D Monday, January 18, 2010 News 11 Famous gorilla dies after illness GANA the gorilla who gained fame for mourning her dead baby, by carrying its body around for days in 2008, has died following an illness. A keeper at German zoo Muenster found the 12- year-old gorilla dead in her cage early yesterday after she had been ill for several weeks. Scanners could breach privacy A HUMAN rights watchdog claims airport body scanners risk breaching an individuals right to privacy, and has called for justifications for bringing in the security measure. The UKs Equality and Human Rights Commission warned the scanners provide too intimate an image. Oink: Kevin Foley and Gearid Lee from Scoil Mhuire in Moyderwell, Tralee, Co Kerry with their schools project on Swine Flu at the Primary Science fair at the RDS Young Scientist exhibition. More than 3,000 primary school students displayed their projects at the weekend Picture: Marc OSullivan Snouts in science Ban butter to save lives BUTTER should be banned to save lives, a leading heart surgeon claimed yesterday. Shyam Kolvekar, of the University College London Hospital, is leading a campaign to reduce saturated fat in diets after treating patients as young as 33 for heart bypass operations. Mr Kolvekar said a move away from eating butter could prevent at least 3,500 deaths a year. Nutritionist Jacqui Morrell says moving to a low fat spread can give a 92 per cent reduction in saturated fat consumption. Campaign to get Irelands top inventor a gravestone By Ross McDonaghTHE body of one of Irelands most famous inventors has been discovered in an un- marked grave almost 80 years after his death and now there is a campaign to buy a prop- er headstone to honour him. Despite being credited with the invention of the monorail, the helicopter and the steer- able torpedo, Louis Brennans grave in St Marys Cemetery at Harrow Road, London. Historians at his hometown of Castlebar in Co Mayo say he was the most famous inven- tor of his time, being the first to get a heli- copter off the ground and he also sold the design of the dirigible torpedo to the British Navy for 110,000, equivalent to about 10million in modern money. He was one of the greatest inventors... but he died virtually penniless because he in- vested all his money in subsequent gadgets and inventions, historian Frank Durcan told a Sunday newspaper. We will have to inves- tigate the possibility of putting a proper headstone on his grave. Local councillor Ger Deere added: To think that one of Castlebars most famous sons is lying in an unmarked grave. Mr Brennan died in 1932 after being hit by a car while on holiday in Switzerland. Although Castlebar town council wants to move his body, the situation is complicated by the fact his family are buried with him. Famous: Brennan 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