A glance at the week that was
Okay bouquet
It would have seemed like a great idea at the time – instead of throwing the wedding bouquetin the traditional over-the-shoulder fashion, why not instead drop it from a passing ultralight plane. It's what one Italian couple arranged this week as the high point of their Tuscan wedding, only for the bouquet to end up being sucked into the engine, crashing the plane. The couple were not aboard, but the woman who threw the bouquet on the bride's behalf ended up in hospital with broken bones.
Numero 'Bruno;
Normally, cinema phonelines are dull and have an almost endless list of showings, but the Diamond Cinema in Navanbucked the trend this week when punters looking for details were warned about the contents of Bruno .
“Now, Bruno is particularly vile. It leads to a hell of a lot of complaints from people who say, ‘We didn’t think it was that bad’. It is that bad, it will offend every prejudice in the book, believe me, so don’t come on after the film and tell us how horrible it was.” But, it adds, “One or two people have enjoyed it, though.”
We now know
The official Vatican newspaper thinks the new Harry Potteris "the best film of the series"
Visits to Irelandfell by 18.4 per cent in May compared with the corresponding month last year
Ireland is the second most expensive countryin the EU, just after Finland, but is dearest for alcohol and cigarettes
The numbers
€35m
The estimated cost of the energy wasted by leaving appliances on stand-by, according to Sustainable Energy Ireland
1 million
The number of people who may get swine flu, according to the State’s chief medical officer Tony Holohan
29
The number of people who have died from the illness in the UK
"For the first time ever, the All-Ireland hurling and football finals are going to be played on British soil"
Fianna Fáil Senator Mark Dalyreacts to the news that the replacement surface at Croke Park will be imported from England