Claire Tully

Not model behaviour Claire Tully is Ireland's first Page 3 girl, but her degree in biochemistry and immunology challenges the stereotype Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00 Claire Tully is Ireland's first Page 3 girl, but her degree in biochemistry and immunology challenges the stereotype. Ahead of her reality TV debut, she talks about topless modelling, feminism and why breast cancer charities declined her offer of help, writes Anthea McTeirnan FOND OF A knee-jerk reaction? Claire Tully will definitely give you one. The 24-year-old from Lucan became Ireland's first Page 3 girl this year and takes part in celebrity reality show Fáilte Towers, which starts tonight on RTÉ1. She ticks all the boxes. Beautiful? Check. Blond? Check. Dumb? Now hold on a minute . . . It is no faint praise that the Sun has chosen to package Tully as "the world's brainiest Page 3 girl" given that savvy previous incumbents - Samantha Fox, Linda Lusardi, Jordan, Keeley Hazell - have proven to have more than a modicum of i