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Elephant uses trunk to tinkle the ivories during impromptu duet with pianist

I nose how this tune goes...

Music lover: Peter the elephant plays with Paul Barton in Thailand PICTURE: CaTERs

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY once sang about ebony and ivory living together in perfect harmony. However, it appears a trunk can carry a pretty decent tune, too. Peter the elephant could not resist tinkling the ivories when pianist

Paul Barton visited his sanctuary. And while the pair duetted on 12 Bar Blues, Peter’s younger neighbour, Soi, danced to the rhythm. Mr Barton, 52, has played to elephants in Thailand since 1996 but this is the first time one has decided

by NIcOLE LE MARIE to join him for an impromptu tune. He said Peter’s reaction in a sanctuary in the mountains near Kanchanaburi, north-east of Bangkok, was completely spontaneous.

‘Some elephants have an extraordinary sense of rhythm,’ he added. Not only do elephants feel the music, they can also pick up on emotions. Englishman Mr Barton said when he switched to John Lennon’s classic

Imagine, Soi appeared a lot calmer and moved close to the pianist. ‘Elephants feel love and grief just as we do,’ he said. ‘Music that expresses human feelings is often appreciated also by elephants.’

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Totally Irish bid for licence

ONLINE radio station URadio.ie has applied for an FM licence to provide a ‘100 per cent contemporary and Irish music radio service’ for Dublin city and county. URadio – Totally Irish plans to play only contemporary and Irish music, promoting new Irish acts. In a statement which name-checked Irish artists The Script and Hozier, among others, it said its long-term plan is to ‘build an Irish music brand that will expand to venues and possibly even a record label’. Founder Olivier Mauxion has form: the Dublin-based Irish: Take Me Frenchman has been working in radio for nearly 30 years, To Church and he has set up radio stations in Russia, France and Turkey. singer Hozier

Morning-after Women biggest drivers warned insurance losers MOTOrISTS are being warned to remember the morning after when celebrating during the Christmas period. Some 400 drivers were caught drinkdriving between 8am and 1pm on weekend and Monday mornings between January and the end of September. The road Safety Authority and drinkaware.ie are reminding drivers that the only way to sober up is time, and that no amount of coffee, energy drinks, cold showers or breakfast rolls will speed up the process.

Poorest 10 per cent lost fifth of income since the downturn by sARAH sTAck

YOUNG women are losing out in the car insurance gender battle. With the arrival of gender neutral pricing to the industry a year ago, women between 17-24 years are now being charged some 20 per cent more than last year, with some seeing price hikes of 50 per cent. Young men aged under 25, meanwhile, are seeing a drop of 26 per cent in their costs. The AA’s Conor Faughnan said: ‘statistics show women under 25 are safer drivers than men the same age.’

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The poorest ten per cent of people in Ireland have lost almost a fifth of their disposal income since the crash, it has been claimed. Social Justice Ireland said the gap between the rich and poor has widened as those with most money only lost 11.4 per cent of their spare cash. Dr Sean healy, director, said low and middle-income Ireland have borne the major brunt of adjustments over the past five years. ‘The situation would be even worse if cuts in services and increased charges were included in calculations,’ he warned. The think-tank’s study claimed budgets introduced under the bailout programme were regressive, taking more as a percentage of income from those who have least. The real impact was even more regressive because its calculations do not include the impacts of reductions in services and increased charges introduced in these years, which impact disproportionately on the most vulnerable. ‘Ireland’s poorest ten per cent lost 18.4 per cent of their real disposable income since the start of the crash in 2008,’ said Dr healy. ‘By contrast the richest ten per cent lost 11.4 per cent. ‘The richest 20 per cent of the population were the only ones whose share of the total disposable income grew significantly in this period. Michelle Murphy, research and policy analyst with Social Justice Ireland, said the Government could have introduced fairer budgets. ‘Other options were available to Government but they chose to protect the rich at the expense of the rest of us,’ she added.

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Family dog killed by pack of 20 hounds A FAMILY say they are devastated after their pet dog was ‘savaged and mutilated to death’ in their back garden on Saturday by a pack of about 20 foxhounds. The dogs are believed to have been part of a hunt by Bray Harriers. In a Facebook page entitled Justice for Isabelle, the family say they were not informed by the club the hunt would be happening in their area. They have now launched a petition seeking public support to have ‘this shocking and barbaric sport’ strictly regulated. Bray Harriers were unable to provide a spokesperson last night.

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Arrest made in case of man burnt alive in sleeping bag by sARAH sTAck Irish national in his 40s, was badly beaten before being set alight in a sleeping bag. The grim discovery was made by gardaí near the Wellington monument in Phoenix Park early on Friday.

The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, has expressed his horror at the killing. Archbishop Martin was speaking during a homily at the Church of Saint Andrew on Westland Row to celebrate the first Sunday of the feast of Advent yesterday.

‘In our own city how often do we read about knives being raised in violence and guns in vengeance and lives – young lives – being ruined?’ he asked the congregation. ‘Like you, I am horrified by the news of someone being burned alive in the Phoenix Park in these days.’

DUBLIN Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is standing by its claim a horse whose charred remains were found in Tallaght on Thursday, was burnt alive. Gillian Bird of the DSPCA said reports the horse was dead prior to the incident may have been put about ‘in the hope other horses will not be removed by local authorities.’ Meanwhile, a man rescued a Shetland Pony in Ballyfermot on Wednesday, buying him from children who had tied a wooden pallet to his lower jaw and made him pull it.

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World ‘starting to win’ Aids war

Actor COLM MEAnEy, 60, was Miles O’Brien on Star Trek: Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. This year, he starred in the Alan Partridge and Paul Potts films

Were you an Alan Partridge fan before doing Alpha Papa? No, I wasn’t familiar with

the character at all because I’m either in Spain or Los Angeles, so I’m not familiar with British television. It was a complete surprise to me.

What was working with Steve Coogan like? Quite

and have four cameras running.

It doesn’t sound like you’re keen on this new approach… No, not at all. We de-

veloped a way or working over 100 years of film-making and it’s been completely thrown out. It’s not an improvement from an actor’s point of view.

How does it affect actors?

hair-raising. The way a lot of Here’s how you shoot on film: stuff is filmed now, because of the actors and director rehearse digital, means there’s a lot of the scene and block it. You say, stopping and starting, you can go ‘I’m going to walk over here’ back, you don’t have to finesse it and make decisions about where before you film it. In the old days, you’ll be on what line. Then you because film cost money, you bring the crew in and tell them didn’t shoot anything until what you’re doing. Then you knew exactly what the DP puts the marks you were doing. down. They light it Now you shoot because they everything. For know where If I watched reality TV we’ll be. Then comedy that’s useful, but it I’d probably kill myself. we start filmmeans the ing. Very effiIt’s a waste of time process becient. With digcomes more and voyeuristic ital, they say we chaotic. get more freedom nonsense to go wherever we You’ve criticised like – yes I can go shooting on digitwherever I like, but I al before – are you a might be bumping into cameras fan? It’s completely changed our or other actors because they’re process as actors. There was a de- also going wherever the f*ck bate about the picture quality at they like. That doesn’t give me first and people didn’t change freedom – that makes me tentaover until they were convinced tive. When I know where the digital quality was as good as cameras are I can concentrate on film, but there was no debate acting, that gives me freedom. about what it has done to our process and changed how we Why did you want to bework. I’ve spoken to directors like come an actor? My dad took Stephen Frears – he shoots on us to the Irish National Theatre a digital, but has said he shoots the couple of times a year and the atsame way he shot on film. Young- mosphere thrilled me – the lights er directors don’t do that because going down, the velvet seats, it they can just shoot everything fascinated me, and I was very affrom every conceivable angle fected by films such as If, films by

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Lindsay Anderson and Jack Gold. Both those things inspired me.

You did the biopic of Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts this year – did you know who he was? No, again

I’m not familiar with British television at all. I don’t watch talent shows, even American ones. I’ll watch HBO, sport and news and that’s about it. If I watched reality TV I’d probably kill myself. It’s a waste of time, voyeuristic, lowestcommon denominator nonsense. It’s cheap bulls**t for TV companies to put out and it leaves actors unemployed. They promote the s**t out of it to make people watch it, but the same amount of promotion for a drama would get the same audiences – the difference is drama is expensive.

HUMANITY is finally starting to control the spread of Aids, the leader of the United Nations has claimed. Huge progress had been made in recent years with a major fall in deaths and infection rates, secretary general Ban Ki-moon said. But the world was still a long way from eradicating the disease and much work was still needed, he added. A UN report, published on World Aids Day yesterday, showed the number of new HIV infections worldwide has fallen by a third since 2001. ‘For the first time, we can see an end to an epidemic that has wrought such staggering devastation around the world,’ said UN expert Michel Sidibé. ‘We can say that we are beginning to

by DAniEL binns control the epidemic and not that the epidemic is controlling us.’ The report estimates 1.6million people died from the disease last year, compared with 2.3million in 2005. Countries across the globe marked World Aids Day with officials in Washington DC hanging a giant red ribbon from the roof of the White House, while in Berlin a candlelit vigil was held for teenage sufferers. However, the UN fears progress may be stagnating. Mr Ban said: ‘We must recommit to breaking the remaining barriers, including punitive laws and social exclusion, so we can reach all people who lack access to HIV services.’

What were the challenges of doing such a long stint on Star Trek? It was generally

a really enjoyable show to do, the writing was very good and I was fortunate the executive producer agreed to let me go off and do films. He said if I did the show he’d let me out to do films. He was true to his word. I’d disappear for a couple of weeks and do films, which kept me fresh.

There are rumours there’s going to be a new show with Worf as the main character – would you do it? No.

Seven years in a space suit is enough for me, but Michael Dorn, who plays Worf, is a terrific actor and he’d do a wonderful job.

Andrew Williams Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is out now on DVD and Blu-ray.

All the rage: Awards host Neil Delamere with the BullorBear team

Summit to brag about online WEB Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave has won an Outstanding Achievement accolade at the eircom Spider Awards, recognising the ‘vast contribution’ he has made to Ireland’s digital economy’. Meanwhile, Daft.ie and journal.ie founders Eamonn and Brian Fallon scooped the Internet Hero

award for their ‘outstanding success in the online industry’. Social gaming company BullorBear – behind the AnyBet social betting app and BullorBear Leagues – won the Digital Start Up award, while Century Ireland came out top in the Irish Arts, Heritage and Culture category.

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R-Patz is knocked off his sexy perch by Superman robert Pattinson has lost his title of world’s sexiest man after four years at the top. The Twilight star slipped to second spot and is replaced by fellow British actor Henry Cavill, star of Man of Steel. Australian actor Liam Hemsworth, who recently split from Miley Cyrus, is third. Justin Bieber, 19, is the youngest name on the list and has risen from 49th spot last year to tenth. one Direction’s Harry Styles – who is a month older than Bieber – is sixth in the Glamour poll, while Michael Fassbender is the only Irish entry on the list, in 16th place. Slip: Pattinson

An arachnid is not an apéritif, Jen... Jennifer Lawrence almost started rumours she was an alcoholic when she tried to explain her phobia of spiders. The 23-year-old revealed she had a meltdown over the creepy crawlies on the Hunger Games shoot in the Hawaiian jungle. ‘Everybody told me there were no spiders, so when I saw three, I started crying,’ she said. ‘I think I am a legitimate alcoholic. No, what’s it called? An arachnophobic!’ Meanwhile, the star said she was planning a break from the big screen. ‘You don’t want more than one or two movies out a year – people get sick of you,’ she told OK! magazine USA.

Tamera meets her match... it’s Cilla Tamera Foster was fast becoming The X Factor’s version of Cilla Black – by matchmaking between takes. The 16-year-old filled her time in the make-up room helping the show’s backstage crew find love, she told Guilty Pleasures before she was voted off the show last night. But she’s no match for the Blind Date legend, it seemed. ‘I tried matchmaking the other day,’ Foster, right, said. ‘One of the stylists was saying, “I love the look of rugged men,” and one of the cameramen looks like Johnny Depp, so I thought of him straight away. ‘I told her about

him and she said “I don’t know who he is?” So I just grabbed him. ‘He just stood there, with everyone looking at him and said, “What’s going on?” So I told him to go and the stylist burst out laughing,’ she said. However, love failed to blossom. ‘He has a girlfriend, so that didn’t work,’ the teenager said. ‘Matchmaking never seems to work when I try it.’ Meanwhile, she thought getting viewers to decide what the hopefuls sing was a cool twist. Fans voted for her to sing Roberta Flack’s The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face on Saturday’s show.

Love is the one still remains a

Frank: Benedict Cumberbatch Picture: GQ

or Benedict Cumberbatch, finding Mrs right is anything but elementary – as wannabe suitors think he’s too posh or too much like Sherlock Holmes, the actor claims. Despite being recently voted the world’s sexiest actor by film fans, the quirky star has revealed even pop queen Madonna found him a ‘bit odd’ when they met. Explaining why he seems to be unlucky in love, the 37-year-old said: ‘It is harder [meeting wom-

by ANDREI HARMSWORTH en], because people think they know more about you than they actually do. ‘And you can’t control that... you can’t control perceptions of you,’ said Cumberbatch, who has been romantically linked to actress Liv Tyler and a string of stunning models in the past. recalling his run-in with Madonna, 55, the Star Trek actor quipped: ‘She said, “You’re the one with the strange name.” I said, “Yes, I

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TALK show host Matthew Wright won the latest I’m A Celebrity... Bushtucker trial – giving one of the jungle’s least popular inhabitants immunity from the series’ first eviction. Despite being the favourite to leave the show, the 48-year-old triumphed in a challenge called Critter Crates, where celebs at risk of eviction were locked in boxes full of bugs and given five minutes to escape. Alfonso Ribeiro was the only other star to complete the task.

Paloma: I’m 32. Who cares if I don’t act as if I’m in my 30s?

ALOMA Faith has come clean about her age and her secret marriage in a tell-all chat with Guilty Pleasures. The flame-haired singer tackled the rumours after it emerged she is actually 32 when it was believed she was 28. ‘I don’t think it is really relevant or matters how old I am,’ she said. ‘What matters is the music and the performances and the way I behave. I don’t think I behave like someone in their 30s. Or maybe I do? Maybe I act like someone in their 50s who has got old enough to not give a s*** any more.

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‘When I feel like talking about my age or I feel it is relevant, I will talk about it,’ she added. The Hackney-born star also said she hasn’t given up on love – even though it has been revealed she was secretly married to a New Zealand chef. Faith, whose four-year marriage to Rian Haynes ended in divorce in 2009, said: ‘We were in our early 20s and we did something quickly and realised it was a mistake. ‘I am still friends with him. All my other relationships were the ones that screwed me up, not that one!’

Speaking at the Faith In Art exhibition of her albums artwork in London, the quirky dresser said she’d never allow a record label to tell her what to wear. ‘I feel like I put myself under so much pressure to keep certain standards that I do it more than anyone else would. I’m not easily told what to do either. Even when I’ve been criticised, my label and everyone has always been really supportive of my decision to be me and not give a s*** about what people think. ‘Recently, people have been more complimentary but I’m convinced it’s because I’ve lost some weight. It’s weird you have to lose weight before people think you look good.’

Cover girl: Paloma Faith at her album art show PICTURE: wEnn

case that mystery... am, Madonna.”’ But the heart throb says he has little time for people who pull apart his oddities. ‘All the posh-baiting that goes on... it’s so predictable, so domestic, so dumb. ‘I’m an upper middle-class kid. I know that’s counted as posh but then I know people who I would call posh and I don’t talk like them,’ he told GQ magazine. While he is best known for his lead role in BBC1’s Sherlock, which will return to our screens for a third series on January 1, Cumberbatch insists he is no ‘onetrick pony.’ ‘I know that everything I do

now will have flavours of “Sherlock,”’ he said. ‘Everyone wants those dark, complicated anti-heroes and, of course, I play them. ‘But I also play Charles in August: Osage County, an everyman; he’s not supersleuthing or cracking code or breaking algorithms. ‘I play Ford in 12 Years A Slave and Alexander in Stuart: A Life Backwards – he’s a pretty open book; smart man though he is, the complexity is all about Stuart,’ he said, before going on to add about his roles: ‘I mix it up.’ Read the full interview in the January issue of GQ, on sale from Thursday.

Tat’s a bit over the top, isn’t it Justin? Arty arm: Bieber shows off his latest tat PICTURE: EROTEME

He already has 17 other pieces of body art but Justin Bieber was in a rush to get another inking. Minutes after coming off stage in Sydney on Saturday, the 19-year-old, posted a shirtless picture of himself in the back of a car on Instagram with the caption: ‘Just got off stage bout to get tatted.’ A few hours later he showed off the new design featuring an eagle flying in the clouds on his upper left arm.

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Driver error blamed as train derails on dangerous bend, killing four passengers

‘Bloodbath’ on the tracks Carnage: Fire crews at the scene

FOUR passengers were killed and another 63 injured after a train derailed on a notorious bend yesterday. Three men and one woman died and 11 of the injured were said to be in a critical condition last night. Driver William Rockefeller was among four train crew hurt. He was being blamed for the accident, with witnesses saying he had gone too fast round the 30mph curve.

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One firefighter said: ‘It was just a bloodbath. This is the worse accident scene I’ve ever worked. There was blood everywhere.’ The derailment happened just after the Metro-North service, with up to 150 people on board, went through a station north of Manhattan. Five of the seven cars left the rails

coming to rest in a question mark shape on the banks where the Hudson and Harlem rivers meet. Bloodied and scratched passengers, holding ice packs to their heads, were helped out of the wreckage. Three of the four who were killed were thrown out of the train as it came off the track and was twisting and turning. Joel Zaritsky, who injured his right hand in the crash, was on his way to a dental convention. ‘I was asleep and I woke up when the car started rolling several times. Then I saw the gravel coming at me, and I

heard people screaming,’ he said. ‘There was smoke everywhere and debris. People were thrown to the other side of the train.’ New York councillor G Oliver Koppell said: ‘It would appear the train was clearly going too fast on the curve. I take this train every morning and they always slow on this curve. ‘On first look, it appears the operator was going way too fast.’ The bend is well-known as an accident blackspot from as far back as February 1882 when a dozen passengers died after two trains collided.

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THAILAND’S protest leader yesterday told the prime minister to step down after another day of violent clashes. Suthep Thaugsuban said he had told Yingluck Shinawatra she had until tomorrow to hand over power as police fought rock-throwing mobs in Bangkok. Four people have died in the unrest.

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Glasgow waits as air crash victims mount

Tragedy: Emergency services remove wreckage as work to recover bodies from the Clutha Vaults pub in Glasgow city centre continues Picture: PA

TRIBUTES poured in to the victims of the Glasgow helicopter crash last night, amid fears more bodies could be found. Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond, warned more fatalities could emerge as police continued their ‘painstaking’ sifting through debris at the Clutha Vaults pub in Glasgow. He said: ‘I should say there’s an area which is still to be searched, the area which is underneath the helicopter itself, and as the Chief Constable has indicated, we have to prepare ourselves for the possibility there could be further fatalities.’ At least eight people were killed in the crash on Friday night and police named four of the victims yesterday. Pilot David Traill, 51, died along with officers Kirsty Nelis, 36, and Tony Collins, 43, as they returned from a police operation. Gary Arthur, 48, whose daughter Chloe played football for Scot-

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SYRIA: A helicopter missed its target and dropped barrels packed with explosives on a market killing 26 civilians, activists have claimed. The aircraft was thought to be aiming for a rebel base in al-Bab, east of Aleppo, but hit the Nafasin market instead. Four children were among the dead in Saturday’s strike. A separate attack yesterday left 11 dead, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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Detained US veteran ‘well treated’ NORTH KOREA: A US army veteran being held over alleged war crimes committed 60 years ago is being ‘treated well’, his family said yesterday. Merrill Newman (pictured), 85, was seen by Sweden’s ambassador at a hotel in Pyongyang, relatives in California said. The US, which has no diplomatic relations with the secretive state, has called for his immediate release.

Spacecraft begins ten-month journey to Mars INDIA: The Mars probe began its journey to the Red Planet after leaving Earth’s orbit yesterday. The Mangalyaan orbiter fired its main engine for 20 minutes to power its ten-month journey. The €55million probe was launched from Bangalore a month ago and is India’s first mission to Mars – overtaking the space efforts of rival Asian giant China. Fewer than half of missions to the planet are successful.

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n intense international tour schedule doesn’t appear to have taken a heavy toll on The Killers’ frontman Brandon Flowers. He arrives at a London hotel library looking very tanned and lean in a sweatshirt bearing the slogan: ‘Je Suis Americain’. This brooding, boyish Las Vegas vocalist wears the chic patriot look well. ‘I have these two sides that are constantly fighting,’ he admits. He punctuates his conversation with short, nervous laughs. ‘There’s that desire to represent where I’m from, that dusty American road pushing

against the fantasy world and European music that I grew up with. Sometimes when they meet in one of our songs, like When You Were Young, it’s great.’ Flowers has taken time to consider his band’s contrasting energies lately. The Killers have been playing live dates to showcase their ‘best of’ retrospective, Direct Hits. The collection neatly spans the high-drama synth breakthroughs of their 2004 debut, Hot Fuss, to the stadiumrocking riffs of their last LP, Battle Born. ‘A lot of the first records I bought were greatest hits and they seemed very concise,’ he says. ‘This

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“Ambition is perceived as an ugly thing” around 20 when we were writing that first album, and we haven’t stopped since then. My years haven’t been like the average person’s years.’ It might also be said that Flowers hasn’t been the average rock’n’roll star. He projects razzle-dazzle charisma on stage and he’s earnest about his musical heroes (Pet Shop Boys, U2, Springsteen) but he’s also pointedly a family man and practising Mormon, more given to conservative ideals and romantic imagery than loud excess.

He hints at a second solo album in 2014 (his debut, Flamingo, was a global hit in 2010) but points out The Killers remain a vital concern. ‘I think we understand the strengths we have as a band,’ he says. ‘We’re a real unit and I just think we’re strong live. That’s what we were trying to achieve with Battle Born.’ He looks uneasy again. ‘Sometimes ambition is perceived as an ugly thing.’ ‘Traditional’ values are often seen as having an agenda, too. ‘Well, I feel the need sometimes to defend where I’m from,’ he says, carefully. ‘When we first came out as a band, Bush was president and there was a strong anti-American sentiment. I felt it as we were travelling the world. We’ve seen it shift and change since Obama became president but I was young and trying to understand it all.’ He furrows his brow at this. He’s on steadier oldfashioned ground with The Killers’ annual Christmas charity single, a popular ritual for the band since 2006. This year’s song is called Christmas In LA. ‘You’ll never see us smile or let our hair down as much as when we do the Christmas stuff,’ he grins. ‘What’s nice is that it happens to coincide with World Aids Day, on December 1, so it made sense to write Christmas songs to raise money for Red Project. This year, the song’s about a struggling actor in

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LA who misses the traditional Christmas. We got Owen Wilson to do the video, there are cameos from Harry Dean Stanton and an animated Warren Zevon, which is bad-ass.’ If there is a recurring theme in Flowers’ material, it’s his Vegas background. The city looms large in The Killers’ songs and videos (including recent single Shot At The Night), and this touring spirit is a down-home soul. ‘We romanticise about these other

places around the world but I just can’t leave,’ he sighs. ‘This is where my roots are. I can take my kids to Lake Mead, where their greatgrandpa used to fish and sell his catch during the Depression. Or I can take them to the MGM, where their greataunt was a housekeeper and cleaned Dean Martin’s room; he only had tuxedoes, pyjamas and pills, apparently. Their great-grandma worked at the Golden Nugget. And the Nevada desert is beautiful.’

He already looks keen to get home for the festive season. ‘Christmas in Vegas is great,’ he says. ‘I get sentimental about it. We’ve got a “Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas” ornament and we put festive lights on the palm trees. We really go for it.’ This old-fashioned showman finally looks relaxed, and there is a neon twinkle in his eyes.

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Playwright Billy Roche’s 1994 play is given a makeover courtesy of Nomad Theatre Network in association with Decadent Theatre Company. Terry is in the final stages of shutting down his cobbler shop in rural Wexford and finds himself reminiscing about the eponymous barber-shop quartet he formed with his colleagues and a doomed love affair while struggling to make sense of a protean rural Ireland Tomorrow & Wed, Draiocht Arts Centre Blanchardstown; Thu to Sat, Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire; see respective websites for full details

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For a group who once released an album titled I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass, it’s fair to say New Jersey indie heroes Yo La Tengo could never be accused of playing to the gallery. Founders Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley returned this year with 13th LP Fade, a winning amalgam of free jazz, folk rock and alt pop Thu, Vicar Street, 58-59 Thomas Street D8, 7.30pm, €22.50. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.vicarstreet.ie

Smashing Times Theatre Company presents an afternoon of presentations and workshops exploring how theatre can engage with issues of social justice and influence public policy, particularly in terms of those marginalised in society Today, Smock Alley Theatre, 8 Lower Exchange Street, Temple Bar D8, 2pm to 5.15pm. www. artforcivicaction.eventbrite.ie e.ie or info@ smashingtimes.ie

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The hotly tipped British electronic trio perform atmospheric melodies from debut album If You Wait. Expect Hannah Reid’s austere and commanding vocals, supplemented by understated electronic beats, to bewitch at this sold-out gig Tomorrow, The Academy, 57 Middle Abbey Street D1, 8pm, €19.90. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.londongrammar.com www.londongrammar

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somehow, we are already three albums down with the bouncy, becoiffed boys, who still cause teen hyperventilation wherever they go. this latest record is rockier and edgier (relatively speaking) than the ‘crazy crazy crazy’ pop we’ve heard before, and sees the boys share some songwriting for the first time. the title track is an almost Aerosmith-style stomper, while Little Black dress apes at the stones with its rock guitar lick. it’s one of a few songs which hint that harry, Zayn and co may no longer want to stay Up All night just to hold hands on a jelly bean rush. however, the sensitive swoonfests, such as You & i and single story of My Life, are all present and correct. As ever, the scale of one direction’s success is baffling but this is another solid-enough pop record. Amy Dawson

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uch is the non-stop sensationalism of the pop industry that simplicity seems an event in itself. The earnestly titled eighth album from Britney Spears comes at the tail-end of a glitzy rush of major music releases (including several of her successors: Miley cyrus, Katy Perry and Gaga), and was launched online with a handwritten note to her fans: ‘I am your friend. I am Britney Jean.’ The opening synth shimmer of Alien reveals this album isn’t going to be a stripped-back affair, though the lyrics have a reflective tinge (‘There was a time I was one of a kind’). Britney, 32 today, still comes across as a conservative gal surrounded by radical producers; she appears relatively sedate after a heavy media meltdown, though she isn’t immune to the paparazzi glare. her vocals – part coquettish warble, part digital tweak – have never been

typically dramatic, though she excels here on the epic electroballad Perfume (co-written by the sublime Sia Furler), where she leaves her scent on a faithless lover. Britney Jean is dominated by clubby producers including William Orbit, David Guetta and Will. i.am; however, it’s frustrating the chemistry doesn’t create more sparks, whether it’s the r’n’b-rave

single Work Bitch or a duet with her younger sister Jamie Lynn on chillin’ With You. Britney already has a classic catalogue and it’s not as though she’s evaded personal lyrics before, from fame pressures to motherhood joys (My Baby, from her 2008 album circus). These modern confessionals remain glossed with a synthetic sheen. Arwa Haider

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An important and vibrant piece of musical and political history is revisited in this live recording. Archie Shepp was one of the most radical figures in the jazz world when he emerged in the 1960s as a free-improvisation and civilrights firebrand. His 1972 album Attica Blues was less avant-garde than some of its predecessors but, written in response to the violent suppression of an inmate uprising at Attica Prison, New York State in 1971, its political message proved both pulsatingly urgent and deeply moving. Here, Shepp and his crack 26-piece orchestra blow fresh life into the reworked oratorio, which still bristles with rage but also proves rich in compellingly

grammy-gobbling smooth jazz chanteuse norah Jones and green day’s spiky-haired American idiot Billie Joe Armstrong make an unlikely duo. But they share a love of the everly Brothers and replicate those tight vocal harmonies on a song-by-song cover of the everlys’ rootsy 1958 album songs our daddy taught Us. Jones has collaborated with numerous unlikely artists (from Q-tip to Belle & sebastian) but this album is more similar to her classy C&W project the Little Willies. these traditional numbers are often surprisingly dark: there’s a brutal, nick Cave-ish murder ballad (down in the Willow garden), a victorian parlour song narrated by a dying child (Put My Little shoes Away) and a comically tragic tale of a child’s visit to his dying mother (Lightning express). But Jones’s deliciously groggy voice makes even the most mawkish songs compelling. John Lewis

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Brian Kennedy covering Joni Mitchell – now there’s a sentence to chill the heart. You fear an easy listening horror show so it’s almost a relief to report that Kennedy’s tilt at Mitchell’s songbook (honouring her 70th birthday) is respectful and very nearly nuanced. he dials down the cloying overemoting that can make his voice difficult to take and lets the songs command the attention. Kennedy delivers a respectful reading of night ride home and is charismatic and engaging on You turn Me on, i’m A radio. that isn’t to say that Mitchell fans should immediately download this record. the tunes are couched in treacly arrangements, so while not nearly as maudlin as you might have expected, this project could have done with a few sharp edges. Eamon de Paor Power and grace: rebecca Ferguson

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It’s hard not to be struck by the quality of Rebecca Ferguson’s voice: smoky, steeped in emotion and somehow more seasoned than her years. It also surpasses the safe retro-soul productions on the follow-up to her well-received 2011 debut album Heaven. Ferguson exudes power and grace on numbers such as I Hope but these songs are stuffed with over-worn romantic metaphors and even a smooth cameo from John Legend feels predictable. Freedom’s title track is a rather subdued finale. Ferguson is presented as a showgirl-next-door but she sings like she has the guts to be much more. Arwa Haider Exclusive for Metro Herald readers

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RIPPER STREET BBc1, 9pm Reid (Matthew MacFadyen, right) is sucked into the shadowy world of the occult when he investigates a spate of attacks against churches and synagogues, leading him to fear the brewing of a religious war in Whitechapel. If all that wasn’t enough, Drake (Jerome Flynn, far right) is becoming increasingly suspicious about the mysterious and charismatic ‘uncle’ who keeps turning up at Bella’s doorstep. Dread is rarely far from this stylish series.

50 WAYS TO TEST YOUR MAMMY

Homegrown TV presenter Baz Ashmawy – well, he’s actually part Egyptian – is the latest to join the trend for co-starring in a show with one of your parents. Step forward frustrated thrill seeker Nancy, aged 70, who will join her prank-loving son on 50 Ways To Test Your Mammy on Sky1, in which he encourages her to try skydiving, alligator wrangling and the like. Consider it one in the eye for ageism, at least.

FERRELL TO STAR IN OIL COMEDY

Will Ferrell doubling up as fictional author Eric Jonrosh and the Shah of Iran is just one reason to have high hopes for comedy mini-series The Spoils Of Babylon. The glittering cast of this oilindustry epic spoof also includes Kristen Wiig and Tobey Maguire as an adopted brother and sister with the hots for each other, Jessica Alba, Michael Sheen and Val Kilmer. It’s on Fox in January.

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‘You’ve got a mum?’ JP’s surprise at Vod’s biological background is matched only by Vod’s certainty that, when he claps eyes on her hot, young ‘more like my best friend’ mum, he’ll be all over her like a rash. Then again, perhaps she should be more worried about her mum. Josie (Kimberley Nixon, right), meanwhile, has some crushing news for Kingsley in the bed department, Howard discovers his radical feminist side and Oregon is obsessing over her reviews in the student press. Student life can be so traumatic.

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Jennifer Maguire’s ladette shtick might not be to everyone’s taste but there’s no denying that Montrose’s queen of brash has been a perfect standard bearer for RTÉ2’s Monday night comedy aspirations. Straight after Republic Of Telly – where she corules with presenter Kevin McGahern – catch her in the last episode of the hit-and-miss prank series.

This documentary goes behind the scenes with the employees of private security firm Frontline, as they keep the peace at some of the country’s major sporting and music events. Joining boss allan Gannon and his crew at the Rose of Tralee and Punchestown festivals, we soon come to appreciate that security patrolling is a multi-faceted occupation.

George Clooney (right) smoothly slips into Frank Sinatra’s shoes as debonair criminal Danny Ocean in this enjoyably glitzy remake of the classic 1960 Rat Pack caper. Here, Danny and his pal Rusty (Brad Pitt) set their sights on stealing $150million from the vaults of Las Vegas’s three biggest casinos. To do it, they need to call in some help in the form of a diverse character ensemble of cons that memorably includes Don Cheadle and his infamous ‘English’ accent. Julia Roberts is there to provide the token female and it’s all so irresistibly breezy and stylish, you feel glamorous just watching it.

Life dear dolly

Dear Victoria. As well as carving a successful fashion career without having ever formally studied it, you have now become the guest editor of Vogue Paris’s December issue having never studied journalism. I do wonder how, exactly, you were ‘handed over the running’ of the magazine: we can only assume you are also fluent in French to have been able to subedit copy and commission journalists, photographers and stylists. While also looking at budgets, flatplans and invoices.

I bumped into an ex recently – we broke up five years ago when he took a job abroad as we didn’t think we could cope with the long distance thing just a few months into a relationship. He is back home to stay, so we’ve been hanging out a bit. Trouble is I recently got engaged… Nothing has happened between us but I feel it’s just a matter of time. Should I cut all ties and move on with my life, or is fate throwing us together again? Torn Blaming fate is often a convenience – it admonishes taking responsibility for our own actions. Fate, here, is in your hands and yours alone. Having an affair is often the symptom of a dissatisfactory relationship so if this is more about second thoughts over your marriage then you should listen to these doubts. If you were genuinely madly in love with your fiancé, no gorgeous, smart, funny ex would be able to proverbially steal you away. So listen to your feelings very carefully before you act on them: the old flame might just be the embodiment of your marriage anxieties – or he could be your life partner. Whatever you do, don’t

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Our house is already covered in lametta. Within days I will be asked to erect the illuminations on our roof and have an opinion about a Christmas tree. I am already nauseous from flashing fairy lights. How will I cope this holiday season? Ebeneezer

Fiddle with the plugs and sockets so that she believes that all these lights are tripping the mains – when she realises it’s a choice between the central heating and the fibre optic reindeer she’ll surely relent. Or, mock up a letter from your energy supplier telling her that your

house has so much wattage and bling that it is a fire hazard. Elf and safety and all that. LAST WEEK:

I’ve moved in with my boyfriend for a few weeks before our new flat is ready. His bed sheets are like the Turin Shroud. I’m suddenly worried that a) I’m shacking up with a sloven, and b) I will become Domestic Nag Woman. Is there a way of making him more house-proud/hygienic without me turning into a Priscilla mammy? YOU SAiD: Tell him you are aroused by the scent of clean bedlinen

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Out and about in Dublin

Suits you: TV3’s Alan Hughes and Karl Broderick at a lunch for Cari at the Four Seasons Hotel

Noble cause: Fiona Rowley at the Christina Noble charity lunch at Saba Restaurant

Right stripes: Corrie’s Georgia May Fotoe and Samia Ghadie at the opening of Baroque at The Wright Venue in Swords

Green with envy: Michelle Martin and Tracey Clifford pictured at the Dress Pantry Fashion Show at Ashtown, Navan Road

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Barbie girl: Mia Caff, four, meets the ‘real’ Barbie at the Dublin Toy Fair at the RDS

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PrIDE IN WOrK: (l-r) Corina Gaffney, fashion editor at KISS and Stellar, Declan Leavy of dailyupdate.ie, host Druid Jed, burlesque performer Miss Bella A Go Go, and Marissa Carter of Cocoa Brown/Carter Beauty strike a pose at the latest Seven Deadly Skills talk. The events are organised by NCI in association with Metro Herald and Jacob’s Creek to celebrate NCI’s range of professional courses

f YOU have a ball gown but don’t know where to go with it on, wear it to Tesco and go shopping. Miss Bella A Go Go, burlesque performer and panel member of the Dublin Burlesque festival, believes that confidence in yourself and how you look is essential if you’re going to get anywhere. ‘Learn how to give someone a strong handshake, make eye contact and flutter your eyelids,’ said the performer. ‘If you’re going into an interview, walk confidently and introduce yourself to everyone. ‘If you look terrified, you won’t be taken seriously.’ She was speaking at the fifth Deadly Skills event at the National College of Ireland, which carried the theme of ‘Pride’. Marissa Carter, founder of Carter Beauty and Cocoa Brown, a fake tan product, agreed with Bella, but had more of a personal insight to offer. Looking good and speaking were priorities for Marissa as she grew up due to her frugal childhood. ‘My family was so poor we would use the fire guard as a kitchen table,’ she said. ‘Despite this, my Mum would buy me a spanking new uniform for school every September because she didn’t want me sticking

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Why did you leave teaching to go into the world of business? What did you teach? When I was teaching my

main subject was technical graphics. I like the idea of having greater autonomy. As a business owner, I have the opportunity to conceive of a product or service and bring it to market. There is a satisfaction from that which I find motivating.

Do you ever regret your decision? No, I think to look

forward with optimism rather than look back with regret. I believe we grow when we expose ourselves to new challenges – for me that is a good thing.

One aspect of your business is providing and correcting mock exam papers? Who sets and corrects the papers? All papers are set and

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How do you figure out what to put in the exam paper?

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How has it affected your business? We have just devel-

team of teachers. However, I would never claim that we can second guess the topic selection of the State Examination Commission.

One common criticism of the Leaving Cert is that it encourages students to regurgitate data learned off by heart, rather than applying or analysing it, what do you think of this idea? That is a

oped a digital product which can be used by students. It is an ediary and digital workspace for students. It allows students to record their homework online and then to complete and submit their homework to their teacher for correction. We have had to reengineer our business to adapt to this technology but now that we have, I am very confident that significant opportunities exist for our software products which we are offering to schools through Learning Data [the Spanish company bought by Examcraft earlier this year].

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I believe we grow fair criticism in can many regards. when we expose tional the educaStudents who ourselves to new tion business apply an effective study methodology challenges be? There are a and have good recall large number of do well in exams. It is global players in the important to remember education business. For that the Leaving Certificate is not us, we are selling our software a measure of intelligence. It is, into 14 countries and we hope to however, difficult to develop an build on this in the years ahead. exam system which is fair, which can be validated independently If you could change just and also measure all the attributes one aspect of the education and abilities of all young people. system in Ireland what A lot of schools are going would it be? Ensure that personal development is embedded

digital now, with students encouraged to use tablets rather than paper books, do you think this is a good route to take? I believe digital

devices improve student engagement and also facilitate more students embedding their learning by doing related research and contextualising their learning. It is also reflective of how they consume information outside of the classroom, therefore I believe the adoption of these devices within the school is inevitable and should be welcomed.

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into the schooling experience from the earliest age. Schooling is very subject-focused but there is little about building confidence and belief in young people about their ability to achieve. While this is part of the culture of most schools, there is no embedded programme to give young people these essential life skills.

How profitable is your business? Education is not a high-

profit business, but it is stable and the majority of our product lines deliver annual revenue so we are happy with that.

How has the recession affected your business? What did you do to adapt?

School are increasingly cost conscious, therefore we have had to ensure that our own processes deliver the efficiencies that schools are seeking.

What’s on your desk? Lots of paper. I need to organise it again.

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Trimming with confidence: A newly shorn Zane Kirchner wowed the home crowd in Leinster’s Pro12 win against Scarlets Picture: inPhO

by gARETH MAkiM Zane Kirchner handed Leinster boss Matt O’connor a major selection headache ahead of this weekend’s heineken cup trip to northampton as the Pro12 champions cruised past an under-strength Scarlets side at a chilly rDS on Saturday evening. The Springbok full-back, shorn of his famous dreadlocks, was in scintillating form on his first home start for the province and played a major role as Leinster ran in three early scores, his initial break creating the momentum for Brendan Macken’s opener before he was held up over the line in the lead-up to a penalty try. Kirchner did cross the whitewash late on to complete a 36-19 victory that lifted the hosts to second in the table, leaving O’connor with some tough decisions to make this week, with rob Kearney, Dave Kearney and Brian O’Driscoll back in the frame and Luke Fitzgerald having another impressive outing on the wing. ‘Yeah, 16 doesn’t go into 15,’ O’connor said. ‘But it’s a good problem to have. a lot of blokes have played very well for us through this international period. The guys who went away and represented ireland have played good footy, so it’ll be a tough call next week. ‘Zane has played really well for us. he’s a world class player, the only issue was going to be the speed that he got integrated and he’s been fantastic for us in the games he’s played so far. he’ll be very important to us the rest of the year.’ Despite the comfortable scoreline, Leinster went off the boil after going 22-0 ahead, failing to score for more than half an hour as Scarlets briefly cut the gap to ten, giving O’connor plenty to work on going to Franklin’s Gardens. ‘The three tries to nothing was a great start

for us. We probably lost our way a little bit, which is disappointing, but they were always going to keep playing. ‘We have to be better across the board.

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heineken cup is a different level totally, you won’t be able to get away with the inaccuracies and not taking your opportunities against a team as good as northampton.’

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IT Is TIme for Leinster to make a statement of intent, and the following back-to-back games with Northampton will show just how much can be expected of the province in europe. There is no room for excuses now as matt O’Connor’s men go into their crucial Heineken Cup double-header with a fully fit squad (bar the broken hand suffered by Fergus mcFadden) and with all top players on form after November, the time has come to grab europe’s attention. While 19 of the province’s squad were on Ireland duty last month, south African international Zane Kirchner was busy making an impression in their absence and last weekend showed just how potent he can be when he linked up with Luke Fitzgerald to set up Brendan macken for the opening try against scarlets. The now-streamlined springbok also got on the scoresheet for the first time as he backed up sprightly turns against Dragons and Treviso. The Leinster backs look lethal given the displays of Gordon D’Arcy, Rob Kearney and Fitzgerald in recent weeks, and Kirchner brings some additional finishing ability into the mix. Let’s not forget the presence of O’Driscoll, either. The Ireland centurion saw his ambition of beating New Zealand go unfulfilled over a week ago and now he will turn his attentions to conquering europe for the fourth time in his glittering career. Having sharpened up for Ireland in all three Tests against samoa, Australia and New Zealand, the 34year-old centre will be galvanised by the prospect of taking on one of the Premiership’s top teams on two consecutive prime-time slots on sky sports. The last time O’Driscoll faced Northampton was in Leinster’s incredible 2011 Heineken Cup final win, and now that he has reached his prime physical shape he will relish the opportunity to show that he can still dazzle in attack after a November which only showcased his defensive command.

Psychological issues for Oulart after defeat BOss martin storey admitted Oulart-The Ballagh may have psychological issues about getting over the winning line in the AIB Leinster club hurling championship, writes Paul Keane. The Wexford kingpins were dramatically denied a first-ever provincial title for the fourth year in a row. And defeat to raging underdogs mount Leinster Rangers was easily the most difficult to take of their four straight final losses. Oulart led by 0-5 to 0-3 at halftime, but rued a string of missed opportunities with eight first-half wides, 11 in total, and eight shots that dropped short into the ‘keeper’s arms overall. The mount Leinster Rangers fans waited on the pitch for over an hour afterwards and celebrated with players like match winner

Mt leinster rangers........0-11 oulart- the ballagh........0-8 Denis murphy who shot 0-8. But Oulart’s players retreated to their dressing-room where the mood was ‘devastation’, according to storey. ‘It’s a very hard one to put your finger on exactly why (Oulart keep losing),’ said storey. ‘Is it a psychological thing? Is it a physical thing? Are we too predictable? You can come up with about ten scenarios. I’ll sit down tomorrow and come up with five or six scenarios to change it for next year. ‘I don’t agree that it will be hard for these players to come back. These are hurling men. They are hurling for the black and red since they were eight years of age. I

don’t think it will be hard for them to come back because this is what they do.’ After seven points from murphy, Paul Coady went on to hit mount Leinster’s eighth point in the 47th minute to put them two ahead, 0-8 to 0-6, and Oulart never got closer than that. meanwhile, Dr Crokes survived the dismissal of Kerry ace Colm Cooper to beat Clare’s Cratloe 013 to 0-12 in the munster club football final. Crokes fought back bravely from a seven-point half-time deficit as well as Cooper’s red card with Johnny Buckley shooting the winner. In Ulster, 2002 All-Ireland winners Ballinderry were more comfortable 1-13 to 2-6 winners over michael murphy’s Glenswilly in the provincial decider.

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followed up on her Mansion house victory over Caroline veyre, on Friday, by defeating Finland’s Mira potkonen in Bray on Saturday night. The olympic Gold Medalist beat the Finn on a unanimous points decision to record her 101st career win

Lisburn wraps up with 6 new records swiMMing The final day of

competition at the irish Short Course Swimming Championships in lisburn saw six new irish records bringing the total to fourteen records over the three days. Andrew Meegan became the first irishman to swim under 8 minutes in the 800m Freestyle. Second place in the 800m Freestyle Final went to Brendan Gibbons in a new irish Junior record of 8:06.29. Meanwhile, having already picked up Silver in both the 800m and 400m Freestyle, Antoinette Neamt raced to Gold in the 1500m Freestyle Final in a new irish Junior record of 16:40.22.

Ireland ‘run amok’ in Abu Dhabi win cRickET ireland recorded the fourthhighest total in T20 international history as they defeated Afghanistan in the World T20 Qualifying final for the second year running. After winning the toss and batting first, ireland ran up a formidable 225 for seven off their 20 overs at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, with Man of the match Trent Johnston (pictured) smashing 62 off 32 balls with four sixes and five fours before later taking three for 34 to cap a memorable all-round display from the retiring 39year-old. Both teams had already secured their place in the first round of next year’s iCC World Twenty20 finals But ireland still ran amok with the bat. The international Cricket Council confirmed ireland has been grouped with Zimbabwe, holland and the united Arab emirates in Group B.

Solid win for Jezki RAcing Jezki threw his hat into the

ring for this season’s Champion hurdle with a solid if unspectacular victory in the hatton’s Grace hurdle at Fairyhouse. Stepped up to two and a half miles for the first time for this assignment, the 46 favourite travelled through the contest like much the best horse, but the front-running Diakali did not fade tamely and last year’s winner Zaidpour was also staying on doggedly on the run to the final flight.

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Hull fans planning a fight to the death

HULL fans taunted owner Assem Allam yesterday in their latest protests over plans to rebrand the club. Allam had hit out at fans who sing ‘City till we die’ and a campaign group of the same name which is protesting at his attempts to rebrand the club Hull Tigers. ‘They can die as soon as they want, as long as they leave the club for the majority who just want to watch good football,’ he said. However, fans chanted, ‘We’ll die when we want’ and, ‘We’re City till we die’ throughout yesterday’s 3-1 victory over Liverpool, with TV cameras trained on Allam’s face for a reaction. The City Till We Die group has called on Allam to consult fans on the name change.

Rodgers: Reds could be out of their depth LiverpooL boss Brendan rodgers is concerned he does not have the depth to deal with Daniel Sturridge’s lay-off after a shock defeat. rodgers confirmed england striker Sturridge is facing up to two months out with an ankle injury suffered in training and his team-mates appeared to feel the loss sharply at Hull. Steven Gerrard found the net with a fine freekick to cancel out Jake Livermore’s opener, but a second-half strike from David Meyler and a Martin Skrtel own goal did not flatter Hull, who were clearly superior after the interval. As well as Sturridge’s absence, phillipe Coutinho was restricted to 25 minutes from the bench having also suffered an ankle problem. The stand-ins, victor Moses and raheem Sterling, were unconvincing and left rodgers worried about the strength of his squad. ‘The quality of our squad isn’t big enough to cope with two big players like that missing. No doubt it was a disruption,’ he said. ‘This little period will test us now but players will come in and it’s a great opportunity to

Pellegrini is plotting his route to top MANUeL peLLeGriNi has told Manchester City they must start delivering in away games if they are to reach top spot by new year. in his programme notes before yesterday’s 3-0 win over Swansea, the City boss revealed his intention of beginning 2014 at the premier League’s summit, writes JohnPayne. ‘i would like to arrive at the new year in first place but if that is not possible, then no more than three points from the number one position,’ wrote pellegrini. City lived up to that bullish statement with Samir Nasri’s double and Alvaro Negredo’s free-kick maintaining their 100 per cent home record. The priority is to carry that into away games, City going into next week’s trips to West Brom and Southampton, having already lost four times on the road this season. Asked if he was confident of reaching the top during December, pellegrini said: ‘i can answer your question after we finish the two

pREMiER LEAguE hull ...................................................3 liverpool .........................................1 by jOn HARvEy stake a claim. We’ve got a squad that needs as many of its good players as possible.’ The defeat leaves Liverpool seven points shy of premier League pacesetters Arsenal. After successive defeats to Southampton and Crystal palace, Hull boss Steve Bruce cut a contented figure at full-time. ‘i said last week was the most disappointing since the start of the season because the expectation was to roll over Crystal palace and we didn’t play well at all,’ he said. ‘it was important to get a response. Let’s be fair, Liverpool have better players than we have. But the big thing was the response of the team after last week and they showed that.’

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MAN CiTy ........................3 SWANSeA ........................0

Nice and knee-sy: Aguero on his knees after a miss games we are going to play away. ‘i have a lot of trust in this team. We have to play six more premier League games during December. ‘We are six points behind Arsenal, that is too much. We will try to cut this, but if Arsenal continue winning it is not easy. if you can’t be top, a good target for our team is to be three points behind.’ Swansea had plenty of the game until Nasri, who toiled last season, continued his rich vein of form with a second-half brace. pellegrini added: ‘Samir is playing free, he is happy and feels again he is an important player. ‘The way he plays maybe is very comfortable for him also.’

Man of the moment: Negredo goes airborne Pictures: ePA/PA

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Wenger has warning for his Gunners

Captain’s jog: Skipper John Terry reels away after putting Chelsea ahead picture: reuters

ARsenAl may be four points clear at the top of the Premier league but Arsene Wenger has warned they cannot afford to relax. Aaron Ramsey (pictured) struck twice against his boyhood club to help Arsenal to a 3-0 win at Cardiff. Wenger had previously said the table at the end of november would give the clearest indication of his side’s credentials. But when pressed as to whether their current position shows the Gunners can go on and win the title, he said: ‘let’s go a few more games, but what is good for us is we have shown consistency up until now, which is always a good sign for a team and every win makes you a bit stronger. ‘We lost the first game at home against Aston Villa and I could not imagine we would be in this situation today, but that is why we have to keep a level of urgency and concentration. We cannot relax too much.’

premier league table

P arsenal 13 chelsea 13 Man city 13 liverpool 13 everton 13 newcastle 13 southampton 13 Man utd 13 tottenham 13 hull 13 aston Villa 13 West Brom 13 swansea 13 norwich 13 West ham 13 stoke 13 cardiff 13 Fulham 13 sunderland 13 crystal pal 13

W 10 8 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2

D 1 3 1 3 6 2 4 4 3 2 4 6 3 2 4 4 4 1 2 1

L 2 2 4 3 1 4 3 3 4 6 5 4 6 7 6 6 6 9 9 10

F 27 24 37 25 21 19 16 22 11 12 13 15 17 11 12 12 11 11 8 7

A 10 11 12 16 13 18 10 17 14 16 14 16 19 23 14 18 20 24 24 22

Pts 31 27 25 24 24 23 22 22 21 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 13 10 8 7

results aston Villa.................. 0 cardiff ......................... 0 chelsea ........................3 everton ........................4 hull city .......................3 Man city ......................3 newcastle....................2 norwich....................... 1 tottenham...................2 West ham ...................3

sunderland.............. 0 arsenal......................3 southampton ........... 1 stoke ........................ 0 liverpool................... 1 swansea................... 0 West Brom ............... 1 crystal palace .......... 0 Man utd ...................2 Fulham..................... 0

Jose hails Blues maturity to curb quick-fire Saints

JOse MOuRInHO admitted southampton’s 13-second goal against Chelsea was pREMiER LEAGuE ‘like a knife in our back’ but praised the way chelsea ....................................3 his players recovered to move to within four southaMpton....................... 1 points of league leaders Arsenal. After Jay Rodriguez’s opening goal, Gary by JAck fOx Cahill, John terry and Demba Ba scored in the second half as Mourinho’s unbeaten Premier league home record was extended southampton’s approach and rued the conto 67 games. cession of two goals from set-pieces. the result was all the more significant af‘It’s clear that the game changed when we ter liverpool lost at Hull and Manchester scored that goal so early on,’ he said. united and tottenham drew at White Hart ‘I think we competed well and even up to lane. them getting even, that was our best spell ‘the goal was like a knife in our back; by because we were attacking. surprise you are losing 1-0,’ he said. ‘then we conceded two goals from set‘(But) in the first half we played very well. pieces. that’s a mistake. they were soft We played with balance, we played calm, goals we shouldn’t have conceded.’ no panic, no silly decisions, no mistakes, Artur Boruc had done well to deny not going from 1-0 to 2-0, not risking a Chelsea, but the goalkeeper departed lot. that was a sign of maturity. after Cahill’s equaliser and went to hos‘We deserved the three points in a pital for X-rays on his hand and wrist. match which was a must-win for us. After a first defeat in nine games at We knew that three title conArsenal, saints have now lost to two tenders lost points beof the title contenders who fore us, so it was imPochettino says cannot be portant for us to win split. this game.’ ‘they’re clearly two teams saints boss Mauricio that are going to be in the Pochettino admitted the fighting to win the league,’ early goal had an impact on Panic over: Mourinho Pochettino said.

Rene keeps it simple as Jol departs Rene Meulensteen admits he is faced with a ‘massive challenge’ at Fulham after taking over from the sacked Martin Jol. Owner shahid Khan switched one Dutchman with another as Jol departed Craven Cottage after twoand-a-half years. Khan decided Jol (pictured) had to go after saturday’s 3-0 loss at West Ham, a sixth defeat in a row. Meulensteen came in last month as head coach, and his task now is to steer Fulham clear of the danger zone and preserve the topflight status they have had since 2001. ‘this is a different challenge with different pressure. this is making sure you realise the need to keep three teams below you.’

Gerard joy for your Evertons

Towering presence: Cahill climbs over Dani Osvaldo

picture: reuters

eVeRtOn striker Gerard Deulofeu may be set to light up the Premier league but boss Roberto Martinez insists he can only do so because his team-mates give him the platform. the 19-year-old, who is on loan from Barcelona, scored the opener on his full league debut and was a threat throughout everton’s 4-0 win over stoke at Goodison Park. ‘the success of Gerard and a performance like that [against stoke] would be impossible without having the Phil Jagielkas, sylvain Distins and Gareth Barrys,’ Martinez said.

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Goodbye dreads, hello Saints as Zane cuts into Scarlets

sugar leaves AvB with bitter taste Spurs Boss says ex-chairman has a ‘very driven agenda’ AnDrE Villas-Boas accused former Spurs chairman Lord Sugar of a ‘very driven agenda’ against him after his side’s thrilling 2-2 draw with United. Sugar questioned the tactical approach of Villas-Boas in the wake of Spurs’ 6-0 defeat at Manchester City last Sunday and suggested exManchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson should come out of retirement to replace the Portuguese. But after a fighting draw with David Moyes’ United, Villas-Boas hit back. ‘I think it’s a very driven agenda by somebody that does not honour the club, myself nor my players,’ he said. ‘It’s their team, their passion and they don’t trade it for anything else, not like Alan Sugar who trades it for money.’ Villas-Boas, who saw his side twice give away the lead against the champions, was also in prickly mood when he spoke to the press. ‘A couple of people insult my integrity, my human values, my professionalism and one of these people is sitting over here,’ he said. ‘It insults the

piCture: reuterS

pREMIER LEAguE tottenhaM 2 Manchester utD 2 by jAck fOx success I have achieved in other clubs and I don’t think it’s fair. It’s a lack of respect and an attack on a person’s integrity. It’s something that comes with the 6-0 thrashing but more important is the team and the response and the players did that in great fashion.’ Kyle Walker opened the scoring with a low free-kick before the England defender then failed to clear a Phil Jones cross, allowing Wayne rooney to level. Sandro scored a wonderful effort to put the hosts back in front, with rooney equalising from the penalty spot. Villas-Boas was pleased with the reaction following last weekend’s defeat. ‘We deserved something,’ he said. ‘It was a good response to the heavy defeat that we took at Man City.’

‘Prickly’: Villas-Boas

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McILROy pOwERs TO vIcTORy

rory McIlroy was doubly satisfied after he claimed his first title in over a year with a dramatic one-shot victory at the australian open in Sydney. The Northern Irishman birdied the 18th as adam Scott bogeyed to bring to an end a

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poor run of form. His struggles this year are in sharp contrast to his successes in 2012 when he won five times around the world. The former world number one began the day four shots behind australian Scott but a round of 66 powered him to victory.

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Carlow club’s hurling win a county first Carlow club Mount leinster rangers played to their strengths – literally – to claim a remarkable first leinster senior title for the county yesterday. The Borris club overcame four-in-a-row finalists oulartThe Ballagh by 0-11 to 0-8 in the aIB provincial decider to secure a breakthrough win. It’s yet more agony for wexford kingpins oulart who were raging-hot favourites to finally break their trophy duck at Nowlan Park. But they were unable to match the physical conditioning of the Mount leinster players who out-muscled them in the second-half. Boss Tom Mullally even admitted his side aren’t blessed with ‘silken skills’ but are pragmatic enough to play to their strengths. ‘we mightn’t have the silken skills so we make up for it in other ways,’ said Mullally. ‘we weren’t under any illusions, we knew we were underdogs and while we mightn’t have played great hurling, our job was to win the game. ‘That’s what we came to do and that’s what we did.’ It was the last major hurling game of a dramatic season that has seen breakthroughs for Clare, Dublin, limerick, antrim and now Carlow. ‘Delight is an understatement,’ added Mullally, whose side are through to the allIreland club semi-finals. ‘It’ll take a while to sink in.’

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