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UKRAINE has warned of the possibility of ethnic cleansing in Crimea as Russia moves to tighten its grip on the province following Sunday’s disputed referendum, in which 95 per cent of voters said yes to joining Russia. Broadcasts of Ukrainian TV had already been replaced with Russian state television before the vote. Since then it has been reported Ukrainian street names have been changed to Russian, state property and financial assets have been nationalised, the Russian rouble has replaced the Ukrainian hryvnia and Crimea has said it intends to change from eastern Europe time to Moscow time. Ukraine’s biggest bank froze accounts of Crimean customers and the Crimean parliament has invited Ukrainian soldiers in the province to join Russia’s army. Yesterday, presidential candidate Vitali Klitschko claimed Crimea is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis. ‘The Ukrainian citizens there are left to the mercy of the
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foreign occupiers and local criminals. There’s also a risk of ethnic cleansing’, the former boxing champion added. The EU and the US have imposed sanctions, including travel bans and an asset freeze, on 29 of the Kremlin’s key players, including former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich and Russian deputy prime minister Dmitri Rogozin, in retaliation. The White House said the sanctions sent ‘a strong message to the Russian government that there are consequences for their actions supporting the illegal referendum for Crimean separation’. Elsewhere, France risks losing the most from the sanctions. About €35.9billion of loans to Moscow come from French banks – about a fifth of all foreign investment in Russia, claims the Bank for International Settlements. Britain has said the EU is looking to reduce need for Russian energy after the Crimea vote.
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Awkward Moments Day This unofficial holiday encourages people to laugh at those cringey moments we all experience, from forgetting someone’s name to doing the walk of shame (interesting that it takes place right after Paddy’s Day…)
From the archives (2009): ‘New Shakespeare works’ found
Writer Dr John Casson says he has found six unrecognised plays by Shakespeare, including the Bard’s first published poem, his first comedy and his first tragedies. He also claims a ‘lost play’, Cardenio, is by Shakespeare and John Fletcher.
Today’s birthdays
Ron Atkinson, football pundit, 75; Brad Dourif, actor, 64; Pat Eddery, jockey, 62; Luc Besson, director, right, 55; Courtney Pine, musician, 50; Adam Levine, singer (Maroon 5), 35.
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More than half a million turn out to join in St Patrick’s Day fun in the capital
No rain on this parade
Green day: Performers at the Dublin parade, above; left, from top: spectators secure a decent view in Dublin; Chloe and Abigail O’Shea have mixed feelings about the Cork parade, and the pyramids go green PictureS: ePa/clare keogh
n The Taoiseach’s attendance in New York has been clouded by a row about a ban on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups marching in the Manhattan parade with equality banners.
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has refused to take part in what is the world’s oldest and biggest St Patrick’s Day event and Guinness withdrew its sponsorship of the parade.
MORE than half a million people flooded the streets of Dublin as St Patrick’s Day parades and festivals took place across the world. Brian Boru, an Irish wolfhound named Paddy and Viking Sitric were among the spectacular sights and sounds on the 2.6km route from O’Connell Street to St Patrick’s Cathedral. The Dublin parade, one of the largest in the world, had as its theme Let’s Make History – the next two years will look at the present and future. Dozens of elaborately decorated floats gave a carnival flavour to the parade, while marching bands entertained one of the biggest crowds in the city for the March 17 festivities.
by ED cARTy President Michael D Higgins attended the event and urged people to think of those who have emigrated from Ireland in recent years. ‘Today is a special day for all those Irish communities great and small across the world that come together in a spirit of pride and joy to celebrate their identity.’ The parade from Dublin was streamed online to a worldwide audience and an Irish diaspora of about 70million. More than 100 international landmarks were turned green to mark St Patrick’s Day, including the Great Wall of China. The earliest parade was held in Dingle, Co. Kerry at
6am while the shortest took place in West Boylston in the US state of Massachusetts, where 200 people marched through a car park between two pubs in the town Finders and Keepers. Meanwhile, in a St Patrick’s Day message, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said Ireland was known around the world for its people and their ability to change other people’s circumstances. Mr Kenny said: ‘That our small Atlantic island should inspire so much global affection is due in no small part to the nobility, or the uaisleacht, of our people who time and again saw to it not just to make the difference but to be the difference in parts of the world visited by war and famine and destruction.’
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Irish flights cancelled over French air strike
Regulation on the way: E-cigs
E-cigarettes banned on bus services ELECTRONIC cigarettes have been banned on Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services. Bus Éireann has also banned the use of cigarette substitutes in all parts of bus stations, excluding designated smoking areas. Dublin Bus has implemented a similar policy. Iarnród Éireann already treats e-cigarettes a in an identical manner to traditional cigarettes. The decision was made after a number of passengers complained about being in an enclosed space with people smoking. Research released this month shows more than 50,000 Irish smokers have made the switch from tobacco to e-cigarettes. Joe Dunne, CEO of VIP Cigarette, Ireland’s biggest e-cigarette retailer, says one solution could be the setting up of designated areas on buses and trains. He said: ‘I do think the sector needs to be regulated, but not as a tobacco or a medical product. It needs an independent classification where so the product can be tested and made available to people safely.’ Health minister James Reilly has said he intends to regulate the e-cigarette market, which will include banning their sale to under-18s.
Court halted Child Agency care orders THE Child and Family Agency failed in its applications for care orders in three cases according to reports released by the Child Care Law Reporting Project. The cases, challenged in the High Court, included two concerning newborn babies, while the other concerned two younger halfsiblings of children who had earlier been taken into care. The reports also found the secure care system for children with acute problems remains severely stretched, with children in need of secure care being put in non-secure residential units.
A NATIONWIDE strike by air traffic controllers in France will affect flights from Ireland today. The strike has been called by unions in response to Francois Hollande’s job creation scheme which proposes to cut business taxes. This would affect payroll. France’s civil aviation authority, DGAC, said up to 30 per cent of flights will be cancelled in Paris, with many
more delayed to and from the cities of Lyon, Marseille, Nice and Toulouse. Ryanair has cancelled 26 flights to and from France and it has warned of delays and cancellations to flights which fly over the country. Aer Lingus has cancelled one return flight between Dublin and Paris, and has notified passengers via SMS. Two return flights between Dublin and
Paris have been changed to an upgraded aircraft to provide extra capacity to accommodate those customers affected. Ryanair has advised passengers to check the status of their flight on their website and said affected passengers have been sent flight updates via email and SMS. Ryanair’s Twitter account will be posting updates during the day. Job scheme: Hollande
Man charged with murder of 66-year-old neighbour by TOM TuiTE
Turning the world upside down A labourer works at an upside-down house under construction at Fengjing Ancient Town, Jinshan District, south of Shanghai in China Picture:reuters
A MAN has been charged with the murder of a 66-year-old woman and the attempted murder of her daughter following a gun attack at a home in Tallaght. Grandmother Mary Dargan died from a shotgun blast to the head after she encountered a man entering the back of her house at the Killinarden Estate at around 4pm on Saturday. Her 34-year-old daughter, Karina Dargan, who also lives in the house, was shot at and suffered injuries to her face. She was taken to Tallaght Hospital but was later released. A neighbour, 58-year-old James Redmond, also of the Killinarden Estate, was charged with murder and attempted murder and was yesterday remanded in custody after he appeared at Dublin District Court, which also made an order that he was to be psychologically assessed. Several of Ms Dargan’s grandchildren, including a four-year-old girl, were in the house at the time and were frantically passed out windows to stunned locals. Gardaí arrived and arrested the man who had already been restrained at the scene and he was later treated in St James’s Hospital for minor injuries. He was released from hospital late on Saturday night before he was detained for questioning under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act. He was dressed in navy hooded jacket, dark trousers and a dark top, and had a bandage on his head, when he appeared before Judge John Coughlan yesterday morning. Judge Coughlan agreed to Garda Conor Fleming’s request for the accused to be remanded in custody to appear at Cloverhill District Court on Friday.
Be a Nissan ambassador Vet drugs theft warning IF you’re passionate and committed to achieving your goals, Nissan wants to help you reach them. Nissan Generation Next wants to help Ireland’s best and brightest succeed in their chosen field by becoming one of ten ambassadors who will get a custom Nissan car for a year. Linn Hatlelid became the latest ambassador at the UCD Fashion Show, when she took the title of Nissan Generation Next Young Designer of the year. She joins fellow ambassadors racing driver Sean Doyle, film maker Gerard
Barrett and Debra Ireland patient ambassador Emma Fogarty. Each ambassador is awarded with a brand new Nissan vehicle for a year that best suits their needs in helping them to achieve their ambitions. The remaining six places on the programme are open for anyone to apply to via the Nissan Generation Next website and Facebook app. Applications are being accepted until the end of April – visit www. nissangenerationnext.ie. The full list of Nissan Generation Next ambassadors will be announced in June.
EXTREMELY dangerous veterinary drugs were taken in a burglary where a black-coloured Toyota Land Cruiser was stolen in Co Galway on Saturday. The vehicle contained veterinary drugs and products including Ketamine, Xylazine and Butorphanol, which are considered not fit for human consumption. Ketamine is a popular party drug, while there has been emerging use of Xylazine by drug abusers in countries such as Puerto Rico. Butorphanol is a commonly-
used narcotic for pain relief in horses. The three drugs are often used to perform animal euthanasia. The burglary and theft took place between 1pm and 11pm on March 16 on the Dublin Road in Loughrea. The stolen vehicle has the partial registration 131 CE. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to contact them at Loughrea Garda Station on 09 184 2870, the Garda confidential line or any local Garda Station.
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Driving ban final frontier for Captain Kirk star Pine HE IS best known for being at the helm of the USS Enterprise. But it was his driving skills in another mode of transport that landed Star Trek star Chris Pine in court yesterday. The actor, 33, admitted a drink-drive charge after downing four vodkas at a party to celebrate the end of filming new movie, Z For Zachariah. Pine, who played Captain Kirk in two movies, was stopped by police in Methven, New Zealand, on March 1, a court heard. The US-born star was banned from driving for six months. His lawyer, Marilyn Gilchrist, said Pine had suffered ‘emotionally and professionally’ and the ‘negative publicity’ about the case had put his acting contracts in jeopardy.
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Earthquake ‘like a bomb’ A STRONG earthquake 8km underground rattled homes across Los Angeles yesterday. The 4.4 magnitude quake’s epicentre was 24km northwest of the city centre, the US Geological Survey said. Resident George McQuade said: ‘It felt like a bomb going off underneath our house. Nothing was damaged, but it sure woke everyone up. It was an eye-opener.’ There were no reports of damage from the pre-dawn quake.
‘It’s near this vintage clothes shop that sells ACTUAL parachute pants.’ (Irish) fan friendly: Pine signs autographs for his supporters at court Picture: AP
Plane search zone covers one seventh of the Earth
THE search for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet has grown so much that it now covers about 15 per cent, or one seventh, of the planet’s surface. The 26 countries involved in the hunt for the plane are looking at an area of 78million sq km. Malaysia has appealed for radar data and aircraft to help the search in an area that stretches from central Asia to the tip of Australia. The final words from the cockpit of flight MH370 came from its co-pilot, it has been revealed. The message ‘All right, good night’ was sent at the time two of the aircraft’s signalling systems were turned off manually. The informal sign-off has heightened suspicions of a hijacking or sabotage on the Boeing 777, which was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid and cap-
by sHAROn MARRis tain Zaharie Ahmad Shah have been investigated since it was discovered that the transponder on the plane was likely to have been switched off deliberately. Checks have also been made on the mostly Chinese passengers, who included a 29-year-old flight engineer for a private charter company. No trace of the aircraft or the 239 people on board has been found since the disappearance 11 days ago. It was claimed yesterday that the jet could have dropped to 1,500m to avoid radar around the time it performed a U-turn. The manoeuvre is extremely dangerous because of the pressure it puts on the aircraft’s frame. Flying so low at night without the help of radar would have left the plane more likely to crash into trees or mountains.
Any bus stop that’s near a place you find interesting, useful or fun can be a Hot-Stop. It could be the stop beside your favourite cinema or the one near the field where your Aunty Margaret once found twenty two quid fifty. Tell Noel about your Hot-Stops and you could win an iPhone 5. But hurry – the competition must end on March 18th at midnight. To enter, go to dublinbus.ie/networknoel
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‘Jumpy’ athlete once mistook washing machine for an intruder
Jet loses wing part mid-flight IT’S the last thing you would want to see when you look out a plane window in mid flight. Passenger Trevor Sinclair took this picture after a wing panel fell off a Delta Airlines Orlando-to-Atlanta flight on Sunday. After feeling the Boeing 757 rock from side to side, the crew made a safe emergency landing at its planned destination. None of the 169 people on board was hurt. Delta is investigating.
OSCAR PISTORIUS went into ‘code red mode’ when he thought an intruder was once in his home – then realised the noise was a washing machine, a court heard. The athlete tweeted about drawing his gun four months before he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who he thought was an intruder. His firearms trainer, Sean Rens, told how Pistorius was startled by a noise at home. ‘He went into what we call ‘‘code red’’ or combat mode,’ Mr Rens said. ‘When he came to the source of the noise, it was the laundry or something.’ Pistorius tweeted
by DAnIEL bInns about the incident in November 2012: ‘Nothing like getting home to hear the washing machine on and thinking it’s an intruder to go into full combat recon mode into the pantry!’ Pistorius, 27, had placed an order for six guns but cancelled it after shooting his model lover. The court was told police found a herbal remedy in the star’s home in Pretoria that boosts levels of testosterone. Pistorius denies murdering Miss Steenkamp in February last year. The trial continues.
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IAIn DE CAEsTECkER, 26, appears in TV series Agents Of SHIELD. He started acting early by making home horror movies with his siblings
There’s a lot of improvisation in your new movie, In Fear. Did you enjoy that? We did two weeks’
rehearsal beforehand, where we came up with our characters and improvised scenes that aren’t in the movie. The director’s idea was to keep things from us, so there are a lot of reactions in there which are genuine – that is great in a horror. If the camera’s on someone’s face and you genuinely believe they’re scared, it can be scarier than seeing the thing that’s frightened them.
How did you start acting? I
started going to drama classes when I was eight. My brother and I started when we were very young – we had a video camera and wrote scripts and made terrible little horror films. We got my twin sister to put flour and tomato sauce over her face and she’d pretend she was a dead body and we’d do a whodunnit. We’d usually get someone to play the victim and my brother and I would do all the other parts.
What was your first professional role? In a short
Scottish film called Billy And Zorba when I was ten. We filmed it in Aberdeen. I remember doing it and thinking this is definitely what I want to do for a living.
How’s Agents Of SHIELD going?
Very well. We’re near the end of shooting and things are getting very exciting. There’s lots of twists coming up. I’m excited for everyone to see the rest of the season. We’re all having fun, which is a great thing about it – there’s a real family atmosphere, which is nice.
Are you getting a second series? I have no idea and don’t know when we’ll find out. I stay out of all that stuff about ratings and figures. I just go in and do what I’ve got to do to the best of my ability and leave that to other people.
Your co-star Clark Gregg caused controversy by calling people who have stopped watching the show ‘losers’ – what are your thoughts? I’m not sure what the
context of that was but I’m sure it wasn’t meant in a bad way. He’s the biggest Marvel fan out of anyone. He’s so passionate about the show and loves the fans. He’s always made it very clear to us that they’re the reason we’re doing the show – they started a petition to see more of his character.
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I miss the rain quite a lot. It hardly ever rains in LA. I enjoy the rain, it reminds me of home
being part of a show such as this? It can be daunting being part of
the Marvel universe but it’s also very exciting. I approach it like I’d do with anything else. You create your character, know your lines, come into work each day and try to achieve the best you can. You’re aware there are a lot of fans you want the show to ring true with but, so far, all the fans have been very supportive.
You’re in Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, How To Catch A Monster. What was working with him like? It was one of the
best experiences of my life. He wrote the most amazing script, tried out new things each day, gave us all a lot of responsibility and a chance to bring our own thing to it. It was a dream for me to do a movie like that. It was very inspirational. He’s a really exciting person to work with because he’s very down to earth and unassuming but is always living in an artistic space, which is very infectious. You feel there’s always something exciting going on when he’s around.
Christina Hendricks plays your mum – is she old enough? I look quite young for my age but no she
probably isn’t. We had a great time working together and became good friends. She’s an amazing person and a really great actress – very giving. Our characters clash a bit, which is a big part of the story.
What do you miss about Britain now you’re living in LA? I don’t consider myself
to have moved there but I’ve been there for a good long time. I miss the rain quite a lot. It hardly ever rains in LA. I quite enjoy the rain, it reminds me of home, and I miss going for walks in the rain.
What lessons has your career in showbiz taught you so far?
I’m constantly reminded of how fortunate I am. I’ll moan about having to get up at 5am every morning but there are so many moments every day that remind me there are so many other people who could be in my position who are just as good or, mostly, probably better – so I’m aware how lucky I am and I don’t take it for granted. Andrew Williams
In Fear is out now on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Exposed: The wing panel fell off mid-flight
‘Code red’ Pistorius drew gun
Gun lover: Oscar Pistorius stares into the distance as his listens to more evidence in court pIcTurE: Ap
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Jagger ruled out marriage Dead cyclist
Social scene: Mick Jagger and L’Wren Scott at the launch of her Banana Republic collection in Los Angeles last year
DESPITE spending 13 years with Mick Jagger, L’Wren Scott lived in the knowledge he was unlikely to make her his third wife. The Rolling Stone openly admitted he was reluctant to walk Scott up the aisle in a 2012 interview. ‘I don’t think much of marriage. I’m not saying people shouldn’t do it but it’s
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not for me. And not for quite a few others it would appear,’ he told Woman & Home magazine. Jagger – who is said to have bedded 4,000 partners – has seven children with four women. He married Bianca Jagger in 1971 but they divorced in 1978. His 1990 wedding to Jerry Hall was annulled in 1999.
Stones star Mick mourns as partner L’Wren takes her life by ANDREI HARMSWORTH MICK JAGGER was left ‘completely shocked and devastated’ last night after his girlfriend of 13 years, L’Wren Scott, was found dead in her apartment. The Rolling Stones frontman had just touched down in Australia to begin his band’s 14 On Fire tour when he learned of the fashion designer’s suicide. The former model was found by her assistant at her luxury eighth floor apartment on New York’s 11th Avenue. It emerged the 49-year-old was struggling with debts thought to be in the millions. A spokesman for Sir Mick, 70, said, although their last public outing was in November, the couple were still together. Police said Scott was found shortly after 10.05am. The assistant let herself in with a key after the designer texted her 90minutes earlier asking her to come over. Foul play has been ruled out although no suicide note was found at the property. As tributes poured in from the fashion and showbiz world, it emerged Scott’s fashion business lost €4million in the UK alone last year. A fashion source said: ‘L’Wren was in a lot of financial trouble. She was
Spotlight: Photographers snap away as a medical examiner’s van leaves L’Wren Scott’s apartment building Picture: ePA unable to pay her staff and her a fashion designer. I don’t want to be school, working for Chanel and with suppliers.’ defined as someone’s girlfriend.’ photographers including David BaiScott was also said to be frustrated Scott, who said she never liked to ley before moving to California where at ‘living in the shadow’ of Jagger plan too far ahead, had forged her she built her reputation working as a and worried people would think he own way in life after being adopted stylist on photo shoots. had helped her career. by Mormon parents in Utah. In 2006, five years after her relaThe designer, who dressed stars inShe moved to Paris to become a tionship with Jagger began, she cluding Nicole Kidman, had said: ‘I’m model after graduating from high launched her first fashion collection.
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was stuck to front of train for 40km
A TRAIN arrived at a crowded platform with the dead body of a cyclist stuck to its front. The driver of the high-speed service was unaware he had struck the man at a level crossing and carried him 40km down the track. Passengers saw the cyclist’s body as the train pulled in at the end of the line in Mulhouse, eastern France. Some received counselling for shock and emotional trauma. ‘It was an upsetting sight. The body was stuck on to the front of the train but out of the vision of those in the driver’s car,’ said a spokesman for SNCF, France’s national railway. The train, travelling from Paris, was passing through the village of Petit-Croix when it struck the 48-year-old man. Police are trying to determine whether his death was an accident or a suicide. Although such incidents are ‘relatively rare’, a TGV driver once hit a minivan without even noticing as the trains can reach speeds of 200mph. ‘The kinetic energy of a train is so great that a shunt could go unnoticed,’ an SNCF spokesman said. ‘If there isn’t any debris left on the sides upon impact, you wouldn’t be aware of it.’ The dead man has yet to be publicly named but he is thought to be from the Franche-Comté region of north-eastern France.
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Electrocuted taking a selfie on train roof SPAIN: A young man was electrocuted after he and a friend clambered on to a train roof to take a selfie. The 21-year-old was thrown off the stationary cargo truck in Andujar, Andalusia, when he touched a live overhead cable as he took the shot. His friend also suffered a severe electric shock but survived.
FRANCE: Police officers stop drivers with even-numbered plates in Paris yesterday. The city needs to cut air pollution by allowing motorists to drive only on alternate days or face €20 fines Picture: AP
Mother raised wrong Iggy Pop’s tribute to baby after 1986 swap Stooges’ drummer
RUSSIA: A mother convinced she was given the wrong baby by nurses in 1986 is suing the hospital, after a DNA test confirmed her suspicions. Flera Fazlyeva learned her real son, named Aidar, had died in a car crash in 2004. The 54year-old, from Kazan, raised Ilshat, 27, like he was her own. He said: ‘I felt as if the mother who raised me was distant in some way. I do not feel a bond with my real mother.’
AMERICA: Scott Asheton, drummer of The Stooges, has died. The band’s frontman, Iggy Pop, paid tribute to the 64-year-old. He said he had ‘never heard anyone play the drums with more meaning’. Asheton – who stopped playing with the influential US group after having a stroke on tour in 2011 – was a founder member along with guitarist brother Ron, who died, aged 60, in 2009.
and finally... INDIA: A veteran politician is filling his swimming pool with mud on the advice of a feng shui expert. Convicted fraudster Lalu Prasad Yadav was told the empty pool was behind his waning popularity in opinion polls.
Seals seize oil tanker stolen by rebel gang LIBYA: American special forces yesterday seized a tanker carrying oil stolen by rebels intending to sell it on. The navy Seals boarded the North Korean-flagged Morning Glory and captured the three armed Libyans who had taken the vessel from the port of Es Sider. ‘The government will not allow anyone to fool around with the assets and resources of the Libyan people,’ an official statement said.
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xAMple has admitted he was a ‘complete mess’ who took ‘every drug under the sun’ before getting himself straight and healthy. He said he was more concerned with getting ‘absolutely battered every night’ rather than trying to turn his debut record into a success. ‘Back in the day, I did a lot of gigs where we were on tour with The Streets or artists from the label and because it was new to me I didn’t really take it that seriously, I didn’t know what I was doing,’ the 31-year-old confessed to me. ‘I just thought this whole experience was going to end very soon and I thought, “f*** it, let’s just get absolutely battered every night”, I’d probably have about four
Lean and clean: Example is looking forward to a bright future
by JENNI MCKNIGHT cans of Stella before I even got on stage.’ He continued: ‘It was like doing every drug under the sun and staying out late and blacking out and forgetting what you did, just behaving like a complete f***ing idiot really but I’m glad I got all that out of my system.’ example, alias elliot Gleave, said he now realises the importance of looking after himself. ‘It’s important that I train and get sleep when I can, go for runs and have a good diet, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to do 150 gigs a year all around the world,’ he said. ‘I’ve changed a lot. I’m quite happy I’m not a drug addict. I’m married and I’m focused.’
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Nicole and I are so solid, says Connor
Amanda: megan is a sexy Fox
Amanda Seyfried is one star who won’t moan about sex scenes after gleefully reminiscing how good Megan Fox was at snogging. The 28n star Linda year-old, who played porn een, said: ‘Sex scenes Lovelace on screen, ve are great. A lot of my co-stars have been sexy guys my age who are really respectful and cool. So, why not? I’m not going to pretend it’s not fun.’ As for her smooch with Fox, 27, in 2009 horror comedy Jennifer’s Body, Seyfried told the April edition of W magazine: ‘We kissed really well together. We have similar kissing styles. If I watch the scene, it’s actually really sexy.’
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’ Kidman’s adopted son has rubbished rumours that he is estranged from his mother. mother Connor Connor, 19, has spoken about his relationship with the Aussie star for the first time saying: ‘I love lo my mum. I don’ care what people say. don’t kno that me and mum are solid. I ‘I know love her. My family means everything.’ Rumours circulated that the ffamily were drifting apart after the actress
★ Booty call: Screen siren Amanda Seyfried said she loved snogging Megan Fox PICTURE: CRAIg mCDEAN/W
Miley Cyrus has been snapped rolling what looks like a joint as she hit the recording studio with The Flaming Lips. The band’s frontman Wayne Coyne posted a snap on Instagram of Miley rolling a spliff as they got to work. Miley is teaming up with The Flaming Lips on a cover of Beatles hit Lucy In The Sky With
revealed in 2007 that Connor and his adopted sister Isabella, 21, had stopped calling her ‘Mum’. Kidman, 46, later revealed her kids had chosen to live with Cruise, 51, when they split in 2001. She now has two younger daughters with second husband Keith Urban. But her budding DJ son told Woman’s Day: ‘Yeah, I love my music, but the family comes before everything else.’
Diamonds. The collaboration will also feature Andrew VanWyngarden from MGMT. But the duet has angered fans with champagne_supernova_ writing under the picture: ‘Sorry if I don’t want a washed-up Pink Floyd tribute band, and Hannah Montana, ruining one of the greatest songs of all time.’
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Courtney Love has suggested the missing Malaysian plane may have crashed in the ocean and has even offered exact co-ordinates as to where it may be. The musician revealed the theory in a Facebook post accompanied by a photo she had doctored that showed ‘oil’ and ‘a plane’. The patch of ocean is off the south-west coast of Vietnam. ‘I’m no expert but up close this does look like a plane and an oil slick,’ she wrote.
Kylie makes a date for visit to Dublin’s O2 K YLIE Minogue fans will be delighted to hear the diminutive Australian singer and actress is coming to Dublin. The I Should Be So Lucky singer and former Neighbours star has announced a series of arena shows in Ireland and the UK later this year. The singer, whose other hits include Confide In Me, Can’t Get You Out Of My Head and Spinning Around, who is also a mentor on The Voice UK is to play the gigs – in the wake of new album Kiss Me Once – during her upcoming 31date European tour which will see her
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar has ruled out a movie version of the series – insisting she is too old to slay vampires. The 36year-old said: ‘I’m a little old now. I feel like Buffy would have a wooden stake walker. I’m not quite sure how that would work.’ Gellar also reminded fans Buffy started out as a flop movie, adding: ‘We spent our whole first year or two apologising.’
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visit 15 countries, including Dublin on November 8 at the O2, followed by a night at the Belfast Odyssey Arena the next night. The new album, which features tracks by Haim producer Ariel Rechtshaid as well as Pharrell Williams, is her first for four years and is r eleased today. Tickets for the O2 show go on sale on Friday from 9am at €65.70. u See our review of Kiss Me Once on page 15.
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Deep soak: Lady Gaga poses in a murky bath after an artist spewed gunk over her on stage. The star, 27, tweeted that the SXSW Festival in Texas last week helped ‘heal my soul. Creative Rebellion is ARTPOP’ Picture: erOteMe
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he Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has described the Aer Lingus decision to sue Siptu for millions in damages as unhelpful. Unfortunately this drama takes attention away from where it should be right now – on bringing this dispute to a fair and equitable conclusion. Behind the headlines are workers who are worried about how they will be able to provide for themselves in their retirement. The irony is that the pension row is an impediment to Aer Lingus. It is also creating uncertainty for the travelling public, which in turns affects their travel choices. The most prudent thing to do now is to set aside all legal proceedings and create the best flying conditions – that will allow the expert panel to conduct its work in an expedient manner and help bring this dispute to an end. Killian Brennan, Dublin 17
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tries are as backward as they turn out to be in terms of public health.’ His colleague, Brendan Wren, professor of microbial pathogenesis, said: ‘Plague is a “down but not out” disease. So you do get 2,000 to 3,000 cases a year worldwide. ‘What might be surprising is it’s endemic in parts of the US as well, particularly the forest areas in some of the national parks, thanks to ground squirrels and small furry animals that are indigenous to western parts of the country. Trappers occasionally get plague and they do die of it. Cats can carry it as well.’ Prof Wren added: ‘You’ll probably never ever get rid of it in the US. To eliminate it completely, you’d need to get rid of it in all humans and wildlife, and that’s virtually impossible. The best we can say is we have the organism under control.’
Bubonic plague. It is the stuff of nursery rhymes (‘A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down’) and medieval history lessons, right? Not any more, it isn’t, as ETAN SMALLMAN reports, it is still ‘alive’ and well today... by flea bites and can be treated with antibiotics, if the strain is not drugresistant. In its pneumonic form, plague is even more lethal. It can kill within 24 hours and is transmitted from person to person through infected droplets spread by coughing. The recent outbreak was one of the worst globally in the past few years, with the Red Cross warning Madagascar was at risk of an epidemic. The country has problems with overcrowding and unhygienic
conditions and there has been a programme in prisons to exterminate rats, fleas and cockroaches. But should we be taken aback by the news? ‘Not really,’ said Sandy Cairncross, a professor of environmental health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ‘Many of the things that were lifethreatening to people in the Middle Ages or even up until the 18th or 19th centuries are still fairly common in developing countries. ‘I guess some people are surprised when they find that developing coun-
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CIENTISTS in recent weeks warned a strain of plague that killed more than 100million people could rise from the dead and strike again. Their chilling vision sounds like something from a fanciful Hollywood script but, for the people of Madagascar, it is a grim reality. About 40 people on the island, just off the coast of south-east Africa, have died of the plague. Characterised by painful swellings, or buboes, in the lymph nodes, bubonic plague – or the Black Death – killed an estimated 25million people in Europe during the Middle Ages. It is most commonly transmitted
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HE disease spreading today is caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium and is identical to the one prevalent during the Middle Ages. Prof Cairncross said the disease can lie dormant for long periods because it has ‘animal reservoirs’, allowing the bug to survive in various creatures before passing back to humans again. He had a brush with plague himself while helping to build a district water supply in Lesotho, southern Africa – spotting a flea on one of the workers before discovering a dead mouse while excavating near the pipeline. Prof Cairncross knows the value of antibiotics – his uncle died in the 1940s of leptospirosis, or Weil’s disease, after fishing in a river and scratching his leg in the water.
If the bacteria reach the lungs, the patient develops pneumonia (pneumonic plague), which is then transmissible from person to person through infected droplets spread by coughing
The drugs that could have saved his life were only just coming into use. But Prof Wren believes plague is highly unlikely ever to return to these shores. ‘Unless there’s a release for nefarious purposes,’ he said. ‘It is on the bio-terrorist threat agents list and that’s the only way it could come back.’ But other ‘ancient’ diseases are cropping up here again. There are more than 400 cases of tuberculosis annually in Ireland – a figure that has begun to rise in recent years. Cholera has been wiped in out in most of Europe, however, Haiti, the scene of a catastrophic earthquake four years ago, suffered an epidemic thought to have been started accidentally by UN soldiers sent to help. Leprosy also still stalks the planet. Mia Hadrill became determined to correct people’s mistaken beliefs after a trip to southern India, where she volunteered at a specialist hospital, followed by time spent as an intern at The Leprosy Mission in Scotland. She has now written Bela, a picture book for children to educate them about the condition. ‘I’ve heard every leprosy joke going. But in India, I learnt first-hand how misconceptions have a devastating effect on people living with it in the 21st century,’ she said. ‘Whether it is believed to be caused by divine punishment, witchcraft or being licked by a twoheaded snake, false belief can cause self-loathing, ostracism, abandonment and isolation for the many people who live with this disease around the world.’
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television fIlM of the day Cape fear itv4, 10pm
Undercover doctor: cUre Me I’M Gay C4, 10pm Dr Christian Jessen is glad to be gay but there are plenty of queer folk out there eager to show him what they see as the error of his ways. In this brave report the Embarrassing Bodies doc subjects himself to the alarmingly wide range of ‘treatments’ pushed by those who believe homosexuality is an illness that can be cured. From aversion therapy to exorcisms by way of crackpot counselling, the plucky Dr Christian (pictured) does a good job of exposing the dangers of these socalled cures. But he looks like he needs a good hug by the end of it.
The film that announced the teenage Juliette Lewis as one to watch earned her Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. She memorably holds her own against Robert De Niro (above), who plays tattooed menace Max Cady, a convicted rapist who emerges from a 14year jail sentence bent on terrorising the public defender, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), he blames for putting him inside. Cady begins by harassing the lawyer’s family: a dog is mysteriously poisoned and Cady sets his sights on ‘befriending’ Sam’s daughter (Lewis). Cape Fear is an all-out, full-blown thriller from Martin Scorsese and it’s a slashed-withsuspense remake of the 1962 black-andwhite classic, which starred Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum.
lIvInG the wIldlIfe rtÉ1, 7pm Over on Watch, David attenborough is finishing up his latest series, while tonight on rtÉ1 Colin Stafford-Johnson returns to the glens and hillsides of Wicklow in a new series uncovering ireland’s wildlife. in this first episode Colin goes in search of a creature that is seldom encountered: the gooseander – a rare fish-eating duck that makes its nest high up in the trees overarching fast-flowing rivers. enlisting the help of local park and wildlife ranger anne fitzpatrick, who installs nesting boxes in the trees for a female gooseander and her chicks, Colin sets up a tiny camera to capture the chicks hatching and he and anne settle in for a long wait. Will their patience pay off?
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Attenborough concludes his latest wildlife adventure with a final double episode treat. We zoom in on creatures such as sea horses, whose parenting arrangements fly in the face of convention, and painted ladies, whose fluttering presence is shaped by apparently magical forces. All the while, our guide fills us in on the evolution of human understanding of the phenomena found in some of the most fascinating species he’s ever encountered.
The relaxed pace of Michael Parkinson’s series – one guest given room to breathe and take part in a proper conversation rather than pop out breathless soundbites – makes a welcome change from the frantic gabble of many chat shows. First up in this new run is actor/comedian/ endurance athlete Eddie Izzard, who talks his childhood, Hollywood and whether he’s really serious about running for London mayor.
MY TOP FIVE FILMS Actor George Mackay GLADIATOR
I remember being blown away by this film, starring Russell Crowe (pictured right), and watching it over and over again. The scale of the story and the way in which you felt involved in that ancient world were amazing, I only wish I could have experienced it in the cinema.
THE GODFATHER
I watched this again recently, having not really appreciated it fully the first time. The subtlety of the whole piece is extraordinary and all the individual characterisations make it a joy to watch unfold.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
inema, as When I watched this in the cinema, the end credits began I remember slumping back in my chair, having not realised I had been leaning further and further forward with the tension of it all. The performances are so brilliant, and Javier Bardem (right) is terrifying and engrossing throughout.
THIS IS ENGLAND
Another film that I’ve watched again and again. It’s so exciting – you feel completely sucked in by the story and all the characters in it.
TRUE ROMANCE
There are so many wonderful characters in this that watching it can be overwhelming. The pace of the story and the wonderful music means you never get tired of watching it – you could even watch individual pieces as brilliant short films.
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George Mackay stars in For Those In Peril, which is out now on DVD.
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A study in Scarlett
Scarlett Johansson reckons a toned body would be too distracting in her latest role as an undercover alien, so she buttoned up to roam the streets of Glasgow, she tells Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
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carlett is pregnant!’ scream the world’s headlines but the avengers star is refusing to confirm it. Do stories like that make her feel extra protective of her private life? ‘My private parts?’ she exclaims, teasingly pretending to mishear. ‘the trappings of this job mean I always feel like I’m protecting not just my
personal life but my family, my partner [pretty French fiancé romain Dauriac], my lifestyle, my address, everything. ‘Several years ago I had that whole awful hacking incident’ – when nude selfies she had once sent to ex-husband ryan reynolds were intercepted and posted online – ‘which made me feel so paranoid. But I am trying not to let it affect me.’
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‘Sexually overwhelming,’ according to her frequent director Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Scoop, Match Point), Johansson was twice voted sexiest woman alive by Esquire magazine (2006 and 2013), so you’d think her latest role, as a sexy, man-eating alien in Under The Skin, would be a doddle. Instead, this dark masterpiece compelled the Hollywood starlet to explore a whole new edgy, unknown territory: Glasgow. ‘Thrilling’, ‘terrifying’ and ‘delicious’ are how she juicily describes the experience of driving round Scottish streets, disguised only by a dark wig, attempting to pick up real-life male strangers and take
“I try to live as normal a life as I can” them back to her house, apparently for sex, while director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast) and crew hid in the back of the van, secretly filming. She was never attacked. She was never recognised. ‘If people aren’t expecting you to be there, then you’re somehow not part of their reality,’ she explains, the sheer oddity of Scarlett Johansson being in a Glasgow lay-by rendering her invisible. And does her megafame ever make her feel like an alien in the ‘normal’ world? ‘I see some of the young actors and young celebrities today desperately trying to fit back into society,’ she says with the sage air of a showbiz veteran, ‘which I totally understand. But really, once you accept your fate as someone who’s a recognisable person, who’s no longer anonymous, I think you have a much easier time fitting in than if you are constantly trying to be “normal”.’
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GEd 29, Johansson is still technically a ‘young actor’ herself. Indeed, with 40 films including Girl With A Pearl Earring and recent Oscar winner Her to her credit, not to mention two studio albums as a singer, I tell her it’s hard to believe how young she still is ‘…because I look so old!’ she finishes, laughing uproariously. She was just ten when she made her film debut (North), 14 when The Horse Whisperer came out and only 17 when she gave her Bafta-winning turn in Lost In Translation – it’s no wonder it feels like this four-time Golden Globe nominee has been around forever. ‘In a lot of ways I am exactly the same as I was when I was 12,’ the danish-Jewish actress confesses – which marks the point where her BC (Before Celebrity) era would have ended. ‘I try to live as normal a life as I can. I live in New York and that allows for me to have everyday encounters with people in life that I might not have if I lived in a big LA mansion on a hill. Of course, that doesn’t mean I am ever going to be thrilled to be in a women’s locker room – but who is, right?’ She gives an intimate, deep, warm, throaty chuckle that instantly makes me feel like I’m chatting to one of my oldest gal pals, rather than ScarJo, international sex bomb. Under The Skin may require Johansson to strip down to her
Femme fatale: In Under The Skin, Scarlett Johansson dons a dark wig to play a maneating alien who prowls the streets of Glasgow; Below from left: With Bill Murray in Lost In Translation; with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Match Point; in The Girl With The Pearl Earring and in The Horse Whisperer undies but her curvaceous body is, bravely for an A-lister, not toned to hard-body perfection. ‘Of course, like any woman, I was thinking: “Oh God, there are going to be a million screen shots of this.” But it would be kind of distracting if I took off my shirt and I had, like, an eight-pack – not that I would ever have one! The character should look available and womanly – a little bit exotic, yes, but like she could fit in. It’s not like she’s some superhero, you know?’ Speaking of which, superhero fans have been getting their tights in a twist over whether the pregnancy-of-which-I-shall-notspeak will mean Johansson’s Black Widow character is downsized in the about-to-shoot
The Avengers 2. She won’t be drawn on that, except to say it would still probably take her only three weeks’ training to be catsuit-ready, with the raw vegan diet that entails, if she can only stay off the Sour Patch Kids sweeties. ‘That is something I can never turn down, no matter how much kale I’m eating,’ she says. And she’s a mean baker too. ‘I don’t believe in the whole raw egg thing,’ she declares. ‘Licking the spoon is the best part. Sometimes the mix will barely make it to the oven. ‘My signature baked good is a vegan banana chocolate chip muffin – I can modestly say I have had marriage proposals from those.’ How about Scotland’s infamous deep-fried Mars Bars – did she develop a craving for them? ‘You know, I didn’t find one,’ she says, ‘but I did try IrnBru.’ She pauses, mentally revisiting its unique orangeness. ‘I just don’t think I’m Scottish enough for Irn-Bru,’ she concludes gravely.
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music Sleaze-pop by numbers ENRIQUE IGLESIAS SEX + LOVE Island HHIII Complete with a fabulously cringeworthy cover shot that features him sitting blindfolded in a woman’s crotch-shade, Iglesias’s tenth album proves him stuck in the lewd Euro ravepop mode that’s informed his biggest hits in recent years. He starts as he means to go on with I’m A Freak: basic choo-choo piano riff, squally synths and vocodered lyrics about popping and dropping and a woman who ‘f***s like an animal’. You can just about imagine dancing to it at a Marbella disco but there aren’t enough cocktails in the world to keep you on the floor when Pitbull starts rapping. The reggae-lite There Goes My Baby featuring Flo Rida may be bearable but even J-Lo sounds monumentally bored on the simplistic Physical, which sounds like it’s been spewed out by a ‘club thumper’ computer programme. Sorry Enrique, but you’re not our Hero any more. Amy Dawson
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t some point in the late 1990s, Kylie Minogue shed her image as a frothy, toothsome Aussie popstress and transformed into a multi-ranging archetype: a clubbing queen, a fashion siren, a glamorous survivor. It brings a sense of event to each Kylie album release but it also sets a tough standard; if Kylie represents so many different things to her audience, how could she possibly live up to them all on one record? Her 12th studio album, Kiss Me Once, does come at an intriguing juncture in her career. It follows her pop catalogue reworking on 2012’s The Abbey Road Sessions, her Saturday night TV fixture judging BBC1’s The Voice, and her signing to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation management firm. While that US deal sounds distinctly heavyweight, there’s a light touch at play on Kiss Me Once. This is Kylie as flighty escapist and good-time girl, right from the soaring Into The
Blue. There’s also a peculiar emphasis on songs with pointedly ‘sexy’ titles rather than the ethereal allure that this 45-year-old star excels at. Sexy Love recalls Janet Jackson’s 2001 hit All For You. Elsewhere, both Kylie and writer/ executive producer Sia Furler are frankly better than the tinny grind of Sexercize, although both do deliver on the classy title track.
Kylie’s recent albums have tended to involve a glut of guest producers; part of the issue is that so many of these collaborators already feel tried-and-tested elsewhere, from the ubiquitous (albeit supremely talented) Pharrell to highly-rated producer/songwriter MNEK. Kylie herself remains easy to love, but this Kiss lacks a certain thrill.
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Nicole Maguire (pictured below) has been championed by Paul Brady and Nanci Griffith – endorsements which might arguably do more to discourage the causal listener than draw them into her orbit. However, there is little middle of the road about her mesmerising debut, recorded in Nashville and self-funded by the artist (she sold her car to pay for studio time). Like a sort of Celtic Laura Marling, the Conna, Co Cork singer’s dulcet voice is an efficient delivery mechanism for songs that frequently turn out to be far darker than the plangent arrangements initially suggest. Admittedly, it’s all quite one-pace and the acoustic strumming has wallflower qualities. Still, beneath the doe-eyed exterior, Maguire is a songwriter with claws and What You Really Mean rewards deep immersion. Eamon De Paor
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Model gets caught by the scuzz SKY FERREIRA NIGHT TIME, MY TIME Capitol
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Even before she signed up as support on Miley Cyrus’s Bangerz US tour, it’s hard to imagine there was anyone who hadn’t heard of Sky Ferreira due to her musical
connections (Michael Jackson, Bloodshy & Avant, Dev Hynes), modelling career and popularity with gossip magazines. But with the release of her endlessly delayed debut album, the 21-year-old Californian is set to go intergalactic. Night Time… is a brash, bold and very big chunk of electro power-pop that’s as high on confession as it is on
volume. Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid – who’s opted for a scuzzed-up, Jesus And Mary Chain sound with a cranked-up bass – it’s tied to the LA rockbelter tradition of Pink and Katy Perry. Highlights are the darkly queasy title track and last year’s Everything Is Embarrassing, a terrific mix of r‘n’b-pop hooks and heartache. Sharon O’Connell
yOuR DubLiN WEEk buy POPCORN fOR… The Rocket (12A)
Like Slumdog Millionaire on a tinier scale, this Australian-produced Laotian drama of one poor boy’s life journey is vibrant and magical, but doesn’t shy away from tragedy. As a surviving twin, ten-year-old Ahlo (real life former street kid Sitthiphon Disamoe) is considered ‘bad luck’. Certainly his family is faced with many disasters until a rocketbuilding competition with a lucrative prize offers to lift the curse. A quirky story of grief and determination, its sweet, happy ending may be contrived – but it’s certainly one of the most uplifting of the year. Until Thu, IFI, 6 Eustace Street D2, various times & prices. Tel: (01) 679 3477. www.ifi.ie
gET DOWN TO… Drake + The Weeknd
The two Toronto hip-hop/r‘n’b hot shots continue to offer equal parts self-obsession and soulfulness on their European tour. Aubrey ‘Drake’ Graham will be treating fans to nuggets from 2011 smash album Take Care and last’s year’s Nothing Was The Same which swells with the confidence acquired from the performer’s ascent to mainstream star. Meanwhile, expect a full band, arty visuals and possibly new material from The Weeknd (aka 23-year-old EthiopianCanadian Abel Tesfaye) who had critics frothing over 2012’s expansive masterpiece Trilogy Tonight, The 02, East Link Bridge, North Wall Quay D1, 7.30pm, €59.40. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.drakeofficial.com
Paolo Nutini
Those who’d initally dismissed handsome Scot Paolo Nutini (below) as a youthful James Blunt clone were forced to have a rethink after the release of his effervescent 2009 album Sunny Side Up. Fast forward five years and he’s back in town to showcase tracks from forthcoming LP Caustic Love. If the Otis Reddingchannelling soul of new single Scream (Funk My Life Up) is anything to go by, the Paisley native hasn’t lost his touch Thu, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street D2, 7.30pm, from €30 (sold out). Tel: 0818 719 300. www.paolonutini.com
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Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23
Deeply personal feelings could cause you to take stock of a meaningful goal. Do you have what it takes to make it happen? Though others may say you do, perhaps you’re entertaining a sense of doubt. Support could come from an unlikely source. For your forecast, call 15609 114 73
Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23
Today’s Venus Uranus connection may spark a brainwave, helping a relationship out of the doldrums. Your ability to empathise and your willingness to save the day can be a turning point.
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Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23
Reaching out to someone who needs a helping hand may be a necessity and might net you a new friend too. Discussions with a loved one could be productive if you can come to an arrangement. For your forecast, call 15609 114 75
Libra Sep 24 – Oct 23
ACROSS 1 Quibbling (12) 7 Hail (5) 8 Vagrant (5) 9 Before (3) 10 Defender (9) 11 Not certain (6) 12 End (6) 15 Distress (9) 17 Prohibition (3) 18 String (5) 19 Bend (5) 21 Untimely (12)
DOWN 1 Indispensable condition (12) 2 Wrath (3) 3 Choice (6) 4 Assembly (9) 5 Respond to stimulus (5) 6 Fearful (12) 7 Conjecture (5) 10 Keep on striving (9) 13 Tinge deeply (5) 14 Athletics implement (6) 16 Pretend (5) 20 Manage (3)
Yesterday’s Solutions Across: 4 Discuss; 8 Openly; 9 Asinine; 10 Clever; 11 Appeal; 12 Decision; 18 Overcast; 20 Reveal; 21 Spring; 22 Quality; 23 Dilate; 24 Degrade. Down: 1 Concede; 2 Defence; 3 Alters; 5 Instance; 6 Canopy; 7 Sundae; 13 Isolated; 14 Capital; 15 Stagger; 16 Refuse; 17 Seller; 19 Repair.
scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22
Holding a much-needed conversation could add an extra element of satisfaction. Though caution may be your watchword, laying yourself on the line might be the tougher yet more rewarding option, especially if you’re looking for lasting results.
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sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 21
Social sparkles encourage new connections and fresh discoveries about the goings on in your locale. Meanwhile, today’s line-up can also spotlight a fresh side to your personality that is winning and attractive. There’s a chance you’ll click with someone you meet. For your forecast, call 15609 114 78
Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20
You could surprise yourself with the innovative solutions you come up with. Regarding household spending, a brainwave could help you recycle an item. Any inspiration about how to make or manage money can augment current potentials. For your forecast, call 15609 114 79
Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19
While a Venus Uranus connection can spotlight dazzling chemistry, a new friend could be here today and gone tomorrow. Yet, an older alliance with someone who knows you inside out may be enlivened by today’s energetic signature. For your forecast, call 15609 114 80
Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20
An blend of energies could give finances a small boost, maybe because of someone’s bright idea. Yet, clever budgeting could be the best way to go for now, to avoid disappointment in the future. For your forecast, call 15609 114 81
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ENIGMA Three-word phrase describes, it’s said, Women who have yet to wed. Though they may still be in their prime, Like dusty jars they’ve missed their time.
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WHO AM I? An actress, I was born in London in 1965. I starred in Disney’s live action version of 101 Dalmatians. My mother is
Vanessa Redgrave. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? WHO… was the creator of Earth and humans in Babylonian mythology? WHAT… medical condition was also called the king’s evil? WHERE… in the Middle East was the capital Nineveh? WHEN… was Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin sinated?
QUIZ ANSWERS: ENIGMA: On the shelf. WHO AM I? Joely Richardson. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? Marduk; Scrofula; Assyria; 1995.
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Pluto’s link with the Moon, hints a
decision may be needed. The sooner the better, as there may be an element of positive change involved. Later, a meeting may have romantic potential as a sparkling Venus Uranus tie-up brings added excitement your way.
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Next-gen’s first real titan Robot wars: Climb inside a Titan and enjoy…
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t’s not just the Xbox One that needs titanfall to be a success. We’re now a few months into the next generation of consoles but, so far, very few games have been of a quality that justifies shelling out on the new hardware. titanfall is the first major release of 2014 to make the argument – and it does so with a 20-tonne robot punch to the face. It’s created by some of those behind Call Of Duty and the basics of titanfall’s first-person gameplay are similar. the major differences? Everyone has a jetpack and everyone can ride
TEcH REviEw HTC oNe golD IT SEEMS as if smartphones these days are no sooner launched than they’re obsolete so what about HTC’s recent release of a gold colour edition of its almost yearold HTC One? Is it still a player? The gold does distinguish the HTC One from the crowd and while the aluminium body means it’s not as light as the competition the extra weight gives it a premium feel. Capacitive back and home buttons sit either side of the HTC logo underneath the still impressive 468 PPI, 4.7-inch, fullHD display. Unlike the majority of Android devices, there is no menu
around in one of the eponymous titan robots. the jetpacks don’t exactly make you the Rocketeer, though, and are really an excuse to explain why you can double jump and wall run like the Prince of Persia. Using these new parkour powers takes practice but once you’ve mastered them, you can traverse the entire map while hardly touching the ground.
Playing as a titan is more straightforward – the controls are almost identical to being on foot, except you’re a little slower and can only dash instead of jump. Oh, and you can now step on other players and wield guns the size of smart cars. You’ve also got complete freedom to enter and re-enter the titan at any time, letting the computer control it in follow or guard mode while you’re outside. this is tactically useful but not nearly as much fun as pummelling a rival titan with your robot fists and
button. This unusual layout led to much futile tapping of the logo. The volume rocker and power button are just a little bit too shallow with the latter also being poorly located at the top left. Dual facing front speakers powered by Beats Audio mean the sound is genuinely impressive and very loud without suffering any distortion – the best I’ve experienced on a smartphone to date. HTC’s heavily customised interface, Sense 5.5, is mostly an improvement over stock Android apart from the
decision to reverse the side of the answer and decline buttons, initially leading to a lot of mistakenly rejected calls. However, HTC’s Blinkfeed is still one of the best custom home screens for Android, integrating your social media streams and favourite news sources into a well-designed user interface that’s easy to flick through quickly. The Ultrapixel camera with optical image stabilisation captures more light, leading to crisper, brighter pictures. Shutter speed was really responsive while holding
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ALsO OuT more New releaSeS Dark Souls II (360/PS3) is the followup to a breakout hit that flew in the face of every gaming trend. Its extreme difficulty and refusal to explain itself struck a chord with
those tired of too much handholding in games. This sequel is set in the kingdom of Drangleic, where you must find a cure for the curse of undeath. The developers couldn’t resist the allure of mainstream success and some of the rough edges are rounded off. However, this third-person action role-player doesn’t put anything on a plate, with some elements harder than in the original, such as the slow-decreasing life bar that shrinks every time you’re killed. The more colourful visuals mess with the original’s melancholy mood but Dark Souls II is another anti-establishment triumph. DJ
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ripping the pilot out of the cockpit. the gameplay is perfectly balanced but there are issues with the package as a whole, with just five game modes and largely unimpressive graphics. the campaign multiplayer is also disappointing and amounts to nothing more than playing the game as normal while actors jabber on about the world’s most generic sci-fi story over the radio. None of these problems are serious, though. In terms of online action, titanfall is the new next-gen standard to beat. David Jenkins
the capture button takes successive shots from which you can choose the best or let some smart software decide. HTC Zoe takes a number of Zoe shots in succession, turning your photo gallery into what looks like a page out of a newspaper in Hogwarts, all the images alternately animating. Battery life was a little disappointing with heavy data usage. However, turning on power saving features increased longevity significantly. Overall, the HTC One has aged well and some smart software and a great camera still make it one of the better Android devices on the market today. From free with operators. Joanne Ahern
Hula (iOS, free) Bringing a new meaning to the term ‘going viral’, Hula helps you get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. As well as directing you to your nearest clinic, it also stores your (hopefully clean) results, which its creators reckon could then be used as a chat-up technique. Your bill of health remains encrypted and you can choose whether to share them with partners or even on a social network. Currently available Stateside, we hope to see it here soon.
Banter Chat (iOS/android, free) Making its debut at SXSW was this new messaging app that can set up anonymous chat rooms or public forums with friends invited from social media usual suspects Facebook and Twitter. The idea here is to retain a bit of privacy – you don’t need to hand over personal details to register and public rooms are only logged for 24 hours – while bringing back the glory days of services like AOL Instant Messenger.
Samba (iOS, free) The Israeli start-up that allows people to send videos and record their friends’ reactions won the best social app award at SXSW. Record up to 15 seconds of footage, send it down the line, then when someone watches it, their reaction is recorded and sent back to you – a bit like a twoway Snapchat conversation. Just make sure you’re not sitting on the toilet when you open a message. James Day
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One-time chalet girl Tamara Hinson returns to a hugely different Tignes 1800 in France
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’m sitting at the top of the Tignes glacier, sipping champagne in the new Le Panoramic restaurant and musing on the past. Ten years ago, my fiancé and I spent a season in the French alpine resort as chalet hosts. Our basement accommodation had cracked windows that contributed to the bronchitis I soon developed and my partner crashing into a rock meant he had to be heli-lifted off the mountain. We returned home soon after. my bad luck has returned on this trip: while attaching snow chains to our car, I slip on ice and the resulting black eye earns me countless high fives from fellow boarders who assume it’s piste-related. To say the resort has changed in the past decade would be an understatement. But first, a quick history lesson: the original Tignes village is underwater, having been flooded in 1952 to build a hydroeletric damn. This made Tignes 1800 – formerly known as Tignes Les Boisses – the centre. Two years ago, in a bid to modernise Tignes 1800, work on a new village centre began. It has low-rise, chalet-style apartment blocks, a supermarket, ski school and hire shops, all positioned around the new village square. There’s even a replica of the original parish church, now deep underwater. Tignes 1800 has been pitched as the first high-altitude eco village – almost entirely pedestrianised, with cars hidden in underground car parks and free shuttle buses to reduce CO2 emissions offered instead.
Piste and quiet: Inside a Kalinda Village apartment in Tignes 1800 and (below) the outside of one of the blocks The low-rise buildings were constructed by mGm, known for its green credentials. Our Kalinda Village accommodation (comprising six chalet-style buildings of 109 apartments) is cosy, with floorto-ceiling windows, photos of the original village on the walls and underfloor heating provided by the first plant in the Alps to run on wood
waste biofuel. By the time the development is completed – three new chalets are due to open in 2016 – €150million will have been spent. On our first morning, we take the brand new, €6million Boisses gondola, located just metres from our apartment, and snowboard to nearby Tignes Le Lac (one of the five villages within Tignes), where we find a shiny new sports centre, Tignes Space, and some equally shin new ski lifts. shiny The Aeroski gondola – the quickest way to get to Val d’Isère – has been renamed To Tovier and now has a swish new escalator at the top. And getting back is easy – Ti Tignes is just a 15minute bus ride aw away. We explore the slopes above Le Lac before heading to Ti Tignes’ highest section, Val Claret, where we take the funicular to the top of the glacier. It’s also the only way to get to Le Panoramic, where a beret-wearing waiter invites us to swap snowboard boots for fur-lined
slippers. In 2004, our lunch was sandwiches snaffled from the hotel kitchen while restaurants were places we were to taken to during visits by sympathetic parents. With its fur-lined chairs and michelin-starred chef, Le Panoramic is a million miles away. We opt for the steak, which comes with mountains of mash, but the pièce de résistance is the dessert buffet – anyone who’s ever worked in an Alpine hotel will know that baking at altitude is no mean feat. That evening, we check out our old haunts: the slope-side Loop bar in Le Lac, with its packed happy hours and €12 jugs of beer (up from eight circa 2004), and the Alpaka, a seasonaire’s favourite. We also check out the Couloir Bar in Val Claret, a hip new hangout run by a Brit, whose brother owns Loop. On the final day, we take a helicopter ride above the resort. Because of its location nestled in the bottom of a valley, Tignes cannot expand indefinitely and, despite its position above the tree-line, has nothing in common with some of the other concrete jungles that blight the Alps. As we swoop above the mountains, I remember, ten years ago, staring up at Paul dangling high above, spinning madly as the paramedic struggled to get him inside the ski patrol helicopter. The present view is definitely the one I prefer.
ski Festivals Snowbombing, wbombing, Mayrhofen, Austria The Snowbombing festival takes place from April 7 to 12 with The Prodigy,, The Chemical Brothers and Carl Cox playing. There will be parties and competition on the mountain and within the resort. Festival organisers have put on transfers from airports in Munich, Innsbruck or Salzburg from €40. www.snowbombing.com Ibiza Rocks The Snow, Meribel, France Ibiza Rocks is all about snow, not sun, this year. The third of the three week-long festivals runs from March 29 to April 5. Zane Lowe will be DJing amid street parties, rail jams and an ice disco. Accommodation and flight packages start from around €500. www.ibizarocksthesnow.com
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New Mexico
Ancient hot springs, Adobe villAges And Art on A mAmmoth scAle – the lAnd of enchAntment shAres her secrets, sAys mAyA boyd
TAKE THE OPEN ROAD
New Mexico is vast – in that bigsky, open-road way that the US does so well. The original road trip, Route 66, enters New Mexico from Texas and meanders past rocky outcrops, quiet streams and adobe villages. It also meanders through scruffy suburbs and industrial wasteland but pockets of charm remain – in little Santa Rosa, you can visit the Route 66 Auto Museum (www.route66auto museum.com), the Comet DriveIn and Joseph’s Restaurant. Perhaps the most famous Route 66 landmark is the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari (doubles from €50, www.blueswallowmotel. com), a neon-lit classic that has been catering to ‘Mother Road’ pilgrims since 1941. For a more focused trip, travel the 135-km Enchanted Circle, which weaves around Wheeler Peak, the highest point in NM. The road creeps through canyon passes and takes in the villages of Eagle Nest and Angel Fire before passing writer DH Lawrence’s ranch. For a shorter drive, check out the Turquoise Trail, a road trip between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, taking in desert, canyons, mountains and historical towns in an hour.
THE WILD WEST ISN’T FAR
New Mexico capital Santa Fe has come a long way from its days as a rough-and-ready trading post on the cowboy trail to Mexico. Famed for its dry climate and freespirited vibe, it’s hugely popular with wealthy bohemians. Two hours outside town, however, you can still hear the slap of leather and smell the whisky at the St James Hotel (doubles from €62,
www.exstjames.com), a favourite stopover of Jesse James, Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill. With this many cowboys in residence, things were bound to get rowdy – at least 26 men were killed in gunfights at the hotel and the ceiling of the old saloon (now the dining room) still has the original bullet holes.
BREAKING BAD IS GOOD
Vince Gilligan’s US crime drama has broken records, won awards and made a star of its location – Albuquerque. Adventure travel specialist Black Tomato (www. blacktomato.com) has a BB tour as part of its new SetJetter series. From Jesse Pinkman’s house to Walt and Skyler’s carwash via remote desert ‘cook spots’ and the Crossroads Motel (aka the Crystal Palace), you’ll see it all. Meanwhile, The Candy Lady in Albuquerque’s Old Town sells Meth Candy – dyed rock candy resembling the blue meth made on the show. The BB tour costs from €3,500 per person based on two sharing, including international flights, accommodation, transfers, car hire, experiences and some meals.
TRY OUT TAOS
Rugged, low-rise Taos has attracted a certain type of bohemian resident since IrishAmerican Georgia O’Keeffe, darling of the New York art scene and ‘mother of American Modernism’ began painting in the area in 1929. Between her and Mabel Dodge Luhan, a New York heiress and socialite who relocated to Taos in 1919 to set up a literary colony and marry a Pueblo Indian, Taos became a honeypot for the artistic elite of the day. It’s now full of galleries, eateries and craft
markets. Nearby Taos Pueblo is the only living Native American community to be designated a Unesco World Heritage Site. In the valley of a Rio Grande tributary, this adobe settlement is a window on to an ancient culture. Forty-five minutes outside Taos, the Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs have been a sacred gathering place for thousands of years. They are the only natural hot springs in the world that offer a combination of four different types of geothermal mineral waters: arsenic, iron, lithium and soda.
SEE THE LIGHTNING STRIKE
One of New Mexicos’s eeriest sites, The Lightning Field is an interactive art installation by sculptor Walter de Maria. Visitors to the vast site in Quemado will be greeted by the sight of 400 steel poles embedded in the ground across a square mile of empty desert. Stay in a three-bed cabin overlooking the site (€180 per person) and, if you’re lucky, there will be an electrical storm. The Lightning Field has been specially designed to attract electromagnetic forces, resulting in a cacophonous, man-made blaze of glory on crackly nights. For a vintage town fix afterwards, drive into the spa city of Truth Or Consequences. The bonkers name has an even more bonkers heritage: in 1950, an American game show vowed to air a programme from the first town that renamed itself after the show. The rest, as they say, is history.
Clockwise from above left: The Route 66 Auto Museum; the adobe settlement at Taos Pueblo; and NM’s arty state capital, Santa Fe
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Care: ‘We can win World Cup’
Care turns his attention to world domination danny care says england have already moved on from their Six nations heartache and are focused on becoming the world’s best team. Stuart Lancaster’s men finished their own championship campaign on a high on Saturday with a 52-11 win in Italy but were denied the title on points difference by Ireland’s triumph hours later. But, with a three-Test tour to new Zealand to look forward to this summer and a World cup on home soil next year, scrum-half care is looking only to the future. ‘you can look back in hindsight and wonder if we could have defended better in the final ten minutes against France [in their opening match], but these things happen in rugby,’ he said. ‘We have learned more with every game played. From the loss in France to the win against Italy, we continue to develop.’ and after four wins on the spin to finish the tournament care admits there is now no limit to england’s ambitions. ‘We don’t want to be second best. We want to be world number one, so it will be brilliant to go to new Zealand and test ourselves,’ added the Harlequins no.9. ‘We can win the World cup. With the amount by which we are improving every week. ‘The team is playing well but we will know more after the series against the all Blacks. ‘The result of the tour will show us where we are in comparison with the world’s best.’
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O’Connell says potential clear thanks to Schmidt by DAnny HOgAn JOe Schmidt’s crucial ‘clarity’ will allow Ireland to realise their rugby World cup 2015 potential after landing the rBS 6 nations title, according to captain Paul O’connell. Talismanic lock O’connell said head coach Schmidt’s visionary management was pivotal to Ireland turning their fifthplace finish in 2013 on its head. Ireland clinched this year’s title with Saturday’s 22-20 triumph over France in Paris and is the latest in a string of notable successes on Schmidt’s coaching cV, which also includes two Heineken cups, the Pro12 league title, an amlin challenge cup and a French Top 14. and 34-year-old Munster totem O’connell was keen to hail Schmidt’s methods after celebrating his first international victory on French soil, believing the new Zealander’s attention to detail frees up Ireland’s stars to perform.
‘People are in no doubt of their role’
Champions: Head coach Joe Schmidt and captain Paul O’Connell with the Six Nations trophy picture: inpho
Wales still think like Wyn-ers
Alun-Wyn Jones says Wales’ ambitions are ‘way beyond’ what they achieved in this year’s six nations Championship. Wales began the campaign looking to complete an unprecedented title hat-trick, however, away defeats against Ireland and england saw
them fall well short. ‘A few years back we probably would have been happy with three home wins,’ said 78cap lock Jones said. ‘our ambition is way beyond what we have done here. We’ve shown that in the past two years, and that is not going to wane.’
‘I’ve been going to Paris since I was 22 and that’s my first win,’ said O’connell, already eyeing next autumn’s World cup in england. ‘Joe’s had a massive impact. It was a poor, disappointing, frustrating season last year, albeit injury-plagued as well. ‘He’s brought real clarity, a very effective way of rucking, and people are in no doubt of their role. ‘When you have a good team and you can give players that kind of clarity, it allows them to be good players. ‘He instils a lot of confidence in those around him with his philosophy, his strategy and his detail. ‘It gives the younger guys in the squad a winning habit, and that’s important with the challenges ahead, especially leading into the World cup. ‘We’ve got to harness that confidence and belief in that build-up now, to give ourselves every chance.’
Thoughts now turn to BOD the world-class coach BrIan O’driscoll has all the attributes to forge a first-class coaching career, according to Ireland boss Joe Schmidt. O’driscoll brought down 15 glorious years of international action by guiding Ireland to a first rBS 6 nations title in five years with Saturday’s 22-20 victory over France in Paris. even before Ireland’s triumph, bookmakers had O’driscoll installed at 16/1 to coach the British and Irish Lions to a series win before 2030. The 35-year-old Leinster stalwart has already tried to play down a quick-fire move into management, but Ireland head coach Schmidt remains confident O’driscoll has all the qualities for success. ‘I think he’d be good at whatever he does, in the short term that’s probably
house husband, but in the long term I think he’d make a great coach,’ said Schmidt. ‘He’s intelligent, he’s got great values, and he is hard-working, he’s a great role model for people and he knows the game inside-out. certainly I’ve learned a lot from him.’ Schmidt said he has no plans to try to draw O’driscoll into his coaching staff for Ireland’s assault on the 2015 World cup. ‘at the moment our coaching team is functioning really well,’ he said. ‘I haven’t really thought about that, so I’ll think about it and come back to you.’ Schmidt admitted his overriding emotion after a testing Six nations was relief, at being able to meet the ‘growing expectation’ of the Irish public. ‘I’m just incredibly relieved, because
there was a growing expectation, probably from that last game in november (a narrow defeat to new Zealand in dublin), that we could maybe do something a little bit special,’ he said. ‘It’s a massive relief to get to do it. I think losing at Twickenham was a bit like winning in Paris: we lost by the skin of our teeth there, and we won by the skin of our teeth in France and that’s the nature of playing the big teams away. ‘But to come to France having won here once in the last 42 years, to win a championship, it’s a dream come true really. ‘It was work ethic and unity that carried us home, and I thought we saw some trust in each other on Saturday that’s developed with the group that’s been there. “and they have earned the right to be champions.’
Brian blessed: Joe Schmidt says O’Driscoll has the skills to be a coach
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Ireland’s Ed Joyce bats against Zimbabwe in the ICC World Twenty20 Group B match at the International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh Picture: inPho
Luck holds as Irish see off Zimbabwe on Paddy’s Day
The World Twenty20’s new format allows little margin for error, but for Ireland, everything came together just when they needed it, including some St Patrick’s day luck, as they narrowly defeated Zimbabwe by three wickets to take a substantial step towards the tournament’s main draw. At this stage of proceedings, the two points far supersedes the means but Phil Simmons’ side were coasting to victory in style, chasing 164, before a late stumble. Needing four to win off the last over, Ireland lost two wickets in quick succession to rekindle memories of the tie back in 2007.
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however, Stuart Thompson managed to level the scores and then scramble a madcap single off the final delivery with Alex Cusack.
end of the day that’s all that matters but we’ll look back because we should have won it a lot easier than that.’ Paul Stirling quelled any concerns over his form with a bludgeoning half-century, as he hit ten boundaries
‘We’ll take the win... but we’ll look back because we should have won it a lot easier than that’ ‘We played some really good cricket throughout the game and it would have been extremely disappointing to lose it from the position we were in,’ captain William Porterfield said. ‘We’ll take the win because at the
on his way to 60 off just 34 balls. his first wicket partnership of 81 with Porterfield put Ireland firmly in the ascendancy, but a middle-order wobble allowed Zimbabwe back into the contest.
ed Joyce and Andrew Poynter whittled down the required runs with a 29run stand, but the Africans rallied. Crucially, however, o’Brien scored a quickfire 17 to curb a Zimbabwean comeback and although o’Brien couldn’t take his side over the line, Thompson duly delivered, albeit with some fortune as wicket-keeper Brendan Taylor’s attempted run-out narrowly missed the stumps. elsewhere in Group B, Netherlands recorded a convincing win over United Arab emirates to move level on points with Ireland. Phil Simmons’ side now face UAe in Sylhet tomorrow.
Ireland captain William Porterfield admitted the nerves started to get to him when Ireland needed just seven runs from the last two overs, but managed only three from the penultimate over and then lost their two wickets. He told Sky Sports 2: ‘I was fine up until about three balls to go. Obviously it had got a lot closer than we would have liked, especially getting down to needing seven off the last two [overs], but all credit to the way Zimbabwe bowled in the last few overs. ‘They took those few wickets and put us under pressure.’ Man of the match Paul Stirling stressed there is still hard work to be done in their upcoming fixtures against Uae on Wednesday and Holland on Friday. ‘We knew how important this game was and we now know how important the next two games are,’ he said. Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor was disappointed the game ended in such a dramatic defeat. On the last ball drama, he said: ‘I was backing myself to hit the stumps. He’s such a good death bowler [Panyangara] I just thought maybe full and straight… unfortunately I missed the stumps but that’s the way it goes, and we’re going to come back stronger for the next game.’
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Tyson Fury: Chisora is a mug they saID It... Paudi makes Suir boxIng Tyson Fury and
Dereck Chisora traded insults as the countdown began to their final eliminator for the chance to relieve Wladimir Klitschko of his WBO world title. The heavyweight rivals will clash in Manchester on July 26. Fury did most of the talking at the press conference to announce the fight. ‘It will be good to make mincemeat of Chisora in front of my own people in Manchester,’ he said. ‘I will be looking nice on the day. Chisora is what he looks like – a mug.’
‘WE had one goal – win the sprint – and that lead-out was fast, technically perfect’
Mouthing off: Tyson Fury
Mark Cavendish on his sprint to victory in the penultimate stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico road race in Italy. Spain’s Alberto Contador is the overall leader, two minutes and eight seconds ahead of Nairo Quintana
with another win
cycLIng Paudi O’Brien came up
trumps in the Bobby Power Memorial yesterday in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary. This was the second successive weekend that Paudi has put back-to-back wins on the board. The event was held on the Glenbower circuit of 33kms, which the 95 competitors had to negotiate three times. The promoting club Iverk Produce-Carrick Wheelers had banked on Martin Mizgaaysky keeping the trophy in Carrick, but O’Brien’s turn of speed sealed the day. In third place was Anthony Doyle and just behind was UCD’s Eoin Morton to claim 7th.
World 50km Race Walk Champion Robert Heffernan made his comeback on the Race Walking Circuit at the Lugano Race Walking Grand Prix in Switzerland on Sunday. He finished fifth in a time of 1:20.57.
3rd place as Ireland beat Austria 13-6 in the bronze medal game on the final day of competition in the EU 8 Nations Water Polo Championships.
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hurling final
Win: Kevin Hayes of Portuma
porTuMna......................0-19 MT leinsTer rangers....0-11
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vincent’s prove toughest as they claim club crown sT vincenT’s (Dublin)..................4-12 casTlebar MiTchels (Mayo).....2-11
inspirational ollie: ‘i’ll be back for sure’
by pAuL kEAnE
ollie CanninG inspired Portumna to their fourth aiB all-ireland club hurling title since 2006 and then remarkably declared himself available for another season. the 37-year old former Galway captain was outdone by his younger brother, Joe, in scoring terms as the current Galway star shot ten points as their free-taker. But veteran ollie’s three points from open play and general performance were decisive in seeing off first-time finalists and leinster champions Mount leinster rangers. asked if he will definitely return for another season with Portuman, ollie nodded: ‘the answer is that i’ll be back this season with the club for sure.’ and he scoffed at those who claimed Portumna were finished after losing the 2010 all-ireland final and failing to advance from Galway in the following three seasons. ‘it’s not unusual for people to say that the best years are behind this team,’ said ollie. ‘But that in itself has given a certain amount of motivation to the players. For us to win the county championship, and then to contest the allireland and win it, it’s fairytale stuff for the club.’ Portumna led by 0-9 to 0-5 at half-time and despite their lead being cut to three after 34 minutes, Joe Canning scored the game’s last four points with one of those by Hawk-eye.
Jubilant: Diarmuid Connolly celebrates at Croke Park. Inset, a dejected Ronan Burke of Castlebar Mitchels Pictures: inPho
Ger Brennan hailed the majesty of Diarmuid Connolly as the present St Vincent’s players stepped out of the shadows of their famous forefathers. Dublin forward Connolly gave one of the great Croke Park displays, finishing with 2-5 to secure the club’s second aIB all-Ireland club football title since 2008. It was their third crown in total having previously captured one in the mid-1970s when Vins were backboned by a core of Dublin legends. But with two titles now, the present players have etched their own names in history and Connolly was the man who stepped up to inspire the win. He shot 2-4 of his tally in the second-half and kicked a particularly stunning 54th minute goal that put the game beyond the Mayo men. ‘We’ve actually seen performances like that from him before,’ said Brennan, a club and county colleague of Connolly’s. ‘In 2011, in the allIreland quarter-final against Tyrone, he kicked points from all over the park. ‘I think he has the ability to do that. Does he do that as much as he could do it? That’s something for him to work out but he is a super talent.’ Castlebar manager Pat Holmes said he detailed one of his best man markers, eoghan O’reilly, to trail Connolly but wasn’t surprised that it didn’t work out given Connolly’s exceptional talent. ‘We just didn’t have any answer to Diarmuid Connolly today,’ said Holmes. ‘It’s not the first time he has done that. He has gone out and done that for Dublin against top quality inter-county players as well. He’s a fabulous footballer and it’s just unfortunate that he was on song today. ‘We had one of our most experienced men on him in eoghan O’reilly. eoghan has had a fabulous, fabulous season. He was on the Mayo panel a number of years ago and he has got back into the Mayo team on the back of his displays up until this point. So eoghan is a fine footballer. But, today, Diarmuid Connolly was just on fire.’ Vincent’s manager and former Dublin forward Tommy Conroy claimed this current group of players have now outdone the side of the 1970s. ‘This team are living in nobody’s shadow down in Vincent’s,’ said Conroy.
ROvERs cOOL AfTER nORTHERn ExpOsuRE Glentoran may have restored some pride with a clean sheet, but the Belfast side failed to come remotely close to overhauling a 5-1 first leg deficit at the oval last night as holders Shamrock rovers advanced as expected to the Setanta Sports Cup semi-finals. trevor Croly’s Hoops now meet Dundalk in the last four, with the first leg at tallaght Stadium next Monday night. libyan international striker eamon Zayed might indeed have won it for rovers on the night a minute from time but for a lastditch tackle from Glens defender
setanta sports cup glenToran..0 shaMrock rvrs..0 (shaMrock rvrs win 5-1 on aggregaTe)
Kevin Bradley. With five changes from the side that won 4-1 in athlone in the league on Friday, rovers didn’t sit back, edging the chances in an open first half. Zayed had their two best opportunities, working Glens keeper elliott Morris with wellstruck shots in the 33rd and 39th minutes. Glentoran upped the tempo from
the resumption, with Jordan Stewart and Jim o’Hanlon dominating midfield. and that early second-half possession almost reaped a reward on 56 minutes. Stephen Mcalorum put Mark Clarke in on goal with Hoops keeper Barry Murphy doing well to bat away the striker’s shot. Murphy made perhaps the save of the game on 71 minutes from Curtis allen’s curling shot. Morris then came close to matching it when somehow getting a glove to the ball to deny Dean Kelly as the rovers striker attempted to go around him.
They think it’s all Oval: Mark Clarke of Glentoran and Rovers’ Shane Robinson
champions league Chelsea v Galatasaray
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7.45pm, tv3
KEY BATTLE: Gary Cahill v Didier Drogba
Blues brothers: Cahill and Drogba will be reunited tonight
picTURE: acTion imagEs/ REUTERs
All eyes will inevitably be on Drogba as he makes an emotional return to Stamford Bridge. The Ivory Coast international spent eight years at the club and his last kick for them won a penalty shoot-out with Bayern Munich in the never-to-be-forgotten Champions league final at the Allianz Arena two years ago. Drogba is now 36 and in the twilight of his career but will want to show he is still a real force on the pitch – not that he has anything to prove to Chelsea fans, who adore him for the 157 goals he netted for the club. He has scored just four times in his last 17 games, however, and two of those were a fortnight ago in the 6-1 thrashing of whipping boys Akhisar. Cahill is arguably the best English centre-half in the Premier league and the linchpin of Roy Hodgson’s back four heading to Brazil. If England are to advance from the World Cup group stages, Cahill will have to marshal strikers livelier and more youthful than Drogba but this will prove a good test of his mettle.
JUAN MATA insists Manchester United will give everything in order to erase the memory of Sunday’s crushing defeat by Liverpool. The Spain midfielder is ineligible for tomorrow’s crunch Champions League tie against Olympiakos, having played for Chelsea in the competition earlier this season. It is a game David Moyes must win as he clings to the small chance of United winning the european Cup to ensure their participation next term. And Mata says his teammates will give their all to prove the 3-0 home Premier League reverse to old foes Liverpool can be quickly forgotten. Ahead of the last-16, secondleg clash he said: ‘Our week at the training ground had been good and we were very hopeful ahead of this derby. ‘However, the day of the match everything went bad. It was a tough defeat and I want to tell you we will give everything we have in order to forget about this. ‘We know the history of this club and its achievements, based on a winning spirit. ‘That is what we need to beat Olympiakos and get through.’ Writing on his blog, Mata insisted ‘the storm will pass’.
Mou’s on a euro mission
Jose Mourinho is bidding to become the first manager to win the Champions League with three different clubs following triumphs with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010. He failed to achieve the feat with Real Madrid and to do so with the Blues he will have to reverse the poor recent fortunes of english clubs in europe and help his side bounce back from their own Premier League title disappointment at Aston Villa.
did you know?
pOssiBLETEAMs
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Hazard, Willian, Oscar, Ramires, Matic, Torres. Galatasaray: Muslera, Alex Telles, Eboue, Chediou, Kaya, Sneijder, Felipe Melo, Inan, Kurtulus, Drogba, Burak Yilmaz.
Chelsea have won ten of their last 12 Champions league matches at Stamford Bridge, drawing one and losing only one – to Basle in September.
words by Danny Griffiths
by MATTHEW NAsH JOSE MOURINHO bristled with anger as he answered questions about Chelsea’s defeat at Aston Villa on the eve of their Champions League clash at home to Galatasaray. The Blues boss was sent to the stands near the end of Saturday’s 1-0 loss which also saw his Brazilian midfielders Willian and Ramires dismissed. And the Portuguese let rip
‘How important was the tackle? when asked whether he had spoken to Ramires about his two-footed challenge on Karim El Ahmadi. ‘Don’t you have other things to ask about that game more important than Ramires’ tackle on minute 92?’ he said. ‘You think that in that game the most important thing was Ramires’ tackle in
Gala night won’t take Mourinho’s mind off Villa loss it’s stand Foy your man RefeRee Chris foy will take charge of the Hull v West Brom Premier League clash on Saturday despite suffering Jose Mourinho’s ire at Villa Park. Andre Marriner is assigned to Chelsea v Arsenal.
minute 92? I don’t want to answer, because I feel what happened on minute 92 was a consequence of the other 92 minutes we played before that. I’m sorry if I’m
wrong or if you don’t agree but I think if you want to ask you should ask about what made that tackle happen. ‘But that’s just my opinion.’ Asked specifically
what he was referring to, Mourinho added: ‘Everything that happened.’ Earlier, Mourinho was asked if he expects a reaction from his players following the loss. He answered a different question. ‘We can’t have a reaction to Villa Park, because if we have a reaction we bring the game into disrepute,’ said the Blues boss. ‘We just close our mouth and we keep going.’
mata to ‘give everything’ to help erase humiliation
Legend Sheedy vents at Moyes
eVeRToN academy coach and former player Kevin sheedy has put the boot into Manchester United manager David Moyes. sheedy, currently in charge of the Toffees’ under-18s, has firsthand experience of working under Moyes before he moved to old Trafford. However, he was far from complimentary. ‘Moyes was never interested in our youth team or players,’ sheedy, who played 314 times for everton tweeted after the Red Devils’ 3-0 defeat to Liverpool on sunday. Asked on the social media site whether that must have ‘done his head in’, sheedy replied: ‘Yep.’ He also tweeted: ‘Punt the ball up to Fellaini. Great viewing.’
fixTuREs Angered: Mourinho
(all 7.45pm) Champions League round of 16, second leg Chelsea (1) v Galatasaray (1) .........................TV UTV Real Madrid (6) v Schalke (1) ........................TV Sky Sports 1
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