Book sets its own record

THE Guinness Book of Records celebrated its 50th anniversary in Dublin yesterday with a line-up of new record holders, including a TV3 crew who beat the world record for putting on a duvet cover and then equalled the record for cramming the most people into a Smart car.

With the help of students from the UCD, TCD and DCU gymnastic societies, an attempt was made to break the record of fitting 14 people into a Smart. Sucking in their stomachs, while broadcasting live to the nation, the record was not broken, but equalled.

Ireland AM managed to squeeze 14 gymnasts into a 250cm x 151cm space, again entering the record books for a second time in one morning.