€3.5m flip for Coppers firm
ACCUMULATED profits at the firm behind nightclub Copper Face Jacks soared to €75million last year.
That’s a €3.5million rise from the last year’s total.
Cathal and Paula Jackson, joint owners of Breanagh Catering Ltd that operates the Dublin venue, also gave themselves a bumper pay rise.
It was one of the showbiz stories of the summer, leading one of those involved to call herself “the most hated girl in Britain”.
Four months on, Celebrity Big Brother winner Ryan Thomas reveals he was offered therapy to cope with his “punch-gate” ordeal.
Viewers watched ex-emmerdale actress Roxanne Pallett accuse the former Coronation Street star of punching her in the ribs after he playfully tapped her.
The Channel 5 show’s producers drew complaints for not reassuring the star he had not harmed Roxanne but Ryan says he declined their offer of professional counselling. He says: “The show gives you that option and they look after you in that sense. I’m quite level headed and I’ve got a good family around me, and network of friends that look after me. I didn’t feel that was necessary.”
Speaking about leaving the show, Ryan continues: “The happiest moment for me was getting out and being with my family and friends.
“That’s my safe place. It’s the best feeling in the world.
“Being in an enclosed environment for three weeks, and then being reunited with your daughter, your brothers, your mum and dad, that was the highlight for me.” CBB host Emma Willis recently said that she and fellow host Rylan Clarkneal have alternated between anger and sadness since the show was axed earlier this year.
It’s reassuring to see how happy a few novelty Christmas glasses make
Elton John – a man with a famously extensive collection of flamboyant frames. It also goes some way to solving the age-old conundrum of what to buy a man who has everything: more of what he likes.