Anti Irish sentiment still rife in the UK, suggests poll
FHM's sexiest women in the world poll has placed The Saturdays' most attractive member, Una Healy, in what might be her lowest position to date. It is certainly her worst ranking on the poll since her introduction. She was ranked number 19 and number 41 in FHM's Sexiest Women poll in 2010 and 2011, respectively, but the fall has been even starker in more recent polls. In FHM's 2012 poll, she had dropped down to 66th place. She is never likely to feature in the top 20 ever again. Why? Because Una has been fighting prejudice for all of her life. First, of course, as a ginger, albeit a stunning one, she would have encountered bullying at home in Ireland. Then, when she moved to the UK, she encountered further ignorance from the British - because she is an Irish. She was accused on several occasions of planting bombs when she had excused herself for toilet breaks during video shoots and press junkets. There had been no bombs and - indeed - no political pressure o...