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A billboard near the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo has sparked indignation with a gym ad that has been called both sexist and body-shaming.

Osmo Fitness' ad features a barrel and the tag line 'This is no shape for a woman', the BBC reports.

The ad went up in a suburb of the capital last week, and ever since has been criticised on social media. 

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Those condemning the ad started the hashtag campaign #BoycottOsmo.

Others took to Facebook, tagging Osmo and asking them to both remove the ad and apologise for its sexist message.

Activist Marisa de Silva told the BBC: 'The ad was nothing very different from the typical objectification and sexist usage of women by the ad industry, which has been selling anything from cars to perfume by sexualising women and their bodies.'

'But this ad also attempted to body shame by dictating to women the ideal shape they should resemble, almost as though it is the sole basis of their worth.'

She and others banded together to get the ad taken down. They first called the gym itself, who did not offer to take the image down, and added that the billboard's image was not approved by the company.

The activists then reached out to Harsha de Silva, the minister in charge of the Kotte constituency where the offensive ad was located.

He assured them via Twitter, 'I asked the Colombo MC Commissioner to remove this unapproved offensive hoarding. I would not tolerate this in Kotte.'

Marisa and others had a banner saying 'no more space for sexism' in Sri Lanka's three major languages – Sinhala, Tamil and English – put up over the offending ad.

Osmo Fitness responded to the controversy, issuing an official statement on January 19 saying that they will 'withdraw all communications relating to the advertisement in question'.

They explained that the ad was part of a scheduled awareness campaign promoting an 'Obesity-Free Sri Lanka'.

The statement also addressed the offence that the ad caused, noting:

'We would like to reiterate that we did not have any intention whatsoever to degrade, offend, insult or undermine any one person or women in general and that our moral obligation towards improving the overall health of all Sri Lankans is something that we take very seriously.'

They also offered a free phsyical fitness assessment and two-week membership to any woman who came Osmo Fitness on or before January 26.

The ad is now gone, as is the banner calling out sexism.

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You've seen it all over Instagram in it's millennial pink, minimal packaging, but what exactly is Glossier?

The online brand (pronounced like 'dossier') is the brainchild of Emily Weiss, and has a cult following on social media. 

The brands manifesto involves 'skincare first, makeup second,' and champions natural beauty.

 

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Fans of the brand salute it for it's diligent attention to details, such as the pink and red, 'grammable packaging, and the unique formulas which gently care for skin. 

There is even a hashtag caller #GlossierPink, where fans of the brand have spotted the distinctive shade out in the world.

It's skin care line, including the covetable Milky Jelly Cleanser and Exfoliating Skin Perfecter, are bathroom cabinet staples, and their best selling Boy Brow eyebrow gel and Cloud Paint skin pigments are securely in the makeup bags of models and it-girls the world over. 

 

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The products are not available in Ireland, but Irish beauty influencers are taking notice of the brand. 

Thankfully, there are a few ways to get it here, if you're absolutely dying to try it out for yourself :

1. The good old relative abroad

As Glossier only ships to the UK, the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico, if you have family tor friends here, it shouldn't be too tricky. 

Simply ask them if you can have the good shipped to their address, and have them them post it on to Ireland, Simples. 

2. An Post

Last year, An Post launched Address Pal, a service which allows you to ship items to Ireland even if the company doesn't have the option on their site. 

If you register with the service, you can have the items shipped to a UK An Post address you will receive on registering.

An Post will ship all items from the UK to Ireland and customers can collect them for just €3.50 at their designated post office. Handy!

3. Parcel Motel 

Parcel Motel has a similar service to An post. If you order your parcel to the Parcel Motel virtual UK delivery address, they can transfer it to Ireland for a €3.50 collection charge.

With a Parcel Motel account you’ll be able to order a broad range of products not usually available to ROI addresses.

 

Fingers crossed they will consider expanding their delivery to Ireland ASAP. 

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With Irish pubs being legally allowed to serve alcohol for the first time in 90 years as of this Good Friday, it only seems right that a pub crawl to honour the momentous occasion was organised. 

Thanks to Publin, one such even has been organised in Dublin city already. 

The pub crawl will bring fans of a good gargle to some of Dublin's finest pubs to celebrate the lifting of the ban.

'On the night we'll visit 4 pubs, each with a different story to tell,' reads the event description.

'Publin crawls aren't just about the drinking; we'll try to show you a side of pubs that you haven't seen or considered before.'

'Before each location we give you a short history of the pub and a few tidbits of stories that should be news even to the most well informed pub goer.'

The crawl kicks off at 6.30pm from an undisclosed location on Good Friday. 

Tickets are priced at €16.34 abd are available here.

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Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle certainly did not endear himself to mothers when he leapt to his girlfriend Emma McVey's defence yesterday – and in the process insulted women everywhere.

The couple became parents less than two weeks ago, and since then, the very svelte Emma has shed her baby weight. 

Emma recently shared an Insta post saying that she's back to her pre-pregnancy weight a mere 10 days after giving birth to her first child.

 

LINK IN BIO  I’m back to my original weight and shape in 10 days! I swapped from my energy and maintenance shakes to the fat loss ones the past 7 days so a huge thank you to herbalife…this is one of the main reasons me and @gazgshore have decided to team up with them (don’t want him having a dad bod)  I gained a total of 28lbs which was a good amount of weight for me and Chester who was 6lbs2. You all had so many questions about the shakes I posted and had throughout my pregnancy so I’ve decided to start sharing my journey with you alongside my healthy meals and snacks! THIS IS NOT A SHAKE ONLY DIET. I specifically had shakes for the nutrients and energy they gave me and of course the fat loss ones because who doesn’t want to get back to their original shape after pregnancy?!  I still stuck to a balanced diet and ate 3 meals throughout the day from @prepfooduk  follow the link in my bio to see all of the programmes including the fat loss one I’ve just done myself  SAFE WHILST BREASTFEEDING 

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The 25-year-old attributed her weight loss to Herbalife shakes, a company for which she's an ambassador, Pretty 52 reports.

However, her post was met with negative feedback from people who thought it concerning the new mum lost weight so quickly and was encouraging others along the same path. 

'I'm sorry but this is an awful thing to post! It's almost encouraging new mums to use Herbalife to try and get skinny when they should be focusing on their newborn not how much they weight! Unfollowed!' one person wrote.

 

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Comments have now been disabled for the post. However, not before Gaz hit back at Emma's critics.

'All the negative comments are coming from people who when pregnant used the excuse to eat everything under the sun because they were (eating for two) had a kid then realised sh*t I can't shift this weight…' he wrote.

'No one is saying bad stuff to you for feeding your baby unhealthy sh*t throughout your pregnancy (take aways, chocolate, pizza) yet you hate on someone eating healthy throw there's [sic]. Jesus.'

 

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'Women I will never understand you have all lost the plot… and it's easy to lose that weight etc.'

'It's called not being lazy and doing something about it but if commenting on here makes you feel better then crack on. Rant over. [sic]'

While it's understandable to want to shield his girlfriend from criticism, why not commend other new mums for literally bringing life into this world instead of body-shaming them?

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Gardai are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on the South Circular Road in Dublin city last night.

At around 10pm, Gardai responded to a call relating to shots being fired.

On arrival a male in his 40s and a male in his 20s were discovered with gunshot injuries after a gunman had opened fire.

The gunman is reported to have left the scene in a dark coloured car. 

Both men were taken to St James Hospital with injuries, and their condition is described as non-life threatening.

The scene is preserved for a technical examination and South Circular Road is currently closed from Donore Avenue to Leonards Corner.

Gardai wish to appeal for witnesses or to anyone who can assist with the investigation to contact Kevin Street Garda Station on 01 6669400, The Garda Confidential Telephone Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he will be campaigning for more liberal abortion laws, according to RTE.

The Taoiseach will be pushing for choice in the forthcoming referendum on the repeal of the Eighth Amendment.

The Taoiseach is expected ton declare his official stance in a Cabinet meeting this month. 

Speaking in an interview with the BBC, Mr Varadkar said:

'We will have that referendum, hopefully in the summer and we should be in a position to make a decision on that in Government next week.'

He was also asked if he would campaign for the law to be changed, to which he replied:

'I'll be campaigning for them to be changed and to be liberalised, yes.' 

Mr Varadkar was also asked if his previously declared 'pro-life' stance had changed. 

To this, the Taoiseach said that his views on the matter had evolved and changed. 

'I still believe in life but I understand that there are circumstances under which pregnancies can't continue,' he said. 

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Playing matchmaker can be fun, but can you imagine how great it would feel to be the lucky person that set up Meghan Markle and Prince Harry? 

All sorts of suggestions have been thrown out as to who the 'secret friend' is that Harry referred to in their first joint interview together, from fashion designer Misha Nonoo to Meghan's best friend, stylist Jessica Mulroney.

However, E! News confirmed that cupid was Violet von Westenholz, a childhood friend of Harry's.

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33-year-old Violet is the daughter of Baron Piers von Westenholz, a former Olympic skier and a close friend of Prince Charles.

Violet has long been in Harry's close circle of friends, and even became his confidante when it came to romantic matters.

A source told E! News that Harry was having a difficult time meeting someone, despite feeling ready to start a new relationship.

Can you imagine if he popped up on Tinder? The scandal! So instead, Violet came to the rescue.

Violet and Meghan clicked when they met through the 33-year-old's PR work with Ralph Lauren.

Harry's bride-to-be was fitting in well with the high society set in London, and Violet thought the actress may just be the perfect woman for her childhood friend.

And she couldn't have been more right!

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Britney Spears is a 90s icon, and when the news broke that the Overprotected singer was taking her Vega residency international, the fact that there was a Dublin date on the list was major.

The date was set for August 20, and fans began anticipating the difficulties of securing tickets.  

Tickets for the covetable gig went on sale this morning, and according to dismayed Twitter users, sold out in minutes.. 

Tickets for the 3 Arena concert were going for a reasonable €68.50..

However, they are now being sold on Ticketmaster's re-sale website, Seatwave, for a whopping price. 

The resale site has prices for tickets listed of up to €1000 – each. 

There are four tickets available for the 3Arena gig being sold on the site for €1000.00 each, coming toa grand total, including booking fee, of €4719.96. 

The cheapest standing ticket on the resale site, priced at €175 in total, is still more than double the original cost of the tickets. 

And, they're being snapped up by disappointed fans who could not access the Ticketmaster site the first time around. 

A number of listed prices on the Seatwave website were connected to broken links as the tickets were 'no longer available' due to being purchased. 

Fans are outraged by the massive cost of the re-sale tickets, and are calling for better regulation of ticket sales. 

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Gardai are investigating a fatal road traffic collision that occurred early this morning on the N2 south of Ardee at Mullacapple.

The single car incident occurred at 1am this morning.

A male in his 30s was fatally injured when the car he was driving left the road and collided with a pole.

He was the only person in the car, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

His body has been removed to our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

This stretch of road is currently closed to facilitate an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and local diversions are in place.

Gardai wish to appeal for witnesses to contact Ardee Garda Station on 041 6871130, The Garda Confidential Telephone Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.

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Dublin has some seriously creative street artists, who constantly battle with Dublin City Council to have their work maintained on Dublin's walls. 

One half of The Rubberbandits, BlindBoy has been immortalised in spray paint on the outside of Dublin venue The Hangar.

The mural is the work of Subset, who showcased the piece on Instagram. 

 

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Subset are responsible for many of the beautiful works of street art Dubliners are lucky enough to encounter on the daily. 

Remember that epic Stormzy mural down in Smithfield? You can thank Subset for that. 

And the Make Dublin Grey Again mural which ruffled a few feathers thanks to it's depiction of Donald Trump?

 

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Once again, Subset are responsible. 

Not content with making an aesthetic piece, Subset added a quote against Donald Trump's leadership from BlindBoy which reads:

'Donny is more terrifying than a Jack Russell with human hands.' 

The street art group have been fighting a long battle with Dublin City Council, who continue to paint over their art. 

The council calls the art 'unauthorised developments,' and says that the work is a breach of city planning. 

Head into town to see the piece for yourself. 

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This month's issue of Vanity Fair has been hitting the headlines due to some pretty interesting photoshopping choice. 

Now, however, it has come to light that the cover, which features a number of Hollywood's most critically acclaimed star.

The cover was short one celeb, who had been shot for the cover and then digitally removed, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

 

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James Franco was intended to stand alongside the likes of Oprah, Zendaya and Harrison Ford on the cover.

However, his place was retracted after the LA Times published a story in which five separate women made sexual misconduct allegations against the actor. 

The expose came just days after the actor collected a Golden Globe award for his work in The Disaster Artist.

'We made a decision not to include James Franco on the Hollywood cover once we learned of the misconduct allegations against him," a Vanity Fair spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter. 

Franco has not commented on the cover shoot. 

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Harry Potter brought us some serious joy all through our childhoods (and well into adulthood) through the films and books.

If you never did get that Hogwarts letter (it must have gotten lost in the post) then never fear, the magic of Harry Potter can be experienced another way. 

A trip to London might be on the cards for JK Rowling fans, as a Harry Potter Brunch has been scheduled to take place in England's capital city. 

The brunch initiative, which is a massive hit in NYC, sees guest tucking in to a two course brunch and bottomless champagnes, as well as a bottomless supply of Butterbeer.

Guests will be sorted into houses on arrival, and dressing up in Madam Malkin's finest is encouraged. 

The brunch will kick off at Anokha on Saturday, February 24 at noon and runs until 5pm (perfect if you have a curfew like Hogwarts students).

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Whether you're in Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, it's time to come together and share your favourite moments from the book over a two course brunch.

Tempted to pull some tickets out of the Sorting Hat? They're £35.00 and can be purchased here. 

See you on the Hogwarts Express. 

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