METRO Wednesday, December 9, 2009 D METRODigest THE countrys best-known export is giving the world the chance to share in another Irish love our obsession with the weather. Lovers of Ireland from around the globe will be able to savour the misty shades of our climate from the warmth of their own home thanks to a new webcam on top of Guinnesss Gravity Bar. The equipment on Dublins highest viewpoint will beam weather reports, temperature and wind speed to those in far-flung destinations. The webcam has a range of weather features to ensure accuracy and clarity, but installation of the equipment had to be delayed several times because of gales and driving rain during the wettest November on record. Guinness-cam gives weather reports A MAN who took part in a burglary in which an au pair was threatened with a knife while she had her head covered and her hands bound behind her back has received a nine-year sentence. Patrick Lynch, 31, with addresses at Northlands, Eastham Road, Bettystown, Co Louth, and Roseglen Road, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5, was also being sentenced for a number of other burglary and theft offences. Judge Katherine Delahunt said the aggravated burglary had been a horrific night for the victim, who was minding four children in Clontarf home while their parents were away. She imposed consecutive sentences totalling nine years, suspending the last 18 months. Burglar threatened au pair with knife THE average household will see a fall of another 60 in their gas bill in the spring after a further price cut was approved by the energy regulator. Bord Gis claimed costs would fall to levels not seen since 2005 when the eight per cent drop comes into effect on February 1. Energy Minister Eamon Ryan welcomed the price cut, thanks to lower than expected wholesale prices and the strong euro. This is good news for the Irish consumer and the competitiveness of the Irish economy, he said. It will be the third price cut in a year after a 9.8 per cent decrease in October and 12 per cent in May, and goes some way to wiping out last years 20 per cent price rise. Average bills for a three-bed house are about 737 a year, compared with 950 three years ago. Gas prices cut for third time in a year A SECOND Irish film has been shortlisted for an Oscar nomination. The Door by Dubliner Juanita Wilson is one of ten short features battling it out for the coveted Best Short Film Live Action Academy Award. Last week, Granny OGrimms Sleeping Beauty (pictured) was shortlisted in the animated short film section. The Door is set in Russia in 1986 and details the tragedy of the Chernobyl disaster through one mans eyes. The final five nominations will be announced in early February. Second Irish bid for Oscar FRESH hopes of a visit from US president Barack Obama to his ancestral home in Offaly have been sparked by an upcoming visit to the village of Moneygall by Irelands US ambassador. The American embassy in Dublin confirmed that Dan Rooney (pictured) is to travel to Moneygall tomorrow. He is expected to speak with the American president within weeks about a possible visit to the village where his third great-grandfather, Fulmuth Kearney, grew up. Hopes of an Obama visit CHECK-IN staff at Heathrow Airport told yesterday how they discovered they had won a share of a 2.9million Lotto win on Facebook. The syndicate was alerted of the win when organiser Paul Cotter changed his status to read: Weve won the Lotto. Please call me, anyone who is in the syndicate. The win was not a complete surprise for Mr Cotter as a palm reader told him on holiday 15 years ago he would win a large sum of money in December, with the money going into his account on a Tuesday which the Lotto windfall did. TASTY DISH: Mink Hand & Foot Spas have teamed up with Lindor chocolates to offer every customer who buys a special Mink Christmas Gift Voucher Package a box of Lindor white chocolates absolutely free 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