D Friday, November 20, 2009 METRO 11 Breffny to double up for new job HIRING an apprentice who cannot sell, has trouble remembering what he is pitching, and whose idea for a re- sponsible drinking product is one you can take with you when youre driving was always going to be a gamble. But Bill Cullens loss is Paddy Pow- ers gain: the bookie has snapped up the Breffmeister as a body double. Days after being fired from TV3s The Apprentice, Breffny Morgan has been hired as Paddy Powers personal doppleganger, after the bookie no- ticed he bore more than a passing re- semblance to the Cork man. Morgans mind was odds-on favour- ite to land him a job (you might have heard him mention he has a Harvard Degree), but in the end it was that sport-honed body and spongy afro that caught his employers eye. I couldnt believe my luck when I saw Breffny on the telly it was the per- fect solution, said the real Paddy Power. One of the biggest problems with my job is trying to be everywhere at once. With Breffny on board I can now be two places at once and spend a bit more time with Mrs Power. Breffnys role will include appear- ing at top sporting events and stand- ing in when the boss man is away. BY ROSS McDONAGH Its the new boom, baby DESPITE grim reports of rising unemployment and growing debt, the country is in the grip of a baby boom, with a record 75,065 births registered in 2008. Almost a third of newborns were delivered outside marriage and Jack and Ava were the most popular babies names. People are also living longer, according to the Central Statistics Office 2008 Yearbook. It stated that male life expectancy may rise to 87 years by 2042, with women expected to live until the age of 88. The model of King Kong featured in the original 1933 film is displayed at Christies auction house in London, yesterday. The relic is expected to fetch up to 170,000 Picture: AFP/Getty Kong under the hammer A MAN who drove a stolen car directly at a garda forcing him to jump on to the bonnet has been sentenced to four years in prison with 18 months suspended. Thomas Reilly, 24, from Coolock, drove at high speed as well as the wrong way around a roundabout, broke red lights and mounted a footpath while being pursued by patrol cars last November. Reilly pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Jail for man who drove at a garda SURVIVORS of clerical abuse have demanded the report on child sex abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese be published within the next seven days. A High Court judge gave the go- ahead for its release, but ruled any reference to a priest facing criminal charges be removed. Abuse victim Andrew Madden said he wants the report released now. Its time for the Government to get on with that before anything else goes wrong, he said. abuse victims call for report release Breffny: Hes hired A THIRD LEVEL lecturer who resigned after he was found working in two colleges looks set to receive pensions from both when he retires, the Public Accounts Committee has heard. In March 2007, Athlone Institute of Technology discovered one of its lecturers was also working in NUI Galway. Legal advice from the college suggested the man was entitled to the pensions because he paid into them, the PAC was told. double pension for college don index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html