METRO Friday, December 11, 2009 D METRODigest A GANG of burglars were snared when police spotted them trying to board a coach with 72 different pieces of luggage. The crooks arrested in Munich were carrying chainsaws, inflatable boats and electrical items. GARDA prevented a raid on a supermarket when they tackled two armed robbers yesterday. The early- morning hold-up at the Lidl store in Tallaght was thwarted when unarmed officers overpowered two men wielding a knife and an imitation firearm. One of the men received minor injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment after garda recovered the weapons. The suspects, who are both in their mid-thirties, were arrested at the scene of the attempted robbery on Fortunestown Lane. The two men, who are being held at Tallaght Garda station under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, can be held for questioning for up to three days. Supermarket raid is foiled by garda IRISH companies are among the worst in Europe for paper wastage, according to a survey of European business leaders for sustainable document governance practices. Ireland was ranked in joint last place along with the UK, behind six other European countries. The study by print management company Ricoh found more than one-third of business leaders in Ireland and the UK are unfamiliar with their own companys recycling policy and 30 per cent with their toner recycling policy. When asked whether employees consider environmental benefits when printing, the respondents scored their workforce at just 5.2 out of ten. Ireland firms last for paper recycling TWO men have been found guilty of having bomb-making equipment at a Dublin apartment last year. Cormac Fitzpatrick, 23, of Cathedral Walk, Monaghan, and Terry McConnell, 28, of Tullymore Gardens, Andersontown, Belfast, were found wearing latex gloves by armed detectives in the bathroom of the apartment in The Crescent in Clondalkin on September 9, 2008. Their trial at the non-jury Special Criminal Court heard how enough material to fully construct four pipe bombs was discovered in the one-bedroom flat. The men claimed they got lost when looking for accommodation for a friend and were brought to the flat, but this was rejected by Justice Paul Butler, who described Fitzpatricks account of why he was there as beyond belief. Two guilty of bomb-making charges A LAOIS mother of four has been cleared of her husbands murder by reason of diminished responsibility. The Central Criminal Court jury found Anne Burke, 56, of Ballybrittas, guilty of the manslaughter of Pat Burke 55, at their family home on August 19, 2009. Mr Burke was bludgeoned over the head with a hammer 23 times as he slept. Mrs Burke described her marriage as a litany of abuse during which her husband beat her frequently. Their marriage was marred by violent rows, and regular and excessive drinking, the court heard. Mrs Burke was admitted to the psychiatric unit of Portlaoise Hospital after attempting to slash her wrists six days prior to the killing. Wife is cleared of husbands murder EIGHTIES pop star Shakin Stevens today branded a photographers assault allegations against him a joke designed to secure five minutes of fame. The singer, dubbed The Welsh Elvis, said the case had wasted thousands of pounds. While singing at a gig in Northern Ireland last December he noticed a cameraman taking allegedly unauthorised photos and he moved discretely to within feet of him to warn him off . He denied assaulting Hugo McNeice and breaking his camera lens. Shaky gets all shook up Whoa there: Brittney, aged nine, and Kelsey Casey, aged six, at the Irish Traveller Movement protest march yesterday. The march to Leinster House was to highlight social issues and discrimination against the Traveller population Picture: PA 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