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If elected, Mary will be an MEP with a strong jobs focus and will also champion a fair recovery for all. As the only candidate with 20 years international business experience and 10 years representing Dubliners on City Council, Mary has the skills and experience to do the job well.

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DUBLIN’S EUROPEAN CANDIDATE

DUBLIN NEEDS AN MEP WHO WILL BE STRONG ON JOBS AS AN MEP, MARY WILL CAMPAIGN

» For a retrospective deal on Ireland’s banking debt to cut our annual interest bill by €1.5BN » For quality, sustainable local employment in Dublin including those in green technology

» For adequate lending to be made available to Irish businesses » To reduce red tape for small businesses and improve access to public procurement » On behalf of the unemployed, irrespective of their age

» For training and apprenticeship programmes, and will » Only vote for a Commission President & European budgets that have jobs and growth as a key priority » Defend Ireland’s tax rate

DUBLIN NEEDS AN MEP WHO WILL FIGHT FOR A FAIRER RECOVERY AS AN MEP, MARY WILL CONTINUE TO CAMPAIGN

» Against unfair taxes such as the antiDublin property tax which takes no account of the ability to pay » Against budgets that target the old and the young alike

» Against a universal health scheme that will cost every family more » To protect the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged » For an adequate water supply for

the capital before water charges are imposed » For policies that ﬁght climate change » For policies that are respectful of limited natural resources

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‘Don’t die, or I’ I’ll be up for murder’

A YOUNG man who left a childhood friend in a 26-day coma after shoving a broken bottle into his face pleaded with him to not die, ‘or I’ll be up for murder’. Horrified witnesses saw Daniel Clarke, 20, straddle Mark Cooke as he smashed a glass bottle off the ground and drove it into his victim’s face. Mr Cooke, who can’t recall the attack, escaped briefly before being chased down again. A witness said he saw Clarke’s fists covered in blood as he ‘danced’ on the victim’s head and spat on him. Other witnesses heard Clarke say: ‘Mark don’t die, or I’ll be up for murder’, as he was being arrested. Clarke, of Dolphin House, Dolphin’s Barn, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting Mr Cooke, 24, causing him serious harm at St James Walk, Rialto, on July 9 last year. He has 18 previous convictions, including two for assault. Mr Cooke was walking home to Crum-

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lin when he remembers getting a ‘dig’ to the head and then woke up in hospital 26 days later. He had a severe head injury, cuts to his eyelids and a 10cm slash wound on his cheek. He is now on a waiting list for inpatient treatment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital as he suffers weakness on his left side, long-term memory impairment and depression. He has no idea why Clarke attacked him in broad daylight. Despite evidence that Clarke ‘didn’t look with it at all’ on the day of the attack and an appeal for leniency from the victim’s father, Judge Mary Ellen Ring sentenced him to eight and a half years’ jail, with the final 18 months suspended. ‘At the end of the day there’s two lives going to be lost here. My young fella and this young fella. Be as lenient as you can, Your Honour,’ Mr Cooke Snr had asked.

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Rare form of the ‘yips’ means runner can only go in one direction – backwards

Don’t mind me... I’m gniggoj YOU may need to step smartly by AIDAn RADnEDgE out of the way if you spot jogger passion for running and I was Laura Cattivera ahead of you. The keen athlete has been told determined nothing was going to there’s only one way she can stop me,’ the former Princeton continue training – and that’s by University runner said. Ms Cattivera tried experimentrunning backwards. She has a rare neurological ing with new ways of running, condition which causes involun- initially moving in a zigzag pattern. But it wasn’t until she met tary muscular contractions Dr Nicholas Szumski that she and prevents her from hit upon her ingenious running in a straight line. technique. Known in athletics as ‘the ‘He suggested I run backyips’, focal dystonia is wards. So I tried it and it usually caused by gave me something that muscle overuse. was really working. It The 46-year-old has been a new advenCalifornian first ture for me,’ said Ms noticed the sympCattivera. toms when she kept Now she plans to bumping into the organise a backwards hurdles during trainrunning race in Manhating for the 1992 Olymtan Beach to raise awarepic trials. ‘But I always had a About face: Laura ness of focal dystonia.

Don’t mind me... Laura Cattivera in action at Hermosa Beach in California Pictures: Barcroft

Cycle path plan hits bump in the road PLANS for speed bumps for bikes on a stretch of Dublin cycle path have hit a … speed bump. After a racing cyclist broke his jaw when collided with a pedestrian on the cycle path in Clontarf, Dublin City Council was asked to investigate ‘speed attenuation measures’ where cyclists come into contact with pedestrians. It had looked to a scheme in operation in Holland whereby ramps are used on cycleways shared with mopeds. However, it found the Dutch model is designed to protect the cyclist as it ‘reduces the speed difference between bicycles and mopeds’, and mopeds are not allowed on Irish cyclepaths. In a report to the North Central Area Committee, Dublin City Council’s Traffic Department said that while speed bumps may initially have an effect, ‘com-

petent cyclists could pass the speed control measure in such a way that it has a minimal effect on their momentum and would be back up to full speed within metres, if they are slowed at all’. It also pointed out that such a safety measure could have a negative effect by discouraging use of the cycle path and creating more hazards on the roads. However, the traffic department said there needs to be an emphasis that cyclists are moving into areas dominated by pedestrians and said this could be done by ‘introducing different coloured materials and tactile paving’, such as rumble strips. It concluded: ‘Providing a segregated link facility which has vertical separation and clearly defined shared areas at crossing points and junctions is likely to provide a safer facility for both cyclists

and pedestrians as this reduces the possibility of either road user straying off from their designated space.’ However, it did not totally dismiss the Dutch idea, saying; ‘A combination of the two measures may provide enhanced traffic calming measures for cyclists without compromising the safety of the facility.’ North Central councillor Kevin Humphreys said that speed bumps wouldn’t be his first choice to slow cyclists down, arguing that the cyclepath is aimed at the leisure cyclist and is ‘not suitable for high-speed cyclists’. However, he did not dismiss the speed bumps idea, saying the council ‘still might have to think of them’.

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Be-spoke idea: Similar speed bumps in Holland

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Nurse carjacked when she stopped to aid ‘injured’ man €500,000 A NURSE’S car was stolen when she stopped to give first aid to an injured man on a road-side, a court has heard. Judge Michael Walsh was told the nurse was driving in Terenure on Monday afternoon when she observed an injured person on the side of the road and pulled over to assist. When her mother got out, the man got in and drove off. Yesterday 41-year-old Raymond Cowzer, of Rutland Grove, Crumlin, was refused bail after

the judge heard gardaí saw Cowzer getting into the car at Clogher Road, revving the engine, then driving the vehicle at an officer, before crashing into a patrol car and driving off ‘in a dangerous and reckless manner’. Meanwhile a 41-year-old man, who allegedly threatened to stun a mother-of-two with a Taser gun and take her children during a car-jacking in Dublin last Friday, has been denied bail. Francis Gavigan, of Cahir Park Cottages in

Empty homes renovation plan to ease homelessness by ED cARTy SOME 1,750 boarded-up homes are to be renovated by the end of the year to try to ease the homeless crisis, the Government has said. Empty houses and flats will be redeveloped using a €35million fund to supply new builds and lease or buy property linked to loans held by the National Asset Management Agency (Nama), with the target to supply a total of 2,700 homes for homeless people by the end of 2016. The Government was forced into action after stories emerged of single mothers on housing waiting lists sleeping in cars with their children. It is estimated 2,660 people are classed as homeless in Ireland with the vast majority living in temporary accommodation. Other figures show 127 people sleeping rough in Dublin and 142 families in emergency hotel accommodation in the capital. Jan O’Sullivan, junior minister responsible for housing, said she was committed to ending long-term homelessness by the end of 2016. Under the Government’s plan a new housing agency will co-ordinate the efforts of charities and public bodies to reopen and fill vacant and boardedup homes and buy or lease houses and apartments from developers whose

loans are controlled by Nama. The agency said it supplied 596 homes last year and it expects another 500 apartments or homes could be made available this Move: O’Sullivan year and another 900 by 2016. As part of the plan, €45m will be invested to increase the number of homes for the elderly and disabled, with €25m of this for the homeless sector. A social rental agency for Dublin will also be set up. Focus Ireland said one family is becoming homeless every day and the charity’s Mike Allen warned against attempts at a quick-fix solution. Bob Jordan, head of Threshold, said the housing agency is disappointed that a reform of the Rent Supplement scheme or an introduction of rent control is not included in the plan. However Ms O’Sullivan said the plan is ‘ambitious but realistic’. Stephen Faughnan, of landlords’ group Irish Property Owners’ Association (IPOA), blamed Government policies, such as a ban on bedsits with shared bathrooms and property taxes on the increase in new homeless.

Cahir, Co Tipperary, is charged with getting into the woman’s BMW car at traffic lights at about 3.40pm, forcing her to drive to an ATM in Rathgar and withdraw €600 before driving him to the Portobello area of the city. Amid the recent spate, official figures suggest a decrease in carjackings in recent years. Garda crime figures from 2010 show 123 such offences, falling to 100 in 2011 and 98 in 2012. Figures for 2013 are not yet available.

Activist Hackett would be ‘proud’ ‘EMBARRASSED but proud’ is how Rosie Hackett’s nephew believes his aunt would feel about the new Liffey bridge named in her honour. Rosie Hackett Bridge, which crosses the River Liffey from Marlborough Street on the northside to Hawkins Street on the south, is open from today. The public transport bridge serves cyclists, pedestrians, buses, taxis and emergency vehicles. The Luas Cross City will use it when it opens in 2017. At yesterday’s launch, John

Gray, nephew to the trade unionist, said: ‘I think Rosie would have been embarrassed by it. But also, the hidden part of her would have been proud.’ Named after the 1913 Lockout activist, it is the only bridge over the Liffey named after a woman. Lord Mayor Oisín Quinn said: ‘More than 18,000 people got involved in the naming process.’ Mr Quinn paid tribute to a campaign by three women, Jeni Gartland, Lisa Conlon and Angelina Cox to name the bridge after Rosie Hackett.

SOME €2.5million has been announced for Dublin as part of a €7m nationwide public transport stimulus plan. The Department of Transport said €500,000 of the allocation will be spent on additional handstraps for the Dart and €500,000 is earmarked for a facelift for Busáras, with €1m to be spent on Dublin Bus fleet refurbishment. Cycling schemes are set to get €500,000, with some of the money going towards linking footpaths and cycle bridges at King’s Hospital at the N4/M50 junction to the junction of the Chapelizod Bypass with Lucan Road. Upgrades are also planned for Finglas village.

€11k award in pregnancy sacking case A MOTHER who was sacked a week after returning from maternity leave has been awarded €11,429 compensation. Judge Alison Lindsay said Jacqueline Gannon, a former secretary with MD Property Management Ltd, would still be working for the company had she not become pregnant. Ms Gannon, of Grange Abbey Grove, Donaghmede, said she had been ‘worried and stressed out’ after meetings with her employer about her pregnancy in March 2011. Opposing the claim, the company’s director Mark Dunleavy claimed the company did not have enough hours and Ms Gannon had wanted to leave.

Spanning time: Agnes Malone, cousin of Rosie Hackett, waves from a 1920s-era tram on the Rosie Hackett Bridge yesterday Picture: PA

Guilty verdict in den fire cold case after witness U-turn A MAN has been found guilty of setting a children’s makeshift den on fire causing the death of a boy more than 13 years ago. Stephen Hughes was 12 years old in 2001 when he died in the fire in the den where he had been sleeping overnight. Dermot Griffin, 54, of Ballyfermot Road, had denied manslaughter at Rossfield Avenue, Tallaght on September 1, 2001. Judge Patricia Ryan remanded Griffin in custody until June 3 for sentencing, after a jury of six men and six women returned a majority verdict following a 13-day trial.

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Supporters of the victim’s family shouted ‘yes’ when the verdict was read out in court. The main evidence against Griffin came from three witnesses who placed him at the scene. They admitted they were abusing heroin at the time and had given statements to gardaí at the time of the fatal fire which conflicted with their later statements and their evidence to the jury. Prosecutor Mary Rose Gearty said that a ‘very dramatic change’ came in the case in 2012 when one witness, Tracey Deegan, told gardaí she had lied in 2001 to cover for Griffin. Ms Deegan, 38, said her former partner

wanted to burn the hut because ‘he didn’t want joyriders in the area, he didn’t want guards in the area’. Daryl Hall, aged 14 at the time, described how he was woken by screams and hands pushing on his back. He got out and onto a wall. When he was unable to get his friend out he screamed for help. A number of people came over, including Griffin, who asked: ‘Was there someone in there?’ and put his hands on his head. The trial also heard neighbour Linda Prentice said she saw Griffin throw a lit white object into the hut and then it went on fire.

Shatter can get €70,000 quit payout FORMER Justice Minister Alan Shatter is entitled to severance pay in the region of €70,000, the Department of Public Expenditure has confirmed. Legislation to eliminate such payments had not been signed into law when Mr Shatter resigned earlier this month. The sum of €70,287 is equivalent to one year’s ministerial allowance. In a statement the Department said it is ‘a matter for Deputy Shatter whether or not to avail of these severance payments’.

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Facebook launches status request feature for friends

FACEBOOK has launched a new feature that enables users to personally request unpublished information like relationship status. The new feature, called Ask, makes it possible for Facebook users to request certain information about friends that is not currently public on the site, including details like home town and job, but also relationship status – adding an increased dating aspect to the social network.

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The feature cannot be turned off, and applies to every aspect of a friend’s profile not already public. A new Ask button appears next to any sections that haven’t been filled in. Clicking the button sends a request. Facebook says a level of privacy remains, however, as users have the choice as to who they share the requested information with.

A Facebook spokesman said: ‘This feature provides an easy way for friends to ask for information not on your profile. if you choose to answer, this information is added to your profile. By default, only you and your friend can see it, and you also have the option of sharing it with others.’ Facebook also points out that you can ignore these requests, and also highlighted that only friends can request this information.

The California-based social network appears to be on a reshuffle push at the moment, with reports suggesting the site is preparing a photo app to take on Snapchat; the popular self-destructing photo-sharing app where users send images that appear for a set time limit before disappearing. The company has already purchased instant messaging service WhatsApp and virtual reality headset manufacturer Oculus this year.

Sniffing out Alzheimer’s link to smell A STUDY is underway to determine if loss of the sense of smell is an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease. University of London’s (UCL) Dr Jason Warren, who is leading the research, said: ‘There is some potential for smell to play a part in diagnosing and understanding the diseases that cause dementia.’ Using pupilometry – measuring physiological brain responses to stimuli by monitoring pupil dilation – early results reveal smells such as a favourite perfume have a strong effect on memory centres in the brain. Dr Warren said: ‘The loss of smell during diseases like Alzheimer’s amounts to a loss in the associated memories, experiences and emotions which those odours unlock.’ The study at UCL’s Dementia Research Centre is supported by Alzheimer’s Research UK and The Perfume Shop.

HSE advice on Lyme disease OUTDOOR enthusiasts are being encouraged to protect themselves against Lyme disease this summer by watching out for tick bites. The Rambler: Advice Health Service Executive warning is aimed at ‘ramblers, campers, mountain bikers and others who work and walk in forested or grassy areas’. The HSE said Lyme disease can ‘in a minority of cases, cause severe debilitating heart and nervous system disease’. Dr Paul McKeown recommends wearing long trousers, a long-sleeved shirt and shoes, using insect repellant and checking skin and hair for ticks after a day out.

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Michaela Higgins, Tuathla Heffernan and Megan Leadbetter from St Louise Community School, Co Mayo, get stuck into celebrating being named the overall winners of the Eco-Unesco Environmental Awards for their project Yes We Can, focusing on reducing the number of aluminium cans going into landfills Picture: tommy clancy

Study finds high cholesterol reduces chances of conception HigH cholesterol levels may reduce a couple’s chances of having children, a study has found. The US research suggests a link between raised cholesterol and infertility as well as heart disease. When both partners in a couple had high amounts of cholesterol in their blood it took the longest time to get pregnant. it also proved harder for couples to become parents when the woman had high cholesterol but the man did not. Why cholesterol should affect fertility remains unclear, but the fatty substance is closely involved in the manufacture of sex hormones such as testosterone and oestrogen. Lead scientist Dr Enrique Schisterman, from the National institute of Child Health and Human Develop-

Fry-up: Not good for conception ment, said: ‘in addition to safeguarding their health, our results suggest that couples wishing to achieve pregnancy could improve their chances by first ensuring that their cholesterol levels are in an accept-

able range.’ The study involved 501 couples providing blood samples which were tested for total cholesterol and did not differentiate between ‘good’ high density lipoprotein (HDL) and ‘bad’ low density lipoprotein (LDL). Couples’ chances of conceiving over up to one year were estimated using a statistical measure called the fecundability odds ratio. Compared with partners who both had cholesterol in the normal range, couples in which the woman’s cholesterol was raised, but the man’s was not, took longer to get pregnant. Those in which both partners had high cholesterol levels took the longest of all. The findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

UN warning on increase in legal highs SO-CALLED ‘designer drugs’ are surging out of control, leaving doctors powerless to treat users who cannot identify what they have taken, the United Nations has warned. A total of 348 varieties of legal highs have been identified in more than 90 countries since 2008 – including 97 in the past year – a report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime showed. Policy director Jean-Luc Lemahieu said: ‘New substances are quickly created and marketed, challenging law enforcement efforts to keep up with the traffickers and curb health risks.’ Varieties of cannabis-style synthetic cannabinoids have doubled from 60 in 2012 to 110 last year. Plant-based substance khat – traditionally confined to parts of Africa and the Middle East – is now spreading into European countries. None of the 348 drugs are under international control. Synthetic drugs researcher Natascha Eichinger said: ‘The danger here is people are consuming new psychoactive substances without knowing they’re doing so.’ Deaths linked to ‘legal highs’ have risen by six times across Europe in just three years.

Transport app service curtailed due to fault REAL time app services and transport websites were down yesterday causing some disruption for commuters trying to access schedule information and bookings. The fault, which occurred between 3.30pm and 8.30pm, has since been rectified. A spokesperson from irish Rail said the problem had been caused by a ‘network system fault’ at CiÉ level. Ticket machines and collection facilities at the rail service were also affected while Dublin Bus’s website and RTPi system, the real time information signage system, experienced difficulty. Bus and rail services continued to operate as normal throughout the electrical glitch.

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Emotional Channing wrestles with tears H by ANN LEE in Cannes

e may be one of Hollywood’s top beefcakes but an emotional Channing Tatum was reduced to tears during his appearance at Cannes. The 34-year-old was wiping away tears after an ecstatic response at the film festival to the world premiere of his movie Foxcatcher, in which he plays wrestler Mark Schultz. ‘The audience were going crazy and gave the cast a five-minute standing ovation,’ a source said. ‘Channing looked really touched and started welling up but he seemed like he was enjoying his big moment. ‘everyone was talking afterwards about how this could be his chance to win some awards.’ In the film, based on a true story, Tatum plays Olympic wrestling champion Mark Schultz whose brother was murdered by paranoid schizophrenic

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Miranda Kerr has shot down rumours that soon-to-be exhusband Orlando Bloom has moved on. The 31-year-old insisted a rumoured romance between the actor and British model Laura Paine was non-existent. Snaps of Bloom and the 23-year-old holding hands have emerged – but Kerr said they were ‘friends’. She added: ‘People try to put me together with people I’ve been friends with for years.’

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It seems Ryan Reynolds was too embarrassed to go to the after-party for his own film – following a ‘smattering of boos’ by critics. The 37-year-old, starring in kidnap thriller The Captive, went for a late-night dinner with wife Blake Lively instead. ‘It was like Blake was trying to cheer him up... she rubbed his arm and was consoling him,’ an insider at Cannes told Us Weekly.

Directed by Moneyball’s Bennett Miller, it has been attracting plenty of Oscar buzz. Tatum, a former real-life stripper, revealed that he and co-star Mark Ruffalo, who stars as his brother Dave, practised by wrestling for six months before filming. ‘Me and Mark both have cauliflower ears as presents, and bad knees. It was definitely something that gets into your body and doesn’t leave, but in a good way,’ Tatum said. Ruffalo added: ‘Our lives became wrestling, eating and sleeping.’ Magic Mike star Tatum got to meet Mark Schultz on the set of the film. ‘It was such a polarising thing. At times, I was so thankful and grateful he was there, at others I was terrified,’ he said. The stars later headed to Baoli Beach for an exclusive after-party with Jessica Chastain and Lady Victoria Hervey among the guests.

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Paris Hilton’s Cannes sojourn may be spoiled as she is being sued for €1.5million by the footwear company making her own-brand shoes. The hotel heiress, 33, is being pursued by Antebi Footwear Group which claims she breached a contract by striking a deal with rivals Retouch and tweeting her appreciation. Hilton claims Antebi failed to honour its licensing agreement and owes her €600,000.

Macklemore rapped over ★ ‘anti-Jewish fancy dress’ MACKLeMORe has been forced to apologise after he was accused of performing an ‘anti-Semitic’ gig in fancy dress. The Same Love rapper took to the stage in Seattle in a black suit, dark wig, fake beard and a large prosthetic nose, which he has described as a ‘random costume’. But the 30-year-old has been criticised by celebrities because his attire evoked Jewish stereotypes. Knocked Up star Seth Rogen, who has a Jewish background, later tweeted: ‘@macklemore, Really?? Because if I told someone to put together an anti-Semitic Jew costume, they’d have that exact shopping list.’ He added: ‘First you trick people into thinking you’re a rapper, now you trick them into thinking you’re Jewish.’ The American rapper, born Ben Haggerty, put a longer apology on his

website on Monday after attempts to defend his dress sense backfired. He insisted the costume was created so he could ‘go incognito’ to the event and walk around unnoticed. ‘The character I dressed up as had no intended cultural identity or background. I wasn’t attempting to mimic any culture, nor resemble one. A “Jewish stereotype” never crossed my mind,’ the beginning of his statement read. It went on: ‘I am here to say that it was absolutely not my intention and unfortunately, at the time, I did not foresee the costume to be viewed in such regard. ‘Family, friends and fans alike who know me well know I’m absolutely not the person described in headlines today. ‘There is no worse feeling than being misunderstood, especially when people are hurt or offended.’

Adrien Brody is keeping his fingers crossed for a part in new superhero mash-up Justice League. The 41-year-old actor told Guilty Pleasures at Cannes: ‘I would do it if I feel I can contribute something valuable and that the role would be interesting to me because they’re long journeys. To me, the villains are way fun.’ Brody (pictured) has just been cast in the title role in upcoming historical epic Emperor.

Private celebration: Kim Kardashian takes her baby, North, on a Parisian shopping trip ahead of her wedding to Kanye West at the weekend Picture: Pacific coast News

Khloé and Kourtney sue clown for confetti GUESTS at Kim Kardashian’s wedding may want to leave the confetti at home – or away from her sisters. Siblings Khloé and Kourtney (pictured) are said to have filed a battery report against a clown who covered them in the pieces of paper. They failed to see the funny side when Ritchie The Barber dumped confetti on their heads last month. The pair filed a police report but no action was taken as the complaint was considered

frivolous, the TMZ website reported. Now the pair have told police they want to ‘pursue criminal charges’. Ritchie is said to have told police he meant no harm and threw the confetti to ‘congratulate them on their success’. Meanwhile, guests at Kim’s Paris wedding to Kanye West this weekend will get their own personal security guard and mobile phone. The precautions are to guarantee more privacy at the celebrations, which will not be filmed for TV.

Army imposes martial law on crisis-hit Thais

MARTIAL law has been declared by Thailand’s army as it tries to settle the country’s crippling political crisis. Troops were deployed in the heart of Bangkok in a surprise pre-dawn operation aimed at stabilising the country after six months of unrest. Although soldiers entered several TV stations to broadcast the army message, life in the vibrant city of 10million people carried on largely as normal. Schools, businesses and tourist sites opened and traffic flowed freely. Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-Ocha said the imposition of martial law would last until ‘the country is safe and there is stability’. He added: ‘Don’t worry.

Everything will still go on normally. We will try not to violate human rights too much.’ The ‘half coup’ came a day after the caretaker prime minister refused to step down in the face of long-running anti-government protests. Instead Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan called an emergency cabinet meeting. He was not consulted on the military action yet he said he hoped it would ‘bring peace back to the people of every group and every side’. The army has staged 11 coups since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932.

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Pistorius to face 30 Dozens die in days days of mental tests of heavy flooding

SOUTH AFRicA: Oscar Pistorius will begin psychiatric tests next week, with his trial put on hold until June 30, high court judge Thokozile Masipa ruled yesterday. The Bladerunner will attend Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital on Monday and then every weekday for 30 days. He will be assessed by a panel of four experts.

BALKANS: Days of flooding have left at least 40 people dead and 500,000 without a roof over their heads. As waters in the Danube continued to rise, thousands of drowned livestock emerged in areas where the floods were receding. Bosnia held a day of mourning yesterday while Serbia will remember its dead today.

cANADA: Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, pose with a mostly female ensemble of Mounties in Pictou, Nova Scotia, yesterday as part of their four-day trip picture: reuters

RUSSiA: Five people died and 15 are fighting for their lives after a cargo train derailed, hitting a passenger service. A further 30 people were injured after several freight carriages overturned and slammed into the Moldova-bound train in Naro-Fominsk, near Moscow, yesterday afternoon. An investigation is under way.

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Five killed and 45 hurt in train crash

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Gay couples tie knot after ban overruled

AMERicA: Scores of gay and lesbian couples have rushed to say ‘I do’ after a district judge ruled Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Deanna Geiger and Janine Nelson became the first to take advantage of Judge Michael McShane’s ruling. Theirs was one of 70 licences granted in Multnomah County alone.

and finally... AMERicA: It serves as a reminder to always read the label. A gardener put weedkiller instead of fertiliser on 22ha (54 acres) of lawns at the University of Findlay in Ohio. ‘It’s very brown,’ a campus spokesman said.

Protest: An activist poses with a sign during a small demonstration against the imposition of martial law picture: reuters

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If I ruled our Fair City…

ELECTION 2014: In the run-up to Friday’s local and European elections, Christina Finn talks to Dublin candidates about key issues affecting urbanites. Today, she asks them about their vision for their city

‘W

e need a Dublin that people can live in, get a job in, enjoy life in as well as having amenities for young people and a safe place for people to grow old in,’ says Fianna Fáil euro candidate Mary Fitzpatrick, when asked about her vision for Dublin. After ten years on the city council, Fitzpatrick says housing is one of the biggest issues. ‘There is no plan in place. It is a crucial issue if Dublin is to become a sustainable city and for the economy of the city.’ She says the eU can help plan and partially fund housing projects to make it a ‘fit-for-purpose city’. The city must also be kept in the minds of foreign multi-national employers, she says, adding, however, that ‘small firms also provide many sustainable jobs and it is important that they get support’. ‘I think if we ensure that the people of Dublin can get a roof over their heads as well as have a job to get up for in the morning, then that would have a dramatic impact, economically, which will only benefit the capital as well as the entire country,’ says Fitzpatrick. Martina Genockey, Tallaght south Labour candidate for South Dublin County Council, says the housing crisis is having a devastating impact on the city. Like Fitzpatrick, the next item she feels will make Dublin a better place is to put investment into local jobs. ‘People are still struggling. People from my constituency want to live in the place they grew up, they don’t want to travel in search of work, so I think that people will be happier if local jobs can create employment,’ she says. Genockey, a voluntary member of Shamrock Rovers, said her vision for Dublin would include a lot more facilities for young people, such as sports grounds and play areas. ‘And it’s not all about money and grants, though they are important, but we need to see people making the difference, getting back to community, perhaps having mentoring schemes where people invest their time with clubs – it will benefit everyone in the city – the kids who can

Bridge to the future: Candidates have outlined their vision for their city

“Let’s get the kids to put the X-Box down get off the streets and on to the pitch, it could make a huge difference,’ she says. Ronan McMahon, Independent candidate for Templeogue and Terenure, also values community. ‘It’s about the small things like having more parks and green areas, places for Dubliners to enjoy the city. Having more paths and cycle

facilities, adding more benches around the canal areas so people can just sit and take it in,’ he says. ‘There used to be mills up along the Dodder river; I would love to see a working mill rebuilt there as a historical working museum. ‘There are little nuggets like that all over Dublin that would be great for tourism and great for Dublin people.’ He adds that he would like to see more involvement in sports clubs. ‘Let’s get the kids to put the XBox down and get outside, but we need proper green areas that are maintained to ensure that today’s kids are healthy for the future.’ Jonathan Dowdall, Sinn Féin candidate for Dublin’s north inner city, says the capital should be a place of equality, where young people are not floundering on social welfare.

‘There are so many who have been so badly affected, particularly tradespeople. Young people are stuck in their second year of training and I think new ideas are needed,’ he says. Trainee tradespeople could renovate derelict and boarded-up houses to solve two problems. Dowdall also says ‘crime is out of control. ‘When I grew up in the inner city, you would never have heard about shootings and killings but now it is almost an everyday occurrence.’ He adds: ‘It’s not good for the communities and also for the reputation of Dublin. O’Connell Street is just a stone’s throw from some of the country’s most deprived areas – tourists just need to take one wrong turn and they can find themselves in a risky situation.’ ‘I want to see a Dublin that is safe,

a place that values its young, old and sick,’ he concludes. Ciaran Cuffe, Green Party candidate for the North Inner City, says he wants to see Dublin become a greener place with more bike facilities, more green areas and more facilities for all. ‘As someone with a planning background, I think it is vital to create a Dublin that is sustainable,’ he says. ‘People can feel powerless where the developers call the shots, and that is not right when it comes to planning for the capital city.’ Cuffe is also a supporter of the Save Moore Street campaign. ‘Responsible planning will make Dublin City a great city, but lessons need to be learned from past mistakes,’ he says.

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nded up flicking between the election ‘specials’ on Monday night – when was the last time you encountered such concentrated bull****? All I detected was: 1. Certain Fine Gaelers appear to get aroused when using the words ‘improvement’, ‘statistical’ or ‘our achievements’. 2. Certain Fianna Fáilers appear to have medical issues (as in chronically short memories). 3. Brian ‘Oleaginous’ Hayes looks like an owl (‘strigine’), Ironically, a group of owls is called a parliament – now there’s irony! 4. Maybe the answers are with the Independents – after all, should any

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of the major parties succeed, the best we can hope for is the same old sh**e, different loo roll. Dave, Clondalkin ■ I’d love to know what network the loud man on the phone standing behind me is using on the dart from Bray. It’s not cut out once all the way into town this morning. BTW Mr Motormouth, I don’t want to know about your recent weird ‘rash’ first thing – nearly barfed up my breakfast. Peaceful Pam ■ R-Patz could do worse than Julianne Moore (Guilty Pleasures, Tues). Sure, she’s old enough to be his mother, but I’d take her smiling face over his ex Kristen Stewart’s sulky pout anyday. Gossip girl

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AILEEn DOnEgAn spent Monday morning with Independent candidate David Hall to get a taste of life on the campaign trail

O One gauges the mood of the populace better than a taxi driver mid-shift and looking for conversation. We’re en route to Clonsilla train station where I’m about to go on the canvass with david Hall, Independent candidate in the dublin-West by-election. ‘I think people think politicians are all the same. They [passengers] tell me they won’t vote for anyone,’ says the driver, halfway through the fare. He’s voting for someone he knows locally, someone he’s ‘seen work before’, though he’s keen to highlight he won’t be voting for any of the major political parties. Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil have had their day in the sun. ‘For the first time in my life I’m voting Sinn Féin,’ he says, resolutely. ‘At local level, I mean,’ he corrects himself. When Gerry Adams leaves the republican party it will become a viable option for many people in Ireland, he thinks. It’s a murky Monday morning in front of the railway station entrance. It’s damp from the night’s rain and there’s promise of more to come.

Commuters are making their way to unfold: those going for the train walk work or college – so it’s likely to be by us cautiously – in a bid to get to the most inopportune moment to nab the platform – with apologetic eyes; them for a quick stop ’n’ chat with they can’t stop (neither, it seems, do they want to) as they jostle past, setheir favourite public rep. Hall, suited up and accompanied by cretly delighted to have made it by. All the while Hall and co try to inhis team of two leaflet hander-outers, arrives at the station by 8am, just in vite uninterested and busy people time for the ramped-up morning train over for a quick talk. These are the commuters who will schedule that will surely see his canavoid the election leaflets and vassing material go to good dart past us – or in the case use. Between train deparof shy ones, forcefully tures, they busy themglance down at their selves waiting, phone. Some give a watching, hoping It’s tough getting sheepish look away for the possibility to avoid making to get their points into the minds of eye contact. They’ll across to voters. commuters as they all happily take a It’s very tough work getting the atrun up to the station copy of yours truly from the Metro Hertention of earlywe’ve called HQ ald merchandisers morning commuters – nearby though. especially when they’re But there are no worries. running up to the station The big political push will come we’ve now called HQ. Very few stop and have a quick ex- later when Hall, flanked by wellchange with the hopeful Td – he’s known supporters, will head for the well-known locally after growing up shopping centres and neighbourhood hall doors. in Castleknock. On Sunday he canvassed with heavStill, this morning at early rush-hour it’s educational to see the relationship yweight Tds Lucinda Creighton and between politician and constituent Stephen donnelly; last night it was

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telly pundit eamon dunphy. The mortgage relief campaigner is running in the dublin West by-election for the seat appropriately vacated by Patrick nulty after his scandalous texts to a 17-year-old were revealed by a Sunday paper. Ruth Coppinger (Socialist Party) and david McGuinness (FF) are hedging their bets alongside veteran eamonn Coghlan (FG), daniel Boyne (Fís nua), Sean Lyons (Ind), Paul donnelly (SF), John Kidd (Ind), Lorraine Mulligan (LAB) and Roderic O’Gorman (Green Party). With more than 65,000 votes up for grabs, the electoral area of Swords, Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Ongar, Tyrrelstown, a slice of Clonee and a smidge of north Lucan will have plenty of choice between the ten candidates. ‘I think it’s a three-horse race,’ says Hall, ‘between myself, Coppinger and McGuinness. I think it will be a very close race on Friday’.

No.1 fan: Hall (right) has this young commuter’s vote. Others, however, are less receptive of his message And the Independents, in all their complaining glory, are well received. Maybe Hall is right when he says: ‘This coming Friday will be Independents’ day. ‘On Saturday, when the votes are counted, it will be a day of reckoning for the established, old politics and all political parties.’

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Factual the Quite remarkable david coleman BBC1, 10.35pm

He’s a legend thanks to his gift for the gaffe – ‘if that had gone in, it would have been a goal’ – but David Coleman, who died last December aged 87, was far more than Colemanballs. A supremely accomplished commentator, he was the voice of British sport for decades. Leading sporting lights celebrate the man on the day of his memorial service, followed by a verbal kickabout on a classic 1980s Question Of Sport.

the great irish bake off TV3, 9PM

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It’s that time of year again when 12 home bakers put their skills to the ultimate test as they battle it out to claim the Amateur Baker crown. Presenter Anna Nolan is back with judges, food writer Biddy White Lennon and Merrion Hotel pastry chef Paul Kelly. In tonight’s opener the baker’s dozen are tasked with a ‘getting to know you’ cake with three layers which shows their personality to the judges. Next the contestants are faced with a technical challenge, where they are given the ingredients, but no instruction. How will they fare?

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Abby (Rosemarie DeWitt, right) is the touchy-feely one, a freespirited and successful masseuse until she develops a sudden aversion to skin-to-skin contact. Meanwhile, her uptight brother (Josh Pais) has a declining dental practice until he discovers healing powers. A self-consciously quirky Sundance Festival pleaser also co-starring those US indie darlings Scoot McNairy and Ellen Page.

the railway man

Colin Firth plays a repressed Englishman (no? Really?) and, more weirdly, Nicole Kidman plays his dowdy wife, in this ‘based on true events’ reconciliation drama. Eric Lomax (Firth) is a World War II veteran and trainspotter traumatised by the brutal torture he received as a Japanese POW and now on a mission to seek closure. An extraordinary and powerful story, acted with intensity.

Soaps hollyoaks E4, 7pm

Where would soaps be without mobile phones to help keep the plot bouncing along? We all know no good comes from checking someone else’s phone and the latest to learn this life lesson is Phoebe, who only succeeds in hitting the jealousy button when she starts rifling through Robbie’s messages.

coronation street TV3, 7.30pm

Corrie is leaping on the ‘who killed?’ bandwagon by inviting viewers to guess who bumps off soon-to-depart Tina McIntyre (above). Unlike Lucy Beale in EastEnders there are only four suspects to choose from rather than 24 (ish) and our money’s on Carla – she does a nice curled lip. But Tina’s not dead yet, she’s still trying to convince Peter to run away. His response? He looks shifty and wonders who hid the whiskey.

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Channel 5, 10pm

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The local animal shelter pay a visit to the Broadhill residents in tonight’s penultimate episode of the comedy drama about people living on the margins. Derek gets to play with Ivor the dog but the retirement-home worker also has to deal with upsetting news. Meanwhile, Hannah’s not impressed when Kev explores his artistic side. Ricky Gervais writes, directs and stars, with David Earl and Kerry Godliman.

fearne and... mcbusted ITV2, 9pm

Not so much an on-the-road documentary, more an extended tour promo, here we have the McFly/Busted lads – together, they’re one big burger – talking love, life and tattoos with Fearne Cotton, a self-confessed fan. So don’t expect any deep and probing questions, just go with the poptastic flow.

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BBC2, 10pm

While Beverly and Sean struggle to put their adulterous flings behind them and wipe the slate clean – comparing and contrasting lovers is never a good idea – Carol meets her mildly bonkers new boss, who wants her to get in touch with her dangerous side. The trouble is, she never knew she had one.

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Iain Glen (above) has the rumpled private investigator deal nailed as we get another chance to see Jack Taylor, former badgewearing Garda detective now forced out on his own in Galway as a result of making too many enemies in the force and getting too chummy with the bottle. These Taylor tales proceed at a woozy, leisurely pace, this first one involving the apparent suicide of a student and a fair amount of quoting from the work of JM Synge, author of Playboy Of The Western World.

coast australia BBC2, 9.10pm

Sydney is at the heart of tonight’s educational cruise Down Under, with Neil Oliver and his crew of experts giving us the inside track on the building of the Harbour Bridge, the geology of the city’s harbour, the local tropical fish population and how to make mortar out of oyster shells. You never know, that could come in handy.

RTÉ1, 9.40pm

Set in 1970s America, this Ridley Scott-directed crime drama centres on real-life Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) who smuggles heroin by hiding it in the bodies of dead US soldiers returning from Vietnam. On the trail of Lucas is Russell Crowe’s honest detective Richie Roberts, but he is constantly thwarted by Josh Brolin’s crooked cop, Trupo.

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american beauty BBC4, 9pm

Culturally iconic, multiOscar-winning satire on the American dream. Kevin Spacey (above) is fortysomething Lester, a husband in the grip of a midlife crisis, who forms an obsessive crush on the blonde cheerleader school pal (Mena Suvari) of his unimpressed teenage daughter (Thora Birch). ‘Both my wife and daughter think I’m this chronic loser,’ narrates Lester. They have a point. A brilliantly cast tragi-comedy that marked the directorial debut of Sam Mendes (Skyfall).

Channel 4, 10.30pm

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TV3, 10pm

In a two-hour long special Vincent Browne hosts a debate between European election candidates standing in the South constituency. Ballyhea campaigner Diarmuid O’Flynn is among the Independent candidates taking part alongside candidates from the mainstream parties and Jan Van De Ven from new political group Direct Democracy Ireland.

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BBC1, 9pm

If you’ve ever rummaged through a car boot sale hoping to turn up a bargain then you’ll be able to empathise with the get-richquick dreams of the eternally optimistic wheeler dealers featured here. Pick of the bunch has to be supermarket worker Ieuan who reckons he’s got his hands on a genuine Rolex. Meanwhile, Al and Sharon from Essex reckon a second-hand Porsche could turn out to be a nice little earner.

Film

Film4, 9pm

The first rule about Flirt Club is that you don’t talk about Flirt Club. Which means we can’t say anything about tonight’s temp-based spin on the iconic movie. What we can say is it’s one highlight in a show that also features a really creepy porn star, reality show Rachel (above) falling for the world’s most handsome homeless man and a time-travelling kids adventure that offers an interesting take on how to deal with sex offenders, be they 1970s DJs or Catholic priests.

Early stirrings that recent Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey might be more than a pretty pair of pecs happened with this solid courtroom thriller. He deploys his easy-going charm as a slippery shyster of a lawyer, operating out of his car, who finds himself in deep with a murdered prostitute case.

point break 5*, 9pm

Classic bromance, before the term was even invented. Keanu Reeves stars as an undercover FBI agent who infiltrates a gang of Californian surfers suspected of robbing banks, only to get seduced by Patrick Swayze’s spiritual wifflings and the visceral adrenaline rush of chasing big waves.

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Weisz words I’m really just a storyteller, Rachel Weisz tells Etan Smallman, as she helps bring both the tale of the world’s first female rabbi and a futuristic coupling film to life

ACHEL Weisz still scoffs at the one description that seems almost compulsory in any article about her: the English rose with the porcelain complexion. One interviewer even appended the words with ‘© every Weisz profile, ever’. The irony of the constant cliché, she explains, is that her heritage lies far from leafy Hampstead Garden Suburb, the north London idyll where she was raised, or Cambridge and the English private schools where she was educated. ‘Both my parents were refugees and,

yeah, in many ways, I think it defines who a person is. My sister and I are first-generation English, so we grew up as English, but really we weren’t.’ When I mention the floral epithet, she bursts out laughing. ‘It’s hysterical. And I’ve got no rose in me! English roses; aren’t they blonde, with pink cheeks? But listen, I’m very flattered to be called that. I’m a Hungarian English rose.’ Tragically, I’m denied a vision of the acclaimed ‘onyx eyes’ and ‘raven mane’ that have enchanted millions. The 44year-old has just flown into Switzerland to play a role in

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Paolo Sorrentino’s new film Youth, after jetting between the New York home she shares with husband Daniel Craig and Dublin, where she is acting alongside Colin Farrell in sci-fi romance The Lobster. Her packed schedule leaves us to chat on the phone in between scenes, as she nurses a cold. Weisz is discussing her ancestry because she has taken on her most personal role to date, playing the world’s first woman rabbi in Regina, a ‘poetic documentary’ produced by her father. There is only one surviving photograph of Regina Jonas (who was born in Berlin in 1902, eventually ordained in 1935 and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944), with archive footage, music from the era and a lyrical and haunting voiceover by Weisz to fill in the gaps. In her only interview about the film, the mother-of-one says, for her, being Jewish is

“i’m not on any kind of crusade with my work” ‘a cultural, historical connection’. But it wasn’t the religion of the woman she describes as ‘the most significant female figure in 20th century Judaism’ with which she identified. ‘There are so many places in the world where women can’t do what should just be their natural right to do. It’s not something that died out in the 1940s. If I turn on the news today, there are girls in Nigeria who are being told that they shouldn’t be educated. ‘Regina’s very lost and very forgotten,’ Weisz says, of a woman who was completely unknown and very nearly lost to history until documents about her life came to light after the fall of the Berlin Wall. ‘And it makes you think, how many other women have done something extraordinary and we don’t know about them?’ Does she think this story feeds into the ongoing row over allowing female clergy? ‘Absolutely! Completely! How could it not feed into that story?’

FAMiLy businEss His daughter made her film debut at 24. George Weisz was content with waiting until his eighties. The executive producer of Regina not only helped to rescue the project, he also voiced Leo Baeck, the rabbi who refused to ordain Jonas. ‘Rachel jokes: “Daddy, are you trying to compete with me?”,’ he says. ‘And I reply: “Well, you’re much younger, much more beautiful and started much earlier.”’ The medical engineer and inventor, who reluctantly retired from his day job at 78, felt the experience was extremely liberating. ‘It has opened my eyes again not to accept the world as it is but to try to do my little bit to change it,’ he says.

Star appeal: Weisz has been in demand since blockbuster The Mummy and her Oscar-winning role in The Constant Gardener; Right: With her husband Daniel Craig. Forgotten heroine: The only existing image of female rabbi Regina Jonas (left)

DAY earlier, Weisz’s father had told me that ‘Rachel feels that her acting should serve some purpose – that’s how I brought my children up’. Is that why she acts? ‘Oh Lord. I have no idea what he’s talking about. He’s my dad being very nice. You know, that’s a silly

bimbo. She and Daniel Craig, her husband, both felt it was important.’ Described by Rachel as her harshest critic (‘I haven’t learnt to shut up,’ he explains), George stopped Rachel Older and wiser: George Weisz. Inset, with daughter Rachel in 1998 appearing in a Richard Gere George, 84, was born in Hungary but movie aged 14. It took her until 28 to escaped ‘the obscenity of dying in a forgive, and thank, him. ‘Oh boy, she was concentration camp’ by fleeing to England the most difficult,’ he recalls. ‘She had with his parents just two weeks before opinions from an early age. She was World War II. beautiful, she was intelligent, extremely He says of his daughter’s role: ‘It chokes rebellious – a feisty girl. She acted even as me when I hear her voice and, well, I think a little girl,’ he adds. ‘Her tears of anger she’s a very great actress. She doesn’t and distress were calculated… I knew.’ take stupid parts – she’s not a Hollywood Es

thing of him to say,’ the Oscar winner responds, citing the likes of The Mummy and Keanu Reeves flick Constantine as evidence. ‘I’m not a snob about film or theatre. I’m not on any kind of crusade with my work. I think story-making is just a really beautiful part of being a human. But I wouldn’t call it changing the world. I’m really just a storyteller.’ The Lobster is currently in production Regina release date TBC

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Five films to see at the cinema

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A Touch Of Sin (right) Bold, bloody, action-packed exploration of corruption and violence in contemporary China (where it was heavily censored) by acclaimed filmmaker Jia Zhangke.

The Wind Rises A last poetical flight of animated fancy from the 73-year-old ‘Walt Disney of Japan’ Hayao miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl’s moving Castle).

Bad Neighbours Big belly laughs as two thirtysomething parents (Seth rogan and rose Byrne) try to hold on to their cool as Zac efron’s rowdy frat house moves in next door.

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Godzilla Special effects don’t get much more special, or bigger, or louder, than this as the nuclear-powered giant lizard gets his stomp on once again.

WHAT’S GOIn’ On by marvin Gaye

The tragic Marvin Gaye managed to write a protest song that is as relevant today as it was in 1971. He had to fight his label to get it released and landed the first political soul/R&B hit ever.

ESSEncE by Lucinda Williams

The storied UK publishing house Faber presents a special celebration of music and literature tomorrow night at The Button Factory as part of the Dublin Writers Festival. The North London-raised rebel Viv Albertine, best known for her stint as the distinctly peppy guitarist/ songwriter with all-girl punk band The Slits, will chat with Sinead Gleeson about her new album The Vermilion Border; while Bob Stanley of St Etienne (pictured) discusses his acclaimed history of pop, Yeah Yeah Yeah, with Jim Carroll Tomorrow, Button Factory, Curved Street D2, 8pm, €10 to €12. www.dublinwritersfestival.com

Sequel to 21 Jump Street, which proved magic mike stud Channing tatum can do funny too. He and Jonah Hill are back as two bumbling undercover cops.

On My pLAyLIST Paul Byrne

Guy Garvey shows off his lyrical genius here; no matter how many times I listen to this song it always makes me smile. The track – and indeed the whole album – marked a leap forward in dynamic recording and production in my book.

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Looking ahead 22 Jump Street

Calvary Brendan Gleeson is on top form as an Irish priest with a troubling flock in this black comedy/murdermystery that reteams him with the director of the Guard, John michael mcDonagh.

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Why didn’t someone think of it sooner? Pint Of Science is a festival that brings current scientific research out of its sterile lab environment and into your local boozer. This week a quartet of the city’s favourite watering holes – The Stag’s Head, Odessa, 4 Dame Lane and The Mercantile – have been playing host to a series of talks from top Irish academics designed to enlighten the lay man on subjects including neurology, biology and physics. The event concludes tonight with a limited number of cancellation tickets available www.pintofscience.ie

My musical femme fatale. The raw desire and bare emotion she conveys is always on the right side of cool. Here she’s accompanied by some of Bob Dylan’s backing band plus the legendary Jim Keltner on drums. Lucinda, call me!

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Ever since Richard Hawley of Pulp started making solo records I’ve loved them all, but this is my favourite. I just can’t get it out of my head. His rich voice combined with the lush strings, harp and guitar sounds are simply delicious.

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Death in a Brazilian beach paradise

mOvED to the town of Garopaba, on Brazil’s south coast, in July 2008. I had been living in São Paulo but had this long-held fantasy of moving to a small town by the beach where nobody knew me, and I realised now was the time to do it. I had some money saved, no wife, no kids, no job, so it was easy just to let everything go, move to Garopaba and see what happened. I’ve enjoyed going to that region of Brazil since I was a teenager – the scenery is amazing and the beaches are beautiful. I like to swim in the ocean and Garopaba’s beaches don’t have currents and big waves, so it’s safe to swim there any time of year. I also hoped I would be able to write some kind of fiction there but I didn’t go with the idea of the novel in my mind. The first spark was remembering a story a fisherman told my father in the 1970s. my father is not sure if it’s true but he told me when I was a teenager and it really stuck in my mind. A guy was apparently murdered at a party, which almost the whole village was at: they turned out the lights and when they turned them back on, this guy had been knifed and was in the middle of the dance

Author Daniel Galera reveals how a murder in a Brazilian coastal village inspired his latest novel

floor. He was someone everyone hated, he had fights with everyone. And when the police came, nobody could be blamed – it was impossible to tell who killed the guy. I never asked Garopaba’s locals Beachcomber: about that particular story; I wanted Daniel Galera to assume it was true. But I researched almost everything else in the novel. I tried to understand what life was like there year-round, instead of only in summer, when Shack attack: most people arrive on vacation. The winter season is different in almost murder comes to Garopaba every aspect, from the economy, which is dead, to the psychological or move there because they think state of the local people, because they’ve found paradise, then get it’s cold, empty and there’s nothing depressed in the winter and leave. to do. But it’s also very interesting, They assumed I was just a guy who because the real life of Garopaba would vanish in a couple of weeks; starts to come to the surface. then I became a figure of curiosity. And of course, I wasn’t just In fact, my time living in interviewing people, I was making Garopaba ended up being pretty friends. my main character meets close to my fantasy. Why did I a lot of suspicion from the locals leave? I’ve lived in big cities since I but that wasn’t the case for me. was a child, mostly Porto Alegre Garopaba is used to seeing people and São Paulo, so even though I come and go: a lot of people only use their homes there in the summer enjoy spending time in rural places,

Hollywood hack ROss McDOnAgH meets the cast of new film Blended and hears from the man with pecs that pop

’m 20 minutes into the Blended press conference in the Loews Hotel in Hollywood, and it’s already descended into a contest over who has had the worst ever date. Jessica Lowe pipes in: ‘I met a guy online, and he had a pug in his pictures, and I’m a pug lover. So I said if I’m going to meet you, you have to bring the pug. He ended up talking to me through the pug, at the Grover Farmer’s market, for 25 minutes. And that was our date. ‘Another guy smuggled in vodka in a spray bottle when we went to see Gravity on our first date. Both of those were not the best first dates I’ve ever been on. Though I stole the pug,’ she adds.

Wendi mcLendon-Covey of Bridesmaids fame thinks she has her beat. ‘I was out with a gentleman who was an automechanic, but his car didn’t work. So we went to the Sizzler, which was across the street. All I could eat. And he was just a bore,’’ she says. ‘Then I went on a date with another guy who kept an lope in the door of his car, envelope ept reaching into it and and kept rubbing powder on his gums. And this was back before cellphones, in the late 80s. But I thought well, what am I going to do? Call my mom

I can’t fool myself that I’d be able to live there my whole life. I started to miss my friends, going to the movies, going into a really big bookstore. And when I had researched all I needed for the novel, it felt right to move away in order to write it. After being immersed in Garopaba for so long, I could look back and remember those places and experiences – and that distance is good for writing fiction. siobhán Murphy

to come get me because funny? I did the pec pop thing someone’s rubbing cocaine on and I was wondering: is it gonna their gums? So I had to just like make the movie? It made the put up with it. maybe he was commercial!’ teething.’ ‘It was like: You’re that guy! While the girls squabble, I set Do that thing! my sights on the person I have ‘Adam (Sandler) lets me go. I come here to see. Not Drew only have to look over and say Barrymore or Adam Sandler. “am I okay?” and he’s like “Do It’s the man behind those Old it! Terry! Do it!” and we had a Spice ads, the best member of ball,’ he said. The Expendables, the guy who ‘my kids were a little embarmade White Chicks the most rassed. But if your kids are not unexpectedly funny film ever, embarrassed, you’re not doing it the dude who can make his pecs right, that’s what I always say.’ dance like they’re Ellen Terry Crews is going from DeGeneres’ audience strength to strength, members. popping up in films ‘A question for all over the shop Terry,’ I ask since retiring Crews has most him. ‘Were from the NFL, you disapand most recently landed the pointed when recently job of the new Who you discovlanding the ered you only job as the new Wants To Be A had one scene Who Wants To Millionaire? in which you Be A milliongot to take your aire? presenter. presenter shirt off?’ ‘I really don’t Cue LOLs. know what I’m doing. ‘It’s what I do man!’ he And that’s my advantage,’ he bellows. ‘In fact,’ he starts says. ‘It’s kinda like there’s unbuttoning his shirt, but nobody to say: You shouldn’t be sadly stops before the doing this, you shouldn’t be cannons are unleashed. doing that. ‘You know what’s what’ ‘Now, I just try everything. I’m just trying it. We experimenting. ‘This is how you go from one state to the next. It’s really just about doing things you never thought you could do. ‘You know what I started Pecs appeal: Terry asking myself? Why not? That’s Crews picture: SplASH

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it. I was like: Why can’t I host millionaire? Why not? And then all of a sudden it happened. ‘It’s amazing, because I cannot believe, as an exfootball player – I should be in jail, okay? I cannot believe I am in this spot right now, doing things that I dreamed about. ‘Success is always challenging and always pushing yourself beyond.’

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Fat’s entertainnment

Sugar might be hogging the headlines at the moment but as Aileen Donegan found out on a recent visit to the Science Gallery, fat remains an equally fascinating subject

neW exhibition in Dublin is aiming to change the way we think about fat. The Science Gallery launched Fat: it’s Delicious last week, with the much debated subject forming the focus of an exhibition designed to educate and entertain the public. Speaking at the launch, co-curator luke o’neill said: ‘i’m hoping this will actually educate people as to what fat actually is, it’s not just about obesity. Fat is a very emotive word but if you’re a biochemist fat is critical for life,’ he said. ‘We make membranes and cells from fat, we burn fat to make energy so for us it’s a very important regular thing – there’s nothing negative about it at all.’ artist orestes De la Paz’s installation Making Soap is causing quite a stir. He makes soap from various ingredients; the most unusual element is his own body fat retrieved from liposuction surgery. ‘There’s always a very wide spectrum of reactions, everything from complete disgust to “why don’t we commercialise it?” – but that’s to be expected.’ Some 30,000 visitors are expected to take in the art installations in the next six weeks and visitors can contribute to scientific fat research by allowing the gallery’s staff to perform experiments on them. one such experiment is The Pulsation Platter which takes your data from a wristband blood pressure monitor in order to examine the different roles of fat in the human body. and check out the Three Piece Suit, a body suit that simulates fat and helps medical trainers manage obese patients. Until Jun 29, Science Gallery, Trinity College, Pearse Street D2, Tue to Fri noon to 8pm, Sat & Sun noon to 6pm, free. Tel: (01) 896 4091. www.sciencegallery.ie

Fat’s amore: An experiment with milk fats and detergent at the Science Gallery, left; Miami-based artist Orestes De Le Paz holds bars of soap made from his own body fat after he underwent Liposuction Surgery, below; Michelin starred chef Kevin Thornton holds a pig’s head from his installation Pig Heads In Poitín

Humanity is in a ‘tumble zone’ New York Times bestselling author and Oprah favourite CAROLINE MYSS was in Dublin recently for a Seminars.ie event. Clodagh Mulvey caught up with her

aroline Myss is one of the world’s leading authors on spirituality and mysticism, and her self-help books, anatomy of The Spirit and Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can, have seen her win legions of supporters. at a recent lecture entitled Healing: a Mystical Science That includes Miracles, she honed in on how the creation of nuclear arms has been a ‘tipping point’ in human culture and spirituality. Citing this event as the pivotal destabilising

event in modern history – one that has shaped the world ever since – Myss discussed how all post-World War ii babies have grown up with the imminent threat of total destruction and how that threat has had a profound impact on the collective psyche. in her lecture, she conveyed how the human race is connected and affected by the same forces of nature. ‘is one ocean separate from another?’ she asks. ‘The whole system of life breathes together. The larger world and the environment impact upon your health.’ ‘There is an epidemic of narcissism, an incredible refusal to believe that bad things

are really happening. So, why should i change my behaviour? Why should i really hound my politician to make legislation in the eU – why should i really do that? We have lousy world leaders because we have decided to just focus on ourselves,’ she says. ‘We get the world we ask for but it is important that people understand how powerful every choice is and that every choice we make “sets a wheel of creation in motion.”’ Pointing to the ongoing unrest in Syria and the actions of russia in the Ukraine, Myss believes humanity has ‘gone into a tumble zone, we are now out of control’. We must

become activists in our own lives and communities, she argued, to bring about positive change. Calling on people to wake up and actively care about what is happening around us, Myss concluded: ‘We can decide to become courageous through Facebook and the internet. The only option we have is to become activists, because this time everybody’s action counts. nobody can afford to be asleep at the wheel, and you must participate in your community. We must not abandon the world, but re-enter it – and consciously so.’ The next event sees scientist and author Bruce Lipton present a lecture entitled The New Biology Of Belief, May 28, Stillorgan Park Hotel, 7.30pm, €25 to €50. www.seminars.ie.

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Is too much fruit bad for your skin?

Some fruits contain high levels of sugar, which has been linked to premature ageing, writes Vicki-Marie Cossar

ruit has been getting a bit of stick lately. the ‘five a day’ message turned into ‘seven a day’ – but with an emphasis on vegetables. Even smoothies might be bad for us, with one study saying they’re as bad as fizzy drinks. So should we be classing fruit as a junk food and eating it only for treats? in her latest book, You Can Be Younger, renowned celebrity therapist Marisa Peer says sugar in any form is your enemy. ‘We should eat more vegetables, particularly green, leafy veg, and only have three portions of fruit a day,’ she says. ‘Fruit is very high in fructose. When we eat too much, we store the excess as fat. Furthermore, too much sugar is ageing for the skin.’ Fructose is the natural sugar found in fruit and honey. ‘the body can’t differentiate between fructose and refined sugar,’ says Peer. ‘it doesn’t care whether you’re eating a Mars Bar or a packet of dried fruit.’ New guidelines from the World Health Organisation suggest we eat only 25g (around six teaspoons) of sugar a day. ‘in my opinion, we should only have three teaspoons and this amount can be vastly increased if you eat seven servings of fruit,’ says Peer. She believes sugar ages the skin because of a process called glycation, stating that it occurs when sugar molecules in our system cause protein fibres to become stiff and malformed. ‘Skin should be soft and pliable but fructose attaches to your

WHAT THE ExpERTs sAy… ‘Some points made by Peer do hold value,’ says nutrition expert Aisling Pigott. ‘Most doctors now recommend five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day, with more vegetables than fruit. ‘There is no strong evidence that sugar consumption in humans is linked with the ageing process. Peer mentions glycation as a contributing factor to stiff and malformed skin. However, scientific understanding of glycation is unclear and there is insufficient evidence to support this statement. ‘While both fructose and refined sugar are metabolised in a similar way by the body, it is important to note that fructose in whole fruit does not raise blood sugar levels excessively, due to the fibre content. This is why fruit juice should be limited to 125mls a day as it contains much less fibre. Whole fruits also provide valuable vitamins and minerals not found in refined sugar.’

body’s collagen and causes it to stiffen,’ she says. ‘High levels of fructose deplete the body’s natural levels of collagen, which accelerates ageing, because when you don’t have enough collagen, your skin becomes saggy.’ if you think you’re being healthy by having fruit and yoghurt in the morning, it may be time to rethink your diet, she says. ‘Natural yoghurt can contain as many as three teaspoons of sugar,’ says Peer. ‘then there’s hidden sugars in everything from mashed potato to packets of ham and chicken.’ the worst fructose offenders are tropical fruits, such as mango and bananas. Apples and berries such as blueberries, strawberries and raspberries contain less. ‘try swapping fruit for protein,’ advises Peer. ‘include more linseeds as they are good at taking toxic residues out of the body. it is possible to improve your skin if you’ve overdone the sugar. Just stop eating it. Your skin is your body’s biggest organ and it will replenish itself with collagen if you let it. ‘And eat more vegetables, as they contain far more vitamins and antioxidants than fruit.’

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Day one’s giving us that All-ireland final feeling

Leader of the pack: Hamilton

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Hamilton admits title challenge is his toughest yet

Bernard Brogan insists complacency won’t undermine dublin’s Leinster title challenge and that their quarter-final clash with Laois is ‘our all-Ireland final’. Leinster and all-Ireland holders dublin found out last Sunday that they will play Tomas o Flatharta’s Laois in a June 8 provincial opener. The dubs are hot favourites to advance, having successfully defended their league crown, though looking past Laois remains a natural concern. all-Ireland final hero Brogan is adamant it won’t be a problem, though, and that they will be fully focused. ‘They’ll be coming out to win this game, they’ll be hoping that dublin go into it complacent and that they can steal a yard on us around the field,’ said Brogan. ‘But the way we’re going into this game, we’re taking them as seriously as we’d take an all-Ireland final. This is our all-Ireland final – the first day out. ‘They’ve some forwards in great form, which gives any team a chance. I see ross Munnelly is moving really well and he’s caused us a lot of trouble in the past. They’ve some lovely footballers and when they play on their day, they’re very hard to beat.’ dublin had just a goal to spare on Laois when the sides last met in the Championship, in the 2012 all-Ireland quarter-final. But Laois were managed by Justin Mcnulty back then and employed a defensive set-up, something they have moved away from under o Flatharta. ‘They had 21 scores against Wicklow last weekend and 13 wides, so the style of football they’re playing is definitely more open, more attacking,’ said Brogan. ‘So I think they’ll go at us. I’d say it will be a toe-to-toe battle.’ Meanwhile, Brogan says gaa convert david gillick’s famous burst of pace could yet come in handy for dublin. Former european indoor 400m champion gillick lined out for Ballinteer St John’s in the dublin club championship last weekend. ‘I’m sure if he’s able to play ball, and Jim [gavin] loves a man with pace, then who knows,’ said Brogan.

fORMuLA OnE Lewis Hamilton believes he faces the toughest title fight of his career in squaring up to Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg this season. Hamilton heads into this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix – a race he wants to win more than any other this year – after a run of four successive victories. Despite such dominance, Hamilton only has a three-point cushion over Rosberg after a mechanical failure in Australia ended his season-opening race. Asked if this was his toughest scrap in F1, Hamilton said: ‘Definitely, I would say so. It’s the same for Nico because I see his data, which makes it so hard for either of us to get any advantage at all. It would almost make sense to copy his set-up. You could if you wanted to, just do exactly the same, and then it would just depend on ability. This team has the potential to be the best, but we can’t take it for granted. We’ve got to keep working and improving.’

11 Age of American golfer Lucy Li who is the youngest player to book a spot at the US Women’s Open after winning a qualifier in California

cycLing Nacer Bouhanni continued his dominance of the Giro d’Italia sprint finishes by winning his third stage of the race yesterday in Salsomaggiore Terme. The FDJ.fr rider (pictured) won stages four and seven and added the 173km tenth stage from Modena to strengthen his hold on the points classification. Cadel Evans finished ninth to retain the race leader’s maglia rosa, or pink jersey, with a 57-second advantage over Rigoberto Uran.

Sokol surges to win cycLing Austrian rider Jan Sokol claimed victory following a hotlycontested breakaway finish on stage three of the An Post Rás. The Azerbaijan Synergy rider held off Riccardo Pichetta and Oliver Wood on the run-in to Charleville, Co Cork, with Ireland’s Damien Shaw fourth. Race leader Patrick Bevin of New Zealand finished safely in the main bunch, 16 seconds back, to retain the yellow jersey.

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Bouhanni makes it a Giro treble Shirt thing: Brogan helped launch AIG’s jersey promotion for its insurance customers at Parnell Park yesterday

McGinley admits poulter form is a concern EuropEan captain paul McGinley admits he is concerned about the loss of form which has seen ryder Cup talisman Ian poulter drop out of the automatic qualifying places for Gleneagles. poulter, who inspired the ‘Miracle at Medinah’ in 2012 and finished with a 100 per cent record in Chicago, looked almost certain to make the team when he finished second, fifth and second in the final three events of last season. But the 38-year-old Englishman has just one top-five finish in 2014 and Martin Kaymer’s victory in

the players Championship a fortnight ago knocked him out of the qualifying places. ‘I’m aware of how poults is doing,’ said McGinley ahead of the pGa Championship, which starts at Wentworth tomorrow. ‘He made a lot of points early in the campaign but he is not in the team at the moment. But he’s in that second tier – one more good week and he’s right back in it. ‘There’s a long way to go. I’m a little bit concerned what’s happening right now but not worried.’

asked if he would still select poulter if he was off form at the end of august, McGinley added: ‘It depends on what you term by form. He knows he needs to step on the gas over the summer. He needs to improve. He’s really up for it.’ Miguel angel Jimenez is also on the verge of the team after winning his home Spanish open last week, but McGinley warned the 50-yearold: ‘It would be a great story, no doubt. But I’m not here to write a fairytale, I’m here to pick the best team to win the ryder Cup.’

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Struggles: Poulter

football sam stays and agrees to play hammers way Sam allardyce has pledged to produce ‘more entertainment’ on the field and do things ‘the West Ham way’ after being given the green light to stay on as Hammers manager. allardyce and the board have held lengthy discussions to analyse a season which ended in mid-table security, but with fans and seemingly directors

unhappy with the football on offer. last week allardyce appeared close to the exit but in a statement the club reiterated their commitment and revealed measures allardyce has agreed to take to improve the team – including adding an attacking coach. ‘The board have insisted on improvements to the playing and

by jAcK FOx Sergio ramoS claims real madrid are underdogs for Saturday’s Champions League final against atletico madrid after their city rivals’ La Liga triumph. real go into the match having won the european Cup a record nine times, whereas atletico lost their solitary final to Bayern munich 40 years ago. real were unbeaten against their city rivals for 13 years up until last season’s Copa del rey final, which atletico took 2-1. atletico followed up with a 1-0 league win at the Bernabeu in September but have since lost two of three derby matches, drawing the other. However, despite the form and history books suggesting otherwise, ramos says atletico must be considered favourites in Lisbon after pipping Barcelona and real to the domestic title. ‘We are up against a great team in atletico madrid who, from my point of view, are the favourites,’ the Spain defender said. ‘They are the deserved current league champions and deserve credit for reaching the Champions League final. But that doesn’t mean they are going to be the champions of the Champions League.’ real coach Carlo ancelotti is confident Cristiano ronaldo and gareth Bale will be fit for the final despite injury concerns. ronaldo has been out for two weeks with hamstring trouble, while Bale sat out training this week with a knock. ‘There’s no problem, i think those two are going to be able to play,’ said ancelotti. ‘[Bale] has done specific work in the gym. He didn’t need to come out on the pitch in today’s session.’ Taking the mic: Ronaldo speaks to the press

Transfer list is Don-believable

aBerDeen boss Derek McInnes has been handed the summer’s priciest transfer wish list, featuring Messi, Bale, ronaldo and Ibrahimovic. the ambitious director of football? a nineyear-old Dons fan, who sent pittodrie chiefs his targets in a letter. the club tweeted a picture of the scribbled note and wrote: ‘thanks Boyd Gibson for your transfer suggestions! We’ll be sure to pass them on to the manager!’ Boyd is also eyeing Lewandowski, Walcott, Kaka, thiago silva, eto’o, aubameyang, Balotelli and, less ambitiously, Kilmarnock’s Kris Boyd.

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FOOTbALL DIgEST

Baggies win battle for Black Cats’ Craig West Brom have announced the signing of sunderland midfielder craig Gardner. Gardner, 27, will officially join albion on a Bosman transfer on July 1 after passing a medical and putting

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backroom staff to ensure the team provides more entertainment,’ said the statement. chairmen david Sullivan and david Gold said: ‘We have a very clear vision of how we want West Ham to operate under our ownership. although not everybody understands the West Ham way, we do – Sam assured us he can deliver that ethos.’

Ramos: we’re the Real underdogs

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pen to paper on a three-year deal, plus a further year’s option in the club’s favour. In a statement, the Baggies said they had ‘beaten off competition from a string of clubs’ to sign Gardner.

It’s welcome to Japan-chester Manchester city have bought a minority stake in J-League club Yokohama F Marinos. the deal will bring the Japanese side into a network which includes new Major League soccer franchise new York city Fc, australian club Melbourne heart and city’s senior, youth and women’s teams.

2 Place finish in the French league for Monaco, who nevertheless sacked boss Claudio Ranieri (pictured) yesterday. ‘It was a difficult decision,’ said vice-president Vadim Vasilyev.

On the move: Tom Ince is ready for a foreign challenge

Ince admits he’s Inter following dad’s Serie way toM Ince insists he is ready for ‘the highest level’ and has no reason to turn down a move to Inter Milan. the england under-21 winger has been approached by the serie a giants, the club his father paul played for between 1995 and 1997. Blackpool would be due compensation for Ince, 22, even when his contract runs out shortly, as he is under 24. however, he would be available on a free transfer. Ince learned some Italian as a youngster while his dad played at the san siro, so believes he could succeed in Italy. admitting he will not decide on a move until he returns from holiday, Ince said: ‘as far as next season is concerned, I have options. ‘It would obviously be hard to turn down any club in the premier League but abroad might be a great opportunity

by MATTHEw NASH – not many young english players do that. I spent two years in Italy and the language barrier doesn’t scare me. If a move didn’t work out, I’d be young enough to come back.

‘I’ll think about what’s best for me’ ‘there’s no concrete bid but I read about Inter’s interest over the weekend and it is a massive club. I’ll think about what’s best for me – to have that option is fantastic.’ Ince’s remarks about wanting to progress mean he is set to leave Blackpool, who have offered him a new contract. crystal palace and Monaco are among other teams interested.

u Manchester united target Mats hummels (pictured) is happy to remain at Borussia Dortmund, says the defender’s father and agent herman. u AsTOn Villa have released winger Marc Albrighton after 16 years at the club. u Manchester city could make a move for stoke captain ryan shawcross in a bid to increase their quota of British players.

Reds no nearer Lallana deal southaMpton midfielder adam Lallana remains a priority summer signing for Liverpool manager Brendan rodgers but progress on any deal has been slow. Discussions are ongoing but

the two clubs are not yet close to agreeing a fee. the reds, who are also interested in Lallana’s team-mate Dejan Lovren, are considering alternatives should they reach a sticking point.

sPoRT Toure hopes for birthday parting

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Laois will have our full attention, vows Brogan

«see page 22 Yaya upset at City ‘snub’ and hints at Barca return

Calls: Stephen Ireland

McCarthy out and Ireland snubs O’Neill overtures

Boss Martin o’Neill has named his final 29-man squad for the Republic of Ireland’s end-ofseason friendlies, with James McCarthy among those from the provisional party to be left out. Everton midfielder McCarthy, who is nursing an ankle injury, West Ham defender Joey o’Brien – who had already been released from the squad so he could concentrate on his own fitness programme – and Birmingham goalkeeper Darren Randolph (shoulder) are the trio missing from the original 32-man group o’Neill named earlier this month. There is also no place for stephen Ireland, despite o’Neill having hinted the stoke midfielder could be drafted in, with the manager stating that he had not been able to speak to the player directly despite making attempts to contact him. o’Neill said: ‘I am looking forward to working with the players over the coming weeks, which will be important as we work towards our opening [Euro 2016] qualification matches in september. The matches will be about getting to know the players better and changing them around a little bit in terms of personnel in different matches.’ Ireland face Turkey at the Aviva stadium on sunday, Italy at Fulham’s Craven Cottage on May 31, Costa Rica in Philadelphia on June 6 and Portugal in New Jersey on June 10. Newcastle goalkeeper Rob Elliot – one of two uncapped players in the squad along with Everton defender shane Duffy – is missing his own stag do to be part of the group, although he will miss the Italy fixture so that he can be present for the wedding itself. ‘All the lads are heading off without me [to Las Vegas],’ Elliot said. ‘I’ve had quite a bit of stick from my mates but you can’t put a price on international football.’

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yaya TOUrE became an early favourite for transfer saga of the summer after a farcical day of claims from the player and his agent revealing his unhappiness at Manchester city. Both Dimitry seluk then Toure himself said the source of the midfielder’s frustration was the failure of senior figures at the club to acknowledge his birthday last week. seluk denied it was a ploy to get a new contract and said Toure would be happy to take a pay-cut to return to former club Barcelona. Even the emergence of footage of city presenting Toure with a birthday cake failed to quash the story, with seluk insisting the level of respect was the problem. ‘He got a cake but when it was roberto carlos’ birthday, the president of anzhi (Makhachkala) gave him a Bugatti,’ he said. The ivory coast star then appeared to try to take the heat out of the situation, joking on Twitter his birthday card from city had finally arrived, before urging fans not to believe everything they read about him. But Toure later appeared to take a different view, endorsing seluk’s position. He tweeted: ‘Everything Dimitry said is true. He speaks for me. i will give an interview after World cup to explain.’ The 31-year-old then deleted the earlier, more conciliatory tweets and seluk gave yet another interview to clarify his client’s position. ‘This [his birthday] happened on May 13,’ he said. ‘Until now nobody from staff called yaya and said sorry. it was really not right. it is not a little bit correct. ‘if they don’t want yaya, no problem. We can leave any moment, without any problem. Getting clubs interested in yaya is not a problem.’ asked if Toure would still be a city player at the start of next season, seluk said: ‘i don’t know. yaya will also speak personally with staff and i hope after that he will make a decision.’

Medal whiner: Toure during City’s title celebrations

O’Driscoll’s final hopes receive big lift

Swansong: O’Driscoll

Brian O’DriscOll is set to return to training tomorrow as he looks to sign off on his illustrious career with victory in the Pro12 final next week. The retiring superstar was substituted after taking a heavy knock in saturday’s semi-final win over Ulster, but fears he would miss out on his swansong eased yesterday as leinster revealed both O’Driscoll and Fergus McFadden were due back on the field. However, there was also confirmation that wing Dave Kearney had suffered a torn cruciate in the same game, and will have surgery ahead of a four-to-

five month rehabilitation period. Meanwhile, leinster yesterday announced their first major off-season signing in the form of new south Wales and australia star Kane Douglas. The 14-times capped Wallaby second row had been widely linked with the province and will join once his contract with the australian rugby Union expires later this year, filling the void left by leo cullen’s shift into the role of forwards coach this summer. ‘it’s a big decision but one which i am very excited about,’ Douglas said. ‘leinster is a massive club in Europe

with a proud tradition and i’m really looking forward to doing my bit to add to the team once my commitments are done here in australia.’ leinster also named former australia hooker Marco caputo as scrum coach and announced a new deal for assistant coach richie Murphy. Elsewhere, Munster finalised their coaching ticket for next season under new boss anthony Foley. Former centre Brian Walsh will coach the backs, while ex-ireland front row Jerry Flannery will be responsible for the scrum.

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It’s neither sustainable nor fair to pile tax after tax on the squeezed middle, the elderly and people with special needs and then spend the proceeds of these stealth taxes on consultants, PR advisors and debacles such as Irish Water.”

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ABOUT MARY

» Born in Dublin and educated in Mary Help of Christians on the Navan Road, St. Dominic’s in Cabra and UCD, Belﬁeld, graduating with a degree in Italian and German

» Pioneering role in UCD’s successful foreign language school, the ﬁrst university-based language school in Ireland » Emigrated & worked in France, Germany, Italy and the USA in the hospitality, manufacturing, education and telecoms sectors » Responsible for development and sales of international business communications networks to start-ups, small and medium sized

enterprises and Wall Street giants alike

» Returned to Dublin in 1998 in an international business and technology role, responsible for the provision of infrastructure that enabled the establishment of what has now become Dublin’s vibrant Digital Economy » City Councillor since 2004 & leader of the Fianna Fáil Group on the City Council since 2009 » Strong Voice for Dubliners in the areas of housing, waste, water, taxes, transport, crime and the anti-Dublin local property tax » Led the campaign to ensure greater

MARY’S PROMISE TO THE PEOPLE OF DUBLIN

If elected, Mary promises » To serve Dublin for a full ﬁve year term in Europe » To campaign to wipe out Ireland’s bank debt

» To only vote for budgets & a Commission President that have jobs as their focus and support a fair recovery » To build alliances with MEPs in other small countries to renew the original European values of solidarity and fairness » To ﬁght climate change

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regulation at outdoor events in the Dublin region Challenged the privatisation of waste collection in the city without proper controls and ﬁnancial beneﬁts Chair of Dublin Central’s Joint Policing Committee Chair of Dublin City’s Strategic Policy Committee (Arts & Culture) Board Member of the Dublin City Enterprise Board Married to Sean with three children

BROKEN PROMISES OF THIS FINE GAEL/LABOUR GOVERNMENT NO CUTS TO CHILD BENEFIT AND PROTECTING CORE SOCIAL WELFARE RATES TACKLE THE MORTGAGE ARREARS CRISIS

RECAPITALISE THE BANKS “NOT ANOTHER RED CENT”

FORCE BONDHOLDERS TO PAY

NO INCREASE IN THIRD LEVEL FEES

CUTTING QUANGOS WHILE SETTING UP IRISH WATER

TACKLE THE JOB CRISIS

MAINTAINING DISCRETIONARY MEDICAL CARDS

NO PROPERTY TAX / NO WATER TAX

INTRODUCE REAL POLITICAL REFORM