D Thursday, March 4, 2010 News KimHaughton, oneofIrelands topfemale photographers, atthelaunchof theConcern Worldwide Womenof Concern exhibition withfellow photographers MarieMcCallan andBrenda Fitzsimons.The exhibitionat theGalleryof Photography runsuntil March21and coincideswith International WomensDay onMarch8 Picture: Robbie Reynolds Snappers delight By Brian Hutton Tribunal out of control, says Lowry FORMER Minister Michael Lowry yesterday denounced the Moriarty Tri- bunal as an out-of-control legal farce after it called new witnesses. The Independent TD at the centre of the long-running investigation also de- manded barristers who had overcharged the State for their work on the tribunal be pursued. Mr Lowry hit out after two officials from the Attorney Generals office were called to testify at the tribunal about the awarding of a mobile phone licence to tycoon Denis OBrien in 1996, when the TD was Communications Minister. I have 13 years experience dealing with this tribunal, he said. And I have come to the opinion this quasi-judicial legal farce is out of control for years. Demanding an explanation from Taoi- seach Brian Cowen about the costs, he said the Oireachtas has stood back and allowed senior tribunal barristers get paid 2,250 every day, including week- ends, at a time when social welfare, public pay and health service spending was being cut. Mr Lowry also insisted overcharging by now multi-millionaire barristers was not being claimed back. If it was a social welfare recipient you would harass them and hound them to ensure the money was repaid. He accused officials in the Taoiseachs department of allowing the tribunals barristers to become untouchables. Mr Cowen said the new commissions of investigation would allow matters of urgent public importance be dealt with quicker and cheaper in future. The tribunal has cost the Taoiseachs department 38.27million since 1997, and other departments an estimated 10million bill. However, when third- party costs are paid out the final cost is expected to be several times this figure. Perfect dish goes scientific SCIENTISTS have teamed up with renowned chefs including Heston Blumenthal in a bid to find the perfect dish, for a study published yesterday. Professor Pete Barham, who has worked extensively with Blumenthal, argues the cooking style dubbed molecular gastronomy in which chefs apply scientific principles to the kitchen should be taken as a more serious discipline. Prof Barham, from the University of Bristol, said: To me, a kitchen is just like a science laboratory and cooking is just another experimental science.Heston:Ascience Magnetic device to ease migraine pain A HAnD-HELD device that fires a magnetic pulse to the back of the head may offer hope to migraine sufferers, research suggests. In tests on patients who suffered attacks of migraine with aura, the device delivered pain relief for up to 48 hours with no noticeable side effects. The technique is known as single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS). A PEDESTRIAn was killed when her head was cut off in a freak lawnmower accident as she walked to work. The 42-year-old, who has not been named, is believed to have been struck by a 60cm (2ft) piece of metal which flew into the air when a grass cutter ran over a steel pipe. An ambulance was called to the scene in Townsville, north-eastern Australia, but the woman was killed instantly. The 48-year-old driver of the tractor is in hospital suffering from shock. Police officer Darren Randall said: She was in the wrong place at the wrong time. She just happened to be in the exact trajectory of the pipe. Woman decapitated in mower accident P25384 VO PAY MONTHLY MetroH 200H 151W CB.indd 1 23/02/2010 15:19:48 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