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Man left baby as he fled crash

A MAN crashed a car at the end of a high speed chase with gardaí and fled, leaving the baby behind. Dean Coleman drove off at speed, broke traffic lights and mounted a footpath because he knew there were warrants out for his arrest and wanted to spend Christmas with his child and partner. Judge Mary Ellen Ring said: ‘He was seeking to save his own skin by putting his son at risk of death.’ Coleman, of Maple Road, Newbridge, Co Kildare, pleaded guilty to two counts of driving with reckless endangerment and three counts of criminal damage in Dublin city on December 15 last. The father of one drove at high speed when gardaí tried to carry out a routine traffic stop on his car. He drove through residential areas, driving straight through or the wrong way on roundabouts, crashing the Volvo car into a number of occupied cars, before continuing to drive on at speed. The chase ended when Coleman lost control of the car and mounted a footpath. The car crashed into a pole, hit a gate and railings and spun to the other side of the road where it crashed into a wall. Coleman ran off, leaving the engine running with his baby son strapped into a child seat in the back of the car. Gardaí discovered

by declan brennan the baby crying when they went to turn the car engine off. Judge Ring said that it would take time before the extent of the psychological damage caused to the child was known. Garda Mark Melbourne told the court Coleman was found hiding behind a bin in a nearby garden. He was arrested and tested positive for cannabis. The court heard he has 27 previous convictions including five for dangerous driving and five for driving with no insurance. At the time of these offences he was on bail for making a threat to kill or cause serious harm. In July 2013 he received an eight-year driving ban for dangerous driving. Seamus Clarke BL, defending, said that it was ironic that his client drove away from gardaí to avoid his arrest because he wanted to spend Christmas with his then partner and their baby son. He said that as a result of his actions his partner left him. He said that Mr Coleman’s father was a soldier and his family were good, decent people. He said they had moved to Kildare when Coleman began getting into trouble at a younger age to try to put him back on a good path. Coleman was jailed for 4 years.

Father was found hiding behind a bin

STEVIE WONDER: Former professional cyclist Stephen Roche has been named as this year’s Grand Marshal of Dublin’s St Patrick’s Day Parade. Festival organisers said Roche, who is one of only two cyclists to win the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia and the World Road Race Championship in the same year, was chosen for the role because of his ‘outstanding contribution to the sport of cycling’. Earlier in the week, the Dundrum native was inducted into the Giro d’Italia Hall of Fame in Northern Ireland Picture: PA

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by AiDAn RADnEDgE IT looked like the perfect murder: a woman found dead in her home, no clues and no witnesses. Well, no human witnesses, at least. But the killer of 45-year-old Neelam Sharma will end up doing some bird after all as the case was cracked by the victim’s pet parrot, nicknamed Hercule. The mystery started when journalist Vijay Sharma came home to find his wife and pet dog dead. The only survivor was Hercule, who had been stunned into silence by what he saw at the home in Agra, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Mr Sharma thought he would never have justice... until a visit from his

Hercule Parrot nephew Ashutosh, who seemed to ruffle a few feathers. ‘The parrot that was unusually quiet suddenly started shrieking and flapping around the cage,’ said Mr Sharma, editor of a Hindi daily newspaper. ‘It was clearly distressed about something and only calmed down when Ashutosh left. Then when I spoke to other people, every time I

mentioned Ashutosh’s name the parrot would start screeching. ‘This made me really suspicious and I decided to call the police.’ The police, acting on Hercule’s tipoff, checked on Ashutosh’s phone records before arresting him. And before long, he was singing like a canary. ‘He said that he had gone with a friend to his uncle’s house with the intention of stealing and was sur-

prised by his aunt, who they had killed because they were worried she would have identified them to police,’ said Agra police spokesman Shalabh Mathur. ‘They had then robbed the place before fleeing. ‘He admitted he had also killed the dog, thinking it could be used in an identity parade against him, but had not thought about killing the parrot which had been silent in its cage.’

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Kerins: Rehab has ‘more than enough’ to pay me

Airport strikes for Paddy’s weekend AIR travel looks set to be disrupted on March 14 after Siptu served strike notice on Aer Lingus and the Dublin Airport Authority over a €780million pension deficit. Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports will be affected by the four-hour work stoppage to begin at 5am on the Friday of the St Patrick’s weekend. Aer Lingus said: ‘The union is willing to damage Aer Lingus customers, the company, the tourism sector and our international reputation in pursuit of its demands’, while Siptu said it remained available for talks.

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She added that the last number of weeks had ‘taken a large toll on the Rehab Group and our clients’. ‘We are wondering what we have done wrong,’ she said. Meanwhile, PAC chairman John McGuinness said yesterday’s hearing was constructive. The PAC said last night that it is seeking legal advice on whether a document on salaries furnished to it by the Health Service Executive could be published. HSE director general Tony O’Brien and Department of Justice secretary general Brian Purcell were also before yesterday’s committee hearing. Mr O’Brien said the HSE pays Rehab Group €50million a year and that it is happy with the service they provide. Mr Purcell said that since 1997 Rehab Group received €86million of the €124million paid out to 19 private charitable lotteries under the scheme.

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REHAB Group chief executive Angela Kerins has told politicians that she is a private citizen working for a private, non-State company. Defending her €240,000 salary before the Dáil Public Accounts Committee, Ms Kerins said she was not paid from public funds and that there is ‘more than enough income’ coming in to Rehab to cover her salary. She said she and other board members were paid 20 per cent below the current market median. She also revealed that she is entitled to a 30 to 35 per cent bonus on top of her basic salary but she ‘hasn’t had it for many years and it isn’t my intention to be looking for it’. She would not be drawn on an increase of €6,000 in her 2013 salary. She also rejected a claim that Rehab received €83million in funding from the State, saying: ‘We don’t take money from the State, we deliver €83million worth of services to the State.’

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IRISH Rail is seeking an ‘urgent referral’ of pay and productivity proposals to the Labour Court after a number of unions rejected cost saving measures which it says are essential to the financial viability of the company. Siptu said while members have taken three years of cuts, ‘similar reductions in non-payroll and managerial costs have not been pursued with the same vigour’. It also questioned the Government’s commitment to public transport as the Department of Transport ruled out any increase in funding.

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Father and son to go head to head for best actor Ifta

Poldark role for Irish star of The Hobbit HOBBIT star Aidan Turner is taking the title role in the remake of hit 1970s Cornish costume drama Poldark. The actor (pictured), who plays Kili in the films based on JRR Tolkien’s novel and also starred in Being Human, has signed up for the show inspired by Winston Graham’s books. He plays soldier Ross Poldark, who returns to his home in Cornwall from the American War of Independence to find his fiancée believes him dead and is about to marry his cousin. He said: ‘I’m very excited to play Ross Poldark for the BBC.’ The show was a big hit when first transmitted from 1975 to 1977.

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Paternal: Brendan Gleeson is a priest in Calvary, and son Domhnall (inset)

FATHER and son in the Gleeson family go head to head in the best actor category in this year’s Irish Film and TV Awards. Brendan Gleeson has been shortlisted for his performance in Calvary, up against his son, Domhnall, who is shortlisted for About Time. Saoirse Ronan (Byzantium) is pitted against Antonia Campbell-Hughes (3096 Days), Jane McGrath (Black Ice) and Kelly Thornton (Life’s A Breeze) in the leading actress category. And could the Iftas be the awards ceremony that finally sees Michael Fassbender take the gong for 12 Years A Slave? He’s up against Colin Farrell (Saving Mr Banks), Edward MacLiam (Run And Jump) and Peter McDonald (The Stag) for the best supporting actor role. Amy Huberman (The Stag) makes the cut in the best supporting actress category, vying against Sinead Cusack (The Sea), Fionnuala Flanagan

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Actor/musician REEvE cARnEy, found fame playing the title role in the Broadway production Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, created by Bono and The Edge. He also stars in TV’s Penny Dreadful and plays Jeff Buckley in a forthcoming biopic

Penny Dreadful is set in Victorian London and features some of literature’s most famously terrifying characters. How did you land the key part of Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Grey?

I got cast through the standard process via my agent and I got a call back and flew to London – within a week I had the part. It was probably the quickest I’ve ever gotten any job so far. It’s been a great shoot so far and all of us working on it think we’re making something pretty special. I was really excited to be working with such great people. Timothy Dalton (former James Bond) is such a nice guy to work with, I love his energy.

Your uncle was the Oscar-winning actor Art Carney. Was acting always something you were drawn to? For whatever

reason I thought at the age of about eight I wanted to be an actor, but by

the time I was 12 I’d discovered the guitar and at that point I had completely forgotten about acting as I’d really fallen in love with music. Now I’m doing both and I’m perfectly happy. With my music, sales have never been much of a concern – I just want to make the music I want to make and it’s great to have the two outlets in my career. I’m playing by myself in Dublin this weekend – I couldn’t afford to fly in the rest of the band! However, I love playing solo and the freedom it affords. There’s nothing that can compete with the power of a band but I try to deliver something I hope is powerful.

At one stage Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark was the biggest show on Broadway. What was it like to perform to thousands of people every week? It played in the largest theatre in Broadway, which is still only 2,000 seats. I guess that’s a lot but it didn’t feel too daunting to play to

that many people. The hardest thing was projecting to be loud enough for everybody in the audience night after night. While Spider-man did bring together the music and acting strands of my life, the finer details of your performance can get lost when playing a big theatre. The great thing about Penny Dreadful, by comparison, is having a camera right there in front of you to capture the nuance of a character.

You’re lined up to play revered US singer Jeff Buckley, who drowned in 1997, in a movie biopic. Are you looking forward to portraying him and when are you set to start shooting? The film is scheduled to go ahead very soon and I’m talking to the production team on that every week. It seems that it’s just a matter of getting everything together and everybody being available at the same time and polishing the script. I think there’s still some work

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One of the great things about being in Spider-Man was being able to build a studio in my house in New York

going on in terms of figuring out the tone because Jeff’s life was so colourful. It’s going to be hard to fit it all into just two and half hours so it’s down to picking the stuff that will tell his story in the best way possible.

What can people expect from your forthcoming solo album? It’s sort of inspired by Paul

McCartney’s Ram album from 1971, which is my favourite record of all time. I’m playing all the instruments and recording it myself but I don’t know when it might be released, I’m trying to think of the best way to do it. One of the great things about being in Spider-man was being able to build a studio in my house in New York so that’s where I did most of the recording. I’ve been mixing most of the tracks ever since.

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by jOAnnE AHERn (Life’s a Breeze) and Orla O’Rourke (Calvary). The awards will be held on April 5 and will be broadcast on RTÉ One. n Best Film: Byzantium, Calvary, Run & Jump, The Sea, The Stag n Best Actor – film: Brendan Gleeson (Calvary), Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), Ciarán Hinds (The Sea), Andrew Scott (The Stag) n Best Actress – film: Antonia Campbell-Hughes (3096 Days), Jane McGrath (Black Ice), Saoirse Ronan (Byzantium), Kelly Thornton (Life’s A Breeze) n Best Director: John Butler (The Stag), Neil Jordan (Byzantium), John Michael McDonagh (Calvary), Ruairi Robinson (The Last Days On Mar) n Best Drama: Game Of Thrones, The Fall, Love/Hate, Quirke, Vikings

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1D go from boys to men Sandra Bullock will be laughing all the way to the bank after it emerged she is set to make €50million from her role in hit space blockbuster Gravity. The 49-year-old agreed a deal for an initial €15m fee, plus 15 per cent of box office earnings, and a percentage of DVD, TV and Blu-ray sales. Gravity has already made €510m.

ne Direction are kissing goodbye to their boyband status by declaring they are now all men after proudly growing stubble. The X Factor idols said they were older and wiser after overcoming a nervous start to life in the spotlight. ‘I mean, we were all just kids,’ said niall Horan, who is the grand old age of

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20. ‘You get pushed straight in and have to grow up fast. We’ve got bigger, we’ve got stubble, we’re turning into men.’ Bandmate Zayn Malik said their overnight success across the world had a big effect on their lives. ‘We’ve all changed. none of us really knew each other and none of us was prepared, the 21-year-old said. really prepared,’ ‘I found it hard talking to people, answering questions, but then you realise everyone is in the same boat. You can’t take yourself too seriously and you all are. start to relax into being who you are.’ Liam Payne, 20, claimed the effect of global recognition meant he was most at home away from the constant glare of the public. ‘It’s pretty hard to just “go out”,’ he told Top Of The Pops

magazine. ‘A lot of the time we actually prefer sleeping on the tour bus. ‘We park outside the venue and just stay there. We have our DVDs and Xboxes and we have a quiet bus for sleeping.’ Louis Tomlinson certainly got a taste of being in the limelight when 5,000 screaming fans turned up to see the 22year-old make his professional football debut for Doncaster Rovers at the club’s Keepmoat Stadium in South Yorkshire on Wednesday. The budding sportsman received a reception of epic proportions when he came on as a sub for 15 minutes in a reserve match against Rotherham. Security was forced to step in when overexcited girls rushed out of their seats as Louis trotted on to the pitch to try his hand at being a footy star.

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E! News host Catt Sadler is looking forward to ‘flirting with George Clooney’ on the red carpet at the Oscars. The 38-yearold admits she was once advised to ‘slow down on flirting’ with her subjects but says if Clooney wants to sweet talk then so be it. She’ll be live from the event on E! from 10.30pm on Sunday.

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Justin Timberlake clashed with rude fans in Philadelphia. ‘I’m excited to be here. I’ve got some good friends in Philly – why are you flipping me off?’ the 33-year-said, spotting a woman making the gesture. ‘You got second row to flip me the bird? That makes no f***ing sense,’ he went on. Timberlake then mimicked the gesture to the crowd who cheered.

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They ha have a combined age of 136 and these days may find it a bit of a challenge to climb on to the stage let alone ca cavort around on it. P But Dolly Parton has revealed she will be appearing at Glastonb Glastonbury alongside fello fellow pensioner Debbie Harry In a battle of the Blondies, Harry. 68-year 68-year-old country music icon incr Parton told fans: ‘I’m incredibly excited to FIN FINALLY announce the #BlueSmok #BlueSmokeWorldTour is coming to @GlastoF @GlastoFest on June 29th!’ Organiser Emily Ea Eavis added: ‘We

are delighted to say that Dolly is coming to Glastonbury… it really doesn’t get much better than this!’ Her announcement comes after we revealed Blondie had booked a festival slot. Frontwoman Harry told us at the NME awards: ‘We just heard today – we’re going to be doing Glastonbury.’ Blondie were awarded the God-like genius prize at Wednesday’s bash. Arcade Fire and Lily Allen have also been confirmed to perform at the festival which runs June 25-29.

Silly Lil Lily plays snap in after her ‘dumb’ win LiLy ALLEN suffered a digital malfunction at the NME awards after she managed to snap the middle finger off her best solo artist trophy. The 28-year-old singer was looking glum as she left the after-party at London’s Sketch restaurant, clutching her gong in two hands. And despite clearly enjoying herself on her big night, The Hard Out Here hit-maker later posted a sombre Twitter picture with the caption ‘Broken’. Allen was shocked by her victory, calling it ‘dumb’ and claiming the award should have gone to David Bowie or Jake Bugg. Once the awards were wrapped up, a who’s who of celebs flocked to Sketch, with Haim getting the party started. Last year’s Godlike genius

recipient, Johnny Marr, was spotted among the super-stylish crowd, while his successor, Debbie Harry, rocked up in a red jumpsuit after Blondie closed the show with an epic eight-song set. Diana Vickers, The Vaccines, Peaches Geldof, Nicole Appleton and Mutya Beuna were also spotted enjoying themselves at the bash. Earlier in the night, Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker brought his mini-me son Albert to the ceremony, both sporting black-rimmed glasses. Haim aree sticking a finger up to their old head teacher, revealing aling they were donating their NME ME international band award to ng him. They tweeted: ‘fed exing o our high school the award to principal.’

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Ready to move on? Glee star Lea Michele is looking for love again PICture: Peggy SIrota

Glee star Lea Michele was planning to start a family with Cory Monteith before he overdosed in his hotel room last summer. ‘We talked about children and what we would look like when we grew old,’ she told Glamour magazine. The star, 27, whose debut album Louder is out on March 17, says she finally feels ‘a bit more back together’ months after her loss and insists her late lover would want her to find love again. ‘It’s so important to make sure I’m 100 per cent OK before I get into a relationship,’ said Lea. ‘I can’t be alone forever. Cory wouldn’t want that.’ Read her interview in Glamour magazine on sale Monday.

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Delilah fuelled speculation she is dating Prince after playing coy when quizzed about their relationship at the NME awards. She came over all shy when asked if the 55-year-old was a ‘good kisser’ and would only say: ‘He’s amazing. He’s been so supportive of my career.’

Katy Perry can add midwife to her CV after she helped deliver a friend’s baby. The 29-year-old leapt into action when a pal’s waters broke at home. ‘Finally you can add “helps delivers babies in living rooms” to my resume! It’s been a miracle of a day... Auntie Katy aka Stylist Auntie,’ she said on Twitter on Wednesday. The birthing follows hot on the heels of rumours that Perry and her on-off boyfriend John Mayer are ‘off’ again.

Ferguson rests after fainting on live TV

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Rebecca Fer Ferguson is resting at home after she collapsed while singing on live TV yesterday. The X Factor runner runner-up, 27, was performing the track All I’ve Got on UTV’s Loose Wo Women when she sank to the floor before bandmates came to her rescue. The show’s new recruit Myleene Klass put Fer Ferguson in the reco recovery position as the producers cut to the closing credits. Afterwards, the singer’ singer’s manager Jonathan Shalit said Fer Ferguson had complained of being dizzy bbut insisted on performing. ‘She feels much better better. Just tired, stressed and eexhausted – not pre pregnant,’ he said.

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Ousted leader pops up in Russia as pro-Moscow militia seize buildings in Ukraine

Yanukovych: i am still the president

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FUGITIVE Viktor Yanukovych has surfaced near Moscow, insisting he is still Ukraine’s leader. The ex-president spoke out to denounce the ‘extremists’ who overthrew him, as pro-Russian forces seized a regional Ukrainian parliament building in the Crimea yesterday. The 63-year-old, holed up in a sanatorium owned by the Kremlin, said: ‘I consider myself to be the lawful head of the Ukrainian state, chosen freely by the will of the Ukrainian people. ‘Now it is becoming clear that the people in south-eastern Ukraine and in Crimea do not accept the power vacuum and complete lawlessness in the country, when the heads of ministries are appointed by the mob.’ Unrest in Crimea escalated when militia-

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by AiDAn RADnEDGE men with weapons and grenades seized the parliament building in Simferopol and hoisted the Russian flag. It fuelled fears that Vladimir Putin, who has agreed to protect his ousted former ally, is giving money to opponents of Ukraine’s interim government. The Kiev parliament put security units on alert and warned Russian forces to stay inside their base in Crimea. As tensions rose, Russia wheeled out a heavy-hitter to stoke anti-Kiev sentiment in Sevastopol. Boxer Nikolai Valuev was photographed in the Crimean city’s central square. He was joined by fellow Russian parliamentarians Irina Rodnina – the former figure-skater – and first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova. ‘I arrived in Sevastopol to support residents of Crimea. Friends, Russia is with you!,’ 2.1m (7ft 1in) heavyweight Valuev, 40, wrote on Twitter. Boxing’s ‘beast from the east’ was hoping to get inside the guard of former rival 42-year-old ex-world champion Vitali Klitschko, who led protests against Mr Yanukovych and is standing to be his long-term replacement.

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Armstrong told €8m Olympic medallists hearing goes ahead each given Mercs AMERicA: A judge rejected drug cheat cyclist Lance Armstrong’s bid to stop sponsors reclaiming €8.75million it paid him in bonuses. Judge Tonya Parker ruled arbitrators can hear a case by Dallas-based SCA Promotions. Armstrong and the company agreed the payments in 2006 when rumours of his doping first emerged. He has since admitted he lied. It will be heard on March 17.

RUSSiA: The country’s Winter Olympics medallists have been given a Mercedes each by prime minister Dmitry Medvedev. The white cars – decorated with the Russian Olympic team logo – are a reward after the host nation topped the medals table at Sochi. Stars who are too young to drive – including 15-year-old figure skater Julia Lipnitskaia – will get paid-for chauffeurs to drive them around.

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‘i had sex with goat but i did ask it first’ niGERiA: A villager arrested for having sex with his goat says he should be freed because he asked its permission first. Malam Kamisu Baranda was handed over to police by the head of his village outside Dutse and has been remanded in custody. The 20-year-old is said to have been caught having sex with goats ten times because they ‘satisfied his demand’.

Gift of Frank books opens new chapter jAPAn: Israel’s embassy has donated 300 Anne Frank-related books to Tokyo libraries, replacing those ruined by a vandal. The mayor of Suginami district said: ‘Through this incident, I believe people also learned about the horrid facts of history and of racism.’

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Only plane ever built by Bugatti to fly after 75 years... thanks to a modern engineer

Ready for take-off – at last by AiDAn RADnEDgE

A SUPERPLANE that never flew will finally take to the skies, 75 years after the advance of Adolf Hitler’s armies through Europe grounded it. The only aeroplane ever built by sports car supremo Ettore Bugatti, its cuttingedge design made it the most advanced aircraft of the 1930s – with a top speed of 500mph. But, after the Nazis invaded France in 1940, Bugatti hid it in a barn to stop it falling into German hands. Named the 100P, it was so advanced it was feared that, if Hitler got hold of it, he could have changed the course of World War II by eliminating the Spitfire’s advantage over the Luftwaffe. Thanks to work by ex-RAF engineer John Lawson, a rebuilt version of the plane is ready to make its maiden flight. The fuselage of the original Bugatti 100P, which lies in a US museum, is too vulnerable to stand the strain of flight and its engines have been removed. Saddened that the plane, which was 85 per cent built when war broke out, never flew, enthusiasts of the Le Reve

Elegant: The recreated Bugatti 100P plane and, right, the ‘revolutionary’ original 1930s model Pictures: sWNs Bleu group in Tulsa, Oklahoma, set about building a replica. But they didn’t have the expertise to make it fly.

So they contacted Mr Lawson to build a gearbox. ‘The plane was designed to fly very fast but the gearbox wouldn’t have much longevity,’ said

Mr Lawson, from Nottingham. ‘I reverse-engineered it from plans and pictures and designed one which runs perfectly.’

It is hoped the plane will be flying by October and appear at the Farnborough Air Show and Goodwood Revival in years to come.

Bin collections harmonised FROM Monday, bin lorries should be trundling through your neighbourhood just one day a week. Dublin City Council has decided to implement a specific day for bin collection in each neighbourhood as it was felt numerous operators calling on different days was disruptive. Hugh Coughlan of Dublin City Council said: ‘The fact that several waste collectors now operate in Dublin means that communities were

being inconvenienced by numerous bin trucks in their area on a daily basis, with resulting difficulties of footpaths blocked by bins, littering and traffic issues. ‘These bylaws will ease these problems considerably.’ Some 44,000 customers will see their collection day change as a result of the move. Mr Coughlan said waste collectors are contacting those affected.

May date to open Man’s body found Hackett bridge in derelict building

NEW ARRIVAL: Meet Winnie the pygmy hippo. The 5kg (11lb) girl is getting used to her surroundings at Bristol Zoo Gardens in England after mother Sirana, also pictured, gave birth three weeks ago. Only about 2,000 pygmy hippos are left in the wild Picture: PA

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THE Rosie Hackett Bridge will open on May 20, Dublin mayor Oisín Quinn has said. The 24th bridge to connect the capital’s north and south side, the bridge was named after a trade unionist, following a public competition last year. It will link Hawkins Street on the southside to Marlborough Street on the northside of the river. Built primarily to accommodate the Luas, it will also have two southbound bus and cycle lanes. The €368million Luas cross city line is expected to be operational by 2017.

A MAN has been arrested after the discovery of remains at a disused premises around 10.45pm yesterday after a suspected row broke out at the building on New Wapping Street near Dublin’s North Wall. Gardaí arrested a man in his late 30s at the building and he is being held at Store Street Garda Station. A second man, in his late 20s, also found at the scene, was taken to the Mater Hospital. The remains were of a man in his early 40s.

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HE alert system for smog in Beijing was raised to level ‘orange’ for the first time last Friday. Introduced last year as part of a plan to tackle the Chinese capital’s notorious air quality problem, the system is divided into four categories: blue, yellow, orange and red. Orange, the second highest threat level, means schools are advised to cancel outdoor sports classes, while motorists are asked to restrict vehicle use. The government is under increasing pressure to do something about the thick layer of smog polluting Beijing – caused by power plants burning coal and the large number

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small space or a large area of a city. The bubbles which cover the area on the ground would be constructed from ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene), a polymer that is a stretchy type of plastic. It is highly resistant to heat and can save on energy costs. It is present in the panels of the biomes of the Eden Project in Cornwall and has already been used in Beijing – at the Bird’s Nest National Stadium and the Aquatics Center, both built for the 2008 Olympics.

The smog in the Chinese capital Beijing reached its worst level last week, but could a new plan to pump clean air into a bubble dome be the future for living in polluted cities? ROSS McGUINNESS reports... of cars on the road. The World Health Organisation says the presence of tiny pollution particles, known as PM2.5, should not exceed 25micrograms per cubic metre. In Beijing, the levels were recorded at nearly 400. Pollution is a problem across China but a British architecture and design company has a plan to let people breathe in clean air. A team at Orproject is working on bringing a park enclosed in a bubble to Beijing.

The design proposes housing a botanical garden under a bubble domelike structure, which could also cover office buildings, retail outlets and apartments. Simply titled Bubbles, the project would see temperature and humidity controlled within a space filled with clean air. Electricity would be generated by solar cells in the surface of the structure. Orproject says its design is fluid enough for the structure to cover a

rPrOjECT co-founder Christoph Klemmt, who divides his time between London and Beijing, said work began on Bubbles a year ago. He is in talks with developers and local government officials to make their idea a reality in Beijing. ‘Our Bubbles proposal is not an alternative to curbing environmental pollution, but it will be a help for those who have to live with it in the meantime,’ said Klemmt. ‘Economically, the project is feasible, and the engineering of it is also easily doable. The main difficulty in realising it is to convince the government and planning authorities. ‘The park is planned to be a public place and to feel like an outdoor area, but it is covered and, according to planning laws, it would be regarded as covered ground. Therefore, the project can only work if the local government wants to have it in the city.’ He estimated that the cost of building the system would be about €500 per sq m.

Local government in China requires developers to give a building back to the community in exchange for theallocated land. Klemmt said: ‘In our proposal, the development of the surrounding buildings can finance the construction of the botanical garden, which can be used by all citizens.’ The air inside the bubble would be filtered before being pumped into the park and the buildings. They will need to be airtight. The Bubble’s roof is created by a computer algorithm that can generate and grow patterns – these are based on those seen in leaves and butterfly wings. ‘We want to create architecture and buildings in the same way as plants are growing,’ added Klemmt, who said the building would be much lighter, and therefore more cost-effective, than if it were made from glass. ‘The system can work for small spaces such as an enclosed courtyard or playground, but it can also be extremely large,’ he added. As well as the China scheme, Orproject is also looking at a potential location for a Bubbles structure that could span as much as 500,000 sq m. Klemmt said the future of design lay in combining technology with nature, adding: ‘I do not hope that the pollution will be so bad that many cities will require a clean air, safe haven. ‘But more and more cities are building botanical gardens and large green houses for their citizens, and this will continue across many countries.’

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THE disgraced captain of the Costa Concordia yesterday returned to the cruise ship for the first time since it capsized. Italian Francesco Schettino was allowed to board the vessel to help court-appointed experts inspect generators as part of his manslaughter trial. He is accused of steering too close to Giglio island and then abandoning ship after it hit a reef, leading to the deaths of 32 people on January 13, 2012. ‘They want to show that I am weak, just like two years ago,’ he said before going on board. ‘It’s not true. I want to show I’m a gentleman, not a coward.’ The hulk was turned upright in a daring engineering feat last year. Schettino, the sole defendant,

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by AiDAn RADnEDgE claims faulty emergency generators and badly trained crew were also factors. Many of those who perished drowned after they jumped into the sea when lifeboats could no longer be launched because of the ship’s tilt. The inspection was requested by the defence and lawyers for consumer groups, which contend that Costa Crociere, the cruise company, shares some blame. But chief prosecutor Francesco Verusio has told the trial in Tuscany: ‘None of the 32 Costa Concordia victims died because the emergency diesel generators didn’t work the night of the shipwreck.’

A PASSENGER jet was forced to make an emergency landing after wasps built a nest in one of its engines. The pilot of an Etihad Brisbane to Singapore flight was forced to make a mayday call when vital instruments stopped working. The airliner, carrying 164 passengers, landed safely at the Australian airport in November. Investigators yesterday ruled a mud-dauber wasp nest was to blame for it losing speed and altitude.

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hy is it that cyclists think they are exempt from using the rules of the road? I encounter cyclists break red lights several times a day around the city centre and for the life of me I do not understand why it continues. It’s simple; a red light means stop. As a road user, it is your responsibility to stop at a red light to let pedestrians cross the road. This does not mean you should continue through the red light, weaving in and out of pedestrians as you do so. It is extremely dangerous as well as being against the law. It’s clear that there are a lot of cyclists that do not understand the rules of the road. For this reason, I think that they should have to take the theory test, like other road users. I’m obviously not suggesting a practical test, but I think if they were required to take the theory test and fines were issued for instances where a cyclist broke the rules of the road; then myself and others might be able to actually cross the street with ease. Danielle

tually speak, and prescribed language, the way people think people ought to speak. Prescriptive language is delivered from the top down, entombed in tedious tomes, and is one of the ways those at the top justify their being there in the first place. he calls Irish speech ‘indistinct’ and yet makes a very good case for it being quite the opposite. he says we are laughed at for mispronouncing, having bad grammar and using obscene language, but by whom exactly? Across the length and breath of the British Isles, English is spoken with a huge variety of accents, intonations and even lexical quirks, and yes, a huge amount of profanity. This variance is nowhere more evident than in England itself. And this is not to speak of all the other native English-speaking countries. What makes us so laughable then? Celebrate this diversity, I say, and have a laugh at your own expense, so that we don’t all end up speaking like robots, the truly ‘indistinct’ form of speech that Anto fears so much. Tongue Tied

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■ Anyone know when Michael Jackson’s new album is out? The charts are screaming for real music. Anna, Dublin

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Working Non-Stop Julianne Moore’s latest film Non-Stop could well describe her work schedule. I’ve been busy, she tells Lauren Williams

ulianne Moore’s eyes widen and she fires a bolt of laughter. Her co-star in her latest movie, liam neeson, has just thrown the C-word into the room during the course of our interview. Thankfully, it’s not aimed at Moore or anyone else in the vicinity but instead at an air stewardess – or ‘a trolley dolly’ to use neeson’s description – who is the subject of the story he is telling. ‘Trolley dolly?’ chimes Moore. ‘Hah! i love it when you say that.’ in all honesty, fine actor though she is, i don’t quite believe her. i think she’s shocked and possibly mildly offended by the swearword and the vocation-related colloquialism, but she is not letting on. The duo, who first worked together on 2009 drama Chloe, are sharing their interviews and need to maintain an equilibrium. it should be said, neeson apologises for his ripe vocab before he moves on to his next group of interviews. They are now on screen in the actionthriller nonStop, which is set on an aircraft and has neeson playing a

beleaguered air marshal with Moore an enigmatic passenger who’s drawn into the action. ‘Both our characters have a mysterious quality to them,’ says Moore, 53, when talk turns to the film. ‘and people in general do have that quality on a plane,’ she adds. ‘everyone files on, you don’t know who anybody is and you have no idea who they are. People keep their space about them and only offer up what they want you to know.’ Moore’s character offers up very little indeed and is a figure of suspicion at various points in the film, which sees neeson’s marshal (below) receive a series of text messages saying a passenger will be killed every 20 minutes unless a $150million ransom is paid. The script is littered with twists and turns. ‘i like all the twists,’ says Moore. ‘When i go to a movie and i can’t figure it out, i’m just thrilled. ‘But often i can see it. i’m always quick to figure out who the dead person is, like with the Bruce Willis movie,’ she adds, referring to The Sixth Sense. She’s a sharp cookie, Moore, and with her bright mind and delicate looks has made her name in, and left an indelible

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mark on, the world of indie cinema. She’s done blockbusters of course, from Nine Months through to The Lost World: Jurassic Park and her forthcoming final chapters of The Hunger Games series, but she’s at her best when the budgets are tighter. Just consider critical hits such as The Big Lebowski, Magnolia and The Kids Are All Right. She has earned four Oscar nominations, for Boogie Nights, The End Of The Affair, Far From Heaven and The Hours, and turned in fine performances in the likes of Safe, Vanya On 42nd Street, The Shipping News and A Map Of The World. ‘I do love my work,’ she says. ‘As an actor, you live from job to job, though, and you have to be prepared for that.’ Her husband of ten years, Bart Freundlich, is also a filmmaker and directed Moore in The Myth Of Fingerprints, World Traveler and Trust The Man.

“I’m not scared of many things in front of the camera” ‘Not knowing when the next job is coming can be difficult,’ she says, ‘but we have learned to save money, just in case.’ Moore’s financial future is surely secure and her bank balance will receive a significant boost when the pay cheque arrives for the The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, in which she plays President Alma Coin. ‘It’s been great fun,’ she says of the experience. ‘We are shooting the last two movies together,’ a move that has become de rigueur in the world of teenage film franchises. In fact, Moore’s words prompt an immediate ‘Kerching!’ from Neeson, from across the room, with an accompanying thumb-and-finger hand signal and the actress laughs again, though this time more softly. ‘They have done well, yes,’ she says of the box office success of The Hunger Games, ‘but they work hard, especially those young kids. Jennifer Lawrence is so talented and so

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Business class: Julianne Moore in action-thriller Non-Stop and, from top, with Annette Bening in The et of Hunger Games: Kids Are All Right, Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights and with grey locks on the set Mockingjay lovely. She has a real ability to connect with people. What she did in American Hustle is just remarkable.’

LONGSIdE The Hunger Games, Moore has a clutch of films in the pipeline, ranging from the flighty fantasy adventure Seventh Son to the more serious david Cronenberg drama Maps To The Stars. Following The Kids Are All Right, she will once again star as one half of a lesbian

couple, this time in Freeheld with Canadian Juno star Ellen Page, who recently announced she was gay. ‘I am still busy,’ says Moore of her career, which stretches back to 1990’s Tales From The darkside. ‘I have been very lucky with the movies I’ve done and the work I’m still doing now.’ Another of her forthcoming films is Still Alice, which is set for release next year. Based on Lisa Genova’s novel, it will see Moore star as a victim of Alzheimer’s.

‘I’m not scared of many things in front of the camera,’ she says of the experience. ‘Everywhere else, yes, I’m terrified. But acting is really just pretending and you are exploring feelings in a safe environment. ‘For me, something frightening would be going deep-sea diving or jumping out of a plane, or even diving off a high board into a pool,’ she smiles. ‘I really don’t like that kind of thing.’ Non-Stop is out today.

cLuBs Regis

Karl O’Connor has been at the forefront of techno for the past two decades. Recording mainly as Regis – he has also put out some great records as Kalon and Ugandan Speed Trials – the Irish-born producer is always evolving. He pioneered the brutal Birmingham techno sound during the 1990s and as the new millennium dawned, he set up the seminal Sandwell District label/collective with like-minded artists Function and Silent Servant. Sandwell became one of the most influential electronic music outlets of the past ten years and paved the way for a renewed interest in pure techno. Right at the height of its popularity, the collective pulled the plug on Sandwell District. Since then, O’Connor has moved to New York and is focusing his efforts on the Downwards label, which is veering off into post-punk and new wave. Expect the unexpected from Regis this weekend. Tomorrow, Pogo/Subject, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street D1, 10pm, €15.

Kyle Hall & Funkineven

There’s no doubt that Detroit house music has resurged in popularity thanks to a new generation of producers. At the forefront of this revival is the talented Kyle Hall (pictured), a protégé of Omar S, who

makes rough and raw house grooves. Hall’s music has surfaced on Moods & Grooves and Hyperdub, but appears primarily on his own Wild Oats label, which last year released his acclaimed debut album, The Boat Party. He’s joined tonight by UK DJ Funkineven, who releases on Eglo and his own Apron label. Tonight, MUD, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street D1, 10pm, €13 to €15.

New York Transit Authority

Confusingly, New York Transit Authority comes from Bristol, but don’t let that put you off. Real name Mensah Anderson, NWTA makes the kind of retroinfluenced house and electro jams on the Lobster Boy label that sound like they came from 1980s New York. Get down to the Academy tomorrow for some old school shenanigans. Tomorrow, Sense, The Academy, Middle Abbey Street, D1, 11pm, €7 to €12.

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This handsome Holocaust drama was actually released a fortnight ago, on one token screen, to qualify it for the Baftas – pointlessly, as it turns out. The only real impact it had was the early disappointment felt by fans of Markus Zusak’s original international best-seller. A beloved book club favourite aimed at a young adult audience (always a tricky one for movie studios to target), Zusak’s story presents a child’s eye view of German small-town life under the Nazis. Ever solid bets Geoffrey Rush (hangdog but lovable) and Emily Watson (sour but lovable) are the ageing, impoverished couple who adopt our heroine, Liesel (a blank Sophie Nélisse), after her communist mother is branded an enemy of the state. The illiterate Liesel has just buried her little brother and, at his funeral, snatches a book the gravedigger lets fall, sparking a love affair with words and a habit of pilfering books. Given the oppressive Nazi backdrop of book burning, ‘disappeared’ parents, starvation and witch hunts, it’s actually quite amazing just how little jeopardy and dramatic urgency The Book Thief manages to conjure during its two-hour-plus run

vERDicT Unmissable only if the alternative is double history. A book about books that should’ve remained a book. Rings hollow: Curly-haired Liesel (Sophie Nélisse) isn’t daunted by Nazis Death (Roger Allam), has a cuddly time. Well-behaved and never letting off grandpa presence that removes the sting of the safety catch, it’s an over-prettified responsibility from the human realm. Holocaust film where every flake of fake I’d heard reports that this film could snow has been styled and the wide-eyed, perfectly ringletted Nélisse looks like she’s reduce grown men to tears – but I’m guessing they were just yawning with been primped for a beauty pageant, not a life/death drama. Meanwhile, the narrator, boredom. Larushka ivan-Zadeh

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When deranged homeless man Oliver (John Connors) discovers the Lord after listening to a street preacher, he decides to befriend and protect a teenage drug dealer. Tommy (Barry Keoghan) is crushed by his surroundings: bullying street kids, a heroinaddled mother, and an abusive uncle Rudyard (Love/Hate’s Peter Coonan). When Rudyard starts turning the screws on Tommy, Oliver prepares to unleash some Old Testament wrath and retribution. Stalker is Dublin director Mark O’Connor’s third feature in three years – and his best yet. Between The Canals (2011) and King Of the Travellers (2012) were exercises in

streetwise authenticity, let down by moments of film-school pretension. Stalker, on the other hand, is gritty underground Irish film-making at its best. Connors, who slept on the streets in preparation for the role, delivers a cloying, unhinged performance. Only a brief stalking scene, which appears shoe-horned in to give the film its title, threatens to derail the narrative. Coonan’s profanity-howling villain is ridiculously OTT – more Dick Tracy than Taxi Driver – but while Stalker has a lot to say about social deprivation on the streets of Dublin, this strange, compelling picture is definitely in a world of its own.

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i didn’t expect much from a cat-and-mouse airborne thriller in which liam neeson’s alcoholic Us air marshall is informed, by text, that he must wire $150million to an off-shore account or a passenger will be killed every 20 minutes. But i did expect thrills. this doesn’t merely make snakes on a Plane look like plausible drama; worse, it’s a bit of a drag. it’s set mid-way over the atlantic, 40,000ft up, and the plot is a contrived whodunnit to find the faceless texter. is it Julianne moore’s enigmatic window-seat hogger? scoot mcnairy’s mildmannered school teacher? michelle ‘Downton’ Dockery’s stilettoheeled air stewardess? there are spikes of action but you could happily parachute out mid-flight crying ‘freedom!’ Li-Z

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After several years away from detecting action, Alan Davies dusts off his dramatic acting talent to tackle three new cases as unofficial sleuth Jonathan Creek. our hero’s trademark low-key humour weaves itself through the mystery action, which kicks off with a spot of smartphone rage on a trip to the theatre with wife Polly (Sarah Alexander, right with Davies). The familiar faces popping up in the loosely strung plot include Raquel Cassidy as a highly strung friend whose son fancies himself as Sherlock Holmes, while Ali Bastian calls on her Strictly experience as an aspiring West end musical star, complete with stalker...

ar fud na tíre tg4, 7.30pm eibhlín ní Choistealbha visits a brand new primary school, Scoil ghráinne Community national School in Clonee, to find out how pupils from a diverse range of nationalities and faiths are discovering a love of the irish language and Ar Fud na tíre meets the innovative team behind the Science gallery as they seek to spark a passion for Science and creativity among the young.

the BlaCklist Sky Living, 9pm The slick US thriller returns after a mid-season hiatus with the nerve-jangling violence instantly cranked up to the max. Criminal mastermind Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington (James Spader, right) is on a personal mission to flush out the FBI mole who betrayed him the only way he knows how: with calm, lethal precision. It’s a brutal world and criminal profiler Lizzie (Megan Boone) wants out – but then somebody pushes all the wrong buttons. Alan Alda puts in a brooding guest appearance.

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film of the day A TIMe To KILL more4, 9pm Samuel L Jackson, Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey: what more do you need? Based on a John Grisham thriller, this simmering tale of racial tension sees an outraged Southern father seek justice after his ten-year-old daughter was tied up and raped by white assailants. Trouble is, being Samuel L Jackson, he takes the law into his own hands and guns the men down, presenting his keen young white Southern lawyer (McConaughey) and his eagerly insistent helper (Bullock, below with McConaughey) with a tricky case.

It’s that time of year again, as Ryan Tubridy hosts the five acts competing to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Denmark this May. And what’s this, no twins or turkeys to be seen! Contenders this year include former X Factor favourite Eoghan Quigg, Patricia Roe, Can-linn, Laura O’Neill and Andrew Mann (pictured). The winner will be decided by a combination of votes from the public and regional juries.

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It’s the fundraiser that does exactly what it says on the tin. Following sell-out shows in 2012 and 2013, 24 Hours Plays, in aid of Dublin Youth Theatre, returns to the Abbey Theatre with six playlets ‘created, rehearsed and performed’ in a single day. As ever, the crème de la crème of Irish stage and screen have pooled their considerable talents to hatch an evening of drama, music and laughter. This year Franco-Irish polymath Camille O’Sullivan will offer sublime interpretations of cabaret standards and left-of-centre torch songs throughout the evening. Meanwhile, actors including Domhnall Gleeson, Fiona Bell and Love/Hate stars Aaron Heffernan and Laurence Kinlan (pictured) will tread the boards in new works from Mark Cantan, Gavin Kostick and Carmel Winters, among others Sun, Abbey Theatre, 26 Abbey Street Lower D1, 7.30pm, €30/€35. Tel: (01) 878 7222. www.abbeytheatre.ie

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In 2011, 28-year-old newly wed Sara Walsh Delaney was diagnosed with a brain tumour and later suffered a massive haemorrhage during a biopsy procedure. She was subsequently placed in an induced coma and, although she’s since been treated successfully for her condition, has been in Beamount Hospital ever since. A fundraising concert to help assist her rehabilitation takes place this weekend and features an impressive musical line-up, including Richie Egan performing in both his Jape and Redneck Manifesto guises Tomorrow, The Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey St D1, 6.30pm to 2.30am, €35 (including raffle). Tel: (01) 874 0076. www.thegrandsocial.ie

Ellie Goulding

The ethereal British pop princess whose pert and perky hit Starry Eyed made her a phenomenon returns to European soil after extensive Stateside touring and a recent chart-topping single, Burn. Proving nothing if not indefatigable, Goulding will perform a DJ set at the Wright Venue following her O2 show tomorrow (tickets, including bus transfer to The Wright Venue, cost €15 from www.twv.ie) Tomorrow, The 02, East Link Bridge, North Wall Quay D1, 6.30pm, €36. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.elligoulding.ie

Maxïmo park

On recently released fifth album Too Much Information, the rejuvenated Geordie five-piece finally proved detractors wrong. Brimming with their punky pop spirit, the album saw the group experiment with both synth and metal, while never forgetting their way around an old-school hook. Expect a capacity crowd when the Mercury Prize nominees play the modest environs of Whelan’s this weekend Tonight, Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street D2, 8pm, €22.50 (sold out). Tel: 1890 200 078. www. whelanslive.com

Neneh cherry

Her first solo hit, 1988 electro-rap stormer Buffalo Stance, was an instant classic and her repertoire has since encompassed everything from global soul (1994’s 7 Seconds with Youssou N’Dour) to indie beats. Expect a reverential hush in Twisted Pepper tonight when Cherry joins Rocketnumber9 to showcase tracks from new Four Tet-produced album Blank Project Tonight, The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey St D1, 8pm, €18 (sold out). Tel: 0818 719 300. www.bodytonicmusic.com

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Stanley Donen’s classic 1957 musical remains as stylish and joyous as ever – which might have a lot to do with the fact the outfits are by Givenchy and it stars a bewitching Audrey Hepburn. She plays a bookshop assistant transformed from shrinking violet to couture model after embarking on a relationship with Fred Astaire’s photographer (purportedly based on Richard Avedon who worked as a consultant on the film, pictured right) Until Mar 06, IFI, 6 Eustace Street D2, various times and prices. Tel: (01) 679 3477. www.ifi.ie

Legends of Music and Song

Midge Ure

The frontman with revered 1980s new wave heroes Ultravox, one-time Thin Lizzy guitarist Midge Ure remains a formidable force as a live entertainer. If you’ve ever wondered how synthdriven classics such as Vienna and All Stood Still might sound in an acoustic context, here’s your chance. This weekend the great Scotsman will perform a pared-back set with stirring hits from his Ultravox heyday, alongside new tracks from the recent Brilliant LP Sun, The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street D2, 8pm, €27.50. Tel: Tel: 1890 200 078. www.thesugarclub.com

Godfather part II

A sequel and a prequel in one. Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone expands his business in America, while in flashback the ‘Method’ Godson (De Niro) supplants the ‘Method’ Godfather (Marlon Brando) as the young Vito Corleone Tomorrow & Sun, IFI, 6 Eustace Street D2, 7.30pm, €9. Tel: (01) 679 3477. www.ifi.ie

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unemployment ‘soon to be at Eu average’: Kenny by ED CARTy UNEMPLOYMENT has fallen to 12.1 per cent, official figures have revealed. As the Government detailed its latest plans to drive job creation, it has emerged the number of people out of work decreased last year by 41,400. According to the Central Statistics Office, 253,200 are unemployed, with the numbers in work up 61,000 to 1,909,800 by the end of 2013. The figures were released as Taoiseach Enda Kenny launched the 2014 Action Plan For Jobs. which will see an X-Factor style competition being held to find the best entrepreneur in each

61% Number of those out of work to have been unemployed for more than a year

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Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am has unveiled his new eyewear brand, ill.i.Optics. The Us rapper, 38, said: ‘I see a gap in the world of eyewear and this is my instalment of what I feel is missing.’ His designer frame range for men and women’s eyewear launches in september

county in the country. Mr Kenny said he expects Ireland’s unemployment level will very soon come down to the European average of 12 per cent. The CSO figures showed unemployment fell from 12.7 per cent to 12.1 per cent at the end of last year with the rate for the long-term unemployed down one per cent to 7.2 per cent. The Taoiseach said: ‘We recognise there are too many people around the country who have not seen a creeping confidence coming back to the economy.’ Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton said the Government was on track to get unemployment down below ten per cent by 2016 and that the pledge to create 100,000 new jobs by then is well on track.

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businEss biTEs n THE head of ailing bitcoin exchange Mt Gox yesterday announced he was ‘working very hard’ to solve to the Tokyo-based organisation’s woes. Mark Karpeles had removed himself from the public gaze after the exchange suspended trading amid claims it had suffered a catastrophic theft. However, after speculation Mt Gox had collapsed, Mr Karpeles posted on the Mt Gox website that he was ‘still in Japan’ and being helped out by ‘different parties’.

PERMANENT TsB bank says it is to enable customers with tracker interest rate mortgages to trade up or down while keeping a tracker interest rate. The bank will also allow customers in negative equity to trade up or down. Until now, permanent tsb customers on a tracker interest rate could not avail of a tracker interest rate if they sold their house and bought a new one. They were obliged to terminate their existing tracker mortgage and finance their new property through the bank’s new mortgage business rates. The bank said it recognises that this policy is ‘restricting customers from moving house or trading up or down.’ It said permanent tsb was now the only bank to allow them to avail of a tracker interest rate for the rest of a scheduled term. The new products will be launched in May.

n IRIsH retail firm Primark, known as Penneys here, has opened a new store in Tenerife. The high-street clothing brand already has a presence on the Canary Islands. This store will be the third on the islands – the other two are

situated in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria – and its opening creates 130 jobs. A spokesman said: ‘We are delighted to open our first store in Tenerife, eagerly anticipated on the island, after the success of our two stores on Gran Canaria.’

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n UTV Ireland has signed a ten-year contract with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland beginning in January 2015. John McCann, UTV Group chief executive, said: ‘UTV Ireland will follow UTV’s existing winning formula of combining high quality news, current affairs, drama and entertainment. This represents a strong vote of confidence by UTV in Irish broadcasting and an investment in the Irish economy.’ Managing director Michael Wilson said: ‘UTV Ireland will create more than 100 new jobs with its offices based in Dublin backed up by additional reporting presence in Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick.’ UTV has an agreement with ITV Studios Global Entertainment which will give it the exclusive broadcasting rights for ITV programmes including soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

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With the Winter Olympics coming to a close we have seen a host of finely tuned athletes at peak performance. It’s all too easy to forget the relentlessly repetitive daily training schedule that got the athletes to this point and just tune in to their moment in the limelight. Big mistake. As a career coach I have observed with some worry the tendency of some younger clients to think they can fasttrack their way to career success without putting in the hours on the ‘training ground’. By only aiming for the limelight moment, they misunderstand how career success happens. They need to think less like X Factor contestants and more like athletes. They need to sign up for hard graft and You must sign strategic planning. up for the Career glory hard graft comes to those who work hard, earn their position and put a value on themselves. It requires persistence and resilience and toleration for tasks and processes that are dull and not immediately rewarding. Glory rarely arrives quickly. So the phrase ‘Good things come to those who wait’ is a sound one, but only so long as ‘waiting’ doesn’t mean ‘waiting around’. The trick is to put yourself in a position of peak readiness for success. Know when to be patient, know when to be impatient. The difference between being great and being mediocre? It often comes down to marginal differences in attitude, aptitude and strategy. The difference between what we might call a medal contender in a given field and a person who simply competes is often all too easy to spot. The latter type competes for jobs and promotions, the former competes with the very best version of his or her self they can imagine.

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formula one Power key to mercedes winning formula MERcEDES’ power again held sway on the opening day of the final four-day preseason Formula One test in Bahrain. With reliability over speed set to be the key component for scoring points during the early part of the season as teams learn about the new power units, Mercedes

concern: Rosberg appear to have the edge. Force India, Williams and McLaren are all sporting the Mercedes power unit. Force India’s Sergio

Perez got in 105 laps of the Sakhir circuit and in the quickest time of the day – one minute 35.290 seconds. A disappointed Rosberg completed 89 laps for Mercedes but said: ‘This shows we still have a massive challenge in front of us during the last three days of testing.’

Green switch turns up heat on Red Bull Sexton’s thumb

Fitness doubt: Racing Metro and the IRFU hold contradictory views on Sexton’s injury, and he is likely to miss out

Adam Hay-Nicholls kicks off our countdown to the new F1 season, with the first race on March 16, by looking at the problems surrounding Red Bull Is Red Bull Racing’s reign over? Based on the first two of three pre-season tests, yes. Having said that, they have the ability to turn it around. The start of the year could not have gone worse for the consecutive fourtimes world champions. The heart of the issue is their lacklustre Renault engine and its unreliable Kers, which is causing the RB10 to overheat. ‘You fix one problem and another one pops up,’ complained sebastian Vettel. This year was always likely to shuffle the pack, thanks to its all-new engine regulations, swapping big V8s for more road-relevant 1.6 V6 turbos and a greater reliance on hybrid systems. F1 has gone all green and Renault, which was the most vocal advocate of this move, has been caught with its trousers down. And of all the teams it supplies – Red Bull, Lotus, Toro Rosso and Caterham – it is the title holders who have felt the brunt of the pain. everyone is having teething issues but Mercedes’ pace and reliability has massively outshone Red Bull. On ag-

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Keynes Engine: Renault Drivers: Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo

gregate in Bahrain last week, Nico Rosberg was seven seconds a lap quicker than Vettel. Times might be academic right now but the total laps tells you everything you need to know. Across the first two tests in Jerez, spain and Bahrain, Mercedes completed 624 laps, while Red Bull racked up just 137. But this is a team that knows how to turn it around. In the first half of last season they were often eclipsed by Lotus, Ferrari and Mercedes but went on to dominate the last nine grands prix of the 19-race season. 2014 could be a similar story.

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IReLANd and Racing Metro are at loggerheads over the severity of Johnny sexton’s thumb injury, casting the fly-half’s RBs 6 Nations campaign into doubt. Ireland’s medical team and Paris club Racing’s management hold conflicting opinions on sexton’s chances of a quick return from the thumb ligament damage he suffered in last saturday’s 13-10 defeat to england at Twickenham. sexton’s French club ruled the 28year-old playmaker out of action for between ten days and six weeks, a timescale that could all-but end his six Nations action. Ireland bosses later issued a statement rejecting concerns sexton was out of contention to face Italy in dublin on saturday, March 8. Racing Metro coach Laurent Labit said through the club’s Twitter account: ‘Jonny sexton returned from Twickenham with a thumb ligament injury, and will be unavailable between ten days and six weeks.” The IRFU quickly responded with a statement of their own however,

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Downer: Red Bull suffered yet more problems on the first day of the final test in Bahrain. After 39 laps Daniel Ricciardo, pictured, was hit by exhaust problems, leaving him seventh, 2.6 seconds behind fastest man, Force India’s Sergio Perez.

u Ireland winger Tommy Bowe will start on the right wing for Ulster against Newport Gwent Dragons at Ravenhill tomorrow night having recovered from the leg injury that has kept him out since November.

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claiming sexton could yet be fit to face the Azzurri. ‘The Ireland medical team have had a consultant hand specialist review Jonny and his scans,’ read the statement. ‘The ligament damage sustained does not warrant surgery and if Jonny continues his current rate of improvement we would be confident that he will be available.’

‘Ligament damage does not warrant surgery’ Ireland are locked in a four-way fight for the six Nations title, and losing chief backline architect sexton would be a major blow. Head coach Joe schmidt’s men travel to Paris to face France in their final fixture on saturday, March 15, a week after hosting the Italians. england, Wales, France and Ireland have all lost one of their three matches in the tournament so far.

u England’s Owen Farrell (pictured) has been cleared of any fault by the Rugby Football Union after an RBS 6 Nations match ticket in his name was sold at an inflated price on the internet, the RFU has announced.

Ireland could claim their first title since their 2009 Grand slam with two more victories. This latest twist in sexton’s onrunning club-versus-country saga does little to ease the tug-of-war over the former Leinster outsidehalf that has raged since his move to France last summer. schmidt admitted Ireland had ‘lost control’ of sexton during the autumn Test series, when the star playmaker suffered a hamstring strain on club duty in the middle of the November international schedule. sexton left Twickenham on saturday with his hand in a splint, schmidt had revealed on Monday, admitting he may have looked to rest sexton against Italy even if he found fitness, in order to keep squad players sharp. so irrespective of sexton’s fitness, the Ireland coach could turn to Ulster’s Paddy Jackson to lead the backline against Italy, with Leinster’s Ian Madigan the potential understudy.

u Peter Stringer has hailed the impact of Bath’s young guns ahead of a key Aviva Premiership clash against title rivals Saracens tonight. Bath go into the clash knowing that victory would consolidate third place and further enhance their hopes of a play-off spot. Bath have yet to taste defeat at home this season.

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by gARETH MAkiM Standing 6’11’’ tall, devin toner has always been one of the visible figures on a rugby field, but his performances during the Six nations are forcing people to take notice of more than just his immense frame. From leading the lineout in the absence of Paul O’Connell against the Scots to leading the tackle count against England, toner’s development has been a major plus point of coach Joe Schmidt’s first season in charge, and his club counterpart Matt O’Connor believes the huge Meathman is well on his way to becoming a complete second row. ‘He is incredibly skilful, he is incredibly physical,’ Leinster coach O’Connor said yesterday. ‘He is very intelligent. Playing in the test environment he is going to get better and better.

Giant strides: At just one inch short of seven foot tall, Devin Toner towers over men such as Ian Madigan, but he is now getting noticed for his impressive displays

Loud and clear: Leinster’s Jordi Murphy and Aaron Dundon

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‘Every day he plays he is getting better’ ‘in the Heineken pool games [this season] he was playing against a lot of serious, world class locks, a couple of Lions locks i thought he outplayed hands-down. it is hard to say how far he will go because every day he plays he is getting better and better. He is going to go on to be a world class lock, i’d imagine.’ and fellow second row Leo Cullen, who knows a thing or two about leadership, believes 27-year-old toner has already shown he can become a key figure in the irish camp. ‘You saw in the first ireland game [against Scotland] when he was making all the calls, he almost stood up to the plate even better in that situation,’ the Leinster skipper said. ‘i think he’s going to play a very important role for Leinster and ireland in being that guy who drives the team in terms of dictating what we’re doing with the ball. He’s a good decision maker. He’s a very skilful player and you’re seeing that now with ireland.’ Cullen, meanwhile, knows his future lies in coaching the province’s forwards, but first he is focused on making sure he ends his playing career on a high with Leinster. the province face glasgow at the RdS tomorrow night looking for a seventh win on the bounce and Cullen said: ‘next year’s going to be a different challenge, but at the moment i’m very much focused on trying to play and do the things necessary on the field to get in the team. We have some big games coming up and i want to be playing a full part in those games. that’s my main focus.’

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McLaughlin out after his nose blow Kevin McLaughlin is the only major injury afflicting Leinster as they prepare to face Glasgow tomorrow night. The back row (pictured) has had his nose ‘repaired’ following a blow suffered last week against Cardiff and should be fit to return when Leinster are next in action in three weeks’ time.

AFTER tomorrow night’s visit of Glasgow all attentions can turn to toppling Toulon in a little over a month’s time. While none of the players at Leinster will be thinking of anything beyond getting another ‘W’ at the RDS the forward planners at the province know they are entering into the final stage of the season. After this weekend, the RaboDirect PRO12 will shut up shop until the Six Nations has been completed, which leaves Leinster with two home games to gear up for their Heineken Cup trip to the Cote d’Azur where a win would open up a route to Cardiff via a home semifinal. Naturally, Munster will take their annual place in the pre-Heineken Cup quarterfinal warm-up, but in a break from recent years the game will take place at the Aviva Stadium. Indeed, Leinster’s remaining fixture list looks very inviting, with five of their final seven games to be played in Dublin – that figure could potentially go up to ten if they progress in Europe and the PRO12. The question head coach Matt O’Connor needs to answer is which players will he saddle to try and scale the peaks rising up in front of him?

Practically his entire first-team will be involved over the final two rounds of the Six Nations and there are still questions to be answered about his halfback partnership, the two flanker positions and the second row. Currently he has access to Kevin McLaughlin, Mike McCarthy, Leo Cullen, Eoin Reddan and Rhys Ruddock – all players who will be keen to make their case. But if Jonny Sexton’s injury turns out to be serious, then Ian Madigan will be away from camp and then you would have to reckon Jimmy Gopperth would be in the driving seat to wear the No.10 shirt in France. Ruddock and McLaughlin must take their claim for the blindside position, while O’Connor must be keen to get Jordi Murphy set up to play at openside with Shane Jennings on the bench. At hooker, Richardt Strauss needs to build up some form while almost all of the backs will be on duty with Ireland. Tomorrow night some of these players need to make the arguments loud and clear for their coach because when the internationals come back there will be little time left for auditions.

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iRisH DuO MuLLEn AnD iRvinE in HOT puRsuiT AT TRACk CHAMpiOnsHips NiNeteeN year old ryan Mullen has qualified for the Bronze Medal ride off in the individual Pursuit at the UCi track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia. the young rider impressed in the qualifying rounds of the individual Pursuit last night, finishing as 4th fastest rider, and was to race for Bronze later on. Martyn irvine, who won silver in this event last year, finished in 12th position. the gold medal will be decided between alexander edmondson (aUS) and Stefan Keung (SUi). Mullen will challenge Marc ryan (NZl) for the Bronze, with 0.554 seconds separating the two. irvine was to compete in the Scratch race final later last night, where he started as reigning World Champion. Mullen, who won a bronze medal in the individual Pursuit at the U23 european Championships last year in his first year out of the junior ranks, has been improving constantly on the track. in January he finished the individual Pursuit in 7th place, in a time of 4.25.664, and yesterday he clocked up an impressive personal best of 4.22.419. Speaking after the qualifying round, head coach Brian Nugent said: ‘that was a super debut by ryan in his first World

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Disappointed: Caroline Ryan, who finished 14th in the Scratch Race in Colombia last night. The Kildare rider rode a tactical race, and looked set to secure a silver medal, until she was caught on the last straight in the 10km race

Dubs head into a busy month with lots of optimism Providing dublin avoid the Allireland qualifiers next summer, as everyone expects, then the busiest period of their season will begin tomorrow evening. The Allianz League and All-ireland champions will be in action on four of the five weekends in march, beginning with their early season table topping clash with Cork. After that they host Kildare followed by a trip to derry and then a home tie against Mayo to wrap up their March schedule. They will be without their St vincent’s players for all of the ties and, most likely, Bernard Brogan and Paddy Andrews who are still overcoming groin injuries. But if it is a problem for manager Jim gavin then it is not apparent, with their two wins in February offering a platform to attack the period from.

by pAuL kEAnE ‘We’re going to be playing now nearly every weekend but there’s no issue with that,’ said gavin. ‘There’s time, a six- or seven-day turnaround is plenty for players to recover. ‘And they want to play games. if you ask any player, they’d prefer to play

‘A six-day turnaround is plenty to recover’ games than have an idle weekend. ‘The challenge i suppose is coming off the three-week break we’ve just had. But i think we’ll handle it.’ dublin should have wing-back James McCarthy available for tomorrow’s Cork clash, though Emmet o Conghaile,

Championships. He rode really strong, and held on well. it will be a great final. the job isn’t done yet.’ irvine was to race the Scratch race at 12.30am GMt last night.

Back to face the Rebels: Dublin’s James McCarthy, in action here against Daniel Goulding of Cork, will be fit to return to the side for tomorrow’s game at Croke Park

Gold and bronze for An Post team An Post Chain Reaction Sean Kelly team riders Glenn O’Shea and Aaron Gate both climbed the podium yesterday at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Cali. The duo collected gold and bronze medals respectively in the Men’s Team Pursuit. O’Shea and

darren daly and cruciate victim Kevin o’Brien are all out. Perhaps most worrying is that Bernard Brogan still isn’t back, having stated that he was targeting the Cork game to return in. ‘Bernard and Paddy will both take part in the national league,’ assured gavin. ‘We would hope that at some stage in the league they would get some game time. ‘We won’t put too much pressure on them in that regard. But they’re both progressing well.’ As for new look Cork after a winter of retirements and the appointment of new boss Brian Cuthbert, gavin is impressed by them. ‘For them to win their first two games against two very good sides is a testament to the work Brian Cuthbert has put in and how much the players have accepted the change,’ he said.

his Australian team mates Luke Davison, Alexander Edmondson and Mitchell Mulhern upstaged the Danes in the final, finishing 1.716 seconds ahead at the line. Aaron Gate and his New Zealand team put in a sterling performance to take bronze in an outstanding time of 3:58.989.

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Kelly rider Matt Brammeier, the reigning Irish National Champion, took the King of the Mountains Jersey in the first stage of Le Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia yesterday, writes David Thomas. He also finished second on the stage and is now ranked third, 24 seconds behind stage winner and race leader Duber Quintero (Team Colombia). Brammeier was part of a five-man escape group which got away early and built up a lead of up to seven minutes. He rode a very cautious stage with

the intent of landing a stage victory, but was struck down with cramps. ‘I felt really good all race and was pretty confident I could win. But I can’t really ride hard for long with cramp,’ he said.

of times Eoin Rheinisch competed in the Olympics in the canoe slalom. Rheinisch has, after 18 years of trying to achieve his OIympic dream, decided to retire to move on to the next chapter

English to lead Indoor team of 5

Dyson hoovers up at Tshwane Open

ATHLETiCs Mark English will lead the Irish team of five at the IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Sopot, Poland from March 7 to 9. The Donegal man, who makes his debut at the event, will line up in the Men’s 800m, with Roseanne Gilligan (Newbridge AC) and Ciara Everard (UCD AC) lining up in the women’s race. English (UCD AC) has been in exciting form this season, setting a new Irish Men’s Senior 800m Indoor Record of 1:46.82 at the AIT Everard will run in the women’s 800m International Arena, Athlone.

gOLf England’s Simon Dyson hit

the headlines for the right reasons as he claimed the clubhouse lead in the Tshwane Open yesterday. Dyson birdied his last four holes to card a flawless seven-under-par 65 and lead by one from compatriot Ross Fisher and South African duo Jared Harvey and Erik van Rooyen. Dyson is playing his sixth event since being handed a suspended two-month ban from the European Tour following his disqualification from the BMW Masters in October.

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SwanSea’S european adventure came to an end in Italy despite an impressive display at the San Paolo stadium. Lorenzo Insigne put the hosts ahead 16th minutes in before Jonathan de Guzman equalised on the half-hour mark. Gonzalo Higuain restored napoli’s lead 12 minutes from time before Pepe Reina produced a fantastic one-handed save to

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repel Dwight Tiendalli’s header. Gokhan Inler then put the tie beyond doubt as Swansea chased the game.

To celebrate the highly anticipated film 300 Rise Of An Empire we’ve teamed up with Warner Bros. Pictures to offer you the opportunity to see it ahead of anyone else. The exclusive IMAX 3D screening will take place at Cineworld, Parnell Street, Dublin 1 on March 3rd at 6.30pm, followed by a drinks reception and we have tickets to give away!

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NICOLAS ANELKA was last night suspended by West Brom, hours after being fined and banned for five games by the Football Association for his controversial ‘quenelle’ gesture. The striker was found guilty of two charges – of making an abusive gesture and that it included a reference to race or religion – relating to a celebration against West Ham in December. However, the FA’s independent regulatory commission ruled Anelka had not been deliberately anti-Semitic. The 34-year-old, who can appeal, was also fined £80,000 and must complete an educational course. After the verdict, West Brom released their own statement, confirming an indefinite suspension which raises doubts about Anelka’s future at the club. ‘The club has suspended Nicolas Anelka pending the conclusion of the FA’s disciplinary process and [our] own internal investigation,’ it said. ‘The club cannot ignore the offence his actions have caused, particularly to the Jewish community, nor the potential damage to the club’s reputation.’

Brace: Adebayor scored twice to put his team Spurs through against Dnipro

ADE MiSSiOn SAvES SpuRS’ cAMpAign eMManUeL aDeBaYOR rescued Tottenham from a europa League exit against Dnipro last night. Roman Zozulya’s opener put the Ukrainians 2-0 up on aggregate but his red card sparked a Spurs revival. Christian eriksen levelled on the night before an adebayor brace sent Spurs into the last 16.

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.

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