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Taoiseach enda Kenny has defended a €240 tap tax as a water-saving measure. The latest levy to hit householders will help fix the leaking supply and secure top quality drinking water for future generations, Mr Kenny said. ‘The metering itself brings with it an incentive to conserve,’ he said. ‘You can turn off the tap.’ after a deal between Fine Gael and Labour, homes will be allowed 30,000 litres of water before being billed. average irish households use an estimated 140,000 litres a year – based on 2.7 inhabitants, and children use 38,000 litres. an allowance for ‘normal’ water consumption will be given for under-18s. Meters are being installed around the country, but even homes not fitted with a gauge will be charged from next January – using estimations. charges would be capped for those with certain medical conditions, while pensioners, the disabled and carers will receive a €100 allowance.

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holiday homes may have to pay a minimum charge. Water pressure will be cut for those who don’t pay their bills and the tax will be fixed for the first year. sinn Féin leader Gerry adams said the charge ‘shows how far removed the government is from hardworking families and vulnerable citizens’ and claimed the Government will increase the levy in 2016. But Mr Kenny said 40 per cent of the ‘precious’ resource was wasted – at a cost of €1.2billion – because of leaking pipes. he added this was the last major austerity charge to be imposed on the irish people. Meanwhile, independent Dublin city councillor Nial Ring said the €240 is four times the current cost to supply water to households in Dublin city. Fianna Fáil councillor and euro candidate Mary FitzPatrick said she would bring an emergency motion to the council to halt charges until all meters had been fitted.

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Kate Lawler, former Big Brother winner, now DJ, 34; Matt Helders, drummer (Arctic Monkeys), 28; Alexander Ludwig (pictured), actor, 22; Eagle Eye Cherry, singer, 43.

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Cara outflanks Stella as A-listers line up to squeeze the world’s most famous bottom

Bum fight on red carpet by ANDREI HARMSWORTH

RIHANNA might think twice the next time she stops to say a quick ‘hello’ to her famous friends after finding herself at the centre of a cheeky red carpet bum fight at the Met Ball. At first glance the Diamonds singer looks like she is smiling politely through an obligatory group grip’n’grin with model Cara Delevingne and designer Stella McCartney. However, not every picture tells the full story. At the rear McCartney, 42, was secretly seizing the moment to cop a squeeze of the S&M hitmaker’s bum as the trio were joined by US actresses Reese Witherspoon, 38, and Kate Bosworth, 31. That didn’t sit well with RiRi’s close gal pal Cara who moved McCartney’s hand away so she could enjoy her own grope of the Barbadian’s famous rear. RiRi giggled nervously as she quickly

‘The meat in a frisky all-girl sandwich’ found herself the meat in a frisky all female celeb sandwich. McCartney then decided to go one better by planting a glossy kiss on the singer’s real cheek. It certainly earned her daggers from Delevingne, who is rumoured to be getting close to her confidante Rihanna. Delevingne’s flirtfest with Riri follows swirling rumours her romance with 35-year-old US actress Michelle Rodriguez has hit the skids. Rodriguez was nowhere to be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Her no-show left her girlfriend Delevingne free rein to indulge in some hanky-panky. But the model’s wandering hands were greeted with a glance from RiRi that there were cameras watching from every angle when she later cuddled up alone with Delevingne.

Stellar moment: Stella McCartney, centre, has a squeeze, top and left, then Cara outflanks her, above, and gets a knowing look from the Bajan PiCtureS: Bei/rex/wenn

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Dublin Bus to pay Custom left turn €9m to injured boy to cross the Liffey DAMAGeS totalling €9million are to be paid to a young student who suffered catastrophic injuries when he was hit by a bus after running on to the road following a high Court settlement against Dublin Bus. Spanish student Carlos Tesch was 12 years old when the incident occurred on February 4, 2009 in Bray, Co Wicklow. An earlier court hearing heard Carlos was with a number of friends on herbert Road when he ran on to the road to get away from a confrontation with local youths and the Dublin Bus, which was coming behind him, hit him. The Supreme Court ruled Dublin Bus was 70 per cent liable for Carlos’ injuries, which include severe head injuries, a fractured skull, an inability to walk or speak fully and being dependent on others in every feature of life.

GO left to go right is the instruction from Monday for Dublin drivers wishing to travel to the south side of the city from Eden Quay. The permanent right turn ban from Custom House Quay to Talbot Memorial Bridge, part of the Smart Travel initiative, comes into effect from 10.30am on May 12. Vehicles wishing to access Matt Talbot Memorial Bridge from Eden Quay will have to turn left on to Beresford Place, travel around the back of the Custom House and then continue south across the bridge. This will be the same for drivers wishing to access Matt Talbot Memorial Bridge from Butt Bridge (Tara Street/George’s Quay). The measure is to facilitate the new Rosie Hackett public transport bridge, which opens on May 21, and will cater for buses, cyclists, pedestrians and the Luas Cross City in 2017.

Inquiry as baby dies in Cavan hospital AN investigation has been launched after a baby died in hospital. The health Service executive (hSe) said it had begun the inquiry after the

death at Cavan General hospital on April 26. It is understood a senior doctor has not been on duty since the incident but the hSe declined to

comment on individual members of staff. In the statement Cavan hospital said a ‘full and thorough investigation is now under way’.

CIAO DuBLIN: A display at the entrance to Dublin Airport gives a Céad Míle Fáilte to the Giro d’Italia which arrives in Dublin next weekend. The Dublin Airport Authority tweeted this photo yesterday, writing that its gardening team had been busy with the design which depicts a rider wearing the race’s symbolic pink jersey. The prestigious multiple-stage cycling race comes to Ireland for the first time, with the Grande Partenza or ‘Big Start’ taking place over three days, kicking off in Belfast on Friday, travelling through Northern Ireland and down to Dublin on Sunday, before the cyclists fly from Dublin to continue the race in Italy Picture: DAA

PSNI criticism over questioning of Adams is ‘unfair’ by DAvID McHugH NORTHERN Ireland’s chief constable has said criticism of his force’s arrest of Gerry Adams was unfair and inappropriate. The Sinn Féin president was questioned for four days at Antrim police station by detectives investigating the 1972 murder of Belfast mother-of-ten Jean McConville. Police Service of Northern Ireland chief Matt Baggott said it would have been wrong to treat Mr Adams any differently from anybody else. Mr Baggott said: ‘Questioning the motivation or impartiality of police officers tasked with investigating serious crime in this very public, generalised and vague man-

Baggott: Adams’ arrest was ‘legitimate and lawful’ ner is both unfair and inappropriate. The arrest and questioning of Mr Adams was legitimate and lawful and an independent judge subsequently decided that there were grounds for further detention.’ Sinn Féin has claimed there is a ‘dark side’ opposed to the peace process within the police force.

But Mr Baggott said: ‘In a democracy, the police are tasked with following the evidence without fear or favour and in accordance with the law. It would have been wrong to treat Mr Adams any differently.’ Meanwhile, Mr Adams has rejected a claim by Michael McConville that he threatened him during their conversations. Mr McConville claimed Mr Adams told him ‘if you release the names I hope you are ready for the backlash’, which Mr McConville said he took to be a threat. In a statement, Mr Adams said: ‘I made no threat against Michael McConville and neither did I warn of a backlash. My sole purpose in meeting with [him] was and is to help the family.’

Belfast Project not out to ‘get’ Adams The director of an oral history project on the Northern Ireland Troubles – part of which was relied upon by police to question Gerry Adams about the murder of Jean McConville – has rejected any suggestion it was set up to ‘get’ the Sinn Féin president. New York-based Irish journalist ed Moloney said Mr Adams’s criticism of the Boston Collegebacked endeavour was based on ‘almost complete ignorance’, as he had not seen the archive’s contents.

The Belfast Project interviewed more than 25 former IRA members on their recollections on the understanding their accounts would not be made public until after their deaths. But that assurance was undermined when a US judge ordered audio tapes referring to the murder of Mrs McConville be handed over to detectives from the PSNI. Amid uncertainty about the status of the tapes still held in the archive, Boston College has now offered to return the material to interviewees.

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Abuser seeks probation in order to return to US

Lesbian wins parent order in baby fight

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A JUDGE has been asked to consider applying the Probation Act to a Limerick man who sexually abused a child 21 years ago and now lives in the US. Counsel for the accused, who was 16 at the time of the abuse, said he is now married and living in America and that any conviction could prevent him returning. Applying the Probation Act means no conviction is recorded against an accused. After hearing the submission by defence counsel Isobel Kennedy SC, Mr Justice Carney asked: ‘If I apply the Probation Act, what do you think every rape crisis centre and tabloid newspaper in the country is going to do?’ ‘And they’re not going to go after you Ms Kennedy,’ he continued. Justice Carney said the normal practice would be to remand the man, who pleaded guilty to abusing the boy in 1993, in custody pending sentence. However, he said he was remanding him on bail because putting him in custody might ‘preempt his position vis a vis the US’. Justice Carney adjourned the case until next Monday while he considers sentence.

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A LESBIAN who breastfed her Irish lover’s baby has won a landmark court ruling that she is the girl’s ‘psychological parent’. The woman, in her mid-40s, was denied access when the biological mother left Britain with the child and returned to Ireland. But the ruling at London’s High Court brings her a step closer in her fight for parental rights. The court heard the woman – referred to as L – artificially inseminated her partner – C – with anonymous sperm during their 18month relationship. She suckled the infant herself and considered herself an ‘equal parent’. However, her name did not appear on the birth certificate. After the couple split, C, aged in her mid-30s, removed her baby from the arms of her ‘extremely distressed’ ex-lover and has since resisted L having any relationship with the baby, now six months old. Justice Peter Jackson said the issues of joint residency or contact with the baby – G – were a matter for the courts in Ireland. However, his ruling opens the way for L to argue G’s removal from Britain violated her right to respect for family life, under European Law.

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Meet the Mafiosi... those caring, gentle family men by DAniEL Binns TONY MONTANA was just misunderstood and Don Corleone was no sinister Godfather, it seems. Movie portrayals of Mafia men as cold and heartless, ordering beatings and murders without a second thought, are a long way off the mark, new research suggests. In fact, many members of the Mafia are less likely to be psychopathic than other criminals. They were also more likely to be married than other criminals, which could help keep them stable psychologically. They also tended to have fewer drug problems. Researcher Dr Adriano Schimmenti said: ‘Our findings bring new hope for re-socialisation of convicted Mafia members.’ His team from the University of Palermo psychologists looked into the character traits of 30 men jailed for Mafia-related crimes and 39 other convicted criminals. The researchers said Mafia men were ‘often portrayed as ruthless, callous and remorseless’ criminals with psychopathic tendencies which usually involved vicious murders and revenge attacks. But Dr Schimmenti found they often expressed concerns for their children and their families, and they had never ceased to write and call them. Such expressions of attachment were less apparent among the others. The researchers, writing in the journal Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, said Mafia members were less manipulative, Machiavellian, narcissistic, unemotional, parasitic and impulsive than other criminals.

Baby’s got talent: Eric is ‘healthy and happy’ in the arms of his parents in these photos Pictures: @simoncowell

Cowell shows Eric has the cute X Factor

PROUD Simon Cowell has shown off his son Eric in a new series of online pictures. He tweeted images of the 11-week-old, boasting that he was ‘very handsome like his dad’. ‘My little boy Eric is healthy and happy,’ the 54-year-old added. The cute pictures also featured the mother

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of his son, Lauren Silverman, 38. The music mogul also found time to promote his Saturday night show. ‘Hope you are enjoying Got Talent. Next week’s show has a very special audition,’ he teased. The next heat of the UTV programme also coincides with the final night of X Factor musical and West End flop I Can’t Sing!

JAMEs BLunT, 40, worries he comes over a bit earnest in his songs. He also has his own restaurant that sells a spicy pizza named after him

You’re on a world tour to promote your Moon Landing album – how’s that going? Is

been amazing so far. We started in China and now we’re in Europe. It’s the biggest production I’ve taken on the road – three buses and five trucks. Audiences are turning up and we’re having a laugh.

Do you get homesick? Not

really. The bus is my home. It isn’t very flash – it’s 14 men sleeping in bunks – but there’s lots of beer and vodka, which is all you need really.

What’s the most unusual gig you’ve done? Reykjavik is

interesting – it’s light all night and at midnight people are wandering out of the gigs and washing their cars. I did a big gig in Beirut – the audience was off the scale, they’re just alive, maybe because they think a bomb might go off so they live for today.

What’s the worst gig you’ve done? The SECC in Glasgow. The

PA system broke. We were left with the left-hand side so it wasn’t the best sound in the world. In Chicago, I jumped off stage to run into the audience and the security

guard didn’t recognise me and thought I was a stage invader. He put his arms out – I thought he wanted a hug – but he smacked me down to the ground and wouldn’t let me get up. I was screaming: ‘I’m the singer!’ Another guard had to drag him off me.

Are you happy with the the album’s reception? It’s been

amazing. It’s a very personal album. It’s the second biggestselling album since Back To Bedlam and it’s done very well for me in Britain. The other albums have sold well worldwide but not so much at home so to see how well it’s gone down has been amazing.

Why did you have that dip in success at home? I suffered

from one song being overplayed to quite a large level. People start to find a song annoying when it’s overplayed.

What was the first song you wrote about? I started writing as a teenager – just stuff about life and the general questions teenagers have.

You turned 40 recently – did

it make you take stock of life? I don’t feel any different.

Because I’ve been travelling I celebrated by spending time with the people I love the most but see the least – my family and close friends.

You’ve become a Twitter sensation – are you surprised your withering putdowns have earned you a cult following? I’ve been doing it for a

long time – it was just less visible for a few years as my Twitter handle used to be ‘dirtylilblunt’ then my label wanted me to change it so I went for the boring ‘jamesblunt’. I’m just messing around on there. People take Twitter so seriously and I don’t think we should. It’s just people’s opinions.

What are your tips for dealing with Twitter trolls? I

come from a background where people are polite to people they don’t like and rude to people they do like – which is from the army. I’m doing concerts to 10,000 people who have bought tickets so it’s weird Twitter makes the news when it’s just one person’s opinion

Amazon lets you Tweet yourself AMAZON customers are now able to add items to their shopping basket via Twitter. The online retailer has launched Amazon Basket. Whenever a tweet includes a link to a product available on its website, the user can reply with the #AmazonBasket hashtag for it to be stored automatically. The internet giant hopes the tool will boost impulse purchases. A YouTube video posted by Amazon said: ‘Once your account is enabled, you can add millions of Amazon products to your cart without leaving your Twitter feed. ‘No more switching apps, passwords or trying to remember items you have seen. Save it to your cart and check it out later when it’s more convenient for you.’ The move is the latest in a series of new projects by the US company, which includes a bulk-buying grocery service and a TV streaming set-top box enabling users to send videos to a TV via their smartphones.

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I jumped off the stage and the security guard didn’t recognise me… I was screaming: ‘I’m the singer!’ and they were probably in their bedroom on their own with their trousers around their ankles when they were writing their five nasty words. It’s hard to take that seriously.

What have you got in common with Carrie Fisher?

She’s just my mate who put me up when I made Back To Bedlam and then again with Moon Landing. She’s a weird and wonderful person, a great intellectual, writes masses and is a very kind and special person.

What’s been your most extravagant purchase? I

bought a restaurant at the top of a mountain in Switzerland with Lawrence Dallaglio and Carl Fogarty. We have an array of pizzas – you can get one named after each of us. Mine’s quite spicy. We compete to see who has sold the most. We have our own themed toilets.

What are people’s misconceptions of you?

Maybe from my songs that I’m a little bit earnest. I don’t take things seriously.

Do you have any unfulfilled career ambitions? To play at the Super Bowl. That would be fun. Then I could have a costume malfunction and expose myself.

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Inquiry over Hanafin’s bid for election

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It’s a dog’s life for charity Andy SOME of us would wonder what’s it like to live the carefree life of a dog. This weekend, animal carer Andy Harold is going to experience it first hand as part of a fundraiser for the new Puppy Wing at the Dogs Trust facility. The Finglas-based charity is currently looking after more than 160 adult dogs and puppies and says its new wing will save the lives of an extra 500 puppies a year. Andy will enter his kennel at 1pm on Saturday and during his 24-hour stay will receive three meals, two walks and one water bowl, with one concession – a human toilet. Visit dogstrust.ie to donate, to watch Andy live or for more details on the fundraiser.

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A FORMER Fianna Fáil minister who lost her Dáil seat when the country went bankrupt is at the centre of an internal disciplinary inquiry over her decision to run for election again. Mary Hanafin has been accused of defying the party leadership after refusing to step aside and let a rising star in the ranks a free run at a council seat in south Dublin. The unedifying row in the Blackrock ward was sparked after the former education minister claimed she was asked to put her name forward last Wednesday to try to win a second seat in the area. Fianna Fáil then told the coalition ally of former taoiseach Brian Cowen that she should not stand even though she had signed nomination papers. Party leader Micheál Martin said: ‘It was with great disappointment that we learned that Mary Hanafin, a party member of many years’ standing, chose to ignore Fianna Fáil’s ratifica-

Hanafin: Not ‘muscling in’ on existing electoral candidate’s popularity tion process.’ Mr Martin said the party’s one-time deputy leader and TD for Dún Laoghaire had been given very clear instructions that only one candidate would stand in Blackrock, Kate Feeney, Ógra Fianna Fáil president. He has referred Ms Hanafin’s decision to the rules and procedures committee of the party’s ard chomhairle. Ms Hanafin said she lodged nomination papers for the elections after being contacted by party general secretary Sean Dorgan and claims polling estimates suggested Fianna Fáil could take two seats in Blackrock. She denies suggestions of ‘muscling in’ on Ms Feeney’s popularity.

Racists stick bacon on candidate’s posters A LOCAL election candidate has spoken out against racism after vandals defaced his election posters. While out walking Memet Uludag noticed something obscuring his posters. Taking a closer look, the Castleknock People Before Profit candidate found the objects to be

pieces of bacon glued to his face – a well-known form of racism against Muslims. Mr Uludag, an Irish citizen originally from Turkey, said he was shocked with what he called ‘racially motivated vandalism. Obviously presuming I am a Muslim, they clearly chose the

“bacon” as a symbol of antiMuslim hate,’ he added. The incident has since been reported to the Gardaí. The Socialist Party said: ‘This sort of racist act is reprehensible and sinister. It has no support whatsoever within the local community.’

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Flash mob: Rita Ora has trouble with her gown at the Met Gala

Brad and Suki playing singles for the cameras IT SEEMS Bradley Cooper and his lover Suki Waterhouse are not ready to become one of the celeb world’s big power couples just yet after playing a cat and mouse game at the Met Ball in New York. Despite a 14-month romance, the 22-year-old Burberry model (pictured) cut a lonely figure when her 39-year-old Hollywood star lover failed to stand by her side and be pictured together

by JENNI MCKNIGHT like other couples at the bash that included the posing Beckhams and flirty Beyoncé and Jay Z. Still, Waterhouse mustered a smile all on her tod as she posed in her Burberry frock outside The Metropolitan Museum Of Art on Monday. Meanwhile, a bulked up Cooper opted for his own solo entrance in a classic Tom Ford tux. But it was a different tale inside when the lovers reconvened to mingle with The Amazing Spider-Man star couple Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone.

Super dooper: Bradley Cooper looks beefed up, but kept his distance from Suki

Rita Ora (above), 23, flashed her tan coloured underwear beneath a Donna Karan Atelier dress. Katie Holmes (far left) looked far beyond her 35 years by wearing a mustard-coloured frumpy gown by Marchesa, while Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o (left), 31, went for the plucked ostrich look. Combining a

Jay Z inadvertently proposed to Beyoncé for a second time after the 32-year-old dropped her ring on the red carpet at the Met. She giggled as her rapper hubby, 44, searched for the lost jewellery and slipped it back on her finger. The couple recently celebrated their sixth anniversary.

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Taylor Swift put one catfight to bed at the Met Ball – but found herself in another. The 24-year-old buried the hatchet with Selena Gomez after the pair had fallen out. But the claws were still out ... when her cat ripped Swift’s custom satin Oscar de la Renta gown.

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Mankini streaker upstages celeb frocky horror show A STREAKER in a mankini upstaged a celebrity frocky horror show when he tried to gatecrash the annual Met Gala in New York. The unidentified man’s bid for stardom in just a florescent pink elastic ensemble, gold chain, legwarmers and off-trend tan-coloured shoes was cut short as police officers wrestled him to the ground. The appearances on the red carpet were not much better at the White Tie and Decorationsthemed event.

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flowing Oscar de la Renta gown with elbow length gloves, heavy eye make-up and a knotted mess of hair, Sarah Jessica Parker (left), 49, looked less Carrie Bradshaw, and more drag show reject.

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Miley Cyrus says her racy costumes have won her compliments from unlikely admirers. ‘A lot of strippers like my outfits,’ she Guilty Pleasures. ‘So many ask me where I get my s*** and I’m like, “This is custom-made”.’ The singer also backtracked on her statement ‘a star is someone who doesn’t have to take her clothes off to be sexy’, admitting: ‘You are a lot more famous if you show your t**s.’

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ANgelINA JolIe towers as her menacing best in this never before seen image of her horny new Disney character Maleficent. The Hollywood queen spreads her wings in a dark remake of 1959 Disney classic Sleeping Beauty. The 38-year-old mum-of-six’s daughter Vivienne makes her acting debut at the age of five in the flick as a young Princess Aurora. Ange explained she cast her tot because other three and four-year-olds wouldn’t come near her, revealing they were scared of her claws.

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iley Cyrus turned the air blue as she denied claims she was taken to hospital because of a drug overdose. The pop brat hit out as she set the record straight in an on-stage rant as she opened the european leg of her Bangerz world tour at london’s O2 Arena last night. ‘i didn’t have a drug overdose. i took some s****y antibiotics the doctor gave me for an infection and had a reaction,’ she said. The 21-year-old then sarcastically added: ‘you know what makes me a lot better is when people online say, “you’re overdosing on drugs!” i had a really s****y week and those s****y comments made it a lot s****ier.’ The singer said she felt bad she had to cancel some US shows while undergoing treatment. ‘i’m actually really responsible when it comes to being on tour,’ she told fans. ‘What’s the most f***ed part of me being the one who got sick is that i’m probably the one on this tour that doesn’t smoke or drink

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Adele was more bag lady than birthday girl as she celebrated turning 26 with friends. The singer tried to hide behind her handbag when she headed to pop-up restaurant Kurobuta in Chelsea. She was joined by 15 friends, including Alan Carr and Example and his wife, Erin McNaught. She received plenty of gifts but, luckily for her, her security team helped carry them to her car.

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by SEAMUS DUFF because i take this s*** really seriously. it’s like being an athlete up here.’ extolling the virtues of her yoga regime and some self-prescribed alternative therapies, she said: ‘i took this insane honey that is amazing for immunity and when i woke up and was ready for this tour. it will cure people, then doctors will be out of a job.’ Now back to full strength, Cyrus promises she will bring even more fun now the tour has resumed. ‘i’m gonna f*** this place up,’ she said. ‘Some people were saying, “Maybe they’re more conservative in england?” And i’m like, “no! We’re gonna have tops off, screaming and having a good time!” i’m excited for this tour because i feel i can do what i want.’ She closed her show with her biggest hits, We Can’t Stop, Wrecking Ball and Party in The USA.

Lana Del Rey made sure she was in charge when she worked on her new album with The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach. The pair clashed during the recording of Ultraviolence. ‘I could sense that maybe she didn’t want to have anybody think she wasn’t in control because I’m sure it’s really hard to be a woman in the music business,’ he said. ‘So we bumped heads a little bit.’

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Madonna snubbed the Met Ball after Vogue editor Anna Wintour banned her from putting her boobs on show at the posh bash. The 55-year-old shared her planned ‘gown’ with her Instagram followers, which showed her bare breasts, a few pieces of white tape and a large red ‘censored’ sign.

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Ukraine lurches towards civil war amid gun battles UKRAINIAN troops have tightened a military base in Donetsk to demand security cordon around a city held by Ukrainian troops do not join their armed insurgents for weeks. government’s operation against them. They are persisting with an It was unclear whether they operation to remove pro-Russian planned to attack the building. militants from Sloviansk. Dozens of However, it has marked a change in people have died in gun battles in the strategy of the separatists, who recent days. had previously only focused on A major airport in the nearby city occupying police stations and of Donetsk was closed yesterday, with government buildings. flights suspended until further notice. Ukraine is facing its worst crisis in Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign decades after its Moscow-leaning minister, has said he would be open to president, whose base was in the east, further international talks on easing fled to Russia in February following the Ukrainian crisis – but only if promonths of protests. Presidential Russian rebels are also included in the elections are scheduled to take place negotiations. ‘Those who on May 25 – but British protest want their voices foreign secretary William heard,’ he said. ‘They want Hague said: ‘Russia is to have an equal voice when clearly intent on preventing it comes to deciding the fate or disrupting them.’ of their own country.’ Mr Lavrov said Russia Despite a clampdown on had doubts over their security in Sloviansk, prolegitimacy. ‘Scheduling an Russian militia have acted election in times when the with impunity elsewhere. army is used against parts Yesterday afternoon, 30 of the population is not Talks: Lavrov insurgents surrounded a conventional,’ he added.

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Maddie police to start digging near holiday apartment POLICE are to start digging near the apartment complex where Madeleine McCann was last seen. Scotland Yard officers and their Portuguese counterparts are to use ground-penetrating radar to look for signs of disturbance in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz where the three-year-old Brit went missing in 2007. Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, have been informed of the search and a source close to the couple said it would be a ‘heart-breaking and hugely emotional time’ for the family. The source added: ‘Po-

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Virtual keyboard project needs some extra €€€s A VIRTUAL keyboard which could transform the way we work is being created. The keyboard has two bracelets which are placed around the wrists. Through sensors it feels the position of the fingertips, the surface and the movements of the user and ascertains which key is touched. ‘This project has great potential and can be completed in a year, but we need another €10million to develop the hardware design,’ said robotics professor Lars Asplund at Mälardalen University in Sweden.

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Un chief urges peace talks Patrol rescues 24 migrants

SOUTH SUDAn: Ban Ki-moon arrived yesterday to put pressure on the government and rebels to honour a peace deal they signed in January. The visit by the UN secretary-general (pictured) came after state troops attacked the rebel stronghold of Bentiu.

TURKEY: Greek coastguards yesterday saved 24 migrants from a stricken vessel in the Aegean Sea. The rescue came just a day after 22 people died when a yacht and a dinghy capsized nearby off the coast of Samos. The route is popular with gangs of people smugglers as it is close to the Turkish coast.

‘Vampire’ grave uncovered Police arrest rights lawyer POLAnD: Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be the grave of a vampire. They found the body, dating back to the 16th century, during a dig in Kamien Pomorski. His ‘fangs’ had been removed and his leg staked, said team leader Slawomir Gorka. ‘This was done so he wouldn’t rise from the dead,’ he added.

CHinA: Human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang was yesterday detained by Beijing police. Friends of the campaigner say his arrest could be to stop Pu (pictured) marking the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4.

‘Sleeping’ aide escapes witness box ordeal at Pistorius trial by DAniEL binnS OSCAR PISTORIUS’S housekeeper will not be called to give evidence at his murder trial, despite being the only other person in the athlete’s home when Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed. Frank Chiziweni was asleep in his quarters next to the athlete’s kitchen at the time of the shooting but ‘heard nothing’, a court heard yesterday. As a result, the Malawian worker will not give evidence, it has emerged. Meanwhile, Pistorius’s next-door neighbours have told the court they heard ‘very loud’ cries from someone ‘desperate for help’ on the night the athlete’s girlfriend was shot. Under cross-examination, Michael Nhlengethwa and his wife Eontle – whose house is 25m from Pistorius’s – said they did not hear a woman scream. Their evidence contradicts claims of an earlier witness who said she heard ‘blood-curdling’ screams on Valentine’s Day last year, despite living further

away from the Olympian’s home. Mrs Nhlengethwa said she was awoken by a ‘loud bang’. When asked to repeat the noise she heard, she shrieked loudly, and said it was the Cries: Pistorius sound of a man crying. Her husband testified that he had heard a man shouting the words: ‘No, please, please, no.’ After the trial was adjourned for the day, Pistorius was accused of making a ‘sinister comment’ to one of Ms Steenkamp’s friends as she left court. A reporter said he heard the athlete ask Kim Sears: ‘How do you sleep at night?’ Pistorius denies the claim. The 27-year-old, denies murdering his lover. He claims he shot through a bathroom door four times as he believed there was an intruder in his home. The trial, in Pretoria, continues.

Diver killed on first mission down to Sewol death ferry A CIVILIAN diver died on his first descent inside the wreck of the Sewol ferry yesterday. The 53-year-old, known as Lee, was pulled to the surface by colleagues after losing touch with them about five minutes after he went down. His is the first fatality among the dive team in South Korea. Frogmen are continuing the search for the

bodies of the 40 remaining missing passengers. Darkness, floating debris and the maze of corridors have made the hunt difficult. Nineteen people have been arrested over the disaster on April 16 that killed more than 300. The latest three to be arrested were accused of negligence in handling the overloaded ship’s cargo.

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iTALY: Severo Greco sat down to watch a basketball game live on TV – and saw his wife in the crowd kissing another man. The 37-year-old was shocked to see the camera pick up Nicoletta, 33, puckering up. The cheat had told him she was going to visit her sick mother in Vicenza.

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egarding the tailgating report, if irish drivers learned how to follow the simple rule: drive on the left, Metro Herald would not have to report on tail-gating. even the truckies here sit in the middle lane when they come across the rare threelane n or M road. They would get short shrift around the M25 across the water. a case of irish Mid-Lane Crisis. Yours etc. Alec a’Doo, Maynooth ■ Had an existential moment this morning while glaring at the back of my commuternemesis’s head. am i someone else’s commuter-nemesis and equally oblivious? PettyBetty ■ Sometimes i find it hard to understand how people think. i refer to the story about the tweeter feeling ‘duped’ and that cancer sufferer Stephen Sutton feels he has to justify not dying.

May i remind those people that Stepehen is a young person who is dying of a terrible disease, yet trying to raise money so that other young people do not have to go through what he is. This is the mark of a hero and i hope he lives on for a long time. Sue ■ i had the ‘pleasure’ of a fellow commuter sitting opposite me and nibbling his fingers, picking his spots and even his nose, then licking his finger. i so wish i could projectile vomit on demand, full on in his chest. Or is that too much? Donabate J ■ Wow Chris O’dowd has been even busier than i thought. Been on stage doing Of Mice and Men – he’s the ever ready bunny, he never stops. Robert, Dublin ■ dear XXX, i was in love once and it didn’t work out. You might even say it was a car-crash. now i just live for fun. Carpe diem! Little Miss Choosy, Dublin 2

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“Jack is a goalorientated guy: save these people, get that target And while for Bauer, being in London compounds his sense of alienation, for Sutherland, it’s something of a homecoming; he was born in the city.

HE son of actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, the actor’s parents divorced when he and his twin sister Rachel were five years old, and he grew up with his mother in Toronto. ‘I have a very, very close relationship with my father now,’ he says. The family business is also being further continued by Sutherland’s daughter Sarah, 26, who plays the vice president’s daughter Catherine in the comedy Veep. In spite of a CV crammed with classic

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Townie: After a four-year hiatus, Kiefer Suthlerand is back in his favourite city playing a changed Jack Bauer

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Bad Neighbours …but great comedy. Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne are the new thirtysomething parents trying – and failing – to play it ‘cool’ when Zac Efron’s partymad frat house moves in next door.

Locke the gripping one-manin-his-car thriller that’s still packing them in at the cinemas. tom Hardy is behind the wheel as a construction worker in a pother.

films including Stand By Me, his breakthrough big screen role at 19, it was the critically-acclaimed Fox series that truly brought Sutherland international stardom, along with an Emmy, Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild gongs. ‘I’ve made some hundred movies, a few of them very successful, but I’ve never experienced anything close to the support and excitement that I have from 24,’ he confesses. ‘But with that comes a huge responsibility. I won’t lie, I’m anxious and nervous about coming back – I want it to be the best that it can be.’ He has, judging by appearances, been channeling those nerves productively. The first episode features a scene with a shirtless Sutherland, his chest covered in electrodes monitoring his heartrate, and his heavily-inked upper body impressively honed. ‘I’m not the guy who takes his shirt off,’ insists Sutherland with a wry smile. ‘I just thought it was time to get back into really good shape, because I knew I was going to be running, jumping, all of that c**p.’ Sadly, today, the torso is firmly trapped beneath a white T-shirt and a blue Vnecked sweater. The international army of 24 devotees

will be relieved to learn that most elements of the old show are in place, including the split screens and the 24-hour clock, though this season, there will only be 12 episodes, instead of 24 (which the show’s creator has admitted was ‘punishing’). Chloe O’Brian, Bauer’s trusted Girl Friday, played by Mary Lynne Rajskub, is also back, albeit with a dramatic goth-girl look, as befits her new status as a high-stakes hacker. And just as the original series referenced, and even often pre-empted, political issues of the day, such as human rights violations in Abu Graib, today’s hot topics – including CIA leak Edward Snowdon, Julian Assange, and the use of drone technology in warfare – will influence the fictional events of 24. ‘We’ll have that debate, we will have people represent the left side and the right side of those conversations within the context of our show,’ says Sutherland. ‘Though not via Jack Bauer; he is a goal-oriented guy – save these people, get this target – he’s kind of an apolitical compass in the middle of all this c*** and that won’t change.’ 24: Live Another Day begins tonight on Sky 1 at 9pm.

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■ There are old favourites back for more: Jack ■ There are new wouldn’t get very far faces on the block: through his day without Law&order’s trusty sidekick chloe (Mary benjamin bratt is the Lynn rajskub) – although now ith a she has hooked up with Mary Lynn Rajskub cia head honcho leading the hunt oup and is hun for Wikileaks-alike group fugitive Jack (on the run from the rocking a Lisbeth salander look. us government and the russians Jack’s one-time squeeze audrey since the end of season 8); he’s (kim raver) is also back, as is her aided by Yvonne strahovski (Dexter) dad James heller (William Devane) and gbenga akinnagbe (The Wire). – and this time, he’s the us colin salmon swaps bond films for President. but, as 24 set the bar for

bauer, playing a us general. and best of all, uk national treasure stephen Fry plays the british PM.

stadium, and Jack hopping out of the Tube (lucky for some) and into black cabs.

■ There is a new set of ■ There is London in all its glory: pertinent themes: 24’s spookily kiefer sutherland loves London prescient plotlines were part of its – even though, he’s admitted his draw; and some of the most spectacular drunken rumbling disquiet that’s ‘moments’ tend to been aired about happen here. so where rebooting the series better for Jack to hole revolves around how up? snatched pics relevant it could still feel have revealed four years on from someone being hit season 8. but we know by a bus in Trafalgar the scriptwriters have square, dramatic picked up on government goings-on at Wembley Benjamin Bratt

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spying, hacktivism and drone warfare – perfect fodder for Jack to get his teeth into.

■ it all happens over 12 episodes, and while this puts rather a dent in the whole 24-hours-in-real-time concept, it means the craziness is likely to be even more fast-paced as Jack tries to save the president and the world (again). also, we no longer have to fret about the characters’ lack of loo breaks. siobhán Murphy

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Gruff rhys has done more than craft irresistible pop hooks with a soulful heart and sharp wit as the frontman of Super Furry animals. He’s also released two albums of synth pop with Boom Bip (as neon neon), as well as three solo LPs and one with Brazilian oddball tony da Gatorra. conceptual strangeness rules on this record, which draws on rhys’s efforts to trace the journey of his ancestor John evans, who left Wales in 1792 in search of a mythical tribe of Welsh-speaking native americans. a book, movie and app are to follow the album. members of the Flaming Lips and Bright eyes guest on an energetic pop set that avoids obvious folk/ americana routes, although allweddellau allweddol taps celtic and traditional US sources, updating them with groovy beats, while 100 Unread messages is a twang-tastic take on rodeo punk. it’s a surefooted celebration, every step of the way. expect great things when he headlines this year’s castlepalooza festival. Sharon O’Connell

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Sweetness and bite THE big RELEASE lily allen SHeezUS ParlophoneHHHII

fter two multi-platinum albums, nobody really believed Lily Allen was retiring at the age of 23. this comeback ranges over a subtly diverse array of styles, from the autotuned dancehall pop of L8 CMMr to the twangy country of As Long As I Got You. the latter features Allen’s stand-out lyrical ability, detailing a happily messy marital bliss in her inimitable style: ‘Staying at home with you is better than sticking things up my nose.’ She’s always excelled at delivering caustic social commentary in an unnervingly sweet, sing-song style, and pulls no punches here. the title track, built over an airy, mocking loop of ‘ha-ha-ha’s’, slams the way the music industry pits female stars against each other – while at the same time still seeming to mock various artists. On the one hand, you know it’s all said flippantly – Allen didn’t call her album Sheezus because she thinks she’s the female Kanye, but because she thought it was funny. that said, combative is the default setting. this is not solid gold – we could have done without the Lilydoes-a-sex-jam of Close Your eyes, not to mention the dreaded Keane cover tacked at the end. But thank God for a female pop star with the guts to sing: ‘It makes me angry, I’m serious/but then again I’m just about to get my period’ with such impish glee. this isn’t Allen’s best album by a long way but it’s brilliant to have her back – calling out all that’s fake and phoney wherever and however she sees it. Amy Dawson

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iMelda May triBaL Decca HHHII though she has sold out the o2 and dueted with Bono, imelda may has never quite made the international breakthrough her record label so clearly hoped for. that’s probably because, really, she is a one-trick performer, even if that ‘trick’ is an impressive one. a rockabilly maven with a tempestuous stage persona, may is good at a certain kind of flinty blues rock – bustling, unsubtle tunes that do not seek to win the listener over but pummel them out of their indifference. arriving four years since her last LP, tribal can feel like an exercise in box ticking – you will not be shocked by song titles such as Hellfire club and Gypsy in me. the songs are generally ‘so-so’– what rescues the LP is may’s charisma: the Liberties native transcends the two-dimensional writing with wit and vivacity, especially on Little Pixie, a tribute to her infant daughter. Eamon de Paor

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What’s in a name? Quite a lot where o.r.b. are concerned. Having found some success as original rude boys, the ballybough three-piece have opted for a midstream change of moniker (apparently they were fed up being mistaken for a ska outfit). unfortunately o.r.b. probably wasn’t the best available option – it’s too similar to electro veterans the orb and doesn’t speak to the Dublin crew’s distinctive sensibility (which,

tune-yards nikki nack 4aD) HHHHI Merrill Garbus recorded her 2009 debut with just a dictaphone: the result was one of the most crazy, skittish and sonically euphoric records of that year. third album in and she’s finally got round to roping in a couple of proper producers but for those who love her freeassociation experiments in spliced and diced

weirdly, original rude boys did). It’s a shame they have hobbled themselves in this way as, by the standards of mainstream pop, their second record is quite impressive: opener never Gonna Walk away is a shiny piece of script-style rock / r’nb crossover, Feel It In Your soul swells with brass and latin guitars. neddy arkins’ Dublinese rapping will remain a roadblock for some – otherwise this is a solid record which may bring these rudeboysno-more further along in their quest for overseas recognition. Eamon de Paor sound clashes, nikki nack simply builds on what has gone before. Garbus’s great skill is combining digital technology with a peripatetic musical imagination that here roams to Haiti via a fair part of africa, with the result feeling a bit like Gracelands fed through an aphex twin remix. but only a bit. Garbus is a singular artist with an ear for a soaring pop hook and if the record’s giddy heights aren’t sustained throughout, when it’s good it’s ecstatic. Claire Allfree

swedish-born lykke li’s third album, the final instalment in what she has dubbed a trilogy, is the soundtrack of a heart being shredded to pieces. If 2011’s Wounded rhymes saw li ditching the whispery soprano and left-field cutesy pop of her debut, Youth novels, for a newly ballsy, percussive sound, this record flows with heartache. no rest For the Wicked builds from a simple piano to an anguished chorus, while li’s distorted, bleating voice sounds ready to crack on love Me like I’m not Made of stone. li and producer björn Yttling have kept even the rawest songs from sounding too sparse but the downside is things sometimes sound muddy. on her last album, li was certainly sad – but it was mostly in a mad, sometimes bad, often brilliant way. there is some great songwriting here – but the sense of weary despair is slowly crushing. AD

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Film

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E4, 7.30pm

You’ve just laid down your best ever rap – and then the guy at the mixing desk tells you he forgot to press ‘record’. No, life isn’t rolling easy for the Youngers, a trio of music-biz hopefuls from Peckham who, as this second series starts, have gone their separate ways. But this beatdriven comedy drama mines some good-natured laughs from their struggles – and surely it’s only a matter of time before Jay, Davina and Yemi realise they’re much stronger together than they are apart.

bingo nights TV3, 9pm

The second of a two-parter following people who play bingo around the country. Teresa Singh and daughter Nikita get their glad rags on for a bingo night at The George. Meanwhile publician Neill Breen in Gorey, Co Wexford, has started a dedicated weekly bingo night in the hope of attracting more customers.

billy connolly’s big send off UTV, 9PM Sometime last year, Billy Connolly had quite a week – on Monday he got a hearing aid, Tuesday brought heartburn pills and on Wednesday he learnt he had both prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease. Little wonder the Big Yin’s thoughts turned to death – and to this two-part look at the rituals, myths and fears which cling to our shuffling off this mortal coil. In between ruminating on his own sense of mortality, Connolly samples a broad repertoire of funerals, from voodoo in New Orleans to a drive-through send-off in LA.

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DEMAn D the best Man holiday

The cast of 1999 romcom The Best Man – including Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan and Terrence Howard – reunite 14 years on for this festive-set sequel, to negotiate fractured friendships and life crises together. A solidly entertaining if slightly schmaltzy follow-up, with laughter and tears, some sharp scripting and fine performances.

ninja: shadow of a tear

Scott Adkins (right), formerly of Holby City fame and now a martial arts action star, is back as ninjitsu instructor Casey Bowman, who opens up all kinds of whup-ass on baddies in Thailand when his pregnant wife is murdered. The fight scenes are impressive, the plot and acting less so – and frankly there are not enough ninjas.

Factual the supervet C4, 8pm

A hip replacement for a chihuahua? Prosthetic paws for a cat that’s tangled with a combine harvester? No problem to pioneering vet Noel Fitzpatrick – former UCD graduate from Co Laois – who runs Britain’s most technologically advanced small animal centre. This series takes us inside Fitzpatrick’s surgery for a close-up look at its remarkable work.

doMhan an dÚlra TG4, 7.30pm

Delving into the hidden wonders of the natural world, this new series looks at how humans have used and exploited the planet’s resources and the impact this has had on the habitats of various species. In this first episode the cameras go underwater to take a look at the lionfish, well-known for its beauty, venomous spines and unique tentacles.

RTÉ1, 9.35pm

When former retired CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) survives an attempt on his life, he sets out to find out who is after him and why. Teaming up with his old hit squad, Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich), and Victoria (Helen Mirren), they uncover some dangerous secrets and a trail of corruption that leads all the way to the top. With such a formidable cast this action thriller adapted from Warren Ellis’ DC Comics graphic novels and directed by Robert Schwentke, should be better, but it is fairly entertaining nonetheless.

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the fisher King

Movie Mix, 9pm

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C4, 10pm

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Soaps coronation street TV3, 7.30pm

You can’t pull the wool over Roy Cropper’s eyes. So when Anna (pictured above) blames a meltdown in Roy’s Rolls on a broken washing machine, he suspects there’s much more to her emotional situation than a defunct appliance. He’s not wrong – and Anna is grateful to have a shoulder to cry on. Lloyd, meanwhile, is forced to face up to the harsh fact that he’s not the man he once was when his fun run turns out to be the complete opposite.

Drama 24: live another day Sky1, 9pm

‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ is the law governing the return of this clock-ticking thriller, with Kiefer Sutherland back as Jack Bauer – a character he’ll be playing for the rest of his career – after a four-year gap. There is one change – it’s 12 episodes, not 24, so not quite in real time – and we’re in London, but the plot dynamic, with Bauer racing against time to save… well, pretty much everybody, remains reassuringly constant. Less reassuring is the idea of Stephen Fry as prime minister…

Mad Men

Sky Atlantic, 10pm Don Draper, how the mighty are fallen, part five: his latest humiliation involves being enlisted to work on an exciting new Burger Chef account – an account on which Peggy is the team leader. Yes, the Peggy who used to be Don’s secretary. In other news, the office has a new computer. It’s the size of a small planet.

The care-home comedy from Ricky Gervais continues to sail close to the wind – watch out for a deeply dodgy reference to Spam – as Kev relentlessly plunders stomach-churning levels of depravity. And it turns out his brother (a perfectly cast Joe Wilkinson from Him & Her) is even worse. There’s a nod to The Waltons that’s near sacrilege.

★ nadia goes to hollywood 3e, 9pm

In this enchantingly odd comedy drama, Jeff Bridges plays a shock jock who’s driven to suicidal despair after a jokey remark to a caller has fatal consequences. He’s saved from the gutter by Parry (Robin Williams, pictured above), a homeless eccentric on a quest for the Holy Grail (ironic, given this is from Terry Gilliam, director of Monty Python And The Holy Grail). The transporting romantic scene where New York’s Grand Central Station breaks out into a waltz is a movie-stopper.

dune

The Horror Channel, 9pm Sci-fi epics don’t come more cult than this much-derided epic directed by David Lynch (he took his name off the credits). A mess of mysticism, messianic conflict and the interstellar spice trade in a vast desert setting – even fans of Frank Herbert’s rambling novel would be hard-pressed to work out what the heck’s going on. In the final in the series charting the Irish model’s Hollywood adventure, Nadia gets a big break – the chance to audition for a movie with a well-known filmmaker. But first she needs a crash course with Bobbie Chance, aka the Kardashians’ acting coach. Later on Nadia takes the opportunity to blow off some steam and some cash and have some fun with a trip to Las Vegas.

bacKdraft ITV4, 10pm

In this powerful effects-led action drama directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13), Kurt Russell and William Baldwin play warring brothers, both firemen, whose late dad was also in the trade. Robert De Niro is the investigator probing a series of arson attacks and uncovering some murky corruption.

books

Surviving the hive Someone in the States described it as Mean Girls meets The Tudors with wings and honey. I loved that. I had a friend who was a beekeeper who died of breast cancer far too young. She wrote her own funeral service and included quotes about bees. In the immediate aftermath of her death, when I was feeling raw, I started reading about bees, not with any intention of writing a novel about them but to keep close to her in some obscure illogical way. What started as a failed attempt to hang on to someone became a genuine fascination with honeybees. They are just amazing creatures: the way they have lived for 40,000 years defies human imagination. I started to identify with the plight of the laying worker. One in 10,000 sterile female worker bees will spontaneously form eggs in her body. When she starts to do that she becomes hunted in the hive by scent and she and her eggs are destroyed. I thought, ‘That is the punishment in this culture for becoming a mother illegally’. I am a mother and that just made me think ‘Of course you would try and save your eggs, of course you would do anything to save your child’. That was a really

There is a lot of buzz (sorry…) about The Bees, the debut novel from screenwriter and playwright screenwriter Laline Paull, 50. Set in a hive, its female action heroine is honeybee Flora 717. By Patricia Nicol

powerful driver for the character Flora, an archetypal fugitive at the bottom of a strictly hierarchical feudal society.

There is a lot of poetic licence, but the weirdest, wildest things are true. Even biologists call the bees that hunt down rogue fertile females, the fertility police. At the end of the summer they do drive out drones to certain death. The Queen does go on a marriage flight – some get all the sperm they need the first outing, others keep going back for more.

There have been conversations with film people. In my head I’m dancing around with excitement at the thought of it. I don’t think it would have to be an animated film. Writing and researching this book has filled me again with the wonder for the natural world that I had as a child. The plight of the honeybee today has also forced me to become more political with a small p and make changes to the way I eat and shop. The Bees by Laline Paull (Fourth Estate, €16)

Tired of bland LA sports bars, ROSS MCDONAGH goes in search of more authentic Hollywood drinking holes

’m sitting in Boardner’s bar in Hollywood, and I’m quite saddened to discover I’ve just missed Ron Jeremy. Those of you who know who Ron Jeremy is will know why a selfie with him would be Facebook gold. Those of you who don’t know who he is, well shame on your poor knowledge of film; he has after all appeared in 2,216 movies. Like many LA establishments, the walls are lined with autographed pictures of famous patrons. As always, there’s a handful of megastars sprinkled among them (Harrison Ford drinks here!), but most of them you would not recognise. I always wonder how the unknowns come to be up there. Do they somehow manage to name-drop a director they worked with into their drinks order and hope they’re asked? Do they actually carry around signed pictures of themselves? ‘Whenever we recognise someone we immediately run upstairs and print off a picture of them, and ask them to sign it before they

Drones seemed to me a fantastic idea for a group of males. They live in luxury and their only job is to go out and cop off. In my book they are privileged, unthinking, spoiled, loud and greedy, but there is a poignancy in that they don’t know their end is coming so soon. They have their summer of love and that’s it. If they succeed they die and if they fail they die. So I felt for them even though they made me laugh. I had to close my eyes to what I was doing when it came to the anthropomorphism. You know those cartoons when a character’s talking and doesn’t realise that they’ve run off the edge of a cliff and they’re fine as long as they don’t look down. I knew that if I stopped and thought about what I was doing I would lose my nerve.

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leave,’ the neon-red-haired Americans seem to LOVE, I waitress tells me. Which means decided to root out some of the these faces were all recognised by older, secret, in-the-know spots that at least one member of staff, celebs hide in. For this I booked which means I am obviously not myself a Historic Hollywood Stars as up on my Hollywood starlets as & Bars tour (www. I’d like to think. Or maybe I’m urbanadventures.com, $69 just crap at remembering faces? including drinks = bargain :-P). ‘Does anyone ever refuse?’ I ask, And it’s not just live celebs we’re and she replies no, most are happy looking for – plenty of dead ones to, bar one or two exceptions; line the route too. The Roosevelt examples she will not divulge. Hotel, for example, is said to be haunted by the ghost of marilyn When I ask who her most recent regular was she reveals it was porn monroe who lived there for two legend Jeremy (below left) himself years (before she was a ghost, I – but adds I should be thankful we mean), and Boardner’s, where I’m missed him cause he’s actually a currently sipping a signature moscow mule is the last place the bit of a dick (actually, he’s a lot of a dick – I’ve seen his tool Black Dahlia was seen before she brandished at many a broken was found cut in half. kitchen appliance). By the way, you can tell if you’re ‘He always tries to get in an ‘old’ Hollywood bar if people to buy him they have a speakeasy drinks. And he eats hidden somewhere in food off people’s the back. Between plates,’ she Ron Jeremy always 1920 and 1933, the elaborates, US enforced tries to get people to prohibition and adding that fellow regular buy him drinks. And banned the and genitaliaproduction, he eats food off associate Andy transport or sale of Dick uses the same alcohol (imagine people’s plates modus operandi. trying this in Ireland The bar itself is very – lolz). cool – it’s super oldI’m pretty sure nobody school and one of the very first obeyed this, because every ever built in Hollywood. Like most establishment I’ve visited tonight of the bars I have visited tonight, it had a hidden room that used to sell looks like a dive from the outside, booze illegally. Charlie Chaplin and I would have walked right past even owned one (is there anything it, had my walking tour guide not he didn’t do?) now called the ushered me inside. Having finally Snow White Café. Today you’ll grown tired of the sports bars and find it on the Hollywood Walk of the flat, warm wee-that-was-drankFame hidden behind more modern and-then-returned-into-a-keg that is icons of cinema, such as the any and all of the completely costumed fat-Batman or saggyarsed Spider-man. indistinguishable lite ‘beers’ the @rossvsross

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Big in Japan – even better in your kitchen

apanese cuisine is considered one of the healthiest in the world, so why aren’t we all eating it? Well, partly because many of us think it is too rarefied and tricky. But fear not – behold Tadashi Ono and Harris salat’s tasty revelation. The new Yorkers’ latest book is a chunky tribute to the comfort dishes beloved of those who seek healthy succour at the home table and hole-in-the-wall kiosks. It all began in 1872, they say, when emperor Meiji of Japan condoned the eating of meat – a taboo foreign habit – by doing it himself, in public. Opening the country to foreign military and trade powers changed Japanese food culture forever, adding a vast and surprising set of dishes to the national diet. It feels as if every one of those dishes is here: the book runs to 248 pages. previously published in the Us, it’s crowded with text and photos explaining everything from regional

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Japanese soul Cooking by Tadashi ono and Harris salat (Jacqui Small, €30) HHHHI variations on ramen to deep-frying whole fish. There’s no kaiseki-style refinement here but the authors want you to get it right, and instructions are pleasingly detailed. There are chapters on ramen, gyoza, curry, donburi, soba and udon, as well as lots on the craft of frying tempura, tonkatsu, kara-age and melting korokke croquettes. at the back, there’s pasta Japanese-style and a section of Western dishes, each with a fascinating tale of how they were adopted and adapted. It may sound a bit heavy but there are some lighter salads and sides. You’ll pick up tips on balancing Japanese ingredients and because everything’s plated home-style, the pictures look real. I tried the yoshoku steak, topped with caramelised onions in mirin and soy sauce. powerfully savoury, it’s something emperor Meiji might have enjoyed. Emma sturgess

sEsAME CHiCkEn

ingREDiEnTs serves 4

450g chicken breasts, cut into 2.5cm cubes ♦ ½tsp salt ♦ 4tsp grated ginger ♦ 60ml sake ♦ 60ml soy sauce ♦ 2tbsp mirin ♦ 72g sesame seeds (preferably raw) ♦ Vegetable oil for deep-frying ♦ Steamed rice to serve

Fish

METHOD step 1: Mix together the chicken, salt, ginger, sake, soy sauce and mirin in a bowl. Marinate the chicken for 15min. Put the sesame seeds in another bowl. When the chicken is ready, squeeze excess marinade from the chicken with your hands and dredge each piece in the

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Fish is simple and quick to prepare, incredibly versatile and is one of nature’s healthiest foods. Here are some simple tips and a recipe idea with whiting. You can also use hake or haddock for this delicious midweek meal.

sesame seeds, coating both sides well. step 2: Place a deep cast-iron frying pan on the hob. Fill the pan with vegetable oil to a height of at least 2.5cm. Attach a kitchen thermometer to the side. Set up a tray lined with kitchen paper to drain the cooked sesame chicken. Turn the heat up high. step 3: When the oil reaches 171C, add the chicken to the pan. Be careful not to overfill the pan, which will lower the cooking temperature; use, at most, half of the surface area of the oil to cook. Maintain a constant 171C. Fry the chicken for about 4min until it turns golden brown. Be careful the sesame seeds don’t burn. step 4: Transfer the chicken to the paper-lined plate to drain. Serve piping hot with steamed white rice on the side.

DONAL’S FISH TIPS Buying Fish Get the ﬁsh into the fridge as soon as possible remember ﬁsh can go off very quickly so it must be kept cool.

Storing and Freezing Fish Do not freeze ﬁsh that was previously frozen. Fresh ﬁsh in good condition and properly stored should last a day or two in the fridge after purchase.

Cooking Fish When cooked, ﬁsh loses its translucent look and will ﬂake easily.

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ingREDiEnTs serves 4

4 sirloin steaks (about 900g) ♦ Salt ♦ Ground black pepper ♦ 3tbsp butter ♦ 1 medium Spanish onion (about 350g), peeled and finely chopped ♦ 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped ♦ 60ml mirin ♦ 60ml soy sauce ♦ 1tsp rice vinegar ♦ 1tbsp vegetable oil ♦ 2tsp chopped parsley

METHOD

step 1: To tenderise the steaks, lay them flat on a chopping board. Tap the steaks with the back edge of a kitchen knife (the edge opposite the blade) to dig notches into the meat. Turn the knife so the flat side is facing the fillets. Pound the meat with the knife’s flat side 6-8 times on each side of the steak to flatten the meat. Season both sides with salt and pepper. step 2: Melt 2tbsp of the butter in a frying pan over a low heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, for about 8min, until the onions are translucent and caramelised and have

developed their sweetness. Increase the heat to medium. Add the mirin and soy sauce and cook, stirring constantly, for about 1min to cook down the liquid. Add the vinegar and cook, stirring constantly, for 30sec. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. step 3: Melt the remaining butter and the oil in a large frying pan over a medium to high heat. When the butter has melted and started to brown, cook the steaks in batches. Lay the steaks in the pan and cook for about 4min, turning once (for medium rare). Transfer the steaks to a chopping board and allow to rest for 1min before serving. step 4: Return the frying pan to a medium to high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring constantly, for about 10sec so they absorb the juices in the pan. Top the steaks with the onion mixture, garnish with the parsley and serve immediately with rice and steamed or sautéed vegetables.

AWARE WITH DR CLAIRE Recently I stood for more than an hour at the baggage carousel in Dublin Airport waiting for my case, which did not arrive. I had a long time to notice other people’s luggage – some looked shiny and new and others were held together with colourful tape, with bits of clothes peeping through. There was no way I could guess at the contents of what was inside the various cases based on their shape, appearance and overall wear and tear. In the eight days before I was reunited with my case I was

surprised by how freeing the thought ‘I have no baggage’ felt. I was so pleased to get it back and find things in there I had forgotten I had packed, but the idea of ‘no baggage’ has lingered. What would it be like if we saw ourselves and other people as being like a suitcase? What would it be like if we stopped, really stopped, judging ourselves and others on appearance? Regardless of how anyone looks or dresses, beneath a protective layer of skin lies magnificant organs

which are quietly working away, keeping us alive and enabling us to live. Our heart, lungs, kidneys and intestines are just some of the organs which work together regardless of whether we consider ourselves ‘worthwhile’ or ‘beautiful’. People who have depression often see themselves as worthless and can tend to blame themselves for everything that happens to them. There often seems no point in trying to convince them that they are as worthwhile and beautiful as anyone else. They just simply will

TIME 15 MINUTES SERVES 4

Butter Sauce 25g shallots, peeled and very ﬁnely chopped 4 tablesp. dry white wine 2 tablesp. water 1 tablesp. cream 125g unsalted butter, diced Salt and freshly ground pepper Freshly squeezed lemon juice, to taste

Place the shallots, white wine and water in a heavy-based pan and bring to boil. Let it simmer until reduced to a quarter. Add the cream and boil for one minute. Reduce the heat and add in all the butter. Whisk vigorously until you have a lovely silky sauce – do not let the sauce boil or it will separate. Remove from the heat, season and keep warm. Season the whiting with salt and pepper. Heat a frying pan over a medium heat and add 2 tablesp. of olive oil. Add the ﬁllets skin side down and cook for 3-4 minutes, the skin should be crisp. Turn and cook the other side for 1 minute. Place the whiting on serving plates, lay the crispy bacon on top and spoon the sauce around the ﬁsh. Lovely served with a salad of watercress and rocket.

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CAFÉ NOVO Health-conscious city slickers looking for breakfast on the hoof, take note: Café Novo at The Westbury Hotel has teamed up with fitness experts BodyByrne to devise a new low-fat menu aimed at early rising gym bunnies and calorie counters. Those

Learning to see a setback as an opportunity to learn about ourselves is a good way of handling anxiety

Whiting with Crispy Bacon and Butter Sauce 4 whiting ﬁllets, about 175g each, skin on 12 slices of thinly sliced streaky bacon, grilled until crispy 2 tablesp. olive oil

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Be baggage free: Don’t stress the exams not believe it. Sometimes someone who is at a very low ebb can drag other people down – they do not want to be cheered up and may even react aggressively to any attempts to do just that. There is a wonderful scene in the film The New Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh when Piglet feels sorry that Eeyore is feeling so sad and decides to recruit the other animals to cheer him up. If you watch it, ask yourself ‘who really needs the help?’ Over the next few weeks thousands of young people will be doing exams. Some will take it all in their stride, some will become extremely anxious and some will under-perform. I used to think it would be lovely to protect young people so that they did not need to experience such pressure. I don’t anymore. I see challenging experiences like exams as opportunities for all of us to learn and develop resilience. As I waited in Dublin Airport for my bag I practised something I often suggest to other people who are becoming anxious: I did some slow breathing, I

on a high protein diet can plump for ‘poached eggs in wafer thin ham and served in a ramekin with cheese’ (280kcals), while sweet-toothed types can indulge in oat protein pancakes (335kcals) topped with berries and sweet agave (pictured), among other tasty low-carb options. Café Novo, The Westbury Hotel, Harry Street D2. www.doylecollection.com REPROMED IRELAND With one in six people in Ireland affected by issues pertaining to fertility, it can be a troubling issue for many would-be parents. Next week, fertility clinic ReproMed Ireland will host an open evening in their new premises in Dundrum with the aim of enlightening attendees on the subject, via talks and a Q&A session. May 15, ReproMed Ireland, 5th Floor, North Block, Rockfield Medical Campus D16, 7.30pm, free. To register email info@repromed.ie. www.repromed.ie WOMEN ON WHEELS GIRO CYCLE WITH OXFAM To celebrate the imminent arrival of the Giro d’Italia to

asked myself ‘what is the worst, the absolute worst thing that could happen and if that happened, how could I cope?’ I asked for help and I took the support that was offered. Young people facing exams might say that the worst thing – the absolute worst thing – is that they will not do as well as they want. Reassuring them that they will do well does not work as we do not know how they will do and yes, there is always the possiblity that they will not do as well as they want. However, there is always the possibility too that regardless of how they do, they can use that experience in a way that they can learn from to hugely increase their abilities to cope with life’s challenges. I wish all the young people, their parents and teachers well in the next few weeks and whatever else you do, keep breathing. Le gach dea-ghuí, Claire. Clinical psychologist Dr Claire Hayes is clinical director with Aware. Visit www.aware.ie

Dublin, Oxfam has organised Ireland’s first women-only charity cycle which takes place this Saturday in the capital. The 22km course begins in Merrion Square with participants pedalling their way to Bull Island in Clontarf and back to the city centre. Registration costs €25 with €5 going directly to Oxfam Ireland, helping to raise vital funds to support Oxfam’s work worldwide. For full details see www.oxfamireland.org/giro

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Sky’s the limit for Donegal’s Deignan Team Sky rider Philip Deignan knows there is a chance he can be more than just a domestique for his team, as stars like Chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins and Richie Porte are absent from this years line-up for the ‘Big Start’ of the Giro d’Italia in Belfast on Friday. Letterkenny man Deignan, recently back in action after breaking a collarbone, says: ‘It was a

‘I can’t get too carried away’ race against time trying to return for the Giro after getting knocked down by a car in February. That took a while to heal and my form is building now. ‘I’ll be starting the race about two weeks behind from where ideally I would like to be, but that could help me in the climbs of the last week of race. The 30 year old, who is renowned for his ability to

climb mountains with ease, adds: ‘I have to be realistic with myself, the first three days are massive, being in Ireland, but I can’t get too carried away, I can’t just turn myself into a mark Cavendish and steal a sprint stage. ‘Two weeks in, a lot of the riders will probably be getting tired and I will still be feeling fresh having not raced as much in the early part of the season.’ Deignan says the team’s strategy has changed: ‘every rider will have a chance of taking a stage, I’ve been looking at the stages and have picked out three or four that will suit me. ‘I will have more of a helping role for the first half of the race, trying to get others like Ben Swift or edvald Boasson Hagen up for stage wins, and then in the second half of the race when I’m feeling fresher I can go for breakaways and try to get a stage win.’

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giro rider quality is just grand for Roche

Stephen Roche says he doesn’t have any qualms that the Giro d’Italia standard of racing will be in any way effected by the notable amount of star riders opting to concentrate on the tour de France. With leading racing names like of chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins, Alberto contador and last year’s winner Vincenzo nabali all absent this year, Roche says, ‘It’s the tour riders that make up the race, we are going to have a winner and that’s all

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of course, with Ireland’s nicholas Roche and Dan Martin – there are still good quality stars racing.’ ‘It’s never a star rider that makes the race and sometimes if you have too many big names it dampens it,’ says the triple crown winner. Asked whether it’s disrespectful for nibali not to defend his title, the northern Ireland ambassador for the Grande Italian tour said,

‘We can’t really blame the Grand Tour riders for not riding in particular tours… that matters, the race will be more open and exciting. nario Quintana (Moviestar team) is going to be there and he’s going to light a few fires. cadel evans (BMc team) a former tour de France winner will be there. Some say he’s getting on now, but the mountain stages near the end stages will suit him well.

‘nabali has this hang up on the tour de France and he’s trying every way he can to win it. Last year he thought the Giro would give him a good foundation for Les tour and he ended up not doing it. this year, he has changed his programme to give everything to it. ‘You have to respect the rider for making that decision. nibali is Ital-

ian and I’m sure he would love to go and win his national tour again. But he really wants to win the tour and that means letting his national tour go for one year. he can always come back next year. ‘If he believes this is the way to do it, well then motivation and morale are an important part of success. ‘these guys need to believe in everything they do to get that last two per cent out of themselves. If he has sore legs in the Alps in the tour, he can’t say to himself “I did the Giro

and I haven’t recovered from it”. We can’t really blame the riders for not riding particular tours, we have to understand the whole situation.’ Former winner Roche says the Giro may be the toughest of the three Grande tours. ‘It’s physically as testing as the French tour and the weather plays a huge factor in deciding who will wear the Maglia Rosa. You have a different type of racing also. Some are only riding in preparation for the tour, you also get a lot more local riders taking part in the Giro, so the level is a little lower but the race is equally as hard.’

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spORT DigEsT

World Cup fever gets under way

TICKETS for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England will go on general sale between September 12-29 this year, it was announced yesterday to mark 500 days to go. There will be 500,000 tickets released this month to supporters.

Selby’s maiden triumph over Ron snOOkER Mark

Selby has been backed to win multiple Crucible titles after stunning Ronnie O’Sullivan to land his maiden triumph at the Dafabet World Championship. On a night when emotions were running high, Selby (pictured) dedicated the remarkable victory to his late father. The 30-year-old Leicester cueman’s tenacity and sheer appetite for the task was rewarded as he triumphed 18-14 and finished with a flourish. Meanwhile, O’Sullivan escaped unscathed from a car crash as he travelled home from the defeat. The car he was driving with his six-year-old son spun out of control on the M1 near Leicester at around 1.30am.

Federer for Open? TEnnis The likelihood of Roger Federer competing at the French Open appeared to increase last night after he announced that wife Mirka had given birth to twins. The world No.4 had pulled out of the Madrid Masters in anticipation of the possible arrivals and confirmed their birth on Twitter. He said he would have no qualms about missing any tournament to ensure he was at the birth and seems likely to miss next week’s Rome Masters.

Mansell: Lewis is close to perfection fORMuLA-1

Nigel Mansell has hailed Lewis Hamilton as ‘close to perfection’ after his fellow Briton’s stunning start to the Formula One season. Hamilton has won three successive races for the first time in his career, the only blemish being the opening race in Australia where a mechanical issue forced the 29year-old into an early retirement. Since then he has been unstoppable in his pursuit of a second world title, yet still trails Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by four points. World champion Mansell said: ‘Lewis has been close to perfection, just brilliant. He has been given the freedom to express himself.’

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Euro hopes set to be hit by Uefa sanctions Manchester city’s hopes of conquering europe are set to be badly hit by Uefa sanctions for breaching financial fair play rules. the Premier League champions elect and French big-spenders Paris saintGermain look likely to be the clubs hit with the hardest punishments by the governing body over FFP offences. a fine of around £50million may be hard to swallow but it is the expected 21-man limit on their champions League squad – other clubs can name 25 – which could cause most damage to a club desperate to make their mark in europe. With eight of those players needing to be ‘locally trained’ and three more being goalkeepers, Manuel Pellegrini will only be allowed to register ten of his expensively assembled outfield overseas stars.

football premier league

Rodgers accepts his soft centre has to toughen up by MATTHEW NASH Brendan rodgers accepts his Liverpool side must improve defensively if they are to remain a force at the top of the table. The reds let a three-goal lead slip at Crystal Palace on Monday night as they drew 3-3 and handed the momentum in the title race to Manchester City. The result left Luis suarez in floods of tears at the full-time whistle as the reality of the situation began to dawn on the club’s Uruguay striker. rodgers is now relying on favours from City’s final opponents aston Villa and West Ham and knows where he needs to make changes in the summer. ‘It [the defence] is an area we know we need to be better at,’ he said.

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‘The defence is an area we will look at’

city, who are challenging the settlement offer, are one of nine teams being dealt with by Uefa’s financial control board for FFP breaches. they racked up losses of around £150m over the last two years, with Uefa only permitting a £38m deficit. city have until the end of the week to reach an agreement with Uefa over the sanctions or face the case being handed to a panel for a non-negotiable decision. there is a risk if they are unable to agree a deal, they could face even stiffer sanctions, although Uefa president Michel Platini has said he does not expect the ultimate sanction of champions League exclusion to be used this year.

‘We’ve improved a lot in many aspects of our game and that will be an area I’m sure we’ll look at – and nobody more so than myself. ‘That’s 99 goals we’ve scored this season, so to come here and be 3-0 up and concede three goals, that’s what you have to look at. ‘We got the three goals and we could have had more but it’s not good enough, the management of the game in those 12 minutes. ‘and that’s something going forward we will need to look at, because you can’t do it.’ Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher was critical of Liverpool’s defensive efforts, saying the reds’ errors were ‘not acceptable’ and ‘the defensive side of this team is not up to scratch’. glen Johnson hit back at his former team-mate on Twitter, writing: ‘absolutely clueless... so many sofa experts in this game... no idea about football whatsoever! #Jokers.’

star Messi being lined up

u NEWCASTlE captain Fabricio Coloccini (pictured) has moved to end speculation over his future by insisting he is staying put. He said: ‘For sure, I’m going to be here.’ u STeVen PIenAAr, out since March with a knee injury, looks set to return for everton’s final match of the season at hull on Sunday.

Selhurst slip-up: Martin Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho show their disappointment as another goal goes in PICTURE: ACTION IMAGES

fOOTbALL DigEST Huge TV deals mean 33 Age of England £63m for finishing last former left-back

The massive value of new television deals has been highlighted by the revelation whoever finishes bottom of the Premier League will earn more than Manchester United did for taking the title last year. A whopping £63million in TV money will be the prize for propping up the table, while United scooped

£60.8m for finishing top 12 months ago. Champions elect Manchester City will rake in £95m as clubs reap the benefits of the new £5.5billion broadcast deals. The huge rise in income should help a number of clubs turn their financial fortunes around, especially if they have been able to minimise wage-bill rises for players this season.

Wayne Bridge, who retired yesterday because of recurring knee problems. Most recently with Reading, the ex-Chelsea man won 36 caps.

Ditching Jacko was so Bad for Fulham ForMer Fulham owner Mohamed Al Fayed claims their relegation is down to the removal of the infamous Michael Jackson sculpture from Craven Cottage. In the wake of the 14-year Premier League stay ending, he said: ‘This statue was a charm and we removed the luck from the club and now we have to pay the price. When [new owner Shahid Khan] asked me to move it I said, “you must be crazy”. This is such a fantastic statue which the fans are crying out for.’

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Almost there: Poyet

Survival as good as silverware for me, claims Gus Perfect start: Wilson celebrates his opening goal at Old Trafford last night

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Wilson offers United reasons to be cheerful

MANcHESTEr United fans were offered a glimpse of the future last night as they ended their home campaign with victory over FA cup finalists Hull. On a night when defender Nemanja Vidic stepped off the bench to bid farewell to the Old Trafford faithful, it was 19-year-old James Wilson who stole the show as a poor season on home turf ended on a high. caretaker boss ryan Giggs sprung a few surprises on his last home game in charge and started both Wilson and 20-year-old Tom Lawrence in a much-changed side to face Steve Bruce’s men. A shoulder injury to Phil Jones, which will worry England boss roy Hodgson, saw Vidic enter the fray to a warm reception on 20 minutes but, in truth, it was all about Wilson as the youngster opened his account just after the half-hour mark. Adnan Januzaj’s whipped-in free-

PREMiER LEAgUE MaN utD ......................3 hull City ...................... 1 by jAck fOx kick was nodded down by Marouane Fellaini and the teenager cooly rifled the ball past Eldin Jakupovic. A mazy run from Januzaj led to Wilson’s second with a simple tapin on 61 minutes, although United were pegged back when Hull hit back almost immediately thanks to a stunning 25-yard drive from Matty Fryatt. Hopes of a Wilson hat-trick disappeared when he was replaced by robin van Persie on 64 minutes. And the Dutchman wrapped things up four minutes from time, scoring at the second attempt from a Giggs pass.

premier league table

P liverpool 37 Man City 36 Chelsea 37 arsenal 37 Everton 37 Spurs 37 Man utd 37 Southampton 37 Newcastle 37 Stoke 37 Crystal Palace 37 West ham 37 Swansea 37 aston Villa 36 hull 37 West Brom 36 Sunderland 36 Norwich 37 (R) Fulham 37 (R) Cardiff 37

W D 25 6 25 5 24 7 23 7 20 9 20 6 19 6 15 10 15 4 12 11 13 5 11 7 10 9 10 8 10 7 7 15 9 8 8 9 9 4 7 9

L 6 6 6 7 8 11 12 12 18 14 19 19 18 18 20 14 19 20 24 21

F 99 96 69 66 59 52 63 53 42 43 31 40 51 39 38 42 38 28 38 31

A 49 37 26 41 39 51 42 45 57 51 46 49 53 54 51 55 57 60 83 72

Pts 81 80 79 76 69 66 63 55 49 47 44 40 39 38 37 36 35 33 31 30

Gus Poyet admits it will feel like he has guided sunderland to a trophy if they manage to complete their great escape. the Black Cats will be guaranteed another top-flight season if they avoid defeat to West Brom at the stadium of Light tonight – a vastly superior goal difference over third-bottom Norwich meaning they can afford to finish level on points. For manager Poyet, who took over in october with his side having collected just a single point from their opening seven fixtures, that would represent a major achievement. It is even more impressive given it has taken three wins and a draw from their last four games – three of which were against Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester united – to get them in this position. Asked if it would feel like winning something, the 46-yearold uruguayan said: ‘Nearly, yes,

premier league bottom five

P West Brom 36 Sunderland 36 Norwich 37 (R) Fulham 37 (R) Cardiff 37

W 7 9 8 9 7

D 15 8 9 4 9

L 14 19 20 24 21

F A Pts 42 55 36 38 57 35 28 60 33 38 83 31 31 72 30

it’s a good shout. Probably. Normally you don’t celebrate when you finish 16th or 15th in the league. We will.’ Poyet admits last month’s 2-2 draw against City, the team who beat them in the Capital one Cup final, set them on course for survival. He said: ‘Maybe the first goal at City after two minutes gave the team something that was missing. ‘We are on a run now and we don’t want to stop. We want to keep playing and winning.’

Mel hoping Peace will break out for Baggies PEPE MEL is determined to move West Brom forward next season, if given the chance by Baggies chairman Jeremy Peace. Mel has achieved what he set out to do when he came to The Hawthorns in January by keeping the club in the Premier League. However, the Spaniard does not want West Brom to face another season of struggle and admits the forward planning has to start now for the next campaign. With talks between chairman and manager planned for next Monday, the 51-year-old said: ‘The most important thing from my tenure here was to get the team out of trouble. ‘Now I have a different ambition.

Safety first: Mel I’m an ambitious person and want to be able to put forward my own arguments to take the club forward.’ And Mel also says there will be no repeat of the player unrest that marred the Baggies’ season, insisting: ‘It is important for every single player to know who is boss of this club.’

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Rodgers calls for Reds’ soft centre to toughen up

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Title race is far from over, says Pellegrini Manuel Pellegrini has warned his Manchester City players the title race is not over, even if liverpool boss Brendan rodgers says he has thrown in the towel. if City beat aston Villa tonight they will be two points clear of the reds going into a finalday clash with West Ham. With both games at home, City are favourites to finish on top of the pile. and although top scorer Sergio aguero misses out tonight with a hamstring injury, he could be back on Sunday looking to repeat his famous titleclinching strike two years ago. However, after liverpool lost to Chelsea and then threw away a three-goal lead to draw at Crystal Palace on Monday – a result which led to rodgers saying the title was City’s – Pellegrini is taking nothing for granted. He said: ‘We are not going to win the

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Premier league [tonight]. We must win and then we will see what happens on Sunday. ‘i really don’t know what Brendan said. i only know we have two games and we have to win against aston Villa.’ Of the Palace comeback, he said: ‘in the Premier league it is very difficult. You can’t be sure [you’ve won] until the last minute.’ The Chilean admits liverpool’s recent slips have boosted his players. ‘Of course there was a reaction in the team,’ he said. ‘now they have a lot of trust in what we can do, also with a lot of responsibility. ‘But i repeat, in the Premier league nobody knows who can win the game.’

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WiLsOn’s A bOy WOnDER

Take a bow: James Wilson salutes the first of his two goals last night as the teenager report – page 23 made a dream debut for Manchester United, who beat Hull 3-1

Early hopes of another big scalp fade as Ireland are well beaten

Home loss: William Porterfield steadied the game for Ireland in Clontarf but then fell foul of a mix-up with Gary Wilson in another defeat for Ireland pIcturE: Inpho

This was, for ireland another case of what could have been. For all of the indelible days over the recent past, the wait for a first major victory on home soil goes on and it was almost a feeling of déja vu for the hardy punters who braved the elements in Clontarf yesterday, writes Ryan Bailey. Not for the first time, Phil simmons’ side squandered a position of superiority before slipping to a comprehensive 79-run defeat to sri Lanka in the first One-Day international of the RsA series. At the halfway stage, ireland would have harboured hopes of another famous scalp – to add to their lengthening list – and with good reason too. A dogged and unrelenting bowling display from the hosts– restricting the World Twenty20 chapions to

219/8 – had made them favourites on a surface that yielded full value for shots. Not for the first time, though, ireland were left to rue a missed opportunity. From the moment Nuwan Kulasekara bowled Paul stirling in the second over of

‘Always confident of defending the total’ the chase, the odds on an upset lengthened. William Porterfield and Niall O’Brien steadied proceedings thereafter but a five-over period, in which ireland went from four wickets for just eleven runs, drained any life from the innings and prompted many in the stands to seek refuge in the sanctuary. Lakmal found the edge of Ed

Joyce, for a duck, and then returned to account for Kevin O’Brien and then Alex Cusack. By that stage, ireland’s hopes had gone on the back of an ultimately decisive five-over period. The next over, a mix-up between Porterfield and Gary Wilson ended with both batsmen finding themselves at the same end, and although Porterfield tried to sacrifice his wicket, it was Wilson who had to go. The tail provided some late resistance but only added gloss to the scorecard that showed ireland’s lowest total – 140 all out – at the North Dublin venue in ODis. sri Lanka’s captain Angelo Mathews admitted he was ‘always confident of defending the total’, but he could never have envisaged it was going to be that easy.

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