D Thursday, January 14, 2010 News Amanda Brunker and Sinead Desmond kick off the launch of Irelands first Mud Run in aid of MS Ireland, supported by Persil, which takes place on February 27. Registration is now open at ms-society.ie Picture: Marc OSullivan Celine, he said. I dont know what he was doing. He was at her top. I charged out the door, roaring. He said the man sprung to his feet and swung at him with a brick; they got into a struggle and Lillis slipped, be- fore the assailant legged it. Lillis gave a detailed description of the man: He was wearing a ski mask... definitely not a homemade balaclava , he said. I saw his mouth. He was definitely a white male. Earlier, a paramedic who attended the scene described how he found no signs of life in Ms Cawley, saying she was colder to the touch than he ex- pected, given the time between the emergency call and their arrival. Detective Inspector Angela Willis, who is leading the investigation, said when she asked Lillis for permission to have the house forensically and technically examined, he replied: Whatever it takes. I just want him caught. The trial continues. Best album award shortlist revealed ALBUMS from singer-songwriter Laura Izibor and cricket-inspired pop group The Duckworth Lewis Method are among the acts up for the Choice Music Prize Album of the Year award. The event will be broadcast live on March 3 from Dublins Vicar Street, with a prize of 10,000. RnB artist Izibor, 20, from Dublin who launched her debut album Let The Truth Be Told last May, The Duckworth Lewis Method, formed by Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy, Bell X1, Adrian Crowley and Julie Feeney are among the acts shortlisted. Atonement star set for new award OSCAR nominee Saoirse Ronan is to be honoured at a major pre-Oscar awards ceremony recognising rising new talent. The Co Carlow star, shortlisted in 2008 for an Academy Award for Atonement, will receive the accolade at the US-Ireland Alliances Oscar Wilde: Honouring the Irish in Film, in March. The talented teenager will be presented with the Wilde Card award at the gala function in Los Angeles, just days before the glitzy Oscar ceremony. Northern Ireland cinematographer Seamus McGarvey will also be honoured for his achievements behind the camera, having been involved in a range of Hollywood blockbusters. These include Oliver Stones World Trade Center, Sahara, and Along Came Polly. Past winners include Brendan Gleeson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Colm Meaney and Van Morrison. Gong: Gifted actress Saoirse Ronan is lined- up for yet another award Run will be muddy good fun Murder trial hears Garda statements from accused THE murder trial of Eamonn Lillis, accused of killing his wife, yesterday heard details of the statements he gave to garda. The 52-year-old has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Celine Cawley at their home on Windgate Road in Howth on December 15 last year while their daughter was at school. The statements describe how Lillis came home to find a burglar attacking the 46-year-old mother of one, a story he previously admitted was a com- plete fabrication. The day after his wife died, Lillis told detectives she must have dis- turbed a burglar and given chase. Ce- line is a fighter, a tough nut. She would have confronted someone. She wasnt a wallflower, he said. Lillis had claimed he discovered the burglar after returning home from walking his dogs. Thats when I saw him on top of By Ross McDonagh Murdered: Celine Cawley Accused: Eamonn Lillis index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html