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SOS message: A protester holds a ‘Save Us’ sign during a demonstration outside the US consulate in Kiev, while tens of thousands of people gather during a rally in the city’s Independence Square yesterday PICTURES: EPA/AP VLADIMIR PUTIN was accused of ‘an incredible act of aggression’ last night as international tension mounted over Ukraine. The Russian leader had committed ‘a stunning violation, a wilful choice to invade another country’, the US said. ‘You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on a completely trumpedup pretext,’ added the US secretary of state John Kerry. Mr Putin’s decision to send thousands of troops into Crimea also amounted to a ‘declaration of war’
by DOMINIC YEATMAN and had moved the country to the ‘brink of disaster’, the Ukrainian leadership said as it pleaded for help from Nato and the United Nations. Russian forces tightened their stranglehold over Crimea yesterday, seizing and surrounding military bases, and flying Russian flags from government buildings. Mr Putin was said to have sent another 6,000 troops into the southern province, on top of the 14,000 already stationed there. The president won approval from his parliament for the use of force in
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Ukraine on Saturday and warned he would intervene to protect Russians anywhere in the country. However, Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk said: ‘This is not a threat, this is actually the declaration of war to my country.’ Moscow was also warned its actions risked its expulsion from the G8 group of industrialised nations, as well as a wave of trade sanctions. Britain has pulled out of talks ahead of the G8 summit in Sochi and ministers will boycott the Paralympics being held in the city.
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A bishop in an Irish diocese plagued by sex abuse scandals and cover-ups asked parishioners to help fund compensation. Dr Denis Brennan, from Ferns in Co Wexford, said the appeal was not about sharing blame but asking for help.
Today’s birthdays Snowy White, guitarist (Thin Lizzy), 66; Laura Harring right, actress, 50; Brian Cox, TV physicist, 46; Ronan Keating, singer, 37; Jessica Biel, actress, 32.
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Hibernating pet has model plane wheels fitted after feet are gnawed by rats Crawl’s well that ends well: Septimus the tortoise has adapted to his prosthethics Picture: M&Y
He’s a wheel survivor... JET-PROPELLED he most certainly isn’t. But Septimus the tortoise is back on the move after his front legs were replaced with wheels from a model aeroplane. The pet – described by his owner Darren Strand as ‘sprightly and sociable’ – can resume
by SHARON MARRIS the social whirl thanks to vet Ben Trimmer, who attached the prosthetics with putty. ‘It was the first time he had put front wheels on a tortoise as he had only done back wheels
before,’ said property developer Mr Strand, 49, of Gosport, Hampshire, UK. Septimus, 23, serves as a cautionary tale for anyone who has wished they could hibernate through the winter. He bedded down in a corner of the garden
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RBS ‘considering merger’ of troubled Ulster Bank Downing: Celebration cancelled
Party U-turn for Hyde Park bomb suspect A PARTY to mark the release of the Hyde Park bomb suspect, whose trial collapsed last week, has been cancelled. John Downey, a Sinn Féin member accused of planting the 1982 explosive, said he called off the gathering planned for Saturday last in a village pub in north Donegal over concerns it was being turned into a media circus. The former oyster farmer, 62, said the party had been planned as a simple get together of family, friends and neighbours who supported him after his arrest. ‘Some elements of the media were portraying the event as triumphalist and insulting to bereaved families. That was never what it was about,’ he said. Mr Downey denied involvement in the Hyde Park bomb. A judge ruled he could not stand trial as he had been given assurances by the Police Service of Northern Ireland he was not wanted for questioning.
ROYAL BANK of Scotland is considering merging its troubled Ulster Bank business with Irish rivals, according to a newspaper report. The UK taxpayer-backed lender is mulling a tieup of Ulster Bank with other lenders to strip out costs at the loss-making division and help boost its position in the Irish market, according to The Sunday Times.
It is thought that potential merger candidates could be Permanent tsb or the Irish subsidiaries of Danske Banke or KBC. RBS revealed mounting losses at Ulster Bank in last week’s annual results, the business having slipped deeper into the red with operating losses of €1.8billion in 2013 against €1.2billion in 2012. Given the scale of the turnaround job at RBS,
which slumped deeper into the red with losses of €10billion last year, boss Ross McEwan is under pressure to resolve the Ulster Bank issue. It has long been a thorn in the wider group’s side, now accounting for a fifth of all bad debt charges despite only representing four per cent of the balance sheet. Ulster Bank has more than 1.9million customers.
Brit soldiers ‘will look for amnesty’ like IRA runners CALLS for amnesty for Bloody Sunday soldiers on the back of a deal for IRA on-the-runs are inevitable, a senior Northern Ireland politician has said. SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan said it is no surprise former secretary of state Peter Hain is pushing the idea which he said was a direct result of selfish misdealing by Sinn Féin. The OTR ‘comfort’ letter controversy has threatened to topple Stormont. And with full details of the scheme now public, Labour MP Mr Hain has
by ED cARTy said it would be a waste of police resources to prosecute soldiers who killed 14 unarmed people at a civil rights march in Derry in 1972. Scandal was sparked over the handling of IRA OTRs when the trial of John Downey for the 1982 Hyde Park bomb collapsed last week in London. Mr Durkan said: ‘One of [the scheme’s] authors is saying that the fact of the scheme should mean amnesty for everybody and anybody in relation to anything.’ Mr Downey’s case revealed the extent of an assurance scheme for OTRs and a deal the last Labour government struck with Sinn Féin that saw the way home cleared for more than 180 individuals. Mr Hain wrote in the Sunday Telegraph that ‘diverting police time to investigate Bloody Sunday soldiers. . . seems a waste’. Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness claims the fact other republicans were denied letters – and told they would be arrested if they entered the UK – proves that assurances were nothing more than official confirmation that there was no evidence linking individuals to offences.
An extra-Ordinary achievement Bono doesn’t show a shred of nervousness ahead of last night’s Oscars as he talks to Glenda Gilson, about U2’s Oscar nomination for their song Ordinary Love. Xposé is on tonight at 6pm on TV3.
Paddy Power Pistorius bet ‘sinks too PADDY Power has been criticised for offering customers a refund if Oscar Pistorius is found not guilty of the murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. It angered people earlier this week when it opened up a market on the the trial, which begins today, but the latest offer of ‘money back if he walks’ has incensed people further. Giacomo Poochini was annoyed and tweeted: ‘Paddy Power hijacking a woman’s death to encourage people to have a flutter on a gimmick market.’ Karen Mulreid tweeted: ‘Just saw
the Paddy Power ad. They’ve really sunk too low now.’ A Paddy Power blog said: ‘Global media attention. . . will shift from the Oscars on Sunday night to Oscar on Monday when the Blade Runner straps on his prosthetic limbs for the walk to the high court.’ Responding last night, Paddy Power said: ‘The world is interested in . . . the outcome of the Pistorius trial and our betting is a reflection of that. Social media is where this trial will be debated so it’s no surprise that there has been a big response to our betting.’ ‘Money back’: Oscar ad
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Second attempt on convicted criminal’s life since prison release
Gilligan expected to ‘make full recovery’ after surgery
Gilligan: Serious but stable condition
CONVICTED criminal John Gilligan was recovering in hospital last night following a shooting incident which gardaí are treating as attempted murder. The 61-year-old was shot multiple times in the attack at his brother’s home in Greenfort Crescent, in the Quarryvale area of Clondalkin, on Saturday evening. He had just arrived at the house after earlier celebrating a christening with his family at a nearby pub. It is understood he was shot up to six times when two masked gunmen entered the house around 7.10pm. He was conscious when he was taken to Connolly Hospital by ambulance, where he underwent surgery. His condition was last night described as serious but stable and he is
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expected to make a full recovery. Contrary to earlier reports, he was not wearing a bullet proof vest at the time of the shooting. It is believed the gunmen escaped in a silver SUV. A Garda spokesman said last night
‘It would be wrong to gloat’ they do not have a specific motive and are investigating all avenues. This is the second attempt on Gilligan’s life since he was released from prison last October. A gunman attempted to shoot him
in a pub in north Dublin several weeks after his release, but he went to the wrong pub. Within hours of his release Gilligan repeatedly denied involvement in the murder of Veronica Guerin, a crime journalist with the Sunday Independent, who was shot dead in 1996. Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1’s Sunday With Miriam programme yesterday, Ms Guerin’s brother, Jimmy, said: ‘It would be wrong to gloat, because I don’t believe that anybody should be shot. ‘But, it would be hypocritical of me to say I was upset when I heard the news.’ Gardaí at Ronanstown are appealing for witnesses to contact them on (01) 666 7700, the Garda Confidential line 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.
Man dies in train station accident in Co Kildare A MAN died yesterday after being hit by a train at Sallins Station in Co Kildare. It is believed the man in his 50s was trying to retrieve something from the track when he was struck by the 10am Heuston to Cork train. The service was not scheduled to stop at Sallins. A spokesman for Irish Rail said the driver applied the emergency brake and sounded the horn and the man tried to get out of the way. Counselling is being provided to the driver, who did not continue the journey. The spokesman said it was ‘a tragic accident’ and extended the company’s sympathy to the dead man’s family.
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60 seconds True Detective star WOODy HARRELsOn, 52, stumbled into acting after a fateful Elvis impression and feared he’d be Woody Boyd forever You have a television background, beginning with Cheers, but moved into films. What drew you back to the small screen for True Detective? I had already worked
with HBO on the film Game Change and there’s just no finer organisation out there making more amazing stuff than HBO. The writing of this show is just extraordinary. Nic Pizzolatto, the creator, really has a chance of being the heir apparent to David Milch [writer of NYPD Blue and Deadwood] – which is a big thing to say but his writing is superlative. The other factor was the people involved. I love Matthew McConaughey, he’s like a brother to me. I honestly wouldn’t have done it, except that Matthew was doing it. He jumped into it and said ‘yes’ before any other actors were involved. He related to the writing and knew how good it was from just the two episodes he’d read.
Was it difficult to get into more ‘serious’ acting after being in a comedy for so long early in your career? I
years? It’s not the same as it used to be, with people saying you shouldn’t do television. Now, everyone is doing it and there are great shows. I love Downton Abbey, Homeland, Breaking Bad. . . I like House Of Cards. And what’s the one with Emily Mortimer? The Newsroom.
IT’S the question every kid wants to hear, but in a world of tight travel security, few are asked ‘Would you like to see the cockpit?’ any more. But a lucky few children from St John’s Ward in Crumlin Children’s Hospital got the chance to do just that at Dublin’s Aerospace Centre, courtesy of charity Aoibheann’s Pink Tie. The children, accompanied
by their parents and APT founder Jimmy Norman, started the day with a tour of the facility, with the children able to board planes, explore cockpits and see the aircraft being serviced up close. And there was further excitement as presents were handed out and Aerospace worker Sean Branigan had his head shaved in support of APT. The charity, founded in 2010,
aims to provide support for families who have children diagnosed with cancer. Some €1,500 was raised for the charity and Dublin Aerospace kindly pledged to match that figure, raising the total to more than €3,000. One mum said: ‘The day was fantastic and it was a great uplift for the kids.’ To donate visit: www. aoibheannspinktie.ie
You and Matthew have worked together on projects before; was working on True Detective different? We usually
have a shorthand in the way we work together but on this project a lot of what would be our shorthand didn’t apply. Usually, we finish each other’s sentences but with this, Matthew was an island. He is one of the most gregarious guys I know but he is a little more method than me, and he stayed fully in character.
True Detective spans 17 years; how did you demonstrate that passing of time in your character? I just took off my wig. You’re into meditation and yoga – would you say you are spiritual? I was very
religious growing up. We was on Cheers for eight went to church all the years and I couldn’t time, we even did get another job. I Bible study at my I got into theatre thought: ‘I’m house and I went because a girl I liked to a Presbyterian going to be Woody Boyd forever.’ college. Now, I try saw me do an Elvis That was OK but I to make sure I do impersonation in thought I was yoga and meditation capable of more. It every day. the library was really White Men You’re also a Can’t Jump that changed committed vegan. things. I guess I probably would’ve just been Woody Boyd but Why? I used to eat burgers and for the fact that Keanu Reeves [who steak but I would just feel knocked was initially up for the role] didn’t out afterward; I had to give them up. play great basketball. That was the Dairy was first, though. I was on a bus when I was about 24 and this thing that saved me. girl saw me blow my nose – and I How does making True had acne all over my face. She told Detective compare to previous me I was obviously lactose intolerant TV shows you’ve been part and that if I gave up dairy my symptoms would disappear in a of? This is so different to working matter of days. She was right. on Cheers. With Cheers, the show went out on a Tuesday, so we started What made you decide you our working week on a Wednesday. wanted to be an actor? In high We would come in, read the script school, I realised that if you were a and go home. And then the next day, terrific athlete, you could attract we would come in, work for a few girls. I wasn’t, so I had to look into hours and go home. With True some other possibilities. I got into Detective, 16-hour days were theatre because a girl I liked saw me normal, for six months, on location. do an Elvis impersonation in the We filmed 27 pages of script one library and said I should be in the day, which is unheard of. They were theatre. Later on, I realised that most the craziest hours anybody had ever of us are never going to be rock spent on set; no one on the crew had stars, which is probably everybody’s ever experienced those kinds of real dream. So theatre is really our hours. But we brought our families only chance to get up in front of a with us and that definitely helped. live audience. Jane Mulkerrins
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Up in the air: Two youngsters get a hands-on experience in a plane’s cockpit at Dublin Aerospace Centre
Explosion of gruds and grooglums as slang takes over HUNDREDS of newly invented slang words have been uncovered by linguistic researchers. Experts have found that slang is flourishing across all social groups, including 57 words for a remote control such as blabber, zapper, melly and dawicki. The prevalence of slang has been put down to the global domination of the English language and its exposure to foreign influences. Tony Thorne of King’s College London, author of the Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, said: ‘Once associated with enclosed communities such as the prison, the army barracks, the factory floor and the older public schools, more recently slang has escaped its boundaries and is running wild.’
by nEiL LAncEfiELD The latest edition of the dictionary features so-called kitchen table lingo, a category of informal words and phrases used by families that was first noted by the English Project at the University of Winchester. These slang terms include floordrobe for the place where clothes are stored in a teenager’s bedroom, grooglums for the bits of food left in the sink after washing the dishes and gruds for underpants. Bill Lucas, professor of learning at the University of Winchester, explained that the words are often formed from the physical properties of an object or the attitudes held towards it.
‘A lot of these words are inspired by the sound or the look of a thing, or are driven by an emotional response to that being described,’ he said in an interview with The Sunday Times. The new dictionary celebrates abbreviations used in text messages, such as YOLO, meaning you only live once, and TBDL for too boring, didn’t listen. Multi-ethnic vernacular to feature in the publication includes merk, which has evolved from describing murder to mean a verb to humiliate, and blud for friend. Meanwhile, teenagers have adopted gran slang – words previously associated with their grandparents – such as galavanting, rapscallion and reek.
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Thousands ready to mobilise as Kiev war machine cranks up UKRAINE was gearing up for war last night as thousands of citizens returned to Independence Square in a show of patriotism. Amid military preparations for a full mobilisation, the defence ministry called up all reservists for training and stepped up security at nuclear power plants, airports and other strategic locations. Army recruitment centres were said to be swamped by volunteers and the Kiev Post reported many over-40s were
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by DOMINIC YEATMAN summit, due to take place in Sochi, the venue for the Winter Olympics, in June. UK prime minister David Cameron called Mr Putin to warn that the ‘world is watching’ after Moscow approved sending more troops into the country. It was a move which prompted Ukraine’s prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to place the military on full alert. German chancellor Angela Merkel also spoke to Mr Putin to express her concerns. Mr Putin contends that the turmoil in Ukraine poses a threat to Russian citizens living there and that Moscow has the right to protect them. But Nato demanded Russia withdraw from Crimea and urged it to negotiate with Ukraine with the help of the UN. Secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said: ‘Military action against Ukraine is a breach of international law. We call upon Russia to honour its commitments, withdraw its forces, and refrain from any interference.’
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n GAS prices in Europe could rise in a knock-on effect if Moscow reduces supplies to Ukraine, experts warn. Taking action against Russia could prompt Vladimir Putin into cutting off supplies, John Lough, of international affairs think tank Chatham House, warned. He said: ‘If the West is going to take serious measures against Russia then relations will become very frosty.’
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also clamouring to fight. Crowds carried EU flags and placards with slogans attacking Russian president Vladimir Putin. ‘We will defend the nation,’ said one a Kiev protesters named Oleh. ‘If Putin wants to take Ukraine for himself, he will fail. We want to live freely and we will live freely.’ Meanwhile, Russia put 150,000 troops on high alert near Ukraine’s border as reports suggested its forces had been seen digging trenches, while Moscow
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Stand off: Ukrainian soldiers guard an infantry base in Privolnoye, Crimea, after Russian armed vehicles arrived carrying dozens of soldiers
Dragged away: Police in St Petersburg arrest a man at a rally against Russia’s actions in Crimea WESTERN powers will ‘go to the hilt’ to isolate Russia over its aggression towards Ukraine, the US secretary of state John Kerry warned last night. The repercussions may include financial sanctions, visa bans and a boycott of the Russian-hosted G8 talks – although a military response is unlikely. The US wants president Vladimir Putin to respect the democratic process through which the Ukrainian people ousted their pro-Russian president and assembled a new government. Mr Kerry said he had spoken to foreign ministers from all of the G8 countries and said ‘every single one of them is prepared to go to the hilt in order to isolate Russia’. But he stopped short of threatening to start a war, by saying: ‘The last thing anybody wants is a military option. ‘We want a peaceful resolution through the normal processes of international relations. We’re not trying to make this a Cold War,’ Mr Kerry added. Last night, Britain and France both indicated they could pull out of the G8
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rad PITT and angelina Jolie left the Oscar crowd guessing when the wedding invites would be in the post after declaring their forthcoming nuptials a declaring matter top-secret matter. The couple were both coy over rumours of an imminent Paris ceremony as Jolie set about teasing guests by wearing bling on her ring finger on the ev eve of the Hollywood bash. The 38-year-old actress was cornered by journalists and pressed on her plans as she turned up to support Pitt at the 2014 Independent Spirit awards. ‘Sorry, I can’t,’ squirmed the shy mother mother-of-six, who used the back door to slink into the event where she cheered on her fiancé as 12 Years a Slave landed the best feature gong. Victorious Pitt, 50, was equally evasive, declaring their wedding prepaevasive, rations ‘a secret’. Instead Jolie was more interested in gushing about her man’s film-making pro wess. prowess. ‘I’m very proud of him. I’m always very proud of him,’ said the star, who won a best supporting actress Oscar in 2000.
Hem over heels: Angelina Jolie bares her legs following the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica after she tripped on the hem of her dress picTures: x17OnLine/rex
by ANDREI HARMSWORTH Speculation that the lovers are set to finally become Mr and Mrs Pitt is rife, with some claiming George Clooney, 52, will even officiate at proceedings in the city of love. The pair have been dragging their heels about organising the big day ever since Pitt said in 2012 that he expected to make an honest woman of Jolie ‘soon’. The couple’s plans were then derailed last year when Jolie had a precautionary double mastectomy after learning she had an 87 per cent chance of developing breast cancer. Meanwhile, Jolie was in a jokey mood as she turned up to hand out a golden statuette at last night’s Oscars staged at La’s dolby Theatre. Taking the mickey out of herself in rehearsals, she referred to her show-stopping leg flash that stole the headlines two years ago. Backstage sources say there was laughter when she wrapped up the dummy run, then thrust her leg out the side and joked: ‘and then I go like this.’
Triple hit for Lupita ahead of Oscars night Lupita Nyong’o proved she’s the hottest property in Hollywood after Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie joined her for a joint birthday and Oscars celebration. The 31-year-old landed an Independent Spirit Award for her role in 12 Years A Slave and was then spoiled with two birthday cakes before partying with Brangelina at the Grey Goose pre-Oscar bash. ‘It’s my birthday! And It’s raining!! That’s good luck where I come from,’ she tweeted. After bagging the Spirit award for best supporting actress earlier
in the day, Nyong’o joined Pitt, 50, Jolie, 38, and her co-stars for a private dinner at Sunset Tower in LA. The Mexican-born actress shared a snap of herself on Twitter, surrounded by Michael Fassbender, 36, Chiwetel Ejiofor, also 36, and Sarah Paulson, 39, who presented her with a birthday cake. ‘Birthday surprise from the #12YearsASlave family. Feeling the love. #Oscars!’ she wrote. She was also treated to a second cake, which was shaped like a frog. ‘Froggie birthday cake from my #Oscars team! #FamilyTotem.
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McQueen has winning Spirit ahead of Oscars Woe: Jaden and Will Smith Picture: AP
Will and son sweep board ...at Razzies LIKE father, like son. Will Smith and son Jaden had the dubious honour of each winning a Razzie Award for sci-fi flop After Earth. Jaden, 15, was named worst actor while father and co-star Will scooped a worst supporting actor gong. The pair also picked up worst screen combo for the film, directed by M Night Shyamalan, about a father and son stranded on a destroyed Earth in the future. Razzies organiser John Wilson quipped that the Smiths were ‘stranded on Planet Nepotism’. But the Smiths movie was spared the ignominy of winning the worst movie. That went to the comedy Movie 43, which also scooped prizes for worst screenplay, while its 13 segment directors shared the worst director prize. Tyler Perry won worst actress for A Madea Christmas but Adam Sandler, whose movie Grown Ups 2 had eight nominations, failed to pick up a single Razzie gong.
Glory boys: Steve McQueen clutches his gong, while Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto also won Pictures: AP BRITISH director Steve McQueen locked his sights on an Oscar last night after 12 Years A Slave swept the board at the Independent Spirit Awards in Los Angeles. The 44-year-old Londoner scooped best director as his highly acclaimed drama secured five gongs, including best feature and best supporting female for relative newcomer Lupita Nyong’o. Accepting his award, McQueen singled out his leading man Chiwetel Ejiofor and supporting actor Michael
by SEAMUS DUFF Fassbender, who both missed out on a Spirit gong. ‘Ejiofor is the soul and heart of this movie, [giving] the most nuanced performance you’ll ever see,’ McQueen said, dubbing Fassbender ‘a genius. Nothing he wouldn’t do, nothing he can’t do’. Nyong’o received one of the biggest cheers of the night when she revealed she had turned 31 that day.
Amy’s knockout blow Amy Adams feared she had taken method acting too far when she smacked American Hustle costar Bradley Cooper round the chops in a scene. The red-head screen siren got so caught up in a violent scene in the 70s-based con flick she feared she had given Cooper, 39, a black eye. Adams, also 39, blames director David O Russell for pumping her up for the take and Cooper for goading her by saying: ‘C’mon, hit me. Hit me.’ ‘I whacked him,’ she told Look magazine but says Cooper is her ‘hero’. ‘He’s a cheerleader on set,’ she said. ‘He’ll do anything for the movie.’
‘Not a bad to celebrate my birthday,’ she beamed adding independent film was ‘where stuff actually happens’. Best supporting male went to Jared Leto, who joked about rumours he has been dating Nyong’o as he accepted his gong for his portrayal of a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club. ‘I want to thank all the women I’ve been with and all the women who think they’ve been with me… my future ex-wife, Lupita I’m thinking about you,’ he quipped to the
audience’s amusement. Leto’s co-star Matthew McConaughey added to his growing collection of awards as he picked up best male lead to a dd to his Golden Globe and SAG triumphs. Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett also continued her winning streak by walking off with the best female lead for her role in Blue Jasmine, seemingly running out of speeches, saying: ‘What am I going to say that I haven’t already said?’
Styles and Swift forget past to join the A-list
Former couple Harry Styles and Taylor Swift refused to let the prospect of bumping into each other keep them away from a star-studded pre-Oscar party. The pop heartthrob, 20, and serial dater Swift, 24, were thrown together at the Weinstein Company’s bash at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. There was
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also an X Factor reunion for judges Gary Barlow, 43, Sharon Osbourne, 61, and Nicole Scherzinger, 35. Barlow surprised guests including Robert De Niro, 70, Meryl Streep, 64, and Lana Del Rey, 27, by performing songs he has penned for new musical Finding Neverland.
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I there! Happy face. Great to see you again. Wink. Oh, you can’t meet me later? Frown. Surely only a planet full of simpletons would communicate this way with one another? Well then, welcome to Earth. We have always liked wearing our emotions on our sleeve, yet once faced the dilemma of not knowing how to convey them non-verbally. How could someone know my mood if they weren’t directly in front of me? The answer came along in the form of the emoticon. The word may be a clumsy combination of ‘emotion’ and ‘icon’ but without it, the digital age wouldn’t function properly as we would have
New research claims we react to emoticons in the same way we react to an actual human face. But are these digital smiles and winks the future of communication or merely an annoying extension of text-speak? ROSS McGUINNESS reports :-o little way of showing others exactly how we are feeling. Almost every text message you receive these days, whether it’s sent by your little sister or your nan, will have a smiley face, a neat mix of a colon and a bracket; or a colon, a dash and bracket if the sender is less lazy than expected. But :) or :-) are just the tips of the emoticon iceberg. They can express everything from surprise, :-o, to complete indifference, :-I, within a matter of key-
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In , computer scientist Scott Fahlman suggested using emoticons to express feelings. He wrote: ‘I propose the following character sequence for joke markers: :-) ’
contains a...
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A Russian businessman claimed he had trademarked the
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strokes. And, it seems, they have an impact on the way we think. Research published earlier this month in the journal Social Neuroscience revealed that we react to emoticons in the same way we react to seeing an emotion expressed on someone’s face. Dr Owen Churches, from the school of psychology at Flinders University in Australia, led the research. He told In Focus the project was ‘driven partly by my dislike of emoticons’.
:-O Straight face
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In the study, 20 subjects were asked to look at images of people’s faces and smiley face emoticons while electrical activity in their brains was monitored. Similar face-specific brain activity was triggered when participants looked at images of faces and emoticons in their conventional setting. However, when the smiley faces were inverted – so (-: instead of the more established :-) – there was no recognition. So, if you are writing your smileys that way, you’re doing it wrong. Dr Churches said emoticons were a new type of language that we are producing through learning what each symbol means over time. ‘The learnt association between the shape of emotions and their meaning is similar to the learnt associationbetween letters of the alphabet and their meaning which we all learnt as children,’ he said. ‘That the brain can also adapt to process emotions underpins a lot of new research showing how adaptable the brain really is.’
used exclusively to express happiness in Asian emoticon culture but has since been adopted here. In the West, the emphasis is put on the mouth, while in the East, it is on the eyes, he said. Emoticons may evolve, then, but don’t expect a new batch to be invented overnight. ‘Until we have new emotions that need to be expressed, it seems unlikely that we’ll need many new emoticons,’ said Davies. We have a basic need to show our emotions, he said, and when there are obstacles to doing this, we look for a way round them. ‘In any medium which doesn’t allow this through body language or tone of voice, we find ourselves distinctively yearning for the ability to express ourselves.’ However, the kind of communication offered by emoticons is often accused of being trivial. ‘Used excessively or inappropriately, emoticons are a lazy means of communicating,’ said Dr Churches. ‘They are a sort of visual cliché. To really convey emotion accurately, we’d need to write more than three punctuation marks.’ But Dr Chris Fulwood, senior lecturer and cyber psychologist at University of Wolverhampton, said there was no evidence text-speak was dumbing down the younger generation. He added: ‘Research shows that children who use more text-speak tend to have better literacy. Textspeak may be seen as a creative form of communication and in order to break grammatical rules, we need to understand them in the first place.’
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Knife terror gang kill 29 in rail station bloodbath
A TERRORIST group was behind an attack at a railway station in which at least 29 people were stabbed to death, authorities confirmed yesterday. Knife-wielding separatists were blamed for the atrocity which saw more than 130 people wounded in south-west China’s Yunnan province. All the victims of Saturday’s bloodbath were apparently selected at random. The organisation said to be responsible wants independence for a northwestern part of China. Hundreds of people fled in terror as about ten black-clad militants from the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region stormed the station in Kunming. A parking attendant known as Chen told press agencies of the moment he realised the station was under attack. ‘I saw a person with a knife this big,’ he said, spreading his arms wide. ‘Then
Deadly attack: Officials investigate the scene outside Kunming station after the murders
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I saw five or six of them. They all had knives and they were stabbing people madly by the ticket offices.’ Ren Guangqin, 28, said: ‘Everyone ran into my supermarket, including two passengers who had been stabbed. I was terrified.’ Police shot dead four attackers and captured one female militant. About five others remained on the run. Graphic photographs showing bodies covered in blood were posted on the microblogging site Sina Weibo, although they were later deleted by government censors. Meanwhile state TV showed police officers wrapping a long, sword-like knife in a plastic bag. Security chief Meng Jianzhu vowed the ‘violent terrorists’ responsible would be brought to justice. ‘They are inhuman and devoid of conscience,’ he said.
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PM campaign aide is Vandals target Spike charged with murder Lee house after rant
InDIA: A close aide to a Hindu leader tipped to become prime minister has been charged with three counts of murder. Amit Shah, 50, denies ordering the killing of an alleged Islamic militant and two others during sectarian riots in Gujarat nine years ago. He is running the election campaign for Narendra Modi, who has promised to sweep away corruption and economic mismanagement.
AMERICA: The childhood home of film-maker Spike Lee has been sprayed with graffiti, after he ranted against the gentrification of his old neighbourhood in a video that went viral. The building in Brooklyn, New York, had Do The Right Thing – the title of a movie by Lee, 56 – daubed on the steps. ‘He needs to stop mentioning the house,’ said Lee’s half-brother Arnold, who still lives there.
InDIA: Exiled Tibetan Buddhist monks conduct ritual prayers at the Tsuglakhang temple on day one of the Tibetan New Year in Dharmsala AP
Drivers to race round Schumacher corner BAHRAIn: Michael Schumacher is to have the first bend faced by drivers tackling the country’s Formula 1 circuit named after him. The seven-times F1 champ – in a coma since a skiing accident in December – is an ‘inspiration’ to fans in the kingdom, the racetrack’s chairman Zayed al Zayani said. Sabine Kehm, 45-year-old Schumacher’s spokesman, said: ‘I am convinced he will love the idea.’
and finally... BELGIUM: A father who found his house had been burgled checked on his wife and children – only to hear snoring from his spare room. Isaac Allaire, of Antwerp, found the thief sound asleep beside a bag of stolen goods.
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Up Pompeii? It’s more like down Pompeii HEAVY rain has been blamed for a series of building collapses in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The wall of a tomb about 1.7m high and 3.5m long collapsed in the necropolis of Porta Nocera yesterday morning and site bosses have been summoned to Rome to explain the damage. Pompeii, preserved under volcanic ash in 79 AD, is visited by 2million tourists each year.
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ust when it seemed the bile directed at cyclists couldn’t get any more ridiculous there comes ‘a theory test for cyclists’ from Danielle. Q: What should you do at a red light? A: stop. Congratulations, you passed! suggestions like this usually only come from public servants looking at another way to waste tax euro. Personally, I don’t give a toss if a cyclist goes through a red light as long as they don’t do it in a way that puts anyone in danger, no more than I care if somebody pushing a buggy does the same, as they frequently do. I actually feel sorry for cyclists when I see the number of pedestrians who step out in front of them as if they should yield and have no right to be on the road. some people really just need to get a life and get on with it. Mike ■ Danielle, I read your letter with great fervour and appreciation. Every day I experience the menacing actions of inconsiderate and irresponsible cyclists. As well as cycling through red lights, I frequently encounter cyclists on the footpath. As a motorist, I pay motor tax that helps
maintain the cycle paths all around the city. Cyclists, please use them. Danielle, I agree whole-heartedly that cyclists should have to undergo a theory test. I also think they should have registration plates so they could be held accountable for their actions. Who can we talk to about making this happen? Aoife ■ I was surprised to see no mention of the death of one of the most gifted and influential musicians of the 20th century, Paco de Lucia, in last thursday’s edition. Paco’s sudden death is a huge loss, both to music and culture. I suggest that anyone who hasn’t ever listened to his music to take a few moments to listen to one of his songs and appreciate the majesty of his arrangement and composure. RIP Paco. A true master. Jimmy ■ Anna, as a HuGE fan of Michael Jackson’s, I wish I could tell you when there’s a new album out. You’re right, the charts are screaming for real music. It is unfortunate, however, that he wouldn’t be able to finish the album himself as he would usually, but maybe if we both ‘keep the faith’ there will be an album on the horizon pretty soon? Marissa, Wicklow
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Game for a slaughter Actor-director IAN MCELHINNEY talks about playing characters that get bumped off, and why he’s delighted his Game Of Thrones knight has made it to a fourth season
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or many years, Ian McElhinney had an uncanny ability to get bumped off half way through stories – in scenarios that usually involved various modes of transport. In Angel, Stephen rea shot him in the back of the head while he was sitting in a car. Neil Jordan blew him up getting into a vehicle in Michael Collins, as did Jim Sheridan in The
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Boxer. In rTÉ’s Single-Handed he had a heart attack and died behind the wheel. A friend of his once advised McElhinney’s wife, the playwright Marie Jones: ‘If I were you I wouldn’t get into a car with that fellow’. So it comes as a surprise to learn that McEl-
hinney is surviving his tenure in Game of Thrones, a television show with a higher body count than the average videogame. He returns in the fourth season, starting on Sky Atlantic in April. ‘When I got the chance to be in Game of Thrones, I thought, “Everybody gets killed in this. I wonder how long I’ll survive. Will I be dead inside the first series?”’ says the actor,
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who plays ageing warrior Ser Barristan Selmy. ‘Fortunately, I think my character might make it to the end of the next series. It’s rather nice for once to be in something and stay around.’ The closest Lisburn-born McElhinney ever got to the global success of Game of Thrones was Stones In His Pockets, Jones’s play about two extras on a Hollywood film production in Ireland. When he first directed
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the play, in the early noughties, it travelled to Japan and the United States. It was translated into Swedish, Icelandic and Japanese, and played the West End and Broadway. Now he’s bringing it back for a new run at the Gaiety. ‘I hadn’t done it for years,’ he says, during rehearsals at a north-side Dublin studio. ‘A year ago, I got the chance to go back to Iceland and revive it. It may be about rural Ireland, but this is a universal story. The idea of a small community being overrun by a big project is true here, but it could equally happen in France, America, or elsewhere.’ Scattered around the studio are props and costumes. In the production, two actors (Damian Kearney and Stephen Jones, pictured) play 15 characters between them. McElhinney is accustomed to this sort of theatrical illusion. In 1999, he played the late Northern Irish poet John Hewitt – as well as Hewitt’s wife, and numerous smaller roles – in The Green Shoot. Last year, he played Lord Pirrie, Titanic-era chairman of Belfast shipyard Harland & Wolff,
“Give me a script and a few actors and I’m a happy boy… in one-hander play A Better Boy. These roles are preferable to colossal productions, he admits. When asked about On Eagle’s Wing, a music and dance show he directed that featured 30 dancers and two choirs, he grimaces. ‘Horrendous. Looking back, I don’t know why I didn’t say, “This is a bridge too far. I should back out and let someone else do this”. There was some great music and dance numbers, but there was never a proper spine or heart to the piece.’ McElhinney’s theatrical partnership with Jones, on the other hand, was always fruitful.
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He has been directing his wife’s plays – including the monologue A Night In November about a Protestant dole officer forced to confront his prejudices – since the 1980s. ‘I think I’m quite good at visualising how to put her work out there,’ he says. ‘I’m a good foil for how she writes.’ Parallel to directing, he has carved a niche as one of Ireland’s finest dramatic actors. Since his career began in 1978, he has appeared in over 30 films. Unlike Liam Neeson, who he starred alongside in 1985’s Lamb, he stayed local. ‘I once did a western called Blind Justice
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is his role in The Fall. The BBC’s serial killer drama was already getting high ratings, but when lead actor Jamie Dornan landed the role of Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey, it went through the roof. The second series is shooting now in Belfast. McElhinney, however, hopes to continue directing and acting in equal doses. ‘Give me a script and a few actors and I’m a happy boy,’ he says, before returning to rehearsals. ‘The nature of this business is you have to turn your hand to a lot of things. What can I say? I like working and I like variety.’ Stones In His Pockets is at the Gaiety Theatre until Mar 22.
for HBO in Phoenix, Arizona, and met casting people in Los Angeles. If you’re lucky and get a certain break, it can open doors. Although at this stage of the game I’m not young anymore, there might be an argument for going [to the US] on the back of Thrones. Who knows?’
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HAT show has changed his life. Now people ask for his autographs and he attends Comic Cons. ‘It’s not to the degree where it’s uncomfortable,’ he says. Adding to McElhinney’s acting renaissance
YOuR DubLIN wEEk with daragh reddin GET DOwN TO… John Grant
With the charm of an accomplished raconteur and the soul of a tortured poet, US alt-rock songsmith and former Czars frontman John Grant returns to Ireland this month for a four-date tour. Enjoy synth-tinged tracks from last year’s confessional tour de force Pale Green Ghosts, alongside gems from brilliant breakthrough LP, Queen Of Denmark. The last time the Brit-nominee played Dublin he was joined on stage by one Sinéad O’Connor, so here’s hoping… Tonight, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street D2, 8pm, €25. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.johngrantmusic.com
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Having collaborated with Robbie Williams on the title track of last year’s Swings Both Ways LP, it’s fair to say that Loudon Wainwright’s son has consolidated his position as pop supremo. Expect a jubilant atmosphere at Vicar Street tomorrow as Wainwright swaggers into town to play tracks from recently-released Best Of LP. Little sis Lucy Wainwright Roche supports Tomorrow, Vicar Street, 58-59 Thomas Street D8, 8pm, €44. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.vicarstreet.ie
Chvrches
Prepare for an evening of sleek synthpop from this Glaswegian trio, led by the haunting tones of Lauren Mayberry. They’ll be playing from their debut album, The Bones Of What You Believe, at this Dublin headline date Wed, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street D2, 8pm, €19 (sold out). Tel: 0818 719 300. www.chvrch.es
CuRIOus AbOuT… A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
Following a sell-out run at Temple Bar’s New Theatre last year, Tony Chesterman’s well-received adaptation of James Joyce’s semi-autobiographical masterpiece fetches up in Dun Laoghaire later this week. Set in the Dublin of Joyce’s youth, A Portrait hones in on formative events in the life of young Stephen Daedulus: a sadistic religious education, his family’s descent into penury and, most importantly, his sensuous discovery of sex and literature Thu & Fri, Pavilion Theatre, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, 8pm, €16 to €18. Tel: (01) 231 2929. www.paviliontheatre.ie
Conserving Your Dublin Period House
Period-property owners, would-be home owners and architecture buffs take note: this week the Irish Georgian Society presents a new 12-week lunchtime lecture series on conserving older properties in the capital. The course covers everything from policy and legislation, to architectural history and practical advice on how to keep your Georgian or Victorian pile in showhouse condition Tomorrow and every Tue until May 20, Irish Georgian Society, The City Assembly House, 58 South William Street D2, 1pm to 2pm. Tel: (01) 679 8675. www.igs.ie
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To coincide with the end of Dublin’s 1913 Lockout centenary celebrations, recovering addicts from Rade (Recovery Through Art, Drama And Education) present a new play on the period, with all proceeds going to the Dublin Simon Community. A Hundred Years
Ago explores the backdrop to the revolt that saw Jim Larkin’s impoverished tenement dwellers square up to their anti-union employers, the bullish William Martin Murphy chief among them Tomorrow, Liberty Hall, Eden Quay D1, 7.30pm, €5 to €10. Tel: 0818 205 205. www.ctb.ie
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music Eleanor McEvoy isn’t one for taking it easy. Less than a year since her last album she returns with a new collection. Largely recorded at Dublin’s Cauldron studios, it’s a stripped down affair that tips its hat to nu-folk and old timey Americana. the untamed spirit of Appalachia is conjured on Memphis tennessee, a sepia ballad that largely consists of McEvoy’s distinctive voice and a stark acoustic guitar; on Please Heart You’re Killing Me she croons over a brisk swell of horns and piano – arrangements at odds with the utterly bleak lyrics. there are some surprises too – her cover of the fratellis’ Whistle for the Choir trades Britrock jauntiness for wistful introspection and closer Lover’s Chapel is sweet and yearning. McEvoy has never quite cast off the middle of the road shadow of A Woman’s Heart. twenty five years into her career, you get the impression she couldn’t care less what the naysayers think. eamon de Paor
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outh Central self-styled gangsta rapper Schoolboy Q, aka 27-year-old Quincy Matthew hanley, is no newbie. he has spent the past few years honing his hip hop chops with solo releases, as well as his role in LA crew Black hippy, alongside Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and Kendrick Lamar. there has been heavy anticipation in the build up to oxymoron, Q’s third album and major-label debut, and it makes an interesting counterpoint to Lamar’s 2012 landmark, Good Kid, MAAD City, on which Q guested. At the same time, it’s a bold personal statement: a work of strong contrasts, brusque confessionals (the album title also nods to his past dealing prescription drug oxycontin) and bravado. oxymoron isn’t an easy ride but it is a confidently engrossing one, full of densely packed lines and production hooks that streamline the potential Q displayed on his previous albums and mixtapes. his forte arguably isn’t sophisticated wordplay, yet he’s capable of incendiary delivery, whether it’s the urgent hustle of Blind threats
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Hustle and flow: forget wordplay, schoolboy Q’s delivery is on point (‘If God won’t help me, then this gun will’), or the ‘smoke this, drink this’ opening gambit of Collard Greens. the latter track (also featuring Lamar) is a definite standout, like soul food laced with grit and acid punch. Elsewhere, vocal clips from his young daughter (‘my daddy a gangsta’) may recall early Eminem but these sit uneasily alongside Q’s
crass seduction techniques on the likes of What they Want. Still, the track-listing is studded with highlights: Pharrell Williams’s banging production on Los Awesome; murky family recollections of hoover Street; the pulse-racing outbursts on hell of A Night. Q graduates to mainstream star status without outgrowing his dangerous streak. Arwa Haider
Marcus Lambkin may hail from Dublin but it’s his adopted home of Berlin that is the most palpable influence on his second full-length album under the s**t Robot moniker. With cameos from comedian Reggie Watts (in non laugh-getting mad preacher mode) and nancy Whang of LCD soundsystem, the theme is propulsive electronic minimalism, with old school rhythms unspooling at a precise clip and melodies weaving in and out of earshot. signed to the influential (and endlessly hip) DfA Records, Lambkin has long standing links to the new York punk funk scene and his debt to the aforementioned LCD soundsystem and the Rapture is clear (the latter’s Luke Jenner actually turns up for a guest-spot on feels Real). nothing here ever quite reaches the heights of the acts whose sound and values he shares – nonetheless, Lambkin is an effective curator of beats and, while We Got A Love is not original, it is deeply groovy. Eamon de Paor
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Ireland’s pop-pickers are usually resistant to most things Belgian but the dapper, stick-thin Stromae (left) – known to his Walloon mum and Rwandan dad as Paul Van Haver – has become almost unavoidably big.
This, his second LP, was released last August on the continent, outselling Daft Punk in France and going Top Ten even in nonfrancophone territories. His singing style owes much to his hero, Jacques Brel, particularly on the drunken, conversational, rolling Rs of Formidable, while there are touches of Congolese rumba on Papaoutai. Euro-friendly rave serves as the
chassis for these songs but there’s some snazzy bodywork: Bâtard is a riot of African polyrhythms; Humain À L’eau is wonderfully brutal hip hop; Quand C’est is a whispered slow jam. But anglophone audiences will miss out on the lyrics of societal anguish and cultural dislocation, which have made Stromae a voice for a dissatisfied John Lewis young Europe.
On My PLAyLIST ADAM MATTHEWS of Late Fragments DOn’T LET gO by steven price
this is from the Gravity soundtrack. All 11 minutes and 13 seconds of this are glorious. it was also a really nice surprise to discover that it’s Lisa Hannigan’s vocals on a lot of the tracks.
LunA by boMbay bicycle clUb
from their newly released album, Luna is a feast for the ears. Perfectly showing off how amazing both vocalists are. their music never fails in being really easy to listen to yet quite unpredictable. it’s like failing down the rabbit hole.
TROubLES WHAT yOu’RE In by fink
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taken from probably my all time favourite album Distance & time. it was pretty hard to pick just one because i always let this album play straight through so i chose troubles because it’s the album’s opening track. Everyone needs a little fink in their life.
THIS fIRE by birds of tokyo
i discovered this song two years ago when i was in Australia thanks to a quick shazam in the back of a taxi. i haven’t stopped playing their five-track EP since. it’s the perfect blend of pop and rock with really hooky verses, sweeping vocals and an anthemic chorus.
bREATHE by Matt corby
i only heard this song for the first time last week but i’ve had it on repeat ever since. His voice is intense and this song perfectly shows off his raw talent. it’s haunting and wonderful.
SEnSE Of SELf by city calM down
this Melbourne-based electro band have become one of my favourites. their six-track EP Movements is joyously rounded with absolute belters and a mellow instrumental. for me it’s like a great night out with every song representing a different stage of the night, with sense of self being the peak. Late Fragments’ new single Stare Down The Sun is available to download free from Soundcloud. www.facebook.com/latefragments
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moone Boy sky1, 9pm Tuesday
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The good people of Boyle, Co Roscommon must be delighted Chris O’Dowd has put them on the map with this charming and properly hilarious small-town sitcom. Martin (David Rawle, far right) and his best flesh-andblood buddy Padraic (ian O’Reilly, right) are lashing together a tatty raft for some aquatic Halloween adventures. Of course, imaginary best friends Sean Murphy (O’Dowd) and Crunchie Haystacks (Johnny Vegas) jump aboard and when they see land ahoy, things really get rollicking. A home-grown triumph to be celebrated.
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mary Berry cooks BBC2, 8.30pm
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Bake Off queen Mary Berry (pictured) taught her grandchildren how to make easy orange butterfly cakes and now it’s our turn as she goes it alone to take us step by step through the art of conjuring up a delicious afternoon tea. It’s all about lashings of clotted cream on dinky scones and how to avoid rack marks on the top of your tray bake cakes. Heartwarming.
hector goes fishing RTÉ1, 9.35pm love him or hate him, there’s no denying Navan motormouth Hector Ó heochagáin provides value for money when it comes to shining a light on the undervalued corners of rural ireland. in this first of four-part run of Hector Goes..., our host meets members of the fishing community here, and finds out about quotas, rival Spanish trawlers and the dangers of working on the open seas.
the 86th annual academy awards RTÉ2, 10pm With the rough edges polished off and all litigious bits snipped out, here’s last night’s Hollywood awards bash in all its edited highlights glory. By now, you probably have an idea of what happened but it is still worth tuning in for host Ellen DeGeneres’ whipsmart compering as Michael Fassbender (right) and U2 keep Irish lights alive for Best Supporting Actor (12 Years A Slave) and Best Song respectively. Of course, there’s also the small matter of Best Picture (will Gravity pip 12 Years A Slave to the post or will American Hustle sneak it?) and will Leonardo DiCaprio finally bag that Best Actor gong that has eluded him?
film of the day Blue VAleNTiNe Tg4, 9.30pm
Notable for being the last film to feature Ryan Gosling actually ‘acting’, Blue Valentine (2010) is, in its own right, a harrowing saga of a love doomed to fail. Michelle Williams (pictured, with Gosling) – always seemingly up for roles that involve weeping in kitchens – and Gosling are the married couple facing into the abyss of a divorce. At the same time, director Derek Cianfrance sucks us back into the pair’s courtship and utterly disarms us with some gorgeous set-pieces of a romance blossoming. With our guard down, Cianfrance then goes for the throat with subtle precision. The leads fizzle with chemistry and dexterity, with Gosling’s energy unrecognisable to the wooden, pretty-boy marquee star of today.
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My other half is planning a stag weekend in Barcelona, while my hen is in Ballina. It’s eating a huge chunk out of our wedding budget – he has no clue the price of flowers, catering, the car, etc. – and yet he can’t understand why I’m p****d off. . . How can I convince him to get his priorities right? Broke bride You can’t, because men are from Mars and women from Venus. He may argue, ‘Well, you’re spending two grand on a dress, shoes and clip-on hair you’ll never wear again, why can’t I go away with me mates?’ Weddings can get terribly one-sided towards the bride (is a vintage Bentley/Birds of Paradise really a priority?) so he might have a point. As for him having no clue about wedding day costs, then tell him – it sounds like he’s not very involved in the planning so you might want to delegate. And with a bit of fiscal context, he might move his stag from Barcelona to . . . Blackpool?
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Dear Ryan, you’re likely rubbing your hands with glee that Friday’s The Late Late Show has become this week’s prime Watercooler Conversation, having witnessed Louis Walsh, Linda Martin and Aslan’s Billy McGuinness in a Eurovision face-off. It was like watching a hybrid of Jerry Springer and Dynasty, all big hair and he’s ‘not a country singer but a culchie singer’. Why, then, was Friends In Low Places in her glove compartment? The Winestain Cowboy
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Mmmm… because you left it there 14 years ago? Or – as your spidey sense suggests, she’s completely and utterly in the closet about her Garth Love and needs gently coaxing out with a steady stream of Stetsons, denim and line dancing. Poor woman. The only thing more sad than a Garth Brooks Fan is a Latent Garth Brooks Fan. This is your moment. Set her free!
as we decided long distance relationships don’t work. We’re now both in Ireland and have been flirting away. He suggested catching up over a few jars – only problem is he’s engaged! Friends are worried where this will lead, and say not to meet him. Others say it’s fate! Wise words anyone?
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wide open, can ‘odious little man’ Billy sue for defamation?). Never mind that Eurovision is inherently crap and, in the melée, we’ve already forgotten who’s representing Ireland, you, your guests, your dysfunctional leaderboard and your eager closing titles person provided priceless entertainment. More please! Next week: Panti, Breda O’Brien and The Iona Institute? faithful!) for 22 years. Our romance didn’t have the best start but sometimes people are meant to be together. If your ex is serious about you, he must do his fiancée a favour and end it with her. Mrs McNally OvER TO YOU:
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I noticed my wagon of an aunt has a marijuana plant next to her oxalis. She has no clue what it is, and my mind is running riot as I’ve never liked the woman. Should I shop her to the Gardai... or steal it for myself? I’ve an awful pain in my thumb. Dennis What do you think? Lend Dolly your words of wisdom on our Facebook page or at deardolly@metroherald. ie. Best replies published next week...
Out and about in Dublin
Starry-eyed: Lisa Harrington, Sandra Grant and Suzanne Kerr at the Hollywood Ball in aid of Our Lady’s Hospital in the Four Seasons, Ballsbridge
Picture this: Anne O’Neill, Liam O Maonlai and Marion Agogu at Along the Enchanted Way photo exhibition in The Mart, Rathmines
Sparkle motion: Maria Fusco and Kelly Hannon at The Club Italiano Irlanda Ball, at The Radisson Hotel in Golden Lane Dublin
Pictures: ANdres POvedA, briAN mcevOy ANd Peter hOulihAN
Yoohoo, you two: Emily O’Donnell and Louise McDermott at The Boohoo.com Spring Summer 2014 launch at Drury Buildings
Ice cool: Jennifer Maguire at the opening night of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, at The Bord Gais Energy Theatre
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Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20
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Libra Sep 24 – Oct 23
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Friday’s Solutions Across: 7 Travel; 8 Barter; 10 Mariner; 11 Naive; 12 Note; 13 Inter; 17 Tepid; 18 Whet; 22 Title; 23 Attempt; 24 Grieve; 25 Recent. Down: 1 Stamina; 2 Narrate; 3 Meant; 4 Painter; 5 Attic; 6 Order; 9 Principal; 14 Deceive; 15 Whimper; 16 Statute; 19 Stage; 20 Strip; 21 Strew.
A long-term hope can require some kind of readjustment. Although your plan may be laudable, it might not quite stack up from a more practical viewpoint. Today’s emotional energy is quite fiery, so try to take any objections in your stride.
Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20
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Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19
There is a lot for you to look forward to this week Aquarius, with the sultry Venus set to enter your sign on Thursday. With Mercury also active on your behalf, this can be a time of new beginnings, and greater clarity about your love life. For your forecast, call 15609 114 80
Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20
If finances are proving rather tight at the moment, this could have quite an impact on your frame of mind. Yet, with determination and the support of the Sun in your sign, if you have a clear idea of where you’d like to head, this can be a time of real transformation. For your forecast, call 15609 114 81
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ENiGMA Tragic nymph who loved and cried, Then pined away until she died, Leaving just her appellation, Sounding like this resonation. WHO AM i? A cricketer, I was born in Dublin in 1986 and have brought many of the skills developed playing hurling as a child to the game. I represented Ireland at the 2007 World Cup, but later
switched allegiance to England, playing Test and limited overs cricket, winning the T20 World Cup in 2010. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? WHO… was born Laszlo Loewenstein before finding fame in Hollywood? WHAT... is a dyne a unit of? WHERE... in Roman Britain was Durovernum? WHEN... did Elizabeth I die?
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Relationships can have a vibrancy today, which could see you bouncing ideas off one another, be it with a
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Your feelings can be close to the surface today and with Mars and Venus in a sharp right angle, if you experience a loved one as being difficult or self absorbed, it may be hard to keep a lid on your frustration.
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Your words can have a particular resonance on other people at this time. However, for this to be truly meaningful, sincerity is important, as will be understanding the influence that you can have. Used well, you could be an ideal campaigner for a positive cause.
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There’s more than meets the eye to an interview
Interviews are not just about confidence and cool heads, writes career coach Jane Downes
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eing employable right and how you are answering. Also, now involves your abili- don’t be afraid to smile during the ty to use convincing in- phone interview — the positivity terview skills to prove and confidence will be heard. that you can succeed in Apart from that, the same interthe early few months of a job. You view rules apply – research and must get across that you have inter- know your skills relevant to the role personal skills, an ability to learn and don’t forget to thank the interand be motivated, and can adapt to viewer for his/her time. change. As hiring becomes more global, interviewers need to justify hiring both for employers and candidates, you over anyone else. They will video interviewing is another way need to see firm evidence that you to conduct an interview. want the job, know the job (keep Hiring managers can save on time, referring to the job spec), can do save on transportation costs, and the job (provide examples) and, get the interview process started probably most importantly, that you faster using video conferencing will get on with others within the than they can scheduling in-person job. This is the likeability factor. interviews. if you are someone who is ‘outWe know already that cloud reside the box’ in terms of skills fit, it cruitment or internet recruitment is is even more vital that you demon- huge right now. Video interviewing strate that you are very likeable and is becoming the next step in the onwill get on. line recruiting methodology. We now know we need to With advance planning and prepare for an interview preparation, the video inwhich includes knowterview isn’t very difing the job specificaferent from an in-pertion inside out. So son interview. Plan Interviewers what do you wear it as you would any to an interview other job interview. need to justify these days? SomeApart from that, hiring you over thing smart yet if the interview is in comfortable. Use a company office anyone else your head and gauge get there early so you based on the type of orcan ground yourself ganisation you are interand don’t be shy to ask for viewing for. help if you are unsure how to For example, in more traditional use the equipment. industries you will want to be fully Dress as you would for a face-tosuited. newer, more dynamic in- face interview. Make eye contact dustries like to see the person be- and avoid tapping pens, etc., which hind the career so, while erring on your microphone can pick up on. the side of caution, wear something Make sure to smile and show your smart that still reflects you. personality. Remember that phone interviews Second interviews may be more are an important part of the job- of the same or move towards asking searching process, so it’s important you more definitive competencyto prepare yourself for them. based questions or examples to reWithout stating the obvious, flect what you say you can do. if you don’t get selected for an inchoose a quiet space and ideally a landline. Have some notes in front terview, always try to follow up for of you but be careful not to let these feedback but do this nicely without distract you and stop you really en- notes of frustration and accusation. if unsuccessful in securing intergaging with the interviewer. in some respects, phone inter- views, review your marketing maviews can be easier as it’s really terial and revise your approach. about listening and rapport-building. The visuals and body language Career coach Jane Downes is the are removed from the equation. author of The Career Book it is similar to someone speaking (thecareerbook.ie) and principal on TV as opposed to radio. Radio is coach of Clearview Coaching purely about what you are saying Group, clearviewcoachgroup.com.
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Inside out: Besides an intimate understanding of the job specs, a hunger for the position and clear signs of competence, interviewers must be able to see that the candidate has strong interpersonal skills and will fit in to the organisation.
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PUBLIC CONSULTATION REGARDING TAXI RANKS Dublin City Council proposes to review the current Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws 2011 (also referred to as the Taxi Rank Bye-Laws) and invites submissions from members of the public and other interested parties, on the provision of taxi ranks in the Dublin City Council area. This is in advance of the statutory public consultation process that will take place later in the year. Submissions/suggestions may be made in writing, to the Executive Manager, Dublin City Council, Roads & Traffic Department, Block 2, Floor 6, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8, or by e-mail to traffic@dublincity.ie Closing date for receipt of submissions/suggestions is Monday 31st March 2014. These submissions will be taken into consideration in the development of new draft Bye-Laws. A copy of the current Bye-Laws and associated drawings may be viewed on http://bit.ly/NCVpli or at the public display stand located in the Civic Offices, Block 2 Floor 1, Wood Quay, Dublin 8.
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O’COnnOR’s MAsTERpLAn sEEs LEinsTER On TOp As pRO12 TAkEs A bREATHER THE run of free-flowing bonus points came to an end on Saturday night, but Leinster’s winning form has not as Matt O’Connor has finally steered his team to the top of the Pro12 table. Since losing to Munster back in October, the province have won 14 of their 16 games played. Now, as the third and final phase of the season appears on the horizon, O’Connor has his team poised for success. One key asset the Australian had coming into the job was his experience at Leicester Tigers where losing players during international windows was as common as it is in Leinster, so he’s learned how to get the balance right when it comes to bringing in players from the fringes. Already Leinster have used more than 50 players this season and it says something about their quality of depth that they are not only first in the Pro12 but also booked into the Heineken Cup quarter-finals. Saturday’s match was another example of how the production line from the academy never ceases to stop churning out reliable players, with winger Sam Coughlan Murray putting in a really effective physical performance. Two academy graduates who made a big impression were Rhys Ruddock and, in his brief
cameo, Dominic Ryan. Both back rows have been plagued with injuries over the past few years but Ruddock in particular is really starting to make the most of his potential having won his first Ireland cap as a teenager. Since December he has become a more impressive force at blindside, and after Saturday night’s slugfest with Glasgow O’Connor was tipping Ruddock to pull on the Ireland No.6 shirt against Italy should Peter O’Mahony’s hamstring need more rest. Ryan was on the pitch for 12 minutes but he was easily the most effective Leinster player during that tight closing spell as he constantly closed the doors in defence and seemingly appeared at every ruck. Ten of the match-day 23 were direct products of the academy as we know it while Leo Cullen and Shane Jennings came up through the previous Leinster system. Home advantage in the Pro12 play-offs should be assured as long as Leinster beat Munster at Aviva Stadium which would allow them the leeway if they lose one of their away games to Ospreys or Ulster. But by that time they will have all of their Ireland stars back and with O’Connor’s ability to make the most of his resources, the silverware should keep coming at Leinster.
Been there: Matt O’Connor’s ability to handle the loss of Leinster squad members to Six Nations duty – a skill he would have perfected at Leicester Tigers – has been key to the province’s Pro12 dominance picture: inpho
The joy of six: Rhys Ruddock is the best option to replace Peter O’Mahony, feels Matt O’Connor picture: inpho
O’Mahony injury could mean Rhys lightning strike
Matt O’COnnOr has backed inform rhys ruddock as the man to take over the Ireland no.6 shirt should Peter O’Mahony’s hamstring injury rule him out of Joe Schmidt’s line-up against Italy this weekend. the Welsh-born back-row scored the crucial try as Leinster edged a back-and-forth Saturday night scrap against Glasgow at the rDS, with backs noel reid and Darragh Fanning also on the scoresheet in a 28-25 success that lifted the hosts to the top of the Pro12 table. Iain Henderson’s ability to cover the second row has seen him rise ahead of ruddock in the matchday pecking order to this point in the Six nations, but if Schmidt opts to play it safe with O’Mahony, O’Connor believes the 23-year-old Leinster man is next in line. ‘He’s in the Irish set-up as the next best six I think,’ O’Connor said. ‘Obviously Henderson can play there,
by gARETH MAkiM but rhys has been exceptional for us since Christmas onwards and, if there is an issue with O’Mahony, I’d be surprised if rhys didn’t get the opportunity. ‘He’s just been very, very consistent for us, he carries the ball, he’s a great lineout option and he has a massive work-rate. His impacts on the game are becoming greater and greater which is a big part of that six role. He’s doing a great job.’ the visit of the azzurri offers Schmidt the chance to freshen up his side ahead of a potential championship decider in Paris, and ruddock was not the only contender to press his case, with out-half Ian Madigan kicking five from six in difficult conditions, Marty Moore impressing at tight-head and Fergus McFadden enjoying a useful run-out at centre. ‘In fairness to Joe, he does show
confidence in the players that are in the squad,’ McFadden said. ‘He emphasises that it is a tournament that will be won by a squad and that there will be injuries. there could be guys that are fatigued after maybe three games on the trot. Hopefully he’ll bring in new faces and I hope I’ll be one of them. One player whose hopes of a late Six nations cameo appear over is Luke Fitzgerald, who was a late withdrawal with a recurrence of his recent abdominal problem. ‘It’s one of those things, it’s part of the game,’ O’Connor said. ‘He’s very, very disappointed. He’s keen to get to the bottom of it, we all are. ‘at the same time, he is aware that there is no point risking it for three, four, five weeks on the sidelines when we can potentially fix it by missing a game here and there and giving him the best chance for the run-in for us.’
Zebo makes 33-man squad for Italy but no Bowe selecta Simon Zebo has been included in Ireland’s 33-man squad for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations home tie with Italy. The Munster wing earns a first call-up this year (in place of injured Felix Jones) after his return from injury produced four tries in his first three games. Ulster’s Tommy Bowe has not made the cut despite two tries
against Newport Gwent Dragons, while Tommy O’Donnell and Isaac Boss have been rested. The Ireland squad against Italy: Forwards; Rory Best, Sean Cronin, Robbie Diack, Cian Healy, Jamie Heaslip, Iain Henderson, Chris Henry, David Kilcoyne, Mike McCarthy, Jack McGrath, Martin Moore, Jordi Murphy, Paul O’Connell, Peter
O’Mahony, Mike Ross, Rhys Ruddock, Donnacha Ryan, Richardt Strauss, Devin Toner. backs; Darren Cave, Gordon D’Arcy, Robbie Henshaw, Paddy Jackson, David Kearney, Rob Kearney, Ian Madigan, Fergus McFadden, Conor Murray, Brian O’Driscoll, Eoin Reddan, Jonathan Sexton, Andrew Trimble, Simon Zebo.
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Red alert: Dubs’ Kevin McManamon (left) grapples with Cork’s Noel Galvin in Saturday’s Division 1 clash picTure: iNpHO
They won’T have liked defeat but only the most stone-hearted of Dublin fans could have cursed Colm o’neill’s late interventions at Croke Park on Saturday. Playing his very first game in almost a year after his third cruciate knee ligament injury, Cork’s former allStar attacker booted two crucial scores. he was only on the field for 20 minutes but made his mark with those two points ultimately separating the teams at fulltime. Manager Brian Cuthbert claimed o’neill was the difference and even Dubs boss Jim Gavin admitted he was glad to see the 25-year old back. ‘I’m sure there’ll be days when the ball will go the wrong side of the post but right now I’m just delighted,’ said o’neill. ‘Thinking back to the previous two times I did the knee, it’s taken a bit longer to get back this time. Maybe it was the severity of it this time or my own caution that held me back. I actually didn’t think I’d feature at all in the league.’ It would have been to Dublin’s advantage if o’neill delayed his return though Gavin won’t be overly concerned about defeat. They’re still hot tips to make the knock-out stages after beating Kerry and westmeath and have given fringe players precious game time. Ciaran Reddin had two first-half points and had the confidence to shoot from all sorts of angles. Cormac Costello also scored three points and was on fire early on, while Sean George, eric Lowndes and Davy Byrne played too. Dublin fought back from a slow start to trail 0-12 to 1-11 at half-time and were level twice late on before o’neill’s Cork points. Gavin insisted the setback won’t damage their confidence at Croke Park. ‘not at all,’ he said. ‘you always want to win and it’s good for the camp when you do but the big thing for us is the lessons we’re taking away from these games. ‘The same as last year, whether we won or lost, this game is now history. we need to be more efficient and economical in front of goal and that’s one thing we’ll focus on against Kildare next weekend.’
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New talent: Sam Bennet
Rising star Bennett in first win as a pro cycLing Sam Bennett, Team NetApp– Endura’s Irish newcomer, has won the 29th Clásica de Almería. After 178km, the 23-year-old prevailed in a group sprint ahead of Juan Jose Lobato (Movistar) and Davide Vigano (Caja Rural). ‘I am so happy to have taken my first win as a pro with Team NetApp–Endura... I want to thank all of my team mates who helped me every single chance they got. They really made my job easier and for sure this result came as a result of great team work,’ Bennett said.
Dundrum team in relay good form ATHLETics Michael Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock AC) and Sarah McCormack (Clonliffe Harriers AC) shared the spoils at the Woodie’s DIY Inter Club & Juvenile Inter County Relay Cross Country Championships of Ireland in Dundalk IT yesterday. Dundrum South Dublin AC dominated the team prizes, while the junior men’s race went to Kevin Mulcaire (Ennis Track AC) and Sarah Miles (Dundrum South Dublin AC) reeled in long-time leader Clodagh O’Reilly to win the junior women’s title.
Ryan rounds off points race in sixth TRAck-cycLing
‘Divine intervention’ behind Tyrone’s angelic win Mickey Harte claimed his tyrone team received ‘divine intervention’ on their way to an incredible 3-16 to 1-21 Division 1 defeat of kildare. the visitors trailed kildare for the entire game in Newbridge and were five points down with 70 minutes on the clock. But a ronan O’Neill goal gave them hope before a second goal from Mark Donnelly in the very last play of the game stole a onepoint success. Mattie Donnelly appeared to have over-carried the ball in the
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build up but play continued and after a goal-mouth scramble, Mark Donnelly eventually nudged the ball home. the win came ten years to the day since the sudden death of former captain and all-ireland medallist cormac Mcanallen. ‘it had to be some divine intervention,’ said boss Harte. ‘We did think about cormac in our Mass today and we thought him in the changing rooms. He’s very much in our minds. ‘all we wanted to do was give a creditable performance in his
memory and i think he’ll be very proud of the way that game finished.’ there was more good news for kildare fans with confirmation that veteran Johnny Doyle and Daniel Flynn have returned to training. Flynn has quit an aFL deal with Port adelaide. Meanwhile, alan Freeman shot 1-5 and Jason Doherty also netted as Mayo beat kerry 2-15 to 1-13 in castlebar. and Derry tanked Westmeath 3-16 to 0-12 to maintain their unbeaten record in Division 1.
Caroline Ryan raced well in the Women’s Points Race at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia, finishing sixth. Ryan rode a controlled first half, before taking a lap with six others. Australian Amy Cure won the gold medal, with Germany’s Stephanie Pohl taking silver and Canada’s Jasmin Glaesser, bronze. This performance rounds up a finel championships for the Irish, with Martyn Irvine (pictured) winning Silver in the Scratch Race and Ryan Mullen narrowly missing out on Bronze in the Individual Pursuit.
Murphy’s hat trick sAiLing Annalise Murphy made Irish
sailing history on Saturday when she won the most coveted and prestigious Irish sailing award – ISA Sailor of the Year – for the third consecutive year. The award, supported by MGM Boats, was presented at the ISA (Irish Sailing Association) annual Awards Ball in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire. The 23-year-old faced stiff competition from Corkonians Philip Bendon and David Kenefick to claim the prize.
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soldado’s goal drought over as spurs hold firm Benteke’s joy
Back in business: Benteke, celebrates after scoring
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by jOn HARvEy RobeRto Soldado’S first goal in nine games fired tottenham to a Premier league victory over struggling Cardiff at White Hart lane. the under-fire striker ended his two-month drought with a cool firsthalf finish as Spurs edged past the relegation-threatened bluebirds. Soldado’s relief was palpable as the £26million Valencia capture notched just his sixth Premier league goal in 23 appearances as tim Sherwood’s Spurs consolidated fifth place in the Premier league table with their third win in four league games. Cardiff’s seventh consecutive Premier league away defeat leaves them
11 Goals Soldado has scored in 29 appearances for Spurs so far this campaign
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F 52 73 52 69 37 38 43 37 38 31 31 30 28 37 21 19 31 26 19 28
A 22 35 28 27 33 27 31 39 35 35 38 35 42 41 43 37 39 42 49 62
Pts 63 59 59 57 53 48 45 43 39 31 31 30 30 29 28 27 25 24 22 21
resulTs aston villa ..................4 everton ........................ 1 Fulham ........................ 1 hull............................... 1 southampton ............ 0 stoke ............................ 1 swansea ...................... 1 tottenham................... 1
one point off the bottom. Spurs were unconvincing throughout a nervy encounter but boss Sherwood felt, for once, Soldado’s finishing was not as he struck following fellow frontman emmanuel adebayor’s smart pass. ‘I was delighted for Robbie, he’s a great character around the place,’ said Sherwood of his Spain striker. ‘the boys love him and want him to do well. If I could have picked anyone to score that goal today, it would have been him. ‘He’s a great lad, he’s never a moment’s problem and is a true professional. He knows he’s been in a sticky spell but I always looked him in the eye and knew that he had the belief, and that’s important, for him to dig himself out of it. ‘I’m just hoping this is a platform for him to go on and kick on now.’
Norwich .................... 1 West ham................ 0 chelsea .....................3 Newcastle .................4 liverpool...................3 arsenal..................... 0 crystal Palace ........... 1 cardiff ...................... 0
as he sparks a Villa revival astoN villa ...........................4 NoRWich..................................1
Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke was delighted after a quickfire brace helped his side thump norwich yesterday. Having fallen behind to Wes Hoolahan’s third-minute goal, Benteke led Villa’s revival with a spectacular 25th-minute equaliser, controlling Ron Vlaar’s cross on his chest before acrobatically firing home with his back to goal. the Belgian headed Villa in front two minutes later, Leandro Bacuna got a third and an own-goal from sebastien Bassong meant they were out of sight by the break. Benteke said: ‘We started really bad and made some changes and got the first goal, and it was good for the team. We really showed some good football and some good character as well.’
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Give me a hand: Soldado enjoys scoring for the first time in 2014 PictURe: aP
sWAnsEA boss Garry Monk claimed a ‘bizarre’ penalty award handed Crystal Palace a point. Referee Mike Dean also sent off Chico Flores for a foul on substitute Glenn Murray Monk said was ‘100 per cent outside the area’. Monk said: ‘Why has the referee made his decision from 60 yards away without consulting his assistant? that was bizarre.’ Murray’s 82nd-minute penalty cancelled out Jonathan de Guzman’s first-half goal.
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Patience pays off for Toffees steveN NaisMith insists everton must learn to be more patient at home following a hardearned 1-0 victory over West ham. substitute Romelu lukaku (pictured) returned from a month-long absence to score the only goal nine minutes from time at Goodison Park on saturday. ‘We need to learn to get better at being patient at home,’ said scotland midfielder Naismith. ‘it is about being patient and waiting for the right opportunity.
this is just another example that it does work. if you play the game in the right manner, the chances will come along.’
ireland four out
Richard Dunne, andy Reid, kevin Doyle and Rob elliot have withdrawn from the Republic of ireland squad for this week’s friendly against serbia. Nottingham Forest midfielder Reid underwent hernia surgery on Friday and is expected to be ruled out for up to six weeks. QPR striker Doyle has a thigh injury which will keep him out of the clash at Dublin’s aviva stadium on Wednesday, while Newcastle goalkeeper elliot has a knee problem. the Fai say boss Martin o’Neill has not called up any replacements.
Anelka set to decide on quenelle appeal
Nicolas aNelka (pictured) and the Football association will both decide today whether to launch appeals over the five-match ban for his quenelle gesture. Both parties will receive the full written reasons from the independent regulatory commission that imposed the suspension, the minimum ban for an aggravated offence under the Fa’s rules.
Nigel: Foxes’ premier focus must not blur
leicesteR boss Nigel Pearson told his players to ‘live in the moment’ and keep their focus after they stayed eight points clear at the top of
the championship with a 3-0 win over charlton. ‘You have got to live in the moment and we want to try to win every game we play,’ he said.
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City ‘wonder strikes’ sink Sunderland ship
Cup win leaves Pellegrini’s side hungry for more finAL Manchester city ..........3 sunDerlanD ................... 1
Quality strike: Nasri scores City’s second, seconds after Toure (pictured celebrating with Kompany, below) levelled at Wembley
by DAvE fiLMER Manchester city produced a devastating second-half comeback to beat sunderland 3-1 and win the capital One cup at Wembley. stunning goals in quick succession from Yaya toure and samir nasri in the 55th and 56th minutes swung things in city’s favour after on-loan Liverpool striker Fabio Borini’s lovely finish had given the Black cats an early lead. sunderland boss Gus Poyet admitted the game hinged on what he branded ‘wonder strikes’. the first saw toure curl a dipping shot over sunderland stopper Vito Mannone from 30 yards and nasri bent a sweet half-volley with the outside of his boot just inside the far post from aleksandar Kolarov’s pass. substitute Jesus navas then secured
Newcastle boss alan Pardew will not face the sack for headbutting Hull midfielder David Meyler. It is believed the 52-yearold’s job is safe despite the incident on saturday at the Kc stadium, which league Managers association chief executive Richard Bevan branded ‘unacceptable and inappropriate’.Owner Mike ashley is thought to be furious and the club has hit Pardew with a £100,000 (€121k) fine and a warning. Pardew’s clash came with his side leading 3-1 and on their way to a 4-1 Premier league victory.
Fahey dispels talk of spot in Ireland squad st PatrIcK’s athLetIc’s Keith Fahey has said he is not interested in discussing his republic of Ireland chances after netting the goal that won the 2013 League champions their first silverware of 2014 – the President’s cup writes Donagh Corby. after a 25-yard wonder-strike in front of roy Keane and Martin O’neill, Fahey said he is ‘not putting himself forward’ for a possible Ireland call-up. ‘I’ve been out for two years in which I haven’t played consistently. I don’t want to be linked with Ireland at the moment, I want to get back playing football,’ said the 30-year-old, who was originally in Giovanni trappatoni’s squad to travel to euro 2012 but had to pull out due to injury.
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what city hope will prove the first of multiple trophies with a late strike. It was a powerful fightback, for which toure’s stunner was the catalyst, and he reckons it was probably the best goal of his career. ‘I think yes,’ he said. ‘It was important as well. the final is only one game and you need to enjoy it – but you need to win.’ Pellegrini immediately talked of a clean sweep of trophies and that was echoed by his players. captain Vincent Kompany said: ‘I think we should be hungry for more. ‘We have achieved something great for the club and we need to carry on.’ nasri added: ‘We want to win everything, we’re going to compete for the league, for the Fa cup, and try and make something happen in the champions League [but] it’s going to be difficult.’ If city hope this will lay the platform for further trophies, sunderland want yesterday’s display to boost their survival battle. Defender Wes Brown said: ‘We have just got to take that in and make sure we do it in the league. ‘the lads can keep their heads up high and we have to start taking that sort of form we had in the first half into the league now.’
Alan keeps head after losing his
Title talk is off limits to Wenger
They said it... ‘I’m very happy. To win the first trophy I think is important for us all. At an important club you must win trophies.’
‘We are terribly disappointed. The only way you enjoy a cup final is by winning it’
City boss Manuel Pellegrini
‘It’s the best stadium, for me in Europe, maybe the world, and lifting the trophy here is something special.’ City skipper Vincent Kompany
Sunderland captain John O’Shea
aRseNe weNgeR was reluctant to make predictions about Premier league title prospects after their 10 defeat at stoke. saturday’s results left arsenal third in the table, level on points with secondplaced liverpool but 14 out on goal difference and four adrift of leaders chelsea. wenger described the loss at the Britannia stadium as ‘a big worry’ and ‘a massive setback’. But when asked about title chances overall, he replied: ‘I don’t assess them at all because I think what we have to focus on is our performance and play well in our next game.’
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Sublime: Keith Fahey celebrates with his St Pat’s teammates after scoring the only goal of the game Picture: iNPHO
Keith Fahey’s stunning first half volley got st Pat’s season off to the perfect start at Richmond Park to give Liam Buckley’s champions the inaugural President’s Cup. a bright start from cup holders sligo, which saw Danny North scuff a shot wide, counted for little as st Pat’s took the lead – for what would prove the winner – from Fahey’s sublime strike on 17 minutes. a second successive corner from Killian Brennan was hooked away by sligo’s Joseph Ndo. But the ball dropped perfectly for Fahey whose right foot volley from some 25 yards found the top corner of Richard Brush’s net. the strike prompted one particularly vocal saints’ fan to holler ‘did you see that, Martin’ to watching ireland boss Martin O‘Neill
pREsiDENT’s cup st patrick’s athletic................1 sligo rovers.............................0 by pAuL buTTNER and his assistant Roy Keane. see it he did. ‘it was a fantastic goal – a really fantastic goal,’ said O’Neill when asked at the interval. ‘i think he got a little bit irritated a minute or two before half-time when one of his players went in and had a shot when it was coming out to him. ‘i think he was thinking about the double at that stage. But it was a great, great strike – a great goal.’
sligo were clearly unsettled by the goal as a defensive error almost gifted st Pat’s a second on 23 minutes. a stray pass from leftback Danny Ledwith was intercepted by the darting run of Chris Forrester who pulled his shot wide. st Pat’s remained on top into the second half and had loud appeals for a penalty turned down early on when a shot from Byrne was blocked away by Jeff henderson. Brennan then came close to doubling saints’ winning margin at 83 minutes as he saw his left-footer curl just wide of the far post. sligo striker North almost forced a penalty shootout with a chance in stoppage time which he sidefooted wide as st Pat’s held out to get their season up and running in style.
Thirsty for four: Pellegrini
One cup just not enough for Pellegrini manCHESTER City boss manuel Pellegrini lifted his first trophy in English football, then immediately targeted an ambitious quadruple. City came from behind to win the Capital One Cup with a 3-1 win over Sunderland at Wembley, having trailed to Fabio Borini’s goal at the interval. With a second shock cup final defeat inside 12 months on the cards, superb strikes from Yaya Toure and Samir nasri in the space of two minutes turned the game on its head, before Jesus navas wrapped things up in the final minute. Pellegrini insists he wants more than one trophy from his debut season in England, with City in the thick of the title race and the Fa Cup quarter-finals. a clean sweep looks a tall order, with City trailing Barcelona 2-0 from the home leg in the last 16 of the Champions League but Pellegrini said: ‘We are the only club that has the chance to continue trying to win all the competitions and this gives us a lot of confidence. ‘We wanted this trophy but i don’t think anybody can think that is enough. i don’t think for top players or important clubs, you are satisfied with one trophy. ‘We know it won’t be easy but we are going to try.’
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Gavin calls on Dubs to take better aim ahead of Lilywhite clash Jim Gavin believes Dublin can return to business as usual against Kildare next weekend – if they fine-tune their shooting. The all-ireland champions and allianz League holders suffered only their second Division 1 defeat under Gavin on Saturday night, going down 1-17 to 0-18 to Cork. it was an experimental Dubs team without eight players of last September’s all-ireland
A lesson to be learned: Dubs boss Jim Gavin
final line-up. But defeat still stung Gavin as former allStar Colm O’neill came off the bench for Cork and kicked two crucial late scores. Gavin claimed that missed chances were to blame for Dublin’s reversal with eight wides registered in the secondhalf and 13 in total. ‘Cork were very efficient with their scoring and that’s the
lesson to be learned for us – we need to be more economical and efficient with our shot taking,’ said Gavin. ‘But we’re looking forward to the game against Kildare and to an improvement. ‘For me, the most important thing at this time of the season is attitude to the game. Coming down the stretch, there were lots of opportunities to be created so that’s a positive.
‘You do want to win every game but it’s probably more right now about learning for the Championship.’ Former Dublin hurler Tomás Brady didn’t play but was among the subs for the first time since last year’s league final following knee trouble. ‘it’s great news for Tomás,’ said Gavin.
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