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Oz hotel flood Irishman dies

AN IRISHMAN who said his life by nIck bramhIll was ruined after he was fined for causing more than €300,000 flooded the building. The resultworth of damage to an Australian ant flooding at the Fraser Place hotel has been found dead. Hotel in Melbourne caused an esThe circumstances surrounding timated €340,000 (Aus$500,000) the death of Padraig Gaffney were worth of damage and led the still unconfirmed last night, but building to be evacuated. the Australian-based Irish Echo The court heard Mr Gaffney, a reported that the 29-year-old, construction worker, was heavily originally from Lanesborough, intoxicated at the time, but Chief Co Longford, died on Wednesday, Judge Michael Rozenes accepted the day after he faced court in he had no malicious intent to Melbourne. cause damage and said it was a The Department of Foreign Af- stupid act he would never have fairs confirmed it was offering considered had he been sober. consular assistance to Speaking after his his family. conviction, Mr GaffMr Gaffney, the ney said he felt his life youngest of six chilhad been destroyed. dren, had pleaded He said: ‘The entire guilty to criminal damthing has ruined my age in court last Tueslife completely. I’ve day and was fined over spent ten years in Aus€6,700 (Aus$10,000) tralia trying to better over an incident in myself and in the April last year when space of one night he turned on a fire hyeverything can be takdrant in a hotel and Tragic: Padraig Gaffney en away from you.’

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World’s first underwater restaurant lies 3m below the colourful Indian Ocean

I think I’ll go for the fish... by NIcOLE LE MARIE

FOODIES can now become deep-sea diners... without the need for a mask and snorkel. Ithaa – which means ‘mother of pearls’ – is the world’s only underwater restaurant, sitting 3m below the Indian Ocean in the Maldives. Its glass sculpture allows up to 14 people to select from a six-course luxury €230 menu including poached quail egg, Maldivian lobster carpac-

Deep sea diner: Ithaa offers a close view of the bright sealife off Rangali Island in the Maldives. The domed glass is 125mm glass PIcture: caters cio and saffron champagne risotto. Owners Conrad Maldives Hotel, on Rangali Island, said it was ‘built to

allow guests to enjoy the colour, clarity and beauty of the Indian Ocean without getting their feet wet’. The

€3.6million eaterie has never had water inside, instead it was built on dry land in Singapore before workers

lowered it into the ocean. It weighs 175 tonnes, with another 85 tonnes of sand ballast to keep it down.

sister cristina’s popularity soars again after teaming up with Kylie

SOME people consider music to be a gift from God – and this nun certainly seems to be among them, judging by her wild TV duet with Kylie Minogue. Sister Cristina Scuccia has proved a sensation in her native Italy ever since she first appeared on its version of The Voice last month. But the 25-year-old’s popularity has soared to a whole new level

following her performance of Can’t Get You Out Of My Head alongside Kylie on Wednesday night. She is now tipped to win the show, with pundits saying she could become the world’s most famous nun since Maria von Trapp from The Sound Of Music or Sister Mary Clarence from Sister Act. Kylie seems to be a mega-fan herself, tweeting a snap of them

singing together – with the other three finalists cropped out. Fans will have to wait until late June to find out if Sister Cristina wins. But the devout Roman Catholic, who lives in a convent near Milan, is convinced she has God on her side. ‘I came here because I have a gift and I want to share that gift,’ she said. ‘It is because God wants it that way.’

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New minister promises change in Garda culture

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THE Justice Minister has vowed to listen to whistleblowers and has declared a new era of policing has begun. Frances Fitzgerald (pictured) was handed the job after the shock resignation of Alan Shatter. The former social worker, promoted after three years as Children’s Minister, said the attitudes and actions that led to recent crises of confidence in policing have to be changed. Ms Fitzgerald took up her new role on the eve of the publication of a devastating report that forced Mr Shatter to resign. The document, compiled by senior counsel Sean Guerin, has uncovered damning failures in the way the Department of Justice handled allegations of malpractice, negligence, corruption and falsification of records by officers. Ms Fitzgerald said one of her first tasks will be to open consultation on the make-up of an independent Garda authority to work alongside the Garda Ombudsman and Garda Inspectorate in providing oversight of the Garda. She said: ‘It’s important that we don’t just have structural reform... what we need as well is a new era, a new culture so Irish people can have confidence in our policing system, confidence in our police, a critical part of our democracy. ‘Confidence in our justice system is equally critical.’

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GAME ON: Mariko Nijo from Japan welcomes the Nihon Gaels onto the pitch as Toyota Ireland teamed up with Ballymun’s Setanta GAA Club and Dublin City University to host a unique hurling match yesterday between the first ever Japanese hurling side and a team from Setanta GAA picture: inpho

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Ming: Gardaí linked to drug dealing HIGH-ranking Garda officers were involved in a ploy to coerce citizens into buying hard drugs to boost crime detection figures, the Dáil has heard. Independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan said a new whistleblower from within the Garda has come forward with a fresh dossier connecting ‘heroin dealing and an Garda Síochána’. Mr Flanagan said Athlone-based Garda Nicky Keogh has handed the evidence over to retired judge Patrick McMahon, an interim watchdog charged with overseeing whistleblower allegations. Representing the Taoiseach during Leaders’ Questions, Education Minister Ruairi Quinn said a Garda Authority was being set up, along with a whistleblowers’ charter. Meanwhile, Mr Flanagan was accused of ‘misogyny’ and ‘sexism’ yesterday after he claimed European election rival Senator Lorraine Higgins wanted to be an MEP to ‘look good’. The Independent Roscommon TD, who is running in the upcoming European election for the Midlands-Northwest, made the comments about the Labour candidate in a debate on RTÉ Radio.

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Roche left ‘speechless’ by Giro’s Irish welcome party by MIcHAEL McHuGH

IRELAND’S ace professional cyclist Nicolas Roche said he was left proud but almost speechless by the welcome he received at the opening of the Tour of Italy in Belfast. His father Stephen Roche won the Giro D’Italia 27 years ago and his protegé could triumph in the sport’s second most important event after the Tour de France. Roche rode his bike carefully up the pink carpet behind his team mates on to the open air stage and lifted an arm to ac-

knowledge the warmest of welcomes from tightly-packed supporters in the shadow of Belfast City Hall. He said: ‘I am so happy and so proud to be here among you guys.’ Roche, only part of a Roche: Happy ceremonial parade of some of the greatest names in the sport – but the greatest crowd pleaser, added: ‘Thanks everyone, I am speechless.’

Wheely high: Joff Summerfield rides his penny farthing bicycle around the Stage One time trial ahead of the Giro d’Italia Big Start in Belfast today

Irish Rail will run extra services for cycling fans

IRISH Rail has announced there will be extra services for those wishing to see the Giro d’Italia this weekend. The Giro starts in Belfast today and the last Belfast Enterprise service will be deferred until 9.05pm to facilitate those returning after the cycling has finished. Then on Sunday, the race will pass through Dundalk and Drogheda and onwards to Dublin city centre, before finishing on Westland Row (beside Pearse Station) on Sunday afternoon. Irish Rail has said the Westland Row exit of Pearse station will be closed from 1-6pm, but customers can exit via Pearse Street. To get to vantage points along the

race’s route, Dart and Commuter services will be running – and as roads will be closed along the route, the train may be a better option, an Irish Rail spokeswoman added. Train stations at Dundalk, Drogheda, Balbriggan, Skerries, Malahide, Portmarnock, Sutton, Bayside, Howth Junction and Clontarf Road are all within walking distance of the route. Extra capacity and additional services will be provided on Sunday. There will be delays to Dart services at about 4pm on Sunday as the race passes through a level crossing in Baldoyle. However, Irish Rail said it will liaise with organisers to ensure delays are minimal.

The Irishman said: ‘It is just unreal... I am so happy that they let me ride the Tour of Italy.’ A Babel’s Tower of lycra-clad talent processed on to the stage, the favourites hailing from countries as diverse as Australia and Colombia. Fellow Irishman Philip Deignan of Team Sky said: ‘I never thought I would see the day when I would be

Liffey grenade disrupts Luas

able to start the race in my own country, so it is amazing.’ Pink confetti and balloons filled the sky as the event was declared open before a huge crowd. Tomorrow the action takes in the dramatic North Coast before the elite cyclists depart for Dublin on Sunday.

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LUAS services at Heuston were disrupted yesterday after a hand grenade was found in the River Liffey. A Defence Forces spokesman said the device was not viable. Roads around the station were closed for 40mins as technicians and gardaí worked on site. The historical item is understood to have been dredged from the Liffey riverbed. The Luas Red Line was prevented from crossing the Sean Heuston bridge for a time.

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mojo. the singer said she was struggling to find love but vowed to shun the dating app. ‘I don’t know what’s going on, I haven’t found a boyfriend yet. I’ve lost my mojo,’ the 25-year-old said. ‘I’m not on tinder or anything, I don’t think I could really, it all just sounds ap- Single lady: Katy B is too palling to me. I couldn’t put busy to look for love

myself through that.’ the Crying For No Reason star thinks she knows the reasons for her lack of action – she’s too busy and lives at home with her parents. ‘I’m back with my mum and dad at the moment so I can’t be going on dates and bringing them back there, it’s not really on is it,’ she told me in an exclusive chat. ‘I can’t be

having a cosy night in and then my mum is there trying to make us cups of tea. ‘I guess because I’m so busy I don’tt really tend to meet anyone. I’m trying to find somewhere to live at the moment so I’m a bit unsettled.’ and if you’re interested in how to wooo the redhead, the Londoner revealed: ‘I’m pretty chilled out, I’m not very highmaintenance. ywhere ‘I don’t expect to be taken anywhere really uptight or anything. ‘take me to a pub, get me a cocktail, ice listen to some music and have a nice time. that sounds perfect.’ Katy B’s new single, Still, is out now.

Harry Styles looks a little overdressed as he goes for a walk in Rio ahead of the South an leg of One American Direction’s world tour

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the unveiling of her 14th studio album – prompting suggestions the cover had been Photoshopped. The album features mother-of-two Carey posing in a swimsuit. The record, called Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse, will be released on May 23.

Lily Allen was rushed to hospital on Thursday after seemingly suffering a severe case of food poisoning. The 29-year-old mother-of-two even went as far as blaming 37-year-old comedian Alan Carr’s Bombay mix for the source of her troubles. ‘Prepping for chattyman feeling a little bit #QUEAZUS and very #SNEEZUS green juice emergency,’ Allen tweeted while preparing to record a segment on Carr’s Channel 4 show. ‘I can’t stop projectile vomiting, also temperature #poisoned,’ she

added an hour later on Wednesday evening. However by the following morning, her symptoms had worsened and she was rushed to hospital – but assured fans she was ultimately fine. ‘#SHEEzUS in #SHOSPITAL . I’m fine though guys, just need some fluids cause i can’t keep anything down. #dramz,’ she said, uploading an image of herself on a hospital bed on Instagram. Carr later tweeted his condolences, wishing her a speedy recovery to which Allen replied: ‘I think you Bombay mix is poisonous’.

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Jada Pinkett Smith has hit back over a furore surrounding an image of her teenage daughter in bed with a topless man. Eyebrows were raised when an image of 13-year-old Willow in bed with 20-year-old Hannah Montana actor Moisés Arias appeared online, but mum Pinkett Smith claims the snap is innocent. ‘There was nothing sexual about that picture or that situation,’ the 42-year-old actress blasted. ‘You guys are projecting your trash onto it and you’re acting like covert paedophiles and that’s not cool,’ she told gossip site TMZ.

Katy’s tour just an excuse to go wild

ATy PeRRy has branded herself an ‘adventure junkie’ and claims her current world tour – which kicked off in Belfast lastnight – is just a front so she can party around the world. The 29-year-old pop babe will be on the road until December on her Prismatic world tour – but she’s looking forward to uncovering hidden hangouts wherever she goes. ‘I’m an adventure junkie when I’m on tour. The tour is massive but it really is just a road trip in disguise,’ the Wild Horse singer told Guilty Pleasures as her tour kicked off in Belfast this week.

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‘I think it’s so impersonal that when you get on that stage the only thing you can say is, “Hello Belfast…” I mean, what about Belfast? I should know exactly what Belfast is like, what’s the coolest pubs, where the best fish and chips are, I like to go out and find out that stuff,’ she explained. With her tour heading to the UK tomorrow, the singer also admits she gets a rush from the ‘wild energy’ from her fans on this side of the Atlantic. ‘I’m very excited to be kicking off here because the audience, the fans, their energy is wild and that is what I want for the first shows. I want that wild energy,’ she gushed.

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Perry also opened up to taking a walk down memory lane recently as she cleared out her closet, making her think about the highs and lows since her career took offf in 2008. ‘I can remember every part of it by outfits, because actually right now I’m going through my storage unit that houses all of my clothes and costumes from 2007 to 2011,’ she explained. ‘I’m having a lot of flashbacks and nostalgia. I’m kind of sifting through it hat figuring out, what do I give away, what do I keep and do any of the outfits hold a purpose or strong memories.’ Highs have included smashing music records in the States and lows including a failed marriage to comedian Russell Brand, but the singer promises her life, in general, has been positive.

Journey woman: Katy Perry kicks off her Prismatic world tour in the Odyssey in Belfast last night

Bradley’s on Bailey’s golden ticket sex list Sam Bailey has revealed Bradley Cooper is on her ‘laminate list’ – giving her a golden ticket to a night in the sack with him (if he agrees). The 36-year-old married mother-of-two insisted it was healthy to fantasise about hooking up with celebrities. ‘Anyone in a relationship, anyone married, they

should have a laminated list in their mind that their partners know about. I put Kelly Brook and Michelle Keegan on my husband’s, and he’s happy with this because, in return, I’ve got Bradley Cooper,’ she said. Read the full interview in the June issue of GT on sale now.

I’m too annoying to ★ stay loved, says J-Law She may be the current darling of Hollywood but Jennifer Lawrence fears people may become tired of her if she becomes too overexposed. The 23-year-old Oscar winner has won the hearts of film fans all over the world but worries she may be spending too much time in the limelight. ‘Nobody can stay beloved forever. People are going to get sick of me,’ Lawrence told

the US edition of Marie Claire. The Hunger Games actress also said her off-screen goofs – such as falling over on red carpets – could lead to people finding her irritating. ‘I’m way too annoying because I get on red carpets and I’m really hyper, most likely because I’ve been drinking, and I can’t not photobomb somebody if it’s a good opportunity,’ she admitted.

Neil Patrick Harris claims his career has skyrocketed ever since he came out of the closet. The How I Met Your Mother star has been openly gay since 2006 and has rejected fears that being homosexual in Hollywood equates to career suicide. ‘Once all the cards were on the table, I got more opportunities than ever,’ the 40-year-old actor told the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Harris – who is married to fellow actor David Burtka, 38, with whom they share two children – also believes staying in the closet could be damaging other actor’s career prospects. ‘Some actors don’t get hired because you can’t look into their soul and see what they’re like, because they’re kept guarded.’

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HOT WHEELS: A student from Qazvin Azad University in Iran test drives the Havin-2, or ‘Brilliant Sun’ solar-powered car that has photovoltaic cells covering six square metres of its surface, allowing it to travel for four hours at speeds up to 150kph Picture: AP

40% of pupils say they are web addicts MANY young people believe they could be addicted to using the internet, according to research. A new study reveals that high numbers of youngsters take gadgets such as laptops, tablets and smartphones to bed with them, using them to talk to friends, browse websites and play games. The findings come as a new charter drawn up by the UK’s Tablets for Schools charity was published to encourage children to use the internet wisely. It suggests that young people should resist the temptation to take their device to bed and not use them as alarm clocks, set time limits on how long they use devices and ‘unplug’ themselves at set points in the day or week. The charity’s survey, which questioned more than 2,000 11-to-17-year-olds, found that around two-fifths (39 per cent) of those questioned said they ‘sometimes think they are addicted to the internet’.

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Older pupils were more likely to say they were sometimes addicted than young pupils. And nearly two-thirds of pupils (64 per cent) said they took their gadget to bed with them. Of these, around two-thirds (65 per cent) said they used their device at night to talk to friends, with others saying they used it to look at film and picture websites (63 per cent), play a game (47 per cent), read (32 per cent) and do their homework (30 per cent). One 11-year-old girl told researchers: ‘I can never get off it, and at night I stay up for two to three hours after I’m meant to be asleep.’ Another youngster, a 12-year-old girl, said: ‘I feel lost without the internet.’ The poll found that girls were more likely to say they sometimes felt they were addicted to the internet (46 per cent compared to 36 per cent of boys).

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SINN Féin president Gerry Adams has made a formal complaint to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) about certain aspects of his ‘interrogation’ while he was detained in connection with the murder of IRA victim Jean McConville. Mr Adams was released on Sunday night after four days of questioning by detectives about the 1972 murder of mother-of-ten Mrs McConville and other alleged links with the IRA. The Dáil TD for Louth has vehemently rejected allegations made by former republican colleagues that he ordered her abduction and death, and after his release described his arrest as a ‘sham’. The 65-year-old said that before he was interviewed he was told there was ‘new evidential material’ and that he was being accused of conspiracy to murder Mrs McConville.

Adams: Rejects allegations Mr Adams said he was told the police would be outlining a case that he was a member of the IRA, had a senior role within the organisation at the time of Mrs McConville’s abduction and was therefore bound to know about her killing. He wrote: ‘Over the four days it became clear the objective was to get to the point where they could charge me with IRA membership and thereby link me to the McConville case. The membership charge

was clearly their principal goal.’ Mr Adams said police assertions that he was an IRA member were based on his family background and anonymous newspaper articles from 1971 and 1972, ‘photographs of Martin McGuinness and me at republican funerals, and books about the period’. Mr Adams said: ‘I have never disassociated myself from the IRA but I am not uncritical of IRA actions and the terrible injustice inflicted on Mrs McConville and her family. ‘I very much regret what happened to them and their mother and understand the antipathy they feel towards republicans.’ He added: ‘When I was being released I made a formal complaint about aspects of my interrogation. My arrest and the very serious attempt to charge me with IRA membership is damaging to the peace process and the political institutions.’

car sales grow in Yoga ‘is good for 2014’s first quarter pregnant women’ CAR sales have risen significantly in the first quarter of this year. The First Quarter Motor Industry Review for 2014 by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry shows a 27 per cent increase in car sales compared to the same period last year. The strongest growth was in Leitrim, which saw an increase of 57.6 per cent. Dublin – which represents 36 per cent of all new car sales – saw the lowest increase in growth, with just 16.6 per cent. The review also highlighted that the price of petrol is 5.3 per cent lower than in 2013, but there was an increase in insurance, with premiums going up by 4.4 per cent since March 2013.

SCIENTISTS have proved what Hollywood actresses such as Gwyneth Paltrow have long known – yoga is good for pregnant women. In a paper in the journal Depression and Anxiety, academics from Newcastle and Manchester Universities show that women who attended a yoga class every week for eight weeks experienced less anxiety compared to those who received normal antenatal treatment. A mother’s stress during pregnancy is recognised as being bad for the baby, and has been linked with premature birth. Researcher Dr James Newham said: ‘This has the potential to really help mothers who are feeling anxious about their pregnancy.’

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CAN’T HOLD A CANDLE TO HIM: The wax figure of Nelson Mandela from London’s Madame Tussaud’s stands prepared for a three-month loan spell in Berlin’s wax museum Picture: ePA

NINTENDO will not allow gamers to play as a gay character in an upcoming life simulator game. The publisher of such gaming franchises as The Legend Of Zelda and Mario Bros said it would not bow to pressure to allow players to engage in romantic activities with characters of the same sex in English editions of Tomodachi Life. This follows a social media campaign launched by fans last month seeking virtual equality for the game’s characters, modelled after real people. Nintendo of America said in a statement: ‘Nintendo never intended to make any form of social commentary with the launch of Tomodachi Life. ‘The relationship options in the game represent a playful alternate world rather than a real-life simulation. We hope our fans will see Tomodachi Life was intended to be a whimsical game and that we were absolutely not trying to provide social commentary.’ Tye Marini, a gay 23-year-old Nintendo fan from Arizona, launched the campaign last month, urging Japanbased Nintendo and its US subsidiary to add same-sex relationship options to English versions of the hand-held Nintendo 3DS game. The game was originally released in Japan last year and features a cast of Mii characters – Nintendo’s personalised avatars of real players – living on a virtual island. Only characters of the opposite sex are able to flirt, date and marry in the game, set for release on June 6. Other more narrative-driven games, like Grand Theft Auto IV, The Last Of Us and Gone Home have included specific gay, lesbian and bisexual characters.

Polar bear DNA may Google Glass used hold obesity answer in operating room POLAR bears may hold the answer to the obesity crisis in their genes, new research has shown. A study of the animal’s DNA reveals it is uniquely evolved to cope with a high-fat diet. The bears prey on blubber-rich seals, and also scavenge the fatty carcasses of whales. Half their body weight consists of fat and their cholesterol levels are sky high, yet they are untroubled by heart disease. Now scientists believe they know the polar bear’s secret – several mutated genes involved in fatty acid metabolism and cardiovascular function. The genes appear to be crucial to the bears’ adaptation to extreme conditions in the Arctic and may explain how they avoid clogged arteries. Scientists at the University of California hope understanding how they work will help them find new ways to fight human obesity. The study, published in the journal Cell, also showed the polar bear is a younger species than was previously thought – 500,000 years rather than five million years.

SURGEONS in the UK have become the first to use Google Glass in the operating theatre, according to a hospital. The voice-activated glasses, which feature a tiny display above the wearer’s eyes, can record video and live-stream Pioneer: Dr David Isaac operations via the internet. David Isaac, an orthopaedic surgeon at Torbay Hospital in Devon, used the device for a live operation first, with surgeons across the hospital following suit, including in a variety of orthopaedic procedures and ear, nose and throat operations. Dr George Brighton, core surgical trainee and app inventor at the hospital, said: ‘What’s exciting for medical education is that it allows surgeons to record and share their direct view of the surgical field. This gives huge potential for mentoring and conferencing.’

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DETECTIVES are not looking for any suspects over the deaths of four people in a fire at a mansion owned by US tennis star James Blake. Police in Florida said the blaze in Tampa’s exclusive Avila neighborhood was set intentionally. Two adults and two teenagers were killed in the fire. Blake, who lives in Connecticut,

by COn DOHERTY was renting the home to a family. Voter registration records identified them as Darrin Campbell and his wife, Kimberly, but investigators say they won’t know the victims’ identities until preliminary autopsies are completed. The couple had two teenagers.

Officials say the Campbells are unaccounted for. Colonel Donna Lusczynski said the scene was ‘unusual’ and added there were ‘various fireworks’ throughout the home. Two victims suffered from upperbody trauma. Ms Lusczynski also said no weapons had been found at the home.

THAILAnD: Deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been charged with dereliction of duty after overseeing a corrupt rice subsidy programme. The 46-yearold failed to act after the botched scheme left some farmers bankrupt. She could be banned from politics for five years if she is impeached. The ruling came a day after she quit as premier after a court found her guilty of abusing her power.

ITALY: An ex-aide of Silvio Berlusconi has been arrested for allegedly helping a businessman convicted of Mafia association. Claudio Scajola, a minister in Berlusconi’s last government, was held on suspicion of helping Amedeo Matacena flee abroad to escape jail. Berlusconi (pictured) said he was ‘pained’ by the arrest.

‘Witch’ stole family’s Cocaine sandwich money to lift ‘curse’ found in drug bust RussIA: A girl gave her family’s €20,000 savings to a ‘witch’ who promised to lift a curse placed on her loved ones. Terrified Hope Seleznyova, 11, was taken in by the ruse and paid the cash to ‘save her mother’s life’. A search for the con artist is now under way. Police believe she was working with an accomplice who knew her victim had cash at her home in Elektrostal, near Moscow.

spAIn: A smuggler’s €5,000 stash of cocaine was found by police – hidden in a ham and cheese roll. Police demanded to search Amando Rico Elizondo’s lunch after he was seen ‘acting suspiciously’ with the sandwich. ‘He didn’t look like a man who was hungry,’ said the officer who arrested him at a bus station in Benidorm. Police later held a second Colombian man on suspicion of drug trafficking.

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Residents of a nigerian town attacked by Boko Haram criticised security forces for failing to protect them despite warnings the islamic militants were nearby, after at least 50 bodies were recovered, many of them horribly burned, in the town. the attack on Gamboru, in the northeast near the border with Cameroon, is part of the militants’ campaign that included the kidnapping of teenage girls from a school last month, 276 of whom remain missing and believed held by Boko Haram in the sambisa Forest. the death toll from the Monday attack was first reported to be 300, but a security official said it is more likely to be about 100. the bodies were found after the market reopened on Wednesday, said Gamboru resident Abuwar Masta, adding that most of the bodies were burned beyond recognition. Masta said some villagers had warned security forces of an impending attack after insurgents were seen camping in the bush nearby. the kidnapping of the schoolgirls on

n TWO journalists in Jordan having a televised debate about the civil war in neighbouring Syria literally turned on each other during an on-air brawl, overturning a table.

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Shaker al-Johari and Mohammad al-Jayousi were discussing the war on the Seven Stars channel. However, the debate fell apart as al-Jayousi accused al-Johari of supporting

the Syrian rebels. Al-Johari then accused al-Jayousi of taking money for supporting Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. The two fought each other and pulled the table apart in their scuffle.

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April 15 in the town of Chibok has sparked accusations the nigerian government is not doing enough to stop the militants. Boko Haram has killed more than 1,500 people Jonathan: Shame so far this year as part of their campaign to impose islamic law on Africa’s most populous nation – 170 million equally divided between Christian and Muslim. Protests in the streets over the failure to rescue the girls were an embarrassment for President Goodluck Jonathan’s government which had hoped to showcase nigeria’s emergence as Africa’s largest economy as it hosted the Africa meeting of the World economic Forum in capital, Abuja. Yesterday the prosecutor of the international Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, said acts such as the mass abduction of girls could constitute crimes that fall within the jurisdiction of the Haguebased court.

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Lenny Abrahamson and Domhnall Gleeson talk to Pavel Barter about success and integrity

aCK in the 1990s, Lenny abrahamson helped set up a recording studio on Bow Lane in Dublin. The studio recorded artists such as The Chieftains, Shane Macgowan and Def Leppard. It was not exactly profitable, though. ‘We couldn’t even buy a burger at the end of the day,’ says the director. ‘It was such a financial disaster.’ So it seemed appropriate for abrahamson to return to Bow Lane in 2012, a few weeks before filming started on Frank. His new film concerns Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), an aspiring musician who teams up with an oddball troupe. Jon idolises his eccentric leader, Frank (Michael Fassbender), who sings from inside a large fake head, and clashes with theremin player Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The titular character is loosely based on Frank Sidebottom, an eccentric entertainer from Manchester who sang naff pop songs in a nasal voice. For his film, which was co-written by broadcaster and former Sidebottom bandmate Jon Ronson, abrahamson

gathered Fassbender, Gleeson and French actor François Civil to stir up some chemistry in the studio. Their ace in the hole was drummer Carla azar, who plays with Jack White and the band autolux. Fassbender was quite the showman, recalls Gleeson: ‘He would call out songs for us to play. He’d say, “C’mon man, does anybody know Baker Street?” Carla would start playing. We’d all try and figure it out, then he’d grab the mic.’ abrahamson laughs: ‘Michael is a great man for doing vocal versions of pedestrian crossing beeps and 1970s game show themes. This was like putting a very mischievous child in front of a band. He’s got a great voice – and he’s not a bad guitar player either.’ Gleeson and abrahamson are beside each other in a Dublin hotel. Fassbender is absent. But his head is here – so to speak. In the corner of the room, Frank’s beady-eyed cranium is on a table, covered with bubble wrap. One of the central themes of the film is the conflict between artistic integrity and commercial

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success. Is this something that concerns Gleeson, son of Brendan, who has progressed from Dublin theatre, in the mid2000s, to Hollywood A-list with his role in the new Star Wars film? ‘My only job is to do things that really interest me,’ says the actor. ‘I want to express myself, enjoy what I’m doing, and give everything I can. [Selling out] doesn’t really come into it, unless all you want is to be famous.’ Could he create the greatest work of his life, not let anyone see it, and still be happy? ‘No. I understand the sentiment, but there is a need for people to connect with others.’ Abrahamson picks up the theme: ‘I’ve often heard people who make “worthy” films say they want to do something commercial. Is it that easy? My first three films [Adam & Paul, Garage, What Richard Did] get called arthouse films, which is fair enough. But they find an audience – and it’s an engaged audience. There is real crap out there. Some

“My only job is to do things that really interest me” people cynically make cheap horror films because they know the numbers work.’ ‘Sharknado 2,’ mutters Gleeson. Frank was the first time Abrahamson, 47, and Gleeson, 30, worked together. Before the film, they admired each other from afar. ‘Garage was a revelation for me,’ says Gleeson. ‘I hadn’t seen anyone trust Pat [Shortt] in that way.’ How does Abrahamson differ from Angelina Jolie, who recently directed Gleeson in WWII drama Unbroken?

enny Abrahamson The big time: Dohmnall Gleeson plays aspiring musician Jon in Frank; inset, the film’s director Lenny Abrahamson pipes up: ‘Looks?’ ‘No, you look similar,’ deadpans the actor. ‘I was cast a year before Frank. In the months before filming, we spent a lot of time together talking about the script. I got to be involved early. It’s different to how I’ve worked with other people. That way of working suits me best.’ Frank was shot on location in Ireland and Albuquerque, New Mexico: home of Walter White. Breaking Bad’s final season was under way at the time, so Abrahamson pilfered some of their crew. ‘We had Breaking Bad’s stunt co-ordinator. Several times, I found a location and thought “I’m

not going to put it in the film because it’s so associated with Breaking Bad”.’

ASSBENDER, and his big head, kept everyone focused on the task at hand. ‘During one concert scene, the extras were getting tired between takes,’ says Gleeson. ‘The song I play in that bit is incredibly bad – intentionally so. I gave Michael my guitar and he started doing heavy metal solos on his knees.’ Frank’s fictional band may be too strange to ever achieve greatness. The opposite might be said for these film-makers. The success of

Abrahamson’s films has made him a hot ticket. Gleeson’s Star Wars role could send his career into orbit. ‘Like Domhnall, the canvas I can work on is a bit bigger now,’ says Abrahamson. ‘But I still live here in Ireland. Even though the next film [an adaptation of the Emma Donoghue novel Room] is American, I intend to continue to make small films set here. I can only do what I am really drawn to... which is a wider spectrum of stuff than I used to think.’ In the battle between artistic integrity and success, this pair look set to win it all. Frank (15A) is out today

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Ross O’Carroll-Kelly (Rory Nolan) is back on stage for a third outing, and the plot has taken a neat leap into the future for this family affair. The best rugby player Ireland never had is still strutting his stuff in 2022 and heading up a successful shredding company. He may have a little paunch, but he’s still going strong with wife Sorcha (and his other adoring bits on the side), while playing doting dad to Ronan (Love/Hate’s Laurence Kinlan) and Honor (Caoimhe O’Malley). And Ireland’s economic recovery (‘The Celtic Phoenix’, apparently) is also good news for Ross’s blustering father Charles (Philip O’Sullivan), who’s masterminding Bertie Ahern’s return to grace, with a wonderful opportunity for spray-tanned human rights advocate Sorcha (Lisa Lambe) thrown into the bargain. It’s all quiet on the home front – Honor’s acid barbs to her career-driven mother aside – and Ross might even be able to segue neatly into a new phase of his life were it not for bloody Traolach (Gavin Drea), Honor’s rugbyplaying, posturing, line-spitting boyfriend.

It’s nearly impossible to pour an actor into the skin of such a well-loved fictional character, and Alan Clarke’s illustrations have a specific image of the Rossmeister implanted in the Irish consciousness. But Nolan (pictured) ably captures Ross’s idiosyncrasies, down to his thrusting and protestations, with an emphasis on the physical that doesn’t resort to slapstick. O’Malley is vicious and acidic as 17-year-old Honor and Drea’s performance as a new and improved Ross is mirror perfect. Lambe flounces from sweet to maddened artfully (here, Catherine Fay’s costumes meet Paul O’Mahony’s set design smoothly), but it’s Kinlan as crooked footballer Ro who steals the show. Writer Paul Howard once commented that he was stunned to find the south Dubliners he was lampooning were his biggest fans – and it seems they still are. Kinlan delivers his funniest lines with beat-perfect timing, but for some of the audience, it seems his northside accent is humour enough.

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Warning: this is a Very Odd film. You may vaguely recall frank Sidebottom, the Mancunian novelty act with a giant, scary papier-mâché head who sang annoying songs such as Christmas Is fantastic! and said ‘bobbins’ far too much. that ‘frank’ was the comic persona of the late Chris Sievey but he’s only the inspiration behind this curious indie film written by acclaimed journalist/author Jon Ronson (the Men Who Stare At Goats), who once played in Sievey’s band. Here, frank isn’t from timperley. He’s an American, played by Michael fassbender, and the epitome of outsider cool. We first meet frank through the hero-worshipping eyes of Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), a wannabe songwriter who gets co-opted into frank’s band after the keyboardist has a psychotic episode. Other members of the Soronprfbs, whose music is even more obscure and unpronounceable than their name, eye Jon with suspicion, even borderline hatred in the case of frank’s girlfriend (Maggie Gyllenhaal), as he attempts to up the band’s

twitter profile. Meanwhile Jon – and the film itself – is fascinated by ‘what’s going on inside the head inside that head’, that head being the one that frank never takes off (even in the shower). What keeps this dark, funny film from being offputtingly quirky is Gleeson. Revisiting his endearingly hapless englishman from Richard Curtis’s About time, he can move from lovable geek to

Richard e Grant-like intensity in a beat and proves the accessible entry point to the story’s madness. An offbeat exploration into mental illness and the myth of the ‘tortured artist’, it’s directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Garage, Adam & Paul), who has a thoughtful eye for the poignant and absurd. A movie that maintains a haunting air of enigma – much like frank himself.

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Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Arnold Schwarzenegger further sabotages his blockbuster legacy with this deserves-to-go-direct-to-download actioner from the director of End Of Watch. Seriously, even Dolph Lundgren would have passed on this. Arnie plays veteran DEA special ops leader John ‘Breacher’ Wharton, a cigar-chewing ‘drug war god’ who gets greedy and tries to make off with a cartel’s millions. But the cartel comes aknocking, gorily assassinating Breacher’s unorthodox team (including an unrecognisable Sam Worthington) by subtle means such as stapling targets to a ceiling, then gutting them. Meanwhile, the best that can be said of Olivia Williams’s involvement as a detective is that she looks well fit. Guns, tattoos, boobs, beer and casual civilian violence – this is a film so macho it’s as if the writer simply took out his penis (an appendage mentioned at least every other line here) and sprayed the script direct at the screen. LI-Z Sabotage

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ften called the ‘Walt Disney of Japan’, or simply ‘the world’s greatest living animator’ (by Pixar boss/toy Story creator John Lasseter), Hayao Miyazaki is big in Japan on a Godzilla-sized scale. His Oscar-winning 2001 masterpiece Spirited Away is Japan’s top-grossing film of all time (ahead of titanic and Avatar) while two of his others, Howl’s Moving Castle and Ponyo, make up the top five. Over here, however, he’s a largely cult phenomenon adored by adults, who are, for once, the target audience for this beauteous cartoon. Our hero is Jiro (voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a flying-mad young dreamer with bottle-end specs whose poor sight prevents him from becoming a pilot. Instead, he becomes Japan’s leading aeronautical engineer, obsessively designing Mitsubishi fighter planes during World War II. Somewhere amid all the propeller-head talk of ‘flush rivets’ and ‘aluminium flanges’, Jiro thankfully finds time to create an achingly romantic subplot with his love (emily Blunt), who is gently waning away from tB. Supposedly Miyazaki’s final movie, the Wind Rises is a nostalgic, ‘I’m making this one for me’ swansong from the 73-year-old animation auteur. there are no cute little dust sprites and flying cat buses here (sadly) and, at more than two hours long, its dreamy pace may frustrate even devotees – but the old man ain’t for rushing. A fictionalised tribute to real-life aeronautical engineer Jiro Horikoshi, it crowns Miyazaki’s career-long obsession with flight. His father

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A few years ago, Tiga took the decision to re-launch his Turbo label and to give it a more underground focus. One of the Canadian DJ’s first signings was Scottish duo Clouds. Barely out of their teens at the time, Calum Macleod and Liam Robertson were not fazed by the attention and have released a series of EPs for the label as well as last year’s debut album, Ghost Systems Rave. Don’t miss their noisy, grimy techno in Twisted Pepper’s basement tonight. Tonight, The Building Society/MUD, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street D1, 10.30pm, €10/€12.

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Sharp, wittily updated yet another- US-remake of Cyrano De Bergerac. Radio show pet therapist Janeane Garofalo (The Larry Sanders Show) makes a blind date with Ben Chaplin but is too insecure to turn up – sending her hotter, taller, blonder neighbor (Uma Thurman) instead. A goofy, warmhearted romcom.

Screen legend Omar Sharif, in town for the Dublin Arabic Film Festival at the Lighthouse Cinema, drops by the studio. The Lawrence of Arabia star is in good company with comedian and science buff Dara Ó Briain and filmmaker Jim Sheridan also in tonight’s line-up. Meanwhile veteran newscaster Aengus MacGrianna and his partner Terry Gill talk about their upcoming nuptials and the parents of Triona Priestley talk about their daughter who died from cystic fibrosis after an online campaign helped her realise her dream of meeting singer songwriter ed Sheeran.

trip to italy BBC2, 10PM It’s the final part of this travelogue comedy and something odd has happened. As Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have anecdoted their way around Italy’s back roads and sumptuous menus – Coogan has emerged as the more likeable one. You’d have got long odds on that at the start. The pair sail off into the sunset with a visit from Steve’s son shifting their bantering dynamic.

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Alexandre Moors’s biopic is an atmospheric if insubstantial portrait of a notorious US duo. Isaiah Washington is bitter army vet John Allen Muhammad; Tequan Richmond (left) is Lee Boyd Malvo, the Antiguan teen he trains as a sniper. Moors focuses on the lead-up to the three weeks in 2002 when the pair terrorised the Washington, DC Beltway, killing ten random victims.

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Yikes. Wesley ‘Blade’ Snipes in an action/ horror/western mash-up may sound like a good thing but this muddled mess struggles to meet ‘so bad it’s good’ status. The possibly written-while-intoxicated plot – Snipes is a revengeseeking gunslinger cursed to have all his victims come back as zombies seeking revenge on him – is further confused by an array of uninvolving subplots.

nationwide RTÉ1, 7pm

Fun alan carr: cHatty man

Channel 4, 10pm A pair of loose-lipped singers will be giving the Chatty Man a run for his motormouthing money tonight. Neither Lily Allen nor Courtney Love are exactly shrinking violets, so expect lively verbal duels on any subject that springs to Mr Carr’s mind. Things are a touch more stately over on The Graham Norton Show (BBC1, 10.35pm) where Barry Manilow, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Brenda Blethyn are on the sofa as Graham limbers up for his annual feast of quippery at the eurovision Song Contest.

crossfire TV3, 8pm

Sean Moncrieff hosts this fastpaced quiz show where four contestants compete in three general knowledge rounds. Tonight returning champion Shane O’Hagan, from Derry, takes on Michael O’Dowd and Pam Roche, both from Dublin, and Keith Millar, from Co Kildare.

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Channel 4, 8pm

Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg, above) is a squarejawed, manly kind of guy, not one to show his emotions and wear his heart on his sleeve without serious provocation. But when the life of his one true love is threatened, we see another side to the team’s lynchpin. The team, meanwhile, find themselves subjected to a curious lie detector test designed to catch them off guard – and they come up with some curious answers as this action thriller reveals a surprisingly black line in humour.

Soap emmerdale TV3, 7pm

The soap wedding usually comes complete with a veil of secrets and seething subplots and the imminent nuptials of Moira Barton (Natalie J Robb) and Cain Dingle are no exception. Tonight the bride to be is delighted by a surprise hen night at the Woolpack but her applecart is about to be well and truly upset by her brother-in-law – and former squeeze – James delving into their shared past. He’s convinced Adam is his son, not his nephew, and he’s determined to prove it.

The excitement builds in Dublin as the Giro d’Italia kicks off in Belfast today on its way across Northern Ireland and down to this Fair City on Sunday. The Nationwide team meets cycling enthusiasts and fans for whom cycling is their passion.

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Channel 4, 7.35pm It’s a fair bet that double twin ad Roger Federer won’t be visiting Madagascar any time soon – in rural areas of the Indian Ocean island nation it is believed twins are a curse. Mothers of twins face the choice of abandoning their children or being ostracised from society. Kiki King reports on a cruel taboo.

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natural world: tHe pygmy Hippo – a Very secret life

He’s battled through rehab or alcoholism before, so will Peter Barlow be able to steer clear of the bottle this time round? He’s back on the Street again and a quiet life would help but given his predilection for getting involved in all manner of love triangles, the signs aren’t good.

The camera-shy pygmy hippo is one of the most reclusive animals on the planet. No camera-hogging soft-toy meerkat antics for this critter. This film follows ecologist Wei-Yeen Yap as she finds key clues and tries to track the pygmy hippos in the Ivory Coast’s sweaty swamps.

BBC2, 9pm

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RTÉ1, 11.55pm

When the perfect family move in next door, the neighbours are instantly impressed. The Joneses appear to be the perfect family, from golfer dad Steve (David Duchovny), mom Kate (Demi Moore) who throws great dinner parties to trendy teens Jennifer (Amber Heard) and Mick (Ben Hollingsworth) who always have the latest gear. But what the neighbours don’t know is the Joneses are really a team of marketers who build the illusion of the ideal lifestyle using clever product placement.

paul blart: mall cop TV3, 9pm

Silly comedy where a single father (Kevin James, Doug from The King of Queens), who fails the medical to become a police officer because he is overweight, goes beyond the call of duty when working as a security guard, when criminals lay siege to his place of work.

goldeneye UTV, 11.05pm

Pierce Brosnan’s first mission as 007 also marked Dame Judi Dench’s debut as his boss, M. With previous film Licence To Kill the lowestgrossing Bond of all time, the franchise needed a firm juicy spanking back into life and got it with Martin Campbell’s fast-paced actioner. Here MI6 agent James Bond is sent to Russia to investigate the theft of a satellite-jamming device called Goldeneye. Famke Janssen is on fine form as Xenia Onatopp, a baddie with killer thighs – literally.

Friday, May 9, 2014 METRO HERALD

YOUR DUBLIN WEEkEND DUBLIN FOR FREE Giro d’Italia

To coincide with the arrival of the Giro d’Italia, Dublin City Council has organised a series of events celebrating all things Italian – and all things pedal-related. Donizetti’s much-loved opera L’Elisir D’Amore will be staged outdoors in Wood Quay today (1pm, free), while Vittorio De Sica’s timeless movie The Bicycle Thieves will be screened in Meeting House Square tomorrow night (10pm, free). Elsewhere, The Irish Writers Centre is hosting an open mic afternoon in which ardent cyclists are invited to wax lyrical about their beloved velocipede (today, 1pm, free), while guided bike tours, courtesy of Le Cool and Café Rothar on Fade Street, will take place across the weekend. For full details see events section at www.dublincity.ie

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CURIOUS ABOUT… Dublin Gay Theatre Festival

Established in 2004 to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde, the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival has almost reached the half-way mark in its tenth incarnation. However, there’s still plenty of tantalising options to choose from if you haven’t already taken a punt. Look out for satirical musical Margaret Thatcher: Queen Of Soho, which follows the redoubtable PM as she gets lost in a gay karaoke club; and Chicken-Fried Ciccone, New Yorker J Stephen Brantley’s autobiographical account of how he got clean with a little help from one indefatigable pop star Until May 18, various venues & prices. See www.gaytheatre.ie

GET DOWN TO… Drive-By Truckers

Are Drive-By Truckers the greatest southern rock band in the world? Their crunchy riffs and threepronged guitar attack certainly embody the best southern rock virtues and have endeared them to music critics across the globe. Their songs deal with the classic subjects of American fiction – small towns, hidden lives, people trashed by circumstance – except that they add a crashing backbeat and ringing chorus. Their recentlyreleased 12th album, English Oceans, has been acclaimed as one of their finest to date Tomorrow, Vicar Street, 58-59 Thomas Street D8, 8pm, €25. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.vicarstreet.ie

Michael Franti & Spearhead

Those who complain about the quiet death of the modern protest song should be swiftly dispatched in the direction of Michael Franti. The San Franciscan activist/ multimedia artist has been bashing out intelligent musical missives for nigh on 30 years now, first as a member of punk outfit

The Beatnigs, then as one half of The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy and latterly with his own soul-funk outfit, Spearhead Tonight, Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street D2, 8pm, €28.50. Tel: 1890 200 078. www.whelanslive.com

Marcos Valle

You can be certain you’ve made it when Homer Simpson knows the words to one of your songs. But for legendary Brazilian bossa nova supremo Marcos Valle, his Summer Samba is not only a favourite of America’s most famous slob but has also earned him an entry in the Guinness Book Of Records thanks to three versions being in America’s Billboard Chart at the same time Tonight, The Sugar Club, 8 Leeson Street Lower D2, 8pm, €17.50 to €20. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.thesugarclub.com

Thanks to their gift for combining techno beats with pulsating guitars and dreamy visuals, Dublin four-piece Le Galaxie have become one of the city’s most formidable live propositions. This weekend they join ‘trad-fusing, house-making, hairflickin’ Clare native Daithi and synth pop act Ships for an evening of music, strobe lighting and booze in aid of advocacy group Marriage Equality Tonight, The Academy, 57 Middle Abbey Street D1, 11pm, €16.50. Tel: 0818 719 300. www. theacademy dublin.com

TrócaireLive

Overseas development charity Trócaire has collaborated with street artist Cian Walker to create a trio of artworks highlighting its campaigning work; they will form the backdrop to TrócaireLive, a multicultural concert at The Grand Social with performances from homegrown acts Daithi, The Eskies and The Animators, alongside Ugandan folk star Justine Nantal (pictured with Gboyega Akerele of Colours Afrobeat Foundation), Nigerian percussion outfit Talking Drums, and many more Tomorrow, The Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey St D1, 6pm, free before 7pm, €10 thereafter. Tel: (01) 874 0090. www.thegrandsocial.ie

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THE Higher Education Authority (HEA) has distanced itself from a suggestion by board member Paddy Cosgrave that a degree from Trinity College is better than the same degree from another Irish college. Mr Cosgrave – who has a BA and MA from Trinity – made the claim yesterday while promoting a recruitment drive for the Summit technology event, of which he is the chief executive officer. The Summit has 40 jobs on offer, ranging from internships to senior

positions, and is offering a referral incentive of between €1,000 to €10,000. Application criteria for anyone who graduated Grades: Cosgrave since 2010 include a minimum first-class honours degree from UCD, UCC, NUIG, DCU, UL or Maynooth, however a 2.1 degree from Trinity will be considered. As well as a first-class honours

degree, BA graduates from an Institute of Technology also need an MA or Msc to be considered. Speaking on Newstalk yesterday, Mr Cosgrave said while it’s hard to find very good senior talent, it’s even harder to find the best recent graduates because of the huge volume of applications. ‘When we end up with 300 CVs for a single position we have to be, unfortunately, brutal about it. Our filter to get to the interview stage is the grades.’ However, he said that academic achievement only gets a candidate ‘in the door’, with all potential staff also needing to be ‘creative, have initiative and be entrepreneurial’. He added: ‘I’m not going to hire somebody because they’re a gigantic boffin – that doesn’t work in a fast growing start-up.’ Last night a spokesman for the HEA said: ‘Paddy Cosgrave’s views are his own and don’t reflect the views of the authority.’ He added it is up to individual firms to determine how it recruits staff and while academic excellence is very important it is just one of a range of skills. He said feedback from recruiters does not show any evidence that one degree is better. Metro Herald’s career doctor Jane Downes said such filtering may ‘end up in a missed opportunity to find great star performers from other educational institutes’.

ScAn AnD pAy: Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte gets his groceries checked out by Mary Farrell at Tesco Omni Park in Santry, while CEO of SDCL Jonathan Maxwell and Tesco Ireland finance director Adrian Lewis look on. Mr Rabbitte was launching the €70million National Energy Efficiency Fund. An initial €2million LED lighting retrofit programme at the retail giant is to create 16 new jobs picture: Maxwells

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businEss biTEs n THE Little Museum of Dublin has teamed up with Dublin Bus Tours to offer tourists a deal on their sightseeing trip around the capital. Customers purchasing a ticket for Dublin Bus’ hop-on hop-off tour can now enjoy complimentary access to the Little Museum, which usually costs €7 to visit. The Little Museum, which was recently named the ‘best museum experience in Dublin’ by The Irish Times, recently launched a new exhibition U2: Made in Dublin. To avail of the offer simply board the bus at any of the tour stops and hop off at stop 7 for the Little Museum. For more information on fares and timetables visit www. dublinsightseeing.ie n AS the fall guy for the worst offshore oil spill in US history, Tony Hayward became a global hate figure. But his rehabilitation, in business terms at least, is complete. Glencore Xstrata yesterday named the ex-BP CEO as permanent chairman of the world’s largest mining group. Mr Hayward, 56, was forced out of BP after his handling of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster that killed 11 people and destroyed huge swathes of sea and coast. His experience at BP and his dispute-solving skills ‘mitigate the negatives that surrounded his departure from BP’, a Nomura Group analyst wrote in a note to clients. He is expected to step down as CEO of Genel, the oil and gas explorer he invested in with Nat Rothschild.

Accounting jobs uptake The job market is looking bright for accountancy professionals across all areas, according to Mark Byrne, associate director at Brightwater. There has been a significant increase in new roles from the Big 4 through to small accountancy firms as they all expand their teams to meet demand. Roles in transformation, advisory management and business consulting are on the increase. Taxation too is witnessing its fair share of job numbers rising, with transfer pricing, tax and VAT management being the hot topics at the moment. Industry too is seeing a boom in demand for accountants. ‘The number of roles in project accounting, financial planning and analysis and internal audit is rising steadily,’ says Byrne (pictured). ‘What is also really encouraging to see is that employers are now once again supporting their staff through their professional qualifications with paid study leave’. Brightwater is holding an Open Day specifically for qualified and part-qualified accountancy professionals on Wednesday May 14 from 8am to 8pm. Contact Mark Byrne on (01) 662 1000. www.brightwater.ie. n See advert opposite.

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Successful businesswoman and chief operating officer of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg was in Dublin recently talking about workplace equality. In her book, Lean In, she takes the provocative line that some women with plans for having children down the line actually take their foot of the pedal long before they even get pregnant. This, argues Sandberg, is a major strategic error. Is she right? I fear so. Employer anxieties around maternity leave are often compounded by what I once heard an employer call ‘pre-pre-maternity leave’. She was talking about a certain psychological switch of focus she would often see in an employee as they started thinking about their first or their next pregnancy. This employer was a mother herself and wanted to make every effort to support female staff around pregnancy and maternity. However, she found it deeply frustrating to have to watch one dynamic employee after another go into autopilot mode at work. Women take And she felt guilttripped into saying their foot off nothing for fear of the pedal long being accused of gender before discrimination. All of which said, there are exceptional cases. I once worked with an amazing client who had struggled to conceive for three years. Having put eight years of long hours and dedication into the organisation she worked for, she made a conscious decision to go down a gear or two. Crucially, this was on the advice of her doctor who felt that work-related stress was a factor in her inability to conceive. She completed her tasks but did not volunteer for projects or push herself forward. She was ashamed of this as it was not in her nature, but really she had no real choice in the matter. She needed to take her foot off the ‘Sandberg pedal’. It was the right call. She’s now back at work, a great employee – and a brilliant mother.

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Has that someone been in touch yet? If they haven’t, they might be shortly. Or should you be offering the olive branch? The potential for brittle communications has been high in the early days of this month and can be so for another week.

Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23

Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20

Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

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Libra Sep 24 – Oct 23

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Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19

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You have an unerring talent for looking beneath the surface of situations and fishing out what’s for real. Sometimes you’re criticised by others who don’t see the politics but, over time, you’re often right. Use this to its fullest now.

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ACROSS 1 Cries (4) 3 Lawyer (8) 9 Boil (7) 10 Follow (5) 11 Expropriated (12) 13 Most unusual (6) 15 Alcove (6) 17 Thriftlessness (12) 20 Heron (5) 21 Unheeded (7) 22 Devilish (8) 23 Loan (4)

scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22

Gemini May 22 – Jun 21

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Home hero: Irish rider and Garmin Sharp team member Dan Martin greets the crowd in Belfast as the teams are presented ahead of the Giro d’Italia opening race picture: pA

by iAn pARkER Grey skies over Belfast were doing their best to dim the bright pink of the Giro d’Italia’s Grande Partenza, but a wide-open field promises to light up the roads when the race gets under way this evening. Little of this 21-stage, 3,450km race will be decided in the first three days between Belfast and Dublin, but, with no obvious favourite in the pack, everyone will be looking for some kind of sign as to who has the form. Of the three Irishmen to take the start, two can consider themselves contenders, even if Tinkoff-Saxo rider Nicolas roche – son of 1987 Giro winner Stephen – seems reluctant to put himself in that bracket, insisting his only target is a top-ten finish. ‘I don’t think I can win it,’ he said. His cousin Dan Martin, who will co-lead the Garmin-Sharp squad, has made no secret of his ambitions.

‘In Ireland, the key is not to lose the Giro’ ‘It’s all about this race. I am not thinking beyond June 1. I am here to lead the team. Whether that means stages or GC, we don’t know yet,’ Martin said. ‘It’s been the goal for my season to do this Giro. We’re here to do the best possible result.’ But for Martin to realise those goals, he may need a change of luck. A knee injury hampered him through the Classics, forcing him to pull out of the Amstel Gold race. He shook that off to lead the prestigious LiegeBastogne-Liege into the final corner at the end of April, only to have his title defence ended by a crash for which the cause remains disputed. Still, Martin begins this race as a genuine contender, albeit one ranked slightly below the likes of last year’s Tour runner-up Nairo Quintana (Mov-

Martin holds ambition to make big giro splash istar), BMC’s Cadel evans, and Katusha’s Joaquim rodriguez, who claimed Wednesday’s press conference for the Giro favourites was not big enough. ‘The table is too small for all the favourites here,’ he said. ‘I don’t see it as a fight between just two riders. With this demanding course, I think it’s going to be a wide-open Giro – entertaining, and one at a very high level.’ Those issues will have to wait until next week, when the race will head

back to Italy and the roads will gradually start to ramp upwards. The terrain for these first few days is altogether flatter. The season’s first Grand Tour begins with a team time-trial around Belfast’s city centre. Tomorrow, the riders will head out of town through Antrim and Ballymena towards Giant’s Causeway before heading back to town along the picturesque coast road with an antici-

pated sprint to the finish once they arrive back in Belfast. There is no Mark Cavendish on the starting list, leaving his Tour de France nemesis Marcel Kittel as the man to beat on the flat. Team Sky leaders Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins may be keeping their powder dry for the summer, but Sky boast the third Irishman in the peloton, however, Philip Deignan is a climber who will be waiting

for the challenges ahead in the Alps. He will not be alone, with the wet roads likely to leave a lot of riders nervous as they simply hope to survive the initial tests. ‘The keys to the route?’ Quintana said. ‘In Ireland, there’s already one to worry about, and that’s not to lose the Giro here. ‘Then we can try and open up the gaps in the high mountain stages when the race gets back to Italy.’

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Mercedes miles ahead: Button

Rory falls off pace

FORMuLA OnE Jenson Button

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fears Mercedes will face little opposition to their current dominance before the summer break. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have so far crushed the opposition, claiming all four poles, race victories, as well as leading every lap. All teams will boast significant upgrades for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, but McLaren star Button feels Mercedes advantage over the first four races was so big it will be tough for any rival to catch them before August. ‘Mercedes don’t have any competition. They are so far in front of the field,’ said Button. ‘It’s going to be very tricky for anyone to challenge them over the next six or seven races. We are trying to catch up, but they’re not going to stand still. They’re going to upgrade the car.’

McIlroy: Confident of better score today picture: Ap

frustrated after letting a bright start slip in the first round at the Players Championship. An opening 70 – two under par – could have been better as he dropped three shots on the last seven holes at Sawgrass. ‘It’s a pretty average score but I feel like my game is in good enough shape that I can go out and shoot something in the 60s,’ said McIlroy. Lee Westwood hit a 67 with Graeme McDowell two back after a 69.

Ireland are frustrated at soggy Clontarf cRickET Ireland’s second one-day international at home to Sri Lanka was abandoned due to rain yesterday, meaning the visitors win the series 1-0. Ireland lost the first match on Tuesday by 79 runs. ‘It’s disappointing that we didn’t get any cricket in, but you’re never in control of the weather,’ Ireland skipper William Porterfield said. ‘This is the last time we’re together as a squad for a few months, so obviously we’ve got to look after our own individual games and meet up again in September, October.’

256 College football players to be chosen by NFL teams at the annual draft in New York, which began last night and continues until tomorrow

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O’Driscoll happy to go out with six nations high by gARETH MAkiM

Icon: Cullen will hang up his boots this month after playing a key role in Leinster’s development into a European power

unDER-THE-RADAR HERO CuLLEn CHECks OuT Of REMARkAbLE CAREER ALTHOUGH you’d bet on Leinster playing another two games after tomorrow’s final Pro12 league match with Edinburgh, it feels like yet another Brian O’Driscoll swansong is upon us, only it’s time to focus on another icon: Leo Cullen. Nobody has done as much to forge Leinster Rugby into what they are today, and if ever the quietly spoken Wicklow man should be forced into the limelight against his modest wishes, it should be now. Earlier this week in Manchester, the home crowd at Old Trafford urged their own departing heroes to shoot at every opportunity so that Ryan Giggs or Nemanja Vidic could leave the supporters with one last nugget, one final memory for a fairytale finale. While tries are something of a rarity for O’Driscoll these days, they have been like hen’s teeth during Cullen’s illustrious and industrious career. Just four have come his way for Leinster, none for Leicester and none for Ireland. That’s just four tries in more than 300 career games – there is hardly a more descriptive stat for a man who was never at the centre of attention, but always on hand for his team-mates. If Cullen was never appreciated fully by his

country, he is certainly revered by his province, while he made a striking impression at his adopted Tigers home at Welford Road. While only at Leicester for two years, Cullen skippered the club many times and in his second and final season he finished with Premiership and Anglo-Welsh Cup medals. Were it not for the efforts of a Wasps team in the Heineken Cup final he would have returned home as a treble winner and European champion. The know-how and the winning traditions of Leicester were not lost on Cullen. He absorbed everything and, along with Shane Jennings, helped to instil a winning culture at Leinster under Michael Cheika’s tenure. Since getting his mitts on silverware in England, Cullen has gone on to lift another six trophies since 2007, for a career haul of eight. That is simply remarkable and speaks to his influence and work ethic. Next year, that influence will still be felt on the training pitch as he takes up his new coaching role. For now, though, his worn body will push itself to its limits to secure one last trophy. For a man not used to the fuss, signing off as a Pro12 winner would simply represent business as usual.

ToTal contentment. He’s got that going for him, which is nice. as Brian o’Driscoll prepares to bid a final farewell to his playing career this month, the leinster and Ireland legend has never been more certain he is departing the game at the right time. Victory in Paris to claim the Six Nations title has been the highlight of o’Driscoll’s final season, with the 35-year-old cherishing a second Championship medal as the perfect send-off to a glorious career. ‘That was important,’ o’Driscoll said ahead of tomorrow’s Pro12 game against Edinburgh at the RDS. ‘I’ve said it before, many people do win one of a competition, but considerably less win two.

Time off: O’Driscoll is looking forward to discovering life without rugby

‘It’s hard to argue with the finish in Paris’ ‘I have total contentment on having made [the decision to retire]. I know it’s the right call, all the more to be able to finish the way we did in Paris. That makes it easier to walk away. Doesn’t mean it won’t be hard watching the guys in the World Cup in 18 months’ time, because that’ll be tough. ‘a little part of you will always wonder “could I have gotten there?” but it’s very hard to argue with the finish we managed a couple of months back. I won’t get selfish at this point.’ o’Driscoll says he will take several months away from the game ‘to see what that’s like’, but is hopeful of retaining his connection with leinster. No formal discussions have taken place on what that role might be but, asked if he would like an ambassadorial position, said: ‘Those things are so vague, what is an ambassadorial role? ‘If someone wanted some help from a rugby point of view I’d be only too happy to help out and give my tuppence worth, but I’m clearly not on

TOm COurT may have played his final game for ulster after he was handed a two-week ban following his red card for a dangerous ‘lifting’ tackle against Leinster last week. The London Irish-bound Ireland prop will not any coaching ticket, I just feel that if I have something to offer to make the club, or an individual in the club, better then I’d be happy to do that. ‘I think it’s important that ex-players stay involved. You want to have that connection, that ability to still be part of something that was special. It’s good for the club and it’s good for the individual.’ Club captain leo Cullen is also winding down his playing days, but he will definitely be back in the set-up next season as part of the coaching team tasked with replacing

Court banned for Pro12 semi

be eligible to return until the Pro12 final should ulster reach the may 31 decider.

o’Driscoll’s inspirational presence. ‘That is a bit of a dilemma because you can’t coach what that guy has,’ Cullen said. ‘Some of the stuff he does, he didn’t learn that from any coach I ever came across. It’s just instinctive brilliance and I don’t know if we will see someone like that again. ‘But there are so many young kids playing the game now, we are going to get more talent coming through so hopefully it won’t take as long as that Jackie Kyle to Brian o’Driscoll gap. ‘We might only have to wait ten years before the next one!’

Forrester finding pat’s on another level OMINOUSLy for pretenders to their throne, Chris Forrester believes reigning champions St Patrick’s Athletic are a markedly better side than last season. And the 21-year-old winger, yesterday named April’s Player of the Month, expects Saints to notch things up another gear, starting against early pacesetters Cork City at Richmond Park tonight. Saints have won five and drawn

football one of their last six league games. And with Dundalk not in league action this weekend, Liam Buckley’s side will go top for the first time this season if they win. ‘you have to look at the players that were brought in, even the lads who aren’t getting on to the team sheet,’ Forrester said. ‘I think 100

per cent, it’s ten times a better team than last year. I think we’ve finally clicked and we can go on and win the league now.’ But with Cork, Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers all in the frame, Forrester agrees it will require a big effort to retain their title. ‘I think it’ll be a lot more competitive than it was last year. It was pretty much a two-horse race last year – it’ll be three or four horses this year.’

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top premier League clubs are backing radical plans to allow sides to field B teams in the Football League. Football association chairman Greg Dyke has forwarded the proposals as part of a package of moves designed to improve the england national team’s fortunes but, predictably, have not been as well-received further down the league pyramid. Dyke has set a target of increasing the number of english players in the premier League from 32 per cent to 45 per cent by 2022 in his england commission report, and believes B teams, starting in a new division below League two, are one way to achieve this. ‘there is a lot of interest and enthusiasm from the big clubs,’ he said. ‘Liverpool, the manchester clubs, tottenham – they have no problems with me mentioning them – so quite a lot of clubs recognise the problem.’ Dyke hopes to win support from Football League clubs by suggesting the premier League make a ‘significant financial settlement’ to make sure lower-division clubs do not lose out from the plans. in a statement, the Football League said the report lacks ‘a solution that is acceptable at the current time’.

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been fined by the FA this season. The Chelsea boss was last night fined £10,000 for his sarcastic appraisal of the match officials following last month’s defeat by Sunderland.

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Keeping cool ‘will ensure we Vin title’

Vincent Kompany is confident manchester city can finish the job and win the title, even if faced with another nerve-shredding climax. city head into their season finale at home to West Ham on Sunday knowing a draw will see them claim a second crown in three seasons. the potential for a tense ending still exists, however, even though they enjoy a two-point advantage over Liverpool and a far superior goal difference. But they have handled intense pressure before, famously netting twice in the dying stages against QpR to snatch the title on goal difference from manchester United two years ago. Kompany believes that experience will help guide them through this time around and said: ‘We have been in this situation before. ‘that gives you that little bit of time to take a deep breath and keep an over-

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Big boys on board for B league plan

Points mean prize money

Think there's little to play for on the final day of the Premier League season? Think again. The new TV deal which kicked in this year means, more than ever, that every place is worth fighting for.

€6.7bn

current Premier League broadcast deal.

€1.45m

Bonus on offer, per place, the higher you finish in the table. Crystal Palace probably had their sights no higher than 17th last August. But Tony Pulis' men are set to finish 11th - meaning an extra €8.8m.

€116m

Figure the new champions can expect to rake in from TV money. Plus another €29m in prize money at €1.45m-a-place.

Places West Brom could climb on Sunday, a potential increase of €4.4m in prize money.

Bottoms-up!

If Cardiff lose to Chelsea and finish bottom, owner Vincent Tan could trouser €74million - that's more than Manchester United received for winning the title last year, and €29m more than 20thplaced QPR were paid last season.

Goals makes prizes

€1.7m = the value of each Premier League goal this season, according to Nick Harris at Sporting Intelligence (if you divide the expected €1.92billion from PL central funds by the expected number of goals from the 20 clubs – around 1,019).

Lights, camera, cash

€915,000 every time a club appears live on television, or a €9.15million total fee - whichever figure is higher.

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view of the situation. two years ago it felt very full on. there were a lot of emotions involved – there were too many emotions involved. ‘this year we will hopefully only have to show our emotions at the end of the game. We just need to put ourselves

‘We will hopefully only show emotion at the end’ back in the mindset that we can carry on winning games here. ‘i am sure Liverpool players and fans will still hope as well, so therefore we just need to do our job.’ city were frustrated for over an hour by aston Villa on Wednesday but stuck to their task to win 4-0 and Kompany added: ‘We were very professional.’

Escape artist Lee cannot explain Cats’ amazing trick Sunderland’S great escape from the jaws of relegation has been so astonishing, even the Black Cats players can’t explain how they did it. a remarkable run has seen them transformed from cellar-dwelling certainties for the drop to a team nine points clear of the trio doomed to demotion. lee Cattermole has helped Gus Poyet’s men take seven points from a possible nine from trips to Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester united, plus a home win over rock-bottom Cardiff. and Wednesday’s 2-0 success over West Brom sealed survival. With Wearside celebrating, Cattermole said: ‘I think there will be a day in the summer when we wake up and think, “That was some achievement”. ‘It hasn’t sunk in yet but, as lads, we have got to thank everyone who has had to deal with the whole season. ‘We have stuck together and come through it. We don’t know how but the results have been absolutely incredible. There isn’t another word. ‘We have got to be looking at pushing the other end of the table next year.’ Cattermole has been inspirational during his team’s miraculous run but insists it has been a squad effort, saying: ‘ultimately, it came down to us playing some good football and sticking together.’

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