Metro Herald, Thursday, March 6, 2014 by Metro Herald

thursday, March 6, 2014

Arty business

It wall ads up

»p10

tHe cHic of ya!

Paris Fashion Week Style »p15-17

‘Heart-breaking’

Irish-born eagle shot just months after leaving nest ONE of the first two white-tailed eagles to hatch in the wild in Ireland in a century has been found shot dead. The male bird, which fledged from a nest on the shores of Lough Derg last year, was discovered starved to death near Ballinderry, North Tipperary. Up to 50 shotgun pellets were found in it. Conservation experts involved in reintroducing the majestic raptors to Irish skies said they are shocked by the horrific nature of the shooting and the bird’s slow death, believed to have been from starvation after being shot. It is thought the shotgun blast broke one of its legs and wings, and that it survived for weeks before dying. Gardaí and the National Parks and Wildlife Service are investigating. Dr Allan Mee, project manager of the re-introduction scheme, said it was heart-breaking. ‘It is absolutely incomprehensible that someone would shoot one of these magnificent birds, but even more shocking is that one of the first

by ed carty two Irish-bred eagles has been shot only seven months after leaving the nest,’ he said. Since 100 birds were released from 2007-2011 in Killarney National Park, the number of adult pairs has increased steadily to ten in 2013. But white-tailed eagles reach maturity and begin breeding at about four or five years of age, and a viable population here is dependent on the survival of young Irish-bred eagles. Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan, said: ‘So much work has gone into reintroducing this species here and there has been wonderful co-operation by many different groups to achieve successful breeding. To have all this undone is a significant blow.’ The National Association of Regional Game Councils, Ireland’s largest game-shooting group, said it was outraged over the incident.

Up to 50 shotgun pellets in body

Keep Dublin tidy – Please recycle this Metro Herald when you are finished with it

A blow: Project manager Dr Allan Mee (above) holds the dead eagle, which X-rays (left) revealed had some 50 shotgun pellets in its body

METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

Thursday 06/03/14 How to contact us Email:

news@metroherald.ie sports@metroherald.ie features@metroherald.ie sales@metroherald.ie Text: ‘Mail’ to 53131 (30c plus usual text charge) Visit: www.e-metroherald.ie Editorial: 01 705 5088 Advertising: 01 705 5010 Distribution: 01 705 5007

Social media Facebook.com/ metroherald Twitter.com: @metrohnews #metromailbox

1% The approximate

amount of the country’s trees that were blown down in the recent heavy storms, according to a Government taskforce report Ireland’s rate of newsprint recycling is now up to 79%. Keep reading, keep recycling – thank you.

Today is... Frozen Food Day Inaugurated by then-US president Ronald Reagan in 1984, this day celebrates all sorts of freezer foods, particularly flash-freeze foods, whereby food is frozen very quickly in a manner perfected by Clarence Birdseye after he saw Inuit eating frozen fish

From the archives (2009): Robber paid for drink with card

A bungling robber who held up a store in West Virginia, US, was caught after he paid for a drink with his debit card. Shawn Thomas told an assistant he had a gun and demanded cash but paid for a drink. The 33-year-old was traced and arrested.

Today’s birthdays

Ronnie Delany, athlete, 79; David Gilmour, guitarist (Pink Floyd), 68; Dick Fosbury, high jump pioneer, 67; Rob Reiner (right), director, 67; Shaquille O’Neal, basketball player, 42.

CLOCkwORD

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter T in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a late agony aunt and novelist. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Vegetable Hidden Sudden Put in Outcome Ace Account

8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Aver Dairy food Nil Surviving Sharp reply

Yesterday’s solution: Gregor Mendel

Weather Weather Today

Max: 14°c

Generally cloudy, with only a few bright spells. There will be outbreaks of rain and drizzle in all areas, with some heavy and persistent rain in places. Temperatures between 10°C to 14°C in gusty southerly winds, which will become strong in places.

11�C

Derry

Donegal

12�C

11�C

Cavan

Galway

13�C

Athlone

Dublin

14�C

Tipperary

12�C

Waterford

Tralee

Cork

Tonight

Belfast

10�C

10�C Sunrise: 7.01am Sunset: 6.12pm

Min: 1°c

A band of rain will spread from the west tonight, eventually clearing the east coast by dawn. Temperatures between 1°C to 3°C in moderate westerly winds.

EUROPE today

Tomorrow Starting off with showers in the north and west. However, it will become generally dry during the afternoon. Temperatures between 6°C to 10°C in strong westerly winds.

Barcelona

15 °c 15 °c

Berlin

9 °c

Brussels

13 °c 12 °c

Athens

6�C 7�C 8�C 8�C

10�C

6�C 9�C 10�C Max: 10°c

London

Paris

10 °c 19 °c 14 °c

Rome

16 °c

Geneva Madrid

Thursday, March 6, 2014 METRO HERALD

The human itch-a-sketch Meet Sarah, who draws on her skin with a spoon by AiDAn RADnEDgE THEY look like something you’d draw on an Etch A Sketch. But instead of using a screen, Sarah Beal makes these patterns on her skin. Then she watches as they disappear – just like the classic toy. The 43-year-old has a condition called dermatographia, which means the slightest scratch can cause her skin to swell. It also allows her to create designs and words on her body which vanish within an hour. ‘My skin is so sensitive that sometimes even clothes can feel uncomfortable,’ said Ms Beal, from Arley, Warwickshire. ‘I can scratch my arm or my back and long lines will come up. ‘But being able to draw on my skin is so cool – it’s my party trick. The Etch A Sketch comparison is pretty accurate, although I wish a good shake was enough to get rid of the itching.’ Dermatographia is thought to be caused when cells under the surface of the skin release histamines under the slightest pressure. This causes the skin to swell and triggers a type of allergic reaction. Ms Beal discovered she had the condition only three years ago, when she surfed the net. ‘I couldn’t believe it,’ she said. ‘I grabbed a spoon and with the handle I drew a heart on my arm. When I saw it appear I loved it. ‘I quickly took a picture of the heart and uploaded it to Facebook before it disappeared,’ she added.

Scratch that and start again: Sarah Beal’s skin condition allows her to create shapes and words then watch as they disappear – like Etch A Sketch Pictures: caters

Pay P as you go. And go. A And go. A SSave up to €137 when you pay monthly Liffey Valley Shopping Centre | Whitewater Shopping Centre T 1850 221984 | www.i-connect.ie/save TM and © 2014 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. This offer applies to the rental of any Mac Pro, iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro on a 36 Flexirent agreement, and is the equivalent to 1 months rental. €137 per month is equivalent to a monthly rental over 36 months on an invoice price of €3099 inc VAT. Flexirent is a consumer hire agreement as defined by the Consumer Credit Act, 1995 (as amended) and is subject to credit approval. Full terms and conditions apply. Visit www.i-connect.ie/save for more details.

METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

Ukraine’s prime minister blames Moscow for crisis while peace talks go nowhere

Stop this mess, Putin told Protesters ‘shot by opposition gunmen’ SNIPERS who fired on protesters looking to overthrow Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych were hired by opposition leaders, it has been claimed. The theory about the gunmen who shot at police and demonstrators in Kiev was discussed in a leaked phone call between EU foreign policy chief Baroness Ashton and Estonian foreign minister Urmas Paet. Mr Paet reportedly said there was an increasing understanding in the country ‘somebody from the new coalition’ was behind the snipers. Baroness Ashton replies: ‘I think we do want to investigate. I mean, I didn’t pick that up, that’s interesting. Gosh.’ Mr Paet confirmed the conversation took place on Wednesday last week but cautioned against using it to discredit the government regime. ‘I call for journalists to treat this recording very carefully. ‘I was talking about the theories there were about what happened in Ukraine,’ he said.

by HAyDEn SMiTH UKRAINE’S prime minister urged Vladimir Putin to ‘stop this mess’ yesterday, amid fraught attempts to resolve the crisis. Arseniy Yatsenyuk blamed Russia’s president for one of the most serious emergencies in Europe since the end of the Cold War. He said Ukraine would be willing to consider granting more autonomy to Crimea to appease its pro-Russian population. But asked if he was afraid Moscow might send troops to occupy other Russian-speaking areas, he said: ‘Let me put it bluntly – yes. ‘It’s still a concern and Russia is to realise its responsibility and Russia is to stick to its international obligation, to stop the invasion. Mr President, stop this mess.’ Nato last night announced it was suspending meetings with Russian officials, to pressure Moscow into backing down on Ukraine. It came as diplomats were attempting to find a peaceful solution to the crisis at talks in Paris. But hopes of a breakthrough took a hit when Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov declined to meet his Ukrainian counterpart. The Kremlin refuses to recognise Ukraine’s interim government after Putin ally president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted by protesters. Mr Lavrov claimed last night western powers had agreed the Ukrainian government and opposition should stick to an EU-brokered peace deal, signed before Mr Yanukovych was driven out. But this had not been confirmed by US secretary of state John Kerry, who has condemned Russia for sending its troops into Crimea and said Ukrainians should decide their own fate. As the tensions rose yesterday, a UN special representative sent

to hold talks in Crimea was besieged in a café by pro-Moscow protesters shouting ‘Russia, Russia’. Dutch diplomat Robert Serry took refuge after an angry crowd blocked his vehicle. Some of the protesters demanded that he go with them but he ignored them and pushed his way into the coffee shop. Another flashpoint came in the eastern city of Donetsk, where pro-Russian demonstrators recaptured a government building only hours after they had been thrown out. Hundreds of chanting protesters waved Russian flags as they stormed the regional administration headquarters, despite a heavy police presence.

Standing guard: Soldiers thought to be linked to Russia block the way to a Ukrainian navy ship in Sevastopol, while, below, political tensions are evident as French president François Hollande speaks to Mr Kerry in Paris PictUres: ePA/AP

Thursday, March 6, 2014 METRO HERALD

Kenny rejects Sinn Féin’s claims of ‘forced labour’

by bRiAn HuTTOn

Written in (wet) stone

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has denied ‘forced labour’ has reduced joblessness. Latest figures show the number of people signing on has fallen to 11.9 per cent of the overall workforce – down from a peak of 15 per cent several years ago. Some 398,069 people now claim unemployment benefits, the first time in five years the figure has dipped below 400,000, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) report. But Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams accused the government of massaging figures through ‘forced labour’ schemes such as JobBridge and Gateways. ‘[Gateways] forces unemployed people to carry out work for local authorities with threats of cuts or suspension of welfare payments, even though it pays only a fraction of the minimum wage,’ he said. Mr Kenny rejected the claims. ‘People do like to make a contribution, people do like to get out of the rut of long-term unemployment,’ he said. The CSO report showed a 30,807 drop in people on the register in the 12 months to February. The total is now back to levels experienced in November last year.

WATER metering is equal to a banker tax in the eyes of one man. ‘Coddler O Toole’ posted this photo of a vandalised access point on his Facebook page, which prominently bears the logo of the Anti-Austerity Alliance. He wrote: ‘It appears that they cannot leave it like this as they have sent a crew around 3 times now to dig up the cement and pour fresh concrete. They must be cursing me at this stage!’. He was unavailable for comment last night.

AIB reveals 34% rise in operating income STATE-OWNED Allied Irish Banks has announced a return to pre-provision operating profit, with losses before tax down €2billion to €1.7billion last year. Annual results for 2013 revealed a pre-provision operating profit of €445million, €769million higher than in 2012. Total operating income was up 34 per cent to €1.9billion. The results are further signs of significant improvements in the bailed-out banking sector and come two days after Bank of Ireland reported an underlying pre-tax loss of €569million last year, down from almost €1.5billion the previous year.

‘Lethal’ theft of manhole covers TWO teenagers have been arrested in Ennis as part of an investigation into the theft of manhole covers. The pair, aged 17 and 19, are being held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act. Fifteen manhole covers were recovered from a vehicle at Monreagh Tubber, Co Clare yesterday. An Garda said that the theft or removal of manhole covers is ‘potentially lethal to road users’ and this has been highlighted by Garda Síochána and the Road Safety Authority.

GET THE LOOK

GET UP TO €50 OFF YOUR SPRING LOOK WITH OUR CASHBACK OFFER*

Spend €50 in Womenswear, Lingerie and Accessories*

Spend €100 in Womenswear, Lingerie and Accessories*

Spend €150 in Womenswear, Lingerie and Accessories*

AND GET A €10 voucher AND GET A €20 voucher AND GET A €50 voucher

PLUS SPEND €50 in Beauty and get a €5 voucher SPEND €75 in Beauty and get a €10 voucher *Participating brands only. Terms and conditions apply.

METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

Two-thirds of female graduates harassed SOME 65 per cent of female Irish university graduates say they have been sexually harassed. According to the EU Survey on Violence Against Women, 48 per cent of Irish women have experienced sexual harassment at some point since the age of 15 and the experience increases with a woman’s level of education. The report says sexual harassment includes unwelcome touching, hugging or kissing, sexually suggestive comments or jokes or inappropriate invitations. Across Europe, 55 per cent of women were harrassed and 32 per cent said the perpetrator was a boss, colleague or customer. The survey also shows that 52 per cent of Irish women would avoid certain streets over fears of being assaulted. National Women’s Council CEO Orla O’Connor said: ‘This survey shows us Irish women’s freedom of movement is too often being restricted by their fear of assault and violence.’

Amnesty highlights repression through art ALARMING figures show the world still has a long way to go to combat sexual repression. Same-sex activity is illegal in 76 countries and punishable by death in some such as Afghanistan, Brunei, Sudan and Yemen. For 64 per cent of women in Congo, their first sexual experience was one of assault. In 52 countries, girls under the age of 15 can marry with parental consent and 70,000 adolescents die as a result of pregnancy every year. And the West has its own problems, with 83 per cent of girls aged between 12 and 16 in American state schools having experienced sexual harassment. These figures are the focus of a two-year global campaign by Amnesty International launching today. It calls for everyone to be able to learn about their body, sexual health

by SHARON MARRiS

and relationships, to choose their partner and when or if they have children and to access sexual and reproductive health services. The charity has teamed up with Tokyo-based artist Hikaru Cho for the ‘My Body My Rights’ campaign with a series of unique paintings. The 20-yearold, a student in Tokyo, became a viral sensation last year under her nickname Choo-San for her ‘hyper-real’ body art. Each design illustrates a different ‘body right’ and was conceived following a brief from Amnesty International. Ms Cho said: ‘You have the right to choose who you love and what kind of family you want and to live free from rape and sexual violence. I hope my art can help young people start a conversation about those rights.’

One face – or two? The My Body My Rights campaign against sexual exploitation gets under way today

wholly thursday

Our own clothes horse KEN ROGAN talks Putin, Dobby and ideological beauty contests as he assesses the Ukraine conflict like a rabid Tyra Banks

F conflicts are catwalks, the Ukraine is officially America’s Next Top Squabble. Featuring President Obama as Tyra Banks: ‘Gur-fren, you better make like Justin Timberlake and Crimea-river – or I will be fierce!’ Miss J Alexander plays Vladimir Putin: ‘I will crush you under heel of boot – which is fourinch stiletto from Jimmy Choos. Now walk it, baby!’ I rather like the idea of Putin being played by a flamboyant gay black man. Try selling that to your Neo-Nazi, soccer hooligan paramilitaries. Let’s be honest though – he looks more like Dobby the elf from Harry Potter. Russia is in big trouble (if vague, unthreatening statements of the obvious can be described as trouble). Here’s British foreign secretary William Hague: ‘[This is a] potentially grave threat to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine.’ To which Putin replied: ‘Oh no he dih-ent!’ Oh yes he did. If only there was something Putin could do to appease the mighty British Empire.

Like buying a London-based football team. Or he could turn off Europe’s gas supply. Whichever. But there you have it, that’s how wars of words go these days, in lieu of actual wars, which only take place between comically mismatched countries like Russia and (the) Ukraine. (Is it The Ukraine? It always makes me think of Irish Pictorial Weekly calling the Taoiseach ‘The Enda Kenny’). Anyway, if global diplomacy works like a Hercule Poirot

mystery, Russia might just compelled governments to provide apologise for its bad manners. But such historic benefits. This also if the world is actually governed by explains why the corresponding the rule of force, which periodibenefits in America are that much cally takes a dump on the rule of weaker – communism wasn’t law – most especially international nearly as likely, so there was less of law – then I guess Russia will be a need to suck up to voters. staying put, no matter how many Interesting, isn’t it? selfies John Kerry takes in Kiev. Ironically Putin triggered this And who knows, we could mess for fear of ‘Western influpossibly use another Cold War. The ences’ like the EU. As to what last one wasn’t so bad might happen if Ukraine for the Western did fall under the world, except for thrall of the the imminent It’s likely the country nefarious nuclear war European Union would have been thing. Bizarrely, and its passion the lot of the for subsidised sold to Apple for average Westroad building, we tax purposes and erner was may never know. considerably But it does seem renamed i-Kraine improved because of likely that the what a smart man country would have called John Lanchester been sold to Apple for tax described as ‘an ideological beauty purposes and promptly renamed contest’ between the capitalist west i-Kraine™, whereupon citizenship and the communist east. would be upgraded to look brighter In an effort to win our hearts and and more cartoonish, while being minds, capitalism gave us universal considerably less satisfying to healthcare, free education and paid engage with. holidays, particularly in Europe, Russia would have responded by where a strong socialist presence renaming Crimea ‘Micrea-soft’ and

“

then both countries would dispatch a cadre of polonium 210-totting assassins to kill me for making all these dreadful puns. Which brings us to the thing that we care least about in this crisis, and on this planet, which is people. We don’t care about them all the time and in a great variety of places and situations. Not in sweatshops, or child armies, or refugee camps, or warzones, or North Korea, where an ongoing holocaust of Nazi proportions was reported a few weeks ago. We do nothing, and when it all finally comes out, our leaders will cry crocodile tears and say: ‘If only we had known!’ Let’s hope they put in a convincing performance on our behalf, eh? Because all the world’s a stage. Or a runway. Or a catwalk. This season, Ukrainian soldiers will be mostly wearing a squat sort of helmet with a wide brim, which Vogue is calling ‘the upturned salad bowl in dull green’. Meanwhile, Russian troops, in a radical departure from their WW2 wardrobe, will sport actual guns. We’re all hoping their colours don’t clash. @kenrogan

Thursday, March 6, 2014 METRO HERALD

Pistorius ‘asked friend to take blame’ for gunshot by AiDAn RADnEDgE OSCAR PISTORIUS asked a friend to take the blame after he accidentally fired a pistol in a Johannesburg restaurant, his murder trial heard yesterday. The athlete let off the gun as it was being passed to him under a table a month before he shot dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Boxer Kevin Lerena said he was in ‘shock’ when the bullet hit the ground by his foot, grazing a toe and drawing blood. ‘There was just complete silence,’ Mr Lerena told the court. He said Pistorius apologised, saying: ‘Are you OK? Is everybody OK?’ Before the restaurant owners approached them, Pistorius asked the gun’s owner Darren Fresco to say he was responsible for firing it. Mr Lerena told the high court in Pretoria that he remembered Pistorius saying: ‘Just say it was you. I don’t want any tension around me. There’s too much media hype around me.’ Mr Lerena said they paid the bill and left and never spoke about it again. The incident happened when the

Murder trial: Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, in black tie, is surrounded by security as he leaves the court in Pretoria South African paralympic star was dining with athletes in January last year.

Pistorius, 27, denies intentionally killing 29-year-old Steenkamp the following month, saying he mistook her

EPA

for an intruder at his home in Pretoria. He also denies firearms charges. The trial continues.

Free from

€20

Tasteless bookie’s ad got most complaints PADDY Power’s controversial Oscar Pistorius advert has become the most complained about UK advert of all time, with more than 5,200 complaints so far, the British Advertising Standards Authority has said. The ad offered ‘money back if he walks’ or if Pistorius is found not guilty of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland is also launching an investigation after it received 60 complaints. Many of the complaints were that the advert was offensive as it related to a murder trial. Speaking to Metro Herald on Sunday, Paddy Power said: ‘The world is interested in and speculating on the outcome of the Pistorius trial and our betting is a reflection of that.’ The bookie said it was a tie-in with the Oscars, which were being staged the night the advert appeared in papers. The ASA said the ad should remain out of circulation.

Pay Monthly

a month

Want great phones at great prices? We hearyou. 300 mins | 300 texts | 500 Mb data 24 month contract

Samsung Galaxy S III mini Available in blue or white

We’re on the

network

See in store, visit one of our phone shops, go online to www.tescomobile.ie or call Telesales on 1800 800 089 Summary terms & conditions: Tariff shown to be paid by direct debit only. Minimum contract terms apply. You must be over 18 years to sign up to this plan. All calls, texts and data usage out of contracted bundle will be charged at the normal flat rate for calls, texts and data. Tariff limits exclude non-geographic numbers and free phone numbers. For further details on all our plans and for full terms and conditions visit www.tescomobile.ie

METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

★

★★ ★ ★

Ashton retires his little black book

shton Kutcher says life as a womaniser was ‘a lot of fun’ but gave up bed-hopping after

by JENNI McKNIGHT exhausting his little black book. the two And A half Men star,

Heidi’s toyboy club kiss Supermodel Heidi Klum’s secret romance has been rumbled. This grainy picture shows Klum kissing toyboy art dealer Vito Schnabel at an LA nightclub. Klum, 40, reportedly tried to sneak out of the Vanity Fair Oscars party at the 1 Oak club with the 27-year-old. Pictures

from the night appear to show mum-of-four Klum leaning into the New Yorker and planting a kiss on his lips, while another snap sees her place her arm seductively around his neck. Seal’s ex-wife split from her bodyguard Martin Kristen in January. Picture: xPoSeSurePhotoS

★

John Travolta has apologised to Idina Menzel after fluffing the Broadway star’s name at the Oscars. Travolta, 60, puzzled audiences worldwide when he introduced Menzel as ‘Adele Dazeem’ before she performed Let It Go from Disney film Frozen. ‘I’ve been beating myself up all day,’ he said. ‘Then I thought, “What would Idina Menzel say?” She’d say, “Let it go”.’ He added: ‘I am so happy Frozen took home two Oscars Sunday night!’ Rehearsals went without a hitch, but a source said: ‘Maybe nerves got the best of him.’

★

Hollywood actress Thandie Newton has given birth to a baby boy. The British star revealed she and her husband Ol Parker welcomed their son on March 3 and that they have named him Booker Jombe Parker. The 41-year-old shared the news on Twitter, telling fans: ‘Our baby boy is finally here! Booker Jombe Parker. Born joyously at home yesterday.’ The new arrival is a sibling for the couple’s daughters, Nico, nine, and 13-year-old Ripley, who the Crash star said were also born at home.

★

Jared Leto says he tried out his ‘drag’ look long before winning an Oscar for playing a transvestite. But the actor-cumrocker, 42, says his attempt was a failure from the start. ‘I don’t have the t*ts for it,’ the Dallas Buyers Club star told website MeMe-Me.tv. ‘Also my jaw is too big – it just looks too manly.’ Leto tried out drag – wearing fishnet tights and a French bob wig – to win a part in a film but says he got funny looks when walking through New York to the audition. ‘I thought people would think, “Wow, look at her”. But noone did,’ he said.

Cosy couple: Kutcher and Kunis at the LA Lakers game

36, who was widely accused of doing the dirty on ex-wife Demi Moore, said he was conscious of getting a reputation. he told Men’s Fitness magazine: ‘Being a Men’ single guy can be a lot of fun when you’re financially independent and can do whatever you whenever you want. want, whene ‘F ‘For every girl you have a good time with for one night – if you want to stay single – that’s the same girl you have to not call back. After a while, being the one-night-stand guy is also just a little gross. gross.’ the heartthrob earned a bit of a bad rep during his marriage to 51year year-old Moore when he was accused of cheating on the night of their sixth wedding anniversary in 2011. shortly after she gave him the boot, Moore said: ‘As a woman, a mother and a wife, there are certain values and vows I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit I have chosen to move forward.’ the fallout hasn’t seemed to put Kutcher off life-long commitment, amid rumours he is now eng engaged to Mila Kunis. the Black swan actress, 30, was spotted wearing a diamond sparkler on her engagement finger as the couple watched an LA Lakers bask basketball game on tuesday.

Picture: SPlaSh

Katy: You don’t know where Miley’s been... Katy Perry may sing about the time she Kissed A Girl and liked it... but it seems that doesn’t apply to smooching Miley Cyrus. The 29-year-old locked lips with the Wrecking Ball singer as she watched her show in LA last month – a scene that was captured on camera and went viral online. But while Miley, 21,

was up for a full-on snog, Katy was wary of her twerking rival’s reputation. ‘I just walked up to her to give her a friendly, girly kiss,’ she told Aussie chat show Sunrise. ‘But then she tried to go deeper and I pulled away. God knows where that tongue has been. We don’t know! That tongue is so infamous!’

★

Liza Minnelli is not a happy bunny after Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres mocked her by insinuating she looked like a man in drag. ‘I think she thought it would be funny,’ said Minnelli (pictured). ‘I think it went a little astray on her and I don’t think she meant any harm at all and she’s a wonderful lady.’ In one of her opening gambits, DeGeneres said: ‘Hello to the best Liza Minnelli impersonator I’ve ever seen. Good job, sir.’ It was a forgettable night for the 67-year-old former winner who was mocked for seemingly going without a bra in her blue satin frock – and for missing out on the star ‘selfie’.

Thursday, March 6, 2014 METRO HERALD

★

Beyoncé’s money-making European tour will be tough viewing for her sacked music manager dad. Despite his daughter’s fortune, Mathew Knowles, 62, told a US judge he can no longer afford to pay the mother of his three-year-old son $12,000 (€8,500) a month in child support.

Kylie’s my bandmate now R

icky WiLSON predicts a riot among his kaiser chiefs bandmates after revealing some of them are hacked off that he has become a reality TV star by joining the Uk’s The Voice. Wilson, 36, once ruled the indie charts with Andrew White, Simon Rix, Nick Baines and Vijay Mistry but he has gone all mainstream with a glossy makeover after shedding the pounds. ‘Some of them love it, some of them don’t like it so much, but i’m seeing two of them straight after this,’ said the star, hinting at a rift. He teased that he now views co-stars Will.i.am, Tom Jones and kylie Minogue as his new band, which is likely to further rile his kaiser colleagues. ‘i cling on to the other coaches so much, they’re my new band,’ he said. The chiefs lead vocalist added there

by AnDREi HARMswORTH Coming clean: Lohan opens up to Oprah this Sunday

were no tiffs with his new A-list pals. ‘it’s not like when we break for lunch it’s all slamming doors and throwing stuff at each other,’ he told UTV’s Lorraine. And despite making his own way to the top of the charts in the noughties, the Ruby rocker now gives the reality route to fame the thumbs up, admitting: ‘if there was a short cut, i probably would have taken it.’ Wilson hopes to give the chiefs a PR boost when the group release a comeback album at the end of the month at the height of his TV publicity. Education, Education, Education & War will be their first album in three years since the singles from The Future is Medieval missed the Uk top 150.

Lindsay: My final chance at fame Lindsay Lohan admits she is in the last chance saloon of the fame game. In a frank exchange with chat show queen Oprah Winfrey, Lohan, 27, said: ‘I know this is my last shot at doing what I love to do.’ After moaning about cameras following her to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, she said: ‘There’s nothing left in having a drink for me. There’s no party I haven’t gone to, there’s no person I haven’t hung out with.’ But Oprah had little sympathy. ‘I really do want you to win. You need to cut the bulls***, you really do,’ she said.

Homer’s selfie act

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has posted a cartoon version of the now infamous Oscars selfie. Bradley Cooper, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Lupita Nyong’o and Lupita’s brother Peter posed together at the Academy Awards for the most glamorous selfie ever. Now the actors and actresses have been turned into Simpsons characters but with one new addition – Homer Simpson. The cartoon selfie shows

Homer dressed up in a tuxedo but getting his head pushed back out of the picture by a mischievious Cooper. The picture was posted on Homer’s Twitter account with the caption: ‘The ugly true story of that Oscar selfie can finally be told! Let’s break Twitter again. Look for Bart.’ Taken on DeGeneres’ Samsung smartphone, the Oscars selfie broke Twitter records and became the most retweeted photo of all time. The snap has been retweeted more than 3.2 million times so far.

Speculation is rife that the selfie was planned by DeGeneres and Samsung. The company has since vowed to donate $3million to charities to celebrate the publicity triumph. It said in a statement: ‘While we were a sponsor of the Oscars and had an integration with ABC, we were delighted to see Ellen organically incorporate the device into the selfie moment that had everyone talking. ‘A great surprise for everyone, she captured something that nobody expected.’

10 METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

Changing up those boring ad hoardings by SAM wiLLiAMSOn ‘Changing Boring’ is the motto of creative guerilla advertising agency Rabbit hole Promotions, a company that takes abandoned or rundown hoardings and buildings, and transforms them into works of art. Managing director Mark Lacey says: ‘The recession had just hit, and all the construction had stopped, and when it had stopped it left a lot of derelict and unused vacant spaces throughout the city. ‘a lot of them when we just started were hoardings. That plywood structure surrounding the site, with the construction having stopped was going to be there almost indefinitely. ‘The fact that there was all these unfinished buildings and they were surrounded with this horrible, dingy, wooden structure which was being destroyed by tagging, and mindless vandalism, brought down the aesthetic of the area.’ Started in 2012, the group, which says it is the only company of its kind, has grown, working with big names such as Budweiser, Phantom 105.2 and Opel. Universal Pictures also used RhP’s

Spray it don’t say it: Whetting diners’ monster appetites with a street art mural on Adelaide Road

Graffiti feats: Rabbit Hole has produced work on Chancery Street for Brit flick World’s End and on South Circular Road for Pizza & Champagne services during the promotion campaign for the Edgar Wright film World’s End, with a large mural on Chancery Street. ‘i had seen how advertising could be run. i thought essentially these large hoarding are just large billboards in prime locations, as opposed to being 60ft up on the side of a building where the average person won’t see them,’ says Lacey.

Combining graffiti-style art with bold images and vibrant colours, they have rejuvenated many dreary and abandoned locations around the city, giving them a new lease of life. Many small businesses, pubs and restaurants have had store fronts and shutters renovated, and allowed them to further their brand and image, and catch the eye of those passing by. it’s not just the outside world

that gets a much-needed facelift, as they have worked on several interior design projects for colleges, stands and companies looking to spruce up the office or grab a few extra customers. Using only spray paint, Rabbit hole reject the use of stencils, and instead paint each piece freehand. The company is also always on the lookout to gobble up new advertising

Jobs Expo Dublin In association with

Careers Training Advice Home & Abroad

Belfast

Dublin

The Belfast Waterfront 12th of March 2014

The Hogan Suite Croke Park 14th & 15th of March 2014

Free Admission

www.jobsexpo.ie

Painting the town: Metro Herald got in on the act, while this canine creation adorns the Dublin office of Page7Media

pictures: abraham tarrush/rhp

space, and expand on their advertising locations. The business is also expanding to new York to establish the brand across the atlantic as well. Rabbit Hole are looking for new artists to submit their portfolios to rhpsubmit@gmail.com. For further information visit www.rabbitholepromotions.com

Head of bitcoin exchange found dead in her flat after ‘suicide’ by NicOLE LE MARiE A HEAD of a bitcoin exchange has been found dead in an apparent suicide, it emerged yesterday. The body of First Meta Exchange CEO Autumn Radtke was found at her apartment in Singapore on Friday. Toxicology test results to determine the exact cause of death of the 28-year-old American were still being awaited, authorities said. First Meta Exchange said: ‘The First Meta team is shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of our friend and CEO Autumn Radtke. ‘Our deepest condolences go out to her family, friends and loved ones. Autumn was an inspiration to all of us and she will be sorely missed.’ Ms Radke was recruited in 2012 by Singapore-based investor Douglas Abrams to lead First Meta – an early pioneer in the virtual currency. She had worked for Californian mobile and gaming companies and on bigger

WORLD leaders deserve some of the blame for atrocities being committed in Syria because of their ‘inaction’, UN human rights investigators claim. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council – Britain, the US, China, France and Russia – were accused of allowing president Bashar alAssad’s troops and rebels to commit ‘war crimes’ without impunity in

yesterday’s report. The UN Human Rights Council wants world leaders to refer ‘grave violations’ to the International Criminal Court at The Hague for prosecution. Investigators highlighted the use of shelling and siege tactics by Assad’s force, who have also starved civilians, while rebels’ war crimes include executions and using child soldiers.

Contraceptive protects against HIV SCIENTISTS have developed a new contraceptive for women that protects against HIV as well as unwanted pregnancies. The device, which lasts for up to three months, delivers contraceptive medication and drugs that protect against HIV and herpes. Developed by biomedical engineer Patrick Kiser from America’s Northwestern

projects such as Apple’s Aqua Connect. Ms Radtke posted a link to an essay called ‘The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship’ writing that ‘Everything has its price’, on February 10. Her friend, model Katie CEO: Ms Radtke Stone, wrote on Facebook: ‘You were just smarter that way than anyone else.’ On the day Ms Radtke’s body was discovered, Vietnam’s communist government banned trading in bitcoin and other electronic currencies. Its central bank said virtual currencies were linked to money laundering and other illegal activities. Bitcoin exchange MtGox collapsed following its alleged loss of more than €290million last Friday. Canada’s Flexcoin has also been forced to close after hackers stole €435,000.

World powers allowing Syria war crimes to persist, says UN

Thursday, March 6, 2014 METRO HERALD

University, the gadget has been billed as a ‘significant advance’ in drug delivery technology. The tool delivers controlled doses of the drugs tenofovir, an antiretroviral medication, and contraceptive levonorgestrel for 90 days. Details of the device have been published in the online journal Public Library Of Science ONE.

World

‘The differences between the two drugs are huge, which presented us with a design challenge,’ Mr Kiser said. ‘Tenofovir is highly water soluble while levonorgestrel is highly water insoluble. Our scientific hurdle was finding a way to manufacture a dualpurpose ring that got the device into the clinic.’ Tenofovir inhibits HIV and herpes replication.

digest

superpope? No, i’m normal Girl, 7, mauled by dog pack

vATicAN ciTY: Pope Francis says it is ‘offensive’ to depict him as a celebrity. Francis, who now has a gossip magazine devoted to his life, said he was no ‘Superpope’. ‘The pope is a normal person,’ he said amid rumours he creeps out at night to feed the poor.

NEw zEALAND: A girl has suffered ‘critical’ injuries in an attack by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs. The seven-year-old, from Japan, was mauled as her family visited friends in the North Island town of Murupara. The dogs were put down and the owners may face legal action. The girl was a language school pupil.

and finally...

AusTRALiA: A wave-like cloud looms over Manly Beach in Sydney. The storm front was blown out to sea Picture: reuters

Protest at nuclear reactor swEDEN: Greenpeace activists yesterday climbed on top of a reactor at a nuclear power plant and unfurled a flag. They were held by guards at the facility in Oskarshamn and at least 13 were arrested by police for aggravated trespass. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority called it a ‘serious’ breach of security.

WINTICKETS TO EXCLUSIVELY with

UNPLUGGED D

GERMANY: A short trip to take the car for its NCT became a 20-hour journey for Matthias Werfel after he took a wrong turn. The 84-year-old was heading to the town of Bad Bocklet but ended up some 320km away in Hesse. Police put him on a train to get him home safely.

Bruni was the breadwinner FRANcE: Carla Bruni bemoaned having to ‘keep’ her much poorer husband, ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy. The 46-year-old (pictured) also lost a number of ‘lucrative’ modelling contracts when she became first lady, secret recordings from a former aide revealed.

12 METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

Mailbox

Email: Twitter:

mail@metroherald.ie Text: @metrohnews and Facebook: #metromailbox

*Please include a name and location. Texts cost €0.30 per message + standard network charges. SP. Oxygen8 Communications, 4th Floor, Malt House North, Grand Canal Quay, D2. Customer service number 0818286606

A time for us to speak out and a time for one reader to look out...

annah, seriously? Because keeping quiet regarding the abuse suffered by victims of the Church’s abuse really helped them, right? nope, keeping quiet only helps the monsters who abuse. Maybe with it being out in the open these children have a chance not to grow up blaming themselves but letting the blame rest with the monster who abused them. The media is correctly reflecting that secrecy is no longer acceptable in relation to child abuse and this is seen by society, and most importantly school children who may read Metro herald. I think this is positive for all abuse victims knowing they don’t have to stay quiet and ashamed. I say this as an abuse victim who never reported it due to the shame. D ■ hannah, even more upset than reading about those children’s ordeal is your letter. Those kids will have no stigma... they will have all kinds of problems later on when it comes to intimacy. I pity them and their future partners who will suffer. as one of the ‘one in four’, I

‘Mail’ to 53131* Facebook.com/ metroherald

was abused myself, at the lower end of the scale, while an ex was in the higher end of abuse. We have no stigma. We have scars and not just physical.... hard to see those girls as just a (shocking) number, one in four, now, no? One in four ■ a new study by the EU has found that one in three women over the age of 15 have suffered some sort of physical or sexual violence, from being pushed to more serious assaults. how about doing the same survey for men? I would bet my last euro that 100 per cent of men have been assaulted, but that doesn’t fit the social narrative of the EU who are trying to paint all women as saints and all men as monsters. Jesse ■ I need to upgrade my phone. Lately, I’ve noticed people with phones and tablets that allow them to use the device and see where they are going at the same time. If I attempted that with my existing phone I would look like a halfwit who is both a danger to myself and others. Must be a built-in camera or something... C Darwin

Quick pic

STEP BY STEP: Reader Paul Garry sent us this Escher-like picture he calls Daily Routine

gOOD On yA ● Thank you to the cyclist whose quick reactions made sure a nasty collision between he and I did not occur. Peripheral blindness ● To the nice man on the 5.30 train to Drogheda on Tuesday, thank you for letting me have the empty seat when that guy got off at Connolly. I’d had a horrible day and barely acknowledged you.

Very grateful grumpy girl

RAnDOM AcTs Of kinDnEss

TREnDing

#costofliving

● Dublin is the 21st most expensive city in the world – up 13 places from last year

journalist @colettebrown

● It looks like living in dear old Dublin just got dearer

journalist @conor_pope

Send your photos to pictures@ metroherald.ie with ‘Quick pic’ as the subject and we will print the best each day in the paper

yEH big RiDE ● To the dark brown-haired girl with the cream coat I see most mornings and evenings heading to and from Connolly station. Please look my way. Maybe we could connect. Onlooker ● To the guy who pulled his Garda badge at some kids hassling people on the Red Luas a few weeks ago, that was incredibly hot... and you are too N

yOuR RusH-HOuR cRusH @metrohnews #metromailbox

● Dublin is expensive. How expensive was it to shoot a movie in Trinity. But Ireland is gorgeous @KaifReal (actress Katrina Kaif) ● Govt need to halt this as soon as possible – competitiveness is imperative to start-up ecosystem @brendanredmond

Cant tihnk of what two wright aboute?

L.IE.CC.01.2014.0204

Can’t get your head together? Berocca Performance helps improve your daily mental and physical performance.

www.berocca.ie

Your daily high performance vitamin

Thursday, March 6, 2014 METRO HERALD

Ultimate Frogger Fearless frog hitches a lift across pool on the end of a crocodile’s snout

FOR fans of cult video game Frogger, hopping anywhere near a crocodile was a serious no-no. However, this audacious amphibian had clearly used a cheat code as he hitched a ride on a

rapacious reptile’s snout. The incredible scene was captured by photographer Fahmi Bhs in Jakarta, Indonesia. Having watched the croc devour one frog, the 39-year-old was stunned

to see a second hop on to its head as the jaws opened wide. ‘It looked as though the croc had eaten enough breakfast and just wanted to keep the frog as a little pet instead,’ Bhs said.

Girl who ‘didn’t like her parent’s rules’ moves out... but still demands €470 a week

‘Spoilt’ student sues her parents for cash by nicOLE LE MARiE

Cashing in: Rachel Canning smiles as she sues her parents REUTERS

A CHEERLEADER has failed in her first attempt to sue her parents and force them to pay for her education and living costs. Rachel Canning, who moved out of the family home because she didn’t like the rules, said they should use their income to give her €470 a week in child support. The 18-year-old also demanded they pay €4,400 owed to the private Catholic high school she attends. But the teenager – described as ‘spoilt’ by her weeping parents in court – lost her case because the judge believed it could start a ‘slippery slope’ of lawsuits from children who don’t get what they want. Judge Peter Bogaard said: ‘We have to ask ourselves, do we want to establish a precedent where parents live in fear of enforcing basic rules in their house?’ He added: ‘Are we going to open the gates for a 12-year-old to sue for an Xbox, a 13-year-old to sue for an iPhone… what about a 15-year-old asking for a 60-inch TV...’ Miss Canning, from New Jersey, began

Torn apart: Elizabeth and Sean Canning sob in court as their daughter demands immediate financial help legal action after claiming her parents, Sean and Elizabeth, had ‘abandoned her’. She said she developed bulimia because her mother called her ‘porky’ and accused her ex-policeman father of being a drunk who showed ‘inappropriate affection’. But during the trial, the judge read an expletive-laden voicemail the teenager had sent her mother, where she said: ‘I wanna s*** all over your face.’ Judge

Bogaard added: ‘Have you ever, in your experience, seen such gross disrespect for a parent? I don’t in my house.’ She insists her parents should still pay her college fees and another hearing will take place next month. Mr Canning says his daughter is welcome to return home. He said: ‘I’m dumbfounded and so is my wife. There’s minor chores and there’s curfews – but they are usually only after 11pm.’

14 METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

Life television Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

THE WALSHES RTÉ1, 10.15pM Penned by Graham Linehan (Father Ted, The IT Crowd) and five-man comedy troupe Diet Of Worms (who also star), The Walshes is a new three-part series charting the lives and loves of the titular family hailing from the west Dublin suburb of Strollinstown. With Linehan’s pedigree, let’s hope this is more Black Books than Mrs Brown’s Boys, though the portrayal of a working-class family where the adult children still live at home because of the recession may have you uncomfortably waiting for Brendan O’Carroll to walk in with a cackle. In this first episode, daughter Ciara finally agrees to bring her new boyfriend Graham round, hoping her relatives won’t be too embarrassing, but their track record suggests otherwise.

37 HourS BBC2, 9pM With the current stand-off in the Crimea perilously poised, this dramatised account of the escalation of events which led to World War I, screened over three consecutive nights, is underscored with contemporary relevance. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 looked at first as if it would pass off as a minor footnote in history. But as political posturing bruised egos and provoked threats of military action, the world began to spiral out of control. Nicholas Farrell and Ian McDiarmid lead an international cast – and Kaiser Wilhelm’s scornful words ‘Look at you, you’re all worried about Russia’, cast a long shadow.

JiGS ANd WiGS RTÉ1, 8.30pM This new six-part documentary series looks at the extreme and rapidly changing world of Irish dancing. The success of Riverdance 20 years ago has made what was once a dying dance style into a global art form, meaning there are now far more Irish dancers around the world than there are on our own fair isle. International influences have also changed the rule book, and this series looks at how Irish participants are handling the new landscape.

fiLm of THE dAy FANTASTIC MR FOX, FILM4, 7.15pM After films such as Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson fans must have been scratching their heads in confusion at the director’s decision to head a stop-startmotion animation of the Roald Dahl classic about an incorrigible fox. But while we are dealing with animated animals here, there are still touches of the director’s style, most notably in the background hues. George Clooney voices the fox who decides it is time to grow up and change his chicken-stealing ways for the sake of his wife and children, only to find the presence of three wicked farmers near his woodland home proves a challenge he cannot resist. Meryl Streep and Anderson stalwarts Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray co-star.

www.berocca.ie

Tune in with Berocca Performance every day. Your daily high performance vitamin

Berocca Performance - Sponsors of Breakfast Republic on 2fm.

L.IE.CC.02.2014.0224

Thursday, March 6, 2014 METRO HERALD

A design by sTellA MccArTney. PicTure: reuTers

Paris Fashion Week

KArl lAgerFeld A/W For chAnel PicTures: reuTers

A design by PAscAl MilleT. PicTure: ePA

The French capital bucked the usual trend â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by showcasing A/W collections that were actually practical. By Naomi Mdudu

16 METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

style

editorial@metroherald.ie to advertise, call 01 7055010

Warming up for next winter with layers we want to wear chriStiAn Dior

StellA MccArtney

Despite the media circus as paps waited for Rihanna outside the show venue, the clothes inside at Christian Dior were a subdued affair. Designer Raf Simons has made it his mission to create clothes that are relevant beyond the red carpet or a party, which this season saw him focus on masculine tailoring on a series of brightly coloured suits rather than dresses. Even Dior’s Bar jacket and dresses were given a modern, understated feeling, with corset lacing down the sides and along the hips.

Stella Mccartney knows how to make great knitwear, and her pyjama-like knits with elongated sleeves will surely go down well. Pragmatic, functional clothes have always been the bedrock of what Mccartney does and she made the point clear by sending the likes of cara Delevingne (pictured) and Joan Smalls dancing and galloping with ease down the runway in her flatform oxfords. But the collection wasn’t without a healthy dose of fun. it worked best on sweatshirts and outerwear fashioned with mountaineering rope along with fringed mini-dresses and tiedye items, rather than the gold zip designs that adorned separates.

SoniA rykiel

At Sonia rykiel, many of the knits had the word ‘moi’ emblazoned across the front. As playful as they looked, they touched on the new sentiment among designers: ‘real’ clothes with ‘real’ women in mind. the rest of the collection riffed on staples: cosy Mongolian fur outerwear, super-luxe camel knits and cashmere coats.

Viktor & rolf Whole exhibitions have been dedicated to celebrating the theatrics of the clothes and production at Viktor & Rolf shows but this season was its most tempered offering yet. The best pieces were the simplest, such as the grey cashmere knit dresses and loungewear-style separates the duo used to open the show.

BAlenciAgA

Alexander Wang started out in knitwear and, noticing a gap for it in Balenciaga’s portfolio, seized the opportunity to add it to show what he can bring to the table. Being the whizz that he is with fabric innovation, his knits came laminated with latex on outerwear and bonded on to the neckline and along the waists of leather dresses.

BAlMAin

Anthony VAccArello Anthony Vaccarello has carved a career out of making the kind of seductive thigh-grazing dresses that turn heads. Functionality, then, is not the first term that springs to mind to describe his clothes but even he made great strides to widen his vocabulary.

Admittedly, he’s not quite ready to give up the high hemlines – but what he did offer was a selection of killer outerwear, such as a patent red bomber, and a series of cool, warm biker jackets, all of which outshone the dresses.

Balmain looked the most refined it has in a long time and this season saw a greater focus on strong tailoring. Designer Olivier Rousteing offered excellent everyday separates such as a great pair of slinky cargo pants, super-luxe leather blousons and some of the most lust-worthy motorcycle jackets of the season. Overt sex appeal has been the

brand’s calling card for years but this season there was hardly any skin on show – ironic considering Rousteing’s muse, Rihanna, arrived at the label’s after-show party, décolletage on show. Necklines were high, skirts came with opaque tights and outerwear came fastened to the top.

Oasis spring/summer

Thursday, March 6, 2014 METRO HERALD

On OuR RADAR TRENCH TEASE

Keep out the spring chill with this trench from H&M (pictured, €49.95)

PRE-LOVED BRIDALWEAR

Brides-to-be have been known to travel far and wide to find the perfect ed dress, and getting married an on a budget doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice style. Receptions Pre-Loved Bridal Wear has now opened in Clonmel, Co Tipperary. The store has an array of gowns, including Augusta Jones, Maggie Sottero and Kathyy de Stafford, and proprietor Suzan Connors reckons they have something ‘to suit every budget, shape, age, skin-tone and style’. Prices start from €300. Visit the Receptions PreeLoved Bridal idal Wear Facebook page for further details.

CIRCULAR SENSATION

That floral feeling (clockwise from left): Marble jacquard tee, €56, marble jacquard pencil skirt, €62, marble jacquard coat €106 and shell necklace, €28; Oriental aviary jumpsuit, €85, and

gold drop necklace, €17 Yellow Palm Beach shorts, €40, pink Palm Beach top, €40, gold shell necklace, €17; Daisy jacquard top, €47, daisy jacquard

Tackle under-eye circles with the new No7 Beautiful Skin Dark Circle Corrector (pictured, €17.50). It promises to reduce dark circles in two week weeks and to de-puff tired eyes in an instant. Available in Boots.

skirt, €60 and daisy jacquard spring coat, €106

TRAIL BLAZERS

Tropical forest blazer, €88, tropical forest shorts, €44, and tropical forest tee, €33

Brighten up your wardrobe with this blazer from River Island (pictured, €75).

pictures: photocall

GROOMInG SOS Declan Leavy tackles men’s grooming woes It’s an obvious cliché, but the eyes really are the windows to the soul. If you’re stressed or tired, the first place it will show is around the eyes. To slow down ageing around the eyes, you must use an eye treatment product, simples. Here’s my selection... My main concern with the skin around my eyes is puffy bags, which is why I swear by Clinique Skin Supplies For Men’s Anti Fatigue Cooling Eye Gel. Formulated to refresh, brighten and hydrate tired-looking eyes, and featuring a handy roll-on applicator, I store it in the fridge for extra co cooling benefits. €29 Clinique counters €29.50, Another product I swear by is Dermalogica’s UltraSmoothing Eye Serum, which minimises fine lines and wrinkles, hydrates and helps reverse premature ageing. The gentle formula was designed not to trigger

sensitivity in the delicate eye area. €42, Dermalogica salons Packed with organic oils and a host of fine-line-fighting ingredients, Lush Enchanted Eye Cream has long been a staple of my skincare collection. I swear by it for fighting off the dreaded crow’s feet. €16.85, Lush stores Great for tired-looking eyes, Clarins Men Anti-Fatigue Eye Serum is a non-greasy serum that promises to reduce puffiness and dark circles, smooth wrinkles and tighten the eye contours. Big claims indeed. My findings? It’s a great product for treating puffiness and minimising crow’s feet. €36.50, Clarins counters Most eye products promise to reduce fine lines and bags, but dark circles are a

Legends of Music and Song

problem for many, and much harder to get rid of. The Dr Andrew Weil For Origins Mega-Bright Dark Circle Minimizer is clinically proven to help correct the appearance of dark circles, strengthen the appearance of shadowy skin, and instantly brighten the under eye area. €46, Origins counters No7 Men’s Protect & Perfect Moisturising Eye Cream was formulated to help hydrate and strengthen the thin skin around the eyes. The key ingredient here is a brightening complex, which gives tired-looking eyes an instant boost – perfect for dark circles. €19.50, Boots Expert Tip: Store eye creams, gels, lotions and serums in the fridge for extra cooling benefits

Saturday 5th April Management: Joe McCadden 01 821 1998 / 087 257 9019 mccaddenjoe@gmail.com

www.ticketmaster.ie

0818 719 300

thefureys.com

18 METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

puzzles

METROSCOPE by Patrick Arundell

NEMI by Lise

Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20

The Sun in Pisces suggests it could be beneficial to go with the flow despite Mars and Saturn continuing to rewind causing potential frustrations. A lack of resistance might mean you’re able to progress in certain areas and almost melt through obstacles.

ahead with a project, yet might feel complacent about doing so. Doubt could cause you to reconsider but rather than doing nothing, think about making a start.

Taurus Apr 21 – May 21

scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22

For your forecast, call 15609 114 70

Perhaps you feel a need to review certain relationships, especially after recent events. Yet doing so could give a fresh perspective on what keeps you together. Jupiter also turns direct, so easier conversations go hand in hand with an enquiring mind.

Jupiter’s forward motion can encourage you to venture out of your comfort zone. Yet, ironically, with Venus having moved into the foundation area of your situation, your abode, family and familiarity, can seem most attractive.

Gemini May 22 – Jun 21

sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 21

For your forecast, call 15609 114 72

For your forecast, call 15609 114 78

For your forecast, call 15609 114 71

METROKU Easy, Moderate and Challenging. For solutions, visit Metro.co.uk/metroku

If fortunes have been mixed regarding finances, you may see an upswing from today, as Jupiter inches forward after a long retrograde phase. If your efforts seem to have come to very little, you could begin to see improvements.

Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23

You might find that efforts you’ve put in now bear fruit – or that you have the confidence to get started on a project or a relationship you’ve been mulling over. A desire for progress can be the catalyst for action.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 73

Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

A communication blip could cause a misunderstanding, which might be avoided if you’re willing to be flexible. Hanging on to an idea for all it’s worth may delay things, whereas compromise and negotiation could make for an easier day.

PEARLs BEFORE swINE

For your forecast, call 15609 114 76

For your forecast, call 15609 114 74

Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23

Connecting with others for work and pleasure may hasten positive results. Over the days or weeks ahead, someone can throw the full weight of their support behind you, helping you to succeed with a goal that might not have been possible otherwise. For your forecast, call 15609 114 75

Libra Sep 24 – Oct 23

You now have a green light to push

For your forecast, call 15609 114 77

Efforts you have made to improve the material basis of your life can now come to fruition. In your zone of shared assets, your ruler Jupiter brings further chances to pool resources and benefit from shared experience.

Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20

Today’s Moon Saturn connection hints that a relationship may cool for a while. Trust issues may be part of this. But if you keep the lines of communication open, a resolution is possible. People who provide support can become more obvious. For your forecast, call 15609 114 79

Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19

You might want to reach out to others, reconnect with old friends and make a few new ones too. Plus, your feelings for someone might be enhanced. Whether a pal or love interest, you could find being in their company an exhilarating experience. For your forecast, call 15609 114 80

Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20

If a friendship, romance or creative project has been on hold, things might pick up as enthusiasm is enhanced. Yet, ironically, with Venus in your hidden zone, one tie which has faltered maybe reaching make or break. For your forecast, call 15609 114 81

ACROSS 7. Absolutely necessary (13) 8. Give out (8) 9. Space (4) 10. Fondle (6) 12. Aptitude (6) 14. Alcove (6) 16. Distant (6) 18. Fashionable (4) 20. Demonstrative (8) 22. Impartial (13)

DOWN 1. Point out (8) 2. Uncomplicated (6) 3. Frank (4) 4. Forefather (8) 5. Cask (6) 6. Too (4) 11. Uneasy certainty (8) 13. Birth of Christ (8) 15. Get free (6) 17. Meditation (6) 19. Greet (4) 21. Just (4)

Yesterday’s Solutions Across: 1 Lass; 8 Triumphant; 9 Complete; 10 Seep; 12 Artist; 14 Evince; 15 Static; 17 Treble; 18 Scar; 19 Maneater; 21 Felicitous; 22 Over. Down: 2 Autocratic; 3 Stop; 4 Divest; 5 Impede; 6 Chastise; 7 Step; 11 Excellence; 13 Intermix; 16 Commit; 17 Tendon; 18 Sift; 20 Also.

Astrology calls cost 1.27 euros per min from a BT landline. Live Services cost 2.40 euros per minute. Calls from mobiles/other networks may cost more. Callers must be 18 or over to use this service and have the bill payers permission. For entertainment purposes only. All calls are recorded. PhonePayPlus regulated(ComReg in ROI) UK SP: StreamLive Ltd, NR7 0HR, 08700 234 567. ROI SP:Moveda, 1 Courtyard Business Park, Orchard Lane, Blackrock, Co Dublin, 0818 241 398

ENIGMA Graceless, Aimless, Feckless and Pointless formed a famous band, Of beasts in Stella Gibbons’ tome. But what kind? Guess, till they come home.

QuIz

Crossword No. 928 See next edition for solutions

WHO AM I? An author, I was born in Redhill, Surrey in 1957. I worked as a teacher and freelance journalist after university. I made my name with the book Fever Pitch. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN?

WHO… in the British royal family has the middle names Elizabeth Alice Louise? WHAT... was Walter Lantz’s most famous flying cartoon creation? WHERE... in Africa is Abuja? WHEN... was Scottish hero William Wallace defeated by Edward I?

QUIZ ANSWERS: ENIGMA: Cows. WHO AM I? Nick Hornby. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? Princess Anne; Woody Woodpecker; Nigeria; 1298.

QUICK CROsswORd

For a live one-to-one consultation with one of my gifted psychics, call 15809 113 68 or 1800 719 688 to book using credit card

L.IE.CC.01.2014.0204

Puzzled? www.berocca.ie Your daily high performance vitamin

books

Thursday, March 6, 2014 METRO HERALD

features@metroherald.ie to advertise, call 01 7055010

Emotional shock and awe Lorrie Moore’s latest collection may be light on new work but it still hits hard. By Anthony Cummins

TAkE 3 short storiEs Selected StorieS

by Mavis Gallant (Bloomsbury) Canadian writer Gallant, who died in Paris last month, published more than 100 stories in The New Yorker magazine, with a focus on city life and refugees from Europe’s wars.

tenth of december

by George Saunders (Bloomsbury) Shortlisted for the new Folio Prize, these surreal tales from 2013 feature prisoners forced to trial psychoactive drugs and a family who use trafficked women as garden ornaments.

bark by lorrie moore Faber HHHII

T 57, US author Lorrie Moore has little to prove, with a haul of prizes and an audience hooked on her tales of smart Midwesterners blindsided by heartache, illness and grief. It’s been 15 years since her last collection Birds Of America was published so there’s been a buzz about Bark. Alas, only half its stories date from the current decade and all but one of the rest appeared previously in her 2008 Collected Stories. Fans may frown but for new readers it still offers a strong sampler of Moore’s megawatt talent. For a start, there’s her dialogue. ‘As a feminist you mustn’t blame the other woman,’ someone is told when her husband leaves her.

the houSe on parkgate Street

‘As a feminist I request that you no longer speak to me,’ she replies. Nervy characters keep us on our toes: a woman splats a cream pie in her own face; someone else dumps her lover over the phone only to announce it’s an April Fool. Moore’s emotional observations are persuasive

sHELfspAcE also out the free by Willy Vlautin HHHHI faber What does it mean to be free and how do we achieve true liberty? It’s a question resounding throughout Willy Vlautin’s excellent fourth novel, and one that faces Leroy, a young Iraq veteran whose life imploded aged

24 when a roadside bomb destroyed the vehicle he was in, leaving him with brain trauma and broken arms. Vlautin, who launched the book in Dublin last month, is also a musician and a musicality informs the rhythmic prose, even as it speaks of the chaos of life. Vlautin’s great achievements are the moments of intense light he blends into this brave, dark story. Siobhan Murphy

Open book i feel extremely fortunate for having grown up in ‘the industry’. Yet, I also know the reality – that it is a business and includes exposing a part of your inner self to the world and in many cases this being rejected. For this reason, it remains one of the toughest yet most exciting industries to be part of. i am extremely proud of my irish-italian roots. For a small nation, we seem to have worldwide impact via our music, movies, art and business. With this in mind, I felt my main character Alanna had to reflect Irish talents. i create my characters as fictional but in some cases i like to use names of

– a mother feels so lonely that at airport security she opts for ‘the patdowns and the wandings rather than the scanning machine’. Behind everything, there’s a throbbing cynicism which gives Bark its rich texture but what weakens the book is Moore’s recent preoccupation

with news. One story dramatises arguments for and against Barack Obama during his first run for US presidency in 2008. Several stories gesture to 9/11 and its aftermath, but it’s not clear why Moore wants this context for the emotional drama she specialises in.

reckless by William nicholson HHHHI Quercus The recklessness of countries and individuals fills this gripping novel but William Nicholson skilfully depicts it with a carefully crafted style. This is a fastpaced, cinematic-style narrative, for Nicholson is also an award-winning playwright and has scripted movies including Les

Misérables and Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. The effects of World War II on the minutiae of lives are vividly evoked. Nicholson powerfully conjures up the sense of separation that lingers even in the midst of the crowd. Anita Sethi on Such a full Sea by chang-rae lee HHHHI little brown From Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

Natasha Rocca Devine, daughter of Michelle rocca and step-daughter of Van Morrison, talks about our lives online in her debut novel the industry

people i love or have been influenced by. Carlton comes from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air who I adored. Jack is my late grandfather and Alanna is my niece. I have had some people ask if they are mentioned to which I respond, ‘don’t worry, I will leave you for my autobiography’, which leaves them speechless. i thought it was essential to include twitter, blogs, Whatsapp, evernote, Spotify, Youtube in the industry as it is reflective of the world around us. With our lives being lived very much online, I wanted to show my readers the positive and negatives of the medium and remind them to always carefully consider their

words before they share their personal life with the world.

i love movies and midway through my writing i sketched the characters and created a file of images of known actors who i would cast for the industry. For Alanna, although there would be an endless number of talented known actresses who would fit the bill, Scarlett Johansson would have to be my ideal preference. The Industry is out now Photo: anthony Woods

by Christine Dwyer Hickey (New Island) A masterclass in subtlety, Christine Dwyer Hickey’s recently published collection of Dublin-set tales never strikes a duff note. Rich and bewitching, they’re set across various decades and locales.

to recent novels by Dave Eggers and Margaret Atwood, dystopia has become a popular destination for literary novelists. This near-future story eschews sledgehammer satire in favour of a 16-yearold’s quixotic quest for her boyfriend. Fan’s journey through lawless lands is tense and thrilling. Perhaps the viral videos and hoodies feel too familiar. But Lee’s a fine stylist and, his writing makes you reappraise our existing hierarchies. Andre Paine

cOMpETiTiOn to celebrate World book day, metro life, in association with Wordwell ltd, is giving away three annual subscriptions (six editions per year) to the newly revamped literary journal books ireland. For your chance to win, just answer the question below and text life followed by your full answer, email address and name to 53133 (texts cost €0.60 + standard network charge). Q John banville won the booker prize for which novel? a the Sea b the book of evidence Terms & Conditions: The competition closes at noon today. The winner(s) will be chosen at random from the entries received and notified by email. Entrants must be over 18 years of age. Usual Metro Herald rules apply. The editor’s decision is final. By entering this competition you agree to sign up to the Metro Herald promotions list – to opt out text NOMETRO to 51155. SP. Oxygen8, 4th Floor, Malt House North, Grand Canal Quay D2. Customer service number: 0818 286 606.

20 METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

spORT DigEsT Noble to step back and focus on career

cycling

TRiATHLOn

Ireland’s first male triathlete at the Olympics, Gavin Noble is to step back from ITU racing this season as he pursues a career with Specialized Bicycles. Gavin (pictured) has been racing triathlons for 15 years and has held Ulster and Irish Championship Titles over every distance from schools to senior level during. On the international stage, he paved the way for Irish athletes and has an impressive list of results on his elite resume, including British Youth Champion, European Cup Winner, 7th in European Cup Standings, twice Commonwealth Games representative, an Ironman 70.3 win in 2013 and 23rd in the London Olympics.

Colsaerts eager to rediscover form gOLf Ryder Cup star Nicolas Colsaerts is looking to get back on track after dropping out of the top 100. The bighitting 33-year-old has made just two cuts in four events on the PGA Tour but is looking to halt his decline at this week’s Puerto Rico Open. While the world’s top players battle it out in the WGC-Cadillac Championships at Doral, Colsaerts is playing at the Trump International Golf Course in Rio Grande. He is looking to address consistency issues, having gone under 70 just five times in 17 competitive rounds this season. ‘I must admit, this is a little frustrating,’ the Belgian said.

Buttner favourite for her sixth title cROsscOunTRy The

Aviva Irish Schools’ Championships takes place in Cork CIT this Saturday. This annual fixture is the culmination of six weeks of competition for the country’s best young schools’ athletes. Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (pictured), of Colaiste Iosagain, and Aaron Hanlon (St Mary’s Drogheda) will start as favourites’ in their respective senior races after emphatic victories at the Aviva Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships in Santry, Demesne last month. Cleirigh Buttner will target an historic sixth straight schools title in what has been an outstanding schools cross country career.

Ferrari boss’s shock AuTO Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has admitted being in shock at the plight of friend Michael Schumacher. The seven-times F1 world champion has been in a coma since a grisly skiing accident in December. Di Montezemolo, who developed an affinity with Schumacher during the 45-yearold’s 11 seasons with Ferrari said: ‘What’s happened to him was a real shock to me, after all the events we shared, and a great affection still remains.

Chain reaction: (from left) Sean Downey, Ryan Mullen, Marcus Christie and Jack Wilson at the 2014 team launch in Tielt, Belgium

KELLy’s HEROEs ALL sET TO gO fuLL TiELT THE line-up for the 2014 An Post-sponsored Sean Kelly Cycling team sees six new signings among the 16-man squad. The team secured their best ever season on the UCI European Tour last year, culminating in Waterford’s Sam Bennett making the well deserved jump up to Pro Continental level with German outfit Team Netapp-Endura. The An Post team will once again have a strong Irish contingent with young riders Marcus Christie, Ryan Mullen and Conor Dunne joining Jack Wilson and Sean Downey. It’s been an encouraging start to the season already for the team and in particular from the new Irish signings.

National U-23 Time Trial Champion Mullen has just returned from an impressive debut at the World Track Championships in Colombia where he narrowly missed out on bronze in the individual pursuit. At the Etoile de Bessege in France last month Dunne played a key part in Christie’s outstanding display, bagging a sixth-place finish on the opening stage and wore the best young rider jersey after day two. Hopeful that another rider can follow in the footsteps of Bennett in to the Pro Tour ranks, team manager Kurt Bogaerts said: ‘The overall balance to the team is good and I am very excited about what the season will bring.’

Kelly: Team can better last year

scott eyes up rankings summit as Tiger sleeps golf

Great Scott: Adam Scott will look to capitalise on Tiger Woods’s recent back problems when the pair go toe to toe in Doral picture: inpho

by jOsEpH byRnE AustrAliAn Adam scott could replace tiger Woods as world no.1 this week, and with his us rival’s fitness a matter for debate there may be no better moment to do so. Woods pulled out of last week’s Honda Classic 13 holes into his final round after back spasms but following treatment he insists he is ready to compete in the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral. However, the 38-year-old’s assertions over his fitness were questioned when he said he only planned to walk the Blue Monster course to chip and putt and not play a full round. in the past that may have been acceptable for a man who has been victorious four times at this venue and won the tournament on seven occasions but this year the course has been extensively remodelled and even Woods accepts he has ‘no idea about what that golf course holds out there’. Of greater concern to him will be his fitness for four days of competition, with his participation seemingly in doubt when he walked out of the Honda Classic on sunday.

‘i couldn’t twist any more. i didn’t know what was coming and it got to a point where i was doing more harm than good,’ he told his pre-tournament press conference. ‘it’s been a long couple of days of treatment, non-stop, but my treatments have been fantastic. scott needs to win and hope Woods finishes outside the top ten if he wants to become the first Australian to top the world rankings since Greg norman, who held it for 331 weeks. ‘i’ve said the whole time i wouldn’t really think about it when it came to this and it’s impossible not to think about it,’ said the 33-year-old Masters champion, who has been drawn alongside Woods and world no.3 Henrik stenson. ‘if you look at stats and numbers there’s no reason why i’m just going to roll out and win this week but there’s great motivation for me to do that. ‘i don’t know how tiger feels about it but it’s obviously a position he’s pretty comfortable with for a long time throughout his career, and i can assure you from knowing him just a little bit it’s a position he probably wouldn’t want to give up.’

rugby six nations

Thursday, March 6, 2014 METRO HERALD

Kearney’s dry try patch all part of wingers club by DAnny HOgAn Doyle: 6 Nations win within reach

TRY-SCORING chances may have been thin on the ground but it hasn’t stopped Leinster winger Dave Kearney making a strong showing so far in his debut RBS 6 Nations. Although Ulster’s Andrew Trimble managed to breach the Scottish line over on the far wing, Kearney remains tryless after three starts in Ireland’s Six Nations journey this year. A Joe Launchbury ankle tap was all it took to bring a halt to one of the Dundalk man’s jinking dashes in the dying minutes of Ireland’s defeat to England in Twickenham. That attack looked excruciatingly promising and could have put Ireland in the driving seat for a Grand Slam. While confident with his form in the tournament so far, Kearney is all too aware of the return to form and fitness of Tommy Bowe and Simon Zebo – named this week in Joe Schmidt’s training squad – and how that effects competition for places. ‘The back three in general haven’t got a whole amount of ball to work off, especially out wide. And when we are in a bit of space it has all been pretty tight,’ Kearney said. ‘But, yeah, I have been pretty happy on a personal level with the distances covered and yards made. I just think that if we can get a bit more ball wide, where the back three players will have a bit more space to work with, it would be good. ‘I didn’t see him (Launchbury) at all. I was just focusing on beating (Mike) Brown on the inside and then, yeah, fair play to him, he made a big long dive and a long arm to get the tap tackle.’ Still sore from their last-gasp defeat to Scotland, Italy arrive at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday hoping to de-rail Ireland’s desperate bid to clinch its first Six Nations title since 2009. The Azzurri will be targeting the Irish game before hosting England in Rome a week later. Duncan Weir’s dramatic late drop goal denied Jacques Brunel’s side a win against Scotland in Rome. Team manager Gino Troiani insisted that his team are keen to avenge that loss. ‘The week off has served us to dispose of anger, to reflect on our mistakes and the reason for the defeat against Scotland,’ he said. ‘We are aware that we are faced with two challenging games. ‘We are focused, but without the anguish of pressure. Brunel? He still has not completely disposed of (it), that defeat was hard to accept.’

Women will need to be ‘clinical’ to defeat Italy

Try, try again: Leinster winger Dave Kearney remains happy with his form thus far in the Six Nations championship, despite remaining tryless after three starts PIcture: InPho

Bristol calling for Leinster pair

Bristol cream: Jack O’Connell and Darren Hudson are off the UK PIcture: InPho

leinster duo Jack O’Connell and darren Hudson have both signed deals to Bristol rugby for the 2014/2015 season, the province revealed. Coach Matt O’Connor confirmed the news yesterday morning and wished both players well. ‘Both Jack and darren are two young players that I have the utmost respect and time for. They have been model professionals and I cannot speak highly enough

leinster

of them. Bristol are getting two fine rugby players. ‘The reality is however that we have great strength in depth at leinster across the back three and in the front row and the guys need game time to kick on to that next level and this is a wonderful opportunity for them both. Jack and darren already have plenty of B&I Cup experience but we have seen

at first hand over the last few weeks just how capable they both are and how effortlessly they have stepped into the first team at leinster. ‘darren has contributed handsomely with two recent bonus-point tries and Jack for his part has also made an impact when needed in the front row but we have to be fair to the two players as well and this is an opportunity that is too good for them to turn down.

Ireland Women head coach Philip doyle has called on his side to keep the defence of their Women’s Six nations title alive when they make their aviva Stadium debut on Saturday against Italy. doyle’s side suffered their first defeat of the Championship last time out to england, ensuring there would be no successful defence of their Grand Slam. But with victories in their two previous matches, Ireland will remain within touching distance of current leaders France, provided they defeat Italy. doyle has made three changes to his side with centre Grace davitt coming in for Jenny Murphy to win her 50th cap and amy davis replacing larissa Muldoon at scrum-half. Both Murphy and Muldoon take places among the replacements. In the forwards, Gillian Bourke switches from hooker to tighthead with Stacey-lea Kennedy slotting in at no.2 and ailish egan making way and lining up among the replacements. ‘The team put in a strong performance against england at Twickenham and we are very much still in the hunt for the Championship,’ said doyle. ‘Italy pushed us all the way last year in the final game of the tournament so we will not be taking them lightly and will need to put in a clinical performance to ensure that we secure victory in our first outing at the aviva Stadium.’

iRELAnDTEAM

15. Niamh Briggs 14. Ashleigh Baxter 13. Lynne Cantwell 12. Grace Davitt 11. Alison Miller 10. Nora Stapleton 9. Amy Davis 1. Fiona Coghlan 2. Stacey-Lea Kennedy 3. Gillian Bourke 4. Sophie Spence 5. MarieLouise Reilly 6. Siobhan Fleming 7. Claire Molloy 8. Heather O’ Brien Replacements: 16. Ailis Egan 17. Fiona Hayes 18. Kerrie-Ann Craddock 19. Paula Fitzpatrick 20. Larrissa Muldoon 21. Hannah Casey 22. Jenny Murphy 23. Jackie Shiels

22 METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

fOOTbALL DigEsT Nemanja Vidic goes his merry Serie A INTER Milan have confirmed Manchester United centre-back Nemanja Vidic has agreed to join them this summer. The Serbian (right), a rock in United’s defence since 2006, announced earlier this month he would leave Old Trafford at the end of the season, and it was no secret the 32year-old was in talks with the fallen Italian giants. Inter president Erick Thohir said: ‘He will be another pillar for the construction of a great Inter.’

football

filip it: O’Neill’s iNTERNATiONAL

REP OF IRElAND.................1 SERBIA..................................2 by RyAN bAiLEy

Scholes angry at FA over Adams ban STOKE chief executive Tony Scholes has accused the Football Association of double-standards after midfielder Charlie Adam was banned for three matches. The Scotland international was found guilty of violent conduct after his stamp on Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud during Saturday’s 1-0 win at the Britannia Stadium was missed by referee Mike Jones but picked up by TV footage. Stoke contested the decision but an independent panel upheld it. ‘How can the FA possibly justify this in the light of recent incidents which were far worse at other clubs?’ Scholes said.

237 Clubs involved in this season’s Champions League and Europa League will have to pass Uefa’s ‘break-even’ rule for next year’s competitions. Clubs like Liverpool, not in Europe this season but on course to qualify for next term, will not be assessed McCann: Rejected bids helped Hoops FERGUS McCann claims his Celtic revolution may never have come about had his original bid for change at Parkhead been accepted. It’s 20 years since the ScotsCanadian businessman’s rescue deal saved the Hoops from receivership. But it all could have been so different. After McCann’s proposal was knocked back in 1989, he returned in 1994 to oust the board before rebuilding Celtic Park into a 60,000-all-seater arena and bankroll the squad which eventually won the club’s first Scottish title in a decade. McCann told the Celtic View: ‘The original offer was a £6million loan to fund a 16,000-seat stand on the north side. In hindsight, this would probably have not worked well.’ Now the man whose intervention helped halt Rangers’ bid for 10-in-a-row says he would be happy to go back to being a regular fan.

Foot perfect: Filip Dordevic scores their second goal of the game at the Aviva

pIcture: Inpho

Shane Long passed up an opportunity to prove he could succeed Robbie Keane as Serbia came from behind for a 2-1 win and condemned Republic of Ireland manager Martin o’neill to a first defeat. The 27-year-old hull striker marked his 44th senior international cap with his 11th goal for Ireland in record goalscorer Keane’s absence, but should really have been leaving the aviva Stadium with the match ball. Long capitalised on an uncharacteristic eighth-minute error by Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic to give the home side a deserved lead, but then passed up two glorious opportunities to add to his tally with playmaker Wes hoolahan terrorising the visitors’ defence. Long twice shot straight at keeper Vladimir Stojkovic on the half-hour and then fired harmlessly wide eight minutes after the restart to let Serbia off the hook, and they were to take full advantage. Ljubinko Drulovic’s men had levelled three minutes into the second half when Ireland midfielder James McCarthy bundled the ball into his own net with his defence in tatters. But there was worse to come for the home side on the hour when striker Filip Dordevic found himself in the right place at the right time to win it from close range. If Ireland boss Martin o’neill wasn’t fully aware of the stiff task that lies ahead, then last night’s underwhelming 2-1 reversal to a tolerable Serbian side was a harrowing indication of the drudgery that awaits but the 62-year-old insisted there were plenty of positives to be taken from his first defeat in charge. o’neill, however, was focusing on the promising first-half performance, during which the hosts outmuscled their betterranked opponents. ‘I was pleased with a lot of aspects of the game. We started off very, very brightly and we had a goal disallowed. Then we got a really good goal,’ o’neill said. ‘We could have made it 2-0 and at this level, that would have been big for us.’ ‘We probably started a little hesitantly in the second half but we had good moments

Ireland Women come close to victory over Kiwis The Republic of Ireland Women’s national team came within three minutes of taking a massive scalp at the Cyprus Cup yesterday in Paralimni, but in the end had to settle for a share of the spoils against New Zealand who are ranked 17 places higher in the Fifa World Rankings. After a scoreless first half, Sue Ronan’s side took the lead in the 64th minute when Peamount United’s Áine O’Gorman rose

above the New Zealand defence to head home a cross from half-time substitute Siobhán Killeen who was making her senior debut. The Irish went within three minutes of securing a famous victory but were caught out in the 87th minute when hannah Wilkinson rose highest to meet a long ball into the box and headed home the equaliser to save the Kiwis’ blushes. ‘It was a great performance and

if we had held on it would have been the biggest result in the history of the international women’s team,’ said manager Ronan afterwards. ‘What made it even more impressive was that they played their strongest available team from the start which was a real compliment to us,’ she added. Ireland’s next game will be tomorrow against South Korea and Switzerland on Monday.

O’Gorman: Header home

24 METRO HERALD Thursday, March 6, 2014

WINNER 3 ACADEMY AWARDS ®

INCLUDING

BEST ACTOR

MATTHEW MC CONAUGHEY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR JARED LETO

M AT T H E W M c C O N A U G H E Y

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB JENNifER GARNER

AND

J A R E D L E T O 16

www.ifco.ie

“WiLDLY ENTERTAiNiNG” “TRULY UNfORGETTABLE” THE SUN

ENTERTAiNMENT.iE

THE iNDEpENDENT

GRAziA

RTE 2

NEWSTALk

“YOU MUST SEE THiS fiLM” ATTiTUDE

THE GUARDiAN

THE TiMES

DAiLY TELEGRApH

GRAziA

DAiLY ExpRESS

METRO

GLAMOUR

DON’T MiSS THE YEAR’S BEST pERfORMANCES

iN CiNEMAS NOW