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THIRD-level colleges across the country are on alert after it emerged students at one university managed to gain access to exam papers through the internet. The incident happened at NUI Galway and resulted in a number of students accessing their summer maths exam papers. The IT security systems used by the Galway university are understood to be in widespread use across other Irish thirdlevel colleges. End-of-term exams at NUIG begin on April 15 and the maths papers were prepared by the college academics and uploaded on to the university’s server which is security protected. But it is understood that an internet search by a student seeking this year’s papers yielded unexpected results. Next month’s exam papers were found by the search engine used and word of their availability ‘spread like wildfire’, according to student sources. The papers were accessible for a number
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of days before university authorities became aware of the issue and immediately withdrew them. New papers have since been prepared. In a statement yesterday, NUI Galway confirmed it had replaced the exam papers in order to protect the integrity of the exam process. They are understood to be satisfied that there was no question of ‘hacking’ into the university server but that the papers were retrieved as a result of vastly improved internet searching capabilities. The incident has alerted the university to the need to upgrade its IT security. Maths students now believe the events will do them no favours when they come to sit their exams in a few weeks. With the initial papers now scrapped, any possible guidance from lecturers on likely questions will no longer be relevant.
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A confused pride of lions attacked a game ranger’s car in Botswana and stole his spare tyre, thinking it was prey. Willem Botha woke in his 4x4 in Khutse Park to see a lion roll the tyre away before it was torn to shreds by members of the pride.
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Michael Parkinson, chat show host, 79; Vince Vaughn, actor, 44; Amy Huberman, actress, 35; Julia Stiles (pictured), actress, 33, Lady Gaga, singer, 28.
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If these walls could talk You watch them, they watch you right back by DAnIEL bInns s AS ANYONE familiar with the ‘drunk octopus wants to fight you’ (a wonky coathanger) meme will tell you, you don’t have to look far to find faces in everyday objects. Now Jody Smith’s book, Faces In Places, is documenting just how many are watching. The 36-year-old compiled a collection of photos sent to him after he set up a blog charting the phenomenon. More than 6,000 people from around the world have contributed images proving walls really do have ears... and noses, and mouths and eyes. The father of one, from London, said: ‘I’ve spotted faces in places for years – I think most people do. ‘But it was about a decade ago, when I took a year out to travel, that I found I had a camera on me all the time, so it was easy to snap photos of any faces I saw.’ Mr Smith shared his shots on image hosting site Flickr and, after a huge response, started his own blog. He puts the blog’s global popularity down to the lack of a language barrier. His only rule is that faces must be ‘randomly occurring or accidental’ – arranging food on a plate is cheating. ‘I think the internet should be used as a playground to create projects, share ideas and collaborate with other people,’ he added. ‘And that’s what Faces In Places is.’ The book is available now, with a percentage of proceeds going to Tthe Hope For Children charity.
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A SECRET police telephone recording by bRiAn HuTTOn system could force the reopening of marathon State inquiries which exposed and historic – could be challenged on the corruption at the heart of public life. basis that defence teams were not made Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned tri- aware of relevant – and possibly illegal bunals of inquiry – which ran for years – telephone recordings. and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions Mr Kenny revealed the coalition gov– could have been compromised in the ernment’s concerns that the debacle exlatest twist in a bugging controversy that tends to findings by tribunals. has rocked the Government. ‘I don’t know the scale of the actual The spectre was raised as judges were contents of what are in all those tapes warned of potential chaos in ongoing but we’re concerned about it,’ he said. criminal cases and lawyers threatened ‘It’s a serious issue, it may have implito challenge convictions of cations.’ murderers, rapists and IRA Over the past decade a shadmembers. ow has been cast over public A State inquiry has been orlife by several long-running dered into the revelations extribunals of inquiry, including posed hours after Martin Callthe Morris and Smithwick inan stood down as chief. tribunals into Garda corrupTurmoil is now expected tion, the cash-for-votes Mahon across the justice system over tribunal related to decisions fears court cases – ongoing Geoghegan: Review on planning and the pay-
A PLUMBER broke a man’s skull with a claw hammer after he found him in his former partner’s bed, a court has heard. Simon Early, of Old Brazil Way, Swords, is to be sentenced later for the attack which left the victim with a 2.7cm fracture in his skull. Early, 27, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to David Griffin on October 22, 2011. Early’s former partner and mother of his child described the incident as a ‘moment of
madness’ which was out of character for him. The court heard there had been an agreement between the estranged couple that no man would stay over at the house while the child was there, but when Early found Mr Griffin in his ex-partner’s bed, he attacked him. Judge Mary Ellen Ring adjourned the case to see if Early is suitable for restorative justice, but warned him a jail sentence is still ‘very much an option’.
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Man found guilty Dobson cleared on of karaoke attack ‘idiots’ complaints A DUBLIN man has been found guilty of punching another man while he sang karaoke at his Christmas work party. Charles Dillon, 33, of Tara Hill Crescent, Rathfarnham, pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm to Piotr Kozub, 59, at the Castle Inn Pub in Rathfarnham on December 13, 2008. Mr Kozub was singing a well-known Christmas song when Dillon attacked him. Dillon had argued that he was trying to retrieve the microphone from Mr Kozub on behalf of his brother, who ran the karaoke night, because he feared Mr Kozub was drunk and may damage it. Judge Desmond Hogan remanded him on continuing bail until May when he will be sentenced.
RTÉ NEWS presenter Brian Dobson was not passing comment on the subject of a protest when he called demonstrators ‘idiots’, the Broadcasting Authority has ruled. Seven complaints were made to the body over the remark by the Six One News presenter last November 27. He made the comment after having to cut short an on-street interview on an unrelated matter because a group protesting against banking practices walked into the background. Rejecting the complaints, the committee said Dobson’s use of the word idiots ‘arose out of frustration at the distraction and was not a comment on the message the protesters wished to communicate’.
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TOP OF THE POPS: Love/ Hate’s Aaron Heffernan joined students from Coláiste Chiaráin in Co Limerick who won the Best Video award at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions’ Youth for Decent Work awards at the Savoy cinema on O’Connell Street, Dublin
ments-to-politicians Moriarty tribunal. Solicitor John Devane, who defended John Dundon in his trial for the murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan, now plans to seek a review of the case that saw Dundon sentenced to life in prison in light of the revelations. Henry Street Garda Station in Limerick is one of 20 stations where the systematic taping of calls was in effect.
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US church diocese suing Clogher over abuser A ROMAN Catholic diocese in Minnesota is suing an Irish diocese, alleging it transferred a priest to Minnesota without warning he had been accused of sexual abuse. The Diocese of New Ulm filed the lawsuit against the Diocese of Clogher and the Servants of the Paraclete order. In the suit, the New Ulm Diocese claims it never would have accepted the Reverend Francis Xavier Markey in 1981 if it had been told about the allegations.
Markey was ordained in Ireland in 1952, and was accused of sexually abusing boys as early as the 1960s. He underwent treatment before going to the US, and at a Paraclete facility in New Mexico. The lawsuit stems from a claim filed by a man who says Markey groped him and his two brothers at their home in 1982, when Markey was filling in at churches in Henderson and Jessenland. Markey died in 2012 while awaiting trial on child rape charges in Ireland.
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Medical first as cats found to pass TB to their owners
TWO pet owners have caught tuberculosis from their cats in the first cases of their kind in the world. They were found to be infected by the potentially deadly lung disease after the bacterium was detected in nine cats from different homes in the UK counties of Berkshire and Hampshire. The patients, both adults who had come into ‘close contact’ with cats, were said to be ‘responding to treatment’. Their cases are the first ever recorded of feline to human transmission of the disease. Cat owners are being warned to seek medical advice if they think their pet may be infected. Mike Mandelbaum, of the charity, TB Alert, said: ‘As many of us are cat lovers this may be quite shocking for people who may now look at their pets in a different light. ‘While the risk of catching TB from a cat is likely to stay very low,
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this is a stark reminder that TB remains a problem today.’ The cases emerged after vets in the two counties discovered mycobacterium bovis in nine cats between December 2012 and April 2013. As a result, 39 people were offered TB screening and 24 accepted. As well as the two active infections, another two people were found to have latent TB – where they were exposed to the disease but did not have any symptoms. Public health authorities concluded that ‘transmission from an infected cat is the likely source of infection for these two individuals’. The infection is likely spread by breathing in or swallowing the bacteria or through an open wound. Doctor Dilys Morgan said: ‘We recommend that households and close contacts of cats with confirmed M. bovis should be assessed and receive public health advice.’
Jagger left L’Wren’s €6.5m L’WREN SCOTT cut out her family from her will and left €6.5million to her lover Mick Jagger, 70, including her €5.75m home and a further €700,000 in valuables. Scott excluded her sister Jan Bambrough Shane, 53, whom she has not spoken to for six years, and brother Randall ‘Randy’ Bambrough, 58, whom she appointed as director of her faltering fashion business in November. Scott, who took her own life at her New York apartment on March 17, was cremated on Tuesday and Jagger is to share her ashes with Mr Bambrough, who plans to bury them at her childhood home in Utah. Jagger, who had been dating Scott since 2001, is worth €240m. Scott: Family feud
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Cheryl’s not happy until I sack Louis Cheryl Cole’s X Factor return has already hit a snag as she is trying to get Louis Walsh fired, Simon Cowell revealed. The feisty Geordie (pictured) is throwing her weight around after the media mogul begged her to come back after sacking her from the US version in 2011. Cowell said: ‘I want Louis to come back, Cheryl doesn’t. I can’t imagine doing the show without him.’ However, the 54-year-old says he doesn’t regret revisiting his past and hiring Chez despite the fresh row. ‘You’ve got to go backwards sometimes. I always believe with Cheryl you know when something works and there’s nothing wrong with going back,’ he said.
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The swear box in Angelina Jolie’s house could soon be full after she let her ten-year-old son buy a ‘foul’ swearing toy. The actress was happy to treat Pax to a Swearing Finger toy at Bonanza Gifts, in Las Vegas. Store manager Angie Hurt said: ‘It’s really foul! A lot of F-bombs. [Angelina] kind of raised an eyebrow but she didn’t say anything to him. I think she just lets them get what they want. She’s just regular and normal.’
Franco: LiLo’s spewing lies with sex list
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ames Franco dubbed Lindsay Lohan a ‘liar’ as he became the first hunk to strike back after the actress allegedly penned a list of Hollywood totty she’d bedded. The 35-year-old actor insisted it was wishful thinking on the redhead’s behalf as he was interviewed about his new collection of poems, Directing Herbert White. The spring Breakers star took the opportunity to set the record straight about his sexual exploits after he was asked if there had been a backlash from celebs who feature in some of his poems. With Lohan herself included amongst his collection, he said: ‘No, I didn’t write anything bad about them. and
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Lindsay herself has told lies about me with her people-she’s-slept-with list!’ He added: ‘so I feel like what I said is much less than what she’s said.’ earlier this month, the 27year-old actress made headlines after a list of 36 celebrity men she has allegedly slept with was leaked to InTouch magazine. according to a source, it was Lohan’s ‘personal conquest list’ that she wrote ‘trying to impress her friends’ before ‘tossing it aside’. Other names allegedly included Justin Timberlake, Orlando Bloom, Jamie Dornan, Zac efron, Heath Ledger, adam Levine and max George.
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ameron Diaz had to jump in the pool to cool off after sharing her thoughts on being sexually attracted to other women. The Hollywood superstar, whose boyfriends have included Justin Timberlake, 33, and Jared Leto, 42, says she has a natural spark with other ladies. ‘i think women are beautiful – absolutely beautiful. and i think that all women have been sexually attracted to another woman at some point,’ the 41year-old confessed. ‘it’s natural to have a connectivity and an appreciation for the beauty of other women.’ and the Charlie’s angels babe shared her major no-nos for potential suitors. ‘Being rude, period. i don’t have any patience with that,’ she revealed. ‘oh, and too much cologne. That’s something i can’t do. ‘Hygiene’s not a bad thing, either, so that’s quite high on the list. But basically i love a sense of humour because
that’s what tells you how smart a man is.’ and despite her model looks, Cam’s appearance plays on her mind just as much as any other woman. She told Glamour magazine: ‘i have very little vanity – but at the same time, i’m incredibly vain. if i see a bad picture of myself in a magazine, i don’t give a s***. i’m, like, whatever. But it’s a funny thing being out in the world in the way that i am. You really have to keep yourself in check because it’s easy to lose your head.’ read the full interview in the may issue of Glamour, out on Thursday.
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Hollande’s girl awarded €15k THE former mistress of French president François Hollande was awarded €15,000 in damages yesterday after making a criminal complaint against Closer magazine. Julie Gayet, 41, said nobody had the right to know about her affair with the 59-year-old. The TV actress wanted €54,000, a figure rejected by judges in Paris. Mr Hollande ended his relationship with first lady Valerie Trierweiler when he was pictured leaving Ms Gayet’s flat in January.
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I’m uncoupling from my films as well as marriage by ANDREI HARMSWORTH
Turkish block out YouTube YOUTUBE is being blocked in Turkey, one week after Twitter was banned. The site was targeted after audio of politicians discussing military action in Syria was uploaded. After learning of the leak, prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said: ‘This is immoral, this is sleaze, this is shameful, dishonourable.’ The US and the EU earlier criticised plans to block Twitter as a ‘restriction of free speech and a step backward’.
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Anti-apartheid campaigner and former South African judge Albie Sachs shows off his UCD Ulysses Medal – the highest honour the university can bestow – which recognises his contribution to human rights picture: andres poveda
GWYNETH PALTROW has unveiled plans to take a break from Hollywood on top of her ‘conscious uncoupling’ from singer Chris Martin. The 41-year-old plans to dedicate herself to being a mother to nine-year-old daughter Apple and son Moses, seven, in LA. ‘I have to go back to mommy,’ she said in the days ahead of her split from Coldplay star Martin. ‘I have a rule about one movie a year, so I can’t shoot anything for a while but I’m developing some material and working on the site (Goop) and raising kids.’ Paltrow’s revelations came as she moaned that life was tougher for her than the average working mother. ‘It’s much harder for me,’ she told E! ‘I feel like I set it up in a way that makes it difficult because for me, like, if I miss a school run they are like, “Where were you?”. I don’t like to be the lead so I don’t have to work every day,
you know. I have little things that I like and obviously I want it to be good and challenging and interesting and be Break: Paltrow with good people and that kind of thing. ‘I think it’s different when you have an office job because it’s routine and, you know, you can do all the stuff in the morning and then you come home in the evening. When you’re shooting a movie, they’re like, “We need you to go to Wisconsin for two weeks”, and then you work 14 hours a day and that part of it is very difficult.’ Meanwhile, Paltrow and 37year-old Martin warned their children’s private LA school that they were to call it a day as a courtesy to prepare them for the ‘added media attention that would come’, it was revealed.
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A sLOw sET: Paula, the world’s oldest two-toed sloth living in a zoo, receives cooked maize from a zookeeper in Halle, Germany. This year Paula will be 45 years old and is one of 377 kept sloths Picture: ePa
Smoking ban ‘saves thousands of babies’ Smoking bans have helped to reduce premature births and asthma in children by ten per cent, experts say. outlawing tobacco use in restaurants and bars has also caused lung infections and birth defects in babies to fall. But one in four of the world’s children are still not protected by anti-smoking laws, a study led by the University of Edinburgh claimed. Prof Aziz
Sheikh said: ‘The many countries yet to enforce smokefree legislation should reconsider their positions on this important health policy.’ Children account for a quarter of all days and more than half of all healthy years lost to exposure to second-hand smoke, the study showed. Cutting asthma hospital admissions by ten per cent could also save the EU up to €5billion.
Twitter gets a new look... it’s Facebook
TWITTER users have accused the microblogging platform of copying Facebook with the introduction of tags in photos and replacing retweets with a share option. They will now be able to include up to four images in each tweet and tag up to ten people without using any of their allocated 140 characters. Twitter software engineer Cesar Puerta said it would make ‘conversation around photos fun and easy’. But technology websites rushed to tell tweeters how they could opt out, especially if they were worried about embarrassing pictures getting out. Twitter also experimented with replacing the word ‘retweet’ with ‘share with followers’, to make it more attractive to newcomers. Some users poured scorn on the tweaks. Computing student Paul Cousins tweeted: ‘Surely not ?! @twitter ..Retweet better buzz word!’ Another, @wantedjustin, posted:
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‘It’s R-E-T-W-E-E-T not share @twitter YOU COPY CAT! I HATE YOU’. Twitter altered some users’ profiles last month, adjusting their main photos to the left-hand side rather than the top of a page – in a move many compared with Facebook. Earlier this week, reports suggested it was also considering the removal of hashtags and @ symbols, for fear they deter potential newcomers. Chief executive Dick Costolo is said to be concerned that the site has stalled at 241million users. Facebook recently had a redesign to offer more Twitter-style options, such as ‘trending’ articles. Meanwhile, Twitter has announced a new service that will rank the artists and songs spoken about the most on the site for a chart to appear on US music magazine Billboard’s website.
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Boxer on death row for 48 years proven innocent A FORMER professional boxer who was on death row for 48 years has been freed after DNA tests undermined a key piece of evidence against him. Iwao Hakamada was released after the tests proved blood-stained clothing used in his prosecution did not belong to him. The 78-year-old has a Guinness world record as the longest-serving death row inmate of all time. He was forced to wait 27 years before the Supreme Court in Japan denied his first appeal. Mr Hakamada has waited for a verdict on his second since 2008. Judge Hiroaki Murayama said: ‘It is unbearably unjust to prolong detention of the defendant any further. ‘The possibility of his innocence has become clear to a respectable degree.’ Mr Hakamada was sentenced to die after he was found guilty of stabbing a family of four to death and torching their home in Shizuoka in 1966.
by DOMINIC YEATMAN He was interrogated by police for 20 days until he admitted guilt. But during his trial, he claimed he was beaten and threatened until he confessed. It is believed his mental health has deteriorated severely over four decades of isolation. Amnesty International has warned the use of forced confessions in Japan is wrong but still widespread. East Asia director, Roseann Rife, said: ‘For more than 45 years, Mr Hakamada has lived under the fear of execution, never knowing from one day to the next if he is going to be put to death. ‘This adds psychological torture to an already cruel and inhumane punishment.’ He is only the sixth death row inmate in Japan to be retried. The first four were freed and the fifth case continues.
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WHAT do you give the most powerful man on the planet? A papal letter to keep him calm. Pope Francis and president Barack Obama met for the first time yesterday, with the US leader declaring it a ‘great honour’ to be received at the Vatican. He added: ‘I’m a great admirer.’ The pair exchanged gifts, with the pope handing the president a plaque
and an encyclical, or papal letter. ‘I actually will probably read this in the Oval Office when I’m deeply frustrated. I’m sure it will give me strength and calm me down,’ Mr Obama said. The pope chuckled after this was interpreted by his Spanish translator. Mr Obama presented a seed chest with fruit and vegetable seeds used in the White House garden.
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parents ‘starved’ daughter Cheesed-off shops lose case QATAR: A US couple accused of starving their adopted daughter to death have been sentenced to three years in prison. Matthew and Grace Huang (pictured) claimed Gloria, eight, had an eating disorder that caused her death in January 2013.
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SWITzERLAND: A four-year battle over smelly fondue cheese has ended in defeat for two boutiques. They claimed the pungent smell from the restaurant next door drove away customers and ruined clothes. The owner of the Zurich eaterie, Florian Kurz, 35, hired a top lawyer to appeal a €75 fine imposed by police.
War on polio is finally won Senator ‘took Triad money’
INDIA: Polio has been eradicated from India, the World Health Organization has confirmed. The last case of the wild virus was detected in January 2011 in a two-year-old girl in West Bengal. It has taken almost 20 years and billions of pounds to remove it from the subcontinent and means Asia is 80 per cent clear.
AMERICA: A senator has been arrested after allegedly soliciting donations from a Triad member and introducing an FBI agent to an arms trafficker. Leland Yee (pictured) is facing 125 years in prison after getting caught in the sting in San Francisco.
AMERICA: Violist David Aaron Carpenter plays a rare Stradivarius expected to sell for €28million in New York EYEVINE
CzECH REpubLIC: Burglar Jan Jezek needed a leak during a raid on a diner but got stuck in the toilet with the booze and cash he had stolen. The 18-year-old was arrested by police in Ostrava when the loo overflowed as he tried to cover his tracks by flushing away his booty.
Fireball engulfs firefighters
Hero rescuers die trapped in basement by NICOLE LE MARIE
THREE firefighters calmly discuss how best to tackle the blaze burning in the room behind them. Seconds later, a fireball blows out the windows and engulfs them, leaving them critically hurt. Two colleagues were later found dead in the basement of the burning building. Lt Edward Walsh, 43, and firefighter Michael Kennedy, 33, died. High winds ‘whipped’ the blaze from all sides making it near impossible for firefighters to quell the flames, when a backdraft explosion fuelled by the gusts created the sudden fireball. ‘In 30 years, I’ve never seen a fire travel that fast, escalate that quickly, and create such havoc in such a short period of time,’ said deputy fire chief Joe Finn.
Backdraft: Three firefighters discuss how best to tackle the blaze as flames lick the window, top, before a deadly backdraft blows it out, below pIcturE: Epa/bostoN FD
The dead men were credited with rescuing a number of people from the apartment building in Boston, US. ‘These two heroes ran into a burn-
ing building and got people out,’ said mayor Martin Walsh. Lt Walsh had worked with the Boston fire department for nearly ten years and had
three children all aged under ten. Mr Kennedy, a Marine Corps veteran, had been a firefighter for six years. ‘That fire... was blowing like a
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blowtorch out the front, from the rear to the front,’ said Mr Finn. More than 150 officers tackled the fire, the cause of which is being investigated.
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SHOPPERS, designers and Dublin’s most fashionable came together at Forever 21 in the Jervis Shopping Centre last night to find out which team of designers from the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) had won the upstyling challenge. The challenge was to create a fashion item entirely out of recycled Metro Herald newspapers and shoppers voted for their favourite from the five designs. The special shopping experience began with a Lorina Lemonade drinks reception. There were Cake Pops provided by Cake Train, manicures from Tropical Popical and DJ Richie Dunne, who kept the tunes thumping as people enjoyed shopping with a special 15 per cent discount. When the time came, a crowd gathered around the designs to hear who had won the challenge, which was announced by our very own Sharon Gray. The winning team was made up of members Ally Nolan, Zoe Redmond, Aideen Gaynor, Vikki Kavanagh and Ailbhe Griffin. Team leader Ally said the win was a complete surprise and that it was great to share the success with the team. ‘We got on really well as a team, and we all wanted to do something dramatic. Everybody added something different to the design.’ Aideen said she was really happy with the finished item and that their
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hard work really paid off. Team-mate Ailbhe echoed her sentiments: ‘We worked really hard and we worked really hard as a team. We put in a lot of effort so we’re reaping the rewards of that.’ The design involved rolling more than 2,000 strips of Metro Herald newspaper to use on the dress. Other parts were hand stitched and it was important to get all of the elements right for the final design to work. Rolling the pieces of paper was the most time-consuming part of the dress, but Ally said when working with newspaper you have to be open to changes in the design. ‘When you’re working with paper you can’t have too many ideas before you start. You just have to see where it takes you.’ The team won a €500 voucher to spend in Forever 21, which Vikki said she would spend on shoes. The teams now head back to NCAD to work on their projects but they all admit it has been great to get some real world experience. Ally said the experience has taught them new skills and given them a taste of what’s in store in their careers as designers. ‘It’s great having our work on display, and it’s been great to get used to working with different people, so it’s a team effort which is what you would do in the real world.’
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s it just me or does anyone else think this whole controversy about the recording of calls to and from Garda stations is absolutely ridiculous and blown out of proportion? I thought all calls were recorded anyway – in fact, I want and feel safer having them recorded – that way anytime someone rings there is proof of them reporting something and exactly what was said, reducing ambiguity and uncertainty. stopping the recording of calls seems like such a backwards thing to do. In the Us they record all emergency calls – sure even when you ring your phone network supplier or insurance provider you are informed that the calls are recorded ‘for training purposes’. It’s not an ‘invasion of privacy’ or ‘compromising human rights’ – it’s a secure, just and reliable system that proves we are listened to. People need to cop on and realise the true and valuable reasons for taping and recording Garda station calls. Laura, Dublin 15 ■ To Equality monger, I hope you didn’t mean to imply that parent employees don’t work their asses off. And Working Dad, not all employers pay maternity leave, they’re not obliged to – they just have to keep the job open. Would you feel the same level of contempt for a non-parent colleague who took a year off to go backpacking? Or to study? Yes, having children is a choice, but so are the other lifestyle choices employees make. Working parent ■ To all those who think they should pay less taxes because they don’t have kids, here’s one for you.
The way the global economy is being run at the moment there’s an 80 per cent likelihood that the taxes my son’s going to pay will go towards paying your pensions. ‘But I have a private pension,’ you say. Right, because those private funds do so well right now. Get real people and thanks for your contributions. The unreal Mr Nasty ■ Richard and Reality check, you’ve both misinterpreted me. I wasn’t speaking of the mode of communication to the families. I was speaking about the cameras being pushed in the faces of families after they received the news. Anyone who is grieving doesn’t deserve to have this photographed or recorded. My point was that the media overstep moral boundaries and human compassion for the sake of a front page pic. Respect the Grieving ■ Kim Jong-un ‘feed me all the cake in the goddamn world’ outlaws any haircut except the ugliest one he sees every day, while parents are being told by ‘science’ that stories encouraging a child’s imagination are bad. Conspiracy! Sionnach ■ Can someone please tell me why it’s OK to pollute by driving a car, but not to pollute by smoking? We have our heads in the sand regarding the former – a recent report states we should be reducing our car usage because of the high amount of emissions. I work in the city and the foul air is horrible. Drivers, please, please, consider changing your habits for the sake of our health. Concerned Commuter, aka Terri C
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● Just wanted to voice some praise for the groundskeepers in St Stephen’s Green. The beautiful flowers there never fail to cheer me up on my way to work in the morning. Aoife
● To the dark-haired dental nurse in the Northside Shopping Centre You are hot! Fancy meeting up before my August appointment?
● Thanks to the Dart driver of the 10pm from Pearse to Greystones who waited for me on Wednesday A grateful cyclist evening.
● To the beautiful short-haired girl I meet in Spar at Merrion at 10am, you have a lovely smile and I’d love to get to know you.
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● Thanks MH for the free rice, the day before payday, couldn’t have come at a better time. Broke
● To the tall blonde guy bopping to his headphones on 6pm Dart to Bray on Tuesday. Wanna share your music with me? Pop fairy
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captain america: the winter soldier (12A) HHH✩✩ There was a time when a big, shiny, new superhero blockbuster felt like a major movie event. Not any more. Thanks to mighty, multi-franchise-armed Marvel Universe, you barely have time to go: ‘I really liked the bit where Iron Man dissed Thor’s cape,’ before you’re on to shelling out €12 to see the next one. But credit is due to this solid sequel – it works hard to deliver value for your cash. Here, Captain America (Chris Evans – no, not him, the other one), a former World War II veteran who was bionically enhanced, then frozen for 70 years (come on, catch up), finds himself on the run from S.H.I.E.L.D., the shadowy espionage organisation that unfroze him. He needs to clear his name, aided by fellow agent Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), new blood Anthony Mackie (best thing in the film – give the man a franchise) and hindered by The Winter Soldier, a mysterious, uncombed figure in a Bane mask.
A flair-free, CGIaction-packed sequel that solidly delivers regular set-pieces and punchups alongside a thoughtful script that tosses Homeland fans a bone.
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Shady operations: Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson seek answers A thawed-out ‘who’s the mole?’ Cold War-style conspiracy plot issues some impressively serioussounding pronouncements on the ethics of US security, even if it then forgets to do anything with them. But, otherwise, this is a bigbucks box-ticking exercise:
massive CGI-laden set pieces; a couple of droll quips; a fit bird who is allowed to be brainy as long as she wears a catsuit; and a climactic punch-up between good and bad guy on a bridge – all present. What’s missing, though, is flair. The thing is, the film’s heart
is its hero and the Captain is so indestructibly dull, he makes even Superman look interesting. But at least Superman can fly. Captain America is basically a 95-year-old in a muscle vest with a magnetic frisby. Larushka ivan-Zadeh
This Harvey Weinstein-backed crowd-pleaser may have robbed The Act Of Killing of the Best Documentary Oscar, but it’s a nobrainer to see why it struck a resounding feel-good chord with Academy voters. Director Morgan Neville here shines the spotlight on backing singers, the ones who, as Mick Jagger here puts it go ‘oohooh’ and ‘ah-ah’ on tracks and generally exist to make the stars, who they can generally sing rings around, sound good. ‘It’s not about fairness, it’s not really about talent,’ says Sting, another of the A-list lineup of interviewees. But, despite some terrific tragic-miss stories from the larger-than-life likes of Darlene Love, Merry Clayton and Lisa Fischer (I’d never heard of them, but was immediately ordering their solo albums), this is not a doc to dwell on heartbreak, rejection and industry politics. Instead it celebrates these women’s (and they are all women – most of them exGospel choir girls) genuine, selfless love and devotion to the music itself. And to hear that in an era of get-fame-quick shows such as The Voice, where ‘tuning’ stars’ voices is standard practice, gives you a genuine glow of glee. Li-Z
It’s cameo crazy but furry fun the muppets most wanted (U) HHHH✩
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‘We’re doing a sequel’, the catchy opening number begins, ‘cos that’s what we do in Hollywood and everybody knows the sequel’s never quite as good’. True, but this zany, typically self-referential escapade in which the Muppets hit the road for a European tour, foil a plot to snatch the Queen of England’s crown jewels and, of course, enjoy a ‘family style adventure where we shall learn heartwarming lessons about sharing, waiting your turn and the number 3’ is still a hoot. Here Kermit, everyone’s favourite AmphibianAmerican, gets replaced by an evil Russian doppelganger, Constantine, ‘the world’s most dangerous frog’. With Kermit confined to a Siberian gulag, his Muppet Show cast runs riot under the
management of Ricky Gervais. Animal gets a four-hour jazz drum solo, Miss Piggy duets with Céline Dion and there are more gratuitous celeb cameos (everyone from Lady Gaga to Danny Trejo) than Anchormans 1 and 2. It lacks the original’s fuzzy heart and the story drags in the middle but the quick-fire scene changes mean you’re never too far from the next ‘waka, waka, waka’. Li-Z
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Marie (Bérénice Bejo from The Artist) and Samir (Tahar Rahim from A Prophet) are due to be married. But Marie’s previous husband, Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa), has to sign some divorce papers first, so he’s crashing in her cluttered home on the Paris outskirts. Samir’s still married, too, although his wife is in a coma. And Marie has two children from yet another relationship, who are not too happy about the way the grown-ups keep making a mess of things. Asghar Farhadi, the writer/director of the Oscarwinning A Separation, is back with another exquisitely detailed, deeply humane picture of modern metropolitan life. This similarly balances the emotional complexity of a family drama with the shock revelations of a murder-mystery. What’s missing, though, is the urgency that made A Separation so compelling. The Past doesn’t end, it gets slower and slower until it grinds to a halt. Nicholas Barber
Animal magnetism is not a quality you associate with Wild Beasts. From deepest Cumbria, the avant-indie four-piece have, through their career, specialised in a sort of rumpled anti-pop, with songs forever on the brink of catchy but unable to fully commit. However, for their fourth record, the Mercury nominees have twisted the formula on its head, via glistening synthscapes and several actual choruses that – steady on! – you might find yourself subconsciously humming. Having taken their previous blueprint to its limits, they decided a shake-up was in order. Out went the neo-psychedelic guitars, in came gorgeously outlandish electronica and proper singing. The switch-up was, in part, owed to the decision to embark on a two-year hiatus, during which Wild Beasts had a long, hard think about what sort of band they wanted to be. ‘We needed to take time out,’ singer Hayden Thorpe said recently. ‘We were signed to our
The Pachanga Boys project is a collaboration between Mexican producer Rebolledo and Cologne’s Aksel Schauffler (pictured) and injects some irreverence into house music. In that regard, it shares some similarities with Schauffler’s previous project, Superpitcher. However, while Superpitcher framed the sensuous melodies and camp stomp of 1970s glam rock against a playful techno backdrop, the Pachanga Boys integrate 1970s rock, Latin and disco influences into contemporary house tracks. The duo has put out a series of highly collectable singles and an album, We Are Really Sorry, on the Hippie Dance label – get down to The Button Factory this weekend to hear what all the fuss is about. Tomorrow, Hidden Agenda/ Big Dish Go, The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar D2, 11pm, €10 to €12.
Uner
With releases on established labels like Diynamic, Cocoon and Cadenza, it is no surprise that
record deal when we were 21. For the two years previous to that we’d basically mucked about in a rehearsal basement. Music had been our entire lives. We needed to be grown-ups for a while.’ On their return they’ve also managed to get caught up in an accidental rock-star feud. In an interview, Thorpe expressed despair at British acts – or anyone, for that matter – singing in a fake American accent. People assumed they were taking a pot-shot at Arctic Monkeys who, oh dear, are also signed to Domino Records. Thorpe was quick to explain he had nothing at all against the Monkeys, whom he regards as the essence of Yorkshire grit. In other words, Wild Beasts didn’t back down exactly but proceeded to clarify their comments in typically thoughtful fashion. Strong but not confrontational, it sums up what Eamon de paor they are all about really. Tomorrow, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street D2, 7.30pm, €23.40 to €25.40. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.wild-beasts.co.uk
ON My pLAyLiST Simone Felice
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Uner’s star is in the ascent. The Catalan producer makes an uncomplicated but effective house/ techno hybrid, inspired by minimal rhythms and trancey melodies. Expect to hear tracks from his debut album, 432, at Enigma this weekend. Tomorrow, Enigma, Eden, Sycamore Street, Temple Bar D2, 11pm, €12 to €14.
KiNK
Bulgaria isn’t the most obvious place to find the start of an electronic music revival, but it is where KiNK, aka Strahil Velchev, comes from. Since 2005, Velchev resuscitated the jacking sound of Chicago house through his work for the Rush Hour, Ovum and Liebe Detail labels, an artistic direction that many have copied but few have equalled. Tomorrow, Pogo/ Emergence, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street D1, 10.30pm, €10 to €12.
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recording, arrangement and the harmonies on Thirteen, but the distillation of the lyrics strike me dumb. We are all 13 years old when we listen to this: awkward and painfully in love.
fOR THE ROSES by Joni Mitchell
I vividly remember driving through New York State with my mother in our s***tty little black Ford when I was six, and hearing the line ‘we went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won’. I felt like she was singing just to us.
This was one of my favourite songs when I was a kid. I played my cassette tape until it broke. I rediscovered it recently, and the raw frenetic magic it weaves is just as intoxicating today. Listen to this for the most honest, behindthe-scenes take on the seductive poison of the music business.
WiLD EyED BOy fROM fREEcLOUD by David Bowie
An old friend put this song on a mix-tape for me a very long time ago. Every time I hear it I’m transported to this strange village in the mountains – it’s a dream place, eerily close to my waking world.
THiRTEEN by Big Star I love the
yOU’RE SO VAiN by Carly Simon
TO LiVE iS TO fLy by Townes Van Zandt
This is the essence of boozy parking-lot mysticism. It doesn’t get any better. Simone Felice’s new album, Strangers (Team Love Records), is out now. He plays Whelan’s tomorrow, 8pm, €18.
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mammon more4, 9pm Norway makes a late but surefooted entry to the school of Scandi noir with this six-part thriller, rooted in the grubby world of high-level financial intrigue. Journalist Peter (Jon Øigarden, pictured) is on the trail of a story that could blow the lid off a major financial institution but his editor wants to hold off publication until the Financial Crimes Unit has examined the case. Enter rookie investigator Vibeke (Lena Kristin Ellingsen), who’s being spooked by weird activity on her computer – and a chilling sense that somebody’s out to get her. They’re all treading in dangerous waters that run very deep indeed…
the works rtÉ1, 8.30pm on tonight’s show Kevin Gildea catches up with Kermit, miss piggy, constantine (Kermit’s evil twin) and ricky Gervais in london to chat about new movie muppets most Wanted; room author emma Donoghue tells eithne Shortall about her new novel Frog music. meanwhile singer songwriter James Vincent mcmorrow performs red Dust and talks to John Kelly about current album post tropical. and Kevin’s off to cardiff to meet english comedian mark thomas who brings his tour, 100 acts of Dissent, to ireland next month.
Before the Coen brothers rediscovered their form with the Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men, they tackled this romantic comedy, which may as well have Made in Hollywood stamped on it. George Clooney stars as a hot, highflying divorce attorney who finally meets his match in Catherine ZetaJones’s scheming gold-digger, the two inevitably falling for each other when they’re not trading barbed one-liners. There are shades of classic screwball comedies in this reasonably entertaining 100-minutes, but disappointingly this film never quite hits its stride. Still, an average Coen movie is better than most directors’ best, so it’s still worth checking out.
the late late show rtÉ1, 9.35pm
alan carr: chatty man channel 4, 10pm
Among the guests on tonight’s show will be actors Brendan Gleeson, Killian Scott and director John Michael McDonagh to chat about upcoming movie Calvary. Trad legends The Wolfe Tones, Dublin rockers The Riptide Movement and popstar Pixie Lott will perform. Also dropping by will be former mer Russian chess champ-turned ned anti-Putin-activist Garry Kasparov.
Nipping in a week ahead of his big Friday night rival Graham Norton, Alan Carr kicks off a new series of lippy chat and louche one-liners by inviting Ricky icky Gervais and W1A’s Jessica essica Hynes (right) to lock comedy horns. Calming things down will be Gary Barlow, continuing on his successful solo comeback with new single Since I Saw You Last. ast.
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Expect a masterclass in percussion this weekend as two musical titans join forces. Jaki Liebezeit, drummer with seminal krautrock group Can and occasional sticks man for everyone from Chet Baker to Depeche Mode, will take to the stage with Burnt Friedman (one half of jazz electronica outfit Flanger) to play tracks from their Secret Rhythms album series. Support from Liebezeit’s Drums Off Chaos Tonight, The Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey St D1, 8pm, €20. Tel: (01) 874 0076. www.thegrandsocial.ie
Jason Derulo
The 23-year-old Marry Me crooner (pictured) brings his priapic, chartfriendly brand of r’n’b to Dublin. Expect a clutch of tracks from last year’s Tattoos LP, including The Other Side and Talk Dirty Sun, The 02, East Link Bridge, North Wall Quay D1, 7.30pm, €39.50. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.jasonderulo.com
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Enigmatic singer/musician/ sample-whizz Blunt (one half of electronic hip-hop mavericks Hype Williams) brings his trippy solo grooves to Dublin for a one-off date Tomorrow, The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street D2, 8pm, €12.50. Tel: (01) 678 7188. www.thesugarclub.com
CURIOUs AbOUT… Five Lamps Festival
The North East inner city hosts its seventh annual Five Lamps Festival with two weeks of music, theatre and visual arts. Highlights include a live performance from local soul icon Shaz Oye (pictured), who’ll headline a concert featuring young musicians from local secondary schools (Tonight, Liberty Hall Theatre); Laurence Foster’s one-man show Dickens In Dublin, a wry account of the great Victorian novelist’s experience of visiting the capital (Apr 2 & 3, Irish Writers’ Centre); and the If Ever You Go… Bus Tour (Apr 6), a guided jaunt through Dublin with recourse to music and literature. Free events include a folklore-themed walking tour of the North inner city, dance workshops, a ‘conversation salon’ and a spoken word showcase Until Apr 6. See www.fivelampsarts.ie
As a precursor to this year’s Dublin Literary Festival, which takes place in May, two particularly renowned authors on the line-up will be in the capital over the coming days by way of a taster. Off The Page will see Emma Donoghue, the Booker prizenominated author of Room, read from and discuss her new work Frog Music which is based on the real-life murder of a cross-dressing, free-spirited dancer in 19th-century San Francisco. (Tomorrow, The Printworks, Dublin Castle, 2.30pm, €10 to €12). On April 2, Orange Prize-nominated US author Anita Shreve will discuss her life, work and 18th novel The Lives Of Stella Bain (Smock Alley Theatre, 7.30pm, €10 to €12). For the chance to win passes to the Emma Donoghue reading see Hot Tickets (right). To book visit www.dublinwritersfestival.com
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twitching verisimilitude of the puppets. So lifelike are Joey (the story’s Black Beauty) and the other birds and beasts muddled among the large cast, that you quickly forget about the subtly-hued puppeteers. That hearty, if unspectacular, cast (led by Lee Armstrong as young Albert Narracott) was always going to play second fiddle to the sheer spectacle of the creatures and Rae Smith’s ingenious art design. However, Joey is a vehicle to show how a plucky spirit can elicit humanity out of the black mud and shell blasts. As the tale draws to a close and the auditorium resounds with sniffles, you start to wonder
The Dublin Writers Festival has teamed up with Metro Herald to offer TEN pairs of tickets to see Emma Donoghue (Tomorrow, The Printworks, Dublin Castle, 2.30pm) For your chance to win, just answer the question below and text LIFE followed by your full answer, email address and name to 53133 (texts cost €0.60 + standard network charge). Q What was the title of Emma Donoghue’s hit 2010 novel? A Room B House
Tokyo Police Club
The noughties were a decade strewn with the bodies of indie also-rans, but not those of Canada’s fuzzy rock quartet Tokyo Police Club. Ahead of tonight’s Whelan’s concert – where they’ll be showcasing tracks from new album Forcefield – they play a free acoustic warm-up at the splendid new branch of Tower Records on Dawson Street Tonight, Tower Café Stage, Tower Records, Dawson Street, D2, 7.45pm, free; tonight, Whelan’s, 9pm, €15.
Forgettable? Just the puppeteers There is an obvious reason why promotional material for War Horse features facts and statistics pertaining not only to the human casualties of World War I but also to the deaths of almost a million British horses in the conflict. Described as an ‘anthem to peace’, this renowned stage phenomenon – like the largely overlooked 1982 source novel – wants us to bear in mind that livestock and agriculture were other casualties of European life in the socalled ‘war to end all wars’. Much has been made of how Britain’s National Theatre has adapted Michael Morpurgo’s ‘boy-meets-horse, boy-loseshorse’ fable, with recourse to the uncanny puppeteering of South African company Handspring. Millions have flocked to the show since its 2007 premiere, but this much-anticipated run poignantly arrives on the centenary of World War I. The hype proves to be utterly justifiable, not least because of the ear-swivelling, tail-
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Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20
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Taurus Apr 21 – May 21
An idea that came to you some time ago may flow back into your consciousness. If it does, today’s stars give you the knowledge to talk this through with a friend. Don’t dismiss anything which is a little bit different.
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Gemini May 22 – Jun 21
Workaday issues could be rather draining today. The chores you normally clear out the way productively could be full of little niggles. You may even find yourself mislaying something briefly. Also, be cautious about bigging yourself up.
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This continues to be a time when your ambitions are to the fore and you could show a remarkable level of confidence. But it’s a thin line between seeming your usual capable self, and setting yourself up for a fall by taking on too much. For your forecast, call 15609 114 73
Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23
You can make some really good spiritual observations. Yet what can be less positive today is a murky link between the Moon and Neptune, which may see you confused around a practical matter. If so, revisit tomorrow.
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Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23
Someone could absolutely fascinate you today. If such a person is not immediately obvious, they can be revealed by the middle of April. If you are looking to bond with a new partner, this can be an exciting time. For your forecast, call 15609 114 75
Libra Sep 24 – Oct 23
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Yesterday’s Solutions Across: 1 Cask; 3 Hardware; 8 Thin; 9 Misspent; 11 Red-letter day; 13 Clever; 14 Outset; 17 Picture-house; 20 Obedient; 21 Else; 22 Splinter; 23 Idol. Down: 1 Cataract; 2 Swindle; 4 Aviate; 5 Distraught; 6 Arena; 7 Eats; 10 Pedestrian; 12 Ethereal; 15 Squalid; 16 Orange; 18 Ideal; 19 Toss..
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sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 21
Your ruler Jupiter starts to clash with the Sun. When it comes to a speculative venture, this can give you added self-confidence that it can work out well for you. This is one of those aspects that can be good and generate generosity.
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Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19
However diplomatic you are, someone important may have a tendency to scrutinise your ideas much more harshly than normal. This is probably not the best of days to meet anyone new. If you can, reschedule any appointments.
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Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20
Information can surface that you’d rather stayed out of the public domain. If a love relationship is going through a separation phase Pisces, it may prove painful as assets are decided upon and shared out, but April will see a new dawn. For your forecast, call 15609 114 81
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ENIGMA Fighter, amongst other things, With clever hinged and swinging wings. Also twister over land, Which few wood buildings can withstand. WHO AM I? An artist, I was born in the Netherlands in 1632. My best-known works are interior scenes lit from tall windows. I was featured in the novel Girl With a Pearl Earring.
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Intel invests $5billion in Leixlip campus upgrade by joanne ahern
INTEL marked its 25th anniversary in Ireland with the announcement that it is investing $5billion in an upgrade of its Leixlip campus. This is the largest private investment in the history of the State. The computer chip maker revealed yesterday that work has been ongoing since 2011, following an initial investment of $500million and added that the project demonstrates its continuing commitment to its European base in Ireland and underpins the 4,500 jobs at the Leixlip plant. The project would allow Intel Ireland ‘to become a high volume site for Intel’s latest leading edge manufacturing process beginning in 2015’. More than 5,000 jobs have been created indirectly in the planning and construction of this project, it said. Intel has invested $12.5bn in Ireland since it arrived here in 1989. Yesterday, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the project is ‘a huge boost not just to the Greater Dublin Area but to the entire Irish economy’. Hailing the huge economic contribution of Intel to Ireland, he praised the company for ‘sending out a signal to the world of Ireland’s attractiveness as a place for big investment’. Intel’s president Renée James, meanwhile, paid tribute to the Government for its ‘outstanding business partnership with Intel over the past 25 years’, while Intel Ireland’s general manager Eamonn Sinnott said Intel Ireland employees had ‘shown great flexibility, capability and dedication’ to make the $12.5bn investment possible.
busIness bItes n GOOGLE has brought its Flight Search tool to Ireland, allowing Irish users to ‘easily compare the best flight times and prices directly from the Google search results page at lightning speed’. Both Ryanair and Aer Lingus are represented on the site, which will offer analyses of the cheapest dates to travel as well as using an interactive map to visually assess the best destination and cost options. Google Ireland’s Cera Ward said: ‘Traveling is fun and we think the research behind the journey should be fun too. We want Irish travelers to be able to search, compare and book their flights as quickly and efficiently as possible and we want them to enjoy the process too.’
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Career Doctor Jane Downes wnes
Keeping track of the amount of recent high-profile resignations in the past few weeks, from Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan to TD Patrick Nulty, has been a job in itself. It got me thinking about those who are ‘career disappointed’, including some of you reading this, who have been forced for one reason or another to resign from your role. Sometimes without something else even lined up, leaving yourself relatively exposed. Unfortunately I am now seeing quite a lot of this. Good people being pushed out for one reason or another, some given tasks to keep which are sometimes beyond reach, roles so consuming that the individual no Even the good has choice but can hit major to resign in order to road bumps have the time to a plan what is next. Perhaps to add some balance it must be said that some of these employees may have been coasting. They need to further develop their skills range and improve their offering to reflect this marketplace and to make themselves indispensible. On the other hand, the pressures are high out there. Expectations are high and with minimal resources even the ‘good’ out there can hit major road bumps in their performance. Finally, there is a correct and a not-so-correct way of resigning from a job. Get it right, and you will not just get out in one piece, you will have furthered your own career path. Get it wrong, and you will risk leaving a bad taste in the mouth, jeopardising the good reference you deserve for all your hard work.
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River of dreams
Tim Amavisca, 38, and his daughter Hailey, 15, use a sluice box used to trap gold flakes on a textured rubber mat along the Bear River near Colfax, California. Amateur prospectors are flocking to the Sierra Nevada foothills during the recent drought to take advantage of the lower water levels to search for gold in riverbeds that have been unreachable for decades Picture: aP
H&M fashions tidy profit FASHION retailer H&M has reported an eight per cent rise in quarterly profits but investment in technology for online sales wiped out some of the gains. The Swedish chain revealed net profit between December and February was €297million, up from €275million a year earlier. Sales rose 13 per cent to €3.6billion as H&M added 60 new stores worldwide, bringing the total to almost 3,200. However, costs also increased by 13 per cent as the company boosted spending on its online sales system to chase more internet business. n DUBLIN Airport has beaten London Heathrow and Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport to win a Moodie award for best airport Twitter feed for the second year. Dublin Airport Authority chief communications officer Paul O’Kane said it is ‘gratifying’ to see the airport, which has almost 69,000 followers, can top the world’s best and largest airports in the area of social media and digital communications.
n CONvERTING Ireland’s largest power station from coal to biomass could see the country meet its target for renewables and avoid the need for a massive pylon upgrade project, it has been claimed. A review of energy needs for opponents of EirGrid’s Grid25 electricity transmission scheme claims Moneypoint in Co Clare should be switched to greener sources to reduce reliance on new windfarms. Consultants Dr Anthony White and Malcolm Brown of BW Energy said the conversion could be done for €380million – a tenth of the cost of new high-voltage pylon routes between now and 2025. The experts said Moneypoint’s 915 megawatt generation capacity could be converted gradually from coal to biomass, bringing an additional 25 per cent of renewable energy on to the power system.
Career coach Jane Downes is author of The Career Book (thecareerbook.ie) and principal coach of Clearview Coaching Group, clearviewcoachgroup.com.
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gaa dublin v mayo
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Kettle hits out at way match venues decided Dublin chairman Andy Kettle has criticised the GAA for forcing a coin toss on both counties to decide home advantage for Sunday’s Allianz Hurling league playoff with Waterford. Anthony Daly’s leinster champions must travel to Walsh Park, the venue for their three-point defeat to Waterford in Division 1A earlier this month. in all, 13 of the 15 teams that played at home in the entire 1A campaign won their matches, with one draw and just a single win for a travelling team, Clare’s success in Tipperary. The odds don’t stack up well for Dublin as they bid to avoid their second play-off defeat in three seasons and Kettle hit out at fixture makers. ‘We were put in this position, where we had no choice with the Waterford game,’ said Kettle. ‘i would prefer it to be in nowlan Park or some neutral venue but that wasn’t the way of the thing. in fairness to both sides, i don’t think that tossing a coin at any stage is a good idea to decide venues.’ Kettle has already proven as
good as his word by refusing a coin toss with Meath regarding the choice of venue for next Wednesday’s leinster u-21 football final. because of that decision and the fact that Parnell Park is undergoing maintenance, the leinster Council have fixed the match for Portlaoise. As for Dublin’s chances in Sunday’s crucial hurling playoff, they’re boosted by the contrasting form of both sides. Dublin lost narrowly away to Tipperary last weekend while Waterford were hammered by 20 points in Kilkenny. Ray barry scored four points as a sub against the Cats and has retained his place while Seamus Prendergast, who also came on, starts beside him at full-forward.
Kettle: No choice for Dublin
Playing a wait and see game: Jim Gavin’s players are troubled by injuries Picture: inPho
injuries plague Dubs ahead of Mayo clash
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Dublin could be without half their All-ireland-winning football team for tomorrow evening’s Croke Park rematch with Mayo. A mini-injury crisis, which laid low seven players following club action last weekend, has compounded an already troublesome situation for boss Jim Gavin. The All-ireland-winning St Vincent’s club players still haven’t returned to action – a decision will be taken on their availability today – while it remains to be seen if u-21 players are risked ahead of next Wednesday’s leinster final against Meath. Denis bastick and Dean Rock are out for several more weeks. Throw in the fact bernard brogan, Paul Flynn and Rory O’Carroll aren’t certain starters following injuries, and Ciaran Kilkenny is definitely out. The holders’ disarray ahead of
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Round 6 of the Allianz league is in contrast to Mayo’s settled set-up. Manager James Horan has happily returned captain Andy Moran to his line-up, ensuring 12 of last September’s starting 15 play again. ‘We let the players go back to the clubs last weekend, we picked up
‘Diarmuid was most consistent forward’ about seven knocks, seven injuries from that,’ said Gavin. ‘So we’ll just have to see how guys progress over the next 48 hours. ‘Quite a lot of the guys didn’t train earlier in the week because of those injuries. So we’ll just have to see how that progresses and then we’ll make an assessment on it.’ Gavin may find it difficult to re-
sist returning Diarmuid Connolly to action after his All-ireland club final tour de force for Vincent’s on St Patrick’s Day. The talented forward shot 2-5 from play with 2-4 of that tally arriving in the second-half when Vincent’s pushed on to secure a famous victory. With Kilkenny sidelined because of cruciate trouble, Connolly is the leading contender to take the number 11 jersey. Gavin rejected the suggestion Connolly now needs is to show such top form on a regular basis. ‘We certainly saw it last year that he was probably our most consistent forward, from a management perspective,’ continued Gavin. Meanwhile he confirmed that Vincent’s wing-back Michael Concarr, a goal scorer in the final win over Castlebar Mitchels, has also been called into the squad.
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McDowell clears up Woods talk Swift victory
gOLf Ryder Cup star Graeme McDowell has taken to social media in an attempt to clarify comments he made about world number one Tiger Woods. Former US Open champion McDowell was quoted as saying that 14-time major winner Woods has ‘lost that sort of force field of invincibility around him’. McDowell feels his comments were taken out of context and wrote on his Twitter page yesterday: ‘Many of my quotes have been taken out of context and spun quite negatively. I really shouldn’t get caught up in speculation and opinion, especially when talking about Tiger Woods. You set yourself up for failure.’
for Sky’s Ben
Lead role: Captain Miguel Angel Jimenez (above) led Europe to a 5-0 fourballs whitewash against Asia on the first day of the inaugural EurAsia Cup in Malaysia. Jimenez’s playing partner Pablo Larrazabal said: ‘Miguel was amazing.’
cycLing Team Sky’s Ben Swift claimed his first victory in almost two years after a sprint finish in the opening stage of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali in Italy. It is his first win since the Tour of Poland in July 2012 and followed on from his third-place finish in Milan-San Remo on Sunday. Swift wrote on Twitter: ‘The @TeamSky boys were incredible. Really happy to finish it off for them.’
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bulls threat adds fuel to the fire in red-hot Malaysia by ADAM HAy-NicHOLLs The F1 season is red hot right now and I’m not just talking about the stifling 35C here in Malaysia. The season opener in australia a fortnight ago proved two things. Firstly, the pack has been shuffled, and secondly we don’t know who’ll make it to the end of the race. Mercedes are clearly the quickest but despite pole position and the win in Melbourne, they were only able to get one car home. Lewis hamilton might have been in the form of his life but his engine had had enough. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo (pictured) had speed in Melbourne but how much was that down to a heftier fuel flow? The team denies this was the case, and are appealing their disqualification. Meanwhile, no.1 sebastian Vettel suffered the same
wheezing V6 as Lewis. Ferrari seem somewhat anonymous at the moment and Lotus are nowhere. The two outfits primed to muscle in on Merc and RBR are Williams and McLaren. Much of the chatter post-oz has been about whether Red Bull will quit the sport if they don’t get their way at their court date in Paris on april 14. This fuel flow issue is so complex it’s taking nearly four weeks for the experts to put their cases together. Red Bull say the FIa’s sensors went kaput and so they used their own measurements. The FIa says the official sensors are god and RBR should not have taken it into their own hands.
If Red Bull win, it will be very embarrassing for the federation and its fuel-sensor supplier. If Red Bull loses, the boss of the energy drinks company has intimated he could pull the plug. Dietrich Mateschitz is probably all talk on this one, though and with eight titles in four years Red Bull have taken plenty out of this sport by pushing the rules. The rookies were among the most impressive in Melbourne. Kevin Magnussen and Daniil Kvyat shone on their F1 debuts but it’s the sun’s shine they need to worry about here. neither has much experience of 90min racing, and it will be compounded with sepang’s heat and humidity.
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Seb sounds off at noise reduction WoRlD champion Sebastian Vettel has slated the sport’s new sound. The German pulled no punches when asked for his opinion ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix. Vettel, 26, gained first-hand experience of the noise from the Red Bull pit wall during after his early retirement in australia. The piercing scream of the old 2.4-litre V8 engines has been replaced by the more textural sound of the new 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged power units, and it has caused a considerable furore. When asked for his thoughts, Vettel said: ‘It’s s***. Formula one has to be spectacular and the sound is one of the most important things. I remember when I was six and we went to see the cars live. The one thing I remember was the sound.’ Mclaren’s Jenson Button disagrees, saying: ‘When you cross the finish line first you don’t care what the car Mute point: Vettel sounds like.’
ODDbALLs Ireland’s ‘dead’ granny spook to me, says Roy Roy Keane has revealed Stephen Ireland’s ‘dead’ granny has asked about her grandson’s chances of returning to the Republic of Ireland fold. The Stoke midfielder withdrew from the Ireland squad in 2007, initially claiming one of his grandmothers had died, then the other, before admitting neither had. Keane said: ‘I spoke with the grandmother and she asked me would he get back involved? ‘I couldn’t lie to her. I said he’d have a chance if he’s playing well. We wouldn’t be shutting the door on any player.’
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today Airtricity League Premier Division (7.45 unless stated) athlone Town v Cork City Bray Wanderers v UCD Derry City v St. Patk’s ath Dundalk v Bohemians limerick v Drogheda Utd Shamrock Rvrs v Sligo Rvrs (live on RTe TWo, 7.05) First Division Waterford Utd v Wex yths SatuRday Barclays Premier League (3pm unless stated) arsenal v Man City (5.30pm) Sky Sports 1 Crystal Palace v Chelsea .
Man Utd v aston Villa..... (12.45pm) TV Southampton v newcastle Stoke v Hull ..................... Swansea v norwich......... West Brom v Cardiff........ Scottish Premiership aberdeen v Dundee Utd . Celtic v Ross County ........ Inverness CT v St Mirren . Motherwell v Kilmarnock St Johnstone v Partick..... Sunday Barclays Premier League Fulham v evertonTV liverpool v TottenhamTV Scottish Premiership Hearts v Hibernian .......... (12.45pm) TV
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MADDEn: ‘I WAnT TO sHOW fAns I’M A DIffEREnT pLAyER’ Having been compared to Barcelona’s Dani alves by his manager Trevor Croly after his man-of-the-match display in last week’s derby win at Bohemians, Simon Madden just wants to keeping making his point on his Rovers’ return. The Shamrock Rovers’ attacking right-back felt he wasn’t given a fair chance at Hoops when Michael O’neill took over in 2009. He was dropped a third of the way through that season and released at its end. But the 25-year-old returned this year and has been arguably Rovers’ best player in their start to the season, which sees them top of the table ahead of tonight’s clash with Sligo Rovers at Tallaght Stadium. ‘There has been a lot of changes with many players coming in. it’s probably a younger squad,’ said Madden on comparing the current team to the one he left four years ago. ‘Yes, i probably did,’ added Madden on having a point to prove following his previous spell at the
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Things are hotting up The Premier League title race has entered the final straight and is set for a thrilling climax, with Chelsea currently holding top spot with a one-point advantage over red-hot Liverpool. Third-placed Manchester City still have two games in hand over both their rivals. While Arsenal still have an outside chance, given their current form it seems unlikely. Richard Hookham takes a closer look at the top three and the key games that could steer them to glory
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Second chance: Simon Madden club. ‘i feel the last time i was here i probably didn’t get the chance i deserved. ‘i felt if i played reserve games i wasn’t going to get (back) into the team. So, obviously, coming back i want to show the fans that i’m a different player.’ So far he’s done precisely that, amused at Croly’s comparison with Barca’s right-back alves. ‘i suppose you have to take it as a compliment! The lads have been messing, but it’s all about the team doing well. if you can make goals and score goals for the team you are going to be happy.’
Liverpool
Brendan Rodgers’ boys look unstoppable and should beat hit-and-miss Tottenham at home on Sunday. The Reds have just three more away games to negotiate and West Ham, Norwich and Crystal Palace should all be three-pointers. Their final game is Newcastle. If it’s neck and neck in the race, the Anfield factor could yet spark something magical.
Key games: City and Chelsea. The good news for Liverpool is that both crunch games are at fortress Anfield
Prediction: Third. Odds 3-1 Stat: Liverpool have won their last seven league games
Remaining games: Sun Mar 30: Tottenham (home) Sun Apr 6: West Ham (away) Sun Apr 13: Man City (home) Sun Apr 20: Norwich (away) Sun Apr 27: Chelsea (home) Sat May 3: Crystal Palace (away) Sun May 11: Newcastle (home)
Manchester City
Chelsea
Manuel Pellegrini’s side have two games in hand and if they turn the knife at wounded Arsenal tomorrow, they will effectively put one of their rivals out of the race. They should be too good for Southampton (home) and a point at Liverpool wouldn’t be such a disaster. From there on, Sunderland (home), West Brom (home), Crystal Palace (away), Aston Villa (home) and West Ham (home) all look bankable wins.
The Blues hold pole position and arguably have the easiest run-in. They should see off Crystal Palace tomorrow, although a tricky home clash with in-form Stoke, sandwiched between their Champions League quarter-final legs against Paris St Germain, is no gimme. Chelsea also face Swansea (away), Sunderland (home), Norwich (home) and finish at Cardiff and with Jose Mourinho smelling blood, you just can’t see the Blues blowing it in any of these.
apart, City’s cruncher could be Everton
Liverpool. Jose would happily take a draw
Key game: The showdown with Liverpool Prediction: Second. Odds: 10/11 Stat: City have kept five consecutive top-flight clean sheets
Remaining games: Sat Mar 29: Arsenal (away) Sat Apr 5: Southampton (home) Sun Apr 13: Liverpool (away) Wed Apr 16: Sunderland (home) Mon April 21: West Brom (home) Sun Apr 27: Crystal Palace (away) Sat May 3: Everton (away) Wed May 7: Aston Villa (home) Sun May 11: West Ham (home)
Key game: A possible title shoot-out with Prediction: Champions, just. Odds: 5-2
Stat: Chelsea have five penalties in their 62-goal haul
Remaining games: Sat Mar 29: Crystal Palace (away) Sat Apr 5: Stoke (home) Sun Apr 13: Swansea (away) Sun Apr 20: Sunderland (home) Sun Apr 27: Liverpool (away) Sat May 3: Norwich (home) Sun May 11: Cardiff (away)
We never work alone, roar Reds Team ethic trumps SAS class for Sturridge & co
Luis suarez and Daniel sturridge may hog most of Liverpool’s headlines but Brendan rodgers’ players insist their team ethic is what matters most as the title race nears its climax. With 48 Premier League goals between them this term, the strike duo dubbed ‘sas’ have kept the reds right in the title hunt. But as Liverpool approach a seven-game finishing straight, sturridge said: ‘The success of the team is more important to me. it’s not about myself. ‘We’re all trying our best to do our jobs for the team.’ sturridge continued the superb form that has virtually guaranteed his place in england’s World Cup squad by netting his 30th league goal for the club in just his 37th game against sunderland on
by jAMEs bOyLAn Wednesday. But the result mattered more to the 24-year-old, who added: ‘it was great to get the three points – that’s the most important thing at this stage of the season. ‘We just need to continue working hard as a team and keep getting the job done.’ Jordan Henderson, who like sturridge is a player rejuvenated under rodgers, also spoke about the importance of unity. The midfielder said: ‘The togetherness is there, we all get on really well. ‘We’re very demanding of each other and want to help each other out. so if we just keep doing that and keep working hard, then our ability will come through.’
Team players: Henderson and Sturridge
rugby leinster v munster
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Friday, March 28, 2014 METRO HERALD
Leinster focus on control ahead of Aviva showdown picture: inpho
by GARETH MAKIM
Leinster are preparing for an Aviva stadium bloodbath tomorrow evening against a Munster team looking to lay down a marker as both sides begin a dual push for end-of-season honours. each province will have one eye on next week’s resumption of Heineken Cup duties, but the sold-out signs on Lansdowne road signify the importance of this top-of-the-table Pro12 fixture, while Munster coach rob Penney stoked the fires further with his ‘Munster versus the six nations champions’ barb earlier in the week. ‘i think Paul O’Connell and Conor Murray and Peter O’Mahony will be quite disappointed with that statement, if it were me,’ Leinster head coach Matt O’Connor responded yesterday. ‘But it’s a bit of banter, isn’t it? it’s not a biggie. it’s not motivating us. We know that we have to be really, really good, and that’s the bottom line. ‘it’s a fantastic rivalry. everyone is well aware of what a wonderful game it should be. there will be a lot of passion and a lot of blood spilled
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AFTER ALL THE TALK, NOW IT’S TIME TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS AND PROVE POINTS IN BIGGEST DERBY
‘Get the detail right or Munster will strangle you’ and hopefully we’ll be on the right side of it. ‘this Leinster team have demonstrated that level of passion and that level of desire to play for each other, so that won’t be the focus. the detail, and trying to get the things that we can control right is really, really important, because if you don’t get those right against Munster, they will strangle you and they will win the game. they want to beat us up, they want to get into us physically, they want to make it impossible for us to play at them. now the challenge for us is to make sure we are accurate enough, we control the ball and we are disciplined enough.’ With a trip to european champions toulon next week, O’Connor insisted he would take no selection risks, meaning props Jack McGrath and Cian Healy could be left out as they recover from knocks picked up on ireland duty, but otherwise the Australian has a clean slate has he looks to work his international stars back into the mix before their trip to France. ‘the key focus for us is making sure we have reintegrated our test boys and we are moving forward,’ O’Connor said. ‘We’ve done that in every training session, so we’re ticking all those boxes. it will be a massive test and we will get a pretty clear indication of what we need to do the following week off the back of it.’
A bit of banter: Matt O’Connor plays down Penney Six Nations barb
Rolland is ‘right man for the job’
MATT O’Connor says he had no hesitation in accepting the appointment of referee Alain Rolland to tomorrow’s Pro12 derby battle against Munster. The former Leinster half-back was drafted in, with the agreement of O’Connor and Munster coach Rob Penney, following the withdrawal of Frenchman Pascal Gauzere. The appointment of the 2007 World Cup final official (pictured) has the potential for
controversy, but O’Connor believes he is the right man for the job at the Aviva Stadium. ‘You never want the referee to be a talking point,’ he said. ‘If they are anonymous across the course of it then everyone has a pretty good evening. ‘He’s a top referee and has refereed at the very highest level for a long time, so his experience and his composure in a game of this magnitude is only a positive for me. I think he’s the perfect guy to referee.’
Derby win would be set-up for success
O’Mahony: Ready
Kearney: Knows he and other Irish stars at Leinster have to show why they are selected above Munster players
MUNSTER’S Peter O’Mahony can’t wait to get stuck into tomorrow’s clash with Leinster. The back row sees the match as the biggest in his club’s season and admits that with a Heineken Cup quarter-final for both sides the following week, a win for either will serve as
a huge boost as they go into the business end of the campaign. ‘There’s a huge amount of pressure on both teams. I think it’s a huge week for both,’ O’Mahony said. ‘There’s a huge amount at stake, but the quarterfinal is the following week, so it’s a huge primer and
you want to be as good as you can be for the following week.’ O’Mahony and co are just two points behind Leinster in the PRO12 League, but travel to a Leinster side that have won their last seven fixtures in that competition.
IT WAS interesting this week to hear Rob Kearney talk about the Ireland dynamic at play in tomorrow’s LeinsterMunster derby which looks to be back to its intoxicating best. There have been complaints from supporters from the southern province (and privately from within) about Munster players being overlooked for Joe Schmidt’s Ireland teams. Some of the arguments carried merit; it was tough on Tommy O’Donnell to lose out to Jordi Murphy while others lacked strength; Simon Zebo has got to justify himself on many levels before ousting Andrew Trimble or Dave Kearney. The media counsel in both camps this week should have been to keep tensions cool and barring Rob Penney’s ill-considered quote on Munster taking on the Six Nations champions, the powder has been kept dry until tomorrow night’s hostilities. As for Rob Kearney, a savvy media operator at this stage, he noted that it was up to Leinster’s internationals to reinforce the point of why they were picked over their Munster rivals. Familiarity with Schmidt’s concepts and systems may have swayed the balance in some quarters, but that is simply just a fact of life and not a Leinster-Munster issue. When Warren Gatland was
backpedalling into the final Lions Test against Australia last summer he opted for the players he knew – the Welsh ones. Likewise, when Schmidt found his team in the championship hunt, familiarity with his methods was probably a factor. When the line-ups are announced this lunchtime there is the potential that in 11 separate positions we will see individual battles between Irish internationals. So from that point of view there can be no escaping the ‘trials game’ nature of this contest. The sell-out crowd also shows how much both sets of supporters are looking forward to this game and from a Leinster point of view they need to use this fixture as a launching pad for the rest of their season. The backline, and Luke Fitzgerald in particular, needs to find the stride which saw off Northampton with such ease in Franklin’s Gardens, but they will need their forwards to set the tone and deliver reliable access from set-pieces and quick ball from open play. Leinster’s back row will be intriguing. At least one from Rhys Ruddock, Dominic Ryan and Murphy will be in contention to start. Each one of them needs to dominate on an occasion to launch their careers, and there is no better fixture to do that. Just ask Ronan O’Gara or Jonny Sexton.
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