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A WIDOW who claimed she was knocked down by a milk float used in the cult comedy show Father Ted has settled a High Court action for damages. Geraldine Naughton, 59, claimed she was pinned under the float driven by a man dressed as Fr Dougal after it drove up against the curb of a temporary roundabout and rolled over her left leg, leaving her with a fracture to the tip of her lower leg. The court heard the milk float was ‘driven erratically’ by ‘Fr Dougal’ during a Father Ted festival in Kilfenora, Co Clare, in 2008.
Dairy me: The real Fr Dougal in the Speed 3 episode Ms Naughton, of Lahinch Road, Ennis, Co Clare, claimed that while helping to push the float in order to increase publicity for a charity fundraiser, she fell after she was driven up against a curb and a wheel passed over her leg.
The fundraiser was organised by and for Down Syndrome Ireland, and involved pushing a replica of the vehicle from the Speed 3 episode of the comedy series – a parody of the Hollywood film Speed – 10km from Ennistymon to Kilfenora. The Father Ted festival – run by Friends of Ted Ltd, which organises events themed on the show, and has its office at 27 The Nurseries, Taylor’s Hill, Galway – was taking place in Kilfenora at the time. Senior Counsel Michael McMahon asked the court to strike out the matter after it was heard an undisclosed settlement was agreed with no admission of liability.
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A new feather in her cap Student Kirsty McLoughlin helps launch Carnival-DIT, Dublin Institute of Technology’s Samba Carnival, which takes place on March 5 at Dublin’s Grand Social bar in aid of Barretstown camp for sick children
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Michael Bolton, US singer, 61; Jonny Quinn, Snow Patrol drummer, 41; Shane Williams, Welsh rugby star, 37; Teresa Palmer (pictured), Australian actress, 28.
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The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter E in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a well-known Navan comedian. 1. Reach 8. Of the Alps 2. Live at 9. Sewing tool 3. A yearning 10. Famous dog 4. Moving 11. Citrus fruit 5. Young insect 12. Lissom 6. Can’t see through it Yesterday’s solution: 7. Commotion Howard Hanson
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014 METRO HERALD
TV3 survey finds 7 out of 10 wallets returned after being ‘lost’ on Dublin streets
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WHAT would you do if you came across a dropped wallet? Return it? Empty it? Keep it? In an experiment, TV3’s Midweek reporter, Michael Ryan dropped a wallet in ten locations around Dublin, five on each side of the Liffey. The wallets were identical, filled with photographs, loyalty cards, vouchers and euro notes. The experiment results showed that seven of the ten wallets were returned, and two of the returned wallets had been stripped of the cash inside. Three of the wallets never made it back. The locations they were dropped in were Rathgar, Ballsbridge, Crumlin, Ballyfermot and Grafton Street on the southside. The northside locations were Cabra, Raheny, Finglas, Glasnevin and Henry Street. Northsiders proved to be the more honest bunch, with four of the five wallets being returned and one having the cash taken. On the southside, however, the Rathgar and Crumlin wallets went missing, with the Grafton Street wallet returned, albeit with the money raided. Mr Ryan said: ‘It was interesting to run the experiment and find out just how honest people would be when it came to returning my wallet. ‘Thankfully, my faith in humanity hasn’t been completely destroyed, and I think 70 per cent proves that we’re not a totally dishonest bunch.’ The experiment will air on Midweek tonight at 10pm on TV3.
Wallet could be worse: Four of the five northside wallets were returned, while only three of the southside ones were.
Quigg song gets slot on Brown’s Boys tour SOME 350,000 Australians will get the chance to hear Eoghan Quigg’s Eurosong entry The Movie Song, courtesy of Mrs Brown’s Boys’ tour. Rory Cowan, who plays one of Agnes’s sons on the show, has backed the song, organising for it to be played at each show before curtain up. Quigg, 21, a former X Factor contestant, is one of five entrants into this year’s Eurosong competition with the hope of representing Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. Quigg’s song was written by Karl Broderick. The five acts will compete on
Friday’s edition of The Late Late Show, with the winner being selected by a combination of public voting and a regional jury. Speaking about Quigg’s chances at the competition, Broderick said: ‘Too many times in Eurovision the performer can’t be relied upon to deliver the goods in front of a huge TV audience, Eoghan has proved himself in this area and would do us proud.’ Eurosong mentor Mark Murphy said: ‘The Movie Song is a timeless pop song and along with Eoghan’s vocals and performance, I know it is a winning combination.’
Quigg: aims to be ireland’s eurosong act
‘Sad’ music makes us feel better – but only if it is ‘beautiful’ too BeautiFul but sad music can help people feel better when they are a bit blue, according to limerick researchers. Psychologists at limerick and Kent universities investigated the effects of what researchers described as ‘self-identified sad music’ on people’s moods. they paid particular attention to their reasons for choosing a piece of music when they were experiencing sadness, and the effect it had on them. the study found a number of reasons sad people listened to sad music, but found in some cases they didn’t they weren’t necessarily aiming to improve their mood. Choosing music identified as ‘beautiful’ was the only strategy that directly predicted mood enhancement, the researchers
found in the research, published in the the Psychology Of Music journal. it followed research from the same team which said that people choose to listen to sad music when they are feeling sad. annemieke van den tol, lecturer in social psychology at Kent’s School of Psychology, said: ‘the results showed that if an individual had intended to achieve mood enhancement through listening to sad music, this was in fact often achieved by first thinking about their situation or being distracted. ‘When a person chose music with the intention of triggering memories, this had a negative impact on mood. ‘(Only) music perceived by the listener to have high aesthetic value (helped their mood).’
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Hyde Park bomb case causes fury
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Man hit with 50 separate sex charges
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THE prosecution of Hyde Park bombing suspect John Downey has collapsed after a ‘reckless’ error led to him being given a false assurance he was not wanted by British police over the IRA attack. Families of the victims of the 1982 attack, in which four soldiers died, said they felt ‘devastatingly let down’. Downey, 62, of Co Donegal, had received a ‘letter of assurance’ in 2007 when in fact there was an outstanding warrant against him. The final ruling, made last Friday, could not be reported until after the prosecution announced yesterday it would not appeal.
Cuts to nurses up death risks NURSING cutbacks are directly linked to higher patient death rates in hospitals, a major study has found. Every patient added to a nurse’s workload increases the risk of death post-surgery by seven per cent, according to data in The Lancet. Ireland has a ratio of 6.9 patients to each nurse, the UK nine to one, but Spain has 12.7 patients per nurse. Research leader Professor Linda Aiken, from the University of Pennsylvania, said: ‘Our findings emphasise the risk to patients that emerge in response to nurse staffing cuts under recent austerity measures.’
Dancers Liz Roche (in red) and Henry Montes (left) from Irish dance group Liz Roche Company, with drummer Bryan O’Connell and actress Caitríona Ní Mhurchú (right) during a rehearsal for dance piece Interloper, which opens tonight at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin Picture: Pa
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A MAN has been charged with 50 counts of sexual abuse including an alleged attack on a girl at Croke Park, a court has been told. the 50-year-old, who can not be named for legal reasons, was arrested and taken to Ballymun Garda station yesterday morning. Before Dublin District Court, he was formally charged with 40 counts of sexually exploiting a female child including inviting, inducing or coercing her to engage in the production of pornography between December 2008 and March 2011. Among another ten counts, the man was charged with the sexual assault of a female at Croke Park and at a car park at Dublin Airport, and of sexual assault of the same woman at Letterkenny, in Co Donegal, all in 2007. A further count was put to the accused of engaging in a sexual act with a child under the age of 17 in December 2010. the defendant was ordered to hand over a personal bond of €500, an independent surety of €2,000 and has to sign on at Ballymun Garda station three days per week. He must appear again before the court on April 29.
Kenny to appoint barrister to review Garda misconduct by ED CARTY A CRIMINAL lawyer will head up the review of the allegations of wrongdoing in the Garda, the Taoiseach has told the Dáil. Mr Kenny said he will be able to recommend a wider investigation if needed. ‘If he recommends a Commission of Investigation should be established, this will be done,’ he said. Sean Guerin SC’s report is to be published before Easter. Mr Kenny (pictured) said public confidence in justice, the Garda and its watchdog needed to be rebuilt.
‘In recent weeks a number of events have served to weaken and undermine that confidence,’ he told the Dáil. The controversies are to be discussed in the Dáil today. The opposition, however, has said the plans are an avoidance tactic. Justice Minister Alan Shatter also needs to come before the Dáil and retract remarks he made alleging whistleblower Sergeant Maurice
McCabe did not co-operate with an internal Garda inquiry into the penalty points saga, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said. The party’s justice spokesman Niall Collins said: ‘This latest development is quite simply unbelievable. This falls far short of what is needed and will only serve to further undermine public confidence.’ Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams also demanded a full Commission of Investigation be set up. In a statement last night, Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan said An Garda ‘looks forward to co-operating with the senior counsel’.
Sex assault taxi driver jailed for 20 months A tAxi driver who sexually assaulted a drunk passenger has been jailed for 20 months. Mary Rose Gearty, defending Liam Flynn, 49, of Hermitage Glen, Kells, said it was a ‘one-off fall from grace’. However, the judge refused to grant a suspended sentence, calling it a ‘deeply reprehensible
offence’. He also ordered Flynn be registered as a sex offender. Flynn pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of the woman near her Dublin home on December 2, 2012. He had been driving her home when he stopped the car and after a dispute about whether she had been sick in the car, assaulted her.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014 METRO HERALD
Ugandan tabloid prints list of 200 homosexuals
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Mirror apologises for Sharon PJs pics
Sharon ní Bheoláin has received an apology from the irish Daily Mirror after she spoke out about how photos of her it and other red-tops published had upset her. The photos showed the rTÉ newsreader, 43, in her pyjamas walking a dog and, as she said, ‘looking like a dog’s dinner’. Mirror editor John Kierans told newstalk it was not the paper’s ‘finest hour’. But he defended publishing photos of well-known people, saying there’s ‘a demand from readers for it’. irish Sun editor Paul Clarkson said Ms ní Bheoláin was blowing the incident ‘out of proportion’.
Clinton will honour Hume on Derry visit
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A UGANDAN newspaper yesterday published a list of what it called the country’s ‘200 top’ homosexuals, outing some Ugandans who previously had not identified themselves as gay one day after the president enacted a harsh anti-homosexual law. The Red Pepper tabloid published the names – and some pictures – of alleged homosexuals in a front-page story under the headline: ‘EXPOSED!’ The list included prominent Ugandan gay activists such as Pepe Julian Onziema, who has repeatedly warned that Uganda’s new anti-gay law could spark violence against homosexuals. A popular Ugandan hip-hop star and a Catholic priest are also on the list. Ben Byarabaha, news editor of the Red Pepper, said they published the full names of only the well-known activists and had tried to use nicknames for those not publicly gay. Others, such as a retired Anglican cleric who supports gay rights, are listed as sympathisers. Byarabaha offered no details about how the full list was compiled. Uganda’s new anti-gay law punishes gay sex with up to life in jail.
O brother, where art thou? Li Yan’s daughter places her head on her mother’s stomach hours before the woman gave birth to a baby boy in Hefei, Anhui province, China. Li and her husband were the first in the province to receive a permit to have a second child in a country where the one-child policy is still in force in many places
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ForMer US president Bill Clinton will honour the SDlP’s John hume on a visit to Derry next week. on his fifth visit to the city, Mr Clinton (pictured), a long-standing advocate of the peace process, will also address crowds in Guildhall Square and launch a new book, Peacemaking in The Twenty-First Century, which collates a series of lectures at the University of Ulster, including one given by Mr Clinton.
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60 seconds EMiLy WATsOn, 47, ‘ate up books’ as a child and wanted to be a writer. Now, she stars opposite Geoffrey Rush in World War II drama The Book Thief
What interested you about your character of foster mother Rosa in The Book Thief? She’s not the most attractive or appealing person... Everything in her life has
turned out other than how she wanted it to. Her accordion-playing, artistic husband [Geoffrey Rush] has turned out to be a useless feck. He doesn’t do anything and she earns her living washing other people’s laundry. She is disappointed. She doesn’t have children. That is another source of bitterness in her life. The couple don’t have enough money. She is always worrying about something. I think we all can relate to wanting things to be other than the way they are.
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The Book Thief celebrates reading. What stories did you enjoy as a child? I read a lot of
classic literature when I was young and I think that has been very influential. If you can express yourself in a complex language, with emotions, that is what makes you human. I used to read books over and over again. I loved The Wind In The Willows, The Hobbit, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe — all the CS Lewis books. I used to eat them up. My daughter has just started reading those kind of books now. Later, I really loved the classic English novels, such as George Eliot’s Middlemarch.
Were you interested in acting as a child? Not really. I was
slightly overweight and a bit shy. Very pretentiously, I wanted to write. Then I sort of fell into acting and found myself thinking: ‘You know what? This is what I want to do.’ Then when I was a young actor at drama school, the ambition was to go into theatre. People didn’t go into film; that was unheard of.
like that Rosa will fight like a tiger to protect her family and provide for them. She is a natural mother. She’s a carer, a provider. She learns to love lead character Liesel and when a Jewish kid falls through their door, the family basically put their lives on the line to help him. What was the If you can express Evil prevails yourself in a complex turning point when good men when you realdo nothing. The language, with ised you were Jews were living emotions, that is what on your way? in the thick of people who did When I made makes you human nothing and this Breaking The Waves couple did somein 1996. It was an thing; that says a lot amazing experience and about them. showed me what acting really was. I didn’t know before then how What was it like working much you could throw yourself into with Downton Abbey direc- a role and how committed you could tor Brian Percival? He’s a lovely be. I was surrounded by people with man, a gentle soul. He is Liverpud- extraordinary abilities and obvilian and he very quietly just gets on ously [director] Lars von Trier takes with the work. He seems like an things to a different level. unlikely candidate to be occupying the Downton world when you meet How do you feel about gethim. You go: ‘Really? You directed ting older in youth-obsessed Downton?’ but, actually, it’s a good Hollywood? I think I would do fit because he’s got a natural story- myself a great disservice if I went telling muscle. off and tried to make myself look younger. You rob yourself of your You’ve been nominated for most important tools if you do that, an Oscar twice. How much do which is the expression of your awards mean to you? Recogni- face. You wouldn’t go and chop tion from your peers is always nice. your legs off if you were a runner. Praise is nice. But, to be honest, right now I’m trying to put together You wed writer Jack Waters a career that means I can give my in 1995. What’s the secret to a family a good life. I want to raise happy marriage? My mum and my children, not be away from dad were unique, they’d be a bit home too much and still earn a good grumbly but never argued. That was living. I want to tick all the boxes. pretty amazing, really. There’s The whole awards thing is lovely if something about sticking with it happens, but it’s not something somebody. It’s really rewarding. you can or should aim for. That’s They’re your best friend. putting the cart before the horse. Elaine Lipworth You’re doing it for the wrong reasons if that’s why you’re doing it. The Book Thief is out on Friday.
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Bank details at risk from cyber hackers by METRO HERALD sTAff THE number of cyber attacks on mobile phones is on the rise and experts have warned that the next big target is your bank account. On average, each phone user was targeted three times and the number of malicious programmes detected doubled from 2012 to nearly 100,000 last year, according to the Kaspersky Lab. Almost all were aimed at Android devices because of the system’s vulnerabilities and growing popularity. But virus analyst Victor Chebyshev said the biggest concern is the growth of banking trojans. He said: ‘Today, the vast majority of banking trojan attacks target users in Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). ‘However, that is unlikely to last
Smartphones: Targeted for long and, given the cybercriminals’ keen interest in user bank accounts, the activity of mobile banking trojans is expected to grow in other countries in 2014.’ Russia accounts for 40 per cent of the users attacked by these cybercriminals, who often test out technology on the Russian sector of the internet, he said.
In the report Mobile Malware Evolution, Mr Chebyshev said cybercriminals had become ‘obsessed’ with banking trojans, with only 67 known at the beginning of 2013 but 1,321 by the end. One of those was Svpeng, which spreads via SMS spam and re-directs the phone user to download a trojan which appears to be an Adobe Flash Player update. It can then steal logins and passwords to online accounts by setting up a fake banking application or imitating the process of registering a bank card with Google Play. Svpeng can also extort money from users by convincing them their phone is blocked, and hides its activity by masking text messages and blocking calls from the bank. It can even prevent itself from being removed from the phone.
Twitter data ‘can BlackBerry to bring predict Oscar wins’ out ‘retro’ handset LEONARDO DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Steve McQueen and Gravity will be the big winners at the Oscars on Sunday if a company which analyses social media continues its run of accurate predictions. After analysing English language tweets since the nominees were announced last month, Ebuzzing Lab’s experts are hoping to follow accurate predictions for X Factor and the US presidential elections. The online video advertising specialists said over the years there has been a ‘remarkably strong correlation’ between social media buzz and the eventual winners. However, the bookmakers do not agree with the technology firm’s predictions. n Ross McDonagh on the Oscars – See page 17
STRUGGLING phone maker BlackBerry has signalled a return to its roots after it announced plans for a new ‘retro’ handset that will revive features from its original line of devices. The phone, announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will be known as the BlackBerry Q20 and will boast a tactile keyboard and trackpad. The Canadian firm also unveiled plans for a budget handset intended to ratchet-up sales in the booming Southeast Asian mobile market. Boss John Chen said that the phone, to be known as the Z3, will sell for less than €150 and will be launched in Indonesia in April.
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Itching to take selfies? Careful... it’s a lousy habit by DOMInIC yEATMAn agree with Ms McQuillan, others have been left scratching their heads in confusion. It usually takes ten seconds to take a selfie but longer for lice to transfer. Dr Richard Pollack, from the Harvard School of Public Health, in the US, believes her comments are just a publicity stunt. He said: ‘This is a marketing ploy, pure and simple. Wherever these louse salons open a branch, there always seems to be an epidemic.’ There could be other explanations for any increase in lice cases her Californian clinic has seen. Sharing combs, hats, and clothes also cause lice to spread. For selfie fans willing to take the risk, doctors advise keeping heads separated and tying up long hair while taking group photos.
Dimbleby: Dara picked wrong show to ‘target’
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THE selfie has become a worldwide phenomenon – with Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus both enthusiasts. But they should probably be careful when huddling together with friends, as they could end up with nits. A health expert has claimed that the number of people catching head lice, especially teenage girls, has reached epidemic proportions. Marcy McQuillan, from the Nitless Noggins chain, has said continual head bumping for snaps on Instagram is to blame for the increase. She said: ‘Typically, it’s younger children I treat because they are at a higher risk of head-to-head contact. ‘But now, teens are sticking their heads together to take mobile phone pictures. ‘Every teen I’ve treated, I ask about selfies and they admit they are taking them every day.’ Although some dermatologists
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TOP DRAWERS: At the Sightsavers Junior Painter Awards Day yesterday were (from top) RTÉ star Megan Cassidy with second-placed Ashling Crawte, 12, from Co Wexford, overall winner Naoise Clarke-Carr from Co Meath and third-placed Elese Doyle, 6, also from Co Wexford
COMEDIAN Dara ó Briain has annoyed a veteran BBC presenter with an accusation of gender imbalance on his show. Broadcaster and host David Dimbleby hit back at claims by the Wicklow star that Question Time needs to tackle the gender balance of its panellists, saying it was ‘the wrong target’. He defended the show’s record for inviting women guests and pointed out the proportions were much higher than those for many areas of public life. ó Briain (pictured) mentioned BBC1’s political discussion show in a Radio Times interview after being asked about a recent decision to ban all-male line-ups for comedy panel shows. In the interview he observed: ‘It’s remarkable that this amount of time is spent debating women on comedy shows rather than, say, Question Time.’ But Dimbleby said: ‘Of the 104 panellists in the present run, 46 have been women (44 per cent)... this is not a bad record. ‘Mr ó Briain – the mote is in our eye, the beam is in yours.’
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Adele chases bargains for baby Angelo on high street S
he’s said to have €36million in the bank but Adele looks to be watching every penny after she was spotted hunting for a bargain in h&M for her son. The thrifty singer proved how down to the earth she was by shunning designer boutiques on London’s Kensington high street yesterday. she left the store with a bag of goodies for 16-month-old son Angelo. Adele, 25, eyed up some £5.99 (€7.20) T-shirts and £7.99 tracksuit bottoms in h&M before mulling over a few items in the bargain basket. An eyewitness said: ‘she was looking at clothes for her son, I don’t think anyone in the shop even noticed it was her. ‘she kept her head down and made her way through the rails of clothing pretty quickly, although she seemed to struggle between which T-shirts to choose. ‘she was completely on her own,
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there was no security with her at all.’ The make-up free singer was wearing her trademark head-to-toe black ensemble, covering up in an oversized shawl, and her hair was scraped back in a messy bun. she was already carrying two large bags from Gap before continuing her shopping spree. Meanwhile, Adele’s longawaited third album is said to be expected ‘imminently’ with former Genesis star Phil Collins confirming he is working with her on her follow-up to 21. Prince is also rumoured to be collaborating with her on the album after the pair met up at his secret gig at Ronnie scott’s in soho last week. They are reported to have had a brief discussion about working together but a spokesman for 55-year-old Prince denied the claims, stating: ‘It’s not true, she just came to enjoy the show.’
Beach babes: Little Mix take time out from supporting Demi Lovato by hitting the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The girls soaked up the sun, with Perrie Edwards going for the ‘Hollywood royalty’ look with her hair in a neat bun and Jackie O-esque shades. The girls are hoping to emulate One Direction’s success over the pond Picture: Mavrix
Coldplay slip out new track Coldplay took the music world by surprise yesterday when they posted their new video online. The band slipped out Midnight hours after teasing on Twitter that
‘something new’ was coming. Reaction was mixed, with fan George Barnett commenting: ‘I like where they’re going’. Others dubbed it ‘a bad song’ and ‘awful’.
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Robbie Williams is surprised he ended up with a Turkish-American wife, revealing he expected to marry an Aussie. The 40year-old former Take That star said Aussie girls saw sex like a sport. Speaking in Sydney, Williams said: ‘Because I’m a pop star and I’ve had sex with lots of different people from lots of different countries, I know these things, and Germany and Australia are like the Olympics when it comes to “let’s get it on”.’ He married 34-year-old actress Ayda Field in 2010. ‘I’ve got my wife and I am very, very happy but I did think it was an Aussie that I was going to end up with,’ he said.
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Enough’s enough: Did this stage show with Miley Cyrus help prompt Paula Patton (inset) to split from Robin Thicke?
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Hours after Robin Thicke split from his wife, a fan who may have speeded up the breakdown of his marriage has declared her interest in the Blurred Lines singer. Lana Scolaro – whose shapely rear Thicke was pictured caressing last year – said she doubted she was the only fan he had got friendly with. But the 20-year-old New Yorker admitted: ‘I’d love to grab a drink with him if he asked.’ Thicke’s wandering hand was reflected in a mirror as he and Scolaro posed for a picture at a party on the night of the MTV video music awards in August. The snap emerged after the 38-year-old’s actress wife Paula Patton
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was forced to watch his infamous twerking performance with Miley Cyrus at the ceremony. It’s not clear what role, if any, the incidents played in the break-up – but it seems it was Paula, also 38, who decided their nineyear marriage was over. Thicke flew home to Canada to beg for a second chance after she broke the news to him on Friday, website TMZ claimed. ‘Robin abruptly cancelled his show in Atlanta, saying he had throat problems,’ a source said. ‘But the cancellation was solely so he could try to change Paula’s mind.’ The pair – who have a three-year-old son – failed to reconcile and are both said to be ‘very upset’.
Miley Cyrus has dismissed claims that she hooked up with Justin Bieber behind Selena Gomez’s back. The Wrecking Ball singer was accused by US magazine Life & Style of getting frisky with Biebs when he was still dating 21-year-old Gomez. The gossip mag ran a picture of Cyrus and Bieber, 19, at a party but the pop vixen has trashed its authenticity. ‘Btw this is photoshopped. Biebs wasn’t at Pharrel’s bday party,’ 21-year-old Cyrus fumed on Twitter. ‘I never read this s*** & that’s why.’ She also denied reports she’d been hired to play Tinker Bell in the upcoming Peter Pan film. ‘I’d rather eat my own tongue,’ she said.
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thought occurred after reading about the thugs stabbing people at the Swedish house Mafia concert in 2012 (Metro herald, tue). the article notes that the garda who saw the initial attack ‘raced to find other gardaí’. While I appreciate they have to protect themselves too, are they not equipped with radios to, I don’t know, radio for help? And secondly, is it not time our gardaí were equipped with something to instantly incapacitate someone like that? I mean if you see someone stabbing someone, you should be able and allowed to put them down (preferably non-lethal). In the time he had to go for help, at least two other people were attacked and are lucky not to have been killed. Ian ■ Before anyone gets on their high horse saying house/electro/techno music was a root cause of the violence at Phoenix Park, let me contrast with the same gig I attended in Paris. Dublin – no proper security checks, people drinking all day, drink smuggled, all hell breaks loose. Paris – people drink, but not to excess, stringent security, no violence. Put the violence down to the organi-
sational shambles by the promoters, our drinking culture, and a scumbag element that was unfortunately present on the day. Any half-decent security measures would have found booze, let alone knives. SHM Not To Blame ■ Steven, sharks eat when hungry, and mostly pick smaller prey than us. Attacking humans is a side effect of a disproportionate amount of predators vs prey. Smaller sharks will go for smaller prey. It makes human sense. I don’t like it but it makes sense. Diver ■ I was explaining how to change car gears to Lucy, my nine-year-old daughter. I pointed that the number 1 was the first gear you went into, 2 was the second gear and so on up to 5. then I asked if she knew what the ‘R’ stood for. ‘Yes,’ she said. ‘R is for racing.’ Brendan ■ Another placename! termonfeckin, Co Louth! DB ■ how’s this – Portmagee, Co Kerry.
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niGERiA: Islamist terrorists yesterday killed 40 pupils in a pre-dawn attack on a boarding school. The Boko Haram gunmen set fire to dormitories and slit the throats of students trying to escape while others burned alive at the college in Buni Yadi.
spAin: Three high-profile Spanish shot putters have been suspended after being photographed doing Nazi salutes at the national training camp. The men have been banned from competing and visiting the camp in Leon in the north-west for 15 days.
Astronaut who recovered satellite from space dies AMERicA: Former astronaut Dale Gardner, who helped recover a stranded satellite during a 1984 spacewalk, has died aged 65. He flew two space shuttle missions in 1983 and 1984 during his eight years with Nasa. His funeral was held yesterday in Colorado.
Google searches for ways Doctors sold my girl’s eyes and finally... to stop Glass driving ban to researchers for €48,000 inDiA: A monkey gave a
AMERicA: Google is trying to overturn a ban on drivers using its wearable computer. The group is lobbying three US states and claims it is too early to restrict Google Glass as it isn’t widely available yet. But Illinois senator Ira Silverstein said: ‘Who are they fooling?’
RussiA: Grieving Zakir Bogolyubov, 42, was stunned to learn doctors had removed his dead 16-year-old daughter’s eyes and replaced them with ceramic implants. He believes the eyes were sold for €48,000 for medical research in Ufa in the Urals.
teacher a shock when it stole his life savings as he slept. Badal Vaijnath, of Uttar Pradesh, awoke to find the creature hurling his €5,000 into the street.
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Signs point to a deluge of discontent A protester stands with a placard as fellow anti-US demonstrators are sprayed by water canon during clashes with riot police near the US embassy in Manila, Philippines, yesterday Picture: reuters
Parts of Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial can be broadcast live but his testimony cannot be shown, a judge has ruled. the blade runner’s defence lawyers failed in their bid to stop any part of the trial being broadcast as a judge sitting in the North Gauteng High Court, where the trial will open next week, ruled mostly in favour of south african tV and radio applicants. Judge Dunstan Mlambo’s ruling now opens up much of the trial to the scrutiny of millions of fascinated followers around the world. ‘Court proceedings are in fact public and this objective must be recog-
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nised,’ Mlambo said before delivering his ruling. Mlambo granted permission to the south african media houses to install three remote-controlled television cameras in ‘unobtrusive’ locations in court. a live audio feed can also be broadcast. still photographs can be taken in court by two other mounted cameras operated by photographers, Mlambo said, but tV footage or photographs cannot show ‘extreme’ close up images of anyone in the
Based on Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel XERXES, and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster “300”, this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield-on the sea-as Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. The action adventure directed by Noam Murro, stars Sullivan Stapleton ("Gangster Squad"), Eva Green ("Dark Shadows", "Casino Royale") and Hans Matheson (“Clash of the Titans”). Lena Headey reprises her starring role from “300” as does David Wenham and Rodrigo Santoro.
court and witnesses can stop their testimony from being broadcast. Pistorius’s defence lawyers had argued that broadcasting the trial in any way would harm his chances of receiving a fair trial. Pistorius (pictured) was charged with murder a year ago. the gun death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp at his house in the suburbs of Pretoria unleashed a wave of intense media interest in the athlete and double amputee. He faces 25 years in prison if convicted of premeditated murder, which he denies. Mlambo said his decision was a careful ‘balancing act’ between a fair trial and respecting the freedom of the media.
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The title might be pushing the truth just a touch but this is still an intriguing look at one woman’s mission to understand what makes the ape mind tick. Dr Lyn Miles, researcher at the University of Tennessee, first met orang-utan Chantek when he was nine months old. Over the course of ten years, they learnt to communicate by sign language while he lived with her on campus at Chattanooga. But when his behaviour becomes erratic, the authorities has to separate them…
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Kitchen maestro Neven Maguire continues his culinary odyssey, tonight hooking up with the appropriately named Ultan Cooke of Galway’s Michelin-starred Aniar. Cooke prepares loin of lamb with haysmoked oysters while our esteemed host tackles chicken tikka masala and a decadent rhubarb and strawberry pudding.
Will Mark Wright be able to get in touch with his inner drag queen as he turns party planner for salsa-loving Joanna, an habituée of Little Havana’s flourishing club scene? That’s the faux drama driving the first episode of a series that’s top of the ‘nice work if you can get it’ league – all the Essex lad has to do is tour the world and set up parties in a variety of exotic locations.
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Christopher Plummer (pictured with costar Ewan McGregor) deservedly took a long-overdue Oscar (Best Supporting Actor) in 2011 for his wonderfully sensitive and dextrous turn in writerdirector Mike Mills’ family dram-edy. McGregor plays Oliver as he looks back at his relationship with late father Hal (Plummer) who had come out as being gay after the death of Oliver’s mother. Oliver is meanwhile embarking on a relationship with eccentric French actress Anna (Mélanie Laurent). Based on Mills’ experience of his own father’s coming-out five years before his death, Beginners is warming and bemusing indie fare that warrants a second look.
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Freedom of expression Rebecca Ferguson has shaken off her clingers-on and is ready to enjoy her Freedom, writes Andrew Williams
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t was like something from a film,’ says Rebecca Ferguson of her tumultuous past 18 months. ‘I had stalkers, court cases, every crazy person you could think of was on my case. I was going through the mill and finally got to the end and thought: “Life’s too short to stress and worry and be anxious.” You have to be thankful for the blessings you have.’ Such was the inspiration for not only her second album, Freedom, released in December, but also for her new outlook on life, because Ferguson, endlessly sold
to viewers as the shyest person on 2010’s the X Factor, isn’t shy any more. ‘I was overly concerned with what people thought of me,’ she says. ‘I was shy when I wrote my first album, Heaven, but I finally decided: “I’m not bothered about what people think any more.” I was scared to say the wrong thing and look like an idiot – but then I thought, well, I am an idiot and I’m not bothered.’ She laughs at this, as she does through much of our chat. Ferguson, it turns out, has a good sense of humour and is very down to earth – qualities
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not synonymous with your typical X Factor diva. She finished as the runner-up to Matt Cardle and a year later reached the UK Top Ten with single Nothing’s Real But Love – showcasing her husky, soulful vocal style – and No.3 with album Heaven. She promoted the album in the US and even found time to front a crisps advert. As well as her pop duties, she had her two children, Lillie May, nine, and Karl, seven, to look after. But by July 2012, she was worn out and launched a well-publicised Twitter tirade against her management company, who are in charge of One Direction and Little Mix, claiming they overworked her. A court case ensued, which Ferguson says she’s not allowed to discuss. All this turmoil left her giving interviews last year saying she was depressed. She’s not
“I wasn’t depressed – I was just surrounded by idiots” too sure about that now, though. ‘I said it was depression but it was just circumstances,’ she muses. ‘A lot of people say: “I’m depressed,” but really they’re just surrounded by idiots. I wasn’t depressed – I was just surrounded by idiots. Now I’m not and I’m happy.’ How long did this clear-out take? ‘A good year,’ she says. ‘I had a few clingers-on but I’ve shaken them off and I’m happier for it. You just have to surround yourself with positive, happy people who care for you and will be there for you no
Humble beginnings: Ferguson, Katie Waissel, Cher Lloyd and Cheryl Cole on The X Factor
Low notes, high notes: Rebecca Ferguson has had plenty of drama to deal with but is still ambitious about her music matter what your circumstances are financially.’ Ferguson reflects on this catalogue of disasters on her latest album. ‘But even though I was going through a bad time, I didn’t want it to be depressing,’ she says. ‘I wanted it to be empowering and uplifting.’ It’s the same story with her new single, All That I’ve Got. ‘It’s about not taking any crap from anyone,’ she says. ‘It’s a song you can play when people are messing you around and hopefully it will give you a kick up the arse.’ Ferguson may be trying to be upbeat these days but has admitted that after her X Factor success, she could
CHOICE MUSIC PRIZE Everyone loves an awards ceremony but it remains to be seen whether the Choice Music Prize has quite the career transforming powers of the event it so clearly seeks to emulate, the UK’s Mercury Prize. While the Mercury has revitalised the prospects of winners such as Elbow (and even nominees Wild Beasts and Bat For Lashes), there is little evidence of a Choice ‘bounce’ – just ask last year’s
be a ‘bit of a bitch’. What was her biggest diva strop? ‘It was more panic than being a bitch,’ she says. ‘I just wanted some control over my life because so many other people had control over it. When people panic, they can look like they’re being a bitch…’ Her brother Sam chips in from across the hotel room: ‘Yeah, I’m not being a t***, I’m panicking!’ ‘Ha, ha, ha, shut it, you,’ she responds. ‘No, I wasn’t mean to anyone,’ Ferguson assures me.
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AST year wasn’t all court cases, stalkers and album writing, though. She also managed to find the time to set up her own beauty parlour, Rebecca Ferguson Beauty Boudoir, in her hometown of Liverpool. ‘I got a month off – it was January when the whole industry is in Barbados or the Bahamas,’ she says. ‘I was thinking: “I’m really bored, I’ve got a month off, what can I do?” and I ended up buying a business. I went to B&Q, bought the
recipients Delorentos, for whom the slog to escape Ireland proceeds much as it always has. One bone fide indie star, at least, is in contention in 2014, though the indications are that even if My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields will be in attendance, the band won’t be performing (they wouldn’t want to break their long-time streak of never playing in Ireland unless there’s a muddy festival involved). Other contenders include perennial bridesmaids Bell X1, Villagers, singing stubble Kodaline, and Lisa O’Neill, a Cavan strummer whose voice mixes sugar and shrapnel – once you get past that, her songs are excellent. There was lots of canned outrage when several groups nobody had ever heard of were omitted from the final ten. Who knew I Am The Cosmos were so adored? – not I Am The Cosmos, that’s for sure – but if you are looking for a winner, we have a
wallpaper and paint, went on websites for the desk, mirrors and till. I did it all by myself.’ Is she an entrepreneur now? ‘I don’t know about that but it’s fun and I enjoy it,’ says Ferguson. ‘The girls seem happy and I don’t have to book in when I want to get my hair and nails done.’ She sometimes goes in on Saturdays and answers the phones. ‘Everyone’s like: “What’s with you?”’ she says. ‘It’s just nice to do something outside my normal field of work. I liked the idea of investing in something other than my music.’ So what next for Ferguson? A beauty shop empire? Conquering the US market? ‘I’m not doing that to myself any more,’ she says. ‘I used to set huge goals but when you end up failing, you’re devastated, so I’d rather see what comes to me. I still have ambitions – I work hard and want my albums to do well but I’m not a slave to success. I’m not like: “I have to have a No.1 and I’m going to do everything to chase it.” I want to enjoy my life and not take it for granted.’
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sneaking suspicion it may come from two of the lesser known nominees, namely Belfast’s Girls Names and Greystones-born, Berlin-based Mano Le Tough. Eamon de Paor Tomorrow, Vicar Street, 58-59 Thomas Street, D8, 8pm, €23.50. Tel: 0818 719 300 www.choicemusicprize.com From left: Girls Names, Lisa O’Neill, Mano Le Tough and Bell X1
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The perils of trying to dramatise a contentious, still-current major news story are laid bare in Bill Condon’s The Fifth Estate, which ties itself in knots with the WikiLeaks saga. Hence, presumably, its dubious accolade as last year’s biggest film turkey. Benedict Cumberbatch’s turn as mercurial activist Julian Assange is an impressive exercise in assuming verbal mannerisms and physical tics but the screenplay’s attempts to drag characterisation out through heavy-handed references to Assange’s backstory are dire. In fact, as this is based in part on the book by Assange’s one-time WikiLeaks cohort, Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl, pictured with Cumberbatch as Assange), the latter’s shift from starry-eyed disciple to disillusioned enemy is at the foreground. Set against the BergAssange relationship, though, the story of
WikiLeaks itself is glaringly more important, leaving the film’s heart feeling hollow – and Condon keeps hitting the problem that tapping furiously on keyboards doesn’t make for great drama. If you were unaware of WikiLeaks’ momentous impact, this gives you some idea of the power of information set free that Assange tapped into – but there’s so much material already out there that The Fifth Estate feels redundant before it gets going. Siobhán Murphy
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Adapted from a fake trailer that featured in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse, the first Machete attempted to capture the schlocky essence of old-school exploitation flicks. It was enjoyable to a point but soon ran out of steam. Machete Kills is more outlandish but it still feels repetitive as the same joke is stretched even further. Returning director Rodriguez does widen the scope, mind you, as Machete (Danny Trejo) is recruited by The President (Charlie Sheen) before it once again boils down to hacking a way through disposable henchman in deliberately over- the-top fashion. On the plus side, there are a few inventive kills along the way, and things pick up when
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Mel Gibson is introduced as a wealthy weapons designer. But, as before, there simply isn’t enough inspiration to sustain the concept for an entire film and the result is likely to appeal only to nostalgic fans of exploitation cinema. Stephen Carty
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Actor Alec Baldwin and director James Toback want to make a sexually explicit psychological drama set in Iraq. So off they go to the Cannes Film Festival to hustle for funding. Seduced And Abandoned is the quirky documentary that came out of that quest. It’s a lament for how much the business half of the ‘film business’ dictates which dreams become reality, based purely on projected profits. Money is proffered if they change the film’s lead actress, set it on a submarine, make it an action/comedy – though all with tongue in cheek. But, with our guides displaying a mix of braggadocio and self-deprecation, this scatty doc can’t help but also be a love letter to the artform; the pair interview Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski, as well as actors James Caan and a scene-stealing Ryan Gosling. Seasoned with bittersweetness, this turns out to be a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain. SM
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The Lego Movie Not just for kids. See why this smart, imaginatively and ironically anti-corporate, based-on-plastic-toys movie is conquering critics and crowds alike.
Nymphomaniac The year’s most controversial movie. Lars Von Trier’s eye-popping, four-plus-hours, intellectual/sexual odyssey features the likes of Shia LeBeouf apparently doing it, for real. Also starring Jamie Bell (right). Her Boy falls in love with his computer operating system in this Oscar-nominated sci-fi love story for hipsters, from the creator of Being John Malkovich. Stranger By The Lake More in-your-face on-screen penetration etc in this highly acclaimed and suspenseful French thriller, set in a gay cruising spot.
Inside Llewyn Davis One of the Coen brothers’ others’ most visually beautiful offerings, this typically offbeatt dark medy is set amid the 1960s New comedy York folk scene.
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MATTHEW Bourne’s subversive reboot of ballet’s most famous story is now in its 18th year but remains Bourne at his very best. His troupe of predominantly male swans has become iconic, but seeing them en masse – seething, threatening, unpredictable, powerfully masculine – is still thrilling. Swiping wings, angry kicks and pecks are all deployed: messing with these wild swans, it’s made clear, is a dangerous game. The dancers, a fair few new to the company, have been drilled beautifully: in fact, clever details abound throughout, so this Swan Lake feels burnished to a high shine. Bourne’s take on Tchaikovsky’s score is also played with such passion, it sends shivers down your spine. The lead roles are rotated among the cast: Jonathan Ollivier is mesmerising as
the Swan who seems to offer Liam Mower’s despairing, lovelorn Prince a fleeting affection, and menacing as the Stranger who takes the Queen’s Ball by storm and seduces the Prince’s ice-queen mother (Madelaine Brennan) in front of him. Archer’s dramatic instincts mean he’s not overshadowed: his duets with Trenfield are touching. Carrie Johnson brings a frenetic comic energy to the part of the Girlfriend and the tragic trajectory is leavened with amusing set pieces that have stood the test of time: the affectionate parody of a classical ballet; the wild silliness of the Swank nightclub; the funk attitude of the Dance of the Cygnets. This Swan Lake is still original and still unmissable. SM Until Sat, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Grand Canal Square, Docklands D2, 7.30pm (mat Sat, 2.30pm) from €19. Tel: 0818 719 377. www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie
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E-CAR TEST Motorists looking to trial an electric car as part of EsB’s Great Electric Drive programme have until March 4 to apply. EsB is looking for people of all age groups, lifestyles, occupations and commuting patterns to take part in the four month trial. this year’s cars include the BMW i3, Citroën C Zero, Mitsubishi iMiEV, , Mitsubishi outlander and others. Cars can be charged via domestic electric supply or at on street ecar charge points. Visit esb.ie/greatelectricdrive
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hE autonomous (or self-driving) car is a hot topic at the moment, with car manufacturers announcing their latest advances on a regular basis in their bid to get one to consumers by a self-appointed 2020 deadline. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, there were so many companies showing off their self-driving tech, you’d be forgiven for thinking the C stood for Car rather than Consumer. And they weren’t just concepts either, but demos. in truth, decades of research have already gone into the technology – bringing us now to systems that fit into the boot. Soon they will fit in the glove compartment. Science fiction has long portrayed self-driving cars as the ultimate evolution of personal transport – a human driver no longer required as a computer has taken over the responsibility of piloting the vehicle. they come with the promise of increased comfort, efficiency and,
selfie: the Ford car unveiled in Barcelona has a collision warning system perhaps most importantly, safety. Government studies in the UK and US into the cause of accidents have shown that more than 90 per cent are at least in part down to human error. intuitively, it makes sense to offload responsibility. Advanced driver assistance systems such as adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning are designed to help the driver and increase safety. Adaptive cruise control automatically adjusts speed to keep pace with the car in front, and lane departure warning alerts the driver if the
CAR zOnE Citroën has announced the addition of the head-turning C4 Cactus to the Citroën C4 family. the French car company says the new model ‘delivers a futuristic blend of form, function and low running costs’. the new compact hatch has a floating roof and quarter-lights, smooth surfaces without harsh edges and headlights and daytime running LED lights built into front Airbump protection. Citroën describes the C4 Cactus (pictured) as a city car and says the model provides the same space as the Citroën C4 but in a more compact package. the new model also has a sunroof which filters light and reflects
heat. the new Citroën C4 Cactus is expected in ireland in the autumn and prices and irish specification will be announced closer to launch. thE Volvo S80 is the car of choice for Lord Mayor of Dublin, oisín Quinn. the Black Sapphire Metallic 141D1 S80 D4 SE Lux has the fender bender preventing City Safety, cruise control, heated front seats, and rear park assist. Volvo ireland’s managing director, Adrian Yeats, said: ‘our D4 engine is not only more powerful than its predecessor; it is more economical and has lower emissions.’
car is veering out of the lane. the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class has one of the most advanced systems currently available on the road – Stop & Go Pilot allows the car to drive itself in slow moving gridlocked traffic. And back to CES, where Audi demonstrated their similar, near production-ready, Piloted Driving system, designed to take full control when driving at sub 60kph. Ford’s prototype collision warning system (pictured above) uses a combination of GPS and WiFi to communicate with similarly equipped
cars, alerting the driver to potential dangers. they chose the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona this week to unveil further advances, with a selfdriving car taking 2.5 million measurements every second.
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oWEVEr, BMW stole the show at CES with its self-drifting car. it doesn’t plan on producing such a vehicle but rather was showcasing the autopilot’s power. nissan, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and
BMW all expect to sell autonomous cars by 2020, and Google’s fleet has now chalked up nearly 500,000 miles without incident. it expects its technology to be available by 2018. Perhaps the biggest hurdle of all is the mind – are drivers ready to hand control over to a machine? Niall O’Hara is computer scientist and a member of the vehicular computing team at Trinity College Dublin. His research is in the area of collaborative autonomous driving. n Read the full article on atthelights.com
First look review: Peugeot 308 the only thing familiar about the new Peugeot 308 is the name. Peugeot’s flagship hatch has been totally redesigned both inside and out. Joanne Ahern took it for a spin at its irish launch. What is is: Five-seat, five-door hatchback styling: Lower, lighter and wider than its predecessor. It also carries the sleek and uncluttered i-Cockpit head up design. Comfort: The cabin is spacious, legroom is good and the seats are comfortable. Boot: Decent. Peugeot says it’s ‘best in class’. transmission: 1.6HDi 92bhp five-speed diesel. Drivability: It feels good behind the wheel of this car. I was sceptical when I saw the 92bhp figure but I didn’t find that the car was underpowered. It looked good and the cabin in the mid-level Active trim felt modern. Price: From €18,990. Visit atTheLights.com to read the full First Look review
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Graft, guile and songcraft are behind the rise of Choice Prize hopefuls Kodaline, says Adam White Steve Garrigan is having trouble describing his band Kodaline’s sound. ‘Well, it’s, er, emotional indie… some people have described it as anthemic, maybe inspirational… U2 because we’re Irish… emotional. That’s a terrible answer,’ the singer says. Garrigan’s answer may not be up to much but there’s no denying the impact Kodaline’s music is having. Debut LP In A Perfect World reached No.1 in the Irish album charts last Summer (and a hugely impressive No.3 in the UK), while in the last few months alone, the Swords quartet have sold out Dublin’s Olympia Theatre and the O2, and bagged a nomination for tomorrow’s Choice Music Prize. While Kodaline seem to have capitalised shrewdly on the gap in the soft-rock market left by the current absence of your Coldplays and Snow Patrols, Garrigan insists that all that matters to them is their need to write songs. ‘It’s a diary,’ Garrigan says. ‘We’re writing about stuff that’s happened to us.’ Their single All I Want, for
example, is about a woman Garrigan dated for two years, who went on holiday and said: ‘We’ll talk about things when I get back,’ only to return with a new boyfriend. Has he seen her since? ‘No, and I hope I don’t,’ he says. ‘It would be incredibly awkward. Ex-girlfriends are always touchy situations. I don’t know. Maybe someday.’ However, Garrigan doesn’t fancy having a song written about him. ‘I’d find it incredibly strange,’ he says. Breakthrough single High Hopes was written about Garrigan’s decision to drop out of academia, which was followed by a period when he ‘had no direction whatsoever. Everything was going badly but I tried to remain positive’. Garrigan was living at home in Swords with his parents when he dropped out – but didn’t tell them. ‘I’m from quite a college-oriented family,’ he says. ‘I kept it secret from them for a year. I’d leave the house every morning and come back every night.’ Instead of studying, he’d meet guitarist Mark Prendergast to write or go busking in the city centre. Fleeting success came in 2007 they appeared on a TV talent show (under the name 21 Demands) and scored a No.1 single with Give Me A Minute (which he describes as ‘terrible’). They changed their name and
Swordsmen: Steve Garrigan (second left) and Kodaline played 300 gigs last year continued playing in bars and openmic nights up and down the country before being offered a record deal. That combination of hard graft and songcraft has paid off, with fanbases overseas beginning to swell.
‘We did 300 gigs last year,’ the frontman says. ‘Before that, we’d play anywhere. We play for the love of it. It’s like something your granny would tell you: do something because you love it and work hard at
it, don’t do something you don’t love because you only live once.’
Single One Day is out now. Kodaline’s Irish and UK tour starts on March 14. www.kodaline.com
ROSS MCDONAGH just can’t muster excitement for this year’s Best Film Oscar nominees, so he thinks about a shake-up
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’M looking at the list for the Best Picture Oscar and I’m thinking… meh. The race for the Academy Awards is in the final stretch but for once – for some reason – I sort of couldn’t care less who wins. I realise that’s a strange thing for an entertainment writer to say, but I’m just not excited by the race this year. I’m not saying the films are crap – far from it, every film nominated (that I’ve seen) is very, very good. There’s just nothing… outstanding. Nothing unusual. There’s no set-up for a surprise. Also ridiculous for an entertainment writer is the fact that I haven’t even seen all the films nominated for Best Picture. I haven’t seen the two minnows – Nebraska and Philomena (or ‘Philomania’ as Leonardo DiCaprio called it at the Golden Globes… actually I might have gone to see a film called Philomania). The rest are all good, but will I ever sit through them again? Probably not. The Wolf Of Wall Street was great, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is currently Hollywood’s finest actor. But there are only so many drugs and whores I can watch one person plough through. And at three hours, that film could’ve been clipped a little. An argument I’ve had with many people about 12 Years A Slave – while I think it’s a great film – is how I felt a little bit duped. I was looking forward to a film showing how an educated free man dealt with being a slave for 12 years. His first, admittedly
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wise, move is to keep his head down and again? For example, if an animated or endure; and thus we essentially get foreign film sneaks in among the Best ‘another slavery film’. Yes, it’s good, and Picture nominees, that means they have to unflinchingly depicts the hardships, but win their respective categories, as was the protagonist Solomon Northup sort of just case with Up, Toy Story 3, Amour, suffers through it, keeping his free identity Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon etc. buried for the whole film. This did lead me to another question I’d Her, while an excellent concept, could never thought of before: why do they even have been a radio play. You didn’t need to have separate categories for Best Actor and look at the screen. And not just Best Actress? I know it’s traditional because Scarlett Johansson wasn’t and – again – would make the going to be on it. show less rather than more Again, I can’t stress enough interesting, but why don’t that I enjoyed all these they have a Best Female There are only so films, it’s just that the Director and Best Male competition between them Director? If gender is many drugs and seems uninteresting. I one of the nine grounds whores I can watch don’t know what it is for discrimination, isn’t about this year’s race that this kinda the same as one person plough fails to excite me… perhaps having separate awards through it’s the categories that need for Best Gay Actor and shaking up. Best Straight Actor? Or I know a perennial complaint is Best Black Actress and Best that foreign and animated films are White Actress? Or Best Actor not given enough recognition in the Best Who Is A Member Of The Travelling Picture race, but surely that would make Community and Best Actor Who Is Not A some of the other categories redundant, and Member Of The Travelling Community…? therefore make the night less interesting @rossvsross
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‘Amber was amazing, a sister’ One fell ill, the other helped her get better – now they’re on a mission to change British schools. By Vicki-Marie Cossar
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very so often you come across people who might just make a difference. These two 17-year-olds are just those kind of people. Londoners Sophia Parvizi-Wayne and Amber van Dam are campaigning to place mental health awareness on the national curriculum in Britain, a move that may have policy-makers in Ireland’s education system taking note. The schoolgirls’ drive comes from a personal struggle they were able to overcome only because of their deep friendship – Sophia suffered from anorexia nervosa and Amber helped her though it. ‘even though I was really ill, I didn’t realise I had a problem,’ says Sophia. ‘Amber was amazing. I couldn’t really voice how I felt, so I voiced it to her and she helped me. We are very different but like the same person, like sisters.’ Sophia is a cross-country runner hoping to compete at the world trials and UK inter counties this month. She describes how she fell to the illness. ‘I used to be a national swimmer before switching to running and I just wanted to lose my swimmer’s bulk,’ she says. ‘But I became obsessive and, although I was eating three meals a day, it was just yoghurt, fruit and vegetables. I ate a proper dinner but only because I was at the table with my parents. It was nowhere near what I needed after training for three to four hours each day.’ With eating Disorder Awareness Week taking place this week across Ireland and the UK, the girls are asking schools to start by implementing an awareness week. ‘Sophia wasn’t a typical anorexic,’ says Amber. ‘eating disorders come in all forms and are a serious mental illness. We didn’t want to focus on one mental health issue when you can try to help with them all.’
Pals: Amber Van Dam (in red) and Sophia Parvizi-Wayne are campaigning for mental tal health lessons in schools Sophia shed 20kg in 18 months and, at 5ft 11in, this put her dangerously underweight. ‘I never really understood the importance of nutrition and refuelling as a runner before,’ she says, ‘so I just fell into anorexia. There was no agenda to being thin, it just took over.’ Through talking to their friends, the girls know self-harming, depression and body dysmorphia are important issues, so want to alert children, teachers and parents to the early signs of mental illness. From experience they know size is irrelevant when it comes to eating disorders. They know the impact it
has on the sufferer, their friends and family; how to spot signs and recognise when someone has a problem; and the dangers of extreme dieting.
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FTer seeing a psychologist and being helped by health professionals, Sophia is back to a healthy weight and now training with a professional coach. However, both girls are frustrated at the number of people suffering from a mental health disorder, as well as the lack of help in schools.
eating disorders the irish cOntext The Department of Health estimates that up to 200,000 Irish people are affected by eating disorders and a recent report by the Irish Medical Journal found the average age of admission for children with anorexia to Temple Street Children’s Hospital had dropped to 13.5 years. A survey by Bodywhys, the Eating Disorders
Association of Ireland, found that stigma is a major barrier when it comes to sufferers looking for help and getting treatment. They also felt under pressure to manage their condition without seeking assistance and believed that negative stereotypes surrounding their condition left them feeling even more isolated.
The study was based on transcripts amassed from Bodywhys Connect online support sessions held between July 2012 and January 2013. For information and support on Eating Disorders or to find out more about events taking place across Ireland during Eating Disorders Awareness Week see www.bodywhys.ie
They launched an e-petition to support their Stop It Before It Starts campaign in January and have since appeared on Tv, radio and in print. They have meetings with the Mental Health Foundation and MPs, and have the backing of exLabour spin doctor Alastair Campbell, a well-known sufferer of depression. ‘It’s fantastic that Sophia and Amber are putting their heads above the parapet like this,’ he says. ‘I think attitudes are changing, but slowly, and it may well fall to the next generation to deal with this.’ So can they make a difference? ‘We really feel like we could,’ says Amber. ‘The key is prevention. A lot of money could be saved in implementing this into schools. By giving teachers lesson plans and asking specialists such as past sufferers, charities or psychologists to come and give talks, hopefully there will fewer people needing help.’ The next step is to create a network of 500 participating schools in Britain. ‘We’re nothing special and hopefully teenagers can relate to us,’ adds Amber. ‘even if one person tries to help their friend like I did and just one person recovers, then that’s good enough for us.’
how you can help What signs to look out for in a friend ● Mood swings/sensitivity to criticism ● Secrecy ● Concern with body shape ● Obsessive behaviour about eating – cutting food into tiny pieces or counting calories ● Making excuses not to eat ● Reluctance to socialise ● Disappearing soon after a meal in order to make themselves sick or use laxatives What to do ● Choose the right time and place to talk about their change in behaviour ● Tell them you’re concerned and want to help ● Be prepared for them to be angry – the illness can stop them believing anything is wrong ● Remember that reaching out could be what it takes for them to seek help ● Encourage them to see their GP www.b-eat.co.uk
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BALINESE GADO GADO INGREDIENTS Serves 4-6
3 carrots, cut into matchsticks ♦ 200g beansprouts ♦ 125g fine green beans ♦ 125g sugar snap peas ♦ ½ cucumber, cut into matchsticks ♦ 1 small head of Chinese leaves, thinly sliced For the peanut sauce: 1 large red onion, coarsely chopped ♦ 3 garlic cloves ♦ 3 fresh red chillies ♦ 175g skinned peanuts ♦ 2tbsp sunflower oil ♦ 1tbsp soy sauce ♦ 1dsp tamarind paste, dissolved in 2tbsp water ♦ 150ml coconut milk ♦ 1tbsp smooth peanut butter ♦ 1dsp brown sugar ♦ 2 lemongrass stalks, cut down the middle and bashed with a rolling pin ♦ Salt For the garnish: 4 hard-boiled eggs, cut into wedges ♦ 4 tomatoes, cut into wedges ♦ 200g tempeh, cut into strips and fried (if not available, use 1cm slices of tofu, deep-fried until crunchy) ♦ Large handful of spinach, shredded ♦ 1 large onion, thinly sliced and dryfried ♦ Handful of coriander leaves, chopped
METHOD Step 1: Make the sauce. Blend the onion, garlic
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and chillies in a food processor until they form a paste. Dryroast the peanuts in a pan for 1min. Allow to cool and crush them in a food processor. Step 2: Heat the oil in a wok. When hot, add the onion paste and fry for 1 min. Add the peanuts and stir until all the ingredients are combined. Add the soy sauce, tamarind, coconut milk, peanut butter, sugar and lemongrass. Cook
until all the flavours are combined and a sauce has formed (add a little water if necessary). Remove lemongrass and season with salt to taste. Step 3: Combine all the salad ingredients. Pour the warm sauce over the salad, then arrange the egg, tomato, tempeh or tofu around the edge and pile the spinach and dry-fried onions in the centre. Sprinkle with coriander leaves.
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sport digest Season best: Ciara Everard finished fourth in the 800m
Everard is best of the Irish in Prague athletics There were three Irish Yesterday saw the launch of this year’s Aviva Health FAI Primary School 5s competition at Scoil Áine Naofa in Lucan, a first-time participant in this year’s 5s. The competition for all Primary Schools will see more than 17,000 children compete this year for a chance to play in the All-Ireland Finals at Aviva Stadium on May 28. More information can be found on www.FAIS.ie. Joining Republic of Ireland internationals David Forde and Stephanie Roche were (from left) Obimidi Solanke, Sophie Goodwin, Zara Lawless and Jamie Kelly.
sexton not yet thumbs up for vital azzurri tie by danny hogan
Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton is battling thumb trouble to be ready to face Italy in rBS 6 nations action in dublin next month. Ireland boss Joe Schmidt revealed fly-half Sexton has his hand in a splint, but could still turn out for racing Metro against Castres in the French Top 14 this weekend. If he does play for his club side, Schmidt may yet choose to rest Sexton against Italy, but the head coach is not overly concerned for his fitness. Schmidt said of the injury: ‘It wasn’t bad, he’s fully functioning and can still pass and do everything. ‘But we’re going to get some more feedback over the next few days. Hopefully, he’ll be fine. ‘He’s gone back to Paris and we’ve got some scans to be read as well, and we’ll get some feedback on that by Thursday when we’re next out. ‘I predict that he should still be available for the final two games.’ Head coach Schmidt hopes flanker Peter O’Mahony will recover from the hamstring strain suffered in Sunday’s 13-10 england defeat in time to feature against Italy in Ireland’s penultimate Six nations clash of the season on March 8. Schmidt admitted however that he may take the chance to rest both men and hand starting chances to in-form squad stars. Ulster outside-half Paddy Jackson and looseforwards Jordi Murphy and Tommy O’donnell could now come into contention to start against the azzurri. Schmidt also expects Brian O’driscoll to overcome his calf trouble to turn out against Italy. ‘Peter O’Mahony has no respect for his body,’ said Schmidt. ‘He’s had a fantastic series so far. ‘There is a little bit of blood [on the hamstring scan], but no tear so those things normally clear up quickly. ‘It’s a case of managing Pete this week so that he can train next week. ‘Brian O’driscoll was cramp, he was walking fine after the game, he trained individually on Monday and he should train Wednesday and Thursday this week. ‘He actually hasn’t had that much game time this year in total, so he’s pretty fresh.’ Schmidt said Ireland will work to have both
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Under the thumb: Outhalf Johnny Sexton is a doubt to play a role in the upcoming 6 Nations clash with Italy on March 8 after a thumb injury picture: inpho
Sexton and Munster captain O’Mahony fit for Ireland’s clash with Italy. But the former leinster coach also conceded their knocks, coupled with unbroken rugby throughout the tournament, could lead him to rest the duo in favour of keeping as many players fresh and in form as possible. Ireland head to France for what could well become the Six nations title decider on Saturday, March 15. Schmidt admitted he wants to keep his options as open as he can for that potentially pivotal Stade de France showdown. ‘It depends what happens this week,’ said Schmidt on whether to rest Sexton for the Italy clash. ‘If he’s required to play Castres, it’s something
athletes competing in the Prague Indoor Grand Prix yesterday. Ciara Everard (UCD AC) and Roseanne Galligan (Newbrige AC) contested the 800m while David McCarthy (West Waterford AC) contested the 3,000m. Everard finished fourth in a new season best time of 2.04.02, while Galligan finished just behind in seventh place in a time of 2.04.12. The race was won by Jenny Meadows of Great Britain in a time of 2.01.67. McCarthy, meanwhile, contested a highly-competitive 3,000m event with the leaders going through the opening mile in 4.07. He eventually finished seventh in a time of 7.54.39, with Paul Kipsiele Koech of Kenya winning in a time of 7.47.20.
we’d think about. ‘One of the things about making changes, it’s probably something you learn as you go and particularly for John [Plumtree] and myself it’s new, but if players don’t play against Italy, then by the time it comes to France they’ll have played one game in five weeks before kick-off. ‘There is that real balance. ‘There may be guys like Johnny or Peter O’Mahony who may be starting to get some wear and tear about them. ‘and that may guide us in a particular direction regarding selection. ‘There has been a weekend off prior to england, there’s a weekend off prior to Italy. ‘These are massive games, but there is breathing space in between to get players freshened up.’
first stage of an appeal as he challenges his 12-year ban from snooker. The 39year-old was given the suspension last September after being found guilty of seven charges of match-fixing. A twopart appeal began with Lee, who denies committing any offence, challenging the use of Adam Lewis QC as chair of the tribunal on the grounds of his familiarity with World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn over an unrelated case concerning London’s Olympic Stadium.
Wiggins commits to Commonwealth cycling Bradley Wiggins will compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer, just a week after finishing the Tour de France. The 33-year-old Olympic champion and 2012 Tour winner (pictured) claimed Commonwealth silver medals in 1998 and 2002, and told Cycling News: ‘It’s a nice thing to have within the UK. It’ll be nice to add that [gold] and it’s a couple of days after the Tour, so it’s just for the sake of carrying on for a few more days and doing it.’
Davies on way back rUgBy Union Jonathan Davies
remains on course to play a part in Wales’ Six Nations campaign as he continues his fightback from injury, and could be fit to face England next week. ‘It would not surprise me if he got some game-time this weekend [for Scarlets],’ Wales assistant Shaun Edwards said.
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Another night to forget as poor United slip in Greece LAST 16, FIRST LEG
RESULTS
OLYMPIAKOS ............................. 2 MANCHESTER UNITED.............0
uefa Champions leaGue last 16, first leGs Zenit st p’burg .2 B Dortmund........ 4 olympiakos ......2 man united ........0
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sKY Bet Championship Blackburn ........ p Brighton ............. p sKY Bet leaGue one Colchester........ 0 sheff united ........1 oldham ............ 1 mK Dons ............. 2 preston .............3 rotherham ......... 3 stevenage......... 1 Crewe .................0 swindon ........... 1 Crawley................1
MANCHESTER United’s shortcomings were cruelly exposed last night as they were outplayed, outfought and outmanoeuvred by European minnows Olympiakos. David Moyes’ disjointed team must now produce a significantly superior effort in the second leg at Old Trafford – where they have been far from convincing this season – if they are to stand any chance of reaching the quarter-finals. United, buoyed by a 2-0 win at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday, lacked cohesion from the start with passes going astray and Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie isolated in attack. The home side were all too often allowed to make dangerous, surging runs deep into United territory although they were unable to test David de Gea in the United goal. That all changed in the 38th minute when
sKY Bet leaGue tWo Cheltenham ...... 1 Chesterfield ........ 4 exeter .............. 0 Wycombe ............1 fleetwood ....... 0 plymouth ............ 4 mansfield ......... 1 Bury .................... 4 newport ........... 1 Wimbledon ........ 2 northampton ...2 southend .............1 portsmouth ...... 1 accrington ..........0 scunthorpe ....... 1 Bristol rov ...........1 torquay............. 1 Burton .................1 sCottish premiership aberdeen..........2 Celtic....................1 ross Co ............ 0 inverness Ct ....... 3 st Johnstone .....3 motherwell ........0
robert lewandowski scored twice as Borussia Dortmund won 4-2 at Zenit st petersburg
FIxTURES (7.45pm kick-offs) uefa Champions league round of 16 first leg Galatasaray v Chelsea .......................TV Sky Sports 1 Schalke 04 v Real Madrid .................TV Sky Sports 4
Greece frightening: Campbell celebrates scoring his team’s crucial second goal
Joel ready to shine at Arsenal
OLYMPIAKOS goal-hero Joel Campbell has signalled his intent to return to Arsenal next season. The Costa Rican forward, 21, who joined the Gunners back in 2011 but is yet to feature after spells on loan in France, Spain and now Greece, scored a stunner against
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United and wants to make his mark in England. Speaking before the Champions League clash, Campbell said: ‘I believe I am ready to play for Arsenal next season. ‘I know I have the capacity to play there. I am only waiting for the opportunity. With hard work I know I can get there.’
under pressure: moyes Olympiakos shocked United by going ahead. A poor clearance from Patrice Evra fell to Giannis Maniatis and his shot from distance appeared to carry little menace until it was smartly redirected past the wrongfooted De Gea from 12 yards by Argentinian midfielder Alejandro Dominguez. Worse was to come for the Premier League champions as Joel Campbell, on loan from Arsenal, added a second in the 54th minute, curling in a superb shot from 25 yards. United did not create a decent chance until eight minutes from time but Van Persie fired over with the goal at his mercy.
FOOTbALL DIGEST u the football league has confirmed it is still in talks with leeds over the club’s proposed £25million takeover by italian businessman massimo Cellino. Contracts have been signed and the Cagliari owner has since been waiting for the league’s approval.
Toffees hamstrung by Traore £9.9milllion Ryan shown the exit EvERTON’S on-loan striker Lacina Traore will be out of action for several weeks with a hamstring injury, manager Roberto Martinez has confirmed. The Ivory Coast international missed Saturday’s defeat at Chelsea after suffering a problem during the pre-match warm-up. Martinez said: ‘With this sort of injury it is normally weeks rather than months. ‘The type of player Lacina is, a sprinter, means this sort of injury needs to be well recovered.’
profit reported by newcastle united for 2012/13. it is the third year in a row the club has posted a profit and is up from £1.4m in 2011/12.
FULHAM boss Felix Magath has wielded the axe again at Craven Cottage – by showing midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe the exit just 25 days after he signed from Manchester United. The German, who dismissed head coach Rene Meulensteen, assistant head coach Ray Wilkins and technical director Alan Curbishley last week, has shipped Tunnicliffe out on loan to Wigan.
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Galatasaray v Chelsea
7.45pm, sky sports 1 Friends reunited: Drogba and Terry will go head-to-head in Turkey tonight
157 Goals
Drogba scored for Chelsea in 341 appearances
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Furious Jose goes on the attack after Eto’o age slip by JOsEpH bYRnE
KEY bATTLE: Didier Drogba v John Terry
IT couldn’t be scripted better in a Hollywood screenplay, with Drogba squaring up to his old Blues brother-in-arms Terry tonight. Drogba, the fourthleading scorer in Chelsea history, faces his old Stamford Bridge team-mates for the first time since leaving the King’s Road on the most emotional of highs, the above picture
showing him celebrating with Terry after they beat Bayern Munich to win the Champions League two years ago. At 35 the striker remains a
pOssibLETEAMs Galatasaray: Muslera, Gulselam, Balta, Kaya, Telles, Melo, Inan, Sari, Drogba, Sneijder, Yilmaz. Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Terry, Cahill, Willian, Luiz, Oscar, Hazard, Ramires, Eto’o.
handful for even the very best defenders and former England captain Terry will have his work cut out to keep his old friend quiet.
Jose Mourinho insists his relationship with samuel eto’o has been unaffected by footage showing him questioning the Chelsea striker’s age. Preparations for the Champions League last-16 tie with Galatasaray have been somewhat overshadowed by Canal Plus broadcasting video of the Portuguese making inflammatory comments to a businessman at a recent sponsor’s event. The recording, aired on Monday, shows Mourinho commenting on Chelsea’s lack of depth up front and questioning the age of Cameroon forward eto’o. not knowing he was being filmed, the Blues manager was recorded saying: ‘The problem with Chelsea is i lack a striker. he is 32 years old, maybe 35, who knows?’ Mourinho was apoplectic about the remarks being broadcast, telling journalists they ‘should be embarrassed’ by what has happened. ‘i’m not defending what i’m saying, i’m attacking something that is, i think, fundamental in your professional area,’ he said, speaking at Kasimpasa’s training base on the outskirts of istanbul. ‘That person showed exactly ... what he doesn’t know about the job. ‘From my perspective, the comment is obviously not a good one, and obviously not something i would do in a serious way, something i would not
do an official way in an interview. ‘First of all, because i don’t make fun. secondly, because if there are managers in the world who really defend their players, i’m obviously one of them. ‘And third because samuel eto’o is samuel eto’o. he’s four times a Champions League winner: people think three times, but one in real Madrid, two in Barcelona and one with inter. ‘it was with him that i had the best ever season of my career. he’s one of the few players who is working with me at a second different club, and a manager never does that if he doesn’t like the player or the person. ‘There is no story, there is no story. i repeat: it was a funny conversation between me and somebody who doesn’t belong to the football world.’ With that, focus quickly turned to facing the Turkish champions and the various sub-plots surrounding the tie. The match sees Mourinho go up against inter Milan predecessor roberto Mancini, as well as Wesley sneijder, a key part of his treble-winning side at the san siro. however, the standout link is that between Chelsea and Didier Drogba. This will be the first time the ivorian has faced the club he played for between 2004 and 2012, with his last kick for the Blues seeing them win the Champions League. ‘i look forward to every match. i like to play against the best, and Galatasaray is the Turkish champions.’
Out of action JANUARY signings Nemanja Matic and Mohamed Salah are ineligible because they played in this tournament for their previous clubs.
Angry: Mourinho
Mancini: Mourinho’s little horse is a big favourite Galatasaray manager roberto Mancini laughed off Jose Mourinho’s suggestion that Chelsea are not ready to win competitions like the Champions league. the Blues boss has described his side as a ‘little horse’ this term but former Manchester City chief Mancini is not buying it, believing the londoners to be huge favourites to win tonight’s last-16 clash against his side. ‘It’s a young team, like ours,’ the Italian (pictured) said with a smile. ‘I think that Chelsea are on top of the Premier league
because they are a top team. they have really good players who can change the game. ‘they have fantastic players who are used to
‘Chelsea have an 80 per cent chance of going through’ playing games like this. I think they have an 80 per cent chance of going through.’ Galatasaray’s attack is expected to be their
biggest strength in Istanbul, with two men Mourinho knows well key to that – Wesley sneijder, who worked with the Portuguese at Inter Milan, and former Blues danger man Didier Drogba. and Mancini added: ‘they have a good relationship with Mourinho but tomorrow, for 90 minutes, they will be enemies. Ninety minutes – after they can go and have a dinner together. But for 90 minutes they should not play 100 per cent, but more. We need Didier and Wesley to play very, very well.’
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Schmidt cautious as Johnny thumbs a lift back to Paris
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ROCHE HONOURED BY HALL OF FAME AS GIRO GEARS UP GRANDE PARTENZA
Tickled Pink: Stephen Roche was wearing the Maglia Rosa (pink leaders jersey) when he won the Giro d’Italia in 1987
Dubliner Stephen roche has been inducted into the Giro d’italia Hall of Fame at a ceremony at Giant’s Causeway in northern ireland. roche, who won the triple crown of Giro d’italia, Tour de France and the World road race title in 1987, became only the third person to be given the honour – joining eddy Merckx and Felice Gimondi in receiving the accolade. The tribute, held outside italy for the first time, comes in the year belfast hosts the Giro start, known as the Grande Partenza, with Dublin the finishing stage in ireland before the race continues in italy. The 54-year-old cycling legend said: ‘i am very honoured by this award because the Giro d’italia always has a special place in my heart. ‘The 1987 Giro was a big victory and it opened up that year’s streak of magic. With the Giro d’italia Grande Partenza in ireland next May, it makes me even more proud of this great honour.’ The event marked another highlight in the build-up to the cycling spectacle, which will take place from May 9 to 11 across belfast, the Causeway Coast and Glens and Armagh before finishing in Dublin.
Desperate times
No end to misery for Moyes and United after Greek tragedy by NICk METCALFE MANCHESTER UNITED’S season sank to a new low last night as David Moyes’ men were dismally beaten 2-0 by Olympiakos in Greece – leaving them an uphill task to reach the last eight of the Champions League. United – three times European Cup finalists in the past six years – were hugely disappointing in the last-16 tie, and their season could be effectively over after next month’s second leg. The hosts went in front seven minutes before the break, with Alejandro Dominguez applying a clever flick to captain Giannis
Maniatis’ 25-yard strike to divert the ball beyond a helpless David de Gea. United were terrible, and fell further behind soon after halftime when Joel Campbell, on loan from Arsenal, scored a delightful goal, his perfect curling effort from distance ensuring a famous night for the Greek champions. Robin van Persie blasted United’s only real chance over late on, and with the Reds sixth in the league and out of the domestic cups, the prospect of the club’s worst season for a quarter of a century is now a very real one.
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Pain game: Robin van Persie holds his head after hitting the deck on a dismal night for United
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