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A MOTHER has received a four-year suspended sentence for what a detective described as the worst case of child neglect he had ever seen. Detective Garda Paul Carney said he and social workers found the 42-year-old woman’s three children on a urine-soaked mattress in a bedroom in her ‘filthy’ house. He said the children, then two, four and eight, had soiled themselves and appeared lethargic despite it being a sunny day. The detective, who started monitoring the family after the girl came to school with a black eye, found milk powder that had gone off four months previously and no fresh food in the house. He said it was the worst case he’d seen in his 13-year career. The woman pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to wilful neglect of the children at her Kildare home in August 2012, and to assault of her daughter. A foster mother who took the children into her care described them all as ‘dirty and smelly’. It took four days to get the two-year-old into a bath as he was so dis-
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tressed, having never bathed before. The four-year-old only communicated by screaming, had never eaten solid foods and was not toilet trained. The eight-year-old, though toilet trained, did not know how to clean herself properly afterwards. She told the woman her mother had made her watch porn to show her how to have sex and made her brothers watch videos of animal slaughter. Judge Patrick McCartan said he was ‘appalled’ by the evidence and said she deserved to go to jail, but suspended the sentence after hearing her probation report. The judge ordered her to abstain from alcohol completely. He noted one child told specialist child interviewers of never having received a birthday or Christmas present. The woman now has limited supervised access to the children with their foster mother, where they have improved so much they are ‘almost unrecognisable today’, Det Gda Carney said.
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NOTED Liverpool FC fan Caroline Wozniacki has had a dig at ex Rory McIlroy, the day after he jilted her not quite at the altar. The Danish tennis star made reference to her diehard loyalty to the Reds in a tweet aimed at Rory. It came the day after the 25-year-old Northern Irishman issued a statement on the eve of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, Surrey, say-
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ing he was not ready for marriage and wishing her the best. ‘It’s a hard time for me right now,’ former world No.1 Wozniacki said on Twitter yesterday. ‘Thanks for all the sweet messages! Happy I support Liverpool right now because I know I’ll never walk alone,’ she added in reference to the famous anthem of the five-
times European soccer champions. McIlroy is a lifelong fan of Liverpool’s arch-rivals Manchester United and played in the same group as former Old Trafford favourites Peter Schmeichel, Teddy Sheringham and Phil Neville in Wednesday’s pre-tournament pro-am. World No.10 McIlroy said the split came just a few days after wedding invitations had been sent out.
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Despite the upset, he carded a respectable first round of 68 yesterday. ‘It’s going to be a very tough week and I am just trying to put my head fully into my golf,’ McIlroy said. ‘I haven’t turned on my phone for a few days and I’ve given my laptop away, I’m sort of living like I’m in the ’70s. It’s s***** and tough but it’s the way it is and people who have come up to me have been very supportive.’
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Warning as pills linked to 4 deaths THE HSE has issued a warning over potentially lethal ecstasy-like pills, which are believed to be linked to the deaths of four people in the last month. Known as Green Apple or Green Rolex, the green coloured pills have such symbols on them. One of the deaths was in Dublin, two were in the south east and one was in the midlands. Investigations are also ongoing to see if they were involved in the hospitalisation of six UCD students last week. Speaking to RTÉ News, Dr Joe Barry of the HSE said there doesn’t seem to be any geographical or personal link between the deaths. In some cases, cocaine and amphetamines were taken in combination. Those who died presented as severely agitated, with an extremely rapid heart rate and an extremely high temperature. A HSE statement said: ‘There is sufficient evidence available to recommend that people do not take these substances or if their friends are in possession of these that they should not be consumed.’ It advised anyone displaying negative side effects of drugs to seek medical help immediately.
BIKE BOMBER: The PSNI has released CCTV images of a cyclist carrying a pressure cooker bomb that was intended to kill Christmas shoppers in Belfast city centre. A false warning was given and it was left in a different location before it exploded. However, the packed Cathedral Quarter had been cleared before the dissident republican device detonated on the evening of December 13 pictures: pa
A MAN has been convicted of killing an acquaintance by knocking him under a Dublin Bus in the city centre a year and a half ago. The jury found Edward Connors, 30, guilty after an eight-day trial. Eoghan Dudley died almost instantly from ‘catastrophic and traumatic injuries’ after going under the left rear wheel of the bus on Dawson Street during rush-hour traffic. Both men were heroin users at the time and both had the drug in their system after the death. Connors, who is deaf, admitted interacting with the deceased but claims that what looks like a punch on CCTV footage is actually him trying to grab Mr Dudley to stop him falling off the path and going under the bus. Connors, of no fixed abode and formerly of Bearna Park, Sandyford, had pleaded not guilty to unlawfully killing Mr Dudley. Seven eye witnesses gave evidence that they saw Connors punch Mr
by cOnOR GALLAGHER Dudley immediately before he fell off the crowded footpath. The jury also viewed a large amount of CCTV footage, including the moments the victim went under the bus. Connors’ friend at the time, Mark Moore, gave evidence that he saw the two men arguing before Connors punched Mr Dudley in the face with a closed fist. One witness described in court how, after punching Mr Dudley, Connors ‘bulldozed through the crowd and ran away’. He was later arrested and told gardaí: ‘I am sorry about him, it was an accident.’ He said he knew Mr Dudley because they both begged in the city centre and had that day asked him for the use of his phone so he could get drugs. Judge Patrick McCartan remanded Connors in continuing custody until his sentence date on June 4.
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RTÉ election poll report ‘was unfair’ THE Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has partially upheld a complaint from European election candidates Councillor Bríd Smith (pictured) and sitting MEP Paul Murphy over an opinion poll report broadcast on the RTÉ Nine News. Both candidates were excluded from the report on the Sunday Business Post/Red C opinion poll on May 3. The People Before Profit city councillor and the Socialist Party MEP claimed this ‘damaged their credibility’ as candidates. The BAI upheld the claim that the broadcast was unfair, but did not deem the report to be ‘an attempt to influence public opinion in respect of these two candidates or that the approach taken by the broadcaster to the report lacked objectivity or impartiality in terms of news or current affairs content’. Voters take to the polls today to cast their verdicts on the state of local and European politics in Ireland. Polling stations open at 7am and will close at 10pm.
Shatter’s €70,000 charity donation ‘is just a stunt’ by jOAnnE AHERn
BALLOT ROCKS: Helicopter pilot Sgt Val Murray and Carmel McBride, presiding officer for the island of Inishbofin off the coast of Donegal, deliver the ballot box as islanders went to the polls a day earlier than the rest of the nation in the local and European elections yesterday picture: pa
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FORMER justice minister Alan Shatter’s decision to claim the €70,000 ministerial severence pay due to him, but give it to charity, has been described as ‘a stunt’. The Dublin South TD revealed his decision yesterday to give the cash to the Jack and Jill Foundation. Mr Shatter is the last minister to be eligible for such a payment, as a Government decision to eliminate it had not been signed into law when he resigned. He added that he has no intention to resign his Dáil seat. ‘I’m going nowhere – a lot of interesting things are going to happen over the next couple of years before the next election. I hope to make a positive contribution to them,’ he said. Independent Dublin TD Finian McGrath described the decision as ‘a stunt’, while Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins said the move was ‘an ironic, but cruel twist’ as many of those the charity helps have had discretionary medical cards taken from them by his Government. However, expressing his gratitude, the children’s charity’s founder, Jonathan Irwin, said it was ‘probably the largest philanthropic gift we’ve had this year for our children’.
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Dublin-Belfast could 60 seconds be electric car route A PONY Express-type electric car route between Dublin and Belfast would boost ‘green’ tourism, as well as having both economic and environmental benefits, a new report suggests. The idea comes from the Lord Mayors’ Forum on Maximising the Economic Corridor which was facilitated by both Dublin mayor
by jOAnnE AHERn Oisín Quinn and his Belfast counterpart, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir. Among the recommendations from the KPMG-compiled report is a Dublin/Belfast Electric Car Route, which would follow the motorway and could be ‘piloted as Ireland’s first electric car-friendly route’.
The system would be operated by car rental companies with dedicated charging points along the route where the car could be exchanged and charged. The report also recommends an upgrading of the Dublin-Belfast Enterprise rail link, as well as harmonising visa arrangements for non-EU students and tourists.
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TAyLOR ScHiLLing, 29, stars in TV hit Orange Is The New Black, about a New Yorker jailed for carrying drug cash for the ex-girlfriend she then meets inside Season one saw your character, Piper, leave her fiancé and business to face life in jail. What happens in season 2? She’s in a vulnerable situation. She has been through a lot and she’s going to go through a lot more. She is trying to find her place – I can’t say more.
Did you have any reservations about the show? It required a lot of nudity…
It was the opposite, I was so thrilled by the script, I was raring to go. I did talk about the nudity with show creator Jenji Kohan but had faith in her vision of taking these risks to express the truth of the storyline clearly. It was not gratuitous.
How does Orange… differ from other ‘women in prison’ shows and movies?
jumpsuit for an entire series?’ Oh, I love it. I love it so much. I feel there is so much freedom in it. It’s not about make-up or clothes, it’s about the work we are doing: where the characters are from and what they are going through.
I hear you are a bit of a Downton Abbey fan. I love
Downton Abbey. It just feels like this cosy world where nothing really bad can happen to anybody and everyone has manners.
Do you often get confused for Taylor swift? Ha, no I don’t. You starred in The Lucky One, a Nicholas Sparks adaptation, opposite Zac Efron. Was Zac as good a kisser as his fans would hope? Yes. I love Zac, he’s such a great guy. We got along from the very first moment.
You’ve hit big success with We have a really homogenised view in the Western Orange… but did you world, certainly in the ever think you US, of what it might jack the means to be Our show says acting in and female and what do something there are so many that looks like else? I think and what ways to be a woman about that all the humour that rather than the idea time. I mean, not dictates: what is really, because appropriate, what Hollywood places there is not really is inappropriate. I upon us anything else I can do think our show to pay my rent. I really cracks that open and love acting – that way of says: ‘There are so many expressing myself and sharing different ways to be a woman,’ myself creatively seems to work for rather than this idea of femininity me but it’s certainly not easy. Hollywood has places upon us.
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I don’t think so at all. I’ve never heard myself being called that. I think Piper is just trying to figure out how to live her life and who she needs and who she loves and, you know, trying to get her footing.
The show is based on Piper Kerman’s memoir. Did you meet her? I met her often. What
stuck with her was how the prisoners were mistreated by the guards, the really horrific, unjust stuff that goes on and that no one talks about. That’s why she wrote a book and that is why she agreed to the series so more people can have a peek into what’s going on.
Do you get lots of weird fan mail? I do get some fan mail.
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I haven’t read a large chunk of it. I should. It seems quite positive: ‘What’s it like basically wearing the same unflattering beige
If you enjoy it so much, why do you think of not doing it?
I keep thinking: ‘What will I do next?’ and ‘Will I be good?’ Being an actor is all so uncertain. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like out in the real world, to have more consistency in my life, but I also know that part of me wouldn’t enjoy that very much. I can do it for a couple of weeks but I don’t know for how much longer.
Has Orange… opened up a sideline for you with things such as fashion and beauty endorsements? I’m just interested in acting. The other things are just confusing for me. It’s not really a world I feel super comfortable in.
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Orange Is The New Black, season one, is now out on DVD and Blu-ray. Season 2 premieres on Netflix on June 6.
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J-Law rap over ‘rape scream’ remark JENNIFER LAWRENCE is in hot water after apparently making a joke about rape. The 23-year-old allegedly said ‘I broke out my rape scream for you!’ as she grabbed Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón’s arms at a party in Cannes. It has led to claims that the Hunger Games actress was trivialising rape. Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton said: ‘We’re sure she thought that what was said at the party was private, but even still, that’s no excuse for a rape joke. They’re not funny, ever.’ Crushable website accused J-Law of ‘blasé use’ of the word rape.
Jay Z to fly in as best man for Kanye and Kim wedding J
ay Z’s bro-mance with Kanye West continues as the rapper has agreed to stand up beside his pal and be best man at his wedding to Kim Kardashian on Saturday. The 99 Problems rapper, 44, will be bringing his wife, Beyonce, 32, along to the ceremony which is said to be taking place at Forte di Belvedere in Florence, Italy. ‘Beyoncé had to think about it at the last minute, she didn’t really want to go, but I think Jay Z’s the best man, so he’s kind of making her go...’ a close family source revealed. It was thought that Jay Z and Beyonce would stay clear of the lavish ceremony but they will now apparently be in attendance after Kimye banned cameras from filming the bash for their E! reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Instead, the preparations for the big day will be caught on camera, with Kim confirming earlier this month that viewers will see ‘everything leading up til and after’ the wedding. She tweeted: ‘as much as we would love to share these memories on camera, we’ve decided to keep this close to our heart & share thru photos.’ Kim Kardashian is planning to pay homage to Marie antoinette by dressing like the former Queen of France during her pre-wedding celebrations at the Palace of Versailles tonight. The 33-year-old and her fiancé Kanye West, 36, have reportedly suggested to managers at the palace that they wear ‘pre-French Revolution’ themed costumes. ‘Kanye is expected to play a King Louis XVI-style character, while Kim will look like
by JEnni McknigHT Marie antoinette,’ a source at the palace revealed. Other guests, including the KardashianJenner clan, are also expected to play dress up. Meanwhile, Kim (pictured) is said to be terrified that her highprofile wedding to her third husband is set to be a washout. after a rainy few days in Paris, the reality TV star was reportedly overheard telling her family, ‘I hope the rain doesn’t ruin my wedding,’ during a slap-up dinner at Hotel Costes restaurant on Wednesday night. ‘This weather has to get better,’ nearby diners reportedly heard her say. ‘Spring in Paris is meant to be about sunshine, but all we’re getting is rain.’ ‘She made it clear that this bad weather is really getting to her. She’s clearly spending millions getting married in Europe, and if it all turns into a wash-out she will be really unhappy,’ an insider told UsWeekly. While there has been much speculation over where the actual ceremony will take place, Forte Belvedere in Florence, Italy, was a hive of activity on Wednesday morning as workmen were seen preparing for an event. Following their evening event at le Palais de Versailles, it has been reported that guests will be flown via private jet to Florence where the wedding will take place tomorrow. a rep for the mayor of Florence revealed the couple had rented the fort for almost €300,000. Florence City Council spokesperson Elisa Di Lupo said the funds would be used for cultural projects in the city.
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Ellie Goulding has finally confirmed her ‘lovely’ new boyfriend is indeed McFly’s Dougie Poynter. The Burn singer, 27, who had been snapped hand-in-hand with 26-year-old Poynter, 26, earlier this week, was coy when asked about the romance. But she’s now come clean and will tell Alan Carr on his Chatty Man show on Channel 4 tonight: ‘He’s my man friend. Boyfriend traditionally,’ she added. ‘He’s a very lovely human being.’
Hugh shows kids nude scene by mistake Hugh Jackman was left blushing after forgetting to tell his young daughter to cover her eyes during his nude scene in X-Men: Days Of Future Past. The Wolverine star confessed he got a little too excited about being able to watch
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Destiny’s Child together again? They Say Yes... Destiny’s Child fans will be jumping for joy at the news the trio are getting back together – but only for one track. Beyoncé, 32, and Kelly Rowland, 33, have teamed up with former bandmate Michelle Williams, 33, for Say Yes. They were joined by Beyoncé’s battling sister Solange, 27, for the song – a remake of gospel hymn When Jesus Says Yes – from Williams’s new album Journey To Freedom. It was introduced as an ‘uptempo
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inspirational gospel record’ when it premiered on Philadelphia radio station Hot 97. The trio shot scenes for an accompanying music video in Maplewood, New Jersey, on Tuesday with many fans gathering at the scene which was cordoned off by police. Destiny’s Child last performed together at the 2013 Super Bowl, where Rowland and Williams joined Beyoncé during her half-time show.
Nicole Scherzinger is gearing up to show fans ‘the real me’ with her first offering since signing a global deal with Sony. The 35-year-old has teamed up with trip-hop hero Tricky for the as yet untitled record and says: ‘I feel like this album is me, it’s real. It’s a very personal album for me. It is a reflection of the woman I am, the woman I am not and the woman I want to be.’ The album’s first single, Your Love, is out on July 13.
the movie with Ava, eight, and Oscar, 14. He said: ‘It is actually really cool to watch it with them until you get to the moment where you’re naked on screen and you forgot to warn your almost-nine-year-old daughter who
says, “Dad, why aren’t you wearing any underwear’?” The 45-year-old also revealed the fitness regime he undertook to look his best for the buff scene was so tough he passed out by 2pm on the day.
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Wooden it be lovely: The treehouse may bring back memories of childhood dens, but it is fitted out like a luxury holiday cottage Picture: Quality unearthed/BnPS
CHARGING people to visit a treehouse sounds like a scheme Bart Simpson might come up with to earn a few extra pennies. But a farmer is making €250 a night after branching out into the hospitality industry – and his guests are happy to pay to bask in leafy luxury. The hideaway he has created – nestling in woodland on the farm – has electricity wired in and is equipped with a double bed, fullystocked kitchen, shower and basin. Instead of a humble rope ladder, sturdy metal steps help trippers make the 9m climb to their abode among the boughs. And if it gets chilly, they can just snuggle in front of the woodburning stove and watch TV. ‘It’s not about going back to nature – it’s about going forward to nature,’ said Tim Rees, whose agency Quality Unearthed lets out the property near Honiton in Devon. ‘You’re high up in the trees, secluded among the foliage, but at the same time you have all the comforts. It’s so romantic that since it was launched there have been three marriage proposals there.’
Faulty gene causes ‘night munchies’ by jOHn vOn RADOwiTz ScientiStS appear to have traced the irresistible pull of the refrigerator at 2am to the ‘night munchies’ gene. When the PeR1 gene is faulty, the natural mechanism that synchronises sleeping and eating goes awry, they believe. this can lead to ‘night eating syndrome’, the inability to avoid feeling hungry at night which in some people can disrupt sleep and lead to over-eating and weight gain. the discovery was made by conducting tests on mice with two human genes, PeR1 and its partner PeR2, which has previously been linked to sleep disturbances. When PeR2 was defective in the mice, as expected they dozed off earlier than usual. But de-activating PeR1 affected eating behaviour, leading to mice wanting to eat when they should be sleeping.
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Snacker? Genes are to blame ‘For a long time, people discounted night eating syndrome as not real,’ said lead scientist Dr Satchidananda Panda, from the Salk institute in La Jolla, california. ‘these results in mice suggest that it could actually be a genetic basis for the syndrome. ‘We really never expected that we would be able to de-couple the sleep-wake cycle and the eating cycle, especially with a simple mutation. it opens up a whole lot of fu-
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ture questions about how these cycles are regulated.’ in the study the researchers found that when they restricted access to food, offering it to the mice only at normal meal times, they found that even the animals which had the faulty PeR1 gene maintained a normal weight. Over a ten-week period their weight was no different to that of animals with functioning PeR1 genes. this showed that the weight gain caused by faulty PeR1 was entirely due to meal mistiming and not other metabolic factors. the scientists believe that normally, PeR1 and PeR2 are kept synchronised and turned on and off at the same time, keeping sleep and eating cycles aligned. But a mutation in PeR1 can break this link, which leads to an urge to eat at night. the research is reported in the journal cell Reports.
been scrawled on the wall of hailo’s London office. Police were also called after a fight broke out. hailo was set-up by three London cabbies. however hailo co-founder Ron Zeghibe says it needs to be pragmatic in order to stay successful.
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A bad year for Moyes as he sees red in wine bar SACKED football boss David by AiDAn RADnEDgE Moyes’s nightmare year took another However, Moyes’s brother, Kenny, downturn yesterday when he was acwho is also his agent, told Metro Hercused of assault in a wine bar. The former Manchester United ald: ‘We’ve got nothing to say on the manager, 51, was at the centre of a matter. It doesn’t warrant it.’ Police were called to a wine bar in police inquiry after his alleged victim told officers he was struck on the back Lancashire at 10pm on Wednesday of his head and fell to the floor, injur- after a report of an assault. Moyes was thought to have been ing his shoulder. Moyes was said to have pushed his drinking with Blackburn Rovers man23-year-old accuser following jibes aging director Derek Shaw. Police said the alleged victim did about his performance at United. not need hospital treatLancashire police said ment but friends claimed ‘Inquiries are ongoing and he did, in fact, attend we are speaking to a Blackburn Royal Infirnumber of people to try to mary. establish the circumstancMoyes was fired by the es. There are a number of Manchester club just 11 differing accounts we months into his six-year need to work through to contract. try to establish what has His reign ended with happened. No-one has United languishing in sevbeen arrested at this stage.’ Grapes of wrath: Moyes enth place in the table. Licensed and Bonded No: TO 101
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FAIRY NEW DISCOVERY: This pretty little thing called the Tinkerbell Fairyfly has been named on this year’s top ten list of newly discovered species out of around 18,000 new species of flora and fauna, as chosen by a committee of experts Picture: PA
‘Gutter cleaner’ gets 2 years for €600 con of elderly man
A MAN who tricked an 82-year-old man out of €600 by pretending to clean his gutters has been sentenced to two years in prison. Patrick O’Brien, 30, a father-of-one, from Abbeyfeale in Co Limerick, was jailed for three years earlier this month for a similar offence. Garda Shane Whelan told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court another man was involved in the scam but was never identified by gardaí. Judge Sarah Berkley heard Maurice O’Connell had been at his home in Rathfarnham on March 20 last year when O’Brien and an older man called to his door and offered to clean his gutters for €35. They put up a ladder, but after a few minutes they came down and told Mr O’Connell it would be a much bigger job than anticipated, as there
was ‘water everywhere’ and it was pouring into the neighbour’s house. They didn’t agree a new price, but the older man assured Mr O’Connell he ‘wouldn’t be hard on him’. After 15 minutes, the men came down from the roof and said they were finished the work and it would cost €800. Mr O’Connell said the price was a bit high and he didn’t have the cash on him. The men offered to take him to an ATM, where he withdrew the maximum daily allowance of €600. They brought him home and were discussing the outstanding €200, when Mr O’Connell’s daughter phoned and told the men to leave the house or she would call gardaí. O’Brien was later arrested on the basis of fingerprint evidence.
A COUPLE tricked by a well-known restaurateur into receiving a shipment of cannabis at their home in Co Limerick have described him as ‘evil’. Patrick Scanlon, 53, was jailed for 15 years on Wednesday for importing nearly €80,000 of cannabis from Spain to Ireland. The former restaurant manager, who had an address on Jersey Island but who was staying with friends in Limerick, had used Stephen Quinn’s home in Pallaskenry as the drop off point for the package, unbeknownst to the Quinns. Mr Quinn was grilled by gardaí for two days before being released without charge and found to be an entirely innocent party. Scanlon told Mr Quinn the package contained ‘bits and bobs’ bought from eBay for a restaurant venture. An undercover garda wearing a DHL delivery agent’s uniform had delivered the illegal package after it had earlier been intercepted by customs officials at Shannon Airport. Speaking yesterday for the first time about their ordeal, the Quinns said they were glad their good name had been proven in court. Mr Quinn’s wife, Siobhan, said: ‘[Scanlon] was a very evil man to put us through what he did. I didn’t think there were people like that out there.’
Shield actor ‘shot wife in LA home’ ACTOR Michael Jace has been charged with murder after his wife was shot and killed in their Los Angeles home. The 51-year-old actor (right), who played a police officer in TV series The Shield, could face 50 years to life in prison, if convicted. Police have said Jace, who is being held on $2million bail, shot April multiple times on Monday. He was at the house when officers arrived. The couple’s two young sons, who were at home at the time, are now with relatives.
inquiry into death at garda station
THE Garda watchdog has launched an investigation into the death of a man shortly after he was arrested. The 23-year-old was detained by gardaí in Maynooth, Co Kildare, on Wednesday afternoon before being taken to Leixlip Garda station. Investigating officers have reportedly told the Garda Ombudsman that the man was intoxicated at the time of his arrest. An ambulance was called to the station and the man was taken to James Connolly Memorial Hospital in
Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. The Garda Ombudsman confirmed it is investigating the death of a man while in Garda custody. The investigation was referred to the watchdog in accordance with Section 102 of the Garda Síochána Act, which compels the Garda Commissioner to refer any case to the Garda Ombudsman where it appears that the conduct of an officer may have resulted in the death of a person or serious harm.
Inquiry: Simon O’Brien, Garda Ombudsman
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Wash my Levis? I’ll wait for 501 days LEVI STRAUSS boss Chip Bergh has not washed his favourite pair of jeans for a year. The 56year-old’s dark denims are ‘yet to see a washing machine’. He added: ‘I know that sounds totally disgusting... but I have yet to get a skin disease or anything else.’ When asked how often people should be washing their jeans, Mr Bergh told delegates at Fortune magazine’s Brainstorm Green conference in California ‘not very’ and ‘real denim aficionados’ never let their treasured jeans near soap and water. He recommends dabbing stains with a sponge or using a toothbrush for stubborn marks.
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Girl ‘held a prisoner for ten years by her mother’s lover’ by NICOLE LE MARIE
Making a stand: A protester in front of graffiti reading ‘liberation’ aims a slingshot at riot police during clashes in Istanbul. Protesters blame the Turkish government for the Soma mine explosion, which killed more than 300 workers last week picture: epA
AN ALLEGED paedophile who drugged and kidnapped his partner’s 15-year-old daughter, before forcing her to marry him and have his child was charged yesterday. Isidro Garcia faces life in prison after his alleged victim came forward after finding her sister through Facebook. The 41-year-old is said to have started his decade of sexual abuse just four months after the teenager arrived illegally in the US in 2004 to live with him and her mother and sister in Santa Ana, California. He apparently slipped under the radar by moving house at least four times and changing their identities with forged documents he obtained from their Mexican homeland. However, ten years on and the now 25-year-old escaped her ‘imprisonment’ to tell her tale to TV station KABC. ‘I’m so happy and God-blessed to be with my family,’ she said, standing with her mother and sister. ‘That’s what I want all the time.
All the time, I cry for them, more for my mum and my sisters. He worked hard for me and my daughter and he bought everything I wanted, Isidro Garcia but I didn’t want that. I needed the love of my family – not things.’ Garcia is alleged to have abducted the girl after she fled to a park when he beat up her mother. He is said to have drugged her and taken her to a flat 42km away in Compton, where he continued the abuse, eventually marrying her in 2007. Maria Sanchez, their neighbour in the Los Angeles suburb of Bell Gardens, was stunned by the news. ‘Sometimes she just leaves with her daughter in the car, she never looked scared,’ she said. Garcia faces five charges including rape, lewd acts on a minor, and kidnapping to commit a sexual offence.
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Intricate beast: A huge buffalo such as this, made from discarded parts and machinery, can take John Lopez up to five months to build
How the west was welded...
A MECHANICAL buffalo lumbers across the landscape as an iron horse prances on the prairie. Artist John Lopez’s sculptures show that the old Wild West can breathe new life into scrap metal. The 43-year-old has created numerous creatures, including a cowboy riding a triceratops, by welding together pieces of abandoned farm machinery. Lopez, based in the town of Lemmon, South Dakota, explained: ‘I get my ideas from my life, the ranch, our history here, the animals around our area. ‘First and foremost, I am a sculptor, I have studied anatomy and form in clay for 15 years. ‘I am not even that good of a welder, I am more concerned with the form and look of the piece than I am with my welds.’ He had a successful career in bronze sculpting but changed his technique
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after his aunt Effie died in a car accident. Lopez moved to his widowed uncle Gene Hunt’s ranch to build a family cemetery but ran out of material. As he was 56km (35 miles) from the nearest town, he had to search for useable scrap iron on site and began to ask for help from ranchers and farmers. It can take him five months to complete a single sculpture and his proudest creation is Black Hawk, a horse pulling a plough. ‘The plough horse is a symbol world wide that we all understand to be apart of our past and history,’ he explained. ‘We depended on them so much before modern machinery was invented. ‘The horse pulling the plough made out of machinery parts really says a lot about us here and me and the kind of work I want to be known for.’
Proudest creation: John Lopez stands with his prized sculpture, Black Hawk, of a plough horse at work
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Charles ‘unfit to be king’, says angry Russia
RUSSIA has demanded answers after the Prince of Wales allegedly compared its president Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler. Its foreign ministry has branded his remarks as ‘outrageous, dishonourable and unacceptable’ and added that ‘they by no means do any credit to the future British monarch’. The seething response from Moscow came as one of Russia’s ambassadors met with senior British diplomats to seek an explanation for the comments. At a press conference, its spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said: ‘We consider the use the western media has made of the British royal family as a
by JOEL TAYLOR propaganda campaign, which is being mounted against Russia on an acute international issue.’ The uproar began as Prince Charles spoke with a Canadian woman whose Jewish family had fled the Nazis at the start of World War II. The comparison is quite sensitive for the Russian Federation, which suffered terrible losses during its battle with Hitler during the war. The first in line to Britain’s throne is due to meet Mr Putin on June 6 for the 70th anniversary of Normandy’s D-Day landings.
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FRANCE: A father who avenged the death of his 15-year-old daughter by plotting the kidnap of her killer, went on trial yesterday. André Bamberski faces ten years in prison if found guilty of bringing his daughter Kalinka’s German stepfather, Dieter Krombach, to France to face trial. Krombach, 79, was jailed for 15 years in 2011.
iNDONEsiA: Video sharing site Vimeo has urged ministers to reverse a ban imposed last week. The YouTube rival was blocked after Muslims complained the site carried pornographic material. Vimeo, popular with independent film-makers and musicians, insists it prohibits naked images and removes them if they appear.
THAiLAND: A soldier stands guard at the Democracy Monument after a coup in Bangkok. The Army took control of the government saying it had to ‘restore order and push through reforms’ picture: reuters
Drunk general ‘used Abbott: Winking at troops for jail-break’ sex worker wrong
sOuTH AFRiCA: A general faces an investigation after he allegedly deployed 120 armed troops to free a group of his men from prison. The drunken officer ordered the jail-break after hearing soldiers had been arrested at a drinking den, it is claimed. The troops had been celebrating a change of command at their base in Oudtshoorn.
AusTRALiA: Prime minister Tony Abbott yesterday said he was wrong to have given a cheeky wink while answering a question from a mature sex-worker. He made the gesture when chronically ill Gloria, 67, rang a radio phone-in to complain about his unpopular budget on Wednesday. ‘I shouldn’t have done it,’ Mr Abbott conceded.
and finally... AusTRiA: Noise pollution spiked when a hedgehog got stuck in a wall, waking neighbours with loud wails in Vienna. ‘It was like an opera singer being murdered,’ said Bettina Maier, 35. The animal was freed by fire crews.
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Platform A list of top places to ‘get the ride’ in Dublin consisted mostly of pubs. orna cunningham asks why we Irish feel we have to be drunk to have sex
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NOTHER dispatch from the sexual encounters invariably get drunk Institute For The Bleedin’ to do it. There are obvious points in Obvious – LovinDublin’s booze’s favour – it makes you feel like Niall Harbison has a professionally-trained dancer-cumpublished a list of the top hilarious-Casanova type, throwing ten places in Dublin to get the ride, and witticisms and wry observations about they’re all pubs. like confetti, unravelling yarns as fast (Tinder gets an honourable mention at as you’re spinning them, and like a No.4, but since it’s not a place, whether magic elixir, it imbues you with a false it’s deserving of inclusion is doubtful at sense of confidence that wears off as best.) the morning approaches. The unfortunate thing is that he’s A friend of mine often tells his right. foreign pals about the Irish attitude to Ireland has a conflicted – if not sex and dating rather neatly: ‘We go sometimes dangerous – relationship out, get the ride, and then, the morning with alcohol. after, we decide if we like the other It’s the social lubricant that oils person.’ excited conversation and sets Attraction is absolutely the wandering eye free, instantaneous. But not and the demon that for us is the toothy causes ‘sickies’ and American sincerity renders your body of a request for a and brain useless number in the on Sundays. line at the coffee It’s the smell shop. Bring us to that lingers after the bar, fill us a fight on the with shots and street, mixed with energy drinks, salty sweat and the and then we’ll metallic tang of size up the talent. blood. Even when we And we’re likely all online date, we familiar with the bleary eventually meet in real come-hither stare of a life, and we generally meet in Coppers regular (or one from Doheny the pub. God forbid we have a conver& Nesbitt, depending on your generasation that wasn’t eased along with tion), sometime in the wee hours, boozy drink. fumes wafting in our direction as hands What did we do before booze? ineffectively paw and grab, sometimes Whatever lines our more sober successfully segueing into a teethforefathers were using worked, because smashing, lip-biting spit-swap session, we’re here. And there’s the argument before an optional kebab, taxi fumble that it’s not such a bad thing, and really and a roll about in an unfamiliar quite logical, to be drunk when seeking bedroom. sex – both things constitute an evening Sure it’s a bit of craic, isn’t it? of fun when done properly and safely. Quite sad, too. But ask yourself first (assuming you Now, there’s absolutely no judgment drink, of course) – of all your sexual here as regards sexy-time. It’s a little bit partners, with how many of them did of cardio (although not quite as much you not have a drink before the first as the likes of Cosmo would have us time you did the deed? believe), and between consenting, safe And of the top ten places to go in adults, it’s one of the best free Dublin to get the ride, are they pursuits you can find in fair really all pubs? No famously Dublin – right up there with randy art classes, no student the dead zoo and a good union offices, no tag rugby hour spent wandering leagues? Does alcohol What did through the National Art somehow take away a we do Gallery. social stigma attached to But why do we have to casual sex that remains before be drunk to do it? On firmly in place in life’s booze? LovinDublin’s Facebook other arenas? page, 95 people have liked It might not be dangerous – the post, 55 have shared it, and it’s certainly the way we’ve done 76 have commented on it (so far). things here since time immemorial. But Disagreeable commenters think some if we don’t have any alternative to the pubs have been excluded – but no one’s drunken ride, it’s probably a good time disputing the fact that pubs are indeed to ask why that is. the only place to throw the glad eye @ornacunningham about. This article is also on gometro.ie Catholic guilt, shyness, years of Got an opinion? Tell us at repression – call it whatever you like, mail@metroherald.ie but young Irish people seeking casual
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■ To Single And Ever So Slightly bitter, here’s the mention you were looking for: chin up sweet cheeks, blind date? Ah sure go on.. I’m awesome, by the way. Mr Awesome
RESS The Button Campaign (Mailbox, Thu), while I feel your frustration, unfortunately the pedestrian lights seem to be sensor-controlled and programmed to change only if there is no traffic coming regardless of whether the button is pressed or not. Frustrated Pedestrian? Frustrated Pedestrian ■ I think the reason nobody presses the pedestrian crossing buttons is because nobody believes they do anything. Traffic light systems are sequenced and coordinated across urban areas to keep traffic flowing as best as possible. It also seems that the green man appears in the same sequence whether you press the button or not. Cynical Pedestrian
Cold call: Ireland ■ I’m quite the opposite, I press the button and walk away so as to cause traffic to stop even when there is no one crossing. It is quite humorous. Ipresseveryday ■ Leave Stephen Ireland out. If he wanted to play he’d step up to the mark and stop messing around. Give someone else the opportunity. Susan Phelan
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● Here’s a round of applause to the fantastic human being who found my phone on the Galway train and handed it in, and a standing ovation to all the staff in Irish Rail who passed it from hand to hand until it found its way back to me in Portarlington, by way of Cork, Limerick and Dublin. Talk about going above and beyond the call of duty! Phone home
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■ In response to your Facebook question, ‘Do Irish people have to be drunk to have sex?’In my case, I think the other person has to be drunk. Mike Synnott ■ On Wednesday afternoon I was running down Parnell Street in an awful stressed-out temper. A cyclist pointed out I dropped a book and I responded with some poor language. Just wanted to say sorry. It was a bad day. DF, D15
yeh big ride ● To the guy in the IFSC who shouted ‘boobs’ as he walked passed me on Monday. You’re cute, wanna have a coffee? #Tourettesiscutesometimes Lauren Murf
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If you loved the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis – and, to be frank, who didn’t? – be sure not to miss the documentary Another Day, Another Time, which features footage from a recent New York concert celebrating the film’s music. Patti Smith, Jack White (pictured), Gillian Welch and Joan Baez are just some of the A-List rock icons who work their magic on standards from the 1960s Greenwich folk scene Until May 29, The Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield Square D7, various times, €7.50 to €9. Tel: (01) 872 8006. www.lighthousecinema.ie
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Touted as one of the best spots in the world for kitesurfing, Dollymount Strand plays host to its eighth annual Battle For The Bay festival this weekend complete with live music, food village and funfair. Don’t worry if you’ve never surfed, much less qualified for this year’s competition – newcomers are welcome to learn the basics at a number of demos and workshops or merely sit back and marvel at the watery acts of derring-do Tomorrow & Sun, Dollymount Strand D3, from 10.30am, free. www.battleforthebay.com
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BENEFIT THE NATIONAL DOG WALK Pampered pooches and matted mutts alike are invited to come together this weekend and strut their stuff as part of The National Dog Walk at Corkagh Park in Clondalkin. The event, organised by the Dogs Trust, is one of many taking place over the summer with the aim of rasing much-needed funds for the new Puppy Wing at their rehoming centre in Finglas, which will offer a lifeline to more than 500 dogs a year. Tickets cost €5 with each participant receiving a goodie bag of dog treats, courtesy of Maxi Zoo. Sun, Corkagh Park. Clondalkin D22, 11am, €5. www.dogstrust.ie
CONCERT PRINTER CLIPS Paul Noonan may be having the quietest mid-life crisis in pop history. As frontman of Bell X1 he isn’t exactly known for histrionics but, incredibly, his new Printer Clips incarnation is even more understated. Recorded on and off over the past five years, the project consists of duets between Noonan (below left) and a series of female vocalists, some close acquaintances (Cathy Davey, Lisa Hannigan), others strangers he encountered on the road or through friends (Joan As Policewoman, Martha Wainwright). What all the songs have in common is a down-tempo fervour – with Bell X1’s electronics and plugged in guitars stripped away, the moochy undertow to Noonan’s writing shines through. That isn’t to criticise – merely to point out that if you consider Bell X1 to be at their least
tolerable when embracing the cliché of tortured troubadours, Printer Clips will irritate as much as it dazzles. Then, it was perhaps understandable Noonan’s muse should lead in such a direction. From the mid-2000s, BellX1’s material has grown increasingly complex and ambitious – in the best sense, the songs seemed to serve the sound rather than the other way around. In that context, Noonan’s ‘potting shed’ – his description of Printer Clips – has become an outlet for energies that had no home to go to. Unveiling the project at the NCH – where he puts in regular hours in the facility’s new writers’ chambers – Noonan will be joined by closeto-home collaborators, among them the aforementioned Hannigan (below right) and Davey, along with Maria Doyle Kennedy.
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Tomorrow, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace D2, 8pm, €20. Tel: (01) 417 0000. www. printerclips. com
Gallic and Irish pop outfits join forces this weekend for a mini-festival celebrating electro music organised by the Alliance Francais. Homegrown acts include Le Galaxie (pictured) and Daithi, with Fakear and Da Sexuality bringing French flair Tonight & tomorrow, The Village, 26 Wexford Street D2, 7.30pm, €14 to €23. Tel: 1890 200 078. www.thevillagevenue.com
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studio. the knockout song-and-dance numbers, particularly Good Morning and Moses Supposes, are invariably a feelgood affair and the voices are a triumph. Of course the highlight, unsurprisingly enough, is Driver’s magical take on Singin’ In the Rain – which sees thousands of litres of water piped on to the stage; given the ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ issuing from the audience you’d almost forget we practically invented precipitation.
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-Men past and future splendidly unite as director Bryan Singer triumphantly returns to the franchise he launched 14 years ago. entry point is ‘the future: a desolate world. A world of war, suffering, loss’ wherein our old mutant chums Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Magneto (Ian McKellen), Wolverine (Hugh Jackman giving his all – including a cheeky buttock shot) and others are hiding out from the Sentinels, a government army of killer robots, which have wiped out almost all the earth’s remaining mutants. A plan is hatched that amounts to Wolverine travelling back to 1973 to
X-Men: Days Of future Past (12A) HHHH✩ stop Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) killing Trask (Peter Dinklage), whose death triggered the Sentinels programme, thus making the future a cheerier place to be. This plot also enables the reintroduction of the excellent prequel generation, led by the magnetic duo of James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as Stewart/ McKellan juniors. With so many top-of-the-game actors competing to see who can look most serious while wearing a catsuit, you’d think a few playground casualties would be
BlenDeD (12A) H✩✩✩✩ ‘Keep an open mind,’ I told myself sternly on approaching Adam Sandler’s latest comedy. ‘This one has Drew Barrymore in it – you liked The Wedding Singer’. But, as joke after joke felt as flat as a cowpat, I considered how it’s this kind of poop that makes watching movies for a living actually feel like a job. The set-up sees Sandler as a widowed dad of three girls meeting a divorcee mum of two boys (the ever-
inevitable. But though Storm (Halle Berry) and the Beast (nicholas Hoult) get short shrift and poor ellen Page spends the entire movie with her hands hovering around Jackman’s temples, elsewhere Singer controls his mighty ensemble with tremendous skill. He even finds space for some breakout new faces: Quicksilver (evan Peters) zips off with the movie via a genius reinvention of The Matrix’s trademark slow-mo scenes. It’s just one of several set pieces within a character-driven movie where even ‘evil’ characters have complex moral motives. The seventh instalment in a series never felt so good.
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adorable Barrymore) on a disastrous blind date. They loathe each other instantly but somehow end up on a joint family holiday to ‘Africa’, or rather a genially racist Hollywood version of it. Who knew all you need to ‘blend’ two step families together was an allexpenses-paid luxury long-haul holiday? Thanks, Mr Sandler – keepin’ it real. Too unfunny to be a comedy, too full of masturbation and camel toe references to be the family fare it should be, its all-out schmaltz is still likely to rip tears from your self-loathing ducts. Li-Z
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Unlikely healer: John Turturro Woody Allen walks into his dermatologist’s only to find she’s Sharon Stone, who gives him $1,000 to arrange a threesome for her and her equally hot girlfriend: not the start of some dodgy talk show host’s joke but the hard-to-swallow premise of this indie romcom. At least Allen is not the gigolo; instead, he pimps out his pal (writer/ director John Turturro), a tall, dark and not-so-handsome chap (Turturro’s the wonky-faced one from the Coen brothers’ films), to do the dirty. However, half-way through what starts as an absurdist sex farce, it takes a sincere and melancholic tone as Turturro’s gigolo helps ‘heal’ a widowed mother-of-six (Vanessa Paradis), who tells him: ‘You bring magic to the lonely.’ Paradis brings a haunting tenderness to Turturro’s vanity project but the portrayal of women is one-dimensional: fragile flowers just waiting for a sensitive man’s touch to open them. Yet despite sketchy characterisation, Fading Gigolo succeeds through the appealing chemistry of its leads, with Allen giving particularly good ‘Woody Allen’, as you’d hope after playing him for 50-odd years. Li-Z IN ASSOCIATION WITH:
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Film4, 9pm Angelina Jolie is ice cool in full on kick-ass mode in this enjoyablly silly action film. In a role initially intended for Tom Cruise, then interestingly reversioned for a lady, she’s Evelyn Salt, a CIA operative who goes on the run after she’s accused of defecting to the Russians.
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More4, 9pm
A stark reminder of how tough it can be to be gay in some parts of the world, Ade Adepitan’s report casts a shocking light on the lack of tolerance in Jamaica. Hit songs on Jamaican radio call for gays to be burnt and shot, while homophobic attacks re common in an island nation where sex between men can result in ten years hard labour. Adepitan (above) meets a group of homeless gay and transgender men forced to live in a storm drain in Kingston.
the fast show special BBC2, 10PM The much-loved sketch show, led by Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson (both pictured), returns as part of BBC2’s back-slapping 50th birthday comedy celebrations. Most of the old favourites are given a dusting off, including Ron Manager and babbling Rowley Birkin QC, but it’s posh Ralph’s simmering passion for taciturn labourer Ted that’s the standout. ‘Are you on Twitter, Ted? Do you tweet?’ asks Ralph, lower lip trembling. ‘The more you say, the less sense it seems to make, Sir.’
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Sky Atlantic, 9pm
dangerous mind of a hooligan
There’s precious little footie going on in this violent, low-budget Brit crime flick. The setup sees five football hooligans turnedaspiring criminals, all strangers to each other, recruited to pull off a multimillionpound bank job by a shady boss. Complications set in as the gang flee the heist, hostage in tow, trust issues flaring and Mark Sangster’s detective on their tails.
BBC2, 9pm
Soaps hollyoaks E4, 7pm
If there is one certainty in soapland, it is that a shared secret doesn’t stay a secret for very long. That means Sandy is unlikely to keep Lindsey’s shock revelation about her private life to herself. Meanwhile, Maxine faces a tough decision where Patrick and their baby is concerned.
coronation street
drive hard
John Cusack (right) is the big surprise draw in this ominously cinema-swerving action comedy. He’s a thief who enlists a former Formula 1 champion-turned-driving instructor (Thomas Jane) to be his getaway man. The hilariously generic title suggests a certain lack of originality, but So Bad It’s Good fans will be hoping for some camp fun given this is from the director of BMX Bandits and The Leprechaun 3 and 4.
the story of women and art
The versatile Nick Frost (above), last seen dancing up a storm in Cuban Fury, is in a very different mode in this comedy drama written by Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Robert B Weide and set in 1969. Frost is buttoned-up Mr Sloane, a suburban office slave for whom the 1960s definitely haven’t swung. Things look up when he meets Olivia Colman, in a lovely period frock, on the Tube. But it soon becomes clear that, if a cock-up is what you need, Sloane is your man.
TV3, 7.30pm
Kirk is in a flap because he’s worried Maria might have done something daft – come on, it wouldn’t be the first time – while Liz reads Tina the riot act at the Rover’s for failing to live up to the pub’s customer relations pledge. In other words, Tracy Barlow winds her up. It’s really not going well for our Ms McIntyre – all she needs now is for Peter to give her the elbow and her days might be numbered… (spoiler alert)
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Fun the late late show RTE1, 9.35pm
It’s the turn of the 18th century to get a much needed art history makeover from Professor Amanda Vickery, who travels to Paris to get a feel for the talent of Rose Berlin, a woman centuries ahead of her time: these days she’d be the toast of the celebrity fashion design world.
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Sky Arts 1, 7.45pm The ukelele – hardly the most rock’n’roll of instruments, is it? But the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain is changing that, plucking out covers of Nirvana and Kate Bush on their teeny instruments and becoming YouTube legends in the process. It’s earned them a US tour and this film follows them on the road.
Ryan has a full house tonight with a line-up of stars from home and away gracing Studio 4. Hollywood beefcake Channing Tatum is on with his 21 Jump Street co-star Jonah Hill to talk about new movie 22 Jump Street. Supporting One Direction in Croke Park this weekend, Australian boyband 5 Seconds Of Summer perform their new single. Meanwhile rugby star Gordon D’Arcy and his wife model Aoife Cogan drop by and Aslan’s Christy Dignam will be chatting and crooning on the show.
the graham norton show BBC1, 10.40pm
Veteran careers are lauded in chat show world with Julie Andrews giving Graham Norton a Mary Poppins moment, while John Cleese joins Alan Carr. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill – also over on RTÉ1’s The Late Late Show – land on Norton’s sofa along with Pharrell Williams, while Carr has Mary Portas, Richard Ayaode and Ellie Goulding.
This wonderfully corny 1980s Hollywood classic hails from an era when a job on Wall Street was something to be dreamt of, rather than despised. Melanie Griffith (above) is the career-climbing girl who takes a secretarial job at a big broker firm, only to sneakily impersonate her back-stabbing boss (Sigourney Weaver) after she’s laid off by a skiing accident. Griffith is adorable and Harrison Ford nicely fills out the love interest role in a winning yuppie fantasy romcom.
sex, lies and videotape
Movie Mix, 11.40pm Steven Soderbergh was 26 when he made his directorial debut with this Palme d’Or winning dark comedy. A lawyer (Peter Gallagher) betrays his neurotic wife (Andy MacDowell) by sleeping with her sister (Laura San Giacomo). James Spader turns up to videotape the resulting carnage.
suspect
RTÉ1, 11.55pm Courtroom drama set in Washington, DC, starring Cher as public defender Kathleen Riley, who is assigned the case of Liam Neeson’s homeless Vietnam veteran, the prime suspect when a judge dies by suicide and a justice department official is found dead. On the jury suave lobbyist Eddie Sanger (Dennis Quaid) conducts his own inquiries when he suspects that Anderson is innocent. There’s a romance, a conspiracy and a twist at the end in a final courtroom scene presided over by Judge Matthew Helms (John Mahoney, aka Frasier’s dad).
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We just want to make records THE HORRORS spent two years in a studio for their latest album. And they’re only just getting started. By Amy Dawson
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’m off to find black-clad art rockers The Horrors in about as unfitting a location imaginable – a chain hotel in central London’s Leicester Square. We’re meeting here because the five-piece band are dashing between radio interviews to talk about their new album, Luminous. mixing squalling rock with danceable shimmer and huge hooks, Luminous is a big, beautiful swirl of sound that marks The Horrors out as thrilling rock talents. What drives them band to constantly stretch themselves? ‘It’s not for the pursuit of genre-hopping, it’s just that the things that excite you will change,’ says frontman Faris Badwan. ‘I think when things develop naturally, you know they’re right,’ he says. Bassist Rhys ‘Spider’ Webb adds: ‘For us, it’s always just about challenging ourselves to be better songwriters. I think that’s something that appeals to us and something we are successful at doing. We’ve outlived most of our contemporaries over the past few years.’
FIvE quEsTIOns
Cinematographer JJ Rolfe
Focusing his lens on a skateboarding shop in the north inner city, the film director examines the evolution of Irish skate culture in the documentary Hill Street Is skateboarding a subject that has always interested you? I was always interested in skating, but I fit into the category of people that usually fall off. With the film, I found it interesting to tell the story of how a whole scene almost came together from a shop’s inception [Clive Rowan’s store on Hill Street]. In the film, veteran skater Damien Cody likens skating to physical art; a split second sculpture. Was capturing those fleeting airborne moments something that really appealed to you as a cinematographer? I have a lot of respect for what skateboarders are able to do and
“It’s a totally self-contained world... it’s torturous”
capturing those moments was the thing that first drew me to making this. A lot of my early notes were based on the visual sequences. I had to calm myself down a bit to stop us ending up with a film that was just a load of skating with some interviews sandwiched in between. The film does a great job of showing how key figures of the skate scene became engrossed in the sport. But what led you to your career in film? I started out in film by studying at The National Film School out in IADT Dún Laoghaire. I always had a love of photography and telling stories through images, so it felt like a good fit. College was great for learning the craft, but it also meant meeting people that I would continue to work with even today. Whether you are a fervent skate fan or not, the once underground activity seems to pique people’s interest. Why
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Badwan interjects: ‘But I don’t think it’s that regular that people are motivated to the same degree that we are, for better or worse. Because not everyone would want to have every part of their life consumed by something like that – but I think we do.’ The band – all music obsessives who met through a love of rare record crate-digging and DJing – are known for the intensity of their creative process. Luminous saw them holed up in their studio in Dalston, London, for nearly two years – and they don’t work with a producer, or let anyone at their management or label hear a peep out of what they’re making, until they’re done. ‘It’s a totally self-contained world. At some points it’s torturous, yes, I mean unbelievably torturous’, says Badwan. ‘But then everything that’s worthwhile is’. The Horrors seem so determined to do their own thing that one wonders what they make of their embrace by the mainstream. ‘When we were number five, the people around us were Adele, Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, which was bizarre!’ says Badwan. There’s every reason to suspect The Horrors will continue to change and surprise us. ‘If four of us died and one of us was left,’ says Badwan, ‘I think that person would end up making music very quickly.’ Luminous (XL) is out now. The Horrors play Electric Picnic in August. www.electricpicnic.ie
Todd Terje, real name Terje Olsen (pictured), clearly likes to reach his destination at an unhurried pace. The Norwegian disco producer’s first taste of success came with his debut release, the cosmic grooves of 2004’s Eurodans. The usual reaction towards such instant acclaim is to rush out a load of similar records, but in the six years that followed, he only put out one release and instead focused on remix work. Terje enjoyed another hit with Inspector Norse in 2012. This time, he decided to capitalise on his spacey disco productions by releasing his first album, It’s Album Time, earlier this year. Like his mid-tempo grooves, Terje clearly prefers the slow road to recognition. Tonight, Hidden Agenda, The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar D2, 11pm, €20 (sold out).
do you think people find skate-life so appealing? Personally, I think non-skaters are interested in it because it is so visually captivating. Watching people almost defy gravity and performing tricks that shouldn’t be possible awakens a very inquisitive urge to understand it. You have previously worked on TV shows and short films like The Hardy Bucks and Just Saying alongside director Dave Tynan. Do you have any further projects on the horizon, directorial or otherwise? Primarily I’m a cinematographer who has just been lucky enough to get a chance to direct. I recently wrapped shooting on Rockmount with Dave Tynan, a short film about Roy Keane, and we would work together quite a bit. That is, until the day he tells me to head-off. Luke Holohan Hill Street is out now on limited release
Daniel Wang
Daniel Wang moved to New York to study during the late 1980s, but he ended up frequenting clubs that played early house music and disco. Having put his studies on hold, Wang started to experiment with old music equipment, including the theremin, and put out a series of bizarre, but brilliant, disco-influenced records on Environ and Balihu. While his production work slowed down in recent years, Wang continues to DJ extensively around Europe and this weekend’s guest slot at the Twisted Pepper will see him play a special Salsoul disco set. Tomorrow, Pogo/Discotekken, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street D1, 10.30pm, €8 to €10.
Bill Brewster
Bill Brewster is one of the key figures in the UK’s underground dance scene. The co-author – together with Frank Broughton – of a number of books about dance music and DJ culture, including Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, Brewster brings the same curatorial approach to his other venture, the DJ History website. In between his archiving, writing and researching, Brewster DJs regularly, focusing on house and disco. Tonight, Panda Party, The Sugar Club, Lower Leeson Street D2, 11pm, €7.
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Business&Careers new state bank set up to lend to small firms Ireland is setting up a new State bank to pump hundreds of millions of euro into struggling small businesses. The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) will be funded by Germany and the eU, as well as Irish pensions, after a deal was struck with German Chancellor angela Merkel. The Government has promised that SBCI will lend more than €500million to small and medium-sized firms which are being frozen out by the banks. Taoiseach enda Kenny said the new State-owned lender would help reinforce Ireland’s economic recovery. ‘Using funds from the German promotional bank KfW, the european Investment Bank and the Irish Strategic Investment Fund, the first phase will make over €500m available for small Irish business,’ Mr Kenny said. The new bank is expected to be lending to businesses by the end of the year. The plan promises ‘innovative loans’ which will be channelled from the SBCI through so-called ‘on-lenders’, which are usually existing high street lenders who will assess loan applications and administer the funding. The loans will be low-interest and tar-
by bRiAn HuTTOn geted at firms who can’t get credit through the normal channels. These include established small businesses looking to buy new machinery, or start-ups looking for longer term loan repayment plans, for example over six years rather than a typical three-year plan. Mr Kenny said the plan was hatched after a meeting last year with dr Merkel, during which she agreed to pursue the German investment bank KfW to help fund the new Irish lender. ‘It will focus on financing SMes in the first instance but can grow to finance other key sectors of the economy,’ he added. Business groups have welcomed the new bank, but have voiced concerns about the involvement of retail banks. Mark Fielding, of the Irish Small and Medium enterprises association, said there is a fear that bailed out banks will ‘revert to form’ and divert the low-cost loans to ‘safer’ large businesses. Ian Talbot of Chambers Ireland, an umbrella group of Ireland’s chambers of commerce, said there was an urgent need for the bank to be set up and called for a definite deadline to be set.
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THE POWER OF THREE: TV3 presenter and power lifter Lisa Cannon gets help lifting a sofa from Donal Óg Cusack and store manager Grant Tucker, of furniture retailer DFS, at the announcement of the DFS Gaisce Gold Partnership which will see hundreds more young people participate in the annual challenge programme Picture: fennells
Docklands plan welcomed AN BORD Pleanála’s approval of the Dublin Docklands’ Strategic Development Zone ‘is an important step in staving off a commercial property crisis in Dublin’. Dublin Chamber of Commerce chief Gina Quin welcomed the move, which will see new office space and residential accommodation built in the mainly derelict North Lotts and Grand Canal Dock areas, which is mostly in the control of Nama. Dublin City Council believes this has the potential to create 23,000 jobs and house 5,800 people. Lord Mayor of Dublin Oisín Quinn said: ‘The Docklands area is highly attractive to international investors so the approval of the planning scheme should now lead to construction of new commercial developments.’
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POOR mental health can cost employers dearly. Two in five of us will experience a mental health difficulty at some point in our lives. According to the good people at Mental Health Reform (www. mentalhealthreform.ie), mental health problems cost the Irish economy two per cent of GDP annually. So a positive and pro-active approach to the promotion of mental wellbeing in the workplace is not just a matter of basic human decency, it also makes deep financial sense. There are huge dividends in the short to medium term by way of reduced absenteeism and increased employee engagement and performance. So what can companies do to improve mental wellbeing at work?
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Working in a supportive team that cares about arrive into work with a spring in their step and a the wellbeing of its members can make a huge can-do smile on their face. So watch out for a difference to the working environment for macho workplace culture where ‘weakness’ of everyone. Recognition for a job well done from any kind is stigmatised. managers and bosses is And now for the elephant at the watercrucial, especially when it cooler. The single biggest culprit in is backed up by mental health problems at work meaningful support for over the past few years? Staff being Recognition for overworked with unrealistic and employee career development plans. a job well done endless lists of tasks. People at a There is no surefire basic level need to know they are is crucial way of predicting getting to their workload. which employees will Otherwise a feeling of things being experience mental health out of control will grow and grow and problems. Nor is it always easy grow. Not good. Not fair. And not smart. to spot. I have heard from many Career coach Jane Downes is the author of The Career Book very stressed-out clients about the pressure they (thecareerbook.ie) and principal coach of Clearview Coaching feel every morning to mask their feelings and Group, clearviewcoachgroup.com.
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METROSCOPE by Patrick Arundell
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Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20
The Moon forges a nice angle with the Sun, helping you to balance your personal expression with emotions. Furthermore, with Jupiter, the planet of growth, co-operating with Saturn, property and family issues can look more settled. For your forecast, call 15609 114 70
Taurus Apr 21 – May 21
If you’re looking for co-operation at work, it’s possible that someone’s lack of clarity or even honesty could affect the smooth running of your role. Yet, you may find it reassuring when another person discreetly puts a good word in for you.
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Gemini May 22 – Jun 21
The key to progress is going to be in meshing well with others, and for the most part, this will be possible. However, your desire for creativity needs to be matched with selfdiscipline.
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Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23
The phase you find yourself in is asking you to do your research, make discreet enquiries and put out feelers. It’s not quite so hot for full-on action. And yet there may be part of you that hankers for a more expansive lifestyle. It can come in time. For your forecast, call 15609 114 73
Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23
People around you seem enthusiastic and you may find yourself popular. While this can be gratifying, when it comes to any conversations concerning businesslike issues, it’s going to be important not to let personal moves influence decisions.
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Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23
When Mercury and Venus are on good terms, it encourages us to enjoy the best of life. Yet, your money zone can be affected by mixed signals from someone you like. For now, don’t be too giving Virgo.
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Libra Sep 24 – Oct 23
ACROSS 7 Foreign (6) 8 Fold (6) 10 Full (7) 11 Cast (5) 12 Location (4) 13 Tranquillity (5) 17 Commonplace (5) 18 Rip (4) 22 Stir (5) 23 Sundry (7) 24 Comrade (6) 25 Hide (6)
DOWN 1 Quell (7) 2 Contend (7) 3 Tendon (5) 4 Introduction (7) 5 Swift (5) 6 Edge (5) 9 Faulty (9) 14 Liberty (7) 15 Enthusiast (7) 16 Give (7) 19 Surly (5) 20 Hector (5) 21 Cost (5)
Yesterday’s Solutions Across: 1 Obese; 4 Benefit; 8 Trivial; 9 Clear; 10 Fate; 11 Crotchet; 13 Deep; 14 Very; 16 Impaired; 17 Idea; 20 Naive; 21 Curtail; 22 Elector; 23 Glass. Down: 1 Out of patience; 2 Exist; 3 Evil; 4 Belfry; 5 Niceties; 6 Freshly; 7 Turn the tables; 12 Sediment; 13 Deprive; 15 Fencer; 18 Drama; 19 Prig.
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Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19
If you have an investment, stocks and shares or a pension, market shifts or vague information can be a concern. However, a sparkling alliance between Mercury and Venus can bring some very welcome distractions your way, and one can be romantic. For your forecast, call 15609 114 80
Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20
Your personal identity may be going through some radical transformations. Handled right, this can be positive and help you welcome new approaches. Part of this might be a yearning for change in your environment. For your forecast, call 15609 114 81
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formula one
Hamilton: I’ll win with my killer instinct Lewis HamiLton believes his under-privileged upbringing has made him hungrier for this season’s world title than team-mate nico Rosberg. Hamilton may now have all the trappings of wealth that come with his celebrity status, but throughout his formative years, until the time when he was handed a contract with mcLaren from 2007, that was far from the case. as for Rosberg, the son of 1982 world champion Keke, he has lived all his years in monaco, and so it can be claimed he has known nothing other than the good life. one German newspaper recently suggested Rosberg was too soft to go toe-to-toe with Hamilton over the course of a title fight. as 2008 world champion, and winning the crown in the manner he did – with an overtaking manoeuvre on the final corner of the last lap of the concluding race of the season – it would suggest Hamilton has the killer instinct and can go the distance. ‘nico grew up in monaco with jets and hotels and boats and all these kind of things, so the hunger is different,’ Hamilton said. ‘i want to be the hungriest guy in the cockpit from all 22 of us – even if every driver has to believe he’s the hungriest. ‘if i were to come here believing nico is hungrier than me then i might as well go home. so i’ve got to be the hungriest. to win the world championship you need to be the hungriest.’
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rugby heineken cup
Farrell plays down Wilko showdown
Final send-off: Wilkinson
Ryan leads Leinster for B&I
Neither man will countenance the idea, both being team men through and through, but the key battle in tomorrow’s heineken Cup final looks set to be between opposing out-halves, Jonny Wilkinson of toulon and Saracens’ Owen Farrell. Wilkinson, 35, kicked all 24 of toulon’s points as they beat Saracens in last year’s semi-final and 12 months on the sides meet again in the final at Cardiff
FLANKER Dominic Ryan will captain a talented Leinster line-up when they host Leeds Carnegie in the British and Irish Cup final at Donnybrook this evening (7pm). South African lock Quinn Roux and rising stars Tadhg Furlong and Jack Conan join Ryan in the pack, while there is plenty of Pro12 experience in a backline featuring Brendan Macken, Noel Reid and Darragh Fanning.
LEINSTER: D Hudson; S Coghlan Murray, B Macken, N Reid, D Fanning; C Marsh, L McGrath; J O’Connell, J Tracy, T Furlong; B Marshall, Q Roux; J Conan, D Ryan (capt), L Auva’a.
cycling Rigoberto Uran won the 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia and took the overall lead. The Colombian was 57 seconds behind Cadel Evans going into the stage, then won the 42km individual time trial from Barbaresco to Barolo in under an hour, with Evans finishing 94 seconds behind in third, falling 37 seconds behind overall. ‘It’s incredible, I’m really surprised. I didn’t think I would win it. I can’t believe I won the stage and took the pink jersey,’ the Team Sky rider (pictured) said. ‘I worked a lot on my time trial over the winter, but this surpassed my expectations. It’s too early to say the race is over. We still have not raced the hardest mountains yet. The most difficult part of the Giro is still to come.’
County pair charged with match-fixing
Record number of Monaco wins by one driver – the legendary Ayrton Senna
Lewis Hamilton is the only driver in the past ten years to have
sport digest Uran seizes Giro lead in time trial
by dAnny HogAn in a match given an extra resonance by Wilkinson’s confirmation this week that he will retire at the end of the season. Both teams are packed with world-class talent and the physical nature of the clash is likely to be immense, but it is likely to be the accuracy of the two kickers that makes the difference in a game likely to be close right to the wire. ‘Jonny is definitely one of, if not the best ever, but you can’t put it into one-on-one battles,’ 22-year-old Farrell said. ‘he is obviously big in the way they play and controlling the game, so we will have to be ready for that as a team.’ Saracens are waiting on the fitness of skipper Steve Borthwick (chest), with director of rugby Mark McCall saying: ‘he’s a leader of this club and no player deserves to play in these games more than Steve.’
cricket The England and
Wales Cricket Board has charged former New Zealand test player Lou Vincent and Pakistani pace bowler Naveed Arif with match fixing in two county matches. The ECB said Vincent has been charged under its Anti-Corruption Code with a total of 14 offences related to games played in August 2011, a Twenty20 match between Sussex and Lancashire and a 40-over game between Sussex and Kent. Arif, who played for Pakistan A, is charged with six offences in relation to the 40-over game. The board said both players have been provisionally suspended from all sanctioned competition.
Marcin leads home break cycling Defending champion Marcin Bialoblocki claimed victory on stage five of the An Post Rás into Clonakilty. The Polish rider led a breakaway of 11 riders over the line, finishing several minutes ahead of the main bunch featuring the yellow jersey of leader Patrick Bevin. Clemens Fankhauser (Austria Tirol Cycling) was part of that lead group, crossing the line in fifth place and now becomes leader of the overall general classification.
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ScHOLESSAyS Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has been writing about Moyes and more – here are some key points:
Stan’s slam has shown us the way to success StANiSLAS Wawrinka’s Australian Open win can be the blueprint for other rising stars to claim Grand Slam success this summer, according to Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov, writes Danny Griffiths. Swiss player Wawrinka earned his first major title in January with victory over rafael Nadal in Melbourne. it was the first sign of vulnerability shown by the quartet of Nadal, Novak Djokovic, roger Federer and
Inspired: Dimitrov Andy Murray, who have enjoyed a stranglehold over major titles over the past decade. And now world No.12 Dimitrov, the boyfriend of Maria Sharapova, is eager for his own breakthrough ahead of the French Open, which begins at roland Garros next week. the 23-year-old was the youngest player in the top 50 at the end of last year and will smash his way into the top ten if he continues his impressive 2014. He produced his best grandslam display reaching the last eight in Melbourne, losing to Nadal. He said: ‘there are a lot of players working hard to break into the top ten and Stan showed us what is possible in Australia. i am ready to make progress as i feel strong after a hard winter of work.’
‘David Moyes took a lot of stick but I believe he’s a top manager. I’d question if ten months was enough On the man who could be on time.’ his way to Celtic next season ‘Edward Woodward has an awful lot to prove this time that he’s good enough at United executive vice-chairman has his job.’ Saysto make sure he lands the players new boss Louis van Gaal wants this summer
Road to redemption: Moyes could find himself back in football at Celtic Park by MATTHEW NASH DaviD Moyes could be in line for a swift return to management after Neil Lennon quit scottish champions Celtic yesterday. Moyes – sacked by Manchester United last month – was quickly installed among the favourites to replace the Northern irishman. The developments came on the day it was announced the scot is being investigated over an allegation of assault on a 23-year-old man in a wine bar on Wednesday.
69.25 Lennon’s total win percentage at Celtic. Moyes’ at United was 53. Moyes is thought to relish the prospect of taking over at what was his first club as a player. The 51-year-old has work to do to repair his reputation after a disastrous ten-month spell at old Trafford and will also be aware failure is not an option at Celtic. Lennon leaves having
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Lennon exit may give axed Moyes his dream return
won three titles in four seasons, plus a couple of scottish Cups, and further silverware is a must. ireland and former Hoops winger aiden McGeady said: ‘it is a difficult job because Celtic is a massive club and success is a way of life. if you are not winning two trophies a year, you are seen as a failure.’ Lennon is expected to try his luck south of the border, but suggestions he
could take over at Norwich, freshly relegated from the Premier League, were quickly dashed last night when the Canaries handed caretaker manager Neil adams a three-year contract. agent Martin Reilly insisted his client had ‘nothing lined up’ and Lennon said: ‘i feel the time is now right to move on to a new challenge. i will now assist the club in appointing my successor.’
Just champion: Lennon
world cup round-up
Suarez vows injury won’t end his tournament
McGee close to Open spot iRisH No.1 James McGee is one win away from a place in the main draw of the French open. The 27-year-old Dubliner is through to the third and final qualifying round following a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Guido Pella of argentina. italian world No.174 andrea arnoboldi, stands in the way of 209thranked McGee reaching his first Grand slam event and becoming the first irishman to play in the French open since 1982.
‘I don’t expect to be at his own immediate future United’ He predicts will be away from Old Trafford
suarez: Knee surgery
Striker Luis Suarez promised Uruguay fans he would be at the World Cup finals after successful keyhole surgery on a knee injury yesterday. the Liverpool forward, who scored 31 Premier League goals last season, had an operation on his left knee after injuring the meniscus cartilage warming up before training on Wednesday. An Mri scan revealed the damage was minor and the arthroscopic
surgery conducted on the 27-year-old lasted under an hour. it is likely to be at least two weeks before Suarez can resume training, but he’s convinced he will be fit for the tournament. ‘i’ll work quietly and very hard in the coming days to be 100 per cent and help my team-mates,’ he said. Uruguay FA officials released a statement which said: ‘His [Suarez] participation to the World Cup in
Brazil has not been ruled out.’ Uruguay’s first match is against Costa rica on June 15 before they face england in Sao Paolo four days later. ‘We all know what Luis represents to the national team and more,’ said Uruguay FA president Wilmar Valdez. Officials think the original damage was caused in the final game of the season, a 2-1 win at Anfield against Newcastle United.
Rossi gives Italy a lift Rooney: I can’t flop
No fear over Bastian
ITALY striker Giuseppe Rossi is winning his battle to take his place in Cesare Prandelli’s World Cup squad. He has recently returned from a four-month absence and team physician Enric Castellacci said: ‘Rossi is in pretty good shape physically.’ The Fiorentina forward faces a fight with Parma’s Antonio Cassano for a place in the final squad.
BAsTIAn sCHWEInsTEIGER will be fully fit for the tournament, according to Germany’s assistant coach Hansi Flick. The midfielder did not train with the squad on the first full day of their camp in the Italian Alps. He is returning to fitness following a knee problem which caused him to miss Bayern Munich’s German Cup final win on saturday.
WAYNE ROONEY admits there will be no excuses if his third, and possibly last, World Cup is another dud. He set Euro 2004 alight as an 18-year-old, however, Rooney cut a dejected figure in South Africa in 2010. ‘I’ve been here before and said what I feel I can deliver and it hasn’t happened,’ he said. ‘This is the one where I have to show what I can do.’
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it’s work hard and play hard for O’neill marTin o’neiLL has warned his republic of ireland players they are not just meeting up for an end-of-season jolly. ireland will take on Turkey and World Cupbound italy, Costa rica and Portugal over the next three weeks, with one eye very firmly on the start of the euro 2016 qualifying campaign in September. o’neill is making no apologies for choosing testing opponents at the end of a long campaign for most of his men, and while results may not be the be all and end all, he is looking to head into the qualifiers on a high. He said: ‘regardless of whether you are playing a friendly match or not, you want to win the games. The games that we have chosen are particularly difficult. But for me, you obviously still want to win it. There will be a
international bit of experimentation too, but overall they will be competitive and we would like to try to do well in them. ‘You wouldn’t want to be going into September on the back of a very poor run.’ The get-together will give o’neill his longest spell yet with his players, and he has been delighted with the commitment they have shown since arriving. He said: ‘it’s terrific in the sense that i have the players for this length of time. i’m very, very pleased i have this chance now to work with the players. i don’t want to be driving them mad with three training sessions a day, i want it to be enjoyable, but i want us to do some work as well.’
‘You wouldn’t want to go into september on a poor run’
R Madrid v A Madrid
Tomorrow, 7pm, RTÉ2/sky sports 1/UTV did you know?
This is the first time in European Cup final history two teams from the same city have met. atletico beat Real 1-0 at the Bernabeu and drew 2-2 at the Vicente Calderon in la liga, but lost in the Copa del Rey. The two clubs last met in the European Cup in the semi-finals of 1959. Real won after a play-off.
KEY BATTLE: Cristiano
Ronaldo v Thibaut Courtois all eyes will be on Gareth Bale as he appears in his first Champions league final but there is no escaping the fact that Ronaldo is the real star of the lisbon show. The former Manchester United favourite has a record 16 goals in Europe this season and has already lifted the Ballon d’Or. He would love nothing better than to lead los Blancos to victory against the upstart neighbours who stuck two footballing fingers up at the establishment by winning la liga. It won’t be an easy task, even for the prince of Portugal. atleti have conceded just six goals in 11 Champions league outings and a large part of their success is down to Courtois, on loan from Chelsea and already one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Keeping Ronaldo off the scoresheet will be key to settling who wins an intriguing finish to an extraordinary 2013-14 season.
MADRiD UniTED
Our combined Xi: Courtois (atletico Madrid), Juanfran (aM, Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Godin (aM), Filipe luis (aM), Di Maria (RM), Modric (RM), Koke (aM), Ronaldo (RM), Diego Costa (aM), Bale (RM).
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league of ireland Jason McGuinness is quite happy for shamrock Rovers to fly under the radar in the tilt for the title – for the moment at least. Though Trevor Croly’s Hoops went top of the table briefly last saturday night after beating athlone Town, Dundalk and Cork City’s midweek wins knocked them back down to third going into tonight’s big Dublin derby with Bohemians at Tallaght stadium. While Cork have been the surprise package so far this season, champions st Patrick’s athletic and Dundalk remain the bookies’ championship favourites ahead of Rovers. ‘There aren’t too many people talking about us and we’d like to keep it that way,’ said defender McGuinness. ‘That can help you as a player. if you go under the radar you can relax and focus on your game and enjoy your game. a relaxed footballer is a better footballer in my opinion. That seems to be the case at the moment.’
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Carlo’s healed the Real divide by gAVin BROwn Sergio ramoS claims Carlo ancelotti’s friendly style of management has been key to real madrid’s first Champions League final in 12 years. ancelotti replaced Jose mourinho last summer and, despite coming up short in La Liga, has led madrid to a Copa del rey triumph and tomorrow’s european Cup showdown with city rivals and Spanish champions atletico. The italian has healed a squad which had become divided under mourinho and ramos praised the 54-year-old’s character in an interview with real’s sponsors, Bwin. ‘apart from being the boss, the
u Diego Costa is hopeful of being fit to lead the line for atletico Madrid in the Champions League final after having horse placenta injected into his nagging thigh injury. the spain striker returned to Madrid yesterday after receiving treatment in Belgrade from Marijana Kovacevic, who has previously used the technique to try to aid the recovery of footballers including Frank Lampard and Robin van Persie. leader and the man that calls the shots on board our ship, he is also a friend and understands us perfectly,’ said the defender. ‘This makes your work easier and boosts your confidence and self-esteem. He is one of the reasons behind real madrid’s great season.’ ancelotti received a boost yesterday when Cristiano ronaldo returned to full training following
a niggling hamstring injury. The World Player of the Year has been sidelined for two weeks but spent 20 minutes training with the real squad and a further 25 minutes working on his own. gareth Bale also participated in training after a knock but Pepe and Karim Benzema were absent and remain major doubts for the Lisbon clash.
fOOTBALL DigEsT Harry only has eyes for wembley Bard joins Potters HaRRY REDKNaPP has refused to be drawn on his future ahead of QPR’s Championship play-off final with Derby at Wembley tomorrow. Their have been reports Redknapp will leave loftus Road if Rangers fail to return to the Premier league. The 67-year-old said: ‘I don’t think beyond Saturday. I have not even thought about a player for next year. My focus is getting a result on Saturday, then we can all sit down and start planning for the future.’ The Rams have been rejuvenated under Steve McClaren, who began the season on Redknapp’s coaching staff. ‘Derby are favourites,’ added Redknapp. ‘They’ve been on a great run and Steve has done a fantastic job. It’s got all the ingredients of a good match-up.’ Defender Yun Suk-Young is available for QPR after being allowed to miss South Korea’s pre-World Cup training camp.
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‘entertainment value is high on my list and always has been because this is an entertainment business.’ West Ham manager Sam Allardyce promises more excitement next season
STOKE have signed defender Phil Bardsley on a three-year deal. The 28-year-old Scotland international will join the Potters on July 1 following the expiration of his contract at Sunderland, who had hoped to extend Bardsley’s sixand-a-half year stay, but must now admit defeat.
Last Bell for Craig CRaIG BEllaMY has announced his retirement from football aged 34. The well-travelled Cardiff and Wales striker said his body ‘could not take it any more’. His decision brings to an end a 17-year career, which also included spells at Manchester City and liverpool.
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O’Neill backs Lennon for Premier challenge
Former Hoops boss tips Neil for big things as he quits Parkhead
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Feeling the strain: McIlroy takes a breather during yesterday’s round
by DAviD kENNEDy Former Celtic boss martin o’Neill has backed Neil Lennon to make it in the Barclays Premier League if he chooses to move south of the border. The 42-year-old Lennon (pictured) parted company with the Hoops yesterday after four hugely successful years at the helm amid suggestions he was ready for a new challenge. republic of Ireland manager o’Neill headed for Aston Villa and then Sunderland after his own spell at Parkhead, and is confident his fellow Ulsterman would be a success in england. He said: ‘Why shouldn’t he be? He has got really good experience now. He has had the experience of managing what I believe is one of the best clubs in the world. ‘He has taken that on and that will stand him in great stead for the rest of his career.’ o’Neill learned of Lennon’s departure shortly before he put his Ireland players through their paces in malahide yesterday afternoon, but insisted he had no inside information as to his reasons. He said: ‘I don’t know the ins and outs. I only heard before we went to training there about an hour and a half ago about the news. ‘Neil has done very well. obviously, I know him particularly well because I signed him twice as a player, once to Leicester City and once to Celtic, and he did exceptionally well for me in both spells. ‘I really don’t know the reasons for it, but it’s happened. He’s had a very good time at Celtic, particularly the year where they did brilliantly in the Champions League. But again, I really don’t know.’ Former Bhoys striker Henrik Larsson, currently in charge of Swedish side Falkenbergs, was swiftly installed as the bookmakers’ favourite to succeed Lennon, although his price eased as punters turned to sacked manchester United manager David moyes.
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EAgLE-EyED RORy fiNDs REAsON TO cHEER Love seemed to be the theme of the BMW PGA Championship yesterday as Rory McIlroy briefly forgot relationship blues to fire two eagles en route to a 68 and Thomas Bjorn sent hearts racing with a course record 62 at Wentworth. A previously glum-looking McIlroy, who admitted he would find it tough to focus on the european Tour’s flagship event after breaking off his engagement with tennis player Caroline Wozniacki on Wednesday, was suddenly all smiles after eagling the par-four seventh. The world No.10 saw his 130-yard approach land in the rough at the back of the green before the ball spun sharply back and rolled 30 feet until it disappeared into the middle of the cup. McIlroy also eagled the par-five 12th
after a majestic five-iron from 203 yards ended within tap-in range. ‘It was a good day, I played well and hit a lot of solid shots,’ he said. ‘The two eagles helped obviously and it’s a good round for me around this place. I’d just be delighted to make it to the weekend because I haven’t done for the last couple of years. I feel like I’m playing well enough to shoot good scores and I’ll try and shoot something similar or even better and get myself in the mix.’ McIlroy’s round was good enough to sit in the top ten, but he still trails by six shots after Danish veteran Bjorn, in love with golf again after a spell when he was disillusioned with the sport, sprinted clear of the field with the lowest score in relation to par, ten under, in the 60-year
history of the tournament. ‘To go out on this golf course of all places and play like I did today is a little bit surprising,’ the 43-year-old said. ‘It was one of those days where you just walk off and you think, I want to keep playing.’ Love was also in the mind of Ireland’s Shane Lowry, who was nearly as impressive in shooting 64 to sit two shots back in second place. ‘I love it around here,’ said the offaly man, who was fourth in 2011 and 12th last year. ‘It’s a great event. It’s a great golf course. I’ve been struggling but I managed to find something at home a couple of weeks ago and hopefully can keep it going.’ It wasn’t a happy day for Spain’s Sergio Garcia, however, who withdrew from the event with knee problems.
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