A VERY public divorce and allegations of being an aspiring teenage model’s “Papi” have put a dent in Silvio Berlusconi’s popularity ratings, says a new poll.

PEOPLE buying box sets of The Sopranos and other hit TV series for a knockdown price at street markets and car boot sales are likely to be contributing to organised crime, according to customs investigators.

The software piracy rate in Ireland has increased 1% on last year and currently stands at 42%, equating to revenue losses of almost €42,3m for the Irish software industry, according to the Business Software Alliance's (BSA) seventh annual survey on software piracy.