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No bear essentials here – get your fix with double the cub These cuddly-looking twins – a male and female – who were born at the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich, Germany, last December, will be the focus of a lot of attention as they celebrate their first International Polar Bear day today
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A HUMAN tooth in a Chinese takeaway, a chicken head in chicken wings and a dirty fingernail in baby food were just some of the extra bites brought to the attention of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) last year. There was a 12.5 per cent increase in complaints from consumers about food and food premises over the 2012 figure. The majority of those, 1,190, referred to unfit food. Meanwhile, 566 were complaints about suspected food poisoning and 587 were about hygiene. There were 192 complaints about incorrect information on food labelling. Only 33 calls received in 2013 related to the horsemeat incident, with 267 queries relating to the Hepatitis A outbreak associated with imported frozen berries. In total, the FSAI advice line dealt with 13,269 queries in 2013, including a 20 per cent increase in information requests on food labelling. Some 60 per cent of the queries were received by phone and 30 per cent by email. The remainder were via Facebook, Twitter, walk-ins, exhibitions and staff requests. FSAI information manager Edel Smyth said consumers are entitled to the highest safety and hygiene standards and it was the responsibility of businesses to provide this. She sees the increase in contact with the public as ‘a positive development’. She said: ‘On one hand, more food businesses are contacting us seeking to raise their food safety standards while, on the other, consumers are increasingly vigilant and aware of the need to report bad practice or experiences they’ve had where food safety has been compromised.’
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The new owners of a house bought at an auction in Chicago were stunned to find the skeleton of the previous owner’s son sitting in a bedroom chair. Next to the deceased middle-aged man in a red tracksuit was a dead dog.
Today’s birthdays Timothy Spall, actor, 57; Derren Brown (pictured), illusionist, 43; Peter Andre, singer, 41; Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary, 34; Josh Groban, singer, 33.
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BUY this and you’ll be rolling in it for the rest of your life. A Swiss bank vault, containing 8million golden coins, is being sold. The 102-year-old depository and €320,000-worth of currency is being offered by JamesEdition.com. Located in Basel, Switzerland, it has 1,619 deposit boxes and will be transported to the destination of the owner’s choice. The vault contains 15 tonnes of five-centime pieces and represents each of the
by nicOLE LE MARiE country’s 8million citizens. Last year, the coin mountain was dumped outside the parliament building on Federal Square in Bern by the Generation Basic Income group. They used a rather large dumper truck to do it. The group wants the Swiss government to implement a minimum wage for adults. ‘When I first talked to the guys behind this project, I was amazed by their drive, de-
termination and immediately knew this object would be a real head turner,’ said Johan Bengtsson, CEO of James Edition. ‘During the two months we have had the vault for sale, I have talked to many interested buyers and participated in both US and Russian television programmes.’ The group’s co-founder Che Wagner said proceeds would go to continuing the group’s political work. Having succeeded in getting a referendum on the minimum wage, a vote is expected to take place in 2016.
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Drink banned on Galway-Dublin trains ALCOHOL will no longer be served on the 1pm Galway to Heuston train, Iarnród Éireann has announced. The company said it had ‘reluctantly’ taken the decision following ‘consistent complaints’. The ban will come into effect
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hen parties people may engage in the over consumption of alcohol and this can be intimidating,’ the company said. Similar restrictions have been imposed between Waterford and Dublin and full bans will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Three for tea After years living in a bedsit, Patricia O’Brien, 81, celebrates getting her new home with builders Patrick McGrane (left) and Shane O’Neill at the Fold Ireland housing project in Glasnevin Picture: Pa
A YOUNG Dublin man who broke into a home and ‘savagely’ attacked the owner to get keys for a car he later used in a robbery has been jailed for six years. Kenneth Locke, 25, and his accomplice threatened to shoot Stephen Stein through the front door of his house before breaking the door in and attacking him. Mr Stein tried to fight them off but the attackers beat him over the head with a metal bar until he let them have his car keys. They used the car in a petrol station robbery three hours later. Locke, of Ramillies Road, Ballyfermot, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to aggravated burglary at Ballyfermot Drive on January 21, 2012. The court heard Mr Stein had just purchased a new Skoda Superb and left the keys on his bedside locker before going to sleep that night. After the men broke through his door, there was a struggle in which the victim sustained a fracture to his skull and facial bruising. He then took them upstairs to the car keys, at which time Locke told him: ‘That could have been easier if you’d just given us the key mate’. Judge Martin Nolan described the burglary as ‘deeply reprehensible’ and said the two men had ‘savagely attacked’ the victim. Locke’s accomplice Lee McDonnell, 22, of Lough Conn Road, Ballyfermot, received a prison term of nine years with two years suspended earlier this month.
Cancer sufferer grew cannabis for pain A LUNG cancer survivor is to be sentenced later for growing cannabis for his own use, partly to relieve his pain. Father-of-one Stephen Young, 46, of red Archers Close, Baldoyle, pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis at Glasslynn Apartments, Howth Road on October 15, 2012. The court heard he went to ‘elaborate lengths’ to shield his
daughter from the drugs by renting a room in a different house to grow the plants. Gardaí found potted flowering plants worth €11,200 in total when they raided the premises. Young, diagnosed with lung cancer in 2008, told gardaí cannabis gave him relief from cramps and nerve pain he has after undergoing a lumpectomy. The court heard nerve pain is
common among lung cancer patients where the removal of a tumour causes nerves to be pushed against bone. A medical report from his GP noting that Young suffers from pain in his right lung and smokes cannabis for its analgesic effects was also presented. Judge Mary Ellen Ring remanded him on bail for sentencing on July 17.
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Anglo loans of more than €7bn sold off LIQUIDATORS appointed to Anglo Irish Bank have sold a second portfolio of loans held by the collapsed lender with a value of €7.3billion, removing another contingent liability from the State’s finances. Nationalised Anglo Irish, renamed the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) in 2011, was put into liquidation last year in a deal that released Dublin from a commitment to pay off a €29bn debt incurred by the bank. Liquidators KPMG must either complete the sale of its assets by early this year or transfer them to the National Asset Management Agency (Nama). The portfolio, made up mostly of UK real estate loans, was sold above initial valuations, which were not specified.
THE leader of Northern Ireland’s devolved government Peter Robinson has threatened to quit unless a judicial inquiry is ordered into the collapse of the Hyde Park bomb trial. Britain’s prime minister David Cameron condemned actions that led to the withdrawal of the prosecution case as a ‘dreadful mistake’. John Downey, 62, from Donegal, denied murdering four soldiers in the 1982 bombing.
The case ended because government officials mistakenly told him in 2007 he was no longer a wanted man in what the victims’ families branded a ‘monumental blunder’. Mr Robinson said he had been left in the dark over secret government letters of assurance given to more than 180 Irish republican paramilitary suspects which led them to believe they would not be prosecuted. Mr Robinson said: ‘I am not
prepared to be the person who heads up a government not knowing matters which are completely relevant to the job that we are doing, having responsibility for policing and justice. ‘The despicable way the [UK] Government has treated the institutions in Northern Ireland shows they don’t uphold the institutions in Northern Ireland. This is not acceptable to me. It is despicable the Government should behave in such a way.’
Shatter hits back at whistleblowers UNDER-fire Minister for Justice Alan Shatter last night launched a broadside on one of the Garda whistleblowers at the centre of a raft of controversies beleaguering the force. In a bullish counter-attack to stinging criticism of his role in the crisis, Mr Shatter also refused to distance himself from Garda chief Martin Callinan’s depiction of the whistleblowers as ‘disgusting’. After a day of claims, counter-claims and emotional outbursts, Mr Shatter declared there would be uproar if any other serving garda had behaved in the manner of Sgt Maurice McCabe. Sgt McCabe’s allegations of rogue policing are behind a Government-ordered review headed up by a barrister, which could lead to a wider inquiry.
‘It would give rise to uproar in this House ’
Taking the cake: A man in a gateau costume that definitely wasn’t halfbaked turned up to Pope Francis’s weekly general audience in Vatican City, Rome, yesterday afternoon, as did a suitably attired mini-me, right, who was not that impressed to meet the pontiff Picture: ePA
Benedict – I resigned by myself RETIRED pontiff Benedict XVI has denied he was pressured into resigning, saying he freely decided to himself. La Stampa newspaper quoted Benedict, as the one-year anniversary of his retirement – the first by a pope in 600 years – approaches, as writing: ‘There isn’t the minimum of doubt about the validity of my resignation. ‘The only condition for the validity is the full freedom of the decision. Speculation about its invalidity is simply absurd.’
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Garda cleared of drink-drive test evasion
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GARDAÍ arrested a young man over an armed robbery in Drumcondra yesterday after chasing him down the road. Passing gardaí on patrol ran after the juvenile after spotting him being pursued by a member of staff of the raided Botanic Avenue convenience store. Last night, An Garda said the youth was arrested on Drumcondra Road ‘following a lengthy foot chase’. At around 4.30pm a lone male entered the store and threatened staff with what was described as a firearm. He escaped with money and was chased by a member of staff. No one was injured in the robbery, after which the money was recovered.
A DRUNK man who missed his stop on a Dublin Bus used a kitchen knife to threaten the bus driver, a court has heard. Polish national Cezary Dziwulski, of Herberton Park, Rialto, was on his way home with a set of new kitchen knives when he fell asleep and missed his stop. When he woke he didn’t know where he was and pointed a knife at the driver, who pulled into Sundrive Road Garda station. Judge Martin Nolan suspended an 18-month prison term after hearing a European Arrest Warrant had been granted to Polish authorities.
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A SENIOR Garda, who said he drank whiskey to calm his nerves after accidentally reversing his car over a young girl, has been cleared of trying to frustrate a drink-drive prosecution. Detective Inspector Paul O’Brien from Moyville, Rathfarhnam, hit the four-year-old, who did not suffer any permanent injuries, when he was reversing out of his driveway on May 6 last year. He had pleaded not guilty to consuming alcohol with the intention of frustrating a prosecution. Defence counsel Martin Dully argued that Det Insp O’Brien had not been under suspicion of drink-driving when, following the incident, he drank a measure and a half of whiskey to calm his nerves, and that this was not an attempt to frustrate a drink-drive prosecution being brought against him. Garda Donal Ashe spoke to Mr O’Brien shortly after the incident and told the court yesterday the man did not appear to be under the influence, but that when told he would be breathalysed, informed Garda Ashe about the alcohol he had just taken. After hearing evidence Judge Bryan Smyth dismissed the case.
But Mr Shatter – who has been accused of publicly undermining Sgt McCabe’s reputation – suggested there were a number of incorrect allegations made by the Mullingar-based officer. ‘He has conducted himself in a manner that if any other members of the force had so behaved would give rise to uproar in this House,’ he told the Dáil. ‘We now know he secretly taped a conversation with a senior officer and a transcript of that has been pubIn association with lished... I would think there are concerns in this area.’ While he accepted it was important whistleblowers are encouraged and proCareers Training Advice tected, he hit back that it was equally important alHome & Abroad legations are substantiated through lawful measures. Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Belfast Dublin Martin said attacking peoThe Hogan Suite The Belfast ple was Mr Shatter’s standCroke Park Waterfront ard operating procedure and 14th & 15th of 12th of March again called on him to apolMarch 2014 2014 ogise to Sgt McCabe. ‘You just don’t have it, do you minister?’ he said. ‘The humility to say sorry, Free Admission www.jobsexpo.ie you got it wrong.’
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skill, and focus and fortune. You’re P’S waiting room. Me the superhero in your own action and five old women movie. And it doesn’t need to be who look like Maggie some slaloming dribble either. Smith. Ominous music There’s no act in football that isn’t on the intercom – not beautiful when it’s done well. Pass. quite Mozart’s Requiem, but not Bill Withers’ Lovely Day either. An Header. Tackle. Touch. Even in the midst of a game, players on both opera singer laments something in teams will pay homage because Italian, perhaps a mulleted, they know how difficult football is. Milanese soccer player writhing on This is what makes 90 minutes of the ground, hugging his leg. goalless football not just watchable, I’d sympathise, for once. I’m but sometimes enthralling. There’s carrying my own leg since the last so much to admire in a game you game of ball. That creak in my know so well, played by people knee now sounds like paper being with skills so quantumly distant scrunched up into balls. A lot of paper. Scrunch, crinkle and crunch. from your own that you begin to grasp how a player like Lionel On the plus side, it doesn’t hurt Messi is so good you can’t even much. All the doctor’s orthopaedic comprehend it. Watching guys like wrestling doesn’t uncover some that pass the ball in a circle can be sweet spot of agony, which bodes breathtaking. well, though it still feels loose and We’re clumsy children by watery, as if it might explode like comparison, kicking lumps out of food in the microwave. I am diagnosed with being 6ft 1in, each other every Tuesday night through incompetence as much as 15 stone and 35 years old. The malice. Grown men prescription? Stop playing ploughing into each football. That’s easier other, dancing with said than done. Like the devil. All the most addictions, If you go in worrying same, these football can really collisions tire the only be kicked about getting hurt, body in a after you hit rock you definitely will get particular way, bottom by succumbing to hurt. I think you have and calm the soul like nothing else – some showto approach life but you have to hit stopping injury these 50/50s with like a ruptured like that gusto. If you go in Achilles, broken ankle, worrying about getting or torn knee ligament. I’ve hurt, you definitely will get hurt. seen countless friends crash to Sometimes I think you have to earth, cry out in pain, clutching approach life like that. Go and meet a joint. it, try and get what you want from Once upon a time that was down each and every battle because what to bad tackles. These days it tends else is there? We all know how the to be something innocuous – a war ends. minor incident shrouded in a And if men are big kids who fatal sense of inevitability. It never grew up, soccer is a time wasn’t his tackle or timing, it was machine. Forget your age and live just his time. You can’t keep the dream one more time. Forget dancing with the devil and not your age – and find yourself in the expect to get burned. GP surgery at the Maggie Smith But you can’t stop dancing with audition. Then again I was once a the devil because you’re hooked – hooked on how the body takes over, violent and demented soccer player. Maybe I had it coming. brushes the mind aside, and These days I save my anger to occasionally does things so thrilling rage against the dying of the light. to behold, much less perform, that You know. Like Brian O’Driscoll, the conscious part of you can only Paul O’Connell and co. Well, OK, gape in amazement as the moment unfolds. It’s sublime. You don’t just maybe not quite like them. Gods make their own give that up. o importance. In playing sports, though, we This is ‘winning’, and can if only for few society pooh-poohs the fe seconds a week, or month, or year, idea of your revelling in or lifetime, emulate the it (how can you not?), Gods themselves. And this ecstatically immortality is worth pleasurable facet of fighting for. being alive, this for Until the momentary confluence of bitter end. @kenrogan
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Patricia Ronan from Malahide Camera Club won this year’s Irish Photographic Federation Print & Projected Image competition in association with Canon Ireland with this image entitled A Glance. Ms Ronan receives a €2,000 Canon voucher as her prize
Ripper Street back for a third season by ROBERT DEX RIPPER Street, the crime period drama, is coming back to Ireland for a third season’s shooting. And as well as showcasing Ireland as a potential shooting location, the series is expected to provide a major boost to the Irish film and television industry. The total value of the first and second series of Ripper Street to the Irish economy to date has been approximately €20 million in spend on local goods and services. However, the BBC, which axed Ripper Street last year after it ‘didn’t bring the audience we hoped’, is no longer making it. Amazon has secured exclusive rights for Amazon Prime Instant Video – a service only available in the UK. Irish viewers will have to wait un-
Street smart: Charlene McKenna til a later date to see it on the BBC, after an initial run on APIV. Cast members, including Matthew Macfadyen and Irish actress Charlene McKenna, start filming the show, set in Whitechapel in East London, in May. Macfadyen, who stars as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, said: ‘I was surprised by the decision to cancel it, I think, and slightly dis-
mayed. I was just surprised because I think we all felt it had legs, we didn’t feel it was petering out. ‘And then I was delighted by the news.’ Myanna Buring, who plays Long Susan, said: ‘I feel delighted and very grateful to Amazon for bringing it back.’ The third series will be a co-production with the BBC, which will contribute funding. Producer Simon Vaughn, chief executive of Lookout Point, said: ‘The BBC are contributing to the production costs; in fact, we had to get a lot of people to contribute to the production costs. Amazon are the white knight who came to the rescue. ‘However, everybody still loves the show. We’ve got broadcasters around the world who are broadcasting the show very happily.’
Oasis mark 20 years Singer admits bid with demo release to have wife killed BRITPOP legends Oasis are to release their original demo tape as part of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of their debut album. The band recorded the songs in 1993 with only eight copies made to hand out, including early versions of tracks such as Columbia and Rock ‘n’ Roll Star which were later officially released. The eight tracks have now been remastered and included in a new versison of the band’s twodecade-old debut record, Definitely Maybe. Oasis came to an end in 2009 after guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher quit the line-up.
THE lead singer of Grammy-nominated band As I Lay Dying has admitted trying to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife. Timothy Lambesis (pictured) pleaded guilty to one count of solicitation of murder in Vista Superior Court, near San Diego, California, and will be sentenced on May 2. Prosecutors say the 32-year-old singer was recorded telling an undercover agent that he wanted his wife killed. He allegedly told a man at his gym that she was making it difficult for him to see their children and impossible to complete their divorce.
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SJP: Women are too cruel to each other
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Sarah Jessica Parker has trashed reality TV and says it’s to blame for women turning ‘cruel’ on each other. Despite rumours of tensions on the Sex And The City set between her and her co-stars, SJP reckons the sisterhood her character Carrie Bradshaw shared with her frisky pals is a thing of the past. ‘It’s kind of surprising to say, but in a way it (Sex And The City) was a more innocent time. I think so much reality television, and the women that dominate culture today, are pretty unfriendly towards one another,’ the 48-year-old actress
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anye West has warned fans he will tone down his X-rated lyrics now he is a father. The 36-year-old rapper is going to make strictly PG music, claiming baby daughter north has given him a fresh outlook. ‘yeah, totally, everything and my approach to life. everything has changed,’ he said, adding that his upcoming albums will feature ‘artistic intellectual kidfriendly songs’. and the n***** In Paris hitmaker will also ditch the rude words. ‘For the yeezus album, cursing was definitely necessary,’ the 36-year-old told US chat show Late night with Seth Meyers. ‘It would be like sitting down with Quentin Tarantino and
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Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears has revealed he has a secret stash of Kylie hits in his back pocket. The 35-year-old New Yorker said he has at least an ‘album’s worth’ of material which may be a handy fallback for The Voice judge if her comeback album Kiss Me Once tanks. ‘I love writing with her and always have. I’m really proud of all the songs I’ve written with her. There’s a whole album’s worth of music. There’s some really cool stuff that no-one has heard. Someday I’m gonna be shifty and leak it,’ he told Attitude magazine. Meanwhile, Kylie was revelling in her return to Oz, posting an Instagram snap of herself after she arrived in Sydney. She also delighted fans with a one-hit show at The Beresford Hotel.
By SEAMUS DUFF asking “are you going to make G-rated music?” ‘you go to europe there is nudity on TV. So it’s all in the way you raise and have an appreciation of what you are looking at and what you’re hearing and why you are hearing it. Cursing is the least of my worries.’ Meanwhile, fiancée Kim Kardashian doesn’t know if she could face pregnancy again. She said: ‘I don’t think I can do more than three, tops. I even contemplate, should north just be an only child?’ The 33-year-old insisted her marriage to Kanye would not be a televised fanfare. ‘as we’re going along we’re realising that we just want it to be more small and intimate than people are imagining and thinking,’ she said.
told Harper’s Bazaar. ‘They use language that’s really objectionable and cruel and not supportive. I like to remember that Carrie and the other women in Sex And The City were really nice to each other. That was the bigger picture.’ Meanwhile, the fashionista can take a walk down memory lane whenever she wants after admitting she still has all the SATC clobber. ‘I still have all those shoes, anything I’ve ever worn in any movie or TV show in my life is archived,’ said Parker. n Read the full interview in the April issue of Harper’s Bazaar on sale Tuesday.
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Just when it seemed Katy Perry had her love life back on track comes the news her onoff romance with John Mayer is off again. The 29-year-old fell silent on Twitter as she refused to kill off rumours that she and her muso beau had ended things, as reported by E! News. She has not been pictured with the 36-year-old since they were spotted shopping in Hollywood on February 16.
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Justin Bieber’s bodyguard was reportedly arrested on Tuesday accused of stealing a pap’s camera while the 19-year-old singer was visiting a theme park in Atlanta, Georgia. Officers later returned the camera to the owner.
Baldwin makes news on Law & Order Alec Baldwin is putting a twist on his rocky relationship with the media – he’s playing a meddling newspaperman on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Baldwin, 55, will guest star on the NBC drama as a New York columnist who questions the motives of police investigating a rape case as a possible hate crime. The episode will be shown on March 19. NBC says Sgt Olivia Benson goes head-to-head with the writer played by Baldwin (pictured) when his reporting interferes with the investigation. Baldwin has had well documented run-ins with photographers and said in an article for New York magazine that he despises the media and intends to reclaim his privacy.
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Buried under sand: Paleontologists examine the beached mammals’ fossils
Whales in ancient mass grave ‘poisoned by sea’ A MASS graveyard of whales dating back 5million years was probably the result of the creatures feeding on poisonous ocean algae, experts believe. The burial ground has baffled scientists since it was uncovered in 2011 next to the Pan American Highway in Chile. Now it is thought that more than 40 whales were washed into an
estuary before being covered by sand that preserved their remains as fossils. Nicholas Pyenson, from the Smithsonian’s natural history museum, said: ‘We found walrus whales – dolphins that evolved a walrus-like face – and bizarre aquatic sloths.’ The cetacean remains also include those of the modern blue, fin and minke whale.
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UgAnDA: Gay people will get the same health treatment as everyone else despite new antihomosexual laws. A clause requiring medical workers to report homosexuals was scratched. Health minister Ruhakana Rugunda said: ‘As far as health is concerned, they are at liberty. They should give full disclosure to their nurses.’
EgypT: A group of 26 alleged terrorists were sentenced to death for plotting attacks on the Suez Canal. The al-Qaeda-inspired group, Al Furqan Brigades, including a teenager who was spared execution, were said to have planned strikes on tourists and claimed they had fired at a ship in August. None of the 26 was ever caught.
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Hedgehog torched in box Bus stop murderer executed
SwITZERLAnD: A hedgehog burned to death inside a cardboard box that was dumped by the roadside. The animal was found in the smouldering box by allotment holder Peter Specker, who said it was killed deliberately. ‘It was an incredibly cruel thing to do,’ added the 58-year-old. Police in Zurich are investigating.
Jailed Rigby duo dragged from the dock THE killers of British soldier Lee Rigby fought with security officers as they were jailed yesterday for the ‘barbaric’ murder in south London last year. Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, had to be dragged from the dock by nine guards when a violent struggle broke out just before they were told they would die behind bars and serve at least 45 years respectively for hacking the 25year-old soldier to death. The scuffle broke out when Mr Justice Sweeney told the pair they had been radicalised after converting to Islam and described their views and cause as a ‘betrayal’ of the religion. Members of Rigby’s family were in tears in the public gallery, while one needed medical treatment.
AMERICA: A death row inmate who raped and murdered a girl after abducting her from a Kansas City bus stop in 1989, was executed by lethal injection yesterday. Michael Taylor, 47, (pictured), had appealed against the ‘inhumane’ drug used in Missouri.
InDIA: A supporter holds the hand of ruling Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi during campaigning for this year’s parliamentary elections Picture: AP
SwEDEn: A mix-up at a recruitment fair almost caused a riot when 61,000 jobs were wrongly advertised – instead of 1,000. Police were called to the job centre in Stockholm but said, although many jobseekers were upset, there were no arrests. Staff have apologised.
Dozens injured as Ukraine clashes spread to Crimea TENSIONS erupted in Ukraine’s divided Crimea region yesterday as rival protesters clashed and huge military drills were ordered across the border in Russia. One person died from an apparent heart attack and dozens were injured when fighting broke out between pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators in the Black Sea territory. Meanwhile, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced military exercises involving 150,000 troops, 880 tanks, 90 aircraft and 80 navy ships. Moscow insisted the manoeuvres had nothing to do with the turmoil in Ukraine and the ousting of president Viktor Yanukovych. But it indicated it would cut off financial support for Ukraine, having refused to recognise the interim government. Mr Yanukovych’s whereabouts remained a Fights: Crimean Tatars clash with a police officer in Simferopol
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n relation to Steven’s letter about the picture of a shark hanging from a boat in Perth, Australia, I agree with him fully and would go further as to say that the survival of sharks are essential to the survival of the human race. Those beautiful animals are at the top of our oceans’ food chain and their disappearance would impact on other species and their habitat. We are the biggest thinking predator and yet we can’t think beyond our surfboards. Perhaps Steven Spielberg could make another movie starring a shark as the good guy this time and educate people about this fantastic animal. The Frog ■ Sean ‘Proud Dub’ (Mailbox Monday) wonders why people from certain South Dublin suburbs sound like they are from the UK? Well I think another way of putting this is that some people want to speak English properly and distinctly and therefore ‘sound’ English to some who don’t. The cruel reality is many of us in Ireland speak an indistinct form of English which cannot be understood when we go abroad. We speak too fast, mispronounce words, have bad grammar and use obscene words
like the ‘f’ word in regular conversation. We need to understand that whilst some may see this mangling of English as ‘typically Irish’ others are laughing behind our backs at the unintelligibility of our speech. If you have to live and work abroad you’ll know what I’m saying. Anto ■ Just in response to Ian’s comment about the garda who ‘raced to find other gardaí’ can we clarify something? Did the article not state that he was an off-duty garda so that would explain no radio? Technically, the garda didn’t have to do anything. We are very lucky that he did run to find help! An off-duty Garda would have no protection, he would not even have a stab vest so he had no other choice but to find help. Fair play to him! Siobhan, Blanchardstown ■ Demented from Tuesday’s Mailbox, I also have to deal with many tissueless snifflers in my shop. What I do is offer them a tissue and you should see how their faces light up. I’m sure you were complaining because you’re never caught out having no tissues, so maybe share joy, comfort and hygiene. Hugh of Tissues, Dundrum
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STORYVIllE: COACH ZORAN AND HIS AFRICAN TIgERS BBC4, 10pm A world away from Wayne Rooney’s multi-million deals, we find Hassan Ismail Konyi, a young striker with South Sudan’s new national football team. Hassan has a hard time finding peace and quiet after training – with 26 sisters and 35 brothers, his compound is teeming with noisy kids. Hassan is just one player in this fascinating tale of Serbian soccer mercenary Zoran Djordjevic’s efforts to turn South Sudan into a power in the world game. Djordjevic talks a big game – but will he get results?
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FIlm OF THE DAY TerminaTor 2, fIlm4, 9pm James Cameron threw millions and millions of dollars at this sequel to his 1984 sci-fi classic The Terminator, and it shows, most jaw-droppingly in the special effects, which completely raised the bar for every film that followed in its wake. The CGI creation that is the practically unstoppable T1,000 has since been surpassed, but at the time, this was incredible. Arnold Schwarzenegger is at his monosyllabic best, while Linda Hamilton has beefed up for her apocalypse-ready Sarah Connor, but Robert Patrick steals the show as the aforementioned robot assassin from the future, his deadpan stare and delivery making him one of cinema’s all-time greatest villains. The ending may be schmaltzy pap, but watching a skinny little man beat seven shades of shinola out of Arnie makes it all worthwhile.
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elebrity partnerships with high-street-level fashion retailers are going strong. the latest hook-up is Nicole Scherzinger – the X Factor judge and former Pussycat Doll – and purse-friendly online fashion site Missguided. With many luxury brands clamouring to dress her, why partner with an etailer known for its keen pricing? ‘i’m appealing to my fan base,’ she says. ‘in your everyday life, it’s nice to have clothes that don’t exclude anybody; i really wanted it to be attainable. ‘i’ve worn Missguided’s stuff for years,’ she adds, ‘so when they approached me, it felt like a natural fit.’ And besides, it’s all about how you wear your clothes, Scherzinger insists. ‘So many times, people won’t realise i’m wearing a $20 dress,’ she says. ‘if it’s done right and you make it look sassy but chic and dress it in the right way, you can make it look a million bucks.’ Catching her after a late-night recording session for her forthcoming album, Scherzinger is in less than a ‘schamazing’ mood but as she talks about the new collection, she becomes animated. ‘My Missguided woman is really strong,’ she says. ‘it’s the boss side of the girl but the clothes are still feminine and simple. the cut-out dresses are not fussy. they are no-brainers. you put them on and it’s like “wow”. i wanted the clothes to make people feel like the best version
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“My fishnet pieces are very on-trend for spring ➔
of themselves.’ The collection took four months to design but features nothing that reinvents the wheel – however, it wasn’t her intention to. ‘I drew from my loves and my personal taste,’ she says. The result is a range priced from €18 to €60, comprising sportswearinspired separates, faux leather trousers and a killer jumpsuit, all in monochromatic tones with flashes of cobalt. True to form, it also features a series of bodycon dresses that Scherzinger explains were inspired by the bandage costume designed by Jean Paul Gaultier that Mila Jovovich wore in 1997 movie The Fifth Element. Will us mere mortals be able to pull off those second-skin dresses? ‘Absolutely,’ she says. ‘I was always like: “No, bring that right below the knee or make that fabric thicker so it holds us in and sucks in our thighs and stomachs.”’ Should the collection prove a hit, it could be a big moment for Missguided. Launched in 2009, the Manchester company
Head-turner: Nicole Scherzinger wows the X Factor crowd (right) in a Missguided bow crop top; (far right) one of her new dresses, £40
expanded into the US and Australia over the past year but doesn’t have the pre-eminence of online giants Asos and Boohoo. Partnering with Scherzinger is its bid to put itself on the map. Founder Nitin Passi has been taking note of what’s been happening on the high street. River Island, for example, turned things around with a Rihanna collaboration; Dorothy Perkins and most recently Lipsy have benefited from their partnerships with the Kardashians. And if Passi wanted reassurance that partnering with Scherzinger was a good idea, he got it when the 35year-old stepped out in Missguided’s bow crop top during The X Factor last year – the item sold out instantly. Despite rumours that she won’t return as a judge this year, her new album means she will still be in the public eye. But did she actually design anything? ‘Of course I did,’ she says. ‘It has my name on it,’ – but she does admit it was a collaborative process with Missguided’s design team, spearheaded by her.
cLick & cOLLEcT scherzinger’s line-up
Clockwise from left: Black cropped top, €24; white cropped top, €24; leotard, €24; dress, €42; trousers, €42; cobalt blue dress, €54; trousers, €42; white, black and blue dress, €54
Perhaps aware the collection may be met with some cynicism, Scherzinger talks at great length about her research. ‘I really studied the catwalks and would show the team things I loved and didn’t love,’ she says. ‘Some of my favourite items in the collection are my fishnet pieces because that’s very on-trend for spring and summer. Gucci is doing it, you know. It makes sense.’
This is only the start of her design ambitions. ‘Missguided have said many times: “Hey, if your day job doesn’t work out, do you want to come and work for us?”’ she laughs. ‘This is one of the things I’ve always dreamed about doing. What girl gets to create clothes they want that aren’t already out there?’ But Scherzinger won’t be giving up music any time soon. ‘I do have a
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passion for it but obviously not as much as for my music and singing,’ she says. ‘It’s new and exciting for me to have these experiences.’ Whether a real career in fashion is on the cards or not, Scherzinger’s collection will no doubt be a winner with her fans. What will be interesting, though, is to see what happens after the initial hype subsides.
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The collaborations This is certainly a season of collaborations with celebrities teaming up with clothing and beauty brands alike to add another string to their bow. Nicole Scherzinger launches her clothing range March 11 (see main feature). Not to feel left out, Katy Perry is set to work with Claire’s Accessories on the Prism collection to coincide with her world tour in May and beauty brand Rimmel launches its eagerly awaited Colour Rush lip and nail collection (pictured) with Rita Ora at the end of March. The perfect chance to add some celebrity to your style.
The in-between: Trench coat
It’s a rather odd time of year in terms of fashion; the shops are full of spring attire, but the weather is not exactly conducive to short sleeves just yet. When it’s time to step away from the winter coat, treat yourself to a trench. The trench coat is the perfect cover up for Spring and by opting for a neutral tone, you’ll find it a perfect match for your entire wardrobe. Splurge on a piece by Burberry, or stick to a budget at H&M. Trench coat from H&M, €34.95
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The last time I wore culottes was in primary school, but 2014 sees the return of this easy to wear trend. To get the look right, choose a block colour like black or royal blue and team with printed tops, cropped knits and blazers. And don’t forget to keep those heels high with this style of mid-length trouser as seen at Victoria Beckham. Black Coulottes, Boohoo.com, €16
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Céline and Prada certainly raised heads byy adding flatform wned a new sandals to their latest collections, which has spawned desire for comfortable ble summer shoes. Fitflop have lk look in a variety introduced their version of the catwalk of colours, however, keeping it trendy, white is set to be the most popular. Fitflop are stocked at Arnotts. ch 2014 White Sandal, Fitflop, €115, available March
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It’s so refreshing to see new shops open on the city’s main thoroughfares with Massimo Dutti and Levi’s taking prime spots on Grafton Street. And now, Cos is to add to its 90 stores worldwide by opening on Wicklow Street this spring. COS’s Marie Honda said: ‘Since opening our first COS concession in Ireland in 2010 2010, we’ve been fortunate that the br brand has received such a positive W hope our customers will response. We continue to enjoy the brand, the collection and the new store.’ For more information on the spring/ summer collection, see cos.com
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A MoonUranus connection hints that you may be glad to accept the offer of an outing or get-together. However, you may also relish an unexpected meeting. Random events could link you with someone interesting or an old friend.
ENiGMA Break a shoulder or an arm, This dressing saves it from more harm. It makes a triangular shape, Held by a knot behind the nape. WHO AM i? A playwright, I was born in London in 1933. I’m married to the biographer Claire Tomalin. My best-known work is Noises Off.
WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? WHO… wrote the story on which Bizet based his opera Carmen? WHAT… medical condition was treated by the Kenny method? WHERE… in Africa is Harare? WHEN… did Cardinal Thomas Wolsey die?
QUIZ ANSWERS: ENIGMA: Sling. WHO AM I? Michael Frayn. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? Prosper Mérimée; Poliomyelitis; Zimbabwe; 1530.
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Life on the road not taken THE bIG READ
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he notion of a South American homeland briefly considered by early Zionists in the 19th century is the fascinating seed for eshkol Nevo’s Neuland – a powerful exploration of love, grief, ‘what ifs?’ and the forces that bind and break families and nations. Nevo is a leading light of the younger generation of Israeli authors, and his book is as steeped in the country’s history as his own family (he is the grandson of Levi eshkol, prime minister during the 1967 Six Day War). At the novel’s core is a slow-burning love story between two lost souls who find each other thousands of miles from home. Dori has left his wife and young son in Israel to search for his father Menny, a former war hero who went travelling in South America after the death of his wife and subsequently vanished. Dori is joined in his search by Inbar, a restless young woman who makes a brief journey from Israel to Berlin, where her mother lives, and then quite spontaneously makes a decision at the airport to buy a ticket
TAkE 3 BOOKS ON ISRAEL Falling Out Of Time by David Grossman Israeli novelist David Grossman lost his soldier son Uri in 2006, killed by a missile in the second Lebanon war. Out of his grief he has wrenched Falling Out Of Time, a brief story of a father
to Peru, where she soon joins Dori on his quest. The dark shadow that lies across her every waking moment is the suicide of her younger brother when he was 19. This is a deeply affecting story – each chapter is told from the point of view of one character – juxtaposing the lives that have been led and their possible futures with the
chimera of ‘the road not taken’: not, for the most part, as a source of regret but as a way to learn and start afresh. While Israel is a country beset by challenges from within and beyond its borders, Menny, Dori and Inbar embody hope and a refusal to succumb to fatalistic resignation: in short, the future is not yet written. ben Felsenburg
who sets off in search of his dead son. Fusing prose and verse in the form of a drama, it’s a searing glimpse at the most intimate grief but also hints at the possibility of redemption through the act of writing.
personal and honest history that does not shirk from the country’s challenges. The paradox for Jews in Israel is that they ‘have never had it so good’, but their prosperity is set against a background of almost existential uncertainty; one way or another, Ari Shavit concludes, ‘change is in the air’, however much Israel may want to turn its back on the turmoil of the Middle East.
My Promised Land by Ari Shavit Shavit considers ‘the triumph and tragedy of Israel’ in a very
sHELF spAcE Every Single Minute by Hugo Hamilton HHHII Fourth Estate
In Hugo Hamilton’s latest novel, Úna, a venerated Irish author in the last stages of terminal cancer, visits Berlin in the weeks before her death with writer friend Liam. It’s a fictional retelling of a real journey, taken by Hamilton with the late Nuala O’Faolain, in May of 2008. As Una and Liam tick off the sights on their itinerary, from the Pergamon Museum to the luxury department store KaDeWe (where Úna is shopping for sheets to be laid out in), their talk takes in almost all of life – family, love, writing, escape – a conversation carried out in the shadow of Úna’s impending death. What’s most interesting, given that both O’Faolain and Hamilton are best known for memoirs of difficult upbringings, is the dialogue between Úna and Liam about whether it is possible – or desirable – to let go of the past. As a reading experience, this is a book that could have benefitted from some severe editing – at 270-odd pages, we get far too much of each conversational exchange, every stop and start of the entire journey. Instead of the telling detail, we get what feels like every last detail – the titular Every Single Minute – which, regrettably, undermines the power of the sheena Davitt exercise.
Israel by Anita Shapira Shapira’s book is a weightier and more straightforward history of Israel over the past century, tracing how the break-up of the Ottoman Empire and the turmoil of Eastern Europe led to the founding of the state in 1948, with nation-building punctuated by wars in the decades since. It’s a solid starting point for readers who want to negotiate their way through a complex story.
New leaf
The solo effort of a GAA lover Dubliner Sinéad Hamill talks about how her love of GAA – and a major health setback – inspired her comic novel Scumbags & Handbags I started playing Gaelic football when I hit 40 and had two small girls, so Scumbags & Handbags began life as a story about a group of mammies learning to play the game. Like me, none of the team had ever kicked a ball before in their lives. The kindest thing you could say about us is that we were brutal. We were tripping over each other in drills and as for knowing the rules... well, it got me thinking. Fast forward two months to a writers’ retreat in Askeaton, Co Limerick. Tucked up nice and
cosy in a bedroom overlooking the farmyard, I drifted off to sleep thinking about how to approach the next day’s writing challenge which involved deploying a different ‘voice’.
Around 4.30am, a big feathery foghorn woke me up with a ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ outside my window. After an hour there was no sign of him shutting up and I didn’t think I’d be welcome at breakfast if I bludgeoned the farm’s rooster to death with my writing pad. So I began to wonder, if I was a Dublin ‘scumbag’, what would I do? I started imagining a character and called him Robbie King. Once I began, it was like the pen had a life of its own. For the first time I was writing in a male voice and it just felt right. Scumbags & Handbags tells the story of two men. One of them, the aforementioned Robbie, is sentenced to community service at an affluent GAA club for his method of
dealing with a hapless rooster, and his politically incorrect gob takes a bit of getting used to. his boss is Tommy Boylan, an exGAA star whose foolhardy actions 20 years earlier cost him his career and banished him into social exile. Now back and yearning for acceptance, he agrees to take on the job nobody wants: teaching the mothers’ team how to play football. But there’s a problem in the shape of deranged criminal the hawk and a €5million cocaine haul...
I completed the novel in six weeks. It seemed to write itself. editing took a bit longer due to the minor inconvenience of suffering two strokes – which is another story. But they did one huge thing for me: they rammed home the fact that life is not a rehearsal and provided the impetus to publish the book myself rather than wait around for someone else to do it.
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The book title is my husband’s. I wrote 86,000 words, he wrote three but he still hasn’t let me forget it. Scumbags & Handbags is out now. For more see www.sineadhamill.com
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fOOTbALL DigEsT
Under pressure: Mel
West Brom insist they are united after Pepe talk
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Brilliant Bale stars as Real score six
GARETH BALE scored twice as Real Madrid claimed a stunning win in Germany. Karim Benzema grabbed Real’s opener before Bale dribbled his way into the Schalke area and fired home. Cristiano Ronaldo
sCHALke...1 ReAL MAD...6
Brace yourself: Bale netted twice in Real’s win
smashed in a third, before Benzema and Bale scored again. Ronaldo added a sixth, with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scoring a late consolation.
blues bruised by gala performance in Turkey LAsT 16, fiRsT LEg
WesT Brom have thrown their support behind coach Pepe Mel following speculation over his future. Albion are winless since the spaniard succeeded steve Clarke at the Hawthorns and lie just a point above the Premier League drop zone. That has led to meetings behind the scenes but the club stressed a change at the top is not on the agenda. sporting director Richard Garlick said in a statement: ‘At present, we are going through a period of transition, which is natural following the appointment of a new head coach. There has been a lot of soul-searching and it is clear everyone has a real desire to keep the club in the Premier League. Pepe, his staff and players will now do everything in their power to achieve this goal.’
GALATAsARAy....................1 CHeLseA .............................1 by jAMEs bOyLAn DIDIER DROGBA will return to Stamford Bridge with the chance to break his former manager’s heart after Chelsea blew the chance to put one foot in the quarter-finals. Jose Mourinho’s men were cruising against Drogba’s Galatasaray but, with a Fernando Torres goal to show for their first-half dominance, failed to kill the game off and were punished by an Aurelien Chedjou equaliser. Willian almost chipped Chelsea into an early lead before the Blues went ahead in the ninth minute through a move which began when former Arsenal man Emmanuel Eboue was caught in possession. Andre Schurrle eventually slipped in Cesar Azpilicueta before the fullback pulled back to Torres, who slotted in from six yards.
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‘Legend’ Defoe set to say his goodbyes
opener and last goal scored by an English club in Europe
ToTTenHAM will bid farewell to Jermain Defoe tonight, with boss Tim sherwood hailing him as a club legend. england striker Defoe, who has scored 143 goals in two spells with spurs, is about to complete his move to Toronto in the MLs. A hamstring strain means the 31year-old will miss the chance to sign off with another goal at White Hart Lane, but he will be on the pitch at half-time of the europa League last-32 clash with Dnipro to say his goodbyes. sherwood said: ‘Jermain is, possibly along with Jimmy Greaves, one of the best goalscorers this club has ever seen.’
Wickham Leeds role
ConnoR WiCkHAM has joined Leeds on loan for the rest of the season. The 20-year-old sunderland striker has completed an emergency move to elland Road after struggling to force his way into contention at the stadium of Light. The england Under-21 international could make his debut at QPR on saturday.
Turkish delight: Aurelien Chedjou celebrates after scoring the equaliser for Galatasaray
Swansea ‘to enjoy’ 2nd go at Napoli
Swansea coach Garry Monk has told fans to expect a thrilling encounter when his team takes on Napoli in today’s Europa League last 32 return leg. Both teams go into the match at the San Paolo stadium with all to play for after their goalless draw in the first leg in Swansea. The pressure will be on Napoli and the Swans hope to take
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It took Chelsea until the start of the second half, though, to create their next clear-cut opening, with Gala keeper Fernando Muslera denying Torres from a tight angle. Roberto Mancini’s side – helped by the introductions of Semi Kaya and Yekta Kurtulus – slowly gained a foothold in the game, with Selcuk Inan hitting a post from three yards out after latching on to a Drogba knock-down. And in the 64th minute Gala got their just rewards, with a combination of poor positioning from keeper Petr Cech and slack marking by John Terry allowing Chedjou to ghost into the six-yard box and tap home. Cech batted away a goalbound Alex Telles piledriver in the closing stages as the game finished all square to set up an intriguing second leg.
advantage of that. ‘We are coming here to enjoy it,’ Monk said. The Swans dominated the encounter at the Liberty Stadium last week but could not make that count. ‘The only disappointment from our performance in the first leg was not to score a goal,’ Monk said. ‘But the next best thing is to keep a clean sheet, and we did that.’
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DESPITE losing out on a Triple Crown after losing to England last weekend, Jamie Heaslip is still upbeat about Ireland’s progress and chances of finishing the Six Nations tournament on a high. ‘There were a lot of positives to take from the England game,’ he says. ‘There wasn’t much between the sides. I thought both sides were competitive at the breakdown, very good defensively, didn’t give the other team a lot of opportunities, but we got an opportunity and we took it at the start of the second half. ‘Then they got an opportunity and took it and we have to see what errors were made, not just for the try but in general. There were missed opportunities there. But you’ve got to give them credit. They played smart.’ Asked if he still feels there is something to play for in the remaining games against Italy and France, the No.8 has no doubts. ‘This championship is still absolutely wide open. The next game is pivotal for us now. We’ve got two teams to come now in Italy and France, who can punish you. ‘We know from last year over in Rome that you’ve got to be on top of your game to beat Italy. We’ve got a pretty positive and focused group. Now we just have to assess what happened at the weekend, take the good things from it and park the bad things.’ The Italy game at the Aviva will be his Leinster team-mate Brian O’Driscoll’s last international in Dublin, but Heaslip hasn’t given it much thought. ‘I never even thought of it,’ he admits. ‘But now you say that, I’d say it’s going to be an emotional day for him. But knowing Brian he’ll use the emotion to his advantage.’ And would winning the Championship make up for not claiming a Grand Slam? ‘Hell yeah,’ he says. ‘I was trying to figure out if I enjoy winning, or hate losing. For me, it’s all about winning silverware. Lifting the Six Nations trophy is... Not many people have done it and it would be a huge achievement.’
Jamie Heaslip teams up with sports nutrition group to prepare and recover picture: inpho
LEINSTER and Ireland star Jamie Heaslip took time out from his Six Nations preparations to team up with MaxiNutrition, who will give him individually-tailored nutritional support to complement his lifestyle, training and preparation. The sports nutrition brand’s new campaign #feedyourmuscles aims to educate exercisers on the benefits of proteinbased sports nutrition to help them achieve their goals. ‘As rugby players, we rely heavily on the right nutrition to support our intense training schedules, the buildup to games and our recovery. MaxiNutrition helps me with every aspect of this and their products are an essential part of my preparation,’ Heaslip said. See www. maximuscle.ie
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spORT DigEsT
Seventh heaven: Shortt and Howlett
Limerick will host World Cup 7s fest
Rugby The Treaty City will host
some of the biggest names in rugby on August 9 and 10 for the Limerick World Club 7s Festival. Saracens, New South Wales Waratahs, Stade Français, Moscow, Auckland, New York, Vancouver, South Africa’s Blue Bulls and Western Province, and Munster Rugby have all been confirmed. The inaugural Limerick World Club 7s Festival is taking place at Thomond Park the weekend before the World Club 7s in Twickenham. There will also be events throughout Limerick for the citywide festival. Helping to launch the event at Thomond Park were comedian Pat Shortt and former Munster rugby player Doug Howlett.
Malaysia will see Matt take chances cycLing National
Road Race Champion Matt Brammeier is ready to start the season for the Synergy Baku Cycling Team, writes David Thomas. The Irishman will line up for the Azerbaijan team for the first time in the Tour de Langkawi, which starts today in Malaysia. ‘We have a strong team going into the race, but no clear leader,’ said Matt. ‘I think each one of us will be going in with the aim of taking our chances when they come.’ The 28-year-old has split his training between the UK, Belgium and Girona. It will be Brammeier’s second appearance in the Malaysian race, having ridden it in 2006.
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United keeping faith in long-term Moyes plan by jAMEs bOyLAn DaviD Moyes remains the manager of Manchester United despite speculation to the contrary. Rumours of an imminent announcement on the New york stock exchange spread on social media last night, with the suggestion it would state that Moyes was to leave the club following Tuesday’s 2-0 defeat to olympiacos in the Champions League. The odds on Moyes being the next Barclays Premier League manager to leave his post shortened dramatically, but at press time the scot was still very much in charge. United are baffled by the reports their manager was set to leave his position. The club have always made it clear Moyes will be given time to prove he is the right man to maintain the success delivered by predecessor sir alex Ferguson. But what was also clear on Tuesday night is that the former everton manager needs to make major changes to his squad if he is to have a successful second season.
United were second best throughout the first leg of their last-16 tie in athens. Their defence was easily pierced and they offered little in attack as goals from alejandro Dominguez and Joel Campbell put the Greeks on the brink of qualification to the last eight. Moyes admitted after the match that he could barely identify a single player who deserved praise for their performance. ‘you could hardly pick anybody out. We just didn’t perform,’ the scot said. Robin van Persie, speaking to Dutch broadcaster Nos after the match, refused to round on his team-mates. But he admitted his frustration at the team’s lack of consistency. ‘We all have to work at it,’ the former arsenal striker said. ‘in some games we do play well but in others we do not. We have not had luck at times. ‘i am not going to point the finger at anybody. We need to try and turn it around and we need to take our chances.’
Still standing: David Moyes remains in charge at Old Trafford
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Early blow: Torres celebrates after putting Chelsea ahead with his ninthminute strike
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FeRnanDO Torres celebrates after scoring the opening goal for Chelsea in their Champions League round of 16 first-leg match against Galatasaray in istanbul. Things looked good for
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Out of favour Given looking for new club Shay Given is eager to find another move away from aston villa after claiming the club ‘want me out of the door’. Given has recently enjoyed a successful loan spell with Sky Bet Championship club Middlesbrough where he kept ten clean sheets in 16 matches. Unfortunately for Given the deal could not be extended through to the end of the season as villa would
have been unable to recall him at 24 hours’ notice. The Republic of ireland international, who is out of favour at villa where he still has another two years remaining on his contract, can join another club on loan. That is Given’s hope ahead of a permanent move at the end of the season. ‘hopefully something will happen
in the summer somewhere,’ he told a Birmingham newspaper. ‘it has been really frustrating not playing. That’s obvious for everyone to see and the window doesn’t open until the summer, so maybe there is a Championship club out there who might want me. ‘i might go back out on loan again somewhere before the end of March. aston villa want me out of the door, so something might happen.’
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Given the boot: The Lifford man has another two years left on his contract with Villa who he says want him ‘out of the door’ picturE: inpHO