined. Works to restore the viaduct in- clude the reconstruction of the weir, the reinstatement of the col- lapsed pier and strengthening of by joAnne Ahern Magnet fridge is just way too cool A NEW fridge which uses magnets to cool food is being developed as a more environmentally friendly alternative to current technology. The British Carbon Trust is backing the project to develop a domestic fridge based on the scientific principle that some materials exhibit a temperature change when exposed to a magnetic field. When the field is removed, the materials cool. It is hoped the new fridge will be more energy efficient and do away with the need for gases. ray DArcy launches the TomTom Voice of Ireland campaign. A nationwide search will take place from november 23 to 30 to find the perfect Irish voice for the 2010 Sat nav devices Picture: Bryan Brophy My alcoholic father,by Calum GEORGE BESTS alcoholism was so severe he didnt realise he had a choice about whether to drink, his son Calum said, as he presented a documentary about how children are affected by having an alcoholic parent. He told BBC News: I think an alcoholic, their brain tells them to push all the important things aside. What upset me was thinking my father had a choice to not drink, but I think hed been drinking for so long and he was so ill he didnt realise he had a choice. One of the first celebrity footballers and one of Manchester Uniteds most famous players, Best was famed for his bar-hopping and for bedding beautiful women. After a long struggle with alcohol, he underwent a liver transplant in 2002, after waiting months for a suitable organ. He died in 2005 aged 59.best: effect of alcohol 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