A glance at the week that was
Breast plan
The Australian men's magazine Ralph had a brilliant giveaway idea that was sure to win them publicity: it was going to hand out 130,000 free pairs of inflatable breasts. What larks.
However, the boobs went missing somewhere in transit between Beijing and Sydney. If they are not found before the magazine goes to print, it will cost the publishers over €100,000.
"Unless Somali pirates have stolen them it's difficult to explain where they are," says the magazine's editor.
We now know
• Ireland's oldest operating brewery - Beamish Crawford in Cork city - is to close. It can be dated back to 1602
• The unemployment rate had its biggest one-month jump since January 1975
• An Austrian moped thief sent €1,400 and an anonymous confession to his victim 25 years after the theft
Roy Walks
He has never been one to walk out on things, but Roy Keane left Sunderland this week, bringing an end to the dream of the great player becoming a great manager - for the moment at least. The team had lost six out of its last seven matches, and it wasn't helped by Keane's failures in the transfer market.
Notably, he brought several Irish to the team, most of whom failed to shine. If he's going to mishandle Irish players like that he should really just replace Giovanni Trapattoni in the international job now.
The Numbers
• 3: The number of years the economic slowdown will last, according to Davy
• 150: The number of whales who died after being stranded on the Tasmanian coastline
• 5% of Irish people live in consistent poverty, according to the Central Statistics Office