D Tuesday, December 8, 2009 METRO Phones subject to availability. Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 price of 199.99 was effective on 02/12/09. Only 79.99 Samsung Ping Only 99.99 Exclusive colour Samsung Tocco lite Only 119.99 With Free coversSamsung Genio TouchVodafone 360 Samsung M1 Save 50 Now 149.99 Prepay Choose your Samsung phone this Christmas Buy in store or at vodafone.ie Naked flasher... was just a statue A STOLEN life-size statue of a naked man has been returned to its owners after it was reported as a flasher in bushes at a public park. The 77kg bronze had been stolen from an exhibition in northern Germany. He looks like he is being strip-searched but as its a first offence we let him off with a caution, laughed police. Bishop flies to Rome to quit his jobBy ed carty rome bound: Bishop Murray A BiSHOp severely criticised for mis- handling clerical child sex abuse cases in the Murphy report has flown to Rome to hand in his resignation to the pope. Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray failed to fully investigate a paedophile priest during his time in the Dublin Archdiocese. it is understood he arranged a meeting with pope Benedict ahead of the irish Bishops Conference in Maynooth to- morrow and after pressure from within the hierarchy, including calls from Car- dinal Sean Brady to do the right thing. Catholic Church insiders said Bishop Murray is expected to personally tender his resignation in the Vatican. Cardinal Brady and Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin will meet the pope in Rome later in the week. it is expected Bishop Murrays resig- nation will be accepted and he will leave office, although he will retain his title. in a letter read out at weekend masses across Limerick, Bishop Murray asked for people to pray for him. Bishop Mur- ray is acutely aware of the pain and an- guish that has been experienced and ex- pressed in the last week, the letter said. He is reflecting on the decision that he now has to make. A retired Bishop named in the report for mishandling allegations yesterday resigned as head of a charity, The irish pilgrimage Trust, which takes groups to Lourdes. in view of the unfavourable criticisms of me... and the continuing public controversy in its regard, i have decided to step down from this position and i hereby submit my resignation, to take immediate effect, Bishop Dermot OMahony wrote. record bid: Steve Porter with his autographed tattoos Picture: PA A TATTOO fanatic who has 12 autographed pictures of celebrities etched on to his skin is hoping his weird obsession will see his name enter the record books. Steve Porters first celebrity tattoo was of The Corrs in 1998 and he now has 24 tattoos, including Ozzy Osbourne, Suzi Quatro and the entire Iron Maiden line-up. Mr Porter, from Nottingham, England, hopes Guinness will now validate his record. Tat face looks very familiar... Hairs a gene to give you a curl A piLL to make hair straighter or curlier could be developed after scientists identified the curly hair gene. potentially, we can now develop treatments to make hair curlier or straighter, rather than treating the hair directly, said Australian scientist Nick Martin. 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.html28.html29.html30.html31.html