The week that was at a glance.
Porridge
The first woman ever to be convicted in Ireland of organising prostitutionhas been jailed for one year. England-born Deena Edridge (28) was paid €50,000 a year to act as a brothel manager in Dublin. Before sentencing, the judge said: 'You are in many ways a victim.'
Poison
Instead of simply providing relief from the symptoms of menopause, it now looks like hormone replacement therapymay have caused the deaths of more than 1,000 women in the UK from ovarian cancer since 1991. The Oxford University research was published by the Lancetmedical journal.
Quotes
I admit it went a little overboard but that was not the intention. He did not do anything obscene.
Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on Richard Gere's over-zealous embrace with her.
We Now Know . . .
The Government may be advised to tax homeowners who build extra bathrooms. This is because water supplies may be rationed in the future according to Prof Frank Convery, chairman of Comhar, the Sustainable Development Council.
A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his 'wife', after he was caught having sex with the animal. A council of elders ordered him to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars (€55) to its owner.
The Numbers
22The number of months Bernadine the African elephant at Dublin Zoo has been pregnant.
6.7%Fall in alcohol consumption in Ireland in the last five years.
€45mTotal compensation the women damaged by former Drogheda obstetrician Dr Michael Neary will receive. The bulk of the money will come from State funds.