Irish Times

irishtimes.com — Swiss chocolate maker Lindt's chocolate rabbits are devoid of any distinctive character and cannot be registered as a trademark in the EU, the union's top court said today. The Luxembourg-based European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) upheld the decision of the EU trademarks agency OHIM, which rejected Lindt's application for a trademark of its sitting bunny shapes wrapped in gold foil with a red ribbon bow tie.

irishtimes.com — GENEVIEVE CARBERY HISTORIAN DIARMAID Ferriter has resigned from the National Library of Ireland's board, in protest at Government policy on culture. He said the decision was only partly due to Government plans to amalgamate the National Library of Ireland with the National Archives.

irishtimes.com — CLAIRE O'CONNELL If you do one thing this week . . . offer water to drink with vegetables IF YOU want kids to tuck into their veggies, a new study suggests you might want to look at what they are drinking.

irishtimes.com — CLAIRE O'CONNELL THAT'S THE WHY: WHEN IT comes to genes and the risk of developing a disease, the relationships are seldom clear-cut. But it does seem that carrying a particular type of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene is linked with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.

irishtimes.com — A man survived a plunge of at least 54m (180ft) over Niagara Falls to become only the third person known to have lived after going over the falls without a safety device. Niagara Parks Police said witnesses reported seeing the man climb over a railing up to 30 feet over the Horseshoe Falls at 10.20am local time yesterday and "deliberately jump" into the Niagara River.

irishtimes.com — FINTAN O'TOOLE YOU GET a call from a solicitor - let's call her Angela. She summons you to her office. She shows you the penalty clause of a contract, the one that specifies the punishments you'll face if you break the terms. She tells you to sign it right now or you'll be in big trouble.

irishtimes.com — DEREK SCALLY in Berlin, ARTHUR BEESLEY in Brussels and SIMON CARSWELL GERMANY AND France clashed ahead of tomorrow's EU summit as their divisions deepened over the hotly contested question of jointly issued eurobonds. Hours after Berlin rejected French demands to put eurobonds on the summit agenda, French finance minister Pierre Moscovici reiterated that the proposal was a "strong idea" and would be on the table in Brussels.

irishtimes.com — This is a question which comes to mind every year after the hectic binge-gigging sessions which go with the rounds of industry showcases in Groningen, Austin and Brighton. While there are many bands who forego these international shindigs for various reasons (they value their sanity, for the good of their credit union accounts, they've been [...]

irishtimes.com — 'The IT Crowd' is at an end, but his 'Ladykillers' is a West End hit. Now the 'Father Ted' writer is preparing a new sitcom - and it involves working with another Arthur, he tells JAY RICHARDSON EVER SINCE Father Ted heralded Graham Linehan's arrival as a writing talent, the Dublin-born humorist has been consistently successful.

irishtimes.com — FINTAN O'TOOLE CULTURE SHOCK: IN THE 1970S AND 1980s, I was an active member of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement and supported the cultural boycott against South Africa. That action is the explicit inspiration for the campaign for a similar boycott against Israel that has in turn led to pressure on the band Dervish and the novelist Gerard Donovan.