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The blaming of the shrew

Pygmy faces death match by alan caulfield

BLOODY furriners: coming over here, competing with our indigenous rodent species. The River Shannon might be the only thing to tame the march of a recently discovered shrew threatening to make one of its closest relatives extinct. Invasive miniature mammal the greater white-toothed shrew – three times the size of its rival, the pygmy shrew – is on course to be in every part of the island by 2050 if it can cross the natural barrier. Researchers from University College Dublin (UCD) warned that in the seven years since the furry creature was discovered, it has colonised 7,600 sq km in seven counties. Lead author of the study, Dr Allan McDevitt of UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, said ‘there may not be sufficient landscape complexity in Ireland to allow niche partitioning between these two species of shrew’. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found the greater whitetoothed shrew now has a habitat stretching across Tipperary, Limerick, Cork, Waterford, Kilkenny, Offaly and Laois, and in parts of Cork city and Mullingar. The fight for food and habitat has seen the pygmy shrew become extinct in parts of Tipperary after thousands of years. Its competitor, first found in Ireland in the pellets of barn owls and kestrels in 2007, has spread at more than 5km a year. The researchers have called for authorities north and south to address the issue of invasive species causing severe ecological impacts across the island.

Shrewd operator: Crocidura russula, the greater white-toothed shrew, main, is three times the size of its indigenous rival, the pygmy shrew, inset, which weighs 3g to 6g Pictures: PA

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It’s official: Everything is awesome IRELAND has been crowned the best country in the world in a new survey, which ranks nations according to their contribution to humanity and the planet. War-torn Iraq, Libya and Vietnam came joint bottom of the inaugural The Good Country Index, created by policy adviser Simon Anholt, which combines 35 separate indicators from the United Nations, the World Bank and other global institutions. The list was not meant to name and shame countries. Mr Anholt said: ‘It’s time countries started thinking much harder about the international consequences of their actions; if they don’t, the global challenges like climate change, poverty, economic crises, terrorism, drugs and pandemics will only get worse.’ While Ireland topped the poll, the Nordic region makes a collective contribution which outstrips any other part of the world. The UK came seventh in the poll, while the US trailed at 21, dragged down by poor scores on international peace and security.

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Two of city’s parks turned into pug paradise for enthusiasts of this cuddly breed

Dublin’s thriving pug culture STOP BY the steps of the Wellington Monument in the Phoenix Park on the third Sunday of the month and you’re likely to stumble upon one of Dublin’s most unusual gatherings. The Dublin Pug Club, as the name suggests, is a monthly assembly of the city’s pug enthusiasts, a chance for owners and their canine companions to socialise and share pug-related advice and anecdotes, and is one of many similar ‘breed meet-ups’ that have been happening around the world since the 1800s. Metro Herald visited the Dublin branch on a sunny Sunday in June, and the pug community was out in force. Amongst the bizarre sight of 40 pugs getting up to general mischief, we tracked down Dublin Pug Club founder Emily Scanlon, a fundraising consultant from Limerick who came up with the idea with her sister after becoming smitten with a friend’s pug at a party. It wasn’t long before she had one of her own; a sprightly young jug (breeder speak for a Jack Russell/pug cross) called Anthony Hopkins. She jokes that Anthony takes his guard dog duties very seriously, adding that their sociable nature and mannerisms make pugs great pets. She often hosts guests through the Airbnb service in Dublin, and her visitors are quickly won over by Anthony’s charms. ‘The pug club has really taken off in the past two years,’ says Emily. ‘My sister and I often stop people with pugs on the street and tell them about it. Other owners are normally really into the idea.’ Maria Brzezinska and Dorota Szydlowska, both from Poland, have visited the park a couple of times with their 18- and 16-month-old pugs Phoebe and Freddy.

by AOifE O’REgAn They agree there is something unique about pugs that sets them apart from other dogs. ‘Their personalities are so different,’ says Maria. ‘For us, Phoebe is the hyper one but Freddy is more of a lazy couch dog. Freddy is more a dominant, jealous type, but they are generally not defensive dogs and will happily go up to anyone. They could easily be stolen from the street.’ Sisters Dearbaile and Blathnaid Keown are regulars at the group with their four-year-old pug, Smooch. ‘Smooch is a rescue dog,’ Dearbaile says. ‘He used to belong to a couple but they gave him up when they had a child. He likes to sleep next to one of us in bed and cries outside the door at night until I let him into the room. He’s a big baby’. Smooch has fairly simple tastes it seems. ‘He loves children, running in circles and food wrappers. He doesn’t want the food inside, just the wrappers to play with,’ she says. Other dislikes are hats, umbrellas and anyone in a highvis vest. ‘We had guys over installing a water meter recently and Smooch didn’t like them at all.’ Latecomer Siobhán Feeley, from Blanchardstown, arrives last with her eight-month-old pug, Sammy, who she bought in Northern Ireland. ‘They’re a very stubborn breed. You can’t tell them what to do. Even if you manage to get them to sit down, they’ll soon get distracted and run off. They’re great city dogs though as they don’t need long walks or a lot of maintenance,’ she says. The Dublin Pug Club meets on the third Sunday of every month. Venues are the Phoenix Park for northside pug devotees and their pets and Herbert Park, Ballsbridge for southsiders. For more, visit their Facebook page.

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Breed of their own (clockwise from top): ‘Stubborn’ Sammy, his owner Siobhán Feeley, Maria Brzezinska and Dorota Szydlowska with Phoebe and Freddy and Dublin Pug Club founder Emily Scanlon with Anthony Hopkins

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Jail for child abuse A MoTHER who used her young daughter for sexual exploitation was handed a 14year sentence yesterday. The west of Ireland woman, 47, who cannot be named to protect the identity of her child, received concurrent seven-year and five-year sentences for sexually assaulting and illtreating the young girl at the family home from the age of five between 2004 and 2008. Sentencing at Roscommon Circuit Court, Judge Tony Hunt said the abuse of her child was ‘a grave dereliction of duty’.

Man gets 15 years for death of boy in den fire in 2001

THE man convicted of causing the death of a boy 13 years ago by setting a children’s makeshift den on fire has received a 15-year prison sentence. Stephen Hughes was 12 years old in 2001 when he died in the fire in the den where he had been sleeping overnight with a friend. Dermot Griffin, 54, of Ballyfermot Road, Ballyfermot, had denied the

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manslaughter at Rossfield Avenue, Tallaght on September 1, 2001. However, after a 13-day trial in May a jury found him guilty by majority verdict. Yesterday, Judge Patricia Ryan backdated a prison term of 15 years to November 2012, when Griffin was taken into custody.

Judge Ryan said she was taking into account the ‘very, very serious nature’ of the offence, the effect of the crime on the victim’s family and his mother’s victim impact statement. In that statement read out in court, Elizabeth Hughes said that her whole family have lived with the ‘unbelievable pain’ of losing her firstborn son. ‘He was a beautiful bright

ray of sunshine. I pray that from today my son will be able to rest in peace knowing that justice has finally been done.’ Earlier, the court had heard that a ‘very dramatic change’ came in the case in 2012 when one of the witnesses, Tracey Deegan, came forward and told gardaí she had lied in 2001 to cover for Griffin, her former partner.

Royals hailed in Belfast Two boys wait for the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh at Hillsbourgh Castle for the beginning of a three-day Royal visit to Northern Ireland. The public nature of the royal couple’s latest visit to the region reflects changing times in the region, Stormont’s First Minister Peter Robinson has said. ‘There was a time when a Royal visit could not be reported in advance due to security concerns’, he added.

Fianna Fáil fury at State not liable for crowley defection Anglo chief’s costs FIANNA FÁIL has distanced itself from Eurosceptics in Brussels after its only MEP defected to their ranks. Poll-topper Brian Crowley (pictured), elected to represent Ireland South, sparked fury among colleagues after joining the European Conservative and Reformists Group. The move aligns him with British prime minister David Cameron’s Conservatives and other far-right groups in the European Parliament, which ‘directly contradict core Fianna Fáil principles’, chair Brendan Smith and chief whip Seán Ó Fearghaíl said.

The State does not have to pay the legal costs of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick (pictured) arising from his recent criminal trial, a judge has ruled. Yesterday Judge Martin Nolan rejected an application by Mr FitzPatrick’s legal team that he should not be liable for the cost of defending himself during the 48-day trial, where he was acquitted on all charges. he agreed with State lawyers, who argued the prosecution was in ‘the public interest’.

Fashion retailer back online after €30m fire ONLINe retailer Asos has resumed trading after a fire ‘compromised’ around €27million of stock at its main warehouse. The fashion website was forced to suspend orders after the blaze in Barnsley, in the UK, on Friday night affected 20 per cent of stock at the site.

DRivEn TO AcT: The founder of the Because I Said I Would organisation has again struck a chord online with his latest random act of kindness. In images that have gone viral, in honour of a drink-driving victim, American Alex Sheen spent Saturday evening outside a bar offering to drive potential drink drivers home for free, which several accepted. See gometro.ie/ drink-drive.

Drink habits in ireland are ‘far above’ safe levels

MORE than 1.3million people in by bRiAn HuTTOn Ireland have been branded harmful questioned 6,000 people aged between drinkers. A survey of the nation’s alcohol habits 18 and 75 across the country last year showed a third of men and more than a about their drinking habits. A standard drink is regarded as a half fifth of women who drink are downing more than is recommended by health a pint of beer, 100mls of wine or a pub measure of spirits, but one in five Irish chiefs. Furthermore, it reveals that three- drinkers has the equivalent of three quarters of all alcohol consumed in Ire- pints of beer, one after the other, at least once a week. land is taken during a binge session. The Health Service Executive advises Dr Graham Love, chief executive of the Health Research Board, which men to drink no more than 16.8 standpublished the report, said Irish people ard drinks a week and women to take no more than are still drinking 11.2 drinks, but ‘far above’ what Irish drinkers who binge one in eight men is determined as and one in ten safe. – consuming more than six women admitted ‘Based on the standard drinks – once a week to drinking their figures in the reweekly limit in port, more than 150,000 people are dependent drinkers, a single session. Under the guidelines, 54 per cent of all more than 1.35million are harmful drinkers and 30 per cent of people inter- drinkers – or 1.35million people around viewed say they experienced some form the country – are classified as ‘harmful of harm as a result of their own drink- drinkers’, according to the report. Dr Jean Long, who heads the Health ing,’ he said. ‘The report also reveals we underesti- Research Board’s Evidence Centre and mate what we drink by about 60 per who co-wrote the study, said: ‘Because cent. If this is the case, the situation is it is considered normal behaviour to much worse than what has been pre- consume high quantities in a single session, people don’t realise they are drinksented in this report.’ The National Alcohol Diary Survey ing in a harmful way.’

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‘Anyone with any semblance of a brain could walk down Harcourt Street on a Saturday night and tell you that one of our favourite pastimes cannot be good for the health’ Luke Holohan puts Ireland’s drinking habits under the microscope: www.gometro.ie/relationship-with-booze

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Singer Dempsey rescues two swimmers from river DUBLIN folk singer Damien hand,’ he said of the 38-year-old Dempsey has rescued two swimmers singer. Dempsey then waded into who got into difficulty in a Wexford the water. ‘[He was] very cool, took river. Eyewitness Mark Ronan told off his shoes and swam out to South East Radio he saw where the guy was. He the swimmers struggling handed him part of this in the River Slaney at blanket and towed him in Enniscorthy on Sunday with it. The other fella and shouted out if made his own way in.’ anyone could swim. He added that Dempsey The former fireman then ‘picked up his shoes, added: ‘Suddenly this cool as you like, and guy walked up who I walked off and the water dripping off him. What he kind of recognised with a did deserves great credit.’ blanket or sheet in his Dempsey: Rescue

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Robots carry out repairs in rail future RoboTS repairing rail infrastructure, driverless trains and ticketless technology could be among the features of train travel by the middle of the century, according to a report. Train windows that adjust automatically to prevent glare are among the futuristic concepts envisaged by engineering and design consultancy Arup in its Future of Rail 2050 report. Swarm robotics, a theory based on swarm behaviour among ant and bee colonies, could see small robots working collaboratively on major railway repair and structural testing. The report imagines a future where train passengers can contact friends and family via ‘holocalls’ – holographic image displays and buy products from virtual shopping walls located in stations and carriages.

Portugal, here I come Zip over border in a minute WHIZZ down this zip line and you’ll not only enter another country but also go back in time. The Limitezero takes thrill-seekers from Spain to Portugal in a minute, crossing the River Guadiana separating the two countries. They will also arrive an hour before

by DOMInIc yEATMAn they left, thanks to the time difference between the two nations. ‘A zip line there seemed obvious,’ said Englishman David Jarman, who set up the attraction from Sanlucar de Guadiana in Spain to Alcoutim.

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DOn JOHnsOn, 64, was Sonny Crockett, the Ferrari-driving star of 1980s show Miami Vice. He drives another flash car in his new film Cold In July

How would you describe your character Jim Bob in new thriller Cold In July? The writer

gave me a clue to the nature of the character early on. He said: ‘Jim Bob Luke is a private detective/pig farmer who never met a problem he couldn’t solve and wouldn’t know a problem if he met one.’

In Miami Vice you drove a white Ferrari Daytona Spyder and here you drive a red Cadillac with tiger-print seats. Do you stipulate ‘flash car’ in all your contracts? Ha –

you’re funny. No, that car was in the original book. I don’t even know what car I actually drive.

Jackets with rolled-up sleeves, slip-ons without socks, living on a boat with a pet alligator called Elvis – you defined ‘cool’ to an entire generation of men thanks to Miami Vice. Apparently there’s a

saying in South America that if someone comes up to you and says: ‘Yo soy Don Johnson’ it means ‘you’re cool’. Isn’t that funny? A director told me that – he said:

‘You’re part of the slang in Uruguay.’

Do you look back on that era and think: ‘Hey, I looked pretty sharp’ or ‘Man, I looked ridiculous’? Fashion is

always wanted to do. It was fun.

We last saw you in comedy The Other Woman playing Cameron Diaz’s dad, who ends up marrying Kate Upton. I just thought that would

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[Fifty Shades of Grey] will just be another part in a long line of great performances Dakota is gonna deliver my view, this part will just be another part in a long line of great performances that Dakota is gonna deliver over the years.

Are you going to watch the film or is that too weird as a father? Don’t you think

cyclical, you know? What may look silly for a couple of years will then be: ‘Oh, that looks cool.’

be fun. I wanted to fondle Kate Upton! Heh heh heh.

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Cold In July is set in the 1980s. What did you like best about that decade? Well, I

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particularly liked the 1980s because it was a time before cellphones – well, cellphones as we know them today – and social networking and things like that, which pretty much put an end to partying like I knew it. It was a simpler time. Not that there’s any less today but I just don’t do it! I just party with my wife. Wild, eh? So I remember the 1980s fondly – what I remember of them…

Were you thrilled to get the call from Quentin Tarantino to play Big Daddy in Django Unchained? Well, he’s a fan of

mine, which is kind of fortuitous for me, and I of him. An opportunity to work together was something we’d

Back when you were called ‘the Warren Beatty of the 1990s’ you said it was down to ‘yoga and sex’. Uh, well, yeah – same formula.

Are you a hands-on dad? Did you do nappy changing? Yeah.

I like my children better than I like most people so that makes it easy.

What advice did you give Dakota, your daughter by Melanie Griffiths, when she said she was going to take the lead in Fifty Shades Of Grey? Oh, I won’t talk about that because I don’t know anything about it. I haven’t read the book. Dakota is a very gifted actress. In

From a Norwegian comedy called Long Flat Balls II to Machete to Eastbound & Down, you’ve done some pretty ‘out there’ projects of late. I think movies find you. They

have an energy about them that speaks to the writers and the filmmakers and they go: ‘You know what? A nice texture to this movie would be to have a Don Johnson character. Why don’t we see if we can get him?’ For me, these days, it’s about the people I’m working with and whether or not there’s an environment for the creative process to come through without a lot of ego and ambition involved.

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Aolo Nutini has defended one Direction in the wake of their recent ‘drugs’ scandal after pointing out at least the boyband are not simulating sex like pop strip act Miley Cyrus. The 27-year-old Scottish singer made his point after louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik were recently caught on a camera appearing to get high in the back of a car as he openly detailed his own regular drug use. The Coming Up Easy singer ranted that he had seen a very explicit picture of Miley Cyrus wearing a leotard that exposed her genitals. ‘Is that alright? Is that f***ing cool? And one Direction can’t have a joint? They’re the bad role models? Come on!’ Nutini admits he has smoked weed ‘every day since I was about 16,’ insisting ‘it just keeps you going... nice.’ And he is happy to defend the class B drug, which is still illegal. ‘Can the world please get to grips with marijuana? How long can this go on? Don’t get me wrong, you give it to the

by SEAMUS DUFF wrong person, marijuana can spawn all kinds of things, but no more so than alcohol,’ he explained. ‘Christ, most nights out I can buy 20 Jägerbomb, take them away on a tray, for all they know I’m necking ten. Come on, people have been saying this s*** for 40 f***ing years!’ he said. While the singer can perhaps be accused of being a typical stoner, Nutini says his approach to life is straight – saying he would never tax dodge like some other music stars. ‘The best thing you can do is pay your taxes,’ he told Q magazine. ‘People paying their taxes helped my grandmother stay a part of my life. She had cancers, if it wasn’t for the health system paid for by taxes I wouldn’t be able to sit with her and watch Bradley Walsh on The Chase, one of my favourite things I can do. I’ve never had a problem paying my taxes.’ The July issue of Q is out now.

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Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean has hit back at Lana Del Rey, warning her not to ‘romanticise’ dying young. The 21-year-old, whose dad shot himself in 1994, rounded on the sullen star after she declared: ‘I wish I was dead already.’ The grunger offspring tweeted Del Rey: ‘The death of young musicians isn’t something to romanticise. I’ll never know my father because he died young and it becomes a desirable feat because people like you think it’s “cool”. Well, it’s f****** not. Embrace life, because you only get one life. The people u mentioned wasted that life. Don’t be one of those people.’ But when a fan of the Born To Die singer told Cobain to back off, she replied: ‘I’m not attacking anyone. I have no animosity towards Lana, I was just trying to put things in perspective from personal experience.’

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Hardy Bucks actor Martin Maloney was yesterday cleared of attacking two doormen in a row during an appearance at a Dublin pub. The 30-yearold, from Swinford, Co Mayo, but now living in Sweden with his wife and child, walked free from court after Judge Ann Watkin said she did not believe the evidence of Brian Smith and Mark O’Shaughnessy, which was contradicted by CCTV footage at The Big Tree on Dorset Street.

Joan puts K in a real Stew Joan Rivers says she is ready to laugh all the way to court after Kristen Stewart threatened to sue her for defamation after she insinuated the Twilight star slept her way to the top. The 81-year-old comedienne pokes fun at K-Stew, 24, over her affair with Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, 43, in an upcoming book. But Stewart seemingly failed to see the funny side when Rivers branded her a ‘onetrick-pony’ who owed her career to ‘being able to juggle a director’s balls.’ ‘I’m now being sued by Kristen Stewart. She obviously didn’t read the disclaimer which is that it’s a comedy book,’ Rivers revealed, adding: ‘I can’t wait to get her to

court because I want her to show me on a puppet where she thinks I claim she touched her director. I’m looking forward to it. Confirming Stewart is taking legal action, Rivers goes on: ‘Her lawyer contacted my lawyer which shows the sense of humour she has – zero. If you’re going to take it seriously, you’re a fool’ The Fashion Police host was happy taunt K-Stew further when she seized the opportunity to suggest why the sultry actress is seldom seen smiling. She told TMZ: ‘She has no teeth – which made her much better in bed for when she was doing what I said she was doing. Allegedly!’

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Foxes has been banned from Toys R Us after joyriding in a mechanical car. The singer crashed while she was filming in her home town of Southampton. ‘You know those toy cars that are basically actual cars with an engine in?,’ she said. ‘I thought, “I’m going to get in one because my mum never let me”. I crashed into a load of others and they all went flying. That was it. I am banned,’ the 25-year-old told GQ.

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egan Fox fans should try and catch her while they can as she revealed she is all but done with Hollywood after having cubs of

her own. The 28-year-old, who has two young boys with actor hubby Brian austin green, says she’s lost her lust for fame and is only in the game to make money to raise her family. ‘I’ve never been an ambitious girl or career-oriented, but especially once I got pregnant with my first son and now [having had] my second, it’s so hard to be a working mum when your heart is not in your work, when your heart is with your family,’ the tattooed beauty (pictured) told the Parents website.

by ANDREI HARMSWORTH Signalling we’ll be seeing less of her, Fox added: ‘I have to make one movie a year because I have to invest in their future and I have to be able to pay their way through college and be able to provide for them. ‘It’s about spending as little time away from my kids as possible.’ The Transformers star told how juggling noah and Bodhi, who are both aged under two, is a struggle at the best of times. ‘It’s hard because I don’t feel like I’m ever giving either one of them 100 per cent of my attention or 100 per cent of myself, so I carry a lot of guilt,’ she confessed.

My Bare Lady: Karen strips for sexy selfie Karen Gillan has gone from playing a doctor’s assistant to looking like she is stripping off for a medical after posing semi-nude in an intimate selfie. Fear not though because the former Doctor Who actress is simply acting. The 26-year-old Scot pulled a classic pout while posing in just a pair of knickers and a gold necklace with one hand covering her breasts. The raunchy scenes were filmed for upcoming ABC series Selfie – a modern twist to the My Fair Lady story about a woman who is obsessed with becoming famous through photographing herself and sharing her snaps on Instagram. Gillan is no stranger to flashing the

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R Kelly’s alleged illegal marriage to Aaliyah will be explored in a biopic about the late R’n’B star. Rapper Kelly, 47, has denied claims he got hitched to Aaliyah in 1994 when she was only 15. But a marriage certificate obtained by a magazine showed they did tie the knot after lying about the bride’s age. Debra Martin Chase, producer of TV film Aaliyah: Princess Of R&B, said: ‘Aaliyah’s personal and professional relationship with R Kelly will be explored with care in the film as we depict her life with the utmost respect.’ Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001 aged 22.

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Freed: Mother facing death for being Christian A WOMAN sentenced to death for allegedly converting from Islam to Christianity was freed from a Sudanese jail yesterday. Meriam Ibrahim, 27, was forced to give birth to her daughter Maya while chained to her cell floor following her conviction for apostasy and adultery after her marriage to American Daniel Wani. However, appeal court judges in Khartoum overturned the ruling and she has been placed in a safehouse.

‘Dark day for free speech’ as Egypt jails journalists

THE jailing of three journalists who were reporting in Egypt was described as ‘appalling’ by the UK’s prime minister David Cameron amid a wave of protest yesterday. Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed – who work for al-Jazeera – will serve seven years on terrorism charges. Another eight journalists were tried in their absence and sentenced to ten years each. All were convicted of spreading false news and supporting the Muslim Brother-

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by sHARON MARRIs hood – a group deemed by the Egyptian prime minister to be a terrorist organisation last December. The family of Peter Greste, an Australian who has also worked for CNN and the BBC, spoke of their frustration on Facebook. ‘We are so devastated! This is not the end. Please make noise, this is unjust and a slap in the face for freedom of speech and media.’

The United States called for their release, with White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the prosecutions were all the more disturbing because they come after a succession of prosecutions that were ‘incompatible with the basic precepts of human rights and democratic governance’. Dozens of journalists and politicians also aired their bitter disappointment on Twitter, where the hashtags #JournalismIsNotACrime and #FreeAJStaff began trending. Jailed: Peter Greste

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Ban on non-Muslims Giant panda Xin Xin using ‘Allah’ upheld dies of kidney failure

MALAysIA: The country’s highest court has upheld a government ban on non-Muslims using the word ‘Allah’ to refer to God. It rejected a challenge from Christians who argued they have used the word, which entered Malay from Arabic, for centuries and the ruling violates their rights. A Human Rights Watch spokesman called the decision ‘a sad state of affairs that shows how far and fast religious tolerance is falling’.

CHINA: Zookeepers are mourning giant panda Xin Xin, who has died from kidney failure. The five-yearold had been ill for several weeks, and was undergoing medical treatment. Her kidney function deteriorated rapidly two weeks ago and she died on Sunday. It is a blow to the panda breeding programme. She was given to the Macau Panda Park, with her mate Kai Kai, by the country’s then president Hu Jintao in 2010.

Fatal mistake: The scene of the fire, and, above, Dr Taufiq bears no ill will to the killers

‘No hatred’ for fire death family’s killers

ITALy: Stripes are in the spotlight as models showcase Gucci’s spring/ summer 2015 collection at Men’s Fashion Week in Milan picture: Ap

Flirty football fan dives ‘to his death’

BRAzIL: A Mexican drunk on his team’s World Cup success jumped from a cruise ship to impress a female passenger. Jorge Alberto Lopez Amores plunged into sharkinfested waters after telling the woman: ‘I’m so happy, I can fly. Look at me.’ MSC Divina, which was touring Brazil during the football tournament, turned back but the 28-year-old could not be seen. There is no hope he will be found alive, said navy officials.

Opera star pays price for homophobic post

AUsTRALIA: An opera singer who described gay people as ‘faecal masses’ has been sacked by her company. Tamar Iveri was released by Opera Australia, which described the singer’s views as ‘unconscionable’. Mrs Iveri had been due to appear in a production of Othello in Sydney next month. The Georgian-born singer claimed her ‘very religious’ husband had made the comments, which appeared on her Facebook page.

and finally... CHINA: An ex-student went straight from her graduation ceremony to a jobs fair in her gown. Chan Yeh wanted potential employers in Changsha to realise she was brainy. ‘It got me on-the-spot interviews,’ Ms Chan said.

THE husband of a woman and three children who died in an arson attack on their home has said he has no hatred for the eight men convicted over their deaths yesterday. Dublin-based neurosurgeon Dr Muhammad Taufiq Al Sattar said: ‘You hate crime. You don’t hate individual people’ over the convictions for the attack on his family’s home in Leicester last September. A trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard the family died after their killers set the fire as ‘retribu-

tion’ for the fatal stabbing of their friend Antoin Akpom, 20, hours earlier, but the wrong house was targeted. Shehnila Taufiq, 47, their 19-

‘Four amazing human beings’ year-old daughter Zainab, and sons Bilal, 17, and Jamal, 15, all died when fire engulfed their home in the early hours of September 13. Yesterday Kemo Porter, 19, and

Tristan Richards, 22, were found guilty of their murders following a two-month trial. Six others were cleared of four counts of murder, but found guilty of manslaughter. Speaking after the verdicts, an emotional Dr Taufiq paid tribute to his family, calling them ‘four amazing human beings’. They were an ‘extraordinary’ and ‘charitable’ family who dedicated their lives to ‘the needy and less privileged’, Dr Taufiq, who works at a number of hospitals in Ireland, including Beaumont, added.

Kerry calls for unity, leadership in Iraq point with Jordan, leaving troops US SECRETARY of State John with no presence along the entire Kerry yesterday promised western frontier. ‘intense and sustained’ support US president Barack for Iraq, but said the Obama has offered up to divided country would 300 American advisers only survive if its leaders to Iraq but held off took urgent steps to granting a request for bring it together. air strikes to counter the Hours before Kerry two-week advance by arrived in Baghdad, Sunni militants. ‘The Sunni tribes who have support will be intense joined a militant and sustained and if takeover of northern Kerry: Support Iraq’s leaders take the Iraq seized a crossing

steps to bring the country together, it will be effective,’ Kerry said. ‘Iraq faces an existential threat and Iraq’s leaders have to beat that threat with the incredible urgency it demands. The very future of Iraq depends on choices that will be made in the next days and weeks.’ Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Washington on Sunday of trying to regain control of the country it once occupied.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 METRO HERALD

Breasts stop 17% of women exercising Nearly one in five women say their breasts stop them participating in physical activity, according to new research. researcher emma Burnett found breasts were ranked fourth as a barrier to exercise after lack of energy, time constraints and health reasons.

They were ranked above other barriers including cost, access to facilities, not having the right clothing, not having company while exercising, and feeling embarrassed about doing sport. The survey, by the University of Portsmouth’s research Group in Breast Health, published

Girl power: Dolly parton has leapt to the defence of Miley Cyrus, rejecting criticism that the singer’s performances are too sexual. The country star described Cyrus, 21 – her goddaughter – as ‘fantastic’, and said female artists have become empowered. ‘women are taking their power and using it, and it’s great. i’ve always used mine,’ parton, 68, said in an interview with singer lily Allen (pictured) for

online in the Journal Of Physical activity and Health, found 17 per cent of women were put off exercising because of their breasts, with the biggest factors not being able to find the right sports bra and being embarrassed by excessive breast movement.

Married life is now worth the weight for diet couple

radio Times. ‘women have got a long way to go but i really r think we’ve made a lot of great strides.’ Picture: rAdio times

by AiLEEn DOnEgAn UNFLATTERING wedding and honeymoon pictures were the catalyst Longford couple Gary and Jenny Nolan needed to kickstart their weightloss drive. Although blissfully happy together, the couple’s busy social life and associated beers, cocktails, multiple takeaway meals, snacks and chocolate caught up with them. When they walked up the aisle together in 2012, 25-year-old Jenny weighed just over 20 stone and her wedding dress was a size 24. Her new husband was in even worse shape, weighing in at 25st 5lbs with a trouser waist of 46 inches. The pair, who were both obese and at risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and some cancers, started their weight loss journey together on May 1, 2013 after seeing their honeymoon snaps. They are now almost unrecognisable, having lost 18 stone between them with the help of weekly one-toone consultations at the Athlone Motivation Weight Management Clinic. Jenny has shed 8st 7lbs and now wears a size ten to 12. Gary, meanwhile, has lost 9st 7lbs and ten inches from his waistline.

Flabulous to fabulous: Gary and Jenny on their honeymoon (left) and now (above left)

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Speaking to Metro Herald, he said: ’It didn’t hit how big I was until I saw the photos. The first month was very tough and you don’t feel like you have the energy. ‘But the easiest part... The two of us supporting each other and doing it together helped a lot.’ His advice to other overweight couples is to ‘just do it’. ‘Don’t think about it. People say they’ll start “next week”, do it now,’ he said.

PARK LiFE: Plane to catch and no time to search for a parking space? Travellers at Dusseldorf Airport in Germany can now leave the job to a robot valet. Airport spokesman Thomas Koetter said the robot, named Ray, can be booked using an app. Travellers can leave their car in a designated area and Ray will take it to one of 249 parking spaces reserved for robots. The service costs €29 a day and is open to anyone Picture: AP

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McAleese’s ‘bonkers’ comment is insulting to all Catholics

s a practising Catholic I write to express my disgust at the latest vicious and crass attack on the Church by the former President, Mary McAleese. By calling the Pope and the synod of Bishops, who will be discussing family issues in the autumn, ‘bonkers’, Mrs McAleese is insulting all Catholics. It’s clear that she doesn’t really want reform in the Church, rather she is seeking to ridicule and denigrate the Church and its members at any available opportunity. If she disagrees so much with Church doctrine, rather than continuing to be a hypocritical à la carte Catholic, why doesn’t she follow her conscience and join another denomination more to her liking? I am sure that many people would be happy to pay for Mary to stay at an enclosed convent, where she could take (hopefully) a vow of silence for at least a decade. Ellen O’Hanlon Bangor, Co Down

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■ I was just thinking that these threeminute breaks being introduced in each half of the World Cup games would actually quarter the match and therefore a soccer match would no longer be ‘a game of two halves’, but would be more akin to the American football game, which has four segments. Then what would happen would be first the advertisers would lay claim to the three minutes, then they would inevitably complain that three minutes is not long enough. And before long it would become a game of American soccer, full of advertisements, Just sayin’, ye know. Manufan62 ■ How dumb is Chelsea Handler [American TV host and actress]? she has just announced on her show that she is going to the UK on tour, to Dublin and London. Does she not know that Dublin is not in the UK? Duh! Nuala

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● To the gorgeous black-haired girl who was dancing with her friend beside me in the Morgan Hotel in Temple Bar last Saturday night. We smiled at each other, but I didn’t have the courage to chat to you and then you were gone. I’d love to do dirty dancing with you like that exuberant guy. Let’s meet. Guy in the black jacket

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 METRO HERALD

Throw some tofu on the barbie with these inspiring vegetarian barbecue recipes from Aussie Tong Master Ross Dobson

g e v t o h g n i l Sizz Ingredients (serves 4-6).

6 filo pastry sheets, each measuring 44 x 28cm ♦ 200g halloumi cheese ♦ 2tbsp chopped mint leaves ♦ 2tbsp olive oil ♦ 12 thin strips of preserved lemon rind ♦ sea salt ♦ lemon wedges, to serve

Step 1 Lay the filo sheets on top of

each other. Cut the stack in half lengthways, then cut across in half to give 24 smaller rectangles. Lay the rectangles on top of each other and cover with a damp cloth. Cut the halloumi into 12 thin fingers. Combine the mint and olive oil in a bowl.

Step 2 Lay two filo rectangles on top of each other and brush with some of the oil from the bowl. Put a piece of

Recipes and images taken from Fired Up Vegetarian (€19), published by Murdoch Books.

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HALLOuMi, MinT & LEMOn cigARs I love filo pastry. I use it to top, to wrap, to stuff and to roll, savoury or sweet. It’s cheap, and you might be surprised to learn that it cooks very well on a hotplate.

ussie blokes would call sydney chef Ross Dobson a Tong Master. The bestselling author of two no-nonsense guides to barbecuing certainly knows a bit about manning a grill. Now he’s turned his attention to vegetables, with Fired up Vegetarian. inspired by dishes from east Asia, india and the Middle east, Dobson’s recipes give legumes a starring role. ‘Vegetarian barbecue cookery is not about trying to reinvent the wheel,’ he says. ‘And good vegetarian cookery is certainly not about the need for a meat substitute.’ Dobson has put a barbecue twist on some classics – Barbie Ghanoush and Naked samosas – but it’s his innovative dishes such as pizza and filo cigars included here that will impress carnivores and veggies alike.

halloumi on the short end of the pastry, top with a strip of preserved lemon, then fold the sides of the filo over the halloumi and roll up into a cigar shape. Repeat to make 12 cigars.

Step 3 Preheat the barbecue hotplate to medium. Cook the cigars for 4-5min, turning often, until the pastry is golden and charred. Sprinkle with a little sea salt and serve hot, with lemon wedges on the side.

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LIME & TURMERIC TOFU STEAKS

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The real flavour in this recipe comes from the sambal and, as far as flavours go, you won’t be left wanting. Sambal is a chilli-based condiment used throughout south-east Asia. It is generally cooked, but this is a very raw, very fresh and very tasty version.

Have you ever tried freshly made naan bread? It’s pretty good but not an easy thing for most of us to whip up. I wouldn’t suggest we only ever cook with ready-made items but they do have their place. Some package naan breads are oaky if they are reheated – so using them for a pizza base seems only logical. And tasty.

Ingredients (serves 4)

600g firm tofu ♦ 60ml (¼ cup) lime juice ♦ 60ml (¼ cup) grapeseed oil ♦ ¼tsp ground turmeric ♦ lime cheeks, to serve For the sambal: 1tsp vegetable stock (bouillon) powder ♦ 2 kaffir lime leaves, thinly sliced ♦ 2 lemongrass stems, pale part only, finely chopped ♦ 2 bird’s eye chillies, finely chopped ♦ 3tbsp red Asian shallots, finely chopped ♦ 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped ♦ 1tbsp vegetable oil ♦ 1tbsp lime juice

Ingredients (serves 4)

250ml (1 cup) tomato passata (puréed tomatoes) ♦ ½tsp fennel seeds ♦ ½tsp ground cumin ♦ ½tsp chilli flakes ♦ ½tsp sea salt ♦ 4 naan breads or roti, each about 15cm long ♦ 1 courgette, very thinly sliced ♦ 1 small red pepper, thinly sliced ♦ 1 small red onion, very thinly sliced ♦ 100g paneer cheese, roughly crumbled ♦ coriander leaves, to garnish ♦ lime pickle, to serve

Step 1 Combine the sambal ingredients in a bowl and stir until the stock powder has dissolved. Cover and set aside for 30min, or refrigerate overnight. Step 2 Cut the tofu into four equal portions. Place in a flat dish in a single layer. Combine the lime juice, grape seed oil and turmeric in a bowl and stir until the turmeric has dissolved and the oil is vibrantly coloured. Pour the marinade over the tofu and turn to coat all over. Set aside for 30min. Step 3 Preheat the barbecue grill to high. Cook the tofu for 2-3min on each side, or until heated through and slightly crusty. Step 4 Serve warm, with the sambal spooned over and lime cheeks on the side.

Step 1 Preheat the barbecue grill to medium. Step 2 Combine the passata, fennel, cumin, chilli flakes and salt in a bowl. Step 3 Sit each naan bread on a double-thickness sheet of baking paper. Spread the tomato mixture over each naan bread. Scatter the corgette, capsicum and onion over the top, then scatter with the paneer. Step 4 Put the pizzas on the grill, then close the barbecue lid if you have one, or cover the pizzas with a baking tray. Cook for 10min. Lift up the pizzas with a metal spatula to see how they are cooking underneath, just like they do with wood-fired pizzas. A golden-brown base is what you are looking for. Step 5 Scatter with coriander leaves and serve with lime pickle on the side.

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setting, the preheat light starts the action and a clear beep tells you it is time to place the meat on the grill, which senses the thickness and sets a cooking time appropriately. All I had to do was stand back and watch as the light indicator went from rare (yellow) to my choice of medium (orange), beeping at every stage. It is extremely accurate – less than ten minutes later the meat was indeed cooked exactly as I wanted it, succulent and flavoursome, and there was little clean-up to worry about afterwards. Burgers and salmon fillets met with the same results – cooked perfectly and just as I wanted them, while sealing in the flavours. The only downsides were that you have to wait an hour after use before cleaning it – though the upper and lower plates are detachable and easy to clean, some people like to be able to wash as they go along – and sausages, though cooked to perfection, come out looking a little anaemic.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 METRO HERALD

Why the cupcake went global Author David Sax tells Emma Sturgess how food trends affect more than simply what we eat

f you have a burning need for a cupcake next time you’re in Rwanda, don’t despair. Capital city Kigali’s got single-item handheld indulgence bakeries like everywhere else in the world, thanks to the cupcake trend kicked off by a 20-second scene in the TV programme Sex And The City – which first aired 14 years ago (gulp) in the US. Canadian writer David Sax has chronicled the rise of this food trend and many more in his new book, The Tastemakers. It’s less a nostalgic dip-read about Pop-Tarts and fondue, more an examination of the cultural, economic and social circumstances that allow trends to grow and, in some cases, change economics and politics. ‘I don’t think people realise the impact that food trends have,’ he says. ‘They might notice cupcake

Sugar addicts: David Sax (below) credits a scene in Sex And The CIty (starring Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Jessica Parker, right) with sparking a global boom in cupcakes that’s permeated Africa and Asia shops everywhere but don’t realise they amount to a €1billion industry, and that they’re now in Paraguay and Pakistan. ‘The “bacon in everything” trend in North America changed the way pigs are bred and priced, and the way pork future commodities are traded. It’s more of an important topic than “what’s the next hot thing to eat”.’ The origins of trends may lie with obsessive agriculturalists, health marketeers and grass-roots movements, but whether they’re encouraging us to lick bricks (thank you, Ben Spalding) or scoff bone marrow (fergus Henderson, we salute you), chefs have a lot to answer for. ‘The chef is the most visible and creative tastemaker,’ says

Sax. ‘Henderson cooked in a way that people had forgotten or dismissed. His dishes not only affected the people who ate at his restaurant St John, or worked there and went on to open restaurants of their own, but caused an entire generation of chefs, cookbook writers, home cooks and people in the grocery business to look at food in an entirely new way. ‘The consequences are that countless restaurants in, say, Toronto are serving bone marrow and their own charcuterie – and the global prices of cuts such as beef cheek, oxtail and tongue have soared.’ The next step is an appearance in supermarkets and mainstream restaurant chains, via trend-analysis data that tells big companies it’s

Big EATs trend or fAd? ‘The difference between a trend and a fad is a question of time and influence,’ says Sax. ‘A trend has a much longer lifespan, over the course of a decade or more. They’re more pervasive and

Chin chin: George Clooney, the face of Nespresso

harder to unseat once they’re established.’ So which of these will still be with us in 2024? Kale Whether it’s consumed as a salad, chips, smoothie or side, Gwyneth Paltrow’s favourite miracle veg ticks several boxes. It’s seasonal, hardy and very Irish, and – a guarantee of continued attention – it’s at its best when there’s not much else to eat. Capsule coffee Say what you like about the quality (and coffee spods have quite a bit to say), Nespresso and other capsule-based espresso systems have been taken to

Never fails: Kale the hearts of both domestic and restaurant-based coffee drinkers. Will consistency and speed ever date? Sourdough bread The mother of all loaves, which should be made with a naturally fermented ‘mother’, is so well established in sandwich-eating circles that dubious supermarket versions are now widely available. Let’s hope the real one survives.

worth taking a punt. While we’re not seeing a whole lotta tongue at Tesco and Lidl, Marks & Spencer’s adoption of the runny Scotch egg, and other gastropub classics with cheffy parentage, didn’t come from nowhere. Such pressure to innovate can burden a chef, especially as trends spread faster now than ever. food culture is global, viral and instantly updatable and, for some, the temptation is to run before walking.

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LoT of young chefs see fame and influence and financial gain and think they

Smoked paprika Overused just like chorizo, its famous sausage repository, the smoky spice crops up in all manner of rubs, pastes and marinades and even cheeses, and is dusted wantonly over dishes from lowbrow to high. Do you like it dulce or picante? The cronut Oh, come off it. It’s already over. Es

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have to stand out. That’s how you get a bone-marrow burger with a sriracha sauce-basted cupcake bun. They’re begging for someone to Instagram it and for it to be big. The downside of that is a couple of bad dishes; the upside is it’s pushing everybody to innovate a little more.’ No matter how far they’ve spread, these are big-city trends. Can you innovate, and be noticed, out of town? ‘More and more, yes,’ assures Sax. ‘People are looking all around, so the best restaurant in a town or city, which could be doing something really innovative, will find its influence. [Catalonia’s] ElBulli was in the middle of nowhere. Noma is in Copenhagen, not London or Paris.’ Whether food trend globalisation is desirable is another question. Through all the chia seeds, ceviche and food trucks, Sax has retained an open mind. ‘I don’t think food trends are a negative or positive force. They can be either, it depends on how they evolve and manifest. I dismiss the notion that it’s a shame that there’s a cupcake shop in Paraguay rather than something indigenous. Why should we choose between a wonderful variety of foods and people in other countries shouldn’t?’ And is there a way to avoid food trends, should we want to? ‘I would say yes,’ says Sax. ‘If you went in the forest and foraged for food – but that’s a trend.’

The Tastemakers by David Sax (PublicAffairs) is out now.

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redIscoverIng the IrIsh KItchen RTÉ1, 8.30pm

the Football eFFect SETANTA IRELAND, 8PM Documentary-maker Evan McAuliffe makes his debut with this film which takes a look at the real effect of the World Cup 2010 on ordinary South Africans. It is of particular relevance right now, in the light of Brazil’s similar controversies, with the run-up to this year’s event marred by protests, claims of corruption and stories of poverty and crime. Amid the euphoria, Evan travels through South Africa’s diverse communities to discover the impact the world’s most widely viewed and followed sporting event has had on the nation’s citizens.

Donal’s back on the road again – in this new series he draws culinary inspiration from former Irish Times food writer and author Theodora Fitzgibbon. First stop is a visit to publisher Michael Gill, who cooks French onion soup, a dish Theodora often cooked for him when they met to discuss her books. Next is Muckross Farm, where Donal learns how to milk a cow from 70-year-old Neily Cahill, who began milking his family’s cows at the age of seven. Later on, Donal whips up a creamy rice pudding with rhubarb and traditional Sunday dinner dish, roast beef with batter pudding.

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TCM, 9pm Rather predictable fare starring Kevin Costner as Roy, a down-on-his-luck golf pro whose driving range is going broke. Then a new girl rides into town, shrink Molly Griswold (Renee Russo). When Roy finds out Molly is the girlfriend of his old rival, David Simms (Don Johnson), the discovery rekindles his competitive drive and he returns to compete in the US Open and sets out to win Molly’s heart.

hollywoodland BBC1, 11.45pm

Before he was cast as Batman, Ben Affleck played Superman – or at least the actor who played him in the 1950s TV show, George Reeves – in this thriller. Reeves is in the doldrums about being typecast as the colourful superhero when he starts an affair with a film studio boss’s wife. Is his apparent subsequent suicide all it seems?

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World War II drama based on Markus Zusak’s 2005 novel about a young girl called Liesel (left) who is sent to live with foster parents to escape death by bombing. En route, tragedy strikes and she begins pilfering books she finds. Peril beckons when her new foster parents decide to shelter a Jewish man.

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This Russian mega-production (below) follows the events at the infamous World War II siege. It was originally released in 3D on the Imax circuit, so watching it at home might remove the one thing it has going for it – because it’s high on spectacle and low on plot and characterisation.

Fun new gIrl E4, 9pm

Double dating is a fraught enough business even when everyone is playing it straight with their partners. But when you’ve got the likes of slick Schmidt (Max Greenfield) involved in the equation, though, two and two is almost certain to add up to, ooh at least five. Zooey Deschanel stars in the sitcom that takes perky quirky to new levels.

alIson steadman’s shetland UTV, 9pm

If you find fun in spotting popular actresses out of their natural habitat, then this amiable ramble around Shetland’s wildlife with Gavin & Stacey star Alison Steadman will tickle your fancy. Steadman is a dedicated twitcher – that’s bird-watcher to the uninitiated – so her joy is unconfined when she rubs beaks with the Shetlands’ legendary puffins.

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Drama amber

BBC4, 10pm

The ending to this four-parter about the disappearance of a teenage girl in Dublin caused controversy when first shown on RTÉ, thanks to its ambiguous nature – Ryan Tubridy even admitted shouting at his TV set in frustration. But anyone who has followed the first three episodes, which have offered few clues, won’t exactly be expecting closure. This is more a story about loss than a thriller, that feeling heightened as Amber’s dad Ben (David Murray, above) trawls nightclubs and internet porn as he chases elusive leads.

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RTÉ2, 3.30pm, 4.30pm, 8.15pm After a look back at yesterday’s action, Bill O’Herlihy presents coverage of Italy v Uruguay, while online George Hamilton and Trevor Steven comment as England looks for some crumbs of comfort with a win over Costa Rica, who are already in the last 16. Later on, Darragh Maloney hosts Japan v Colombia, while online John Kenny brings us Greece v Ivory Coast.

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Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams are the big names swinging into action today and it will be a major surprise if they don’t progress in straight sets. If you’re on the lookout for an upset, Portugal’s Joao Sousa will fancy his chances against fifth seed Stan Wawrinka.

Psychologist and Flourishing author Maureen Gaffney reckons we have the power to control 40 per cent of our happiness – she says you’ve just got to do the work. Last week, Maureen put this theory to the test, as she signed up volunteers from around the country for a series of happiness workshops. Tonight, we find out how they got on. Can you really be happier if you’re prepared to work at it?

ramsay’s KItchen nIghtmares usa C4, 10pm

One of the great joys of driving around the US is the feeling that, no matter where the highway leads you, you are always certain of landing on a great-tasting diner. Well, it was until Gordon Ramsay started exposing the dodgier dives dotted around. Tonight he’s in Arvada, Colorado – and it’s one to swerve around.

love your garden UTV, 8pm

Take a pinch of Ground Force and a sprinkle of DIY SOS and you wind up with this makeover show, in which Alan Titchmarsh pitches up to give a deserving family a horticultural makeover. The first stop is Manchester, where midwife Lesley Chan is on the receiving end of Titchmarsh’s charms.

Back before Bruce Willis (above) was the least cooperative interviewee in Hollywood, he was a mere TV actor trying to become a film star – and this is the action epic that did it. He plays policeman John McClane, who must rescue his ex-wife and her pals, who have been taken hostage in an office block, from certain death at the hands of dastardly Alan Rickman. Willis’s sassy wisecracks and dirty vest proved an unexpectedly popular combination – spawning four sequels.

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Marvel at Sean Connery’s Russian accent (ha!) as he plays Captain Marko Ramius, who is heading to the US in his new top-of-the-range nuclear submarine (the titular Red October) – but are his intentions to defect, or to fire his missiles on unsuspecting citizens? Cold War thriller adapted from a Tom Clancy novel.

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Instant EXpERt chanGe Your TwITTer name Remember when you signed up that Hotmail account and put your age at the end of the email address because your name was already taken? Look pretty foolish now, don’t you? A similar lack of foresight could harm your Twitter handle if you haven’t considered what the future might hold. If you want to change your username without starting from scratch, losing any followers or making previous references to your Twitter handle redundant, then keep hold of your current account and set up a forwarding page to a new one. Here’s how: ■ create a new Twitter account. This will need a different email address to the one you’re already using. ■ Log in to your old account and temporarily change your username to something different. click the cog in the top right-hand corner, then ‘edit profile’, and then ‘account’. ■ Log in to your new account and change the username to your old one, which should now be available.

Testing times: The Cue home medical kit. Below, Ayub Khattak

Testing times at home

This inconspicuous cube is a personal medical laboratory that can help you keep track of your health on a daily basis and make recommendations to improve it, such as what foods to eat or whether to go for a run. Sounds great. In fact, you could say the Cue is not to be sneezed at… only it is, because along with blood and saliva, it will also analyse your nasal fluid. Testing takes place by dropping one of the aforementioned bodily liquids on to a white strip and inserting it into a colour-coded throwaway cartridge labelled with what you want to test, from testosterone and fertility to inflammation, influenza and vitamin D deficiency. Once inserted in the Cue, it’s then analysed and your

snapshot Your very own table-top medical lab that gives you biometric results in minutes biometric results are displayed on your smartphone via an app. Because Cue uses cold, hard data (unlike most smart health gadgets), it will prescribe things to help. It also claims to diagnose ailments such as flu before you get a chance to go to your doctor – although it’s not quite there with antibiotics and a note for the boss just yet. Cue is still awaiting clearance by the Food and Drug Administration in the US, so the jury’s still out on its accuracy. Founder Ayub Khattak

says it’s been more than four years in the making. ‘We created Cue for people interested in connecting with their health in a much more direct, intuitive and powerful way than ever before,’ he says. ‘People can keep track of measurements that used to be available only on a yearly or biyearly basis.’ A Cue starter park costs $199 (€145) and each cartridge is $4 (€2.95) thereafter, with the flu tester slightly more expensive at $10 (€7.30). Pre-orders are being taken now, with deliveries expected by spring next year, budgeting an additional $20 (€14.60) for shipping to Ireland. James Day

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Fight as your hero in the ring thE BIg RELEasE ea sports uFC

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hen it comes to sports video games, developer eA is the biggest player on the park. Whether it’s Fifa for football, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf or any of the US major leagues, it’s backing it. So when it decides to take on mixed martial arts, you know it means business. The result is eA Sports UFC, a glitzy attempt at turning the fastestgrowing sport in the world into

New phenomenon: Improved graphics and a ‘full-body deformation system’ makes battling as Irish fighter Conor McGregor even more realistic a gaming phenomenon too. As an officially licensed game, it has all the laboriously detailed big-name fighters and backdrops, rather than a bumfight between Derek and Trevor in a car park. You can even play as Bruce Lee.

The game has been specifically developed for both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, which means the full force of the nextgeneration consoles is in use here, along with something eA calls its Ignite engine.

As well as offering vastly improved graphics and animations in the cage and crowd, it also provides something gorily described as a ‘full-body deformation system’ that displaces a fighter’s flesh in real-time, so it doesn’t look like two action figures grappling with each other. however, Ignite’s main benefit is in its Artificial Intelligence, where fighters’ moves become far more unpredictable and are based on how that match is going – they now have a plan B, C and D, and so on. Beating the computer just got tougher.

James Day

■ Go back to your old account and swap the username to the one you want to use from now on. Think carefully about a timeless username you want to keep for the long-term. Your existing settings, profile design and, most importantly, followers will still be there. ■ In your new account, which albeit confusingly now has your old Twitter handle, fill in your bio to direct people to the other one. ■ Finally, send a tweet from your old Twitter handle telling people about the name change. JD

Design your mario game Nintendo may have come up with a way of ensuring you never complete a Super Mario game – by allowing you to design your own levels. Mario Maker for Wii U is described as an ‘interactive course builder’ set in the mustachioed plumber’s world, where you place drain pipes, piranha plants and goombas wherever you like. Creating a level is a simple case of dragging and dropping items with the Wii U stylus on your gamepad. Mario fans worldwide could even share their levels online. The idea of creating your own content in video games isn’t new, with the likes of LittleBigPlanet an example, but the chance to immerse yourself yet further into the Mushroom Kingdom is enough to make you salivate. It’s expected to land in the first half of 2015 but, given plumbers are involved, that’s only an estimate. JD

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Barcelona’s chaotic underground party Elrow has joined forces with the minimalist Kehakuma club night for an unusual Saturday night residency at Space (€40, spaceibiza.com), featuring artists including John Talabot and DJ Harvey. BoOm!’s new disco Glitterbox night (€35, glitterboxibiza.com)

Party: DC-10 (above) has great club nights; check out Glitterbox (below) for glam disco tracks hopes to entice an older glamorous crowd with artists including Horse Meat Disco, Greg Wilson and Crazy P. Meanwhile, Ibiza Rocks is introducing an alternative policy for its new Monday residency at Pacha (€50, pacha.com). The expensive VIP tables have been replaced with toilet karaoke, a giant mirrorball man and an Alice In Wonderland theme. The best parties in Ibiza, though, remain at DC10 (€35, circolocoibiza.com), followed closely by Cocoon at Amnesia (€50, amnesia.es).

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EAT AnD DRink San Joan’s family-run Atzaró hotel, built inside a whitewashed century-old finca, has opened a beach restaurant at Cala Nova beach in the quiet Es Caná resort on the east of the island. Atzaró Beach’s white and turquoise design may be typical of Ibizan beachside restaurants but its menu is not. Dishes include sautéed squid with mayonnaise foam, seafood croquettes and shrimp kebabs with sea urchin mayonnaise (mains €25, atzaro.com). Further south in Ibiza Town, new Sa Brisa restaurant offers an island first – a modern gastropub take on traditional tapas (mains €15, sabrisagastrobar.com). And new punk bar Veto Social Club (veto-social-club.com) is run by a group of artists with rock backgrounds – it offers an alternative to the dance music the island is famous for.

Make a meal of it: Enjoy fresh seafood at Atzaró (top), which overlooks the sea; Sa Brisa (right) is great for tapas

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New catering company Sushiboy will deliver sushi (right) straight to your door or send private chefs for more upscale villa parties. For a more hands-on experience, it will lead sushi demonstrations or twohour lessons where you will make up to four types, including Inari and Uramaki. Sushiboy provides all ingredients, table settings and equipment. From €33 per person for a chef-led party. sushiboyibiza.com

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business in Ibiza that she calls ‘a luxury service for the welltravelled who want to look good’. Once you arrive on the island, she’ll head to your ‘villa or yacht’

Married couple James and Danielle Lindley bring a bar to your event, wedding or boat party and provide everything including the glassware, booze and staff. They have covered celebrity parties for P Diddy, Eva Herzigová, Pete Tong and once turned up for an event only to find it was a swingers’ party for 120 people. ‘It was quite the eye-opener,’ says James. Ls thebaribiza.com

sTAy Urban Spaces knows its clientele. With nine standard suites and four superior ones, this boutique hotel in Ibiza Town – which invites different street artists to use the hotel’s walls as their canvas – offers concierge services that include a bag-packing service if you’re too tired to do it yourself and farmacia runs for those too hungover to get their own painkillers. Next Monday it will reveal its new roof terrace, Ruf, which will be covered in art from Bristol-based Inkie and Leeds-based Nicolas Dixon. With a bar, DJ booth and 24-hour access for guests, it will be a cool spot to watch the sun set, or rise, over the crumbly Dalt Vila. Owner Ian Francis-Smith says: ‘Essentially, we are an art project disguised as a hotel, so we have to continually progress with the rooms. For this season, we have brought in Italian artist Diamond, who has created a fresh new room for the third floor with monochromatic interpretations of iconic and recognisable sayings and signs from popular culture.’ From €123 per night, urbanspacesibiza.com

THings TO DO Luxury travel company Formentera Yoga, which introduced Ibiza’s first naked yoga break this year (2015 dates to be announced soon), is launching a six-day Yoga Cleanse & Wellness Kitchen Club (July 21-26, from €1,000, formenterayoga.com) in its finca in the rural north. This new retreat includes daily yoga, hiking, meditation and kayaking Art gallery with beds: Artists have left their creative mark in the rooms at boutique hotel Urban Spaces

Getting there: Ryanair flies to Ibiza for €74.99 (one way).

around the island’s shoreline in beautiful, transparent kayaks. And there’s a whole different kind of nakedness to enjoy. Killing Kittens, Britain’s world-famous sex party, takes over a seven-bedroom villa in San Rafael for the whole of August and the island’s Pikes Hotel for three nights in September (killingkittens.com, members only).

No clothes required: Pikes Hotel (above) will be home to a Killing Kittens party; try kayaking in a transparent vessel (right)

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TRAvEL DEALs n Destination: Kusadasi. Price: From €399 per person. Details: Seven nights B&B at the four-star Sea Pearl hotel. Includes flights, transfers, taxes, luggage allowance & rep service. Departs Jun 27. Contact: Sunway, tel: (01) 231 1800, www.sunway.ie. n Destination: Western Mediterranean fly/cruise. Price: From €999 per person. Details: Five-night cruise on Allure Of The Seas, price includes return flights, transfers, taxes & charges – ocean view from €133/ balcony from €390pp. Book by Jun 30, get $200 on-board spend & private screening of How To Train Your Dragon 2. For travel May 2015. Contact: American Holidays, tel: (01) 673 3804, www.americanholidays.com. n Destination: Iceland Trek. Price: €3,225 per person. Details: Ten-day adventure tour. Price based on 2 sharing. Choose ‘My Own Room’ option to get own single room for all night stops, except night 4 – sleeper train. Price includes flights, accom. & sightseeing. Departs Sep 17. Contact: Sunway, tel: (01) 231 1800, www.sunway.ie. n Destination: Norwegian cruise – Baltic capitals. Price: €999 per person sharing inside cabin. Details: Nine-night cruise on Norwegian Star departs Copenhagen calling to Tallinn, St Petersburg & Helsinki. Price includes return flights, 1 piece of luggage per person & $50 on-board spend. Departs Sep 13. Contact: Sunway, tel: (01) 231 1800, www.sunway.ie. n Destination: Bulgaria. Price: €369 per person. Details: Seven nights selfcatering at the three-star Azure Sky apts. Includes flights, transfers, accom, taxes & charges, baggage allowance & rep service. Contact: Sunway, tel: (01) 231 1800, www.sunway.ie. n Destination: Sicily. Price: €379 per person. Details: Seven nights selfcatering in the two-star Carmen apts. Includes flights, transfers etc. Departs Jun 29. Contact: Sunway, tel: (01) 231 1800, www.sunway.ie.

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METROSCOPE by Patrick Arundell

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Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20

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Taurus Apr 21 – May 21

The current focus can be useful for taking stock of your skills, especially if you are job hunting. What’s also noticeable is the bond you share with your friends – so much so, that a gettogether can be a source of comfort. For your forecast, call 15609 114 71

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Your curiosity connects you with interesting people, information and gossip. A feeling of confidence and easy-going rapport makes it a good day to explore new options and ideas. A friend may surprise you. For your forecast, call 15609 114 72

Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23

While there are plenty of reasons to feel happy about life, there may be tensions associated with an ambitious goal. Perhaps it’s something you want badly, yet can’t seem to get off the ground. For your forecast, call 15609 114 73

Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

Today’s sociable outlook suggests friends may want to involve you in their plans. And teamwork can bring a chance to achieve more than you might by trying to do everything yourself. Neither will you be immune to romantic offers.

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Your knack for coming up with bright ideas could impress the right people, leading to new opportunities. Yet, you’ll also sparkle socially as the Cancer Sun spotlights your willingness to get involved. Considering a hefty purchase? Be mindful of other financial obligations. For your forecast, call 15609 114 75

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scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22

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Consider attending a social event if asked, as it may offer an opportunity for a chance to take part in activities you’d really enjoy. However, if a formal occasion feels like an obligation, planning an early escape could help. For your forecast, call 15609 114 78

Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20

News on the home front may jolt you out of any feelings of complacency you might have, especially if it concerns family dynamics or the need for a timely decision. Career-wise, you might also need to be alert as a quick response could be needed. For your forecast, call 15609 114 79

Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19

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Tension, tries, triumph I

n the sunshine haven of UCD on Saturday all of the players deserve accolades for their efforts in the Regional Championships. It was a day filled with fast, fraught and distraught moments, astounding skill and ultimately, the best of Ireland were on the pitches. The ex-pats from London gave a thundering performance in the Mixed Final but were overcome by Limerick, 4-1. The Men’s Final was equally tense as the two Dublin teams emerged through the ranks to face each other in the Final. Tuesday’s Pre-

miership Men’s took the title after a blistering battle, 5-4. In the Women’s Final, the Dublin Girls took on the Limerick Ladies and were triumphant, winning 7-2. In the Seniors, Dublin shaped up to Limerick again, with the Dubs taking the Cup, 7-4. At the end of the day, Limerick won out overall, to take home the Regional Championships Series Winners Cup.

From a National Team Selection point of view, you all should be so proud of yourselves, you played your hearts out. Team Ireland will be a force to be reckoned with when you face OzTag and Team GB.

Davy Keogh says hello: Captain Dave Keogh gets airborne to score a try

Breakthrough: A Dublin girl scores a try despite the efforts of the Limerick Ladies’ defence

On form: Limerick’s Mixed team impressed

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Close run thing: The competition was fierce as two evenly matched Dublin teams played out the Men’s Final

TEAM IRELAND WOMEN’S: Lisa Timmons (Capt) Dublin, Evie Larkin (V Capt) Dublin, Eimear Máirtín Dublin, Aifric O’Malley Dublin, Susan Fogarty Dublin, Claire Bergin Dublin, Clare Healy Dublin, Ruth Wall Dublin, Sandra Williams Limerick, Elaine Toomey Kildare, Bríd Firtear Dublin, Suzanne Leahy Dublin, Lisa Curtin Dublin, Catherine Mulcahy Limerick, Caroline Fleury Dublin, Fiona Moloney Limerick, Louise Hanby Dublin, Geraldine Wycherley London, National Women’s Tag Coach: Andrew Doyle, Assistant Coaches: Susan Delaney, Felix Jones ,National Team Ireland Manager: Barry Keary TEAM IRELAND MEN’S: Dave Keogh (Capt) Dublin, Niall Cribben Dublin, Mark Carroll Limerick, Mark Egan Limerick, Blaise Kenny Dublin, Richie Sullivan Dublin, Brian Tuohy Limerick, Rory Farrell Dublin, Noel Ford Limerick, Columba Kelly Dublin, Willy Power Limerick, Craig Glynn Galway, Garreth Crawford Dublin,James Toland Kildare, Stephen Hayes Limerick, Ruairi Shanahan Dublin, Jan-Simon Byrne Dublin, Jerry Martin Limerick, Raymond Ford Limerick, Mark Sullivan Dublin, National Men’s Tag Coach: Shane Landers, National Team Ireland Manager: Barry Keary TEAM IRELAND MIXED SENIORS: Laura Nash Cork, Melissa Slevin Dublin, Claire-Ann Minogue Dublin, Sinead Crowe Dublin, Denise Abbey Dublin, Sharon Martin Dublin, Diane McIIhagga Dublin, Sarah-Jane Galvin Limerick, Louisa Murphy Dublin, Elaine Hall Galway, Fiachra Baynes Dublin, Gary McNamara London, Mike Scanlon Limerick, Cliff Callanan Limerick, Brendan Walsh Limerick, Barry Smith Dublin, Emmet Dalton Limerick, Alan Horgan Dublin, Rob Aiken Dublin, TEAM IRELAND MIXED OPEN:Mike Reidy Limerick, Steve Barry London, Adrian O’Donoghue Limerick, Mark Long Cork, Rob Gilshenan Dublin, Paget McCormack Dublin, Paddy Reidy Dublin, Andrew Kane Dublin, Cathal Mooney Limerick, Rob McTernan Dublin, Laura O’Mahony Limerick, Emer O’Mahony Dublin, Christine O’Shea Limerick, Sharon Carey Dublin, Fabienne Cooney Galway, Paula McCarthy Limerick, Freya Marks Dublin, Valerie Power Limerick, Karen Howard London, Breda Doheny Limerick, National Mixed Open Tag Coach: Matt Kennerson, Mixed Open Manager: Simon Bewley National Team Ireland Manager: Barry Keary

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spORT DigEsT Fitzpatrick fights off Moth with ease sAiLing Former Olympian Rory Fitzpatrick now coach to sailing star Annalise Murphy, has proved to his protégé experience can triumph over youth – at least when it comes to Moth sailing. Fitzpatrick (pictured) beat off stiff competition, including Murphy, to reign supreme at the DinghyKit.com Moth National Championship in Dublin Bay at the weekend. Renowned Moth sailor John Chambers was first to take the lead, but Fitzpatrick fought back, taking the win and tying himself and Chambers on equal points. By day two, Fitzpatrick had earned his hatrick win to claim the title with Murphy in fourth, Chambers second and Alistair Kissane in third.

Manx Missile has team-mates listed cycLing The eight riders who will support Mark Cavendish’s bid for the Tour de France yellow jersey on July 5 have been confirmed as world time-trial champion Tony Martin (Germany), 2010 points classification winner Alessandro Petacchi (Italy), Jan Bakelants (Belgium), Michal Kwiatkowski, Michal Golas (both Poland), Niki Terpstra (Belgium) and Matteo Trentin (Italy). Cavendish is targeting the 190.5km opening stage from Leeds to Harrogate. The 29-yearold from the Isle of Man has won 25 Tour stages but is chasing the maillot jaune for the first time in his career.

Meadow hungry to win more majors gOLf Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow says her superb third place in the US Women’s Open has made her more hungry to secure a major championship. The 22-year-old Royal Portrush golfer was playing in her first tournament after turning professional. Meadow finished three shots behind winner Michelle Wie and her prize money of more than $270,000 should be enough to secure her LPGA tour card. ‘This whole experience is only going to make me work harder,’ said Meadow. ‘I did not win – so I want to try and win majors some day’. Meadow has lived in the US since she was 14.

Andy takes centre court opener with goffin easily by nicOLA finnEgAn Andy MurrAy completed his transformation from dennis the Menace to hero of the tennis establishment as he stepped back on to Centre Court for the beginning of his Wimbledon title defence. The 27-year-old was given a rare standing ovation by not just the crowd on Centre Court but also the royal Box when he walked out for his firstround match against Belgian david Goffin. Playing the first match of the tournament on Centre is an honour reserved for the reigning champion and Murray ensured it was a happy return to the hallowed turf as he defeated Goffin 6-1 6-4 7-5. Centre Court was on its feet again as he headed back to the locker room and it was a reception that touched Murray, who next meets Slovenian Blaz rola. He said: ‘It was nice. I was pretty nervous before the match. Then when you’re walking to the court, I have a lot of memories obviously from last year. ‘To come to the court and get that reception, it was very nice to come out. I think the crowd was pretty much full from the start. It was great. ‘I enjoyed it for the walk to the chair. Then when I sat down, it was time to get on with business.’ It was also announced, meanwhile, that Murray will be the guest editor of the next edition of The Beano. The Scot identified as a child with the comic’s scruffy-haired schoolboy anti-hero dennis the Menace, and would surely have never imagined himself taken to the hearts of the British tennis elite in the way he eventually has been.

Venus back playing ‘by own rules’

Venus Williams ended her three-year wait for another Wimbledon victory and insisted she has ‘nothing to prove, nothing to hide, nothing to lose’ in her pursuit of late-career grand slam glory. and the message from the 34-year-old, who like serena is a five-time former Wimbledon singles champion, is that she is playing by her own rules, ready to tackle any challenge that comes her way. On a day that saw wins for fellow leading women li na and Victoria azarenka, neither of whom possess nearly the top-level experience of Williams, it was refreshing to see the american come through her opening test against spanish claycourter maria-Teresa TorroFlor. a 6-4 4-6 6-2 victory on Court Two was her first since getting to the third round in 2011. a year later she lost in the first round to Russian elena Vesnina, and last year a back injury kept her out of Wimbledon. Despite her auto-immunde disorder sjogren’s syndrome, Williams is as fit as she can be.

Back to Centre: Murray celebrates his win yesterday

picture: pa

Lauda expecting Hamilton to shine at Silverstone

Victory for Higgins snOOkER John Higgins recorded an impressive break of 122 as he saw off fellow Scot Anthony McGill 5-3 to reach the second round of the Wuxi Classic in China. The four-time world champion lost the first frame but levelled with a break of 85 in the second before Glaswegian McGill claimed the third. However, a century break from Higgins in the fourth, followed by a 94 in the fifth, turned things around before he saw the match off winning the final two.

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‘Motivated’: Lewis Hamilton

niKi lauda has told lewis Hamilton fans to expect their hero to come out fighting at next month’s British Grand Prix. Hamilton heads into his home race at silverstone on July 6 some 29 points adrift of mercedes rival nico Rosberg in their battle for the F1 title. although the 29-year-old performed brilliantly in atoning for his errors in qualifying for the austrian Grand Prix, moving up from ninth to second, Hamilton could only finish runner-up to Rosberg. as far as three-times

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champion and mercedes nonexecutive chairman lauda is concerned, the scene is now set for Hamilton to conjure up a storming performance on home soil and thrust himself firmly

‘It comes at the perfect time for him’ back into the championship fight. ‘i’ve told him to go to silverstone and don’t worry. i have no doubt he will fight back

there,’ said the austrian following a successful return for his own home race after an 11year absence. ‘it’s his home Grand Prix, and with the crowd behind him that will lift his confidence. it’s a race that comes at the perfect time for him. ‘unfortunately it is now a big gap (to Rosberg), no question, because lewis’ previous race in montreal was a disaster for him. But he will keep on fighting. He will now be even more motivated going to silverstone after this result and with the points difference.’

Robben’s ‘lions’ show they are roar than ready

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fought like lions,’ stand-in captain robben said. ‘orange lions. I’m very proud of this

team. We were right on top and gave them no chances.’ Depay’s goal was particularly impressive, with robben delaying his clever his cross until the PSV eindhoven attacker arrived to tap in an inch-perfect pass. ‘He is a huge talent and great for the future of Dutch football,’ Fer said.

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YoU meet a lot of people when you’re a queen so there are bound to be times when you get confused. So spare a thought for Queen mathilde of Belgium who got a little mixed up when she held a reception for the national team after their 1-0 win over russia secured a last-16 spot in Brazil. Her maj was making her way

down a line of players when, on reaching striker romelu Lukaku, she said: ‘Bravo! Thanks to your goal we won.’ an awkward silence was broken when the Chelsea striker admitted that he hadn’t even been on the pitch when the goal was scored and pointed the royal down the line to real hero divock origi.

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atlEtiCo Madrid president Enrique Cerezo insists a deal has yet to be struck with Chelsea for striker diego Costa, but has conceded goalkeeper thibaut Courtois will not be returning to the spanish club on loan. Costa (pictured) was thought to be heading for stamford Bridge in a deal worth around £32million. Cerezo said: ‘Chelsea have made contact but we haven’t received any money or anything else yet. Until we do, he remains an atletico player.’

u nEWCastlE boss alan Pardew is having to remain patient as he waits for the club to land their summer transfer targets. u LiVErPooL have been told they can sign Sevilla left-back alberto moreno, as long as they meet the asking price. u sUndErland striker ignacio scocco could have talked himself out of a move to Boca Juniors. President daniel angelici was less than impressed after the player suggested a return to former club newell’s old Boys was his preferred option.

DAVID VILLA made an emotional farewell to international football after helping Spain to salvage some pride in their last match at the tournament. The 32-year-old, who marked his 97th and final international with a record 59th goal by deftly flicking home Juanfran Torres’ first-half pass, was unable to hold back the tears when he was substituted after an hour. Defeats to Group B rivals Holland and Chile had seen the world champions make a humiliating defence of their crown but at least they finished with a flourish in Curitiba. Andres Iniesta, winning his 100th cap, provided the pass for Fernando Torres to steer the ball past Maty Ryan in the 69th minute. Manchester United’s Juan Mata added the third in the 82nd minute from close range after being found in space by Cesc Fabregas. ‘What happened is in the past now,’ said midfielder Xabi Alonso. ‘We tried to face our situation in the best manner possible. This is football, though, and we go home sad.’

‘Average’ Portugal were never likely to win, admits Ronaldo world cup round-up

Cristiano ronaldo admits he never expected Portugal to be challenging for the trophy as they stand on the brink of World Cup elimination. Paulo Bento’s side were heading out until silvestre Varela’s last-ditch header secured a 2-2 draw with the United states on sunday night which still keeps their slim hopes of progress alive. Following a 4-0 thrashing by Germany in their opening game, Portugal still require a six-goal swing in the final round of matches to progress from Group G but

‘it would be a lie to say we are a top team’

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real Madrid star ronaldo (pictured), who stressed he is giving his all despite an ongoing knee problem, said: ‘Maybe we’re an average team. ‘it would be a lie to say that we are a top team. We have a very limited team and we are not at the best level. ‘i’m not a hypocrite, i never thought we could win the tournament.’

USA are proud to do it Howard’s way ay Tim Howard believes the USa remain in a strong position to reach the knockout stages, despite Portugal’s late equaliser. Howard’s men were held 2-2 but need just a point to

make round two. ‘we are where we’d aimed to be before the tournament: going into the final game with a good chance of progressing,’ said the Everton keeper (pictured).

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by Richard Hookham NEYMAR netted a brilliant brace as Brazil marked their 100th World Cup game by progressing to the last 16 on goal difference as Group A winners and avoiding a testing showdown with Holland. Barcelona star Neymar opened the scoring against already eliminated Cameroon when he cleverly opened his body to side-foot home a sweeping cross from Luiz Gustavo in the 17th minute – also the 100th goal of the tournament. A frenzied crowd of 69,000 inside the Estadio Nacional was soon silenced, however, when Cameroon deservedly equalised through midfielder Joel Matip, who converted Allan Nyom’s cross on 26 minutes. But Neymar came to the rescue when he capitalised on a defensive mistake to restore Brazil’s lead with a low rightfooted strike in the 35th minute – his fourth goal in three games and his 35th in 52 caps, to only further enhance his hero status among the hosts’ fans. Goal-shy striker Fred then shrugged off mounting criticism over his lack of potency by nodding in David Luiz’s left-wing cross five minutes

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after the break. But as news filtered through of Mexico potentially pipping the Brazilians to top spot as they hammered Croatia in Recife, Man-

Ear we go: Neymar, left, and David Luiz celebrate after Brazil take the lead pICTURe: ap chester City midfielder Fernandinho lari’s side finished top of the group by came off the bench to ease home fears two goals and set up a second-round by slotting home the fourth goal on 84 clash with Group runners-up Chile on minutes. The result ensured Phil Sco- Saturday.

meXICo made it through to the knockout stages last night after beating Croatia to clinch second place in Group A. mexico, who will now face Holland, always looked the more dangerous side in recife. In the first half, Croatia did enjoy the bulk of possession but did not truly threaten mexico goalkeeper Guillermo ochoa. mexico had the better of the chances, coming close when Hector Herrera rattled the crossbar with a 25-yard shot. And they were convinced a penalty should have been awarded when Andres Guardado’s effort seemed to be handled by Croatia skipper Darijo Srna. They went ahead in the 72nd minute, rafael marquez outjumping the defence to head home. They added a second three minutes later, Andres Guardado finishing off a neat move with a precise side-foot finish. Javier Hernandez struck with nine minutes left, nodding in from close range. Ivan Perisic struck a consolation for Croatia, who were then reduced to ten men after substitute Ante rebic was sent off for an ugly challenge on Carlos Pena.

Former world champ O’Rourke hanging up her spikes after 12 years

Retiring: O’Rourke

Former World Champion, multiple Irish record holder and three-time olympian Derval o’rourke has announced her retirement from athletics. The Cork athlete has been one of Ireland’s greatest-ever sportspeople, winning five Championship medals, including being crowned World Champion. The runner, whose final championship race was a bronze medal at the 2013 european Indoor Championships, is hanging

up her spikes after 12 years. The Cork hurdler, who ran in a green vest, competed at every major outdoor championship from 2002 to 2012.

‘I’ve loved every minute of my career’ o’rourke said: ‘I’ve had an absolutely amazing career in athletics and for that I am so grateful to all the support I have

received along the way. ‘It’s been a tough decision but it feels like the right time. I knew I could compete this season, but not in a time to be in medal contention by european outdoors. Going to a Championships just to be there, isn’t me. ‘The last competitive race I ran was the bronze medal I won last year at european Indoors and I feel like that was a great performance. I’ve been extremely lucky with the team I’ve had

around me, Sean and Terrie Cahill are the rock that my success has been built on. Together we forged a way to be successful on a world stage and I’m incredibly grateful for their focus, passion and dedication,’ the 33-year-old said. o’rourke added: ‘I’ve loved every minute of my athletics career, but now I’m going to take some time to reflect what has been a very privileged job for me for the past 12 years and make some decisions for the future.’