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SUNSHINE acts like an addictive drug and has an effect on the body similar to heroin, scientists claim. Ultraviolet rays from the sun stimulate the production of endorphins, ‘feel-good’ hormones that act on the same biological pathway as opioid drugs, new research on mice shows. Lead scientist Dr David Fisher, from Harvard Medical School, said: ‘This information might serve as a valuable means of educating people to curb excessive sun exposure in order to limit skin cancer risk. Our findings suggest that the decision to protect our skin or the skin of our children may require more of a conscious effort.’ Experts had known that sun-seeking behaviour can fit the clinical criteria for a substance-related disorder. But what underlay this apparent ‘addiction’ had been unknown until now. Dr Fisher and his team investigated links between UV exposure and the opioid receptor pathway in ‘naked’ laboratory
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mice. After a week in the artificial sunshine, endorphin levels in the blood of shaved animals increased. At the end of six weeks, the mice were given an opioid-blocking drug, naloxone. Abruptly denied the drug-like effects of UV, they suffered an array of withdrawal symptoms, including shaking, tremors and teeth chattering. ‘It’s surprising that we’re genetically programmed to become addicted to something as dangerous as UV radiation, which is probably the most common carcinogen in the world,’ said Dr Fisher. Experts urged caution when extrapolating the results of the research to humans. Dr Clare Stanford of University College London, said: ‘This study does not provide the sort of evidence needed to show addiction to UV light in mice and it is even less certain that the work predicts addiction in humans.’
THESE RONNIE BARKERS DID SOME PORRIDGE: Dogs for the Disabled chief executive Jennifer Dowler, Shelton Abbey Prison governor Mary O’Connor and assistant governor Patrick Corcoran hold eigh eight-week-old Labrador ador puppies fr from the Dóchas breeding eeding programme in which pr prisoners helped breed assistance dogs to aid disabled people. See dogsforthedisabled.ie PICTURE: PhoToCall
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X-rated peek at a hidden world
Bare legs: A woman wears fishnet stockings, a man’s suitcase reveals handcuffs and a punk’s studs and chains stand out Pictures: Nick Veasey/Barcroft
SOME say art lifts the lid on everyday life and allows us to discover the truth beneath. Alternatively, you could just use an X-ray machine. Artist Nick Veasey has blended the two with this collection, X-ray Voyeurisms, which shows everyday figures and the secret lives hidden in their bags, pockets and clothes. A mobile phone, a laptop and a set of handcuffs make up the contents of a mysterious man’s briefcase in one image. While in another, a wad of notes spills out of a woman’s stockings. Veasey, 51, has spent the past 20 years collecting the images, which are taken in a specially constructed con-
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crete British studio, known as ‘the black box’, to stop harmful radiation escaping. Each image is X-rayed individually before they are put together to create the intriguing images using Photoshop in postproduction. Veasey writes on his website: ‘We live in a world obsessed with image. What we look like, what our clothes look like, houses, cars. ‘I like to counter this obsession with superficial appearance by using X-rays to strip back the layers and show what it is like under the surface. ‘Often the integral beauty adds intrigue to the familiar.’
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Wage cut to Parents appeal for selfies to save son ‘boost jobs’ YOUNG Fine Gael has proposed a ‘restructuring’ of the minimum wage in a bid to tackle Ireland’s high unemployment rate. In its Exiting the Crisis: Preparing for the Future report, it says the minimum wage here is one of the highest in Europe and acts as a barrier to job creation. It proposes a €2 reduction of the minimum wage to the employer, with this €2 being paid by the Government as an ‘Earned Income Tax Credit’. However, Labour Youth rejected the proposal, saying it only benefits bosses, adding: ‘What the Irish economy needs is stimulus, not more concessions to businesses’. The minimum wage ranges from €6.06per hour for under 18s to €8.65 per hour for an adult worker.
Collins: Wrote to court for convicted man
FF TD’s ‘lapse of judgment’
THE parents of a sick little boy have issued a plea to the people of Ireland: post a selfie and help us get our son to Texas for a last-ditch operation to cure his cancer. In 2011, Gavin Glynn was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma – a tumour of the muscles attached to the bones – and has since undergone a number of invasive treatments to fight the disease.
Unfortunately, Gavin, four, has now developed a resistance to the treatments available here. His parents John and Jayne now believe the answer could lie in a new surgery, known as Hipec, performed at the MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Texas. ‘He’s a fit and healthy boy. We weren’t going to take no for an answer,’ said Jayne.
However, the operation costs $400,000 – so his parents have launched an appeal to pay for it. To donate €4, text ‘Gavin’ to 50300, or make a donation at teamgavinglynn.ie. And mothers and fathers are being encouraged to share a selfie of themselves with ‘My Boy’ and nominate a friend – to encourage the campaign to spread across Ireland.
Shatter attacks Guerin Report ‘kangaroo court’ Ex-minister seeks to overturn decision on Prime Time row
ALAN SHATTER is seeking to overturn the decision of the Data Protection Commissioner, who found Mr Shatter had breached data protection laws when he divulged information relating to TD Mick Wallace on RTÉ’s Prime Time. The Commissioner, in his decision, found that the then Justice Minister Shatter had failed to uphold his statutory duties under the Data Protection Acts in disclosing that Mr
Wallace had been cautioned by gardaí for using a mobile phone while driving. Mr Shatter subsequently apologised to Mr Wallace after the Co Wexford TD made a complaint to the Data Commissioner. In his appeal in the Circuit Civil Court, Mr Shatter claimed the Commissioner erred in fact and in law in reaching his conclusions. The case was adjourned until next month.
FIANNA Fáil Justice spokesman Niall Collins has said his decision to write a letter to a Limerick court seeking leniency in sentencing for a convicted drug dealer was driven by ‘compassion and concern’ for the man’s four children. In a statement, the Limerick TD said ‘the exceptional circumstances of this family’ after the children lost their mother through suicide needed to be taken into consideration when the man is sentenced in October. Independent TD Lucinda Creighton said Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin should take action over Mr Collins’ ‘huge lapse of judgment’, while Taoiseach Enda Kenny said it required an immediate explanation by both Mr Martin and Mr Collins.
Leap Card for tourist travel
TOURISTS can now travel around Dublin for less after the National Transport Authority (NTA) issued a new discount visitor card. The Leap card, available from outlets in Dublin Airport, costs €19.50, and offers visitors 72 hours of unlimited travel on Dublin Bus, Luas, Dart and Bus Éireann hopon hop-off services. It also covers the return trip between the airport and city centre on the Airlink Bus. The NTA will also release a new card for foreign students attending language schools expected to range from €46.50 to €119.
Appeal: Jayne and John Glynn with children Conor, Lucy and Gavin (held by John)
Portmarnock picnic supplies... This is the haul of alcohol Gardaí seized at Portmarnock beach on Wednesday. y. Meanwhile, while, Met Éireann is predicting a weekend with some sun, and temperatures in the high teens and the low 20s
by jOAnnE AHERn FORMER Justice Minister Alan Shatter has accused Sean Guerin SC of creating ‘kangaroo courts’ such as depicted in Kafka’s The Trial. Addressing the Dáil on the Cooke Report, Mr Shatter focused much of his speech on comparing it to the Guerin Report into the handling of Garda whistleblower allegations. The Dublin South TD said he never anticipated that a practising Senior Counsel conducting an independent inquiry ‘could or would so ignore basic principles of constitutional and natural justice and fair procedures’ endorsed by our courts system. Mr Shatter, pictured, said there was a ‘stark contrast’ between the approach of Judge Cooke and Sean Guerin SC in how they conducted their inquiries into policing issues. Judge Cooke investigated the alleged bugging of the offices of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. The politician accused Mr Guerin of meeting with Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe for 19 hours but ‘meeting with no one else whose good name… could or would be affected by his report’. He questioned Mr Guerin’s ‘hurry’ to report and said that he should ‘at the very least’ have ‘afforded me the opportunity to address [his concerns]… which he had to know would render my continuing in the office of Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence untenable’. In a scathing assessment of the Guerin Report, Mr Shatter said: ‘I believe all of us should be entitled to know that we cannot… be secretly put on trial, have charges levelled against us of which we have no knowledge, be prosecuted without being informed of the evidence, and convicted without being given the opportunity to speak or defend ourselves.’
‘My son caught flesh-eating disease in canal’ A DUBLIN woman has called for an outright ban on swimming in the city’s canals after her son ended up in hospital. The child, who is from Ringsend, picked up what his mother described as ‘a flesheating disease’ after taking a dip in the Grand Canal. He was one of hundreds of city children to take to the canals over the past number of days to cool off from the summer heat. Speaking to Dublin Talks on 98FM, the
child’s mother told Adrian Kennedy that her son was in a lot of pain and that she had brought him to hospital twice. She added: ‘It’s called a flesh-eating bug that eats through your skin. They [medics] told him to keep out of that water, that it’s absolutely filthy, that it’s full of toxins.’ Waterways Ireland said yesterday that swimming is banned in the Grand Canal Basin because water quality there ‘can fluctuate quite rapidly as the local
authority storm drain discharges into the Grand Canal basin at periods of heavy rainfall’. It added, however, that the water in both the Royal and Grand canals at the moment ‘is of good quality’. Spokesman Éanna Rowe said: ‘Following exceptional rainfall events there may be a discharge of hazardous material. These elevated health risks only prevail for a short period of time before nature restores a safe condition.’
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Ireland’s consumer prices are the EU’s fifth highest
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CONSUMER prices in Ireland were the fifth highest in the European Union last year, new figures have revealed. The Eurostat numbers, out yesterday, show Ireland is the most expensive for alcohol and tobacco of the 28 EU member states, at 178 per cent of the EU average, ahead of Norway at 177 per cent. The Consumer Association of Ireland’s Dermott Jewell said the Government needs to ‘wake up and acknowledge the reality’ of consumers. According to the 2013 figures, the cost of hotels and restaurants was 128 per cent of the EU average, just under Denmark’s top 149 per cent. Food and nonalcoholic drinks were at 117 per cent, clothing was 98 per cent – the only Irish figure below average. Consumers ‘can do little’, Jewell said. ‘If they need something they have to give in. They’re sick and tired of being told to shop around,’ he added. The report found prices in Denmark were highest at 140 per cent of the EU average, Sweden was second on 130 per cent and Luxembourg and Finland were jointthird at 123 per cent, while the lowest price level was in Bulgaria (48 per cent).
CRIME wAvE: This picture of an oil painting by former RTÉ presenter Thelma Mansfield, entitled Children At Beach, was one of 48 paintings found by gardaí in a haul worth €100,000 in April in a house in west Dublin. It included works by artists such as Robert Ballagh stolen from Belfast, Yorkshire, Dublin and Carlow
Facebook fans outage outrage as site falls flat THERE was panic aplenty after Facebook suffered an outage yesterday morning. Social media addicts felt abandoned as the site went down for 30 minutes worldwide, with many who had planned to write statuses and tag inane photos tweeting instead. One bemused observer, Veronica Schmidt, wrote: ‘Facebook refugees are flooding on to Twitter. Look at them: lost, disorientated, hopelessly trying to post cute baby photos.’ Others worried what would happen if Twitter wasn’t there to quell our appetite for web interaction. ‘If Twitter and Facebook went down together, we would have to go out and talk to people face-toface *shudder*,’ Mr Brown opined. Another said: ‘Facebook went down and I had no idea what the dog of someone I worked with in 2005 had been doing this morning,’ while actor Stephen Mangan added: ‘People still use Facebook?? What is this, 2010?’
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Auschwitz guard held over 216,000 deaths
US president Barack Obama yesterday vowed to take military action in Iraq – but ruled out sending soldiers to the country. Up to 300 military advisers to help train and advise Iraqi forces will be deployed, but American troops ‘will not be returning to combat in Iraq’, he insisted. ‘We will be prepared to take targeted and precise military ac-
by sHAROn MARRis tion if, and when, we determine that the situation on the ground requires,’ he added. Intelligence services will be ‘significantly’ increased to build up a better picture of what is happening on the ground as radical Sunni group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria wages a bloody
campaign against prime minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government. Fighting continued yesterday between militants and government soldiers and helicopter gunships over the control of Iraq’s largest oil refinery. Isis hopes to get millions of dollars from operating the Beiji refinery – as it did after seizing oil fields in neighbouring Syria.
AMERicA: A former Auschwitz guard accused of helping to murder 216,000 Jews faces extradition to Germany. Johann ‘Hans’ Breyer is being held without bail after being arrested outside his home in Philadelphia. The 89-year-old, who has lived in the US since 1952, is wanted by a court in Weiden over deaths at the Nazi death camp in 1944. Mr Breyer said in 2012: ‘I didn’t do anything wrong.’
digest ‘shove migrants in the street’ blog sparks fury
sinGAPORE: A blog has suggested low-paid migrants should be shoved in the street and treated with disrespect at workplaces. The post, shared widely on social media, targeted Filipinos who have largely built the city’s skyline and transport system. The Philippine embassy has asked the government for a prompt response. ‘These issues won’t form a lasting part of our society’s fabric,’ insisted Baey Yam Keng MP.
cHinA: Even Marilyn Monroe’s famous charms couldn’t save her from an ignominious end at this rubbish dump in Guigang, Guangxi. The eight-tonne statue stood at a business centre in the city for only six months picture: reuters
One-child protest killer Bureaucrats in a bind is sentenced to death over Hindi first decree
cHinA: A machete-wielding father of four, who killed two clerks in protest at Beijing’s ‘one-child policy’, has been sentenced to death. He Shenguo, 33, slashed the family planning office clerks to death after they refused to register his fourth child until he paid a fee for breaching the policy. Footage of He’s arrest in Dongxing city last July was shared on social media with many sympathising with his refusal to pay.
inDiA: Civil servants are frantically leafing through dictionaries after newly installed prime minister Narendra Modi ordered all official correspondence be written in Hindi. The corridors of power are filled with Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard graduates raised speaking English but Mr Modi has vowed to give the 6.5million-strong civil service an overhaul. ‘A simple letter now takes me ages,’ moaned one senior official.
and finally... RussiA: Police spent three years looking for burglar Ivan Louchenko – only to discover he had been in prison the whole time. He was already serving a threeyear jail term in Ivanovo, in the west of the country, for a similar offence.
Girls given iPhone ‘kill switch’ as gifts to slashes robberies TV chiefs TEN bare-breasted young women were offered to South African TV executives as gifts, it has emerged. Hlaudi Motsoeneng, the head of state broadcaster SABC, was given a wife by chiefs in the north Limpopo region. They let him take a 23-year-old human resources student who was happy with the arrangement. The Limpopo group were asking for more TV shows to be broadcast in the Venda language.
A ‘KILL switch’ added to iPhones has cut crime and should be mandatory on all smartphones, US prosecutors said yesterday. Since Apple added the option to its ‘Find My iPhone’ app, robberies involving the company’s products have dropped 19 per cent in New York in the first five months of this year. However, those involving rival Samsung soared by 40 per cent. ‘The statistics released today illustrate the stunning effectiveness of kill switches,’ New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman said. Tech hub San Francisco also saw Apple-related robberies drop 38 per cent, while those involving Samsung devices increased 12 per cent. San Francisco district attorney George Gascon called for legislation ‘at all levels’ to make anti-theft solutions mandatory. Microsoft plans to offer ‘theft-deterent features’ as an update for phones running Windows 8. Apple introduced the ‘activation lock’ and ‘delete phone’ options last September.
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Viva el Rey! Felipe vows to unify an ailing Spain
Recovered: Johann Westhauser
by NICOLE LE MARIE SPAIN’S embarrassing early exit from the World Cup was forgotten, for 24 hours at least, as King Felipe VI ascended to the throne and immediately set about rejuvenating his ailing nation. Tens of thousands lined the streets to welcome the new monarch as he officially took the reins from his father, Juan Carlos. ‘We are a great nation. Let us believe and trust in ourselves,’ Felipe said at his swearing-in ceremony. And after speaker Jesus Poseda declared him king, he added: ‘You will find in me a loyal head of state who is ready to listen and understand, warn and advise as well as to defend the public interest at all times.’ Felipe’s succession comes after his father riled an impoverished nation by heading for a five-star safari in South Africa in 2012. His sister, Princess Cristina, also testified this year in the fraud case involving her husband, Inaki Urdangarin. In a nod to those scandals, the new king said: ‘Today, more than ever, the
Caver ‘safe and sound’ in hospital
Monarch kissed: Queen Letizia embraces King Felipe VI as Leonor and Sofia wave from the Palacio de Oriente picture: epa people rightly demand our public lives be guided by... moral and ethical principles.’ After signing off by say-
ing thank you in Catalan, Basque and Galician, Felipe was joined by Queen Letizia and their daughters Leonor
and Sofia as the new royal family waved to supporters on their way back to Zarzuela Palace.
AN INJURED explorer trapped in Germany’s deepest cave for 11 days has been rescued successfully. Johann Westhauser was hauled through the final 180m (590ft) of the Riesending cave system by crews from five European countries. Yesterday afternoon, the 52-year-old was ‘safe and sound in hospital’ and being treated for head and chest injuries. He was hurt by falling rocks 1,000m (3,280ft) below the Alps, near Austria’s border. Mr Westhauser was conscious and in a stable condition upon reaching the surface.
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Lupita dazzled by bright lights
Lupita Nyong’o admits she was baffled when paparazzi first took her photograph – as she didn’t realise how famous she had become. ‘I looked behind me to see who they
were flashing at – and it was me,’ said the Star Wars actress. Recalling the moment she won an Oscar for her role in 12 Years A Slave, the star said her first thought was not to a Jennifer Lawrence – and fall as she collected her gong. ‘It’s not cute if you’re the second one to do it,’ she told US Vogue.
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by jEnni McknigHT be present in the next three days if possible”.’ But the londoner, whose real name is elliot Gleave, has assured fans that once he is a parent, there will be no mushy songs about the joys of fatherhood. ‘I promise the fans I’m not going to start writing songs about babies and birth,’ he said in an exclusive chat to Guilty pleasures. But he does credit his australian wife for helping him create his most uplifting album to date. ‘(Being married) just made this album really positive. It’s so much happier because I’m happier and positive,’ he confessed. ‘It’s not an album about being married though because no one wants to hear about me being married.’ example’s new single One more Day (Stay With me) is out on Sunday and his album alb July 7.
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Jennifer Lopez is officially a single lady again after finalising her divorce from Marc Anthony – almost three years after they split. She will have primary custody of six-year-old twins Max and Emme, while Anthony, 45, gets them seven days each month with nannies in tow, E! News reported. The pair announced the end of their sevenyear marriage in July. Meanwhile, the Jenny From The Block singer confirmed her single status after breaking up with her toyboy beau Casper Smart. ‘Yes, I’ve been single for a couple of months,’ the If You Had My Love star said on The Wendy Williams Show.
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Miley Cyrus has defended Justin Bieber’s antics saying he shouldn’t be scrutinised for growing up in the public eye. ‘People should have time to grow up and figure out who they are,’ the 21-year-old twerker said.
Ashley wins order to keep a stalker at bay
the Warner Brothers studios where the ABC Family show is shot. However, he was recently fired and has been ordered by judges to stay at least 100 yards from Benson, who believes he might track her down at home. Court documents leaked to TMZ said he had ‘sexual feelings’ for the star.
Ashley Benson has been awarded a temporary restraining order against a crazed former bodyguard who believed he was in a relationship with her. The 24-year-old star of TV smash Pretty Little Liars became the target of James Gorton Jr, 49, who believed ‘God’ wanted them to be together. Gorton worked as a security guard at
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ourtney Love says she can rely on her friend Gwyneth Paltrow to come to her rescue whenever she’s in trouble. the Hole rocker claims the Goop creator is reliable – even though their friendship is not the closest. ‘Gwyneth is not my bestie but she believes in me and when I have had emergencies, she’s always been there for me. She’s a really great support for me,’ Love said. With her 50th birthday next month, Love is cleaning up her act after she ‘really messed up’ ten years ago. ‘I still love rock and roll but I want to go back to acting,’ she added.
Love’s acting credits include a Golden Globe nomination for the People Vs. Larry Flynt in 1996 but she will need to learn to bite her tongue. ‘When you are a rock star you can become an a***hole, you can start feuds with people, you can say nasty stuff,’ she said. ‘But when you’re a movie star, even if you work with the biggest tool in the world, you have to say “that guy was a genius, I love him” and you’re seething inside.’ Love is also ready to bury the hatchet with nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, 45, after they fell out fol-
lowing her relationship with frontman Kurt Cobain. Speaking at the Cannes Lions event on Wednesday, she claimed: ‘It’s time to make amends.’ Love stood in for Cobain – who killed himself aged 27 in 1994 – as nirvana were inducted into the rock and roll Hall of Fame in April, and embraced Grohl. She said: ‘We all start bands when we’re kids and this is my family I’m looking at right now. I just wish Kurt could have been here.’
He’s got smooth hands, Mick Jagger starstruck when the 70-year-old introduced himself. ‘We were watching their soundcheck and Mick came off stage and we clocked eyes and he made the decision to come up to us,’ frontman Luke Spiller told Guilty Pleasures. ‘He has the softest hands – it’s like he bathes in Vaseline,’ he added.
Fresh from supporting The Rolling Stones, up and coming band The Struts have revealed that Mick Jagger has the softest hands in the business. The four-piece – whose album Everybody Wants is out July 28 – were picked by Jagger to open the Paris leg of their 14 On Fire tour last Friday and admit they were
Taylor Swift’s beachfront retreat is making headlines once again – after coming under attack from three drunks. The singer’s pad in Connecticut was pelted by beer bottles, say police. The trespassers – Michael Horrigan, 29, Tristan Kading, 28 and 26-year-old Emily Kading – are also accused of shouting obscenities at guards at the 24year-old’s home. They have been charged with disorderly conduct. It is not the first time Swift’s house has been targeted – police arrested two trespassers there last year.
Gaga is forced to ban video Lady Gaga has scrapped the video for her track Do What U Want after controversies surrounding her duet partner R Kelly and video director Terry Richardson. The 28-year-old was due to unveil the video late last year but it never materialised – with some speculating it was a blessing in disguise. Controversial photographer Richardson, 48, was embroiled in a scandal involving a number of models claiming he acted inappropriately on photoshoots, while Kelly, 47 – seen dressed as a doctor and telling Gaga, ‘I’m putting you under, and when you wake up, you’re going to be pregnant’ – has been the focus of a report linking him to sexual assaults in the 1990s. Less controversially, Gaga has added to her collection of ink after getting a new musical-inspired tattoo of a trumpet on her right arm.
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Russia ‘involved in secret plan against fracking’ RuSSia is secretly working with environmental groups campaigning against fracking in an attempt to maintain Europe’s dependence on energy imports from Moscow, Nato’s chief has said. Speaking at the Chatham House foreign affairs thinktank in London, anders Fogh Rasmussen said Russia was mounting a sophisticated disinformation campaign aimed at undermining attempts to exploit alternative energy sources, including the highly destructive shale-gasextraction method. Mr Rasmussen did not say what form the Russians’ engagement with the environmentalists took, or whether groups concerned were aware that they were dealing with Moscow’s agents. He said that improving energy security was of the ‘utmost importance’ and required European nations to develop more diverse sources of supply, so ‘that one single supplier is not able to able to blackmail one single nation’.
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Singer buys hometown club, then asks for €2.5million crowdfund
Wild Rover Louis wants 1D fans to raid piggy banks ONE Direction singer Louis Tomlinson yesterday completed his takeover of boyhood club Doncaster Rovers, immediately asking for the boyband’s fans to dig deep and support his dream. The 23-year-old, who was cheered on by 10,000 as he turned out for the League One outfit’s reserves last season, is hoping to crowdfund €2.5million in a month to revive the fortunes of his beloved team. Tomlinson is joined in the venture by former chairman John Ryan, with the pair throw-
by AIDAN RADNEDGE ing more than €600,000 into the pot to set the ball rolling. The singer said: ‘I grew up in Doncaster and have felt the love for football run through the town, it’s for that reason that I have a real personal passion to make Doncaster Rovers a success story. ‘Although I’m young, I am very ambitious and I really want this club to succeed. Despite the enthusiasm of Tomlinson, who is worth
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€18million, some of the Doncaster faithful were a little more sceptical. Writing on a fans’ forum, one said: ‘I’m horrified if this is the future of the club, if they don’t have the funds to support the club independently then why buy it.’ Another added: ‘I’m horrified at the concept of this. We have been sold down the river.’ Other fans may be concerned that Tomlinson was caught on film last month apparently smoking cannabis.
LEGO is giving children a chance to put their own blocks on the screen, with a new product that copies their creations into phone and tablet games. The Lego Fusion line will launch in August in the US. Each $35 (€26) box will contain about 200 bricks and a special plate to build on. Creations made on the plate can be photographed with Apple or Android phones or tablets and imported into free, downloadable games. There are several Lego-themed games already, but this is the first time it has blended real and virtual. In Lego Fusion Town Master, children build house facades on the plates and
import them into a game that simulates a small town, inhabited by Lego figures. In Battle Towers, they build sections of a medieval-style tower and defend it against flying monsters. In Create and Race, they build cars and race them on a virtual track. In September, Lego is following up with Resort Designer, in the style of its Friends line intended to appeal to girls. The games are designed to get players to return to the physical blocks, said Ditte Bruun Pedersen at Lego’s Future Lab. But the Danish toy company’s research also shows ‘kids want to be this mini-figure and they want to be in this world they create,’ she added.
Salamander study sees scientists go out on a limb in cell regeneration
SCIENTISTS might have uncovered the secret of the salamander’s ability to grow new limbs. Though a long way from achieving the same feat in people, the discovery could help researchers unlock the ‘regenerative potential’ of human cells. Salamanders are amphibians with the capacity to replace body parts. Researchers at University College London (UCL) have
identified a key difference between salamanders and mammals that might explain why we lack that ability. A biological pathway called ERK must be active for salamander cells to contribute to the generation of body parts, the team found. In mammalian cells the same pathway is not fully active. Through the ERK pathway, proteins communicate signals from a cell’s surface to the nucleus containing its
genetic material. Lead scientist Dr Max Yun, from UCL’s Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, said: ‘We’re thrilled to have found a critical molecular pathway that determines whether an adult cell is able to be reprogrammed and help the regeneration processes. ‘Manipulating this could contribute to enhancing the regenerative potential of human cells.’
Giving a leg up: Salamanders could hold the key to helping humans replace cells
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your life beyond all recognition so, yes, it’s quite a big thing to deal with. As a solo artist everything falls on your shoulders. With no management, as I was, it’s harder still as you’ve no one to protect you or guide you through it. But, having said all that, it’s also everything you’ve ever dreamed of and some of it is an amazingly exciting ride. You just try to adapt to your new life as quickly as possible without doing or saying anything too stupid while you’re at it. I can’t say I got away with that entirely, but I didn’t do too badly.
Have those iconic 1980s songs at times been more of a hindrance than a help? It’s
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well, so it’s something of a doubleedged sword really. These days I appreciate the fact that I’ve written things that are regarded as classics and influential and I’m proud of that. I think most songwriters dream of writing something that is still a famous and successful song 35 years after they wrote it.
Are TV talent shows like The X Factor responsible for stifling the kind of individualism that brought you such acclaim? I don’t think so. There
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it has reached out to a new audience, without losing the existing fans. And not just in the UK either, Europe, the US, Australia, New Zealand have all seen big improvements in sales and interest, so I’m very happy with the way the album has been received. It’s had the best reviews of any album I’ve ever made, and I’ve made about 20 I think, so things are going very well at the moment.
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have always been talent shows – when I was a kid there was a show called opportunity Knocks, and there were many others, and lots of people became successful via those shows. The big problem is not the shows – it’s daytime radio’s very narrow range of music play. That’s I’ve read that your early onstage persona – the make- always been the problem to innovative music. daytime radio, up, the way you carried with just a handful of exceptions, yourself during is a safe, bland haven for performances – easy listening pop music and they was almost a endlessly play the happy accident. Anyone in a band same few songs to How much of an audience that who moans about it this is true? A is largely unaware little, but I was simply doesn’t that other, aware of what I arguably more understand how was doing, I was interesting, music good their life is just evolving it as I is out there. saw the way people were reacting to it. I You tour extensivedidn’t smile because I was ly – is the lure of the self-conscious about my front teeth, road something that just which I thought were too big, and I never leaves you? Playing noticed that people interpreted that shows is an exciting thing to do at as me being a cold android-y type the best of times, but to be able to person so I played along with that. play shows all over the world is a real privilege and anyone in a band After nearly 30 years, your that moans about it simply doesn’t latest album Splinter has understand how good their life is, marked a return to the or they need to change bands.
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also need to respect the area and take their rubbish with them, the place is left filthy with litter and broken glass, and these kids’ parents will be the first to complain if one of their little darlings is injured. Lemmy
■ I completely agree with ‘have fun and behave’. Most of the kids swimming and diving are just enjoying themselves, and it’s good to see them taking part in sports instead of hanging around the streets, but there are so many of them now that it’s becoming a problem. They need to be supervised. They
■ Bob dylan’s descent to hasbeen status was reflected this week by the half-empty o2, ineffectively disguised by the curtaining-off of the numerous empty seating blocks. There was no greeting from him at the beginning, or during the concert, or at the end. We didn’t get a hello, goodnight or even a wave. His songs were not recognisable – even the encore, Blowing In The Wind, was not even recognised by the audience, until he sang the title’s lyrics, such was the moulding of the song into something com-
ood to read that Spain is out of the World Cup. A country, where many thousands of people have lost their homes and jobs, where there is no money for education and health, but there is €720,000 to pay each of the players if they retain the cup, doesn’t deserve any better. I am so happy that I left. A Spaniard who focuses on priorities
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pletely different from the original. This man receives so much respect from those remaining in his dwindling fan base, but this does not appear to be appreciated or reciprocated. David Bradley ■ Here’s a solution to email phishing and such-like, I send messages by postcards. It’s good for stamp collectors – and no one can hack my pen. Geoff ■ Isn’t it an awful reflection on us, that we can’t even have a spell of sunny weather, without the guards having to go out and supervise the beaches. Travelling home on the dart late last night, I was disgusted by the amount of litter, empty cans and chip wrappers etc, as was a tourist across the carriage. Céad Míle Fáilte, me a*se. Oscar the Grouch
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The tide is turning on cosmetic microbeads G
IVING your face a wash has become something of a minefield. Environmental campaigners say what we do over the bathroom sink has a direct impact on the world’s oceans. This is because many cosmetic and skincare products – such as face wash, scrubs, shower gels and toothpaste – contain little bits of plastic known as microbeads. These tiny balls, often made from polyethylene, are used to make products more abrasive – and in beauty products, they help exfoliate skin by removing dry cells. But because of their size, microbeads make their way down the plug-hole and directly through sewage treatment works as they are too small to be picked up – and enter waterways and seas. Environmentalists say they are adding to plastic pollution in the world’s oceans and also hampering the food chain – they report cases of fish swallowing the little balls because they think they are food. A few years ago, microbeads were just another neat feature in man-
Seen in many health products, microbeads are used by millions. But a US state has banned them because of their environmental impact. ROSS McGUINNESS asks if the law will change the cosmetics industry
kind’s endless pursuit of smoother skin, but now the tide has well and truly turned. Thanks to various anti-bead campaigns, public attitude has changed, and in the US, at least, there is a political will to do something about it. Last week, the state of Illinois became the first place in the world to introduce a ban on microbeads but it doesn’t look like it will be the last. New York, California, Minnesota and Ohio are thinking of outlawing them, too. In Illinois, manufacturing the beads will be prohibited by the end of 2018, while they will be banned from shop shelves the following year. The Dutch government wants a European ban. In 2012, a study by the anti-plastic 5 Gyres group showed large traces of microbeads in the Great Lakes of North America.
A single bottle of facial scrub may contain more than
300,000 microbeads
Microbeads
are tiny plastic balls used to exfoliate the skin in shower gels and facial scrubs
Companies such as L’Oréal, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble have pledged to
phase out
microbeads in their products
It is one of the few pieces of research on microbeads, which are still a relatively recent phenomenon, so their full impact is yet to be established. However, marine biologists and green campaigners say that more plastic going into our oceans is bad news.
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HE pressure has been so intense that many of the biggest names in cosmetics have pledged to rid their products of microbeads – some more swiftly than others. Companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, L’Oréal and Procter & Gamble are all committed to phasing out their use. Body Shop, which is owned by L’Oréal, will phase out microbeads by next year, with the rest of the Some products are made up of between
1% 5% and microbeads
group following suit in 2017. Johnson & Johnson says half of its products containing microbeads will be gone by the end of 2015. Boots and Marks & Spencer have also confirmed they will end production of such lines by the end of next year. ‘Some are more sluggish than others,’ said Dr Laura Foster, pollution programme manager at the UK’s Marine Conservation Society, which backs the Beat The Microbead campaign. ‘They have to resource or change the source of what they put in to make the scrub but it’s possible. There is obviously a lag between putting it into production and clearing it all the way through their system but it can be done within a short time frame of a year or so.’ She believes it’s also in each company’s financial interests to remove microbeads from their products, as it will soon become a selling point. ‘There comes a point where you don’t want to be the one that has microplastics in your products,’ she added.
‘The fact that we are starting to see the US ban microbeads is crucial. It’s going to be the impetus for companies to really change.’ Chris Flower, director-general of the UK’s Cosmetic Toiletry & Perfumery Association, insists the industry has been made a scapegoat for plastic pollution. ‘Considering how much plastic rubbish is dumped in the world, our contribution is negligible,’ he said. ‘Nevertheless, it’s raised people’s awareness of plastic dumping, which might not be a bad thing. Maybe people will start to look beyond plastic microbeads in cosmetics into all the other plastic rubbish we’ve been throwing away.’ However, he said the ‘writing’s on the wall’ for microbead-based products. It may be easy to blame the cosmetics trade for the proliferation of microbeads – but shoppers also have responsibility. ‘When people are told products contain plastic and they’re scrubbing their face with it, they’re shocked,’ Dr Foster said.
More than
450,000
microbeads per sq km were found in Lake Erie in the US in 2012
In a study of 663 species negatively impacted by marine debris,
11%
had ingested microplastics
They are less than
1mm
Microbeads were patented in the
1970s
in diameter. They are washed down sinks and are too small to be filtered at sewage plants, ending up in rivers and oceans
The state of
Illinois
will phase out the sale of microbeads by the end of 2019
In a study of more than 500 fish examined off the coast of Plymouth last year,
36%
Microbeads are used in more than
100 products
for use in
cleansers
Pictures: 5 Gyres Institute
Sources: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 5 Gyres Institute, Plymouth University/Marine Biological Association
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Leaning heavily on Nick Frost’s likeable everyman persona, this comedy drama has got more darkly melancholy as it’s wandered along. That’s hardly surprising, given its roots in the mind of Bob Weide of Curb Your Enthusiasm fame. Tonight we flash back to Sloane’s ghastly-looking childhood and it turns out his bunch of boorish mates were just as obnoxious when they were all in short trousers. With friends like his, you wonder, does Mr Sloane need enemies?
seven wonders of Brazil BBC2, 9PM In between carnival, football and samba, you wouldn’t think Brazilians have time for guilt. So how have they sidestepped the defining characteristic of Catholicism? Dr Robert Beckford (pictured) explores the nation’s religious roots and discovers the factors that have come into play since the Portuguese colonists planted the seeds five centuries ago. He finds both slaves from Africa and Brazil’s indigenous peoples have had an influence. There, a whole thing about Brazil without mentioning the World Cup. Oops.
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Struggling artist Daniel (Wes Bentley, right) is in the financial poop – but is saved by rich-butdying benefactor Warner (Frank Langella, who played Skeletor in the 1987 Masters Of The Universe film). He pays Daniel tidy sums to tape various outdoor scenes for him. Daniel’s suspicions become aroused when Warner’s requests take a more sinister turn.
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Adolescent angst comes to the fore as Zoe Kazan plays twins Audrey (glamorous) and Laurel (plain). As luck would have it, Audrey is wiped off the face of the Earth quite early on thanks to some reckless driving, leaving kooky Laurel to assume her fun-loving sister’s identity. Both hilarity and melodrama ensue as Laurel fraudulently romances her way around town.
the wire
BBC1, 10.35pm
Cheryl Cole has come in from the X-Factor cold and Graham Norton completes the comeback by clearing a space for her on his sofa. Also present will be Miami Vice legend Don Johnson, whose movie Cold In July marks a return to the big screen. John Bishop and Brendan (Mrs Brown) O’Carroll complete the line-up.
hello ladies
Sky Atlantic, 9.30pm Ricky Gervais’ pal Stephen Merchant stars as the hapless Stuart in this oddball sitcom. Tonight he tags along when his flatmate Jessica heads out to a gay club, assuming that being the only straight guy there will give him an advantage with the ladies. Later, Jessica manages to get them both invited to a dinner party full of LA movers and shakers, with Stuart convinced it will be the perfect opportunity to meet some fashion models.
Sky Atlantic, 10.45pm
Factual celeBrity fifteen to one Channel 4, 8pm
Former Dragons’ Den moneybags Hilary Devey is so ferocious there’s a fair chance that even if she gets an answer wrong, question master Adam Hills won’t risk getting flattened by a flying shoulder-pad and calling her on it. Which is bad news for her fellow contestants, beta male-types, Dave Gorman, Frank Skinner and the rest.
isle of wight festival Sky Arts 1, 9pm
Festival season is upon us and riffing our way last weekend on the Isle Of Wight were an eclectic mix of classic acts and new talent. Highlights were headliners Biffy Clyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Kings of Leon, while Calvin Harris, Rudimental, Tom Odell, Starsailor, Alison Moyet, Lawson, Suede, Boy George and Katy B were among the standout acts.
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Sport 2014 fifa world cup
RTÉ2, 3.30pm, 4.30pm, 7.30pm & 10.45pm
Daragh Maloney presents the earlier two games and Bill O’Herlihy is on the late one tonight. First up are the highlights from yesterday. Then England fans will be keeping a keen eye on the match between Italy, featuring Andrea Pirlo (above), and Costa Rica, set to impact on Group D qualifiers. Meanwhile Switzerland’s late winner against Ecuador will send them into today’s Group D clash with neighbours France on a high. The late match pitches Honduras against Ecuador, with the loser out of the tournament.
Badly shaken up after another beating Bubbles gets revenge on Herc by setting him up. Little Kevin regrets confiding in Marlo, who spreads secret information about Randy. Meanwhile Chris and Snoop deal with Michael’s problem, while Carver arrests Namond and reaches out to Colvin for help. Then in an effort to boost his career Burrell gives orders to double the numbers of street arrests.
ncis
Fox, 9pm
Bucking the trend for cliffhanging season finales, NCIS ends season 11 with a poignant tribute to actor Ralph Waite, who died last year. Waite has a place in TV legend as Pa Walton but in NCIS he was the father of chief investigator Gibbs, so while his crew investigate an explosion, Gibbs revisits his family home, complete with childhood flashbacks.
vikings
History, 9pm & 10pm
As production begins this summer in Ashford, Co Wicklow, on the third season of this historical drama, which stars Travis Fimmel and Gabriel Byrne, the first series, which aired earlier this year on RTÉ, continues here. Tonight’s doublebill starts off with a visit to the Seer convincing Earl Haraldson that his hold over Kattegat has become weaker. Next Ragnar meets the Earl after he hears of Rollo’s torture.
friday night dinner C4, 10pm
Simon Bird sporting ruby red lips is a highlight as Robert Popper’s suburban sitcom makes a welcome return. Bird is unlikely love god Adam, who takes girlfriend Emma home to meet his bizarre family. But the combination of saucy pix on his phone and an eight-yearold admirer heroically cocks up his love life.
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alan davies: as yet untitled Dave, 10pm
Film calendar girls RTÉ1, 9.35pm
Feel-good comedy based on the true story of a group of Yorkshire housewives who stripped off to pose for a calendar while engaging in domestic pursuits, baking, knitting and gardening, to raise funds for a cancer unit, after one of their husbands dies from the disease. Helen Mirren is part of an ensemble cast, which also includes the wonderful Julie Walters.
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the green mile TV3, 9pm
Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont returns with another adaptation of a Stephen King novel set in a prison, starring Tom Hanks as the chief guard at The Green Mile, the Cold Mountain Correctional Facility’s death row. When a new supersized inmate, John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan, above), arrives on the Mile convicted of the murders of two young girls, the wardens begin to have doubts about whether the gentle giant they know could really have committed the horrific crimes.
i love you phillip morris More4, 9pm
Interesting if uneven comedy, based on a true story, in which Jim Carrey plays conman Steven Russell, who is sent to jail where he falls in love with the titular Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). Hilarity ensues as Russell then hatches a series of plans that will ensure the pair will stay together… The curtain comes down on this anything-goes comedy chat show with a comedy strop: smartly dressed Aussie Colin Lane walks out over host Alan Davies’s attitude to his proud nation. They soon kiss and make up, the goodnatured ramble taking in Jarvis Cocker, naming cows and sawing Loose Women in half, with Josie Long, Liza Tarbuck and Ross Noble adding to the merriment. The latter reveals an unorthodox approach to child transportation that has Davies chortling his approval.
the constant gardener ITV3, 12.55pm
Ralph Fiennes turns in a fine performance as Justin Quayle, a mildmannered British diplomat in Kenya whose beautiful and feisty wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz) is found murdered. Cue much intrigue as Fiennes gets to the bottom of things. Directed by Fernando Meirelles and adapted from a John Le Carré novel, this thriller was the toast of 2005’s awards season, with Weisz bagging a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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happy-clappy Christian who tells her she is ‘in the heart of Jesus’. It’s just as well she does because here she meets Augustus waters (Ansel Elgort, who played woodley’s brother in Divergent), a cocky dreamboat with a carpe diem attitude and one leg (the other amputated due to cancer) who affectedly ‘smokes’ an unlit cigarette ‘as a metaphor’ because ‘you put the killing thing right between your teeth but you don’t give it the power to do its killing’. obviously they fall in love and obviously the ending is designed to so relentlessly dissolve you into tears, cinema staff will be mopping audiences out of the multiplexes – but it’s not the mawkish schmaltz you would expect. ‘You can sugar-coat [cancer] like they do in the movies where beautiful people learn beautiful lessons,’ says Hazel. But even if the yuckier realities of the disease have been airbrushed out and the whole doomed ‘first love’ has been swooningly romanticised, this is pretty much sugar-free and lesson-light. A funny, wry, down-to-earth romance that fills the Twilight gap.
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visit MiDsuMMER MEDLEy Victoriana lovers, take note: this weekend, Airfield Park in Dundrum will invite visitors – young and old – to step back in time to the sepia-tinged nineteenth century and enjoy life in the time of Dickens, Disraeli and Conan Doyle. Enjoy choice excerpts from Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, performed by the Steadfast Brass Band, or partake in such popular pre-Wii activities as croquet, blind-man’s-bluff, tugof-war or butterfly hunting Tomorrow & Sun, Airfield Park, Dundrum D16, noon to 7pm, from €5. Tel: (01) 969 6666. www.airfield.ie
visit DALkEy bOOk fEsTivAL Salman Rushdie spent nine years under police protection after Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa requiring his execution on the grounds that his 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses, was blasphemous. The celebrated author, whose novel Midnight’s Children was named the greatest Booker Prize winner of all time, is the star of this year’s Dalkey Book Festival which will see several giants of literature and journalism – including Robert Fisk, John Banville and Amos Oz – descend upon the picturesque seaside village for a weekend of readings, workshops and debates, among other bookish pursuits Until Sun, www.dalkeybookfestival.org
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To celebrate his fiftieth birthday, Sean Millar – one of the country’s most admired songwriters – plays a special concert at the Grand Social this evening where he’ll be dipping into a peerless back catalogue that includes last year’s C48 album and his seminal breakthrough The Bitter Lie. With special guests Miriam Ingram and Gavin Glass Tonight, The Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey St D1, 8pm, €8/€10. Tel: (01) 874 0076. www.thegrandsocial.ie
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Breaking The Silence, a group of Israeli former soldiers who came together to raise global awareness of the ‘moral price tag’ of Israel’s role in the Palestinian territories, presents an exhibition of photographs taken by soldiers serving in the West Bank and Gaza Until Jun 29, Gallery Of Photography, Meeting House Square D2, Tue to Sat 11am to 6pm, Sun 1pm to 6pm, free. Tel: (01) 671 4654. www.galleryofphotography.ie
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Professor John Kelly of Oxford University presents a lecture this evening on the work of Nobel laureates WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney, with particular emphasis on their standing as ‘national poets’ Tonight, National Library Of Ireland, Kildare Street D2, 7pm, free. Tel: (01) 603 0200. www.nli.ie
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Swedish singer/songwriter Lykke Li comes across as both softly spoken and forthright – and she stands by her past declaration that ‘the best pop is a mix of everything’. That attitude fuelled both the catchy, evocative melodies on her debut album Youth Novels as well as this year’s gloriously melancholic I Never Learn LP Nov 16, Vicar Street, 58-59 Thomas Street D8, 7.30pm, €40. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.vicarstreet.ie
visit DubLin kiTE fEsTivAL With the weather finally beginning to match the season, it’s the perfect weekend to hit Clontarf for the second annual Dublin Kite Festival. Take part in a kite-making workshop, get tips from the experts or simply look up and enjoy the dizzying aerial displays Sun, Dollymount Strand, Clontarf D3, from 11am, free. www.dublincity.ie/kitefest
Estonian Arvo Pärt, who turns 80 next year, is the most widely-performed contemporary composer in the world. As part of this month’s Pipeworks Festival, the Chamber Choir Of Ireland will perform excerpts from Pärt’s Kanon Pokajanen, based on St Andrew Of Crete’s canon of repentance, which describes a spiritual journey from darkness to light and was inspired by Russian Orthodox music. For more Pipeworks events, see National Concert Hall website Tonight, Christ Church Cathedral, Christ Church D8, 8pm, €12/€15. Tel: (01) 417 0000. www.nch.ie
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Saving the world, reaching out to a teenage daughter drug that could prolong his life. At least that’s what Amber Heard’s giggle-inducingly vampish senior spook (pictured, left) tells him, though given her idea of ‘undercover’ includes skyhigh heels, leather micro skirts and ‘training’ girls in Russian strip bars, she doesn’t instil one with confidence. This being a McG/Luc Besson film, casual mass murder and car chases are intercut with some good ol’ family bonding comedy as Ethan tries to reconnect with his teenage daughter (Hailee Steinfeld). A guilty genre-flick pleasure. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
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Exactly what you’d expect from ‘the makers of Taken and The Transporter’, this cartoonish dad-fantasy action tosh is so wrong that it’s (almost) right. Kevin Costner returns from the bit-part pasture with a lead role that reminds you why he was once a major movie star. He’s Ethan Renner, a CIA assassin with only three months to live (due to brain cancer), who is called in for one last job in Paris. If Ethan kills a terrorist called The Wolf, then he will get an experimental
Big hits from The Four Seasons can’t save this dull nostalgic trip Clint Eastwood isn’t a chap who instantly makes you think ‘jazz hands!’ And his directing style in this epic movie adaptation of the hit jukebox musical is indeed as light on its feet as a cementshoed Bruce Forsyth. It’s the ragsto-riches story of The Four
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The endearingly jumbled twentysomething gang from Euro hit Pot Luck and thirtysomething sequel Russian Dolls here blather as they teeter on the brink of 40. A-list Frenchies Audrey Tautou, Romain Duris and Cécile De France (right with Duris) lead the cast of a zingy, New Yorkset romcom about pretty people leading messy lives.
1960s rock superstars. And even if you’ve never heard of Frankie Valli (John Lloyd Young reprising his Tony-winning performance) and his boys, you’ll know their songs: Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry and Oh, What A Night. Regular doses of those just about stop the paralysis creeping into your toes during the ensuing 134 minutes of this sketchy, underdeveloped, outrageously sexist nostalgia trip, executive produced by Valli himself and starring Christopher Walken. Is this meant to be about music and The Mob? Boyhood loyalties? A biopic of Valli? I’ve no idea – neither does the film. With a palette as grey as the direction, it’s like chomping through an indigestible lump of pallid cheese. LI-Z
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If you’re honest Leo, you are fond of being in the spotlight, and as far as friendships are concerned, can often be one of the most popular of all the signs. Yet, the next few days sees a shift, where the quality, not quantity, becomes more important.
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Dissing this dystopian city OPERA REVIEW THE RIsE AND FALL OF THE cITY OF MAHAGONNY HHHII
It’s one of those songs that gets you in a good mood. It crosses the pop/country boundaries with the harmonica riff, so we’ve added it to our set for the festival circuit.
Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss
It’s songs like this that make me love country music. It tells a story and evokes strong emotions. I’ve shed a few tears to it...
Run To You by Bryan Adams
Another song with an infectious riff. I’m a big Bryan Adams fan and he has been a great influence on my music. His MTV Unplugged album has to go down as one of my favourites.
The Dance by Garth Brooks
prostitute Jenny, ably supported by a chorus of alluring co-workers. Under the aegis of director Lynne Parker, the sharply-executed ensemble numbers, particularly in the second act, are a triumph; and the finale, in which a doomed Jimmy enacts a parody of the crucifixion, is a
stinging indictment of a society where murderers walk free but the impoverished are invariably denied salvation. Daragh Reddin Until Sun, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street D2, 7.30pm, €20 to €75. Tel: 0818 719 330. www.olympia.ie
cLubs Morgan Geist
When Morgan Geist scored a No.1 hit last year in the UK with the vocal house Look Right Through as Storm Queen, few knew who he was or what he looked like. The public would probably still struggle to identify him, but to electronic music fans, Geist has been a well-known name for years. Working primarily as Metro Area with Darshan Jesrani, Geist (pictured left) pioneered a dance floor sound that borrowed from Italo Disco, early Chicago house and electro, rounded off with a dusty production sound. Metro Area’s 2002 debut album, Metro Area, remains a benchmark album, and it provided the blueprint for Look Right Through. For his show in Dublin this weekend, he’s sure to keep the focus on underground music. Tomorrow, Subject/Pogo, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street D1, 10.30pm, €13 to €15.
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aving partied hard during the Celtic Tiger years, the country is still nursing a particularly nasty and protracted hangover; as such Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s venomous 1930 tale of capitalism turned sour, presented by Rough Magic and Opera Theatre Company, could hardly find a more sympathetic audience. Mahagonny is a purgatorial metropolis, nominally situated in america but with clear shades of the Weimar Republic, whose dissolute denizens live – and die – for whiskey and pleasure. For the city founders Begbick, Fatty and Trinity Moses (an excellent John Molloy), the only taboo is to ‘have no money’ and they build an economy that thrives upon the pursuit of vice. it’s bad news for alaskan lumberjack Jimmy (Julian Hubbard) who falls foul of the legal system, such as it is, when he finds himself presented with a bar bill he cannot pay. in this bold new production, funded by a handsome Sky arts grant, the action takes place not just on the stage of the Olympia but throughout the theatre, with the orchestra placed in the stalls and the cast fetching up, at various points, in the aisle, pit and on the balconies. audience members are dotted about the auditorium and even on the stage, where i happen to find myself in the thick of the action. The novel staging arrangements certainly afford opera-goers a unique vantage point, but certain sightlines are weaker than others and the action can feel frustratingly diffuse. Still, Claudia Boyle gives a captivating performance as the sexy, self-interested
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If you’re in any doubt that soulful, old school house has permeated into the mainstream, witness Route 94’s rise to the top of the charts. The alter ego for Rowan Jones (pictured right), Route 94’s My Love is a sun-kissed pianoled track that features Jess Glynne’s dusty vocals and calls to mind US house veterans like Masters At Work and David Morales. Get down to Twisted Pepper to hear some nostalgia-fuelled grooves. Tonight, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street D1, 10pm (sold out).
I was lucky enough to see Garth perform in Croke Park when I was 14 and it was the most memorable concert I’ve ever been to. This song stands out as one of his best.
Folsom Prison blues by Johnny Cash
This song is timeless and displays an authentic country vibe that has, without doubt, influenced my music. Its popularity has been rejuvenated among my generation thanks to the Walk The Line movie. Derek Ryan plays The Olympia Theatre on Jul 17 with special guest Sharon Shannon
Jerome Hill / Jon Hussey
Two techno veterans limber up this weekend for a head-to-head at the Pint. In the Irish corner it’s Jon Hussey, one of the country’s most experienced DJs. Hussey has been spinning records since the early 1990s and brings a range of influences to his sets. He’s joined by Jerome Hill (above), the owner of the Don’t label and one of the UK’s most skilful DJs. Expect Hussey and Hill to play tough, abstract and old school sounds. Tomorrow, D:Fuse, The Pint, Eden Quay D1, 10pm, €10.
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BLACKBERRY surprised the stock markets yesterday by posting financial results that beat analysts’ expectations. Shares rose almost 12 per cent in morning trading as chief executive officer John Chen cut expenses quicker than expected. The embattled smartphone company reported a net income of $23million (€16.9m) for the three months up to May 31. It had reported a loss of $84m (€61.6m) a year ago. Excluding unusual items, its adjusted loss was 11 cents per share in the latest period. Analysts had expected a loss of 35 cents per share. Shares rose 11.6 per cent to $9.25 (€6.79) in morning trading. ‘We are getting very close to making money or at least breaking even on hardware. Not quite there yet,
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by ROb GiLLiEs but close,’ Mr Chen told analysts. It is the third quarterly results under Mr Chen, who is playing down the hardware business after last year’s launch of the BlackBerry 10 failed to spark a turnaround. The BlackBerry has been hammered by competition from the iPhone and Android-based rivals. He said 80 per cent of BlackBerry’s 50million subscribers are business users. ‘People stay with BlackBerry because they’re enterprise users, there’s high productivity and security. I would say 80 per cent of that 50 million is this perfect base for us,’ he said. Mr Chen added that the company will launch a new keyboard smartphone model called the BlackBerry
I was impressed by TD Stephen Donnelly’s resignation from the Dáil banking inquiry committee in protest at what he saw as a rigged game. That rare thing in politics: a principled stance. But what about all those people out there who feel tempted to resign from their actual day jobs? They may be unhappy with a decision. They may be appalled at how they or a colleague has been treated. Or they may simply be feeling bored, underpaid and underappreciated. Either way, they long to march into that office and surprise their boss with a shock sudden announcement.
Passport in September followed by the previously announced Classic in November. The company also announced this week that it is adding the Amazon Appstore to its phones. That will give users of the newest BlackBerry operating system easy access to thousands more of the most popular Android apps and games. The struggling smartphone maker has been criticised for the lack of applications available for its devices. BlackBerry announced last December that it entered into a fiveyear partnership with Foxconn, the Taiwanese company known for its manufacturing contract work on Apple’s iPhones and iPads, which now jointly designs and manufactures most BlackBerry devices.
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Sony boss survives shareholder heckles SONY shareholders have backed chief executive Kazuo Hirai and other bosses, despite heckling about the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant’s continuing losses. They voted at Sony’s annual shareholders’ meeting held at a Tokyo hotel, but most votes from institutional investors had been submitted in advance. During the meeting, some investors got up to ask how Sony had lost its past glory. Mr Hirai, who took the helm in 2012, promised that ‘the money-losing structure’ will be changed this fiscal year, once and for all. Sony has lost money in six of the last seven years, and is forecasting more red ink for the fiscal year through March 2015. n LEADING European finance officials clashed yesterday over whether the 18nation eurozone’s budget deficit rules are so strict that they choke off economic growth. France, Italy and others who are struggling to meet the fiscal targets are pushing for more flexibility but are facing an uphill battle because of opposition by the bloc’s economic heavyweight, Germany. n Calor Gas is to invest €10million in Ireland with support from global parent company SHV Energy. The three-year programme will create 13 jobs and focus on growth in sales, engineering, IT, marketing and customer support. Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton said the news is a ‘very welcome boost’. The company has more than 250 staff in six locations across the country.
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Former boss Conor Hayes believes Galway can spring a surprise on Kilkenny to secure a Leinster hurling final rematch with Dublin. Anthony Daly’s Dubs will watch with interest on Sunday as Galway and Kilkenny slug it out in Tullamore for the right to play in the July 6 final. Kilkenny are hot favourites to progress, having backed up their league success with a fivegoal mauling of offaly. As for Galway, they were lucky
to avoid defeat in their Championship opener against Laois, clawing a two-point win having trailed by six at halftime. ‘I don’t know what was wrong with them,’ Hayes told metro Herald. ‘They should have been better, a lot better. They should have been at least seven points the better team. They’ll certainly need an improvement to beat Kilkenny but that’s Galway – down one day and up the next, it’s their history.
‘They’re still good hurlers, that hasn’t changed. From a supporters’ point of view, it’s frustrating that the really good hurling isn’t coming out. But if you remember two years ago, Galway weren’t given much of a chance going up against Kilkenny in the Leinster final and beat them well. ‘I’m expecting a big performance, their best display of the season yet. I’d be confident enough that they’ll do that.’
So far, so good: Dubs boss Jim Gavin and selector Declan D’Arcy watch from the stands at the Laois v Dublin match in Croke Park piCTures: inpHo
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sOccER Keeper Emma Byrne was the hero as the Republic of Ireland’s women kept their faint hopes of World Cup qualification alive. Ireland skipper Byrne (pictured) produced important saves at the end of either half as the Republic battled their way to a 0-0 draw with Russia in Krasnoarmeysk to remain five points adrift of their second-placed opponents in Group 1 with three games each to play. The visitors’ best chance fell to Fiona O’Sullivan but she was denied by Russia keeper Elvira Todua, and the Republic had to defend resiliently to claim a well-earned point.
Shaw leads strong team into Austria TRiATHLOn Ireland will have a
strong presence at the European Triathlon Championships in Kitzbuhel this weekend with five elite athletes competing. Ben Shaw goes into the elite men’s race as the top-ranked Irish man at 16, but will be hopeful of a top ten result after he notched up a Continental Cup win when he swam, biked and ran his way on to the top spot in China and last week claimed the Triathlon Ireland Sprint Distance National Championships. Conor Murphy and Russell White will also be ones to watch. The Elite Men’s race starts at 2pm on Saturday.
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spain’s exit a lesson for Dublin on title defence by pAuL kEAnE
DUBLIN BoSS JIm GAvIN says holders Spain’s shock elimination from the World Cup has taught Dublin a valuable lesson about defending titles. Spain were many people’s tournament favourites in Brazil – just like the Dubs are as they navigate their way through the Leinster and All-Ireland Championships. It’s a case of so far, so good, for the Leinster holders who overcame Laois by 11 points in their opening game. Next up is Wexford on Sunday week in the semi-finals, a side that have given Dublin some trouble over the years. The Sky Blues required extratime to defeat Wexford four years
ago and had just three points to spare in the 2011 Leinster final. The All-Ireland hurling champions have already been beaten too, with Clare going down to Cork last weekend. ‘We wouldn’t just use the Clare example, there’s plenty of exam-
the present, we don’t look too much to the future. ‘It’s really just focusing on our next game and our next game is Wexford, that’s our biggest threat and our focus remains on that. ‘Wexford have always had very intelligent players. I’ve always
‘In terms of the provincial competitions, it’s important we keep the structure going’ ples in sport of holders losing,’ said Gavin. ‘We only just saw it in the World Cup with Spain. The Dublin team are acutely aware that there are no guarantees in sport. ‘Some of the guys would have experienced that in 2012. I experienced it myself in 1996. We stay in
liked the brand of football they play. They play the way I like to see football being played – tight defence and very good forwards who they use very well.’ Gavin said provincial success still means a huge deal for Dublin, despite eyeing the bigger prize in September and he appealed to the GAA
not to tinker with the current provincial structures following GAA President Liam o’Neill’s statement earlier this week that he isn’t a fan of the All-Ireland qualifiers and would prefer a ‘B’ championship for weaker teams like Carlow. Gavin said: ‘The first thing I’d say is that in terms of the provincial competitions, it’s important we keep the structure going, whatever else may fall out of it. ‘I think up in Ulster, Connacht and munster they would agree with that in general. Certainly, the broader issue of the Championship does need to be looked at. ‘Teams like Kerry and Cork, who are out this weekend, they’ve had a very, very long break since their last national league game. That doesn’t really make much sense.’
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Felipe Massa has slated Sergio Perez as a driver he can no longer trust in the wake of their accident in the Canadian Grand Prix. The duo have continued their war of words ahead of Formula One’s return to Austria this weekend following an 11-year absence. They pointed fingers at one another for a smash at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve that resulted in both attending hospital. Massa (pictured) described Perez as ‘dangerous’, with Perez responding in kind by blaming Massa for the crash. Stewards will examine the incident again today, but Massa reiterated: ‘I will not trust him any more, definitely not.’
Murray’s moment TEnnis Amelie Mauresmo has told
Andy Murray to drink in the adulation of walking back into Wimbledon as defending champion – then ‘get down to business’ to retain his crown. The 27year-old Scot picked new coach Mauresmo’s brains about how to handle the pressure of defending his Wimbledon title on Wednesday, and said: ‘I’ve really enjoyed working with Amelie so far, I’ve really enjoyed being on the court with her.’
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Holland switched off, admits Robben
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ArJEn roBBEn accepts Holland must improve on Wednesday’s hard-fought win over Australia if they are to have a major impact in the competition. Last Friday’s thrashing of defending champions Spain in their Group B opener was arguably the best display of the tournament so far, but Louis van Gaal’s men were far less convincing in
the 3-2 victory over the Socceroos. ‘The first half [against Australia], we just played really bad,’ robben said. ‘Actually, everything just went wrong, we weren’t in the game. We had a lack of focus and concentration. This should not happen during a match. ‘We had to realise that this was a different game than against Spain.’
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Finke fumes at ill discipline Cameroon coach Volker Finke blasted his players after an on-field bust-up between two team-mates followed a red card in the 4-0 defeat to Croatia. alex Song was sent off for
a needless elbow before Benoit assou-ekotto head-butted Benjamin moukandjo. Finke said: ‘We have to find the reasons for what’s going on – such behaviour is really disgusting.’
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JOSE MOURINHO has admitted he does harbour ambitions to be England manager – seven years after he turned the job down. The Chelsea boss was approached to succeed Steve McClaren in September 2007 after the end of his first spell at Stamford Bridge but revealed his wife Matilde had talked him out of it. However, it has long been thought the 51-year-old will move into international management one day, although he has previously stated he is more likely to take charge of his native Portugal. Asked if he would one day speak to the Football Association again, Mourinho replied: ‘Yes. Not now. ‘Not seven years ago when I had the chance. I made the right decision, my wife helped me make the right decision. Not now. No way. Too young,
Greece cool on bust-up
THEy sAiD iT ‘He’s a very sensitive boy. He needs trust. every time he touches the ball, the ball smiles.’
Jose Mourinho heaps praise on his exReal Madrid player Mesut Ozil, whose Germany side play Ghana tomorrow
too strong, too much appetite to train every day, to play every game, to play three times a week. ‘I’m Portuguese, 100 per cent, but I love your country and if one day the opportunity arises, why not?’
GreeCe have played down a training-ground bustup between defenders Yannis maniatis and Giorgos Tzavellas. The pair had to be separated by captain Giorgos Karagounis but a Greek Fa statement said: ‘What happened was minor. It was trivia – good for the press but that’s all it was.’
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by Drog droppings Ivory Coast manager Sabri Lamouchi maintains he is not ‘obsessed’ about Didier Drogba after again starting with the former Chelsea striker on the bench in the 2-1 defeat to Colombia. Los Cafeteros closed in on the knockout stages after edging a fiercely contested Group C clash in Brasilia. Monaco midfielder James rodriguez fired Colombia ahead just after the hour with a powerful header from a corner, with substitute Juan Quintero adding a second on the break following a mistake by Ivory Coast midfielder Serey Die. A fine individual goal from former Arsenal forward Gervinho ensured a tense finale, but the Elephants could not find an equaliser. Midfielder Die, who had earlier been seen crying during his coun-
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try’s national anthem, perhaps should not even have been on the field after reports later revealed that his father had passed away just two hours before kick-off. As for Drogba’s omission from the starting line-up, Lamouchi said he always picked the side he felt best equipped to get a result rather than worrying about individuals. ‘I am not obsessed with Didier Drogba,’ the Frenchman said. ‘If you look at the team, I have seen very interesting things. ‘It is just a few details that we missed, and that meant we lost. We created chances and came back to score, so I feel we lost unfairly.’ Colombia manager Jose Pekerman said: ‘It was a very hard match for us, we cannot start thinking ahead of time or what might be coming later on.’
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by james boylan LUIS SUAREZ realised England’s worst nightmares to leave them needing a miracle to reach the last 16. The Liverpool striker, just a month after knee surgery, scored in both halves, either side of a Wayne Rooney equaliser, as England’s major finals misery continued. Roy Hodgson’s men must now beat Costa Rica and hope Italy win their final two matches to have any chance of progress. England looked leggy from their exertions against the Azzurri but still threatened early on with Rooney curling a free-kick wide and nodding a close-range header off the bar. England’s luck was also out when Diego Godin escaped a second yellow card for a Daniel Sturridge body-check. Cristian Rodriguez’s piledriver was the closest Uruguay had gone to breaking the deadlock before Suarez struck first. The Liverpool man peeled off a ball-watching Phil Jagielka to finish off Edinson Cavani’s sublime floated cross with a cushioned angled header in the 39th minute. Cavani wasted a gilt-edged chance to make it 2-0 after the break, while a superb Fernando Muslera reaction save denied Rooney. The introductions of Ross Barkley and Adam Lallana gave England renewed impetus and Rooney finally ended his World Cup drought when he bundled in a Glen Johnson cross with 15 minutes left. The momentum looked to be with England as they piled forward in search of a winner, however, Suarez latched on to a loose Steven Gerrard backward header to blast past Joe Hart with aplomb after 84 minutes and break England hearts.
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TRANSFER TALK
Abu Dhabi or Stoke?: Paulinho
Paulinho could go to Potteries STOKE are one of a number of English sides interested in Livorno striker Paulinho, according to the Italian club’s president. Aldo Spinelli said the 28-yearold Brazilian, who scored 15 goals in 35 Serie A matches, is also attracting attention from Abu Dhabi. ‘Al Jazira have already spoken with Paulinho but Stoke City also want him and there are a couple of other English clubs,’ said Spinelli. ‘We will take the decision which is best for everyone together.’ Although talks with Al Jazira had started, the striker’s future was still up in the air, Spinelli claimed. ‘In the coming hours we will talk more to work out the best opportunity.’
Lethal weapon: Suarez was deadly in front of goal on his return after knee surgery
u FREE agent Joleon Lescott (pictured) is on the brink of joining West Brom after having a medical at the Hawthorns. u BARCELONA and AC Milan have both made offers to former England leftback Ashley Cole, who was released by Chelsea at the end of last season. u EDEN HAZARD is staying at Chelsea after Paris Saint-Germain boss Laurent Blanc conceded defeat in his chase. u ARSENAL and Liverpool could battle it out to sign Chile’s Alexis Sanchez, with Manchester United also said to be plotting a move. PICTURE: EPA
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Fit again: Bernard Brogan should be ready to face Wexford after a hamstring worry
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BROgAn TO TRiM yELLOw BELLiEs BeRnaRd BROgan should be fit for dublin’s Leinster football semi-final tie – but ger Brennan won’t play any part in their provincial title defence. all-Ireland-winning dubs boss Jim gavin revealed the mixed injury news ahead of Sunday week’s Croke Park showdown with Wexford. all-Star attacker Brogan is making good progress with the hamstring tweak suffered in the quarter-final win over Laois. according to gavin, the former Footballer of the Year has a strong chance of being fit for the tie. But he broke the news that allIreland club title-winning St Vincent’s defender Brennan won’t be back for another month at least. He missed the league due to club commitments and injury and was
recently forced to undergo ankle surgery. Brennan started all six of dublin’s Championship games last year at centre-back, though nicky devereux played there against Laois. ‘It’s been frustrating for ger,’ said gavin. ‘He has an ankle injury that’s been prolonged for some time now. It’s been stop-start. The game against Wexford is too early. He’s four weeks away at this stage. ‘He has no football played. But he’s working away with the medical team.’ as for Brogan, gavin had better news. ‘Bernard’s back on the training field, that’s looking promising and so is denis Bastick,’ said gavin. ‘depending on Bernard’s progress over the next week, we hope to see him figure.’
plane speech as Rory has a tough opener by pARAic MORgAn RoRy McIlRoy came up with an ambitious, and rather expensive, solution to his travel problems after a poor opening round left him battling to avoid another early exit from the Irish open. McIlroy has an underwhelming record in his national championship, recording two top-ten finishes in seven appearances and missing the cut last year along with fellow major champions Padraig Harrington, Darren clarke and Graeme McDowell. The 25-year-old had the added incentives of being able to move top of the European Tour’s Race to Dubai and getting back inside the world’s top five with a good performance this week, but could only card a three-over-par 74 in perfect conditions at Fota Island. McIlroy’s clubs only arrived on Wednesday morning after being lost in transit from last week’s US open, and although the two-time major winner still managed an approximate 62 in the pre-tournament pro-am, it was hardly the ideal preparation.
Sloppy play: McIlroy grimace ‘Not being able to do much on Monday and Tuesday was frustrating, I would have liked to have hit some balls and done some practice those days to prepare. ‘But sometimes that’s just the way it goes and I need to play better the next few years and get my own plane so that doesn’t happen.’ McIlroy carded six bogeys and three birdies, raising his arms aloft in mock celebration after the last of the birdies on his final hole.
‘It’s tough because I feel like I have been playing well for a while and I am still getting days like this,’ added McIlroy. ‘When you are playing well you should be capitalising on that. ‘I was sloppy with the scoring clubs so I might head to the range to work on those. I need something in the mid-60s that gets me back in the tournament.’ McIlroy was ten shots adrift of leader Mikko Ilonen, the world number 63 firing eight birdies and one bogey to establish a new course record of 64. Ilonen is looking to climb into the world’s top 50 for the first time and boosted his chances with five birdies in his last seven holes. Germany’s Marcel Siem also made more than his fair share of putts, the world number 125 carding a 66 to share second place with Swedish duo Robert Karlsson and Magnus A carlsson. Padraig Harrington returned a two-under 69, matched by defending champion Paul casey, who dropped two shots in his last six holes to finish one behind playing partner Graeme McDowell.
Leading man: Joseph O’Brien on Leading Light after winning the Gold Cup
O’Brien’s boy is the cup’s Leading Light lEADING lIGHT, the 10/11 favourite, won a thrilling Gold cup on ladies Day at Royal Ascot yesterday, beating the Queen’s horse Estimate. It was a sixth Gold cup victory for Irish trainer Aidan o’Brien. The winner finished a neck in front of Estimate, who won the event in 2013, as they fought it out to the line with outsider Missunited, who was a short head away in third place. Four-yearold leading light, who was ridden by o’Brien’s 21-year-old son Joseph, riding his first Gold cup, has only been beaten once since october 2012.
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