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'Late Late' is briefly interrrupted
Last night's edition of RTÉ's long-running Late Late Show was briefly interrupted by a man in the audience who shouted abuse at the show's host, Pat Kenny, at 9.35pm.
The grey-haired, middle aged man emerged from the left of viewers' screens shortly after three guests on the show - You're A Star talent show judges Linda Martin, Brendan O'Connor and Thomas Black - arrived onstage.
Viewers heard the man shout a number of abusive remarks about Kenny and his predecessor as host of the show, Gay Byrne, before the show's producers went to an impromptu advertisement break.
When the show returned, Kenny apologised for the interruption before continuing with the rest of the show.
Golden Meadows Nursing Home
On foot of a report in yesterday's editions entitled "HSE notes complaints at Cork nursing home", the Health Service Executive has issued the following statement: "The HSE wishes to clarify that the inspection report referred to related to the Golden Meadows nursing home in Dungarvan, Co Waterford, and not the Golden Meadows nursing home in Clonakilty, Co Cork.
"An administrative error on the HSE website inadvertently led the inspection report referred to to be placed under the section for Co Cork. The managing director of both nursing homes resides in Clonakilty and it is his address which is referred to in the inspection report. This error has since been corrected.
"The HSE regrets any confusion which this administrative error caused."
Jet-skiers spurn rescue effort
Two jet-skiers caught on rocks below the Cliffs of Moher yesterday turned away an Irish Coast Guard helicopter winchman who had risked his life to save them, writes Lorna Siggins.
The jet-skiers were part of a group of five surfers who were believed to be trying to catch a big wave off the north Clare coast that has caught the attention of international surfers.
Several film crews in the area seemed to be attempting to film the event, when a jet-ski with three surfers on board ended up on the rocks north of O'Brien's Tower and was submerged.
The rocks were above the high-water mark about 450ft below the Cliffs of Moher and were inaccessible to lifeboats that had been called out by Valentia Coast Guard.
The Irish Coast Guard helicopter from Shannon was also called out, as was the Doolin Coast Guard.
Arrangements were being made to put a cliff team down when the helicopter crew of Capt Rob Goodbody, copilot Liam Flynn and winch operator Micky Cook decided to try lowering their winchman, Davitt Ward, from 200 feet. At this point, two of the three had managed to surf out of danger, and one of the pair had tried to return to help his companion.
When the winchman reached the pair, they refused assistance and eventually managed to make it beyond the surfline, where they were assisted by a lifeboat and another jet-ski.
All five returned safely to Doolin, two of them with the Aran lifeboat.
Gardaí vote to back pay deal
Rank-and-file gardaí have voted in favour of the terms of the national pay agreement, which include acceptance of the Garda Reserve, writes Ruadhan MacCormaic.
Some 69 per cent of the Garda Representative Association's 6,000 members voted in favour of the pay deal, with 31 per cent against.
GRA president John Egan said there were still a "number of issues of major concern to our members arising from the operation of the Garda Reserve".