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Finance chief Noonan to remain in Cabinet MICHAEL NOONAN last night said he will continue to serve as Minister for Finance ‘at the Taoiseach’s discretion’, after revealing he has recently been treated for cancer. In a statement, the veteran Limerick TD said he first became aware of a problem in February, when he noticed ‘a lump on [his] right arm in the shoulder area’. Upon medical examination, this was identified as a sarcoma, which needed to be removed. The 71-year-old minister said he received five weeks’ radiotherapy treatment at St Luke’s Hospital in late March and April to shrink the growth, which was removed at Cappagh Hospital last Wednesday. He was discharged from hospital on Saturday. Thanking staff at both hospi-
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by Joanne ahern tals, along with his medical team, he added that they ‘believe the treatment has gone very well and are upbeat about the prognosis’. ‘There is no damage to my shoulder muscle and my risk of recurrence is low’, Mr Noonan said. Sarcomas are rare cancers that can develop in muscle, bone, nerves, cartilage, tendons, blood vessels and fatty and fibrous tissues. The straight-talking minister said he released the statement on foot of media queries ‘to ensure accuracy and clarity’. Mr Noonan is the second consecutive finance minister to be treated for cancer. His predecessor, Brian Lenihan Jnr, died from pancreatic cancer in June 2011.
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‘Edible inventor’ devises vapours in 200 flavours for dinner parties with a difference
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Clouding the issue: Charlie Harry Francis sucks the vapour from one of his micro-mist orbs PicturE: rEx
IT sounds like one of Willy Wonka’s barmier inventions But Charlie Harry Francis has come up with the ultimate calorie-free sweet sensation – inhalable ‘micro mists’ which you suck through a straw to get an instant flavour hit. In seconds, his space-age orb can conjure up the taste of smoked bacon,
by SHAROn MARRiS candy floss, mango or his most popular offering – apple pie. The self-proclaimed ‘edible inventor’ says his gadget produces up to 200 flavours. It can be hired for parties as the perfect talking piece for the person who has everything. Mr Fran-
cis says he can even create a personalised mist ‘from pretty much everything in the world, like your favourite book or even your hair’. The 29-year-old grew up on a farm in Wales that produced ice cream. His father made the ice cream and his mother specialised in baking and confectionery. He spent much of his
childhood building machines, eating ice cream, and experimenting. He has also devised some rather more adult concoctions for grownups who like to experiment. ‘The arousal ice cream was one of the weirder requests we’ve had,’ he said. ‘Each ball of ice cream is dosed with 25mg of Viagra and is flavoured
with bubbly champagne. It was for one of our A-list celebrity clients and they made us sign a confidentiality agreement, so we can’t say much about it. ‘But I am allowed to say that they were very happy with the end result.’ Mr Francis is now working on a ‘neurological joygasm hat’.
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Bus and rail fares set to go up again COMMUTERS can expect another rise in the cost of bus and rail tickets next year as service operators apply for fare changes next month. Figures published yesterday claim the increases could be in the region of two per cent. A spokeswoman from the National Transport Authority (NTA) said a potential 4c increase on a €1.80 Dublin Bus fare or a 3c rise on a €1.45 Leap Card fare were ‘speculative’ but ‘strongly indicative’. She said the NTA would ‘work out the needs of operators’. Mark Gleeson of Rail Users Ireland criticised the proposed increase, saying commuters are ‘paying more for less services’.
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Burton favourite to win Labour leader race JOAN BURTON remained favourite to lead Labour into the next election as nominations drew to a close yesterday. The Social Protection Minister – on course to become the first woman to head the party – got the backing of Kerry TD Arthur Spring, who ruled himself out of going for any post. The decision leaves Ms Burton to battle for support from the 5,000strong membership with Alex White, a
junior minister in the Department of health and one of eight TDs who moved to oust outgoing leader, Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister eamon Gilmore. Mr Spring said: ‘I spoke to Joan Burton myself and the style of leadership she proposes is more inclusive and more balanced, by that I mean more inclusive of members and of backbenchers and more balanced in
that she sees the difference between the rural Ireland and Dublin recovery.’ Meanwhile, Mr White has suggested he would like the job of health minister and also refused to rule out a coalition government with Sinn Féin. Labour Party postal ballots will be sent to fully paid-up members on June 9. Voters have until midday on July 4 to return the papers, with the count taking place immediately. Likely Labour lady: Burton
Dublin traffic congestion is the sixth worst in Europe by jOAnnE AHERn DUBLIN drivers with a 30-minute commute spend on average 96 hours a year stuck in traffic, a new report has found. Ranking the capital the sixth most congested city in Europe and the tenth globally, the TomTom Traffic Index puts Dublin’s overall congestion rate at 35 per cent, up from last year’s 29 per cent. City motorists face a 43-minute delay per hour in rush hour traffic, it said. Friday, October 18, was deemed to be the most congested day of 2013. Tuesday mornings and Thursday evenings were the worst rush hour traffic times, it said, while Friday morning and Monday evening were found to be the least congested. Morning peak congestion in Dublin was 74 per cent, with evening peak at 71 per cent. Moscow was named the most congested city in the world with congestion at 74 per cent. This was followed by Istanbul at 62 per cent and Rio de Janeiro on 55 per cent. Mexico City, São Paulo, Palermo, Warsaw, Rome and Los Angeles were the other cities named in the top ten. The data was captured anonymously from TomTom customers in 60 cities across the world. Meanwhile, TomTom also claimed that shortcuts drivers take to avoid traffic jams actually add 50 per cent more travel time to journeys. TomTom chief executive Harold Goddijn said: ‘The traditional responses such as building new roads or widening existing ones are no longer effective. Real-time traffic information can help drivers find the quickest shortcut and assist governments to improve traffic flow for their cities.’
O’Driscoll transfers into radio IRELAND rugby legend Brian O’Driscoll has announced he will join Newstalk radio from September. The retired centre – who on Saturday bowed out from a stellar international and provincial career by lifting the Rabo Pro12 trophy with Leinster – will become part of the Off The Ball team as a co-presenter and rugby pundit. Commenting on his new role, O’Driscoll said: ‘Making the decision to join the Off the Ball team was an easy one for me. It’s the nation’s leading sports show and best radio station, and following a break this summer I’ll be more than ready for it come September.’
Drugs were marked as ‘rabbit food’ A MAN awaits sentencing after he was caught at Dublin Airport with more than €18,000 worth of cannabis in a bag marked ‘rabbit fodder’. Ibrahim Kalembo, 34, of Westend Village, Blanchardstown, pleaded guilty to importing the drug in a suitcase on August 24, 2012. When apprehended with pungent packages in his luggage, the father-of-four initially told customs officers the suitcase contained food for his restaurant. Judge Desmond Hogan remanded Kalembo on bail for sentencing until February, pending a probation report.
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Michaela murder inquiry Striking Aer Lingus crew travel perks withdrawn ‘has ground to a halt’ The family of an Irish newlywed murdered in her honeymoon suite in Mauritius has said criminal inquiries have ground to a halt. Michaela McAreavey (pictured), 27, a teacher from the North, was killed on the Indian Ocean island in January 2011. She was the daughter of one of Ireland’s best known sports figures, Mickey harte, manager of the Tyrone football team. Two men were cleared of the murder during a seven-week trial almost
two years ago but the victim’s relatives claimed the Mauritian authorities had been reluctant to keep them updated since then. A family statement said: ‘It was promised by the Mauritian prime minister that justice would be done and would be seen to be done in this case. ‘however, as time marches on and the criminal proceedings seem to have ground to a halt, this promise is ringing hollow.’
AER Lingus cabin crew who took part in last Friday’s 24-hour strike have had their travel privileges with the airline withdrawn. The workers took to the picket line on the bank holiday weekend in a protest over rosters. Staff at the airline, along with their families, are entitled to stand-by travel with the company at a reduced fare, but they were informed of the withdrawal of this perk in a letter to their homes, with no indication of its restoration.
The staff will also have a day’s pay docked from their next pay packet. The move comes ahead of scheduled talks today between airline management and the Impact trade union, aimed at resolving the dispute. Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary (pictured), a shareholder in Aer Lingus, had suggested striking staff have sanctions imposed against them. Last Friday’s action affected 28,000 passengers and is believed to have cost the airline €10million.
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Man robbed jewellers so he could go back to jail
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Dublin had wettest and coldest May day DUBLIN took the accolade of having both the wettest and coldest day of the month in May, according to Met Éireann. Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, west Dublin, reported the highest daily rainfall in the country on May 10. With 23.8mm falling, that day accounted for a quarter of the monthly rainfall there. The lowest air temperature of the month, 1.7C, was recorded at Dublin Airport on May 27. Shannon Airport and Newport, Co Mayo, shared the highest temperature – reaching 22.3C on May 28.
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A MAN who robbed a jewellery shop because he wanted to be in prison for his own safety has been jailed for three years. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard Liam Gaynor, 48, was ‘institutionalised’ in prison, having spent 20 years of his life behind bars. He was caught by gardaí in McManus’s Jewellers in Dún Laoghaire after he held up staff and stole two diamond rings. He told gardaí he had not worn gloves during the robbery because he expected to be caught. Gaynor, of York Road, Dún Laoghaire, pleaded guilty and apologised to staff at the jewellers, but not to the owner, whom he says he ‘would have shot’ if he had a gun during the robbery. Gaynor told gardaí he was under threat from moneylenders and feared his seriously ill mother would be burnt alive if he was not in jail. Passing sentence, Judge Desmond Hogan accepted that Gaynor had genuinely been in fear and sentenced him to three years in prison with the final 12 months suspended on condition he keeps the peace for four years on his release.
DON’T GIVE ME YOUR LIP: Raoni Metuktire, a leader of the Brazilian indigenous ethnic Kayapo people, arrives at Hotel de Lassay, Paris, residence of French National Assembly speaker Claude Bartolone, to discuss the rights of aboriginal peoples throughout the Amazon
AroUND 55,000 students will cram into halls around the country today for the start of this year’s Leaving Certificate. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) said tests have been set for 90 curricular and 15 non-curricular subjects, with more than 17,000 students trying to take advantage of an offer for bonus points by taking Higher Maths. The Junior Certificate exams will be taken by nearly 61,000 students. Education Minister ruairi Quinn sent a message of best wishes to the students of both examinations.
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BARACK OBAMA has admitted his prisoner exchange with Taliban fighters is a gamble that could lead to attacks against America. The US president said there was an ‘absolute’ possibility some of the freed Guantanamo prisoners would return to terrorist activities but added ‘we will be keeping eyes on them’. He defended the move yesterday after critics claimed the deal to release Sgt Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity could compromise US security. It emerged at the weekend that Sgt Bergdahl was exchanged for five Taliban commanders who would be handed over to the Qatar government. Mr Obama said: ‘We saw an opportunity for a prisoner exchange to recover Sgt Berdahl and we seized it. ‘Is there the possibility of some of them trying to return to activities that
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FRANÇOIS HOLLANDE is to eat two dinners in one night – to keep Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama apart. The French president is hosting heads of state to mark the anniversary of the D-Day landings. With the US at odds with Russia over Ukraine, he will dine with each leader separately tomorrow. are detrimental to us? Absolutely. But we have confidence that we will be in a position to go after them if they threaten our defences.’ Former colleagues of Sgt Bergdahl alleged he had deserted his post when he was captured in 2009. But Mr Obama said: ‘Whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American soldier back.’
SYRIA: Thousands of people yesterday queued to cast their ballot in the presidential election. Some chose to prick their fingers and vote in blood as a symbol of allegiance to Bashar al-Assad, who is expected to win a third term in office. The election, which is not taking place in rebel-held regions, has been branded a sham by critics of the regime. They say the vote is intended to send a message to Assad’s opponents that his power remains intact.
Tiananmen activists held in clampdown cHInA: Activists were rounded up yesterday as part of a growing crackdown ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Security was tightened on top of a clampdown on dissent that has seen lawyers and journalists detained. Police checkpoints were set up near the square in Beijing before today’s anniversary. Critics said this year’s suppression has been harsher than in the past, with paramilitary troops patrolling streets and even access to Google disrupted.
THAILAnD: A protester in Bangkok flashes the three-fingered ‘Hunger Games’ salute which has been adopted as a symbol of peaceful defiance against the new military junta Picture: rex
new minister dies in car crash InDIA: A minister appointed last week to Narendra Modi’s new government died in a car crash yesterday. Gopinath Munde (pictured) was on his way to Delhi airport when the accident happened. The 64-year-old, who was in charge of efforts to fight rural poverty, was taken to hospital but efforts to save him failed. ‘His demise is a major loss for the nation,’ Mr Modi tweeted.
and finally... fRAncE: A priest is moving with the times by offering to bless his parishioners’ smartphones at services. Frederic Lequin, from NotreDame-de-Bellecombe, said: ‘The blessing of communication devices is written into the tradition of the church just like with boats and animals.’
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Cabinet announces total review of Justice Department A SIX-STRONG panel of experts in policing, business and management will lead a root-andbranch review of the Department of Justice over its failure to tackle malpractice and wrongdoing in An Garda Síochána.
In the wake of a damning report which exposed civil servants’ handling of internal complaints as not fit for purpose, the workings of the entire justice ministry are to be examined. Minister Frances Fitzgerald said the review
would identify the necessary reforms to ensure her department works for the benefit and protection of the public. No time frame for the departmental review to be completed has been given.
Let’s all rush out to these quiet hidden gems – now! ESCAPING the madding crowds and finding a little piece of paradise to enjoy is what makes a great holiday. Now finding those ‘undiscovered and overlooked’ places where you won’t find hundreds of tourists has been made easier with the publication of a guide to the ‘best secret places’ in Europe. Ireland has two hidden gems in the top 50, the highest placed being the Cromane Peninsula in the Ring of Kerry, described as a ‘detour to solitude’. Open fields give way to ‘spectacular water vistas and multihued sunsets’, the guide says. If you fancy a Guinness (it is a tourist guide, after all), Lonely Planet suggests you head to Kavanagh’s (known locally as the Gravediggers’) in Glasnevin. It comes in at No.46. The writers describe it as a ‘cracking little establishment’ next to the old gates of Glasnevin Cemetery. Describing it as an ‘other-
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worldly experience’, they say: ‘Walking into the pub via the left-hand door is literally stepping back in time; local lore has it that the original owner decreed that all subsequent owners not change the décor.’ The No.1 destination is Olomouc in the Czech Republic which (very quietly) boasts ‘a main square among the country’s most charming, surrounded by historic buildings and blessed with a Unescoprotected trinity column’. Cabo de Gata in Spain comes recommended, described as ‘the Costa del Sol before the bulldozers arrived’. And Krakow in Poland makes the list for ‘a tucked away bar scene’, in particular the western half of the Kazimierz district, which the authors say is ‘home to a plethora of cool, small bars tucked away behind attractive old facades in narrow streets’.
Holograms may soon be in hand GOOGLE Glass is already being made to look obsolete by the arrival of a phone that projects Star Wars-style holograms. Deep in Silicon Valley, the final adjustments are being made to a device which could conjure up 3D images of your friends in mid-air – just like Princess Leia in the sci-fi movie. Ostendo Technologies has been working on the virtual reality tool since 2005. It has promised its first model will be available next year. The gizmo boasts projectors the size of an aspirin. Prototypes have successfully created images of dice spinning in the air. Negotiations are underway with mobile phone companies, while Microsoft and Facebook are also working on virtual reality apps.
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Worst kept secret: Kavanagh’s – aka the Gravediggers’ – made it into the secret gems list
A GERMAN politician hoping for help from Angela Merkel during a TV quiz show was left disappointed when the chancellor failed to take his call. Wolfgang Bosbach used his phone-a-friend lifeline to ring his party’s leader during a VIP version of the show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? But Bosbach’s call for help with a question about East German washing machines failed after he twice got Merkel’s voicemail.
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Pah, Vienna: AWOL LiLo in tryst at club Lindsay Lohan pulled a tall, dark handsome stranger... but organisers of a charity bash were left feeling rather less besotted with her. The actress, 27, danced until 3am after hooking up with the hunk at Boujis in London on Sunday. But the night before, she failed to appear at Aids fundraiser the Life Ball in Vienna, leaving it to Bill Clinton, 67, and Courtney
Love, 49, to add star power. ‘Lohan had the biggest dressing room but by the end of the day she was off the list,’ said a source. ‘She didn’t show.’ Whatever prevented LiLo making it to Austria, she was fine the next day. A witness said: ‘Lindz spent the night holed up in VIP with a tall, dark, mystery fella in his 30s. They were the last to leave.’ Lohan’s camp insisted she wasn’t due to be at the gala in Vienna.
Lip service: Johnny Depp kisses fiancée Amber Heard on the set of his new film, Black Mass picture: FameFLynet
X Factor ‘saviour’ Leona joins Cowell’s axe factor ShE was hailed as the woman who saved The X Factor but Simon Cowell has dumped onetime protégé Leona Lewis. The 29-year-old singer has been shown the door from Cowell’s Syco wing of Sony Music after her album Christmas, With Love sold only 100,000 copies. Ditched Lewis put on a brave face by announcing she had secured a new deal elsewhere. ‘after seven incredible years at Sony I feel honoured to be given the opportunity to sign to perhaps
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the most iconic label of all, Island Records,’ she said. She insisted she was moving somewhere ‘where artists can really flourish’. Cowell once said Lewis’s X Factor victory in 2006 saved the show from the axe. ‘one person changed the perception of the show and her name is Leona Lewis,’ he gushed. Lewis follows alexandra Burke, Matt Cardle and Joe McElderry who have all been shown the door by Cowell.
A poster for Rihanna’s perfume Rogue has been restricted to areas where children are unlikely to see it because of its ‘sexually suggestive’ image of the pop star. The poster featured an image of the singer sitting on the floor with her head and shoulders leaning against a wall and her legs raised against a large bottle of perfume. One person complained the ad was offensive because it was overly sexual and demeaning to women and featured a sexualised and provocative image which was inappropriate for children to see.
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An estimated 30,000 people will visit Iveagh Gardens throughout the four days of Taste of Dublin.
Alfie: Big sister Lily’s lying over Thrones role Alfie Allen has accused big sister Lily of lying over claims she was offered a role alongside him in Game Of Thrones. The 27year-old rubbished his sibling’s boast that she turned the job down because it involved incestuous scenes. ‘I heard about this, yeah. The only thing I’m going to say on that is that it’s not true,’ said Alfie, who plays Theon Greyjoy in the fantasy series. ‘Gemma Whelan was always their first choice for the part. And she’s fantastic. And that’s the only thing I’m going to say about that.’ Allen, 29, (pictured) had insisted she turned down the role of Yara because Alfie would ‘have touched me up and s***’.
Jonah sorry for anti-gay slur against paparazzo J
onah hill has made a grovelling apology for his ‘disgusting’ behaviour after he was caught on camera hurling a homophobic slur at a photographer. The 30-year-old actor insisted he had been left ‘heartbroken’ after his reputation was left in tatters when he ranted ‘Suck my d***, you f****t’ as the snapper trailed him. ‘This is a heartbreaking situation for me for many reasons. I’m upset because from the day I was born, and publicly, I’ve been a gay rights activist,’ he pleaded. ‘You saw a 40-second video.’ hill claimed the paparazzo had been ‘saying hurtful things about my family’ before he lost his cool. ‘In that moment, I said a disgusting word that does not at all reflect how I feel about any group of people,’ he told US radio host howard Stern. ‘Look, I think I’m pretty good at
Feather in his cap: Pharrell Williams sports Native Americaninspired headgear as he graces the cover of women’s mag Elle. The Happy singer, 41, credited wife Helen Lasichanh, 33, for his success, saying: ‘She pushes me. I push her’ picture: eLLe
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making movies but I am not good at being a famous person. ‘If you call me ugly or call family members of mine drug addicts and maniacs I’m eventually going to lose my cool. I should have said either nothing or just “f*** you”. ‘I’m happy to take the heat. [But] it would break my heart to think that anyone would think, especially with all the work that I’ve done and all the loved ones I have, that I would be against anyone – especially for their sexuality.’ hill’s outburst comes just months after the actor, who pretends to receive oral sex from Channing Tatum in 22 Jump Street, blasted Russia’s anti-gay laws in the run-up to the Winter olympics, tweeting a picture of himself in a T-shirt with the slogan ‘Love Conquers hate’ in Russian.
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E had hope,’ says Shao Jiang, looking back 25 years to the Tiananmen Square protests. He was one of the student demonstrators in Beijing in June 1989 and helped draft the list of demands to put to the Chinese government. They were calling for freedom of speech and transparency. On June 4, the government sent in tanks and troops, killing unknown numbers of protesters. ‘All generations understand the suffering,’ said Mr Shao, who now works at Amnesty International. ‘They had friends or family members killed.’ American photographer Jeff Widener, who captured the ‘Tank Man’ shot that brought the story to the world, recalled: ‘I was terrified the whole time. I had concussion. I’d been hit on the head with a rock. You don’t know what it’s like having to take a bicycle and ride two miles past dead bodies, burnt out buses, and you hear sporadic gunfire. ‘You’re just thinking, “Jesus Christ, what the hell am I doing here”?’ Widener’s photo of the lone man stopping the tanks, became a powerful symbol around the world. It was taken on June 5, 1989, as Chinese troops tried to clear the streets following the previous day’s massacre. The image is considered so powerful, the Chinese government continues to ban it. ‘I’m pretty sure that, whether they admit it or not, a large portion of the Chinese population is fully aware of that incident with Tank Man,’ said Widener. ‘The Tank
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‘Twenty-five years ago, the Chinese government used the massacre to suppress the social movement and empower themselves,’ he said. ‘They’re afraid to lose privilege and power. Over the past five years, social media like Weibo has grown and the public is starting to discuss and spread real information. ‘So the Chinese government is spending millions of dollars to improve the Great Firewall,’ he said. ‘Since Xi Jinping came to power, the number of political prisoners arrested in Beijing is more than the number of political prisoners in the previous ten years under Hu Jintao.’ Few activists I spoke to expect change to happen soon. But the hopeful calls made at Tiananmen still reverberate around the country. ‘More and more people are still carrying the banners of 1989,’ said Fengsuo Zhou, another Tiananmen survivor and campaigner. ‘There’s also a hope the young generation of today will one day express themselves just like we did 25 years ago.’ n For more about the anniversary of Tiananmen, visit Tiananmen Square is in the CuriousAnimal.com centre of China’s capital,
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– the number of protesters killed by the Chinese troops, but estimates range from several hundred to thousands. An official death toll has never been released
clear. It symbolises people’s fight for their rights. That’s why the Tiananmen demonstration is very important. The most important thing it showed is that if you want human rights, you must fight.’ A quarter of a century on and many say the Chinese government still rules by force and fear. ‘Not much has changed,’ said Gao Yu, a journalist in Beijing. ‘There’s still a dictatorship. It’s even deteriorated in terms of freedoms for media and publishing. It’s worse now than in the 1980s. The internet has improved human rights awareness and freedom of expression but the dictatorship now is having an information war with Chinese citizens.’
since. A few days after she commented for this article, she was arrested on what Amnesty International is calling ‘trumped-up’ charges. She is accused of disclosing state secrets to a foreign website. Her arrest and the similar detention of human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, blogger and activist Liu Di and others is seen as an attempt by the Communist Party to silence protest ahead of the anniversary. Activists highlight many cases that they claim show the Chinese government’s tactics haven’t changed since 1989. The cases include the death in custody earlier this year of campaigner Cao Shunli and violent crackdowns on protests against a planned chemical plant in southern China. Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning writer, remains in prison, sentenced to 11 years for his work on the Charter 08 manifesto. ‘The Communist Party of China still uses force and power to resist calls for human rights and democracy,’ said Hu Jia, a Chinese dissident currently under house arrest.
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The fate of Tank Man, a protester who stood in front of a line of tanks the morning after the massacre, remains unknown AP Photographer Jeff Widener took the famous photo of Tank Man
years – the prison sentence handed out to t Liu Xiaobo, Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace P Prize-winning writer and professor, for his work on the Charter 08 manifesto
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What goals did you set yourself? I suffered three skull
fractures, broke my back, shattered both my feet, had a lot of facial injuries – my nose was ripped off my face. I spent three months in hospital. I had to re-learn how to talk and how to memorise things. My goals were to repair my body physically and to get my life and my career back to the place it was before. That included marrying my girlfriend and starting a family. Now I have two beautiful children and I’m very happily married.
Did it give you a new outlook on life? Of course. When you
with her, she just shut me down one night when we were both at that fashion awards event in Ireland. It was very strange. That was the last time I saw her. I always really liked Andrea and I thought she liked me too. I guess I was wrong.
was always the most responsible one out of all my friends back then. Whenever I had to count on someone to do something for me, he was always the guy I called. There weren’t any lows living with him.
Have you been to see your fellow 90210 star Ian Ziering’s strip show? No, I haven’t.
He’s going back to Las Vegas to strip with the Chippendales this summer, so maybe I’ll see him then. Stripping doesn’t appeal to me. Then again, no one’s asked me to do it. Maybe I should be offended.
do something for me,
Who have you learned the most from working with?
There are lots Brad was always the I learned a lot of celebrity guy I called from working with anecdotes in John Hurt on Love the book. Have And Death On Long you had any conIsland. He taught me a lot cerned feedback? Not about the craft of acting and also
have any problems with her. I guess she needed that five bucks. She used to ask me to be on her reality show, but she didn’t this season. I feel very bad for what’s happening with her and Dean [McDermott]. You never want to see a marriage fall apart like that, especially when there are children involved.
What was the biggest row you ever had with Shannen Doherty about? I never fought
with Shannen. She and I worked very well together during the four years we were together on 90210.
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What were the highs and lows of being flatmates with Brad Pitt? Brad is a super guy. He
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Have you patched up your problems with Tori Spelling? You seem disappointed she sold your wedding invitation for $5 in a jumble sale. I don’t
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have an experience like that, it changes you. It gave me a new appreciation for life and now I live every day to the fullest. Before I had that accident I Whenever I had to took a lot of things for count on someone to granted.
really, it’s not a celebrity tell-all. I tell some stories about times I’ve had with other celebrities, but that’s just for entertainment and for contextual reasons, because that’s my life and those are the places I’ve been and the people I’ve spent time with.
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Actor JAson Priestley, 44, found fame in teen soap Beverly Hills, 90210 in the 1990s. A serious racing car accident in 2002 inspired his new memoir.
I thought about writing it in 2012, the tenth anniversary of my nearfatal racing car accident. I realised I’d achieved the goals I set for myself when I was lying in my hospital bed trying to recover.
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about being a man.
You were world famous at the height of 90210. Do you miss that? No, I feel my life is
much better now than it was back then. It was a bit overwhelming but you never want to complain because it’s a gift.
Have you got any unfulfilled career ambitions? I’ve been
working on an adult comedy show called Call Me Fritz and now I have two small children, I’d like to do something that would be more appropriate for them.
What lessons have your years in showbiz taught you? Just to
enjoy it. I spent so much time early in my career worrying about the future, that I didn’t enjoy it in the way I should have. If I could go back in time I’d tell the 22-year old me just to relax and enjoy it because it’s all going to work out fine. Andrew Williams
Jason Priestley: A Memoir (HarperOne) is out now
DON’T BURST MY BUBBLE: Mauro Pastore took this snap of his little niece enjoying a sunny day on Grafton Street
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uST a suggestion to the organisers of the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon, please provide more toilets – especially along the route of the race. The queues were insane, the lack of toilets along the route was madness. God help anyone who had any sort of bladder condition. The couple of toilets that were nearest the start line were crazy, as the queue went right across where the joggers and walkers were going to be running or walking through. Granted they moved the mob into a double line near the toilets, but this was only done a few minutes before the start of the race. As much as I enjoyed doing the race, I was disappointed when we got to the Donnybrook Fire Station – no hose-down from the firemen. Apart from crossing the finish
line, that’s the highlight of the race. Well done to everyone who took part. Sweaty Betty ■ Dear representative media (particularly entertainment), please, please stop with the ridiculous shortenings and meldings of names. I despair every time I see an article referring to an R-Patz or KimYe or some such, and we have all seen (a million times too many) a RiRi, in place of a really. Stop it, just stop it. It’s not original, or witty, and only hastens the decline of real language. Useyourwords, Dublin ■ Having read Google’s workforce breakdown story [Metro Herald, Friday] I think there’s too much focus on factors such as race, ethnicity, sexuality and gender. This just takes away from the fact that we are all simply people.
good on yA ● Fair play to the girls who sprang into action on the Luas on Monday at about 6pm, when a junkie and his medusa-looking friend grabbed a woman’s phone and tried to jump off just as the doors were closing. Thankfully they were too slow and got stuck in the door. The three girls wrestled the phone off him, fought off his ‘beloved’ and got safely back on the Luas. He was left looking dazed and confused on the platform with a pink phone case in his hand. Maith na cailiní, go girl power! Heroines 3, Heroin 0
rAndom Acts of kindness
So most of the workforce is of a particular demographic? That’s irrelevant. What is more relevant is asking: ‘Do the people employed fit the requirements of the job?’ We’re all human, so skin colour and other such factors should not be highlighted. Mark ■ Anyone else really, really sick of Miley Cyrus, her tongue and her bum and her supposedly provocative antics? Maybe if she kept her tongue and her thong hidden, then that might be real news, for example a headline like ‘Cyrus covers up’ might really grab readers’ attention. Love Guilty Pleasures BTW, but more Hollywood gossip, and less attention-seeking popstars please. I’m so over RiRi, Miley and Cheryl Cole. Celeb fan
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● To the girl with glasses working in the café in Crumlin Hospital, you are really hot. You brighten up a very dull place. Big ears ● You were the Noah Wyle lookalike in the pink tie on the inbound Dart at 1pm yesterday, I was the lady in the hat who bumped into you. Coffee sometime? Your future date?
your rush-hour crush
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Comedy i wanna marry ‘harry’
blue bloods RTÉ2, 9.30pm
This surely has ‘car-crash TV’ written all over it: a dozen (incredibly gullible) US wannabe princesses competing for the hand of Prince Harry. Only, it’s not him, it’s an imposter called Matthew kidding that he’s in the market for settling down and finding a nice girl to take home and meet the Queen. You couldn’t make it up.
The GreaT irish bake off TV3, 9PM As a great nation of tea drinkers, we Irish can be forgiven for thinking we know a thing or two about biscuits. The reality, as the GIBO lot prove tonight, is that we may be adept at munching and dunking but making the things is another matter. Anna Nolan (pictured) presents as contestants try to get on the sweet side of judges Biddy White Lennon and renowned pastry chef Paul Kelly. Put the kettle on and grab the fig rolls.
Tom Selleck’s career is enjoying a resurgence thanks to this well-structured and dependable US police procedural from the good folk at CBS. However, Selleck is more than just television’s only flattering moustache, here shining in his role as Frank Reagan, a New York Police Commissioner and head of a proud IrishAmerican cop family. Tonight, his detective son Danny finds out that he’s to be investigated by the district attorney as he tries to solve the murder of a college professor.
Smooth operator Danny is a one-man illustration of the north/south economic divide that exists over in the UK – he picks up bargains at northern England auctions and turns a profit at southern England car boot sales, where the cash gets flashed more readily. But a caribou head could hit him where it hurts – in the wallet. Passable, unchallenging fluff.
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Chris Pine follows in Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck’s footsteps in this reboot of Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst. Keira Knightley (right, with Pine) is his nagging girlfriend and Kenneth Branagh is the Russian oligarch baddie in this sleek but insubstantial Moscow-set action thriller.
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ITV2, 9pm
Stallone vs De Niro! Rocky vs Raging Bull! What could possibly go wrong!? Well lots, it turns out. It’s the fight that should never have happened but it’s hard to resist a peek at these OAP icons (right) slugging it out in the ring as two rival boxers settling old scores via one last ‘grudge match’. Alan Arkin and Kim Basinger co-star.
Factual mary’s silver serviCe C4, 8pm
She’s had a go at saving the UK high street, charity shops and Lily Allen’s fashion business and now Mary Portas is turning her hand to saving pensioners. Well, those who want to keep working beyond their official sign-off point. Catering is first, with senior staff signed up for a Great Gatsby-style bash.
for no Good reason Sky Atlantic, 9pm
Surfing the invisible border between cartoons and art, Ralph Steadman has been creating his idiosyncratic, inky, scrawled satirical images for more than half a century, his work most closely associated with gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson. Here, he talks about how he started out wanting to change the world. His interviewer is some chainsmoking bloke who says he’s Steadman’s number one fan: oh, it’s Johnny Depp.
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shadow of The sTadiums BBC1, 11.35pm
This rebooted version of the largely forgotten 1970s British sci-fi show has failed to build an audience in the US, so have fun spotting the loose ends in tonight’s season two closer. Poor old Stephen (Robbie Amell) and his superpowered cohort battling the forces of evil are being hurled into eternal TV limbo…
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TV3, 7.30pm/UTV, 7pm Fisticuffs on the cobbles as Carla takes a swing at Peter Barlow – something we’ve been itching to do for quite some time. In fact, everyone’s got it in for the bruised and battered bookie, including Rita, who gives him a serious verbal dressing down. It’s enough to send a man into meltdown…
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Sky Atlantic, 10.45pm
A chance to catch Episode 8 if you missed it on Monday night. The uncompromising fantasy series has been light on smut and high on gratuitous blood-letting in this fourth season, but interest has not diminished a jot (as any casual gawk on Twitter after each airing will attest). Tonight, Tyrion’s fate lies in the quick hands of viewer favourite, the vengeful Prince Oberyn. We’ve seen it and we’re not saying anything except have a kitten at the ready to hug.
miss PoTTer BBC4, 9pm
From Bridget Jones to Beatrix Potter, a plummy voiced and suitably apple-cheeked Renée Zellweger takes on a very different kind of English icon in this pleasingly twee biopic of the Peter Rabbit creator. Rebelling against her strict Victorian upbringing, Potter becomes a writer with the help of Ewan McGregor’s gently admiring publisher. Fun, if utterly forgettable.
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ePisodes
You can gauge the pulling power of a show when its guests are willing to star ‘as themselves’ in cameos. Episodes pulls out all the stops tonight in this regard with an appearance by US chat-show legend Jay Leno. He’s interviewing Matt LeBlanc, who feels his career needs a chatshow leg-up. Only things don’t quite go according to plan (surprise, surprise).
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younGers E4, 7.30pm
Game of Thrones While everyone else is whipping up World Cup fever (even those countries who, ahem, failed to qualify), this Panorama report sounds a different kind of cautionary note while corruption allegations surrounding Qatar’s 2022 bid are investigated. Host country Brazil has seen protests against the high costs of building the tournament stadiums in a nation where a quarter of the population is below the poverty line. Less killjoy TV than a reminder of what’s important.
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It’s Saturday night and Yemi, Jay and the Youngers crew are up for some action – or, as the word goes: ‘Are you linkin’ someone?’ Yemi (Ade Oyefeso, above) has a face on him because he’s got to date the pastor’s daughter – this from a boy whose mum buys his boxers – but prim Abena turns out to be not quite the clean-living young girl her Bible-bashing daddy imagines. For some reason we had Bobby Goldsboro’s breezy tune Summer (The First Time) playing in our heads.
Grimm’s fairy tales meet KickAss in this pacy conspiracy/ coming-of-age/comedy/ action/vengeance drama/ thriller. Hanna (Carlow lass Saoirse Ronan, pictured) has been raised in the snowy woods by her father (Eric Bana) to hunt and kill. Aged 16, she discovers her mission: to assassinate Cate Blanchett’s rogue CIA agent. It boasts a power-up score by the Chemical Brothers and Tom Hollander on superb form as a murderous pervert in a sensational lemon tracksuit.
The luCky one RTÉ1, 10.10pm
Depending on your makeup, this ultra-gooey romantic drama written by the ghastly Nicholas Sparks will either induce floods of tears or retching. Zac Efron is the doe-eyed Iraq soldier who tracks down an unknown woman (Taylor Schilling) from a photo he finds belonging to a dead marine. Expect lots of sun-dappled cinematography as the camera lusts over Efron’s strong, silent machismo and Disney prince looks.
The oTher man BBC1, 12.15am
With his days as an Oscarcourter seemingly cast to the realm of pre-history, 2008 saw Liam Neeson lumber onwards from the success of Taken, wading deeper into MOR action and drama fare such as this moribund plonker of a thing. Neeson is the cuckolded husband who decides to track down and confront the man who was getting it on with late wife Laura Linney behind his back. Fascinatingly poor.
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Making the jump between roles Jonah Hill takes toilet humour as seriously as heavier stuff, finds Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
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’d fondly imagined this interview as a threesome between me, Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. But ‘Chan’ has stood me up – the minx – and it’s only Hill waiting politely for me in the hotel room. Which, given ‘Chan’ dumped his BF and 22 Jump Street co-star in it by revealing to the world that Hill had promised to ‘kiss the tip of his d***’ if 21 Jump Street made $35million (it’s since grossed more than $200million), is probably something of a relief to Hill, at least. ‘Oh, that was just a silly joke,’ says Hill with the somewhat strained smile of a kindergarten teacher after the end of a very long week. ‘Of course, now everyone knows that silly joke.’ It’s global news, I agree. ‘Yes,’ responds Hill, from somewhere behind the supersized Starbucks iced coffee and a sofa cushion he’s cradling. ‘That is an unfortunate state of the world that that is news around the world.’ I’ve interviewed Hill before and found him intense and non-blinking. ‘Angry and nerdy’ is how comedy producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Superbad) reportedly once described him. But he’s more affable today, despite missing his ‘daughter’, a French poodle called Carmela. His bonhomie is possibly due to the fact he’s produced as well as starred in 22 Jump Street, sequel to the penis-kissingly-successful 2012 reboot. ‘I would say I produced the first one as well,’ he mildly corrects. ‘But I was just 26 then, so maybe people thought I had less
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rights to the title, based on age. I would say I am one of the main architects of the whole franchise. The whole thing started with my idea of turning it [the old Johnny deppstarring TV series from the 1980s about babyfaced cops being sent undercover into high schools] into a movie whose paradigm would be: John Hughes meets Bad Boys.’ Is that why it’s always his character, not Tatum’s, that gets the cute girl? ‘Ha ha, yeah that happens when you are one of the writers of the movie,’ he laughs, almost easily. Speaking of cute girls: the now 30-year-old Hill was recently spotted canoodling in the park with ‘a mystery brunette’ who was, weirdly, licking his sunglasses. I’d wanted to ask him a jokey question about that but don’t dare after reading a Rolling Stone interview where Hill snapped that ‘being in a funny movie doesn’t make me have to answer dumb questions’. Though, given the question was: ‘What type of farter are you?’ Hill kind of had a point. Hill clearly takes himself and his comedy rather seriously. Twice Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Moneyball, The Wolf Of Wall Street), he is much sought-after for his improvisational approach to his craft. ‘I think actors know their characters better than anyone, because they are the ones playing them. Many directors – Martin Scorsese and Bennett Miller, especially the comedy directors – encourage people to explore and improvise. Channing didn’t think he
Selfie confident: Hill, above with Tatum in 22 Jump Street, and below getting pictures with students as the pair were awarded Bram Stoker medals by TCD’s Philosophical Society could do it at first, when I asked him to improvise, but I just said you have to be truthful and that your character believes in what he is saying, no matter how dumb it is, and it will be funny.’ Hill once said he ‘would do anything in the world’ to star in a Scorsese movie. The great
“Actors know their characters better than anyone” director seemingly took Hill at his word. Not only did he pay him just $60,000 for his performance (peanuts in Hollywood terms), he also asked him to masturbate in front of a party of people, as the script demanded. ‘It was an incredible script,’ recalls Hill of that key scene in The Wolf Of Wall Street. ‘But sometimes on paper it is very different from when you are in the moment!’ Hill is set to reunite with Leonardo diCaprio, his The Wolf Of Wall Street co-
star, on his next film, currently being tapped out by Billy Ray, the writer of Captain Phillips. In it, Hill plays Richard Jewell, a suspected terrorist in the 1996 Atlanta bombing. ‘He was a security guard and actually saved lots of people’s lives,’ Hill explains. ‘But the media turned him into the No.1 suspect. Leonardo plays my lawyer.’ Was doing a silly comedy like 22 Jump Street light relief from all the heavy Oscarbait dramas? ‘definitely,’ he agrees. ‘You know, all I ever wanted out of a career in acting was to be able to do whichever genre of film I felt like doing creatively at the time, and having people accept that. So I am really lucky that people have accepted me in dramas and comedies. I’ve just made a movie called True Story, which is this extraordinarily amazing and sad drama, and Chan had been doing Foxcatcher [the acclaimed wrestling biopic recently nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes], so both of us really needed that release to just have a good time. Which is what this movie is. It’s purely for fun. It’s a popcorn movie.’ And will there be a Jump Street threequel? ‘You know there no plans as of now,’ Hill declares, before cracking a rare funny: ‘It depends if our careers go south!’ Fans could be waiting a long time for that.
22 Jump Street is out on Friday.
AbOuT TOwn CONCERT The Eagles
THEATRE After Sarah Miles
GIG Gary Clark Jr
On a dark desert highway… if those five words have you checking back into Hotel California or itching to get to a karaoke booth, then a performance by 1970s superstars The Eagles will take you to the limit of soft rock nostalgia Tonight, Fri & Sat, The 02, East Link Bridge, North Wall Quay D1, 7pm, €79.50 to €99.50. Tel: 0818 719 300. wwww.eaglesband.com
Don Wycherley gives a powerhouse turn in Michael Hilliard Mulcahy’s bittersweet monologue about a Kerry fisherman grappling with the vicissitudes of life and recalling a formative moment when he landed a small part in Ryan’s Daughter Until Sat, Smock Alley Theatre, 8 Lower Exchange Street, Temple Bar D2, 8pm, €12 to €15. Tel: (01) 677 0014. www.smockalley.com/theatre
Having supported The Rolling Stones on tour last year and contributed two tracks to the 12 Years A Slave soundtrack, the Texan blues-rock talent brings swampy riffs and big-city swagger to The Button Factory Tonight, Button Factory, Curved Street D2, 8pm, €23. Tel: (01) 670 9202. www.buttonfactory.ie
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I have built a good network around me Actress Simone Kirby has been a fixture of Irish stage and screen for more than a decade. She recently scored her biggest role to date in Ken Loach’s new drama Jimmy’s Hall, she tells Daragh Reddin
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immy’s Hall is set about ten years after the irish Civil War. It centres on real-life character Jimmy Gralton, who leaves Ireland for New York in the 1920s after being run out of Leitrim for opening a hall which locals are encouraged to use for recreation and education. He returns in the 1930s and reopens it but both Church and State conspire to have him deported, believing him to have undermined their authority.
There’s very little about Jimmy’s personal life in any of the archives but it seems likely he would have had a love interest. I play Oonagh, the sweetheart he was forced to abandon when he went to New York. We talked a lot with his family about introducing this element to the plot and they were very supportive. I think they were very pleased to finally have Jimmy’s story told after so many years because so few today were familiar with it. They were delighted people were finally going to find out what happened to him and how appallingly he was treated.
fuss – he knows exactly what he wants. He’s a very unusual director in many respects. Everything is shot in sequence and he doesn’t give actors the full script. If there’s policemen in a scene he uses real policemen, or for politicians he’ll use real politicians, but the core cast members are actors.
in one scene the Free state army charges into the hall but Ken never told the actors inside what was happening – so the look of surprise on the women’s faces is real. He was hoping for a stand-off between the women and the army and that’s exactly what happened – the female actors instinctively shot up and started attacking the army, which was hilarious because they didn’t know that’s what Ken had intended. He’s a very generous man and a socialist to his bones. We brought the film to Cannes last month as part of the film
We filmed in June, July and August in Leitrim but because Ken Loach edits and cuts so quickly there was a very short turnaround. There’s no
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festival, which was an amazing experience. It sounds glamorous but in reality it’s a lot of people working incredibly hard to build up a bit of interest in their movies. It’s an amazing showcase of film from around the globe, with a terrific energy, but we were so busy I didn’t get to catch a single film.
Now that i have a child i view theatre work a little differently. The hours you put in on a play are a lot more substantial than those you put in for TV or film and it’s less money, so it’s difficult if you want to spend time with family. I lived in Dublin for 11 years but about five years ago I started to get itchy feet. At the time I didn’t have a child so it wasn’t a difficult decision to move to London. I’m lucky in that I’ve built a good network around me both in my professional and my work life over here so it really does feel like home and there are great opportunities. But I did get back to Dublin recently to shoot an episode of Love/Hate, which was a great chance to say hello to heads I hadn’t seen in years. Jimmy’s Hall is in cinemas now
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Five films to see at the cinema
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X-Men: Days Of Future Past Mutant heroes old and new assemble in this niftily orchestrated seventh instalment in the comic-book franchise (right), which boasts eye-popping set pieces and ace acting.
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Maleficent Angelina Jolie (left) is magnificent as Maleficent, the ‘bad’ fairy who curses Sleeping Beauty. Here, Jolie is given a feminist revamp by Disney as a wronged heroine. The Wind Rises Swansong animation from ‘the Walt Disney of Japan’ Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away). A lyrical cartoon for grown-ups. Bad neighbours raucous comedy wherein harried thirtysomething parents Seth rogen and rose Byrne try to stay cool when a frat house, led by Zac efron (right), moves in next door.
edge Of Tomorrow Tom Cruise is back in action and better than we’ve seen him for ages as an anti-hero in this explosively entertaining time-loop sci-fi blockbuster.
laST chance TO See VenuS In Fur roman Polanski directs his wife, emmanuelle Seigner, in this twisted play within a play about an S&M novella adaptation.
lOOKing aheaD JerSey BoyS Clint eastwood directs the movie adaptation of this awardwinning jukebox musical charting the rise and fall of 1960s rock’n’roll group The Four Seasons.
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PURE MULE (2004-2005) Kirby first came to prominence on TV playing the flighty and hedonistic Geraldine Grehan in RTÉ’s Pure Mule, Eugene O’Brien’s acclaimed drama about disaffected twentysomethings living in the midlands during the boom years.
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heartfelt. It breaks my heart and puts it back together in three minutes. Genius.
His delivery is so laid-back, so smooth – I think I could listen to him sing forever. I love how he trusts his songs: you can feel he is inside it.
story of my life by polly paulusma
I met Polly on Twitter and we soon became internetty mates. Her album, Leaves From The Family Tree, blew me away – it has a real timelessness to it.
hurt feelings by fligHt of tHe concHords
My kids are obsessed with the Flight Of The Conchords album – whenever we get into the car they ack. always ask for this track. You can tell, even though they are comedy songs, that they take the songwriting totally seriously.
secret heart by ron sexsmitH
This song is perfect in every way. The melody takes you exactly where you want to go, the words are simple but unique and the sentiment is so
ROSS MCDONAGH gets a glimpse of one of Hollywood’s living legends, composer John Williams
it’s too late (demo) by carole king
This is a demo from before King’s (pictured) first album, Tapestry. It’s so interesting hearing the writing in this song instead of the production. I like listening to outtakes and rarities: you get to hear how good a song is without the whistles and bells. Kathryn Williams’ album Crown Electric is out now
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’m standing feet away from Seinfeld’s worst nightmare. A the man who had the single female Newman (obviously one greatest influence on my love of the non-exceptional members) for film. The man who slides up beside me and asks arguably had as big an input (without waiting for an answer) if into Star Wars as George Lucas she can push in front of me himself… or bigger if you subtract ‘because I’m his sister’ or Jar Jar Binks, Greedo shooting something, thus partially blocking first and ‘I truly, deeply love you.’ my awesome view of John The man who pretty much made Williams with her annoyingly Indiana Jones, Jaws, Harry Potter, bobbing head, which knowingly ET, Superman, Schindler’s and exaggeratedly nods at List and, of course, every mention of Jurassic Park the uncle Lionel. films they are. Anyway, back to John feckin’ John Williams, There are Newmans he’s awesome. Williams. all over the place – He’s here on Did you know the Fox Studios he’s been it’s like Jerry lot for the same nominated for Seinfeld’s worst reason as 49 Oscars? everyone else: for Forty-nine! Only nightmare the naming Walt Disney ceremony of the himself has had more Lionel Newman nods! my friend who building. Except not everyone smuggled me in makes me else here was supposed to have Hulk-green with envy when she said building originally named tells me she has seen the master at after them… work, and confirms he’s even According to my good friend more awesome than I think. She who works here and snuck me in, sat in on his scoring session for Fox originally wanted to name the The Book Thief. building after John Williams, but Composers John Williams is so awesome that generally sound he requested they pass the honour like they are up to his mentor, Lionel Newman. their own behinds, The Newman family are and sit in the synonymous with film music. control room with Lionel’s brother Alfred composed the mixers and that Fox fanfare at the start of all engineers and tell the studio’s films; his nephew the conductor Randy Newman is the guy who what to do from scored all the Disney Pixar films. behind the glass. It is Randy who John Williams is John Williams is introducing this evening, who will They shoot, he do the official unveiling – scores: Williams, obviously, John Williams is far too right, speaking at awesome to walk up there and just Fox Studios, has start talking, so he in turn is being added his music introduced by some guy called to the work of Steven Spielberg. George Lucas There are Newmans all over the (below) and place tonight – it’s like Jerry Steven Spielberg
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one of the last to get out there and actually swing the baton himself. At his age – 82 – and status he could be phoning it in from his bed and no-one would dare raise an eyebrow, but not John Williams. Apparently, he constantly praises the orchestra, and if ever he wants them to play something differently he always blames himself, then apologises for not properly conveying his thoughts, and then tries to explain another way. One of my favourite stories to come out of this scoring session was for a scene when the two main characters meet for the first time, and after hearing his composition played, John Williams wants the orchestra to try again, but more softly. Another conductor would have simply said ‘piano pianissimo’ (the musical theory term for soft and delicate). Instead, John Williams tells them: ‘I want you to all play it like a secret. Like you have a secret to tell but you don’t want to say anything just yet.’ He never uses the word ‘soft’. And everyone instantly gets it. John Williams: Awesome.
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A model for the future Clean water should never be taken for granted, something model and World Vision ambassador Roz Purcell discovered on her recent trip to Jordan
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orld VISIoN is an organisation seeking to bring sanitation facilities to those in greatest need and help poor communities across the globe. Its new campaign is Survive To Five which is fundamentally about ensuring that children, no matter where they are born, make it to their fifth birthday. Thousands of children are dying, not from serious diseases, but because they don’t have access to clean water and World Vision’s campaign is about tackling those mortality rates. I recently visited the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan which is home to thousands of Syrians who’ve had to flee their homes. World Vision has funded many of the toilet facilities in the Azraq camp and there are more toilets per person now than in any other camp in the world. Not only are refugees getting a supply of fresh clean water, they’re also getting a degree of privacy that they wouldn’t have in other camps. We get worked up about the water tax here but it’s so easy to take clean water for granted. In many countries, kids are dying from ailments as basic as diarrhoea simply because they don’t have access to clean water. In many situations, parents
Eye-opener: Dublin model Roz Purcell meets a young refugee during her visit to Jordan with the charity World Vision
are actively giving their children dirty water because they simply don’t have a choice. It’s a vicious circle – children get sick and are given dirty water, and the sicker they get the more dirty water they’re being given. World Vision wants to try to put an end to that. Visiting the Azraq camp and hearing the stories of families there was a real eye-opener. They were
people like you and me who’d come from great families, had great jobs and great homes but it had all been taken away. It wasn’t like going to the developing world and meeting people who’d never had lives like we’ve had. Many had designer sunglasses on their heads and smartphones. In the blink of an eye, they’d found themselves in a refugee camp and everything had been taken from them.
I remember one woman in particular who had told me that she was a tailor and that her husband was in prison in Syria. She was there with her four children and the one thing she really missed was privacy. She wore a veil but there was nowhere in the camp where she was free to take that off without being seen and she found that particularly difficult. The lovely two-storey house she lived in had
been bombed. It’s not hard to put yourself in her shoes and realise how difficult it must be to accept everything that has happened to her and her family. No matter what setbacks I’ll face in life, this experience means I’ll check myself before complaining and remember how much worse it could be. For more information see www.worldvision.ie
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A focus on your sign, along with a companionable Virgo Moon, can make for an emotionally harmonious day, satisfying your needs for hope, security and affection. The chance to spend time with family members or close pals could also make for delightful company.
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It may be possible to take advantage of a popularity surge to advance personal interest. Plus, today’s Virgo Moon hints at a drive to be practical and efficient when handling resources, even if you feel like you’re being more frugal at times.
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Jim Gavin insists all bets are off ahead of Dublin’s Championship opener – despite being the hottest favourites for outright all-ireland success in recent history. Dublin begin the defence of their Leinster and all-ireland titles this weekend with a provincial quarter-final tie against Laois. Former Dublin manager Tommy Carr has already stated that the holders will ‘mow down’ all provincial opponents. But Gavin isn’t bothered by the weight of expectation and insists Championships aren’t won by pundits or in bookmakers’ offices. ‘all the talk about low odds is gambling and i don’t pay any particular attention to that,’ said Gavin. ‘all the trophies have been handed back and they’re for everybody to win now.
spORT DigEsT Connacht’s Craig hangs up his boots Rugby Connacht
lock Craig Clarke has confirmed his retirement from professional rugby after suffering a number of concussions over an extended period of time. The 30-yearold former Waikato Chiefs captain joined Connacht at the start of the 2013/14 season on a three-year deal and played a key role both on and off the field at the club, making 15 appearances for the Westnerners, including five Heineken Cup games. Clarke said: ‘While it is disappointing the way my career has come to an unexpected end I am so thankful for the opportunities afforded to me through my involvement in the professional game.’
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“Tyrone beating Down was a big marker as regards their intentions for the year ahead and we have to earn the right to win back those trophies as much as everybody else. ‘For us, the biggest threat is Laois. That’s it. We’re in a competition, the provincial series, that we have ambitions to win, and Laois are the only team we’re looking at. ‘There are no guarantees in life, no guarantees in sport and the bookies are the bookies. They will always be there but i don’t pay much attention to that.’ a successful all-ireland title defence has only occurred once, in 2007, by Kerry, since 1990. Gavin was part of a Dublin side that failed to do it in 1996. He said: ‘i experienced it myself under mickey Whelan, trying to retain it and not being able to. it is a big challenge but that’s the beauty of sport and our Championship, there are so many good teams out there that can win it. ‘The challenge to ourselves is to get our own game right. We do put most of our focus on getting our own game plan right because we know that if we can do that we’ll be in a position to challenge in the coming months.’
Going by the book: Jim Gavin puts no stock in the betting odds and will focus on Dublin getting past Laois in their quest to retain the All-Ireland title pIcture: InphO
Lowry hopes to see double at Irish Open Buzz; Lowry wants to savour the thrill of victory again ‘now that I know what it’s about and the pressure that’s involved with being an Irish player I think it’d be more special to win it now. ‘If you talk to any of the Irish players they would love to win it. Padraig [harrington] has won it and I’ve won it, and Paul McGinley is one of the most patriotic men you’d meet and he’d love to win it.
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‘There are no guarantees in life, no guarantees in sport’
Shane Lowry is eyeing a place in the history books by completing a remarkable Irish open double when he tees it up at Fota Island this month, writes Gareth Makim. The offaly man stunned european golf by winning his home event as an amateur in Baltray five years ago and reckons a second success at the Cork venue will ensure his name goes down in Irish golfing lore. and Lowry admits he wants to experience the thrill of victory on home soil once again, after the magnitude of his 2009 triumph was somewhat lost on the then 22-yearold. ‘when I won it was my first ever event to play, so I didn’t know what it was all about or what was expected,’ Lowry said.
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‘To win a tournament in front of your home crowd, to get that buzz, it’s something you can’t explain and it’s something I’ve been lucky enough to experience. I want to experience it again. ‘To do it as a professional and as an amateur would be something, I’d go down in the history books and be remembered for it.’ If recent form is any predictor, Lowry will be hotly tipped to go well when the event begins on June 19 – he finished second at the BMw PGa Championship at wentworth and secured qualification for next week’s US open at Pinehurst. Tickets for the Irish open at Fota Island are on sale from €30. Children under 16 go free. See www.irishopen.ie
Pants: Putt them on The organisers of The Irish Open are calling on ladies and gents alike to unleash their inner John Daly and arrive to Fota Island Resort in their craziest shorts or trousers on Friday, June 20, to be considered for their wacky fashion crown.
Hamilton has now accepted his Monaco Grand Prix defeat to Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, but has warned the situation remains ‘tricky’. Bad blood between the pair was stirred up on the streets of the principality, with neither man acknowledging the other on the podium following a race won by Rosberg, with Hamilton runner-up. Mercedes non-executive chairman Lauda maintains the matter has been laid to rest, but knows it could easily flare up again. ‘While tension is quite normal, it can also escalate,’ Lauda said.
Leonard makes it to ‘fun’ US Open gOLf Former British Open champion Justin Leonard led a host of big-name players who fought their way through qualifying tournaments for the US Open on Monday. The 41-year-old (pictured) who won the 1997 British Open, finished in a threeway tie for the top spot with a five-under 137 at the Brookside Golf Club in Ohio. ‘It’s been three or four years since I’ve been in the US Open,’ Leonard said. ‘It will be fun playing in Pinehurst; it’s one of my favourites.’ He was joined by South Korean Noh Seung-yul, Britain’s Paul Casey, American Bo Van Pelt and Australians Aaron Baddeley and Robert Allenby.
Second competitor is killed at TT races
MOTORcycLing Triple British Supersport champion Karl Harris has become the second rider to be killed at this week’s TT races on the Isle of Man. The Sheffield star, 34, died after a crash on the final lap on the Mountain circuit. Clerk of the TT course Gary Thompson said: ‘Karl was one of the great characters in the race paddock.’ Stroud rider Bob Price, 65, was killed in a crash during Monday’s racing.
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Murray ready to harness gael Monfils’ roar power andy MUrray plans to use the hostile atmosphere in Paris to his advantage today when he takes on home favourite Gael Monfils for a place in the French Open semifinals. The Scot produced arguably his best performance at roland Garros to seal a straight-sets victory over Fernando Verdasco on Monday but knows he may have to be even better to get past Monfils. The 27-year-old grew up in the French capital and will be backed by a partisan crowd in the 23rd seed’s fourth quarter-final in six years at his home grand slam. Murray is anticipating a fierce encounter but is also relishing the chance to quieten Monfils’ noisy backers. ‘Obviously it’s difficult Intensity feeder: Murray but it’s a great challenge,’ he said. ‘It is more like a davis Cup atmosphere. It’s intense but you can also feed off that as well. ‘It’s the quarter-finals of a slam. I don’t care whether no one in the crowd wants me to win or everyone wants me to win. ‘I will fight just as hard to try and get the right outcome.’ Murray leads the head-to-head 3-2 but Monfils has won both their Paris meetings – at roland Garros and indoors at Bercy – although they have not faced each other for three-and-a-half years.
Another legend retires: Ankle damage has forced world-class wing forward Stephen Ferris to bow out picture: inpho
Injury forces Ulster hero out of rugby ‘She was a source of inspiration for me’: Bouchard looked up to Sharapova (right) as a ten-year-old, but now faces her in the French Open semis
Ireland flanker Stephen Ferris insists he is leaving rugby with no regrets after confirming his retirement from the sport yesterday following a long battle with an ankle injury. The British and Irish lion suffered serious ankle damage in Pro12 action for Ulster against edinburgh in november 2012 which sidelined him for 16 months. The 28-year-old fought back to make three Ulster appearances this term, but has since suffered a recurrence of the same issue. The 35-cap loose forward had hoped
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to shake off the problem once and for all and secure a new ravenhill deal, yet he has now been forced to admit defeat. ‘It is every young rugby player’s dream to represent their province and their country and I have been enormously privileged to have done both,’ said the 2009 Grand Slam winner in a club statement. ‘I have had a great career, met many wonderful people and I hang up the boots with no regrets.’
Injury robbed Ferris of a Test place on the 2009 lions tour to South africa, one of few gaps in an impressive CV. He made his senior Ulster debut in 2005, quickly establishing himself at both provincial and international level. Ulster rugby director david Humphreys said of the bullish back-rower: ‘We knew from the day and hour that he walked into the academy that he was an exceptional talent. Through dedication and hard work he developed into one of the best forwards in the world game.’
Bouchard hoping ‘idol’ Dcu student guaranteed boxing medal Sharapova can crack boxing
EUGENIE BOUChARD used to idolise Maria Sharapova, but now she will face her in the semi-finals of the French Open. The speed of the Canadian’s rise has been remarkable given the days of teenagers winning slams ended with Sharapova’s Wimbledon triumph aged 17. It was a day that inspired Bouchard, then ten, to emulate the Russian, who has won one title at each of the four slams. Bouchard said: ‘I remember when she won Wimbledon I was watching her on TV and I thought: ‘Wow, what she’s doing is cool. I want to do the same.’
‘I was playing tennis already at the time. She was a source of inspiration for me at the time, and therefore, she was an idol for me when I was younger. ‘But now we have reached the semi-finals of a grand slam. Now she’s a tennis player. I respect her. But I will do my best during the match.’ It is no surprise Bouchard has been compared to Sharapova, who she lost to in the second round here last year. The long blonde hair is one thing but the ruthless competitive instinct that marks Bouchard out is eerily reminiscent of Sharapova.
DUBLIN City University student Clare Grace has become the second Irish woman after Katie Taylor to win a boxing medal in the European Championships. Grace, a sports science and health student and product of the Callan and DCU boxing clubs, overcame her Turkish opponent Kara Guluzar on points in her last eight bout in Bucharest and now proceeds to Friday’s semi-final against England’s Stacey Copeland. A bronze medal is now, at least, guaranteed for the Kilkenny boxer in the Championships’ 69kg category. Grace had just finished her second year exams last week when she met up with the Irish Girls’
Medal of honour: Grace will get at least a bronze Elite Team for the Championships. Receiving a bye in the first round, the welterweight overcame Guluzar to avenge the Turk’s victory at the semi-finals stage of the 2010 European Youth Championships.
The 20 year-old is the first Kilkenny athlete to box at this level and has won the last four senior Irish titles in her weight division. Fellow DCU student Ceire Smith joined Grace in Bucharest but was knocked out in her preliminary bout against another Turkish boxer, Caskun Elif Nur. Smith, a Cavan native who has just completed her first year at university, was beaten by virtue of a split decision. Bray Olympic lightweight champion Katie Taylor will meet Ioana Mera Lavinia, of Romania, in the under-60kgs category and Michaela Walsh will fight at under54kgs against Russia’s Elena Saveleva.
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Villan of the piece: Keane could be on his way to Villa Park
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iRELAND TRAiNiNG CAMp NEwS the republic of Ireland squad trained yesterday evening in Malahide. ciaran clark is suffering from a minor knee injury and remains in england to receive treatment from his club. Jon Walters was excused from training as he is suffering from a stomach bug,
while John O’Shea, Seamus coleman and damien delaney have spoken to the manager and it has been agreed they will not travel with the squad to new York. Stephen Ward will join up with the squad in time for the Portugal game on June 10. the rest of the squad
trained, with the exception of Wes hoolahan and david Meyler, who suffered minor knocks during the Italy match, but both are expected to travel with the squad. anthony Pilkington also did some routine post-game gym work yesterday instead of training.
world cup round-up my josh! Louis is so happy there is Oh Injured striker Josh kennedy, who scored the goal that got harmony in Holland camp Australia to the World Cup, hOlland coach louis van Gaal feels he has a happy camp ahead of the World cup and wants to keep it that way by winning. the dutch have a reputation for attractive football but previous tournaments have been marred by in-fighting within their squad. Van Gaal (pictured), who will take over as Manchester united manager after the World cup, said: ‘I feel there are not any problems. ‘We have a very good relationship. But it is also dependent on the results. at this moment we don’t lose so much.’
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Cazorla urges Fab to rejoin Gunners SANTI CAZORLA would love to see his Spain team-mate Cesc Fabregas rejoin Arsenal. Fabregas (pictured), who left for Barcelona three years ago, has been linked with Chelsea and Manchester United as well as the FA Cup winners. ‘I have read Cesc could go to Chelsea but I prefer that he comes to Arsenal,’ said midfielder Cazorla. ‘He has given a lot to the club and he knows it well. I hope that he is happy, he chooses his club well and is comfortable there.’ u LIveRpOOL are reportedly set to hijack Arsenal’s summer move for Toulouse right-back Serge Aurier. u Sunderland midfielder Sebastian larsson has signed a threeyear contract extension. u WIgAN have made Cardiff left-back Andrew Taylor their first signing of the summer. u MancheSter city are close to completing the £15million capture of Fernando from Porto. city failed to land the midfielder in January.
42 Win percentage for Keane in his first management job at Sunderland – from 100 games his interest in the manager’s job at Celtic, is due to link up with the Ireland squad in Dublin before flying out today for their two-game tour of the United States. Lambert is keen to get a permanent assistant on board as he rebuilds following Villa’s disappointing 15th-placed finish last season. The Villa job would offer Keane a route back into domestic management for the first time since he left Ipswich in 2011. Keane was officially unveiled in the UTV line-up for the World Cup last month. yesterday a spokesman said: ‘Roy has been a tremendous part of our pundit team in recent years but we fully understand his decision to concentrate wholly on his coaching. We wish him every success for the future.’
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has not made their final squad of 23. Luke Wilkshire, Mark Birighitti and Celtic’s Tom Rogic also miss out.
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in australia’s final squad, Preston’s Bailey Wright and Massimo luongo, of Swindon
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NIgeRIA have left out African Nations Cup hero Sunday Mba from their World Cup squad. Chelsea duo victor Moses and Jon Obi Mikel made the cut.
valeri Nepomniach, Cameroon coach at Italia 90, on the man [Milla, pictured] who made his name at the ripe old age of 38 with four goals and his famous dancing celebration.
‘We give him no specific task. We just ask him to play according to roger Milla.’
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Reds warned over Moreno price tag SevILLA president Jose Castro has told Liverpool Alberto Moreno will not be leaving La Liga on the cheap. The 21-year-old Spain left-back is a summer transfer target for Brendan Rodgers but while there have been talks between the two clubs, they have yet to agree a fee. ‘It’s true that there’s interest from Liverpool and we’re waiting to see if it turns into a reality,’ said Castro. ‘Whoever wants to leave can do so, but we’ll be the ones setting the prices.’
FOOTbALL DiGEST On come-Beck trail? DAvID BeCkHAM has hinted he might come out of retirement. The former england captain (pictured) said he had ‘a tough time’ after hanging up his boots last year. ‘Watching athletes play at the top of their game, for me it gives me that itch again and I want to be back,’ he admitted. The 39-year-old is trying to launch his own team in Miami and hinted he could turn out for them, saying: ‘There’s never been a player-owner but maybe?’
Platini blasts jibes UeFA president Michel platini claims attempts are being made to tarnish his image over his support for Qatar 2022’s World Cup bid. In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, platini said: ‘I am no longer surprised by the circulation of unfounded rumours aimed at tarnishing my image.’
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‘Hard’ Argies are no jugheads, says Ross by DAnny HOgAn THE Irish team will have to shake off its jetlag if they’re to avoid an Argie ambush, believes Mike Ross. Argentina are resting many of their frontline players for the two tests against the Six Nations champions, the opener of which takes place at the Estadio Centenario in Resistencia this weekend. However, prop Ross feels the Pumas will still be tough opposition. On what Ireland can expect, he said: ‘The same thing we always get from Argentina; a hard physical performance. ‘I know they are missing a lot of their big names but the team they have got has just come off a good run of six or seven victories in a row against teams like the Waratahs A and a good few professional sides. ‘They won’t have the Lobbes or some of the big names you come to expect when you are playing Argentina in Argentina but it doesn’t make it an easy game by any means. ‘We have got some video of some of their games so we will be looking to go with that over the next couple of days and make sure we know what each player is going to bring,’ said the 34year-old. The Leinster tighthead goes into the tour on the back of another RaboDirect Pro12 medal last weekend but he is disappointed team-mate Marty Moore had to withdraw through injury. ‘It was really bad timing, he has been going really well this season, putting me under a hell of a lot of pressure and he was probably in line to get his first start at one point during this season. But with him going out it gives the opportunity to Rodney Ah You, who has been going really well with Connacht this season,’ said Ross. Ireland scrum coach Greg Feek said of Ah You: ‘He’s a big man, 124kg, and in terms of the scrum if he can anchor that tighthead, that’s his role on tour for us.’
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Weight of anticipation: Jonny Sexton works out at Cenard Training Facility, Buenos Aires picture: iNpHO
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Gavin all too wary of hell unLaois-ed Jim Gavin believes quarterfinal opponents Laois will build their Leinster championship challenge around a Dublin axis. The Dubs boss expects Dublinbased Colm Begley to be recalled to Laois after suspension. and with St Brigid’s club man John O’Loughlin in top form, the pair will be key in Sunday’s Croke Park clash. O’Loughlin gave a powerhouse display against Wicklow in the first-round though exaussie Rules star Begley was suspended after playing for Parnells against boss Tomás Ó Flatharta’s wishes. Gavin (right) said: ‘i would expect to see Colm come straight back in. a player of his skill and the attributes that he brings along with his brother (Paul) in the half-back line, that’s very important to them. ‘They are very strong in the middle as well with John O’Loughlin, who we’d know very well in Dublin from playing with St Brigid’s. John and Kevin meaney play at midfield, two giants of men who can both score and punish you. ‘To have the likes of Colm Begley in there with James Finn, Billy Sheehan, they cause a lot of trouble for teams. ‘it’s a formidable unit. You have Darren Strong coming in from wing-back attacking too so they’re quite a dangerous team. They’re our biggest threat now and nobody is talking about any other team than Laois.’
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