My year style million r mumdolla HOW GISELE WENT FROM MODEL ofhell TO MOGUL readexclusiveextractsfrom Briano’Driscoll’sautobiography gISELEBUNdChEN sport interview

No 9,919 | october 19, 2014 ¤3 (inc Vat) | NI £2.50

CONOR McCABE Drico’s secret US Creighton arrest for scuffle seeks recruits

Colin Coyle BRIAN O’DRISCOLL has revealed in his new autobiography how he was for new party wrongly arrested for assaulting a man at an REM concert in New York. The former Ireland captain Stephen O’Brien to joinCreighton’snewproject, of the seven broke with the visited the US on a “lads’ according to Leinster House partyovertheProtectionofLife POLITICAL EDITOR holiday” in June 2008 shortly sources. duringPregnancy Actlastyear. after the suicide of his best LUCINDA CREIGHTON, the Donnelly, a Wicklow TD, Creighton described the friend and former flatmate, former minister, has confirmed yesterday he will Reform Alliance as simply a Barry Twomey. Following the revealed she is attempting to contest the next election but is mechanism “for us to try to gig, O’Driscoll and two friends establish a new political party still considering whether to work together, improve the were accused of pushing in a to contest the general election. stand as an independent, join opportunity to get speaking crowded lift. One of them, The Bay South inde- a party, or form a new one. rights, and put some items on Damien O’Donohoe, was set pendent has confirmed she is “Being an independent has the agenda”. upon by a “drunk guy” and talking to TDs, senators, and been very useful. We are the Five centre-left TDs who held up an arm in self-defence. political activists outside Lein- only people in parliament who established the Independents’ “The guy runs straight into it ster House about establishing can speak our minds and that Network before the local and drops, like a newborn “a new party, a new alliance, has been really important,” election in May — Catherine lamb,” O’Driscoll recalled. something that can offer a new said Donnelly. Murphy, John Halligan, Finian Following the scuffle, vision” for the country. “The downside is it is limited McGrath, Maureen O’Sullivan O’Driscoll and his friends fled, “I don’t want to be an inde- in terms of effecting change and Thomas Pringle — are also but he was later arrested and pendent, I would rather work and I am ambitious for Ireland. unlikely to join forces with the taken to a notorious Manhattan with people with whom Ihave There is an awful lot that can be Reform Alliance in a new ven- jailknownastheTombs,where common ground,andcommon done, and that can really only ture. Murphy said yesterday his mug shot was taken and his values and aspirations for the be effected through numbers.” she is open to working with fingerprints were entered into country,” said Creighton, a Crownhastoldcolleagueshe individuals or groups where the US justice system. founderoftheReformAlliance. will not contest a Dail election, there is “a coherence to it. O’Driscoll was ushered into “I’m working on that and I but hasnotruledout remaining There would have to be a “bullpen” with 30 other am having discussions with in the Seanad and could sup- common ground, otherwise prisoners. “I’m the only white people, but they are obviously port a new political party that there would not be any value in guy,” he recounted. “The only confidential. That takes time, it offers to reform the system. investing time”. spot I can find is right next is not easy.” , an active “ I have no interest in being a to the most wasted-looking Mattie McGrath, the former member of the Reform Alli- sole trader,” said Creighton. “It guy in the cell. He’s shaking Fianna Fail deputy, has con- ance, has said he will contest is much easier to be populist, to from the DTs, dribbling firmed that he is interested in the general election as an inde- just give your commentary on and moaning, twitching and discussing the formation of a pendent. what is happening in the Oire- farting.” new party with Creighton and Ross, a Dublin South inde- achtas, rather than being in a One prisoner was openly her husband, Senator Paul pendent,declinedto comment, position to influence and shape smoking drugs in the cell, Bradford. but Leinster House sources said policy. You can only do that by while O’Driscoll spoke to only However, a number of inde- he is not expected to join forces coming together with people one other inmate, who was in Twins Fiona and Sean Purcell, 7, from Clondalkin, Dublin took part in the Irish Kidney Association’s Run for a Life family fun pendents — including Stephen with members of the Reform who you can co-operate with jail for the 16th time and was run at Corkagh Park, Dublin this weekend, which was also attended by , the health minister. Donnelly, and Sen- Alliance. All are former Fine and share a vision with. You “properghetto”.“Iunderstand ator John Crown — are unlikely Gael TDs and senators, and six Continued on page 2 uu about 20% of what he says,” he wrote. In New York City criminal court, a court-appointed lawyer pleaded not guilty on behalf of O’Driscoll. Ten days Riverdance creator to head RTE Irish Water’s €188 callout later he appeared in court again, represented by his own lawyer who told the presiding Samantha McCaughren executives to the RTE chair. co-creator John McColgan, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Seán McCárthaigh for any additional hour. In a LOTTERY NEWS 2 judge: “We’re challenging this. Previous incumbents include chairman of Today FM, the Finland, Russia, Switzerland, move likely to provoke further WEATHER/LETTERS NEWS 18 This is not how it went down.” MOYA DOHERTY, the Mary Finan, Fintan Drury national radio station owned Ireland and the UK. HOUSEHOLDERS with a public hostility, Irish Water SUDOKU NEWS REVIEW 9 Yet O’Driscoll’s defence was co-creator of Riverdance, is and, most recently, Tom by Denis O’Brien. Doherty will chair the RTE suspected water leak are facing is seeking approval from TV&RADIO CULTURE 49 not helped by the fact a CCTV to be chair of the RTE Board. It Savage, all senior PR figures. She grew up in Donegal board, previously known as a minimum callout charge of the Commission of Energy camera in Madison Square is understood communica- Bill O’Herlihy, a public- and Dublin and worked as an the RTE authority, for five €188 from Irish Water for any Regulation (CER) for a range Garden that should have tions minister , relations executive and RTE Television producer years. problem detected after the first of additional service charges absolved him from blame was who made the selection, will former television presenter, before finding success with Many of the body’s gov- fix, which will be free. including a €220 fee to test broken. After several anxious announce the appointment in had been tipped as a candi- Riverdance, originally an erning responsibilities were The company has also water pressure and a €17 fee for months, the case was the coming days. date this time around. interval act for the 1994 Euro- transferred to the Broad- sought permission to charge a a special meter reading. eventually thrown out due to a Doherty’s selection is a Doherty, 56, one of vision song contest. casting Authority of Ireland minimum callout fee for It has also emerged there is lack of evidence. break from the recent pattern Ireland’s wealthiest women, Riverdance is marking its under the 2009 Broadcasting working out of office hours, of no incentive for Irish Water y(7HA9F6*LNSQRQ( +[!$ Emotionally shredded, page 3 of appointing public relations is married to Riverdance 20th anniversary by touring Act. €282 for the first hour and €141 Continued on page 2 uu