News Thursday, January 14, 2010 D Cocktail sweets may appeal to children LIDL has been found in breach of the Meas Code of Responsible Promotion of Alcohol for selling a cocktail shaker filled with sweets. The industry lobby group said the product could encourage irresponsible or immoderate consumption and have a particular appeal to under 18s. The complaint was made by the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland, which acknowledged that while there is no mention of alcohol on the label... the term cocktail is synonymous with alcohol products, adding that its bright colour and sweets could appeal to children. and finally... A WITCH yesterday announced that he will be running in... the next British general election. Magus Lynius Shadee, who calls himself the King of All Witches, hopes to become Cambridges next MP. Mr Shadee initially planned to open an occult centre in the historic city to the surprise of religious leaders but said he now wants to focus his attentions on his candidacy. homedigest Iriss resignation is made official IRIS ROBINSONs resignation as a Northern Ireland Assembly member as well as resigning as a British MP has been formalised. The DUP politicians husband, First Minister Peter Robinson, has temporarily stepped aside amid the storm over her affair and financial help for her ex toyboy lover. RT launches online TV catch-up service RT has become one of the first broadcasters to launch an international online TV catch-up service. worldwide audiences can now catch up on RT programmes for up to 21 days through an online media player. News Now, RTs 24-hour live news service, will also be available. The station has also launched an international iPhone application which enables iPhone and iPod Touch users to watch. THE Labour Party is demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the banking crisis, and published a Bill yesterday that would give an Oireachtas committee the legal authority to make it happen. However, the legislation, prepared by justice spokesman Pat Rabbitte (pictured) could not make findings of civil or criminal liability against anyone. Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan is to bring his own proposals to next weeks Cabinet meeting to ask what lessons can be learnt from the banking collapse, after which the Government will tell the Dil what path it is going to follow. Labour demands banking inquiry gerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day. He boarded his flight to Detroit in Amsterdam, where security has since been stepped up. The Boeing 767 to the island of Aruba in the DutchAntilles was about two hours into its journey and around 210 nautical miles north west of Shannon when the request to land was received. It touched down at about 10.30am. A member of the crew guarded the man until the flight landed. The plane was put in a remote area where it was kept isolated until the flight time expired. A spokeswoman for Shannon Air- port said: They let the flight time elapse and only then do they search it. The man was arrested under the Air Navigation and Transport Act. Arkefly sent a back-up plane to Shannon to pick up the passengers and crew and continue to Aruba. Bomb threat plane lands at ShannonA TrANSATlANTIC flight made an emergency landing at Shannon Air- port yesterday after an unruly and ag- gressive passenger reportedly claimed there was a bomb on board. The 44-year-old Dutch man alleg- edly made the threat on the flight from Amsterdam to the Caribbean, prompt- ing the pilot to divert to Shannon. All 224 passengers and 11 crew were evacuated from the aircraft while garda arrested the man. The holidaymakers were later trans- ferred to another plane to continue their journey. A spokeswoman for the Dutch flight operator Arkefly said the man was be- ing abusive to crew but was not phys- ically threatening. She said: He seemed confused and aggressive and threatened that he had planted a bomb on board the plane. When he did that our cockpit crew decided to land the airplane in the nearest airport possible. That was Shannon Airport in Ireland. The incident came at a time of heightened airline security after Ni- By Colm Kelpie Cold comfort: Nadia Forde has been voted best Irish Model 2009 in the Entertainment.ie annual awards. Nadia said: Its so great to get this award. Those cold days in bikinis seem all worth it now Picture: Brian McEvoy index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html