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A DRUG addict who used a boxcutter blade to rob three schoolchildren of their smartphones has received a five-year prison sentence. Robert Kinlan, 27, was on bail on the evening of April 23, 2013, when he encountered the young teenagers walking home. He told them to stand up against a wall and threatened to cut them with the blade if they didn’t hand over their phones. The youngest victim, a then 14year-old girl, began to shake with fear and was close to tears. She told gardaí afterwards that she was never as scared in her life and she is still undergoing counselling sessions. A second victim, then 16, said there isn’t a day goes by that he doesn’t think about the robbery. Kinlan, of Ballygall Parade, Finglas, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbery

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and attempted robbery at Glasaree Road and Finglas Place, both in Finglas. He was charged with production of an offensive weapon relating to the robberies and these charges were taken into consideration. His 40 previous convictions include five robberies, two of attempted robbery and two thefts. In 2013 he received a four-year prison sentence for another robbery offence. Judge Mary Ellen Ring said young people who have high value phones are now a vulnerable target for people like Kinlan and the court cannot overlook that. She said despite evidence that Kinlan was intoxicated, he was ‘cute enough’ to ask the victims to take the batteries and SIM cards out of their phones so he would not be tracked and followed.

He asked victims to take SIMs out

UKRAINE COUNT ON ME: Former world heavyweight boxing champion turned politician Vitali Klitschko shakes hands with Irish boxer turned Fine Gael local election candidate Kenneth Egan at the Convention Centre. Klitschko was in Dublin along with interim Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatsenyuk and freed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as the centre right European People’s Party held day one of its two-day congress. Docklands traffic was chaotic for most of the day as delegates and proUkrainian protesters gathered, and there were later three arrests after anti-austerity protesters and gardaí clashed. Ukraine: P5 PA

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Ireland’s new Fine Gael-Labour coalition has promised to dive straight into the task of pulling the country back from the brink, with a renegotiation of the EU/IMF deal among its first priorities. The parties struck the partnership deal after six days of talks.

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Beauty on the banks of Brazil...

THEY live in a forest so remote that their fellow citizens have rarely set eyes on them. On the banks of the Amazon, surrounded by tropical wildlife, the Dessana tribe seem a world away from the Brazil of this summer’s World Cup. The only way to reach them is by boat – a journey taken by Australian photographer David Lazar nearly 5,000km from Rio de Janeiro. Mr Lazar captured alluring images of children playing, a bond of love between a family group and a boy with striking green eyes. ‘They were such a peaceful and friendly people,’ said the 30-year-old. ‘The chief wears traditional face paint,

Family ties (clockwise from far right): A young child of the Dessana tribe is kissed by his mother and grandmother; a girl holds a relaxed pose for the photographer; children pose in blue head dresses made from a macaw bird, worn to mark the identities of different tribal groups; and a Dessana boy looks striking in his tribal face paint. David Lazar visited two of the remote Amazon villages to take his pictures Pictures: NNP

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a full feather headdress, and his smile shows the warmth and happiness of the peaceful tribe. ‘You can see from the picture of the mother, grandmother and baby together how family and community play an important role in the raising of an Amazonian child.’ Now Mr Lazar is hoping his photographs will show there is more to Brazil than hosting the World Cup or the 2016 Olympics. ‘It is such an amazing and vast country,’ he said. ‘The cities and beaches are all great but there is another Brazil that needs to be seen.’

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Pharma group to cut 160 jobs

SOME 160 jobs are to go at pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb, 130 with the closure of its Cruiserath facility in Dublin 15 and 30 redundancies at its Swords manufacturing plant. Siptu, which represents more than 100 workers in Swords Laboratories, has called an urgent meeting with BristolMyers Squibb management. Union organiser Michelle Quinn said: ‘We are led to believe that these redundancies will be voluntary.’

6 eateries shut over breaches THE Town Bar and Grill on Kildare St was one of six Dublin eateries made close last month for food safety breaches. Kebabish Original on Richmond Street South, Bu Ali Tandoori on Clanbrassil Street Lower and the first floor kitchen at the Village Inn public house on Church Street in Finglas as well as Town Bar and Grill were closed under Food Safety Authority of Ireland rules. Meanwhile, two closed under EC legislation. All have since reopened.

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IRELAND striker Anthony Stokes has been charged with assault. Dubliner Stokes, 25, is accused of assaulting an Elvis impersonator, 42year-old Anthony Bradley, at a nightclub in the capital last year. Dublin District Court heard the Glasgow Celtic player, with an address at Bellhaven Terrace, Glasgow, was arrested by arrangement yesterday afternoon. The alleged incident happened at Buck Whaley’s nightclub on Leeson Street in the capital on June 8 last year, a number of hours after an international game between Ireland and the Faroe Islands in Dublin’s Aviva stadium. Mr Bradley was treated for a suspected broken nose and chipped teeth following an altercation at the club. Stokes was first arrested and questioned about the allegations last August. Garda Noel Gibbons, of Pearse

Co-operated: Stokes Street Garda station, gave evidence at the brief hearing of the arrest, charge and caution. Stokes made no reply to the charge, the officer told the court. The garda officer agreed with Stokes’s solicitor Michael Staines that the footballer had co-operated with the arrest and charge. Judge Michael Walsh remanded Stokes on bail, with no conditions, on his own bond of €1,000. He has been ordered to appear again before the court on May 29. Judge Walsh asked Stokes to hand over details of his mobile phone to prosecuting authorities.

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Yes minister, you’re a ‘so gay lover...’

Scuttled: The decommissioned Russian boat Ochakov lies on its side, blocking five Ukrainian navy ships in a harbour in Myrnyi, western Crimea Picture: AP

MUDDLED subtitles on live TV called Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov ‘so gay lover of’. The Channel 4 blunder, broadcast yesterday, was shown as Mr Lavrov spoke on air about the crisis in Crimea. It was considered ironic given Moscow’s strict anti-gay laws, which sparked widespread anger recently. by niCOLE LE MARiE A BREAKAWAY bid was launched yesterday by MPs in the Crimea who voted unanimously to split from Ukraine and join Russia. The people of the troubled region will vote to accept or reject the decision in a referendum in nine days’ time. It came as sailors from the Russian navy tipped one of their old ships on its side to trap five Ukrainian navy vessels inside a Crimean harbour. EU leaders threatened to pull out of a wide-ranging economic pact with Moscow unless president Vladimir Putin stopped such acts of aggression and entered talks with the interim government in Kiev.

Split in sight as Crimea’s MPs vote to join Russia British prime minister David Cameron warned Moscow’s interference in Ukraine posed a threat to the whole of Europe. ‘We know from history that by turning a blind eye when nations are trampled over and their independence trashed, we store up far greater

problems for the long run,’ Mr Cameron said. ‘So we must stand up to aggression, we must uphold international law, and we should support people who want a free European future.’ A protester from the Femen campaign group was dragged away by

guards yesterday after going topless to reveal the slogan ‘Stop Putin’ during a protest in Crimean capital Simferopol. Many in the region – whose population is 58 per cent Russian, 24 per cent Ukrainian and 12 per cent Tatar – are afraid of falling into Putin’s grasp.

But MPs voted 76-0 in favour of leaving Ukraine, in response to the toppling of president Viktor Yanukovych last month. ‘This is our response to the disorder and lawlessness in Kiev,’ said Crimean MP Sergei Shuvainikov. ‘We will decide our future ourselves.’

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60 seconds WiLLiAM SHATnER, 82, is best-known as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk. These days he prefers swotting up on history than exploring Final Frontiers

You play General Shanker in new animated film Escape From Planet Earth. Did you make it for your grandchildren? It’s all for my

grandkids – and they loved it. I was trying to do something with my voice. I disguised it a little but they recognised me immediately, so it was a waste of time. I can put on a nose, a beard, a wig but that doesn’t do any good. It all fails and they’ve just got good ol’ me.

Is it true you took them to see your last animated film and they were so scared they had to leave?

you might enjoy a bit of History channel? It’s true, I

don’t. I was thinking about that, watching the Oscars, how few people I know. We rarely go out to movies. On TV, I only watch old movies or broadcasts of history.

What else is coming up for you? Wacky Doodle is a new

documentary about Star Trek: The Next Generation. And my one-man show that I did on Broadway and toured the US with is going to be shown in cinemas on April 24 in the US.

Didn’t that start off as a one-man show with two men? That’s right. It was a two-

Yes. They’re two eight-yearman show because this guy olds and an 11-year-old would interview me. now. Both ages are in There was another transition – the guy on stage who eight-year-olds There was got in my way. from childhood to So I substituted another guy who young ladies, the him for a chair. 11-year-old got in my way, so Isn’t a onefrom prepubescent I substituted him man-show to teenager. I took them to Over The for a chair about the most Hedge when the eightterrifying thing year-olds were about five. you can do as a There’s a bear in the opening performer? It is the final [scene] and both were so frontier – the ultimate challenge. frightened we had to leave.

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General Shanker is a military villain. Did you base him on anyone? He

was sort of a Montgomery. I wanted him to be prissy. Poor Montgomery. There he was, trying his best not only to be a great general but to be political, too. I’m fixated on World War II and the strategies that were enacted as part of it.

You’ve said you don’t watch TV but it sounds like

Don’t you famously thrive on things that scare you? I

guess I do. Doing this interview is scaring me, too.

What annoying things make you want to leave planet Earth? The older I get, the more impatient I am. So people who occupy my time meaninglessly.

You didn’t mention LA drivers – you must be very

A cracking start in life: Above, the tiny kakapo chick begins to chip its way out of the taped up egg, and right, how it will look when it is grown up. The species is thought to be the world’s rarest breed of parrot, as there are only 125 following the birth of the chick

calm. Oh no, I’m in a frenzy

most of the time. I deal with that with a lot of pounding of fists and spittle down both sides of my face. It’s much better to deal with it silently than waving your arms around or doing anything that attracts attention.

Do you have any hidden talents besides acting, directing, producing, making records and writing books? I think you’ve touched on everything. I think after that, I’m less than competent.

Is there anything you’d still like to have a go at? Everything. I’d like to have a go at walking down the street. I’d love to be able to play the guitar but not only can I not play the guitar, I can’t sing.

George Clooney picked your version of The Beatles’ Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds on Desert Island Discs, saying it would make him hollow out his ‘own leg and make a canoe out of it to get off the island’? I subsequently did the song with Sir Paul McCartney. We had the best time and hugged each other and laughed like hell.

You once said you’d like this for your epitaph: ‘What was I afraid of?’ Is that still your first choice?

It’s a pretty good one. I’d like to think about that. Maybe as I gasp my last breath, I’ll unintelligibly whisper something better. Lesley O’Toole

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Glue’s a pretty boy then? Rare parrot in a fix INGENUITY and lots of sticky tape and glue have helped a rare parrot chick survive against the odds. When conservationists found a crushed kakapo egg in its mother Lisa’s nest, they may have been forgiven if they had decided to discard the specimen. Instead, rescuers painstakingly pieced the broken shell back together using tape and glue – and after a long wait the chick has finally hatched. It is the first kakapo chick to be born anywhere in the world for three years – and, having survived its big break, the birth has been dubbed ‘miraculous’ by rescuers who cared for it. Ranger Jo Ledington was able to repair the egg as the membrane was still intact. The tiny chick, named Lisa One

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by nicOLE LE MARiE – for now, until its sex can be determined – is being kept in an incubator and receiving round-the-clock attention Deidre Vercoe Scott, of the Kakapo recovery centre, on Codfish Island, New Zealand, where the chick was born, said: ‘It was touch and go for a few days but our expert team’s dedication paid off.’ Kakapos – also called owl parrots – are flightless birds native to New Zealand, where they have been considered an endangered species since the 1950s. Lisa One’s birth brings the world’s total population of kakapos to 125. Four more complete eggs found in Lisa’s nest are being kept in an incubator, and should hatch later this month.

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★ ★ ★ Unhappy pioneer: Jourdan Dunn is angered by the lack of black models PICTURE: VogUE

I don’t want to be a ‘token black’ model T

op model Jourdan Dunn has hit out at the fashion industry, insisting designers should not be ‘applauded’ for having just one black model in their show. sho one The 23-year-old British beauty said she struggles to understand why she seems to be flying the flag solo for w black women on the catwalk. ‘I find it weird when agents say, “You’re “You’ the only black girl booked for the show. Isn’t it great?”. Why is it great?’ the Victoria’s Secret model reve revealed. ‘I don’t know why people apving plaud designers for having just one ethnic model. It’s not like only one type of woman loves fashion.’ ry Dunn has been very vocal about her stance on ‘bulls*** racism’ in the world of haute couture. She previously pleaded with designers and other ‘big dogs’ to make the

Broody Cowell talks of having more kids Becoming a new dad has turned Mr Nasty into Mr Softy. Simon Cowell says whenever he gazes at son Eric he is reminded of his own father. ‘I look at him and I think of my dad all the time,’ the 54-year-old said, revealing he named his son after his father as he and girlfriend Lauren Silverman decided calling him Simon would be ‘a bad idea’. ‘I was born to be a dad,’ Cowell told Extra. ‘I said to Lauren, “What if I like the dogs more than

him?” and she said, “You’re gonna be absolutely fine,” and then within seconds of him being born, I got it.’ And he may add to his brood. ‘I got [my dogs] Squiddly and Diddly, and I couldn’t imagine Squiddly or just Diddly. I had a brother when I was younger, so I kind of think it’s cool to have two or three.’ Cowell said he dashed from Britain to New York when Eric was about to be born and arrived ‘with two hours to spare’.

Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke says it’s ‘OK’ to be single almost a year after splitting with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. ‘People keep asking me who I’m dating and the truth is… wait for it… no one,’ the 26-year-old tells InStyle magazine. ‘And that’s OK. I’m figuring out a lot of stuff.’ She has been ‘shooting, weight-lifting, kick-boxing’ to get in shape to play Sarah Connor in Terminator: Genesis opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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catwalks more multicultural, while claiming she had missed out on jobs just because she was black. Meanwhile, Dunn admitted she struggles with living in New York while her four-year-old son lives with his grandmother in London. ‘Sometimes I feel so guilty about missing out on everything, but I have to remember I’m doing this for him, for his future,’ she told Miss Vogue. However, the rewards of fame are

seemingly too good to miss out on after the model revealed how she and Cara Delevingne hung out with Beyoncé at The Met Ball in New York last May. ‘She saw us, smiled and began walking over. We both turned to see if Jay Z or someone was nearby. She said “Hi” and told us that she thought we were beautiful. I think I said, “Can I just hold you?”’ The second edition of Miss Vogue comes with the April issue of Vogue, on sale from Monday.

You can Minaj-ine the rest: Nicki teases fans in shower photo PICTURE: XPoSURE

Nicki taps her potential Nicki Minaj has resorted to posting topless shower selfies to generate interest in her range of hair products. The Va Va Voom rapper showed plenty of skin as she stared seductively at the camera in an assortment of poses. After uploading the photos to Instagram, the tattooed 31-year-old tweeted that she was washing her hair because ‘I got new products coming out – I gotta show u guys how well they work.’

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Pistorius in tears as murder trial hears he tried to save girlfriend after shooting her

He prayed Reeva would live

OSCAR PISTORIUS wept and prayed over the body of his girlfriend after shooting her, his murder trial heard. The sprinter knelt at the side of Reeva Steenkamp and tried in vain to help her breathe by putting two fingers in her clenched mouth, the court was told. The evidence, which is the first account of the moments after the shooting, left Pistorius in tears at his trial. Neighbour Johan Stipp told the court he rushed to the scene after hearing shots, and Pistorius told him: ‘I shot her. I thought she was a burglar. I shot her.’ The radiologist said: ‘It was obvious that she was mortally wounded. ‘At the bottom of the stairs... there was a lady lying on her back on the floor. She had no pulse in the neck, she

by nicOLE LE MARiE had no peripheral pulse. She had no breathing movements that she made.’ Dr Stipp, who said he did not realise who Pistorius was until later, added: ‘I went near her and as I bent down, I also noticed a man on the left kneeling by her side. ‘He had his left hand on her right groin, and his right hand, the second and third fingers in her mouth. ‘Oscar was crying all the time. He was praying to God “Please let her live”. Oscar said that he would dedicate his life and her life to God if she would live.’ Pistorius, 27, had shot his girlfriend through a bathroom door.

Emotion: Pistorius weeps as he relives the minutes after the shooting Picture: reuters

Please pee Justin here... VIDEO footage of Justin Bieber giving a urine sample after his arrest for driving while under the influence has been released by police. The film was approved by a judge after segments showing the singer’s genitals were blacked out. The CCTV clips show the 20-year-old looking agitated while pacing around a holding area before he goes into a private room to give the sample. Dressed in a black jumper and shorts, he walks behind a partition wall. A black box placed on the footage conceals any possible glimpse of his

private parts. The footage, made by Miami Beach police department, was released after judge William Altfield agreed with Bieber’s attorneys that segments should be redacted to protect the privacy of their client. The singer was arrested in January and has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs. He is also accused of resisting arrest and having an expired licence. Police claim Bieber was taking part in an illegal street race at the time. The singer denies all charges.

Dr Stipp said he noticed wounds in Ms Steenkamp’s right thigh, in her upper arm and in the right side of the head. There was brain tissue around the skull, he added. Barry Roux, for the defence, said the head shot was ‘terrible, devastating’. Previous witnesses have told the court they heard a woman’s screams at Pistorius’s home. The defence says all the screaming came from the athlete.

Pistorius, known as the Blade Runner because of his prosthetic legs, could face life imprisonment if found guilty of murder. The South African denies deliberately killing Ms Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria on February 14 last year. He claims to have mistaken the 29year-old for an intruder. The athlete also denies firearms charges. The trial in Pretoria continues. Killed: Reeva Steenkamp

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Chavez mourned amid riots Cricket ‘traitors’ duck jail

VEnEZuELA: Thousands of families mourned Hugo Chavez yesterday, a year after his death. They attended a military parade through Caracas, wearing red and carrying pictures of the president (pictured). But bloody protests continued as a political leader was shot dead.

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InDIA: A group of Kashmiri students who faced jail after they cheered for Pakistan in a cricket match against India were told yesterday sedition charges had been dropped. The 66 undergraduates were expelled from their college in Uttar Pradesh after they ‘celebrated’ Pakistan’s Asian Cup win on Sunday.

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AMERICA: A phantom menace is causing a stink by peeing on students. Police say the man has struck three times at the University of Florida, urinating on his victims when their backs are turned. After relieving himself at the campus, in Gainesville, the suspect has made off when his victims have berated him.

A mother died from drinking vinegar in a botched abortion bid, prompting a coroner to issue a warning about ‘internet myths’. Pregnant Catherine Furey, 38, collapsed after swallowing a mugful of concentrated vinegar. She later died in hospital. the mother of five, from manchester, england, had read on the internet that the condiment could induce an abortion. her brother’s partner, Dawn Chadwick, was charged with manslaughter after being suspected of helping pour her the industrial-strength drink. She was acquitted after psychologists agreed she

FRAnCE: Former first lady Carla Bruni is seeking to block further revelations from leaked secret recordings. Ms Bruni (pictured) is heard discussing finances with husband, ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy. They want the courts to act on privacy violations.

nORwAy: A hole in a rock face will become a monument to 77 victims killed by Anders Breivik in Utoya in 2011 Picture: aP

Mother died from vinegar ‘abortion’ had undiagnosed learning difficulties and her police interview was not admissable as evidence. An inquest into ms Furey’s death heard how she had attempted to visit her GP in a bid to arrange an abortion but, on finding the surgery closed, decided to drink the vinegar. Coroner Nigel meadows said her abortion attempt sent a warning to anyone tempted to follow ‘internet myths’ and old, wives’ tales adding: ‘this was a wholly avoidable situation.’ Licensed and Bonded No: TO 101

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AusTRIA: Ten firemen were forced to attend a road accident dressed as bees after they got an emergency call while they were preparing for a fancy dress parade. Cdr Johann Tillmann, from Korneuburg, said: ‘The driver gave us a funny look when we arrived.’

Fast treatment seems to cure a second child born with HIV A SECOND baby born with HIV may have been cured after being treated just after it was born, scientists say. The girl was given antiviral drugs four hours after her birth in April last year to a HIV-positive woman at Miller Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. Tests later confirmed she was infected but now, almost a year later, the infant appears to be clear. She is continuing to receive treatment in foster care ‘and looking very healthy’, doctors say. ‘We don’t know if the baby is in remission ... but it looks like that,’ said Dr Yvonne Bryson, an infectious disease specialist. She is cautious about suggesting the child has been ‘cured’ ‘but that’s obviously our hope’, Dr Bryson added. The baby was born a month after a similar case was announced in Mississippi, where a three-year-old girl started HIV treatment 30 hours after birth. That was a medical first that led doctors worldwide to rethink how fast and

by AIDAn RADnEDgE hard to treat infants born with the virus. The Mississippi baby girl was treated until she was 18 months old, when doctors lost contact with her. She returned ten months later and they could find no sign of infection – even though her mother had stopped giving her medicines. ‘These kids obviously will be followed very, very closely,’ Dr Deborah Persaud told a medical conference in Boston on Wednesday. Meanwhile, it emerged yesterday that scientists have modified genes in the blood cells of a dozen adults to help them resist HIV. The technique disrupts a gene that makes CCR5, a protein the HIV virus uses to infect blood cells. It is hoped this will allow the disrupted cells to multiply and provide a natural control without the need for medicine. Trials have taken place on 12 patients at Pennsylvania University.

Four gay men whipped in Nigeria FoUr young men convicted of having gay sex have been whipped publicly in an Islamic court in Bauchi, Nigeria, a human rights group says. The men, 20 and 22, will go to jail

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Gaddafi’s son behind bars after extradition to Libya

A SON of dictator Colonel Gaddafi who fled to Niger during the revolution in Libya has been extradited. Saadi Gaddafi was transferred to a prison in the Libyan capital Tripoli after he arrived by plane yesterday. Photographs on social media showed the 40-year-old wearing a blue jail uniform and having his head and beard shaved by prison warders. He had been under house arrest in Niger after fleeing when his father was killed in the Libyan civil war in 2011. ‘The Libyan government received today Saadi Gaddafi, and he arrived in Tripoli,’ ministers said yesterday.

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He will be treated ‘in accordance with international law’, they added. Libya had demanded the return of Gaddafi for his role in curbing protests against his father’s rule and the killing of protesters. He was also the head of Libya’s special forces. Until this week, Niger had refused to comply with Libya’s requests for his return, saying he could be killed if sent home. One of seven children born to Gaddafi, he led a playboy lifestyle and had a brief

career as a footballer. He made one appearance for Italian club Perugia in 2003 before failing a drugs test. Libya’s new government has had mixed success in seeking the extradition of the tyrant’s family, whose brutal regime ruled the country for 42 years. He was ousted during an uprising in August 2011 and was captured and

killed two months later. Saif al-Islam, his most prominent son, has been charged by the International Criminal Court with the murder and persecution of civilians during the early days of the Libyan uprising. He faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment if found guilty by the court in Holland.

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fishing, the Papa Bois Conservation group has warned. ‘Trinidadians are very proud of the shark sandwich,’ said campaigner Marc de Verteuil. ‘But most people don’t understand that sharks are in crisis.’ The charity wants Trinidad and Tobago’s government to ban shark fishing in its waters.

FACEBOOK is clamping down on users who try to buy or sell guns on its site. But, instead of the social network patrolling for violators, it will wait to be alerted by police or users. The tech giant, criticised by US anti-gun groups, will change its rules this month. ‘We’ll remove posts attempting to evade or help others evade the law,’ it said.

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’d like to ask d where exactly I said we should keep quiet about victims of clerical abuse? Open your eyes and actually read what I said. I merely stated that I think it highly inappropriate for newspapers to go into intimate detail of what happened to those little girls. To publish that they had been ‘anally and orally raped’ is not something it has a right to reveal. On what planet does anyone think it’s OK to keep quiet about sexual abuse? In a way this case has paved the way for victims to come forward as a proper sentence was handed down to that animal. Hannah ■ I think those criticising Hannah have missed her point. The objection was to the detail given, not that the crime was reported. Steven Millar ■ Although Hannah was clearly wrong in her remarks on child abuse, she’s actually hit onto something that I feel needs to be accepted. Once the abuse occurs, it doesn’t matter whether the child tells anyone or not. For the abused individual it’s already happened, and that child is going to be forever messed up as a result. Speaking out only allows the persecution of the abuser and hopefully,

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Sherlock actor ANDREW SCOTT talks to Pavel Barter about new Irish comedy The Stag, onset bonding in the nude, and how he and Colin Farrell once got paid in tea and sandwiches…

aking friends is not always easy on film sets, but the cast of The Stag had a unique way of bonding – they got naked. ‘We stripped off on the first day and stayed that way for ten days,’ says andrew Scott, who plays best man Davin in the home-grown comedy. ‘We were in the Wicklow Mountains, wearing socks and little bits of ivy. it was freezing.’ Scott is chatting in the warmer surroundings of a Dublin hotel, a battered iPhone by his side. after starring as Moriarty in Sherlock, BBC1’s hit drama, his phone has barely stopped ringing. in 2012, he won a Best Supporting actor Bafta for the role. as one critic said, Moriarty showcased his ability to play characters that are ‘part-panther, partpuppy’. ‘Moriarty is such a shape shifter,’ he nods. ‘He’s mercu-

rial. You play lots of roles within one role. The past year and a half, i’ve sought out films that are really different. Different subjects, characters, accents. Different everything. Moriarty helped with that.’ Before The Stag, he was mostly cast in gritty television dramas such as Cold War thriller Legacy and suburban mystery The Town. Letting it all

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hang out for a comedy was a relief. ‘I was playing a lot of dark characters and I wanted to do something a bit closer to my own personality. I really enjoyed Your Bad Self [RTÉ2’s sketch comedy show, whose creators made The Stag], so the calibre was always going to be high. Sometimes Irish films struggle to get an audience. When The Stag played in Toronto, people were in the aisles laughing.’ In The Stag, Fionnán (Hugh O’Conor) is reluctantly dragged off on a camping trip before his wedding to Ruth (Amy Huberman). With the arrival of his crazy brother-in-law, The Machine (Peter McDonald), chaos ensues. The nudity was not a motivational exercise, but integral to the storyline, Scott adds. McDonald, who wrote the script, phoned Scott a few weeks before filming was due to start. Dublin-born Scott leapt at the chance to return home for work. The last time he worked here was for RTÉ film Little White Lie in 2008. Then two buses came at once. Scott landed a

“Tom Hanks rolled over me on the beach in Wexford part in Jimmy’s Hall, a Ken Loach 1930s-set film about an Irish socialist, which was made in Sligo. ‘All his Loach-ian methods were in place,’ Scott says of the Wind That Shakes The Barley director. ‘He drip-fed us the script while we were filming, so you wouldn’t know what was in store for your character. There was room to improvise. It’s a really organic way of filming.’ The actor is no stranger to organic filmmaking. For his second film role, 1997’s Drinking Crude, a young Colin Farrell played his sidekick. ‘We literally got paid in cheese and ham

Different strokes: Since his stint as Moriarty in Sherlock, Andrew Scott has consciously sought out a wide variety of different roles sandwiches. Our wardrobe department was a ther. ‘That was pretty grim,’ he says. ‘I’m not for working in live theatre. I notice that most car boot. It was true guerrilla filmmaking in really one for all that method stuff. Sometimes of the guys from Ireland and England who are Dublin and Tralee. But that’s what you should that sort of macho posturing in filmmaking is doing well in film all do theatre – Cillian Murphy, [Sherlock’s] Benedict Cumberbatch, Ben be doing when you are 19. I knew that Colin a bit offensive to the real-life heroes.’ would do brilliantly. Even then he had great Rather than disappear to the bottom of cast- Whishaw, Tom Hiddleston.’ charisma and talent.’ ing director lists, Scott immersed himself in Despite his newfound success with Shertheatre. He made his name with performances lock, Scott is not stepping away from the COTT went from lead parts in Irish at London’s Royal Court Theatre, including stage. Next month, he returns to the Royal indies, to walk-on roles in big pro- Conor McPherson’s Dublin Carol and A Girl Court to play a rock star in new play Birdland. ductions. He was a D-Day soldier in In A Car With A Man, which won him his first Now he is working in Scotland on a remake of Saving Private Ryan. ‘Calling that a Olivier Award. In 2006, he went to Broadway Frankenstein – his first US studio picture. “walk on part” is too generous. Basi- to act alongside Julianne Moore in The VertiBefore we part, I mention The Stag filled me cally, Tom Hanks rolled over me on the beach cal Hour, a play about the 2003 invasion of with dread, as next month I’m going on a stag – a camping trip in the mountains. Any adin Wexford.’ Iraq. Sam Mendes directed. The Spielberg-produced Band Of Brothers ‘I had such a good time in New York. It was vice? ‘Yes,’ Scott says. ‘Bring clothes’. (2001) wasn’t entirely a great experience ei- brilliant,’ says Scott. ‘There’s no replacement The Stag is out today

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Like Ricardo Villalobos, DJ Koze is an enigma. Real name Stefan Kozalla, the German DJ/producer has been releasing music for 15 years, but maintains a low profile and rarely does interviews. Clearly he prefers to let his music do the talking and as last year’s Amygdala album shows, Koze (right) is a master at navigating a path between deep house, trance and minimal, with some ambient sounds thrown in for good measure. He also supports like-minded artists and his Pampa label has put out music by Isolee, Ada and Robag Wruhme. Don’t miss this opportunity to check out one of house music’s most talented eccentrics, playing an extended four-hour set. Tomorrow, Hidden Agenda, Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar D2, 11pm, €20.

Euphoria

Euphoria is an exciting new LGBT night and the organisers have booked two international guests for the launch night. Based in London, Tony Bruno has been DJing since the 1990s and was involved with the Exogroove parties in Italy. Nowadays, he can be found spinning techno and tech-house at the Hustlaball events in London and across Europe. He’s joined by model and DJ Arthuro Cavalli (left). When he’s not on the catwalk, he can be found spinning tribal and progressive house. Tonight,

Euphoria, The Abbey Hotel, Middle Abbey Street D1, 11pm, €10.

John Heckle & Jacques Greene

John Heckle is one of the most talented artists to emerge on the back of the retro wave. Unlike the producers who blindly copy Chicago house, Heckle’s sound is raw and intense, hammered out using hardware rather than a software program. Expect to hear tracks from his recent album for Tabernacle. Canadian house head Jacques Greene also features on the line-up. Richard Brophy Tomorrow, All City/Movements, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street D1, 10.30pm, €12/€15

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The Grand BudapesT hoTel (15A) HHHH✩ Wes Anderson’s meticulously stylised worlds can feel like being trapped inside an airless doll’s house for two hours. However, this light, jolly caper has an irresistible spring in its step, joining The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore and Fantastic Mr Fox as one of Mr Anderson’s finest fancies. Often an icy screen presence (hello Voldemort), Ralph Fiennes is warm and twinkly in too-rare comedy mode as Monsieur Gustave, The Grand Budapest Hotel’s legendary concierge. In this peach of a role he’s a rakish bisexual with a weakness for octogenarian billionairesses. One of them (Tilda Swinton, slathered in five hours’ worth of ageing prosthetics) leaves him a priceless painting, much to the rage of her evil children (including Adrien Brody), who vow to disgrace/kill Gustave and his wideeyed apprentice, Zero (newcomer Tony Revolori). Inspired by the writings of Austrian-Jewish writer Stefan Zweig – who sounds so perfectly Wes Anderson, you can’t believe he’s

Volde-who? Ralph Fiennes shows his sweet side in this delicious tale real – this is a gorgeous, six-tiered confection of a movie, cherrytopped with cool-points cameos from Harvey Keitel, Bill Murray (go to the loo and you’ll miss him), Owen Wilson and Léa Seydoux. The narrative’s Russian doll framing devices pop open to reveal a film that offers yet more doors and

corridors – a kind of endlessly unfolding Advent calendar, with tantalising surprises hiding behind each window. As such, it’s an infinitely rewatchable treat let down only by the plot’s soggy middle involving will disputes and prison breaks. Above all, it has a tenderness and delicate

‘Did you come all this way just to stroke your c**k and watch real men train?’ demands sparta’s Queen Gorgo (lena Headey). well, you’ve come to the right place. Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, this belated ‘Meanwhile, in athens…’ sequel to the swords ‘n’ sandals ‘n’ sloshings-of-CGi-blood blockbuster is basically just the same plot (heroically outnumbered Greeks vs. Persian nancy boys) but set at sea, and is similarly fit to bursting with oiledabs-up-to-their-beards beefcakes in leather underwear, waving swords and roaring ‘rarrrrrrh!’

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Festival – and rarely seen since you can see why this lost aussie cult classic didn’t sink down too happily at home. Flannel-clad young englishman John Grant (Gary Bond) is a reluctant schoolteacher in the fly-blown outback village of tiboonda. Come the holidays he sets off to see his girl in sydney, but gets waylaid in ‘the Yabba’ an aggressively over-friendly town populated by roo-shooting yobbos. think Deliverance in the outback in this uncompromising exploration of primal masculinity from the director of rambo: First Blood. Li-Z

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The sTaG (15A) HHHH✩ the great outdoors become an unforgiving hellhole in this raucously entertaining irish comedy. Fionnán (Hugh o’Conor) is set to marry ruth (amy Huberman), only he’s more concerned with the flower arrangements than he is a bachelor party. ruth persuades his best friend Davin (andrew scott) to organise a stag. Matters go from bad to worse when her brother, the Machine (Peter McDonald), arrives for the camping trip. loud, obnoxious, and madder than a bag of spanners, the Machine turns a jaunt to the wicklow Mountains into Deliverance. the stag meshes hilarious physical comedy with smart writing. Co-writer McDonald saved the best lines for himself, but the characters are all fleshed out. During the noughties, irish producers went through a cynical phase of shoe-horning foreign actors into genre films to appeal internationally. the stag’s full irish cast makes it feel more authentic – and, in turn, more universal. it’s only the schmaltzy finale that feels forced. Pavel Barter

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masterpiece, developed and set within nazi-occupied rome, blew global audiences away at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the Grand Prix. But its immediacy is just as tinglingly tangible today, thanks to this much-welcomed 4K big-screen restoration.

esCape FroM planeT earTh (U) no press screenings for a 3D kids cartoon that limps out after the half-term big boys have finished punching it out at the box office. a cast of blue-faced aliens combines the voice talents of sarah Jessica Parker, Brendan Fraser and william shatner. imagine that. in fact do – it’s bound to be better than the reality. Li-Z

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Ah, the ballet... A far cry from her Strictly judging duties, here former Royal Ballet star Darcey Bussell (pictured) introduces edited highlights of a televised production of a 1959 performance of Tchaikovsky’s much-loved classic The Sleeping Beauty. Featuring stars Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes, this digitally restored film includes previously lost footage of the Prince’s wakening kiss and represents a fascinating time capsule of both TV and ballet history. Forget any preconceptions of ballet and its audience, this is both fascinating and beautiful to watch.

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Though it has been going for some time now, Alan Davies’ series about a crime-solving illusionist still manages to entertain and throw up surprises. Settling into rural life, Creek finds his apparently serene country village is home to all manner of strange undercurrents. A sordid sex scandal is about to break at the community centre, a humpbacked beast has been seen prowling around the vicarage, the prospect of a plague of deadly Japanese knotweed threatens to trigger widescale panic, and Creek is baffled.

37 days bbC2, 9pm

Sunday

In the second part of this three-part series, war in Europe is becoming a real possibility and under pressure from the cabinet, British foreign secretary Edward Grey tries to unravel a tangled web of intrigue between Austria, Germany, Russia and France. Meanwhile, Germany’s military commanders conspire to force the kaiser’s hand. Concludes tomorrow at 9pm.

film of the day THE HURRICANE, RTÉ2, 9pm Denzel Washington puts in one of his finest performances as boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter in this biopic. Carter dreams of winning the middleweight world title, only to be wrongfully thrown into prison for the murders of three people in a bar, a series of miscarriages of justice detailed in Bob Dylan’s stirring song of the same name. When, 19 years later, a teenager reads the fighter’s autobiography and sets out on a campaign to free him, the truth of what happened that night and what the police did to convict Carter is revealed. John Hannah, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber and Dan Hedaya co-star.

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a punching riposte to the glorified lap-dancing indulged in by her peers, with songs that celebrate female ingenuity. It hardly seems to matter that, in her early thirties, she has already reached that point where fans crave the hits and plan an escape to the loo whenever one of her forgettable new songs rolls around. She is such a compelling figure that deepening artistic irrelevance feels entirely beside the point.

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hat a strange sort of superstar Beyonce has turned out to be. Without a significant hit in years – can anybody name a song from her last two albums? – she nonetheless remains an icon among icons. You can sneer at Gaga’s increasingly desperate attention seeking or Rihanna’s tiresome assetflaunting, but who has a bad word to say about Bey? Perhaps it’s because she comes across as a performer of unusual conviction. the arrival late last year of self-titled fifth album constituted an actual surprise at a time when we are increasingly jaded by entertainers’ over-rehearsed exhibitionism. On stage, meanwhile, she delivers

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GET DOwN TO… Terminus

Each of playwright Mark O’Rowe’s three anonymous characters is heading for a terminus during one crazy night in Dublin. A is a hard-bitten teacher trying to save a vulnerable pupil from a brutal abortion; lonely B has thrillingly followed a stranger for an illicit encounter; while psychopathic C is tearing across the city leaving unspeakable violence in his wake. Having received a very enthusiastic response at Smock Alley last year, ThereisBear! Theatre now bring this celebrated slice of gritty urban poetry to Chancery Lane. Tonight and selected dates until Mar 17, Chancery Lane Theatre D8, 8pm, €12 (including bottle of 8 Degrees beer). www.chancerylanetheatre.ie

Muro fest

What do Venice and Dublin have in common? Not a helluva lot aside from the fact they’re two cities that have recently become home to Generator, the fast-growing urban design hostel brand. This weekend Generator Dublin plays host to Muro, a day-long boho festival complete with craft market, swap shop, print-making workshops, live music and spoken word events. Sun, Generator Dublin, Smithfield Square D7, noon to 6pm. www.muroarts.tumblr.com

THEATRE REVIEw FAITH HHHHI Michael (Don Wycherley) isn’t doing so well. He’s been out of work for more than six months and is starting to disintegrate in front of his wife Maeve (Jennifer O’Dea, both right) who is, in turn, struggling to keep the family show on the road. Her husband’s struggles, however, are rooted in deeper, more existential realms with the recession robbing him of self-worth and confidence. A chance encounter with charismatic ex-banker Chris (Michael Glenn Murphy) offers him a shot at salvation. Chris helps him conquer his fear of flying and heights, listens to his ruminations and finds him

security work in an office block. The crush of despondency and cure-alls we foolishly seek are explored with sensitivity and intuition by writer and Gúna Nua co-founder Paul Meade. Faith is kitchen-sink drama of the best kind but expect to be blindsided by significant plot developments. Is Chris real or just a guardian angel? And why is Maeve so unenthusiastic in the face of Michael’s improving outlook? Until tomorrow (before a nationwide tour), Civic Theatre, The Square, Tallaght D24, 8pm, €10 to €16. Tel: (01) 462 7477. www.gunanua.com Adam white

cURIOUs ABOUT… Nosowska/Maria Peszek/ Brodka

Discover the charms of contemporary Polis h rock this weekend when three of its finest female progenitors – Maria Peszek, Monika Brodka and Kasia Nososwka, right – pitch up at The Helix for a collaboration. Sun, The Helix, DCU, Collins Avenue, Glasnevin D9, 8pm, €45. Tel: (01) 700 7000. www.thehelix.ie

cONcERT IcEBREAkER

Kraftwerk have always had a unique place in pop culture – part art, part science, part nightlife heroes. Now, 12strong contemporary classical ensemble Icebreaker pay homage to the outfit’s experimental roots as well as their well-known anthems. Tomorrow National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace D2, 8pm, €20. Tel: (01) 417 0000. www.nch.ie

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The widely-adored Waterford singer, with the Mazzy Star-esque croon, brings her bewitching gauzy alt-pop to Dublin this week in a fundraiser for Mart, the Rathmines-based gallery and visual-arts initiative. Support from Michael ‘Owensie’ Owens. Tonight, Mart, 190A Rathmines Rd, Rathmines D6, 8.30pm, €7/€10 (BYOB). www.mart.ie

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Jupiter may have stepped forwards but it continues its ongoing clash with Uranus. This suggests anything said in haste will be repented at leisure. So, not a good time to speak out on anything controversial, without thinking first.

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Jupiter is emboldening you once more while Uranus continues to suggest unsettled conditions. Therefore, although it’s good to be optimistic, you need to be realistic with some give-and-take needed around key issues.

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ENIGMA Way back when the programmes weren’t, Continuous this sequence earnt, A place in TV folklore. Clay was worked by hand day after day.

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Saturn continues to slog away in your sign. But, as with everything that’s testing, there can be an upside. This can be the case with your situation at the moment. How? Well, if you marshal your energies constructively, steady progress can be made.

WHO AM I? A queen, I was born in Norfolk in the early 16th century. I was the mother of Elizabeth I. I was the second wife of Henry VIII

and the first to be beheaded. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? WHO… wrote the play A Doll’s House? WHAT... is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra? WHERE... is the island of Capri? WHEN... was the Magna Carta signed?

QUIZ ANSWERS: ENIGMA: The potter’s wheel. WHO AM I? Anne Boleyn. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? Henrik Ibsen; Vega; Bay of Naples; 1215.

Yesterday’s Solutions Across: 7 Indispensible; 8 Dispense; 9 Room; 10 Caress; 12 Talent; 14 recess; 16 Remote; 18 Chic; 20 Effusive; 22 Dispassionate. Down: 1 Indicate; 2 Simple; 3 Open; 4 Ancestor; 5 Barrel; 6 Also; 11 Suspense; 13 Nativity; 15 Escape; 17 Musing; 19 Hall; 21 Fair.

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DOWN 1. Essential (5) 2. Prohibit (3) 3. Scheme (4) 4. Stupid (9) 5. Sorrow (7) 8. Determine (6) 11. Stimulant (9) 13. Slacken (6) 14. Big rock (7) 16. Embrace (5) 18. Regular (4) 20. Wager (3)

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More than one admirer can beat a path to your door in the next month. Sounds fanciful? Keep the faith, because your kindness can be as sexy as a more smouldering type of lover.

Your ruler, Mercury, continues to ask you to cross the t’s and dot the i’s. Yet, it is running back into a tense standoff with the restrictive energies of Saturn. You may find you become more exacting in your observations but also somewhat less tolerant.

ACROSS 6. Incapacitate (7) 7. Postpone (5) 9. Non-professional (3) 10. Unremitting (9) 12. Stamp collector (11) 15. Dispute (11) 17. Sycophant (9) 19. Artful (3) 21. Pretence (5) 22. Free (7)

Venus, your ruler, is hopefully giving you self-confidence. If your appearance is important to you, this is more likely to be so. The last couple of months have been particularly introverted but now you can be more playful.

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Recession sends grad salaries into a tailspin

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There was quite a bit of chortling in the media and at the water-coolers over Matthew McConaughey’s Oscar acceptance speech. In case you missed it, he said that the secret to a successful life is to be always ‘chasing your hero’. At first everyone watching thought he meant finding a role model out there for you to emulate. But then he went on to clarify that he was talking about a very literal form of self-help: the best hero to be chasing is you yourself – the person you hope to be in ten years’ time.

NEW graduates saw a ‘significant decline’ in their starting salaries between 2008 and 2012, a new report has found. The ‘On the Slide? Salary Scales for New Graduates 2004-2012’ economic letter also suggests that renewed interest in hiring recent graduates could be one explanation for the ‘muted growth in economy-wide earnings in 2013, despite the return to strong employment growth’. The paper, which was published yesterday by the Central Bank, is based on data from the Higher Education Authority. It shows that average salaries for new graduates increased by 11.8 per cent from 2004 to 2007 but decreased by 11.7 per cent from 2007 to 2012, bringing average salaries down to €23,777 in 2012. However, not all graduates were affected to the same extent. The research found that the average salary for arts, humanities and social science graduates plummeted by 19.1 per cent between 2007 and 2012, with the average 2012 starting salary €19,748. However, commerce and business studies graduates only experienced a drop of five per cent in the same period, with an average current salary of €23,860. The report points out that 50,000 of the new hires in the year to Q3 2013 were thirdlevel graduates and suggests that ‘the fall in graduate salaries could impact overall economy-wide pay trends in the coming years’. It also acknowledges, however, that the reduction in graduate salaries could be down to graduates accepting lower skilled jobs.

and it enables them to build an I wouldn’t scoff. McConaughey authentic external version of is on to something here. their self that is in tune with their Inconsistent motivation causes long-term inner project. inconsistent performance and Not that there’s anything wrong therefore an inconsistent suite of in principle with having outside results. If I don’t nurture the best heroes to emulate in our possible version of ‘me’ careers. But where this and place this ‘me’ at goes wrong is where the heart of my The best hero we start endlessly career, then my career risks just to be chasing is comparing ourselves to others becoming one big the person you and start working autopilot operation. And if I want to be in ten unnaturally to their standards and their don’t have a years timelines. If elvis had generous timeline on tried to be Bing Crosby major achievement, I he would never have risk losing perspective badly. become elvis. If John Lennon had McConaughey is not talking ‘Brand Me’, which is all about the tried to be elvis, he would never have become John Lennon. external perception that others will have of me. he’s talking selfCareer coach Jane Downes is the author of image, the key to inner The Career Book (thecareerbook.ie) and motivation. The most successful principal coach of Clearview Coaching Group, clearviewcoachgroup.com. people have this thing sussed,

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spORT DiGEsT Wiggins focusing on women’s team CyCLinG Bradley Wiggins expects Team Sky to make establishing a women’s team a focus of their short-term future. Wiggins (right) provides funding to the GB Wiggle Honda team. And the 2012 Tour de France winner believes his team are set to follow the likes of LottoBelisol and Orica-GreenEDGE by establishing an offshoot women’s team in their own right. ‘I think it’s the next logical step in terms of where we are coming from and what we are focused on,’ Wiggins said. ‘We’ve certainly got the bodies for it. This year’s Tour will feature for the first time a women’s race alongside the traditional men’s finale on the Champs Elysees.

Irish winter throw team announced ATHLETiCs The team for the European Cup Winter Throws in Leiria, Portugal from March 15-16 has been announced. The athletes selected are Clare Fitzgerald (Tralee Harriers, discus and shot put), Anita Fitzgibbon (DSD, javelin), Marco Pons (DMP, U/23 discus). The event is designed for athletes specialising in discus, javelin, hammer throwing and shot put. It is intended to counterbalance the fact that indoor athletics meetings cannot host the longer throwing events. This competition allows athletes to test their form for the forthcoming outdoor season.

Martini returning to Williams cars

AuTO The legendary Martini stripes will again adorn a F1 car this season after Williams signed a title sponsor agreement with the drinks company. Martini has long been associated with motor sport over the years, and luring it back to F1 is something of a coup for Williams who are poised to again make waves this season due to their portfolio of new backers. Over the 12 days of preseason testing, Williams suggested they will be in the hunt for podiums early on.

No Khan do, Broner bOxinG Amir Khan’s trainer expects his charge to announce his next fight within a week but said he would not face off against Adrien Broner. The Bolton fighter was left high and dry last week when Floyd Mayweather snubbed him to instead face Marcos Maidana in a unification welterweight title fight on May 3. The unbeaten Mayweather is expected to beat Maidana, who earned his opportunity with a surprise victory over then-WBA champion Broner.

Captains’ cup: Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley (centre) with his vicecaptains for Gleneagles Des Smyth (left) and Sam Torrance

Celtic duo on Ryder for headmaster McGinley

by sTAff REpORTER

RydeR Cup vice-captains Sam Torrance and des Smyth will act as the buffer between the players and ‘headmaster’ paul McGinley after being named as part of the dubliner’s team. McGinley played under Torrance and holed the winning putt at The Belfry in 2002, while Smyth was a vice-captain to Ian Woosnam for the record-equalling win at the K Club in 2006. A further two vice-captains will not be chosen until the team itself is finalised on September 2. McGinley often plays ‘money games’ against Torrance at Sunningdale and has made no secret of his admiration of the Scot’s captaincy in 2002. McGinley was among the players

whose form had dipped in the intervening period, but Torrance took him and Lee Westwood to The Belfry while the rest of the team was competing in Ireland and, over a bottle of pink champagne, outlined exactly what was going to happen.

Torrance, 60, said: ‘everyone knows how much the Ryder Cup has meant to me over my career so I am absolutely delighted to be involved once again. ‘paul was a special part of my team at The Belfry in 2002 and he knows I will do everything possi-

‘The captain is almost like your headmaster. He’s quite a daunting figure…’ ‘It was behind the scenes that Sam made a huge impression on me as a player on that team,’ McGinley said. ‘I felt that tactically he made so many right calls. ‘He understood what the Ryder Cup was about, and his ability to motivate the players and to communicate with the players had a lasting impression on me.’

ble to help him and the team at Gleneagles in September. ‘The captain is almost like your headmaster. He’s quite a daunting figure and when you’ve got a problem, sometimes the player would hide that problem rather than speak to the captain. We are the buffer [as vice-captains].’ McGinley described Smyth, who

also played in the Ryder Cup in 1979 and 1981, as ‘very inspirational, astute, a voice of reason,’ adding: ‘des took me under his wing when I was a young rookie on Tour and he gave me tremendous advice. ‘His views and ideas about the Ryder Cup have consistently proved to be spot on and I really enjoyed working with him as a vice captain in 2006.’ Smyth has not played on the european Tour since 2002 but the 61year-old said: ‘I’m looking forward to meeting some of the young players. I know Rory (McIlroy), and I’ll reacquaint with the guys I already know and played with.’ McGinley will now wait until after the team itself is finalised on September 2 before completing his back-room staff.

MuLLEn TRiALs fiRsT ROAD TEsT IrIsh rIders ryan Mullen, sean downey and Jack Wilson will line out as part of an eight-man An Post Chain reaction sean Kelly team for today’s driedaagse van WestVlaandren in Belgium. ryan Mullen makes his first appearance for the team since his impressive Track World Championship debut in Columbia last week, where he narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the individual pursuit. The 19-year-old time trial specialist will be hoping he can transfer his track form on to the road, with a 7km prologue first up for the riders today.

Team manager Kurt Bogaerts said: ‘With the prologue first up, we hope ryan can get a good time on this, however, it’s a change of bike for him from the track so we’ll see how he takes to the new equipment.’ Tomorrow and sunday will see the riders face two demanding stages with the final day’s route particularly challenging, as the peloton must overcome some typical tough Flemish climbs before the finish line. Liverpool’s Mark McNally and Aussie rider robert-Jon McCarthy join the Belgium trio of Laurent Vanden Bak, Wout Franssen and Kevin Claeys to make up the team.

Mullen: The 19year-old time trial specialist makes his debut as part of the eightman An Post Sean Kelly team at the 7km prologue today in Belgium

football international

journeyman Long looking to learn from wise Keane by jOsEpH byRnE Shane Long is refusing to be weighed down by the pressure of being cast in the role of heir apparent to Robbie Keane. The Republic of Ireland striker was asked to fill the La galaxy frontman’s boots in Wednesday night’s friendly against Serbia, and claimed the 11th goal of his senior international career in a 2-1 defeat at the aviva Stadium. Manager Martin o’neill did not ask Keane, who the same day signed a new contract extension with his US employers, to make the trip home, but in the longer term, he will have to find a replacement for the 33-year-old. That could represent a heavy responsibility for the successful candidate, with Keane’s 131 appearances for his country to date having yielded a staggering 62 goals, although Long insists he is not fazed by the challenge. The 27-year-old hull frontman said: ‘I have been here a long time and I have been biding my time, waiting for my chance to come and learning every time I come into the squad. ‘I’m sure if the gaffer sees me as a viable option, I’m ready to take that, I’m ready to jump in. ‘Wearing that green jersey is a privilege for anybody, so I’m looking forward to the challenge. ‘I am going back to hull now and I’ll try to get the confidence back, keep scoring goals and come here in the summer still a Premier League player.’ Long himself now has 44 senior caps to his name and new Ireland

I’m ready: Shane Long

manager Martin o’neill has hinted he could have a significant role to play as he attempts to mould his team for the start of the euro 2016 qualifying campaign in September. But with Keane having also committed himself to the quest to reach the finals of another major tournament, Long will have the opportunity to continue to learn from the nation’s record international goalscorer. Long said: ‘Robbie’s record is unbelievable and I don’t think it will ever be touched. ‘But I can learn from him as well. he’s brilliant to have in and around the squad because he talks to us as well in training and helps us out, and he’s a really good captain. ‘obviously the gaffer ... went with me up front, and hopefully I gave him something to think about.’

Long might have given o’neill significantly more to think about in a game which saw him fire the Republic into an 11th-minute lead after capitalising on an error by Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic, but then pass up two glorious opportunities to add to his tally. Twice he was played through the Serbia defence by the excellent Wes hoolahan, and twice he failed to find the back of the net as he had done with such aplomb earlier in the game. he said: ‘It was a great chance for me to get a hat-trick. It’s a striker’s dream when you have Wes running at the defence and he can just find you with the ball. ‘They were two perfect passes to me. To be fair, the first one, the keeper did well, but the second one was a bit of a hash from me. ‘But I will learn from it. It’s lucky that it’s not a qualifier. It’s a friendly and apart from those two misses, I thought I put in a good performance. ‘every day in training, I slot them away no problem. I don’t know what came over me, not so much for the first one, but that second miss. ‘I thought the keeper was coming out and tried to dink him and ended up dragging it, so I will learn from it and probably take more time on the finish.’ Long returned to his club facing a blank weekend as he is ineligible to line up against Ireland team-mate John o’Shea in Sunday’s Fa Cup quarter-final clash with Sunderland. he said: ‘I am cup-tied, so I won’t be able to play, but I hope the lads do get there.’

Saints wary of Cork crashing the party COrK CIty dampened down st Patrick’s athletic’s title celebrations by beating the thennewly crowned champions 4-2 in the final match of last season. and with John Caulfield – a club legend from his playing days – now in charge, Cork will be eager to get their 2014 campaign off to a flyer with a repeat before an expected big crowd at turner’s Cross as the season begins in earnest tonight. st Pat’s midfielder greg Bolger is equally keen for the champions to hit the ground running as his team knows it’s a targets. ‘the whole group is really excited for this game,’ said 2013 club player of the year Bolger. ‘We’re all looking forward to getting back into regular action and we’re travelling down to Cork looking to

airtricity league get a positive result. ‘We know what to expect in turner’s Cross, and we’re under no illusions that it will be anything other than a really tough game. they’ve a number of new players in and a new manager so they’ll be looking to get off to a good start. ‘We’re starting the season as league champions, so we know we’ll have to be on our game every

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week as teams will be looking to raise their game against us.’ st Pat’s won their three preseason games, capped by last sunday’s President’s Cup win over sligo rovers. ‘I’m delighted that the season is getting underway, as this is what the players and the backroom staff and I have all been working towards – this first weekend,’ said saints’ boss liam Buckley. ‘Cork have made some interesting signings under John Caulfield, so we know that they’ll test us down there as they’ll get the backing from their passionate support. ‘From our end of things, we’ve had three good competitive games, and since the win last sunday we’ve all been really looking forward to the Cork game.

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O’Sullivan: There’s a ‘derby date’ feeling to tomorrow’s Croke Park clash with old rivals Kildare

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ALwAys ‘ExTRA spicE’ bETwEEn Dubs AnD LiLiEs

It’s a largely one-sided rivalry but Cian O’sullivan says meetings between Dublin and Kildare have grown into grudge matches, writes Paul Keane. Dublin hammered the lilies by a collective tally of 29 points in last season’s league and Championship encounters. But Kildare’s extra-time epic win in the O’Byrne Cup final and a number of tight Championship games in recent seasons are a reminder of their ability. Versatile midfielder O’sullivan says the fact they meet so often has added to the derby date feeling ahead of tomorrow evening’s Croke Park rematch. ‘there’s always a bit of extra spice between Dublin and Kildare,’ said O’sullivan. ‘there’s great rivalry and tradition there so we’re expecting a very intense, hardfought game from them. ‘People have suggested it’ll be a wounded Kildare but I don’t think so. their last three games, although the results haven’t always gone in their favour,

they’ve been playing very well. ‘they’ve been putting up some very high scores and they seem to have a very, very strong outfit this year.’ the lilies retained the O’Byrne Cup under new manager Jason ryan. and but for an incredible two-goal injury-time raid by tyrone last sunday, they would be sitting on four points, like Dublin, in Division 1 of the allianz league. Kildare can leapfrog Dublin, on scoring difference, with victory in round 4 though O’sullivan rejected concerns about the holders’ form. ‘I wouldn’t be overly concerned about that,’ continued the Kilmacud Crokes man. ‘We’ve won two out of our three games. We’ve only lost to a very strong, fit, mobile and organised Cork team. and we only lost by two points. ‘We were a bit off in one or two aspects of our play. We have things to work on but I think if you talked to any other team at this stage of the season, they’d have things to work on too.’

Farrell dismisses clare drug-taking comments gaa players chief Dessie Farrell believes Davy Fitzgerald’s controversial comments about drug taking in Clare hurling have been taken out of context. and the head of the gaelic Players association insists that when it comes to drug abuse generally, ‘in the modern game, it’s not an issue’. The gPa has been proactive about offering counselling and addiction services to its members though Farrell insisted that alcohol abuse and gambling remain the primary concerns. all-Ireland winning Clare boss Fitzgerald (pictured) said that some players were ‘taking harder stuff than drink’ before his appointment in 2011.

Speaking for the first time on the issue, Farrell praised allIreland-winning manager Fitzgerald for addressing such a serious problem that affects Irish society. But the former Dublin football star rejected any suggestion that a culture of drug abuse exists in the current intercounty game. ‘he (Fitzgerald) was talking about a time when he played with the squad, over a decade ago,’ said Farrell. ‘a lot of it has been taken out of context on all sides. ‘We have a counselling service up and running and I wouldn’t be aware that any have come for help with substance abuse other than perhaps some difficulties or challenges with alcohol,’ he said.

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‘Man-child’ henderson is set to cause havoc to italy Andrew Trimble believes Ulster and ireland team-mate iain Henderson has the potential to go far at international level once he bulks out with age. Powerful ball-carrier Henderson will feature at both blindside flanker and second row against italy tomorrow, with head coach Joe Schmidt admitting ireland are ‘muddling through’ working out his best position. The 22-year-old will start at no.6 in place of hamstring-injured Peter O’mahony for ireland’s penultimate rbS 6 nations match. ireland wing Trimble tipped level-headed Henderson to cause havoc with ball in hand in his first Six nations start. ‘He’s the manchild, he’s got mutant strength for a 22-year-old, and he’s still got to fill out his frame,’ said Trimble. ‘He’s going to be unbelievable and already at this stage he’s pretty influential when he gets his

Versatile: Henderson brings options at lock and No.6

rugby six nations

hands on the ball. ‘So he’s going to make an impact on Saturday, definitely. ‘iain takes everything in his stride to be honest, i’ve never seem him unbelievably happy and i’ve never seem him really disappointed. ‘He’s just steady, you never really see a lot of emotion out of him, he just does the job. ‘Going from training and the way that Joe (Schmidt) gets on with him, he’s certainly someone that Joe likes a lot. ‘it’s very easy to appreciate all the things he brings to the game.’ Henderson has 34 Ulster caps since his debut in 2012. Schmidt has selected leinster back-row duo Jordi murphy and rhys ruddock on the bench ahead of natural lock cover. The former leinster boss admitted Henderson is likely to move to lock in tomorrow’s latter stages, so ireland can view him in both the back and second row.

Sexton racing iRELAnDTEAM

R Kearney (Leinster); A Trimble (Ulster), B O’Driscoll (Leinster), G D’Arcy (Leinster), D Kearney (Leinster) J Sexton (Racing Metro), C Murray (Munster) C Healy (Leinster), R Best (Ulster), M Ross (Leinster), D Toner (Leinster), P O’Connell (Munster, capt) I Henderson (Ulster), C Henry (Ulster), J Heaslip (Leinster). Replacements: S Cronin, J McGrath, M Moore, R Ruddock, J Murphy, E Reddan, P Jackson, F McFadden.

Thumbs up: Ireland playmaker Johnny Sexton (right) came through training to get a starting place in tomorrow’s vital clash with Italy after a thumb injury pictures: inpho

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Ireland have no conflict of interest with racing Metro over fly-half Johnny Sexton, according to head coach Joe Schmidt. Sexton has beaten a thumb ligament strain in time to win selection for Ireland’s rBS 6 nations clash with Italy in dublin tomorrow. The 28-year-old proved his fitness by training fully yesterday, ahead of Ireland’s penultimate Six nations fixture, where Brian O’driscoll will set a new world record for Test appearances by reaching 140. racing threw Sexton’s Six nations into doubt by last week predicting the thumb injury sustained in 13-10 england defeat could last anywhere from ten days to six weeks. Ireland bosses quickly rejected that assessment, a move that has now been vindicated with Sexton’s selection to face Italy. ‘I have absolutely no concerns about selecting Johnny, he is fully fit,’ said Schmidt. ‘It was a sprained thumb, and he finished the [england] game. ‘There was bruising, and it’s gone.’ racing flogged

big-money recruit Sexton with 13 games in ten weeks in the autumn, leading to a hamstring injury that left Schmidt to admit Ireland had ‘lost control’ of their star playmaker. Ireland chiefs have struggled to foster relations with Paris club racing’s coaching staff, but Schmidt has now rejected any problem. ‘racing have been pretty good value, they understand Johnny’s a pretty important shared resource,’ said Schmidt, keen to avoid any conflict with Sexton’s Top 14 club side. versatile Ulster forward Iain Henderson will win his ninth cap and first Six nations start against the azzurri, replacing Peter O’Mahony at blindside flanker. The 22-year-old backfive forward slots in with boss Schmidt not risking Munster captain O’Mahony, who failed to come through training yesterday. Iconic centre O’driscoll will make his final dublin ap-

Regular Joe: Schmidt (right) has made just one enforced change for tomorrow’s clash with the Azzurri

pearance in Ireland colours this weekend ahead of his summer retirement, with captain Paul O’Connell branding the 35-year-old ‘embarrassed’ by the world’s gaze. Munster lock O’Connell light-heartedly admitted Ireland would hold their talisman midfielder that little bit tighter, on his last-ever Ireland turn at the aviva Stadium. But Ireland, france, Wales and england can all yet claim the championship crown and O’Connell said O’driscoll is desperate not to let his final throes conflict with Ireland’s aims of pushing towards that still-attainable Six nations title. ‘There’s been nothing specific said, he’s a bit embarrassed by it all,’ said O’Connell. ‘I suppose he’s working hard on looking after his body, so he just wants to focus on that. ‘He’s a quiet guy, an understated guy, he’s a bit embarrassed and just wants to focus on finishing as well as he can, without any distractions. ‘It’s hard to think what life will be like without him, but at the moment there’s very little mention of it from staff, players or Brian himself, and I’m sure that’s the way he’d like it.’ former leinster coach Schmidt admitted Munster flanker O’Mahony has been held back for the Six nations closer against france in Paris on Saturday, March 15. ‘If this was the last game of the Six nations we might have risked Peter,’ said Schmidt. ‘I’d be really confident about him for Paris next week.’

Brunel: ireland better but it’s doable

Il capitano: Marco Bortolami

iTALyTEAM L McLean (Treviso), A Esposito (Treviso), M Campagnaro (Treviso), G Garcia (Zebre), L Sarto

If TravellIng to current rBS 6 nations leaders Ireland was going to be a tough task for sixth-placed Italy, it got a great deal harder when it was confirmed Sergio Parisse would play no part. Brunel has made changes to his side throughout the competition and this time is no different, with a new half-back pairing of Tito Tebaldi and luciano Orquera replacing edoardo gori and Tommaso allan. elsewhere, Paul derbyshire comes in at flanker for the injured alessandro Zanni while it is Marco Bortolami who replaces Parisse both on the field and as captain, with Joshua furno moving to the second row and robert Barbieri moving to no.8. Brunel was quick to deny however, that he is saving his best for last and for the visit of england to rome next week. ‘With five players unavailable we had to adapt ourselves,’ he said. ‘among the half-backs we wanted to (Zebre), L Orquera (Zebre), T Tebaldi (Ospreys); A De Marchi (Treviso), L Ghiraldini (Treviso), M Castrogiovanni (Toulon), Q Geldenhuys (Zebre), M

give a chance to those who had played less like (luciano) Orquera, also because against Scotland we didn’t manage the pressure well in our half. ‘I wanted to integrate (Tito) Tebaldi into the group before the tournament but he had a slight injury and we couldn’t select him. ‘The choices made are not in relation to next Saturday’s game in rome against england but based on consistency that we want to have. The next match is against Ireland and we have prepared for the match against that opponent.’ Italy picked up a first ever Championship win over Ireland 12 months ago but Brunel is expecting a far sterner challenge a year on in dublin. He added: ‘Ireland is certainly a better squad than last year. But we have to remember that we beat them barely a year ago in rome and in a rather convincing fashion. We have the chance to do so again.’

Bortolami (Zebre), Joshua Furno (Biarritz), P Derbyshire (Treviso), R Barbieri (Treviso). Replacements: D Giazzon (Zebre), M Rizzo (Treviso), L

Cittadini (Treviso), A Pavanello (Treviso), M Vosawai (Treviso), E Gori (Treviso), T Allan (Perpignan), A Masi (London Wasps).

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Carrying the team: The iconic centre gives Rob Kearney a lift in training at Carton House

‘Lucky’ O’DRiScOLL iS kEEn TO DEfLEcT ‘OvER THE TOp’ AccOLADES AHEAD Of LAST EvER HOME inTERnATiOnAL The canoniSaTion of Brian o’Driscoll is already well under way, but the man himself cannot abide all the ‘over the top’ tributes. The iconic ireland centre will retire in the summer, after 15 glittering years atop world rugby’s pinnacle. Fergus McFadden hailed the 35-year-old as ireland’s greatest-ever sportsman in the autumn, while captain Paul o’connell believes o’Driscoll has single-handedly transformed irish rugby. head coach Joe Schmidt admitted he has little idea how o’Driscoll has amassed so many international appearances, on the cusp of setting a new Test caps world record when he surpasses George Gregan’s 139 against italy tomorrow ever dutiful, o’Driscoll has almost made an art form of eschewing praise: but such humility only further enshrines the myth. as far as the Leinster stalwart is concerned, he is not the Messiah, just a very lucky boy. ‘of course it’s over the top,’ he said. ‘i think i was very lucky. i came in at a time when there was great young talent coming through. ‘You see the guys that began around the same time, like Gordon D’arcy who is still here.

‘So i didn’t make anything happen, we all did. ‘Ronan o’Gara, Peter Stringer, Shane horgan, Simon easterby, John hayes: they all came within six months of my first cap. ‘i think we all had a big say in guiding expectation levels first of all, but performance after that, to a place where we feel it should be. ‘now the onus is on every younger guy coming through, seeing that is the benchmark, to carry that on into the future.’ This time last year o’Driscoll nearly retired, believing it was his final Six nations. Then Leinster boss Joe Schmidt stepped up to the international arena, and o’Driscoll decided to drag his battered body on one more year. although completing much of the mourning last season, he admits he is still finding it extremely hard to let go. as professional rugby’s brutality rises apace though, the quick-witted outside centre knows he must finally find some regard for his personal well-being. ‘The head is still willing, just the body not as much,’ he said. ‘i want to get out of the game relatively unscathed, and i think now is the time to do it, at the end of this year.’

Lucky number: Saint Brian to break the international rugby caps record

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