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A YOUNG Irish woman incredi- by OrNa CuNNINgham bly survived being run over by three New York subway trains.

Fire Department of New York Mary Downey, 22, originally battalion chief Mike Meyers said: from Ireland but living in Wood- ‘She was lucky to have rolled to lawn in the Bronx, suffered noth- the platform and was in between ing worse than a broken shoulder the platform and the train when in the incident. the train came into the station.’

Police at the scene said she narPolice said she was only spotted rowly avoided death as not one when the third train’s operator but three trains passed over her. saw what he thought was rubbish Ms Downey, who had been on the tracks – but turned out to be drinking according to authorities, Ms Downey waving for help. was waiting on the 49th Street staThe driver ground to a halt but tion at around 6am yesterday not before a carriage had rolled when she stumbled and fell. over her. Paramedics were then But, unable to lift herable to remove her self up, she apparently from under the train, managed to wedge herand, covered in black self between the rails. soot, Ms Downey The northbound train was taken by ambusped over her, the drivlance to hospital for er unaware there was a treatment. person on the tracks.

A friend, speakA further two trains ing to the New would barrel over her York Post said: before she rolled to a ‘She’s doing well, small space between the she just fractured platform and the tracks. Lucky escape: Downey her shoulder.’

MANY HAPPY RETURNS: The very first Luas driver, Eddie Byrne, celebrates with a tram-shaped cake as the y y. It wasn’t ’t a perfect perf birthday, y, though, with w some ome disruption to t the service marked its tenth birthdayy yesterday.

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Designer hired after sending out his cV on packs of home brew

Beyoncé, Dr Dre are ‘most powerful’ SINGER Beyoncé, basketball player LeBron James and record producer and rapper Dr Dre are top of the Forbes list of the world’s most powerful celebrities.

With estimated earnings of $115million (€83million) over the past year and a string of chart hits, Beyoncé, 32, nabbed the top spot, pushing entertainment mogul Oprah, 60, into fourth from first place last year.

Forbes credited Beyoncé’s massive concert tour for pushing her into the top spot ahead of her husband, rapper Jay Z, who ranked sixth, and singers Rihanna at No.8 and Katy Perry at No.9.

The superstar (pictured) played 95 shows, bringing in an average of $2.4million, Forbes said.

James, 29, jumped from 16th to No.2, earning $72million (€52m) from basketball, endorsement deals and the sale of headphone maker Beats.

Dr Dre earned $620million (€452million), up from 63rd.

The 49-year-old co-founder of Beats (pictured) earned more money in the past 12 months than anyone in the list’s history.

I like thish guy’s style (hic). Lesh give ’im a job MOST things look better when you’ve got your beer goggles on.

So perhaps it’s no surprise Brennan Gleason was hired after printing his CV on four packs of home-made ale.

The inventive graphic designer made the brew himself and showcased his skills by producing the labels. He said: ‘I’ve always been inspired by those unconventional CVs and recently got into home brewing – so I thought why not put the two together.

‘Each bottle features a piece of work from my portfolio with a little bit of info about it.

It also features a QR code linking to the project on my website.’

The tough jobs market has left many graduates opening a beer to drown their sorrows.

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by nIcOLE LE MARIE But after finishing his studies at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, resourceful Mr Gleason was soon toasting his success.

He got a job in digital marketing after sending his CV to just three companies.

‘I’d been contracting with a company but I really wanted to work with them full-time,’ he said. ‘The beer résumé sealed the deal.’

Some would judge it unwise to include drinking beer in the hobbies section of their CV. Mr Gleason, however, said crafting tipples makes him a focused employee.

‘Home brewing is a great way to relax and clear your head,’ he said.

Ahead on pints: Designer Mr Gleason

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Serial sex offender opened shop under alias to abuse again

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A SERIAL sex offender used a false identity to open a shop before sexually abusing a young boy he had hired to work there, a court has heard.

Remanding the accused in custody until Monday when he will pass sentence, Mr Justice Paul Carney said: ‘This was one of the rare cases where the Court of Criminal Appeal might uphold a life sentence’.

The abuser, 38, molested the 11year-old victim systemically and regularly over a six-month period. The abuse took place in the registered sex offender’s bedsit at an address he had not disclosed to gardaí despite being required to do so under the law.

The Dublin man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his victim, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 14 counts of sexual assault and defilement at a location in Dublin between December 2008 and June 2009.

The abuse continued after the man had attended the funeral of the child’s mother.

The accused has 24 previous convictions, including six for sexual offences. In June 2000, he was sentenced to two years for the sexual assault of a boy and was jailed for the sexual assault of two boys in 2011.

He also has a conviction for a serious assault and for failure to notify gardaí of his address, instead providing them with his ageing parents’ address. Gardaí discovered he was renting the bedsit and operating the shop under an alias.

In a victim impact report, the boy told his abuser: ‘Because of you I feel very angry… I walk to school with my head down because I don’t want people to look at me… I have no self confidence or self belief.’

Two youngsters die in drownings

€2,000 for ‘whore’ Facebook update

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy has drowned in a pond in a local park.

The youngster was discovered in the water by a passer-by near a housing estate in the Tyrrelstown area of west Dublin at about 9.30am yesterday.

The child was pronounced dead at Temple Street Children’s Hospital at 11.20am.

Investigators are treating it as a tragic accident.

The man-made park and pond on the edge of the estate where the tragedy happened is the property of Fingal County Council and was recently developed after 64 acres was given over for landscaping.

The drowning is the second in west Dublin in the last fortnight after 13-year-old Ricky Osagie died while rescuing two of his friends on June 20.

Meanwhile, in a separate drowning tragedy, a 16year-old boy drowned after swimming with friends in Killykeen Forest Park near Cavan town yesterday.

A MAN has avoided a jail term for criminal damage to his ex-girlfriend’s Facebook page after he admitted posting an offensive status update.

The 30-year-old was acquitted by a jury last month of raping and falsely imprisoning the woman in her home on the same date.

The court heard the Donegal man, who cannot be named because of the rape charge, had gone to the victim’s house to confront her over a perceived infidelity and took her phone, with which he posted the social media update stating she was ‘a whore’.

Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan called it a reprehensible offence which seriously damaged the woman’s good name but said that ‘fortunately’ the status was quickly spotted and taken down, deciding a financial penalty was appropriate and imposing a €2,000 fine.

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‘Tax on alcohol is key in the fight against suicide’ A LEVY on alcohol is key to suicide Promising the bill will provide the prevention and providing funding resources to reduce death through for mental health services, a Fianna suicide by 30 per cent within a Fáil senator has claimed. decade, Mr MacSharry said the tax Senator Marc MacSharry ‘has the potential to raise up was referring to the Suicide to €200million a year’.

Prevention and Mental The funds could be spent Health Bill, to be introduced on new national policy, Mr in the Seanad tomorrow.

MacSharry added, to include He said: ‘The loss of life phasing-out of event through suicide, on an sponsorship by alcohol annual basis, represents the brands targeting younger equivalent of the loss of the audiences and the treatment population of an entire of alcohol and substance Levy: MacSharry abuse as a form of self-harm. village.’

560 new jobs in next two years AN IRISH finance and human resources outsourcing company is creating 260 jobs. SouthWestern, based in Clonakilty, Co Cork, but with offices in Dublin, Poland and the UK, is to recruit 100 new staff immediately and a further 160 over the next two years, bringing its

workforce to 1,100. Separately, 300 jobs will be created in the coming year in new Irish food businesses in an initiative between State agencies and the SuperValu supermarket chain. Food Academy Start has helped link up small producers with the retailer in deals worth €5million.

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Pedometer apps encourage more walking

Irish best in EU as nearly all recycle NINETY-SEVEN per cent of Irish people make an effort to reduce their household waste – the highest number in the EU. And some 88 per cent agree that Ireland produces too much waste, according to a new poll.

The survey on the Attitudes of Europeans towards Waste Management and Resource Efficiency shows that across the EU, nine out of ten respondents now sort paper, cardboard and beverage cartons, plastics and glass at least occasionally, while three quarters sort household hazardous waste, metal cans, electrical and kitchen waste.

Over half said more and better waste and composting facilities would improve things.

Most renters have to fight for deposit THE majority of renters (60 per cent) say they find it difficult to get their deposits back when they’re moving out of accommodation.

The results of a RED C poll were released to coincide with the launch by Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan of a new guide to security deposits from prtb.ie.

The minister said legislation to bring in a deposit protection scheme is due before the Oireachtas shortly.

Meanwhile, more houses have gone on sale in the past three months than in any previous quarter of the last six years.

Daft.ie said 15,000 properties were put on the market, with 28 per cent more transactions.

Nine Dublin pubs up for carvery prize NINE Dublin venues have been shortlisted in the fifth Great Carvery of the Year contest.

The pubs and hotels, which include Molloy’s in Tallaght, The 51 on Haddington Road, the Arc Café Bar in Lucan, An Poitin Stil in Rathcoole, the Radisson Blu at Dublin Airport, the Stillorgan Park Hotel, the Bracken Court Hotel in Balbriggan, the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Burlington Road, and the Paddocks in Clonee are through to the next stage.

Rugby ace and competition ambassador Tommy Bowe said: ‘It will be a very tough decision for the mystery shoppers.’ The final is in Dublin in September.

On the move: App

SMARTPHONE pedometer apps encourage users to walk more, research from NUI Galway has found.

The eight-week study found that, on average, participants walked more than 1,000 steps – half a mile – extra per day compared with the control group, which didn’t use the app.

Some of those who used the pedometer also showed decreases in weight and blood pressure.

The Smart Move study is believed to be the first ‘randomised controlled’ trial research to show that using a pedometer app is linked with a ‘clinically meaningful increase in physical activity’.

GP and NUI Galway lecturer Dr Liam Glynn, who led the study, said captology – the study of computers as persuasive technology – is an interesting area for medical practitioners.

He added: ‘The penetration of smartphones into our everyday lives, along with the availability of so many apps promoting physical activity, represents a unique opportunity in population health. There is real potential within healthcare to use these devices to explore, understand, and positively change human behaviour.’

The research is published in the British Journal of General Practice.

30million annual journeys as Luas celebrates 10 years

by ED cARTy MORE journeys are taken on the Luas each year than through all of the country’s airports combined, transport minister Leo Varadkar has said.

Speaking at the tenth birthday celebrations for the Dublin tram service, he added: ‘There are now 30million passengers using Luas every year and that’s more than all of our airports combined.

‘It operates without a Government subsidy, it’s a phenomenal success and by linking it up in the city centre and extending it to Cabra it should add another ten million journeys a year.’

The Luas Cross City line is due to be operational by the end of 2017.

Mr Varadkar was joined by public transport minister Alan Kelly to cut a celebratory Luas cake at the St Stephen’s Green stop, from where the service made its maiden voyage in 2004.

But all was not well on the Luas Red Line yesterday evening as users were delayed by up to an hour after a tram experienced a technical fault at Heuston Station.

Services were not operating outbound and inbound trams could only be taken to Blackhorse while the faulty tram was pushed to the end of the line by another tram.

Sweet success: Transport minister Leo Varadkar and Minister of State Alan Kelly cut a Luas birthday cake at St Stephen’s Green to help celebrate the Dublin tram system’s tenth anniversary

Mrs Brown laughs all Watchdog tells nightclub the way to credit union to change ‘kinky’ leaflet MRS Brown’s Boys D’Movie had the highest opening weekend for an Irish film ever, taking in €1.02million.

The biggest opener of the year beat 1996 historical epic Michael Collins, which made €650,000 in its opening weekend.

It also landed third place for highest-earning comedy here ever, coming in behind Ted (€1.1million) and The Hangover 2 (€1.19million).

And comedian Brendan O’Carroll’s opus rocked the UK box office too, with higher takings than any other film there, taking in

€5.3million between Ireland and the UK. The figure represents some 19.2 per cent of the UK and Irish box office total.

Commenting on the figures, Dave Burke of Universal Pictures International said: ‘We are thrilled that Irish cinema-goers have embraced the phenomenon that is Agnes Brown and made her queen of the box office.’

The film, about Mrs Brown’s battle to save her market stall, also beat Angela’s Ashes, The Guard and The Wind That Shakes The Barley to the top spot.

A FLYER with a bikini-wearing model got a nightclub a slap on the wrist after a mother complained to the advertising watchdog.

The Wright Venue in Swords was told by the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland they could not circulate the leaflet for club membership again in its current form, after a complainant argued it was sexist and inappropriate for viewing by children.

The leaflet, promoting a club night called CAKE – Crazy Amazing Kinky Entertainment, was posted

through letterboxes. The Wright Group said it had not intended to offend, and apologised for use of the word ‘kinky’.

Another complaint upheld included a Bite A Bargain website promotion, which misleadingly used images of Kilkenny Castle.

However, 14 complaints about an ‘insensitive’ Energia advert (pictured) where a father sent away one of his twin daughters to save money were not upheld on the basis the ad was part of a humorous campaign.

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‘Jekyll and Hyde’ who used his fame to molest victims

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‘DIRTY old man’ Rolf Harris was yesterday condemned as a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ character who used his celebrity status to abuse his victims ‘in plain sight’.

The veteran Australian entertainer was yesterday found guilty of 12 indecent assaults on victims as young as seven and was told he would be sentenced to prison on Friday.

Harris, 84, carried out the offences at the height of his fame between 1968 and 1986, while he posed as a child safety campaigner.

He recorded a public information film in 1985 which showed him urging youngsters to beware of adults touching them.

The 20-minute video, Kids Can Say No, was made at Harris’s sug-

Harris facing prison term after dozen guilty verdicts

gestion and with the support of the UK’s NSPCC. He was filmed discussing stranger danger with a group of children aged seven and eight.

The video, used widely in schools and youth clubs, ends with a song called My Body, with the lyrics: ‘My body’s nobody’s body but mine, you run your own body, let me run mine.’

Yet, at the same time Harris was abusing young girls, including the 13-year-old best friend of his daughter, his trial was told.

Other victims told how the veteran entertainer touched or groped them, often during public appearances.

After the verdicts were announced, his sculptress wife, Alwen, and daughter Bindi Nicholls broke MORE women have come forward with claims down in tears in that they were groped by Rolf Harris. Details of a corridor. the alleged assaults were presented to the judge Later, they left

Rolf facing more claims of assault

Shamed: Rolf Harris leaves court after being found guilty yesterday PICTURE: AP

Immigrant children eat healthier than nationals YOUNG immigrant children are more likely to be living in poorer households but have healthier diets than Irish youngsters, a study on integration has found.

And in spite of a generally higher level of education than Irish mothers, immigrant mothers are, on average, less likely to be in work.

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) report also found that immigrants have been hit harder by the recession, with

the unemployment rate at 18 per cent and as high as 33 per cent for immigrants aged 15 to 24. The highest unemployment rate was among those from Africa.

The ESRI warned that there is little evidence to suggest immigrants are benefiting from the first stirrings of recovery in the labour market.

From 2005 to 2012, almost 54,700 adults from the European economic area became Irish citizens – some 20,200 in 2012 alone.

in Harris’s case but were ruled inadmissible.

A woman who said she met Harris in 1977 aged 14 when staying in a hotel near Sydney claimed he touched her bottom and waist. He also allegedly pushed her up against a door and said: ‘Rolfie deserves a cuddle.’ He then fondled her breasts in a lift, she claimed.

Australian Radio’s Jane Marwick claimed he grabbed her breast after an interview in 2001, while former ABC newsreader Verity James said she and a female producer were groped in 2000.

Meanwhile, the daily show of unity of Harris’s family has been shown to be an empty gesture.

Harris entered court holding hands with his daughter, Bindi, and wife Alwen, but an Australian journalist found they travelled separately each day before meeting nearby and driving the final stretch to court together.

Murder rate soars as most other crimes drop MURDERS have increased around the country, despite a drop in most other crimes.

Latest figures show 60 people were murdered between March last year and the same month this year – up more than 36 per cent – from 44 – for the same period the previous year.

Overall, killings – including manslaughter and death by dangerous driving – have risen by 23 per cent. However, most types of criminal activity, including recorded sex offences, threats, negligence, robbery,

burglary, fraud, deception, weapons offences and public order offences, have come down.

Kidnapping (six per cent) and theft (two per cent) were up, the Central Statistics Office report shows. There was also a slight rise in drugs offences.

Acting Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan said the large rise in murders was not down to organised crime. She appealed to people to think about the potentially devastating consequences of their actions as ‘lives can be changed in an instant’.

Southwark crown court with the artist and singer as he was released on bail.

The judge said a custodial term was ‘uppermost in the court’s mind’ but he would wait to see a medical report.

Speaking outside court, deputy chief crown prosecutor Jenny Hopkins said: ‘Rolf Harris used his status and position as a world-famous children’s entertainer to sexually assault young girls over a period spanning 18 years.

‘Each victim, unknown to the others, described a similar pattern of behaviour – that of a man acting without fear of the consequences.’

Det Ch Insp Mick Orchard added: ‘He committed many offences in plain sight of people as he thought his celebrity status placed him above the law.’

Harris, of Bray, Berkshire, not only faces jail, bids for damages and the loss of his royal honours, but the potential breakdown of his relationship with his daughter.

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Phenom Pharrell did it for his Rocket boy

Pharrell Williams was the big winner on BET’s big night, taking home two awards which he dedicated to his son Rocket.

The 41-year-old (pictured) won best video of the year for Happy, along with the best male rap/pop artist after opening the show with veteran rapper Missy Elliott. After

thanking his fans for making his huge hit a ‘phenomenon’, he added: ‘BET allows black people to be different and do what we want to do.’ Other winners included Drake, who missed the ceremony, for best hip-hop male artist and Lupita Nyong’o, who was also a noshow, for best actress.

Downey: ‘It’s all in the genes’ robert Downey Jr blames just one person for his son’s arrest for smoking cocaine – himself. indio, the son of the iron Man star was arrested in hollywood after police spotted him smoking a suspicious-looking pipe.

After the 20-year-old was charged with possession of the drug, his film star dad was quick to defend him – claiming he has inherited his addiction from his old man.

‘There’s a genetic component to addiction and indio has likely inherited it,’’ Downey Jr said in a statement. The 49-year-old re determined to added: ‘We’re help him be the man he’s capable of being. indio can be another recovery success story instead of a cautionary tale,’ he added.

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Channing Tatum took the adage ‘sharing is caring’ to new extremes after he passed a skin infection to his wife Jenna Dewan.

The 34-year-old star developed a rash from some poison oak while on a camping trip and the condition spread to his brunette wife. ‘I’m heading to the dermatologist because my husband decided to go camping and bring back Poison Oak – the perks of living with a man who loves to be outdoors!’ 33-year-old Dewan told DuJour magazine.

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Rock slates guests while Minaj makes Mina a confession

Noel Fielding stepped back into his role as Vlad the Impaler to help Kasabian bring the curtain down on Glastonbury 2014. The comedian dressed up as the historic Romanian ruler – who Count Dracula was based on and Kasabian honoured in the track that shares his name. Fielding was heard declaring ‘feel my wrath!’ to the crowd as he emerged on stage with fake blood dripping from his face as the headliners performed their encore.

Paris very nearly peeps out of dress Paris Hilton almost suffered a wardrobe malfunction when her cleavage risked falling out of her evening dress during the BET Awards. The 33-year-old appeared oblivious to the fuss in her Michael Costello gown when she tweeted congratulations to Lionel Richie, father of her former friend Nicole Richie, for his lifetime achievement award Picture: Getty

hris rock took no prisoners as he opened the 2014 BET Awards, laying into everyone from solange Knowles to Usher.

The 49-year-old comedian and actor shock the A-list crowd as he poked shocked fun at the now infamous attack on Jay sister Z by his sister-in-law solange. rap rock said: ‘solange hit the right rapper Jay’s a businessman now, he can’t per. just go punching girls in the face – he’s got a meeting with Nabisco (American manufacturer of cookies and snacks) in the morning. morning.’

Ush rock also laid into Usher for discovering Justin Bieber.

Bieber ‘This next performer discovered Justin Bieber – now he’s going to spend the rest of the night apologising for it,’ rock said as he introduced the r’n’B star to the crowd in Los Angeles. enterit was a jam-packed night of enter tainment as stars flooded the stage to perform.

Usher delighted the crowd with a medley medle of his hits, singing crowd pleasers Yeah, Confessions, Love in This Club and ne new single Good Kisser.

by JEnni McknigHT at the BET Awards in LA iggy Azalea joined T.i for their duet No Mediocre before singing her hit Fancy, and Beyoncé and Jay Z closed sunday’s show with a satellite performance of Partition, broadcast from their On The run tour in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj revealed she almost died but refused to call an ambulance because she was afraid about the publicity.

The Pills N Potions rapper told of her near-death experience while accepting the award for best female hip-hop artist. ‘i didn’t tell anybody this but the other day i almost died,’ the 31-yearold said. ‘i didn’t call the ambulance because i thought, “this is going to end up on TMZ” and i would rather sit there and die.’ she added: ‘But it made me realise i don’t care anymore what people got to say – i’m going to do me!’

Watch the BET Awards 2014 tonight at 9pm on BET – on sky 187 and Freesat 140.

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Bet you a tenor you’ll like these city operas

THe Who’s frontman Roger Daltrey has criticised concert goers who spend their time at gigs engrossed in using their mobile devices rather than watching the show.

The singer, 70, (right) said it was ‘weird’ people were staring at a screen rather than the artist on stage.

Daltrey, whose band launched its 50th anniversary tour yesterday, said he feels sorry for fans who are ‘looking at life through a screen’.

Guitarist Pete Townshend said gig goers shouldn’t live their lives staring at a screen: ‘I do agree with Roger, if you’ve been to Glastonbury this weekend I hope you enjoyed the music rather than feeling you have to build a Facebook story about it.’

The legendary rock band bring their show to Dublin’s O2 on November 26 and Belfast’s Odyssey Arena on November 28.

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RNLI crew called out to ‘rescue’ Mickey Mouse DÚN Laoghaire RNLI crew found themselves in a celebrity rescue situation on Sunday night when they set off on a mission to the Bray coast.

Acting on calls reporting that an object had crashed into the sea off Wicklow, the crew feared a paraglider was in trouble.

It said: ‘Several callers to the Irish Coast Guard co-ordination centre in Dublin reported an object crashing into the water

by JOANNE AHERN 1,000metres off the Bray seafront.

‘Several paragliders had been operating in the area recently and there were fears that the object might have been one of these in difficulty.’

However, when the crew arrived they found not an adventure sports enthusiast, but a large inflatable Mickey Mouse balloon, being carried by the breeze

towards the cliffs at Shanganagh.

Dún Laoghaire lifeboat operations manager Stephen Wynne said: ‘We’re happy that this was a call made with good intent and calling 999 and asking for Coast Rescue is always the best course of action.’

He added: ‘And in this case, we were particularly happy to assist Mickey Mouse, one of the all-time favourite cartoon characters.’

More seek designer vagina Action urged to cut cancer ALMOST one in five women are interested in having ‘designer vagina’ surgery, according to new research.

The study found women who had greater exposure to images of female genitals – online, from TV, advertising or pornography – were more likely to consider the procedure.

Labiaplasty is the most common form of cosmetic

Gig screen gazers just weird, say Who

SOME people still think opera is an elitist enterprise – but if you think it is just about forlorn, heavy-set princesses warbling over their absent lovers for four hours, think again.

A new series of works, presented

by Wide Open Opera as part of the Dublin City Public Art Programme, has as its inspiration the lives of dyed-in-the-wool Dubs.

Things We Throw Away is five short operas composed by Brian Irvine with text by John McIlduff, which will be performed in public spaces across the capital this weekend.

Speaking to Metro Herald, Fergus Sheil, artistic director of Wide Open Opera, explained how the project came about after walking around Dublin looking at different aspects of life on the streets and ‘honing in on these short-lived moments that have a certain poetry to them’.

For instance, in I Just Sell My Bananas, a Capel Street trader sings about her life as she hawks fruit from a pram.

Performance locations will be posted on Wide Open Opera’s website on July 4, with all five operas performed in Dame Court on July 5, 7pm. See www.wideopenopera.ie

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genital surgery and involves reducing the size of the labia.

Researchers in Australia surveyed women aged between 18 and 69 and found 17 per cent were interested in labiaplasty.

They found 13 per cent of women had received negative comments from partners about the appearance of their genitals and 19 per cent had discussed genital appearance with friends.

SIMPlE lifestyle changes could prevent almost two-fifths of cases of pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease.

Each year around 478 people in Ireland are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, of whom only seven per cent are likely to live five years.

But experts say 37 per cent could have saved themselves

from the disease by keeping a healthy weight and not smoking. launching a major push to combat pancreatic cancer, Cancer Research UK’s director of early diagnosis, Sara Hiom, said: ‘Cancer is a complex set of diseases. For some, lifestyle can play an important role, and is one aspect of the disease that we have some control over.’

SHAkeSPeARe may be partly to blame for the social stigma associated with disfiguring skin conditions, say experts.

They point to insults in his plays that refer to skin blemishes and scarring, reflecting an elizabethan obsession with flawless pale complexions.

One of the most memorable occurs when king Lear launches into his scheming daughter Goneril, declaring: ‘Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle’. Other examples include use of the phases ‘a pox upon him’ in All’s Well That ends Well and ‘scurvy knave’ in Romeo and Juliet.

The findings were presented at the British Association of Dermatologists’ annual conference in Glasgow.

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Obama: ‘I’ll act on my own on immigration’ US PRESIDENT Barack Obama said yesterday he will no longer wait for Republicans in Congress to act on immigration and will move on his own to make policy changes.

Mr Obama said he will refocus immigration enforcement onto a Mexican border that has seen a tide of children crossing illegally from Central America. That means putting resources into deporting the most recent border-crossers or those who pose a threat to public safety and national security.

‘I take executive action only when we have a serious problem, a serious issue, and Congress chooses to do nothing,’ the president (left) said.

The decision to bypass Congress came after House speaker John Boehner told Mr Obama last week that it would not vote on an immigration overhaul this year.

Rescued: Migrants are transferred to lifeboats by the Italian navy Picture: AP

30 die on packed migrant voyage

THE bodies of 30 migrants have been found in the hold of a packed fishing boat on its way to Italy.

It is believed the victims suffocated or drowned as they were squeezed so tightly into the boat’s bow area, the Italian navy said yesterday.

The remaining 566 on board were taken to the port of Pozzallo in Sicily. An estimated 60,000

migrants have travelled to Italy so far this year – up from 42,000 in 2013. Most are African or Middle Eastern refugees who pay thousands of pounds each to Libyan smugglers, only to be packed into unsafe vessels. Italy strengthened its sea rescue teams last year after a boat capsized off Lampedusa, killing 366 migrants.

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TROOPS were battling to dislodge Islamists from Tikrit yesterday after the head of the Isis group declared himself ruler of a swathe of land seized in Iraq and Syria.

Special forces hit back as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi alarmed world leaders by announcing he was at the helm of a new Islamic state.

The emergent commander also laid claim to being ‘caliph of the Muslim world’ – a medieval title that disappeared when the last Ottoman sultan was deposed after World War I. The Iraqi government, which has appealed for international help to crush Isis, said the choice of title highlighted the threat the group posed to other countries.

‘This declaration is a message not only to Iraq or Syria but to the region and the world,’ said army spokesman Qassim Atta.

by sHAROn MARRis State forces carried out helicopter strikes on Isis defences around Tikrit as a battle raged on the outskirts of the city, 180km north of Baghdad.

They are trying to stop the rot after the rebels overran Mosul on June 10 and began advancing south towards the capital.

In Syria, Isis has gained ground in the north and east, along the frontier with Iraq.

Its claim that the territory is now a state poses a challenge to the leadership of al-Qaeda – which has disowned Isis – and conservative Arab rulers.

Countries including Saudi Arabia have been accused

by Iraq of fostering Islamist militancy in Syria and Iraq.

But Saudi’s King Abdullah has ordered ‘all necessary measures’ to be implemented to protect his country from Isis.

Big guns: A soldier pa patrols in Jurf al-Sakhar, south of Baghdad Picture: reuters

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FRANCE: Marine Le Pen has called for an end to dual nationality after the riotous celebrations that followed Algeria’s World Cup win over Russia. The far-right leader blamed the violence on ‘the total failure of immigration policies’ and told bi-nationals to back France and not their country of origin.

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AMERiCA: Almost 50 people were left stranded 70m in the air after a ride broke down at a SeaWorld theme park. They were stuck for four hours when a power failure halted the Skytower in San Diego on Sunday. The only casualty was a 17-year-old who was treated for anxiety.

Gadget changes the view Envoy evades sex charge

AMERiCA: A new must-have gadget is to bring sports fans closer to the action. More star players are being kitted out with Google Glass to give spectators a view of what players see. ‘It keeps your focus on the game,’ said Rob Laycock, of basketball team the Indiana Pacers.

NEW zEALAND: A foreign diplomat accused of attempting to rape a woman has claimed immunity. He has returned home but may face charges in his own country, said prime minister John Key. The man allegedly followed a 21-year-old woman home in Wellington and attacked her.

NORTH KOREA: Leader Kim Jong-un admires the view from a balcony as rockets are fired during an army drill Picture: AFP

CzECH REpubLiC: A kangaroo has landed his owner in trouble after escaping for the second time in a year.

Joey’s latest hop for freedom has upset neighbours. ‘I hope they shoot it or give the bloke a big fine,’ said one in Sulejovice.

Owner Jaromir Latislav had promised to get a bigger fence.

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Trial: Oscar Pistorius Picture: Getty

OSCAR PISTORIUS was of sound mind when he killed his model girlfriend, a panel of medical experts has concluded.

He was ‘capable of appreciating the wrongfulness of his act’ when he shot Reeva Steenkamp, prosecutor Gerrie Nel told his trial yesterday.

The trial of the South African paralympian, 27, was halted for a month so he could be assessed at Weskoppies

blasts kill 2 police near Cairo palace THRee homemade bombs have exploded near egypt’s presidential palace in Cairo, killing two senior police officers and injuring ten other people. It comes on the anniversary of the protests that led to the ousting of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

The devices were planted less than 20m from the walls of the Ittihadiya palace in the Heliopolis district of eastern Cairo, in what appeared to be a serious security breach in the heavily-policed area. Another device in the area was safely defused, officials said.

Ajnad Misr, or Soldiers of egypt, said it planted explosives near the palace on June 18, but it aborted the attack because civilians came close to them. It said its operatives were unable to retrieve the devices.

Chinese crackdown on regional attacks CHINeSe courts in the far west, ethnic region of Xinjiang have imprisoned 113 people for terrorism or other charges.

Courts in the Kashgar area held open sessions to sentence those found guilty, government-run news service Tianshan.net said.

The region, home to Muslim minority Uighurs, has seen a rise in violence in recent months.

Beijing blames the violence on religious extremists with ties to overseas terrorism groups. Members of the Uighur minority have long complained of repressive ethnic policies, and economic disenfranchisement in their resource-rich land.

by AiDAN RADNEDGE Psychiatric Hospital in Pretoria. His evaluation was ordered after defence psychiatrist Dr Merryll Vorster testified the double amputee feels vulnerable and had an anxiety disorder that could have contributed to the killing.

Pistorius said he mistakenly shot Ms Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria on Valentine’s Day last year after

mistaking her for an intruder. The prosecution alleges he killed her deliberately after a heated row.

Meanwhile, defence lawyer Barry Roux called surgeon Gerald Versfeld, who amputated Pistorius’s lower legs when he was 11 months old.

The athlete was born without fibulas, the bones that run from below the knee to the ankle.

Judge Thokozile Masipa and her

two legal assessors inspected Pistorius’s stumps as he sat on a bench.

He was on stumps when he killed Ms Steenkamp and his defence team has argued he was more likely to confront a perceived danger than flee because of his limited movement.

Mr Versfeld told the court Pistorius’s disability made him ‘vulnerable in a dangerous situation’.

The trial in Pretoria continues.

Israeli military finds bodies of three kidnapped teens The Israeli military found the bodies of three missing teenagers yesterday, two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank, allegedly by hamas militants.

Following a search that led to Israel’s largest ground operation in the Palestinian territory in nearly a decade, Israeli prime minister Benjamin

Netanyahu was meeting with his Security Cabinet last night to discuss a response. eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, vanished while hitchhiking near the city of hebron late on June 12. Their bodies were found buried in a field near the village of halhul.

Last week, Israel identified two hamas operatives as the chief suspects.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, whose forces coordinated with Israel during the search, condemned the kidnappings. But Mr Netanyahu wants Mr Abbas to dissolve a unity government, recently formed with hamas backing.

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How would you describe your Penny Dreadful character, Ethan Chandler?

He’s travelling around the world as this sharpshooter, but he’s running from something – there’s a reason he left the US. He’s been having a lot of personal trouble, a lot of trauma in his life and you see him, strangely, find a reason to live through this group of people who are kind of mixed up in death, beyond the normal realm.

The show has a high-calibre cast and crew – was that part of the appeal? Yes, and there’s a

lot of James Bond on the show too.

John Logan, our writer, wrote Skyfall, Sam Mendes, our producer, directed it, and eva Green starred in Casino royale. i think that i’m being groomed as the first American Bond.

work on Cracker with what i’m doing now. i was 18 years old then, i’m 35 now. there’s been a lot of development in those years, for both me and for television. And that was network television, you can get away with a lot more on cable.

Such as showing your bottom, which we got to see in the first episode? Yes, i

don’t know if you would get to see that on network television but it is moving in that direction. More bums.

You’ve been away from the limelight for a while – were you consciously taking a break? Someone told me recently

that if you type my name into Google, the subject: ‘whatever happened to Josh Hartnett?’ is one Do you think there are any of the first things that comes up. i have never done that, by parallels between the the way. i feel that i original penny have always been dreadfuls – involved in the Dublin is like Victorian horror business, just books, Las Vegas. It can eat maybe more so and less at published you whole if you different times. when society spend too much Hollywood can be began to feel very easy to fall in time going out anxious about love with, but it is technological tempestuous – it is very easy to fall out of love with developments – and too. i guess i have taken a longer modern fears? i think there are hiatus than most. definitely parallels to be drawn with that feeling today. we’re living You went back to Minnesota, in an ever-evolving world and right where you grew up, for a now we’re in a situation where while. Why? i was on the cover technology is becoming so much more a part of our daily lives than it of every magazine. i couldn’t really go anywhere and i didn’t feel has ever been. it’s a time of great comfortable in my own skin. So i structural changes in people’s daily went back to Minnesota and got routine because of technology, just back together with my old friends. i as it was in Victorian London with even ended up getting back the industrial revolution. together with my high-school girlfriend for a while. it was great Though the show is set in while it lasted.

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Dublin. Did you get to enjoy the city’s famous charms?

Dublin is like Las Vegas. it can eat you whole if you spend too much time going out. we had a job to do, so we weren’t able to partake of too many nights out. Part of the reason we shot there is because there is more late 18th-century architecture still intact in Dublin than there is in the east end of London.

How does making Penny Dreadful compare with the US version of Cracker, which you made at the start of your

You’ve turned down some huge roles, including Superman, Spider-Man and Batman. Do you have something against wearing tights? i guess i just don’t want to fit into a box. i somehow knew those roles had the potential to define me and i didn’t want to be labelled as Superman for the rest of my career.

Jane Mulkerrins

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write in to vent my fury at rtÉ’s pathetic online broadcasting service for the world Cup. i was sorry to see that i was not the only person who had their enjoyment of the Brazil v Chile game cut short when the live stream on the website suddenly cut out just before the penalty shootout the other night, but when this happened again last night during Greece v Costa rica, at the very same time, ie, just as the players prepared for the shootout, i nearly threw my laptop out the window.

Did rtÉ not fix the ‘unforeseen error’ that caused the first cut-out?

Did they not foresee another match going to penalties? it is awful that we are now facing a new ‘broadcast charge’ to replace the tV licence, due next year, as a result of more people watching tV

on the internet, but our own national broadcaster can’t manage the simple task of showing programmes in their entirety. if i go to the cinema, does the film cut out 15 minutes before the end? if i buy a book, does the shop rip the last ten pages out? is it all just a ruse to make us go buy a tV? i’d like to ask someone at rtÉ but i fear their answer would cut out five seconds before the end of their sentence.

Furious Franco ■ i would like to reassure everyone who was shocked at the article in relation to a Clinic in D4 using hypnosis rather than anaesthesia [MH, Mon] to please google ‘Jack Gibson hypnosis’. He was an irish surgeon who passed away in 2005 and regularly used hypnosis in place of anaesthesia for thousands

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of his procedures in ireland and abroad. the best part of it, there were never any side effects.

Hypno-Fan ■ Using the word ‘logic’ doesn’t add credibility to the nonsensical arguments put forward by JBoy on the question of marijuana usage. if we assume approx five million population, Concerned Dublin Parent’s assertion of 2.5 per cent incidence of bipolar disease implies there are thousands of teenagers with psychotic illnesses here. the fact that there can be medical benefits from a product doesn’t mean it cannot cause harm.

Before spouting off about ‘hysterical reactions’. maybe Google ‘psychosis marijuana’, which should illustrate that wariness of marijuana is not irrational.

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No need to risk it with brisket OLI JONES

Chloe Scott cooks tried and tested recipes to make the ultimate shredded brisket

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ulled pork and brisket are everywhere at the moment, from cafés and restaurants to street food trucks and supermarket ready meals. While the porcine plate pleaser is American slowcooked barbecue at its best – it’s hard to beat the yielding tenderness of smoky, juicy, shredded pig – the beefy beauty of the brisket matches it all the way in terms of flavour, and can prove to be a lot cheaper.

It can also be cooked low and slow, perhaps finished on a barbecue for a smoky kick. done well, the result is molten shredded beef that is sticky, sublime and unforgettable.

Keep it Simple

Keeping it simple, which is generally a good bet, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (channel4. com) stuffs the brisket with garlic and thyme, slathers it in rapeseed oil and pops it in the oven for four hours. The end result serenades with juicy beef flavours but I quickly realise I want more. I think, in this instance, a few extra frills might bring out the meaty nuances further rather than diluting them.

I recreate the brisket recipe in Heather Whinney’s The Slow Cookbook (dK), which coats the meat with 1tbsp tomato purée and 300ml passata with honey, orange and white wine vinegar.

Tomato and beef are lovers throughout history in terms of pairings, and its sweet, spicy, jammyness emboldens the dish. Whinney’s use of orange

Wrap it up: Shredded brisket is a cheap and tasty alternative to the ubiquitous pulled pork. Get the spicing right and you’ll have a party dish to die for

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and vinegar helps cut through the salty beefiness.

The pulled beef brisket formula on simplybeefandlamb.co.uk advocates Worcestershire sauce.

They mix 4tbsp of Worcestershire sauce with honey, beef stock, paprika, onions, garlic and tomatoes. It’s sweet from the honey and tangy from the Worcestershire sauce but it lacks potency in the form of the big colourful flavours that so suit this party dish.

I now find myself venturing to Mexico and Texas for inspiration.

There you find pulled beef in tacos, burritos – and breakfasts.

That’s right, a typical breakfast in Guadalajara is shredded brisket in a piquant guajillo chilli sauce.

Intrigued by his blogging nom de plume, I try the Homesick Texan’s dr Pepper pulled brisket (homesicktexan.com). I blend

onion, garlic, chipotle chillies, ketchup, mustard, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, smoked paprika and ground cloves.

The apogee, of course, is the dr Pepper, with its spicy cherry cola flavours. It breaks down the meat in the oven but with molasses and ketchup also aiding sugariness, it’s a little too sweet.

I wonder if a citrus fruit could break down the collagen in the meat just as well.

cHLOE’s ULTIMATE sHREDDED BRIsKET IngREDIEnTs serves 4-6 1kg brisket ♦ 1 onion, finely chopped ♦ Sea salt and pepper ♦ 50ml-100ml water or beef stock the marinade: 200g tinned tomatoes ♦ 2 chipotle chillies ♦ 1 red bird’s eye chilli ♦ 2tsp (level) smoked paprika ♦ 1tsp peppercorns ♦ 1tsp cumin seeds, toasted ♦ 1tsp fennel seeds ♦ 1tbsp ground dark roast coffee ♦ 3tbsp dark brown sugar or runny honey ♦ 2 limes, zest and juice ♦ 3 garlic cloves ♦ Salt to taste to serve: Tortillas, coriander, tomatoes, red onion, sour cream

METHOD step 1 Preheat the oven to 140C/130C fan. step 2 In a blender, whizz all the marinade ingredients together

hob. Season the brisket well with sea salt and pepper and quickly brown it all over in the hot pan with a good glug of olive oil.

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As I venture further along my brisket trip, I experiment with an ingredient relatively unused in mainstream beef cookery: coffee beans. Freshly ground and added to a rub by Texan chef lou lambert (wholefoods.com), the beans bring a rich, almost tobacco-spiced flavour. It’s a natural partner with the beef, making it smoky without it going near a smoker.

step 4 Turn off the heat and place

the onions underneath the brisket.

Place the brisket fat side up in the pan and smother a lot of the marinade all over the fat and meat.

Add a sprinkling of water or beef stock, about 1tbsp. Place the top on the pot and pop in the oven.

step 5 Check every hour and add except for the tomatoes. Add 1-2tbsp of water to help it blend if necessary.

Mix in the tomatoes, add a pinch of salt and taste to check you’re happy with the seasoning. step 3 Place a large heat-proof casserole pot on a high heat on the

a little more water or beef stock, a tablespoon at a time, if needed.

When the beef is tender, moist and falling apart, it is ready. It will take about 5 hours, but it’s not prescriptive, it’s ready when you can pull the meat apart easily. Remove it from the oven and rest for 30min.

A major breakthrough in the Homesick Texan’s recipe is the chipotle chilli. It brings a rich smokiness similar to that you get with a really good con carne.

In search of another recipe using citrus, I try el Paso restaurateur david Jurado’s recipe (saveur.com), which uses lime to give a lovely latin explosion. That’s to be my fruit of choice for acidity, then.

The saveur.com recipe also uses cumin seeds, chiles de árbol, allspice and cloves. The cumin flirts elegantly with tomato and beef, which leads me to tinker with fennel seeds, cumin’s bedfellow – it works well. The hot, slightly smoky Mexican chiles de árbol is a highlight too.

step 6 Shred the meat with two

forks. The brisket should pull apart easily; you can leave it in chunks or fully shred. Taste it and season accordingly. Serve in tortillas with chopped tomatoes, red onion, sour cream and fresh coriander.

cover up

Once the meat’s in the pot, you just let it blip away. But whether you put a lid on your pot or not can be the difference between a juicy, succulent dish or a dry affair. The one dish I try with no covering has less intense flavours.

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‘They also contain five times more magnesium and calcium than the stalks,’ says Beeken, ‘as well as vitamin C and phenolics – powerful antioxidants that may help combat cancer, heart disease and ageing.’

Tip: use them as you would celery by adding to soups, salads, sauces and relishes or as a herb to garnish fish dishes or salads.

Waste not, want not: Food peelings are a rich source of vitamins and minerals

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ou’ve done your prep, the meal is cooking and – like any good chef –you’re tidying up as you go along.

But before you chuck those scraps, have you considered what you’re binning? The skin, rind or peel that ends up in the bin or composter is loaded with nutrients and, with a little imagination, can be used along with your other ingredients.

‘Many fruits and vegetables have skins and leaves that are more colourful than the flesh,’ says Laurence Beeken, nutrition officer at weightlossresources.co.uk.

‘This shows they contain nutritious phytochemicals, which prevent disease and protect health.’ eating raw fruit rind might not sound very appetising but there are ways to include them in your diet.

Beeken explains how.

Orange peel

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How to live scrap-happy

Those vegetable peelings you just threw away could be a nutritional gold mine, writes Vicki-Marie Cossar

SHELBOURNE 190 TASTING MENU The Shelbourne Hotel has devised an ambitious new tasting menu celebrating 190 years as the jewel in the crown of the capital’s hospitality scene.

Executive Chef Garry Hughes has created a menu incorporating dishes from the hotel’s vast archive of recipes and is available in The Saddle Room restaurant (pictured below) for the remainder of the year. Highlights include a Chilled Tomato Consommé (1927); Lobster Thermidor (1949); Lamb Wellington (1925); and a Chocolate Gâteau created for the March 10, 1956 menu for the Ireland v England rugby international. €65 per person. www.theshelbourne.ie

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orange peel contains more than four times as much fibre as the fruit. It is also high in flavonoids, which help prevent cancer, diabetes and are anti-inflammatory.

‘The concentration of vitamin C in orange peel helps boost the immune system and could help ward off respiratory infections,’ says Beeken.

Tip: Whip the whole fruit into a smoothie. Add antioxidant-rich fruits such as raspberries, blueberries and strawberries with oats for a morning energy boost.

Onion skin

The papery skin of an onion is rich in fibres and flavonoids, especially the anti-inflammatory compound quercetin, which may reduce blood pressure and clogged arteries.

‘Quercetin has also displayed anti-inflammatory activity,’ says Beeken, ‘restraining the production of histamine and other allergic and inflammatory sources, so may be useful for hay fever sufferers.’

Tip: use it when cooking stocks, soups and stews and remove just before serving.

Another option is to make an onion tea by blending a dry onion and adding it to boiling water. Strain before serving.

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Melon rind

‘Melon rind is rich in citrulline, an amino acid, which improves circulation,’ says Beeken. Some studies have also claimed it may protect from free-radical damage.

Tip: Juice the melon with the rind intact or add chopped watermelon (including the rind) to salads. You could roast the rind with carrots, potatoes and parsnips.

Celery leaves

Celery is 95 per cent water, very alkaline and filled with fibre but the leaves are the healthiest part. Most of the fat in them derives from polyunsaturated fat, which reduces cholesterol and may lower your risk of heart disease.

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★ Must see ★

Drama true detective

Sky Atlantic, 1.30am

The most gripping drama of the year thus far (with Fargo and Happy Valley runners- up) starts a welcome repeat run for those who missed it first time round. Matthew McConaughey (above), even better here than he is in Dallas Buyers’ Club, stars as a Louisiana police detective, his relationship with the equally impressive Woody Harrelson as his partner the backbone of a story told through a time frame that flips between past and present. It’s deep and dark.

way to go: death and the iriSh RTÉ1, 9.35PM

On TV show Dragons’ Den she’s a tough-talking businesswoman, but here in this frank documentary Norah Casey reveals her softer side, as she talks about dealing with the loss of her husband Richard in 2011. Broadcasters Marian Finucane and George Hook and actor Gabriel Byrne are among the famous faces sharing their thoughts on the subject of death, alongside first-hand accounts from people who are dying and healthcare professionals. Given that death is a certainty for all of us, this programme asks: why can’t we just talk about it?

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This is a kooky one – a French horror/comedy, in which a plucky football team has to dodge certain death when the opposition’s fans suddenly turn into zombies. If that wasn’t enough to contend with, the star player also faces some nagging from his dad and a couple of love interests, including Cléo (Tiphaine Daviot, right). Yikes.

ride along

Cop-buddy effort starring Ice Cube as James Payton (below right, with Kevin Hart), a tough Atlanta police officer, who decides to take his sister’s boyfriend Ben (Hart) to work with him. Ben’s banter doesn’t go down well with the city’s hardened criminals, landing the duo in a series of scrapes.

penny dreadful Sky Atlantic, 9pm

Fun the mindy project E4, 9.30pm

Claiming that anyone who goes to bed with you will find the love of their life immediately afterwards is a pretty crafty seduction technique – and Mindy wants to put it to the test when ‘Magic’ Morgan (Ike Barinholtz) makes the claim.

But when Mindy gets cold feet, she suddenly finds herself in legal hot water.

Sitcom set in a small medical practice in New York City.

the auction houSe C4, 9pm

How do you put a price on a Playboy bunny girl outfit?

You’d think you’d fare better by flogging it on eBay, but a pawnbroker going by the name of Johnny Cash is intent on trying his luck at Chelsea’s Lots Road auctions, the focus of this endearingly eccentric series. It’s Antiques Roadshow without Fiona Bruce’s head girl act.

★

Sport 2014 fifa world cup

RTÉ2, 3.30pm, 4.30pm, 8.30pm

Yesterday’s highlights are followed by action from São Paulo, as Bill o’Herlihy presents coverage of Argentina v Switzerland.

With the early departure of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, the stage is clear for Lionel Messi to prove he’s the best player in the world. Later, Darragh Maloney presents Belgium v USA. Eden Hazard and co will need to raise their game against a US side who make up in teamwork what they lack in individual flair.

We’ve a feeling it may be USA boss Jurgen Klinsmann (above) smiling at the end.

The demons that possess the cool, but troubled, Vanessa Ives are strange and disturbing. So we’re guessing it will take more than the combined efforts of whispering explorer Sir Malcolm, callow Victor Frankenstein and Yankee chancer Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett – see 60 seconds on page 12) to drive them out.

Eva Green does her best mad lady act in the dramatic potboiler.

cSi: crime Scene inveStigation

Factual kitchen hero: rediScovering the iriSh kitchen RTÉ1, 8.30pm

Donal continues his culinary trip based on the recipes of Irish food writer Theodora Fitzgibbon. In this episode, he meets former Live At Three cook Brenda Costigan.

They chat about how food has changed over the past 40 years, and about Ireland’s first TV chefs, Monica Sheridan and Darina Allen, while Brenda makes Donal her famous chocolate bakewell cheesecake. Yum!

RTÉ1, 10.35pm

RTE2, 11.35pm

Paul Giamatti and Billy Crudup star in this comedy, which was nominated for the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, about a terminally-ill inventor who enlists the help of his pals – an out-of-work aerospace engineer and a successful entrepreneur – to develop and market his mad-cap idea for a personal rocket-belt.

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rabbit proof fence BBC4, 10pm

C4, 10pm

If your marriage and your business were falling apart, would you turn to Gordon Ramsay to pull you back from the brink? Desperate times call for desperate measures and Christine and Manny, owners of a failing Greek restaurant in Queens, New York, hope the sweary Scot will help them get their moussaka together.

love your garden UTV, 7.30pm

When Claire and Ian Estick’s young son, Daniel, died, they gave up their jobs as publicans to devote all their time to setting up a charity in his memory, a task that has seen their garden fall into neglect. So enter Alan Titchmarsh and team to give them a place where they can treasure little Daniel’s memory.

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rebelS of oz BBC4, 9pm

Kenneth Branagh stars in this drama set in 1930s Australia and based on real-life events.

Three young Aboriginal girls live on the edge of the Gibson desert, near a rabbitproof fence that bisects Australia from north to south. Under state policy at the time, Molly (Everlyn Sampi, above), her sister Daisy and cousin Gracie are taken from their families and placed in an institution to be raised as ‘white.’ They escape to begin an epic journey of more than a thousand miles by foot to get home.

Heartbreaking and beautifully shot and acted – don’t miss it.

meet the parentS BBC3, 8pm

This surprise hit comedy from 2000 benefits greatly from the double act between Ben Stiller as hapless nurse Greg Focker and Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes, his disapproving potential father-in-law and secret CIA spy. Hilarity ensues as well-meaning Greg’s efforts to make a good impression end in various types of disaster.

The immortal Vegas-set crime series celebrates its 300th episode with a murder linked to an unsolved case from 14 years before. It’s a plot device that allows for flashbacks of one-time CSI mainstay Catherine (Marg Helgenberger). And look out for the 300 in-joke clues, which are scattered around the set pieces.

In the season finale, Lisbon (Robin Tunney) is forced to put her plans to relocate to Washington DC with Agent Pike on hold temporarily, when a new lead crops up in a cold case. This could be the last time that she and Jane (Simon Baker) work together – that is unless he tells her how he really feels about her.

Could this be the romantic ending that the fans of the crime drama have been waiting for?

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ramSay’S kitchen nightmareS

Channel 5, 9pm

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Film

The ‘rebels’ here are Clive James, Germaine Greer (above), Barry Humphries and Robert Hughes, the leading lights of a young Australian generation who headed to London in the 1960s and shook up the cultural establishment. And then, as is the way of these things, became part of the establishment themselves.

There are nostalgic clips aplenty – can someone please bring the counterculture back? – including the rather terrifying sight of Greer doing a burlesque song-and-dance act.

natural born killerS ITV4, 10pm

oliver Stone’s 1994 portrait of serial killers Mickey and Mallory Knox (Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis) courted huge controversy on its release. Stone used styles ranging from documentary to sitcom to chart their rise from serial killers to celebs, their antics followed by Robert Downey Jr’s TV reporter.

Critics said it glorified violence rather than satirised the news media’s reliance on it – but judge for yourselves.

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f you’re familiar with the sniper scene in full Metal Jacket, you’ll know the most tense moments of warfare aren’t always the ones with gung-ho gunplay.

Sometimes you need to be a little bit cuter when it comes to killing your enemies and this is the battleground of Sniper Elite.

Perhaps fittingly for games with such a stealthy objective, the series has remained largely under the radar, although 2012’s Sniper Elite V2 sold more than a million copies for UK-based developer Rebellion.

Now, we all know mystery is sexy and sequel Sniper Elite III has been shrouded in camouflage. What we do know is you’re still playing United States OSS (Office of Strategic Services) marksman Karl fairburne, operating during World War II. Pack your safari suit this time, though, because you’re off to North Africa.

Feeling supersonic?

This time next year, Andy Green – fighter pilot by day, land speed record holder by night – will attempt to reach 1,000mph (1,600k/mh) on the surface of a South African desert. The futuristic carbon fibre creation you see pictured is not just the cockpit from which Green will pilot the 135,000bhp SSC Bloodhound vehicle, it’s also the only thing stopping him from disintegrating.

The hand-crafted monocoque structure employs five different types of carbon fibre weave, sandwiched between layers of aluminium honeycomb core to add strength and rigidity. Even the windscreen can withstand the impact of a 1kg bird at 900mph.

In among the carbon-coated digital displays sit two precisionengineered analogue clocks crafted

by Rolex. Should the digital dash fail, he can still determine the speed he is doing and safely bring the Bloodhound to a stop.

Perhaps the most important thing of all is the titanium steering wheel, ergonomically designed to fit Green’s fingers. Buttons on the front allow him to communicate with his team and employ the emergency parachute and airbrakes, while triggers at the rear fire rockets to propel the machine to its 1,000mph target.

It’s not all state-of-the-art rocket science, however. The triggers are actually taken from a common handheld power drill because they’re built to withstand dust and huge amounts of vibrations.

Despite the hours invested, the project will still prove a huge challenge. Green must withstand

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critically acclaimed strategy original. Grid: Autosport (360/PS3/PC) is a comprehensive motorsport sim that includes endurance, touring cars, street racing, open-wheelers and drifters.

Transformers: rise Of The Dark Spark (360/PS3/Wii U/ XO/PS4/3DS) accompanies the latest movie from explode-onsight director Michael Bay, while Dynasty Warriors: Gundam reborn (PS3) continues the robotic theme as you control mobile armour Previous Sniper Elite titles have been cheap and cheerful with basic AI and graphics but III improves on both, so much so it’s available for next-gen consoles as well as old – look out for the charming X-ray footage when a bullet penetrates your enemy’s vital organs, now that little bit gorier.

A PC version also remains but there’s no outing on the Wii U this time out. There are four difficulty levels available.

Normal takes gravity and the wind into account when taking a shot, while Realistic removes the ability to see targets through walls. Although there’s no multiplayer from launch, Rebellion says this is on the way – great news if you’re always complaining about snipers ruining your Call Of Duty matches because you’re now all in the same boat.

If the all-out combat of Call Of Duty is more your thing, you’ll feel shortchanged with Sniper Elite but –dare we say – there’s never been a more relaxing way of waging war.

James Day

snapshot The cockpit of the Bloodhound SSC land speed record car uses Rolex and rocket science

Grid: Autosport suits. Manga fans are catered for with One piece Unlimited World red (PS3/Wii U/3DS/ PSV). JD

app happy Omlet Chat (iOS/Android/ Tizen, free)

Omlet offers unlimited ad-free messaging, with no data stored on its servers. Instead, you store it in a cloud provider of your choice. Location-based chats can take place between groups, and it includes the ability to collect photos in one shareable album. Omlet also turns smartwatches such as the Samsung Gear 2 into messaging tools and can communicate with wearable tech and smart devices.

BorrowMyDoggy yDoggy (iOS, free)

‘Pawsome to e-meet you’, begins the press release about BorrowMyDoggy.

It’s a kind of tailwagging Tinder helping you to find pooches – and their owners – in your area.

The idea is you’ll make new friends of both the four and two-legged variety, eventually leading to your pawfect match (oh crumbs, it’s catching). Matches begin with a Welcome Woof before enough trust is established for a doggy play date and then things go from there.

What are you waiting fur?

(Sorry.)

OverHeard (iOS, free)

Sonic zoom: The Bloodhound can reach 1,000mph extreme heat (to keep weight down, there’s no air conditioning), noise levels of 140 decibels (the amount produced by a jet engine at 100ft)

and the G-forces associated with acceleration and braking at supersonic speeds. Green with envy we are not. leon poultney

Remember that amusing yarn Dave told down the pub you’re just itching to tell the lads? No, us neither. Enter OverHeard, a social sharing app that lets you record soundbites up to three minutes in length. Geotagging and friend tagging is available, plus you can add images to help illustrate what’s being said. OverHeard also comes with a suite of sound effects including the wonderfully obvious Mr Vader. JD

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Act out your flight of fantasy

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VER dreamed of flying?’ shouts the poster at the Peligoni Club. Funnily enough, I have – frequently.

But in those dreams I’m never in a parachute, a wind tunnel or even one of those strange, flappy Squirrel Wingsuit things. Nope. In my dreams I’m falling and rising freely, serene and unencumbered.

Well, pinch me now, because today I’m going to embrace that dream.

And I’m not curled up under my duvet, I’m standing on the edge of a Greek island in stinging Ionian sunshine.

I’m here, on the north-east coast of Zakynthos, to try out the latest extreme sport to take YouTube by storm: Subwing. The brainchild of Norwegian inventor Simon Sivertsen, the embryonic sport has variously been described as ‘underwater waterskiing’ and ‘the closest you can get to flying without leaving the ground’. Which isn’t exactly true, as it involves getting into a boat and speeding away from terra firma before diving into the luminiscent depths.

The concept is pleasingly simple: you grip a steerable fin that looks

The Subwing seems like something out of a Bond movie. Jonathan Thompson heads to Greece to try it out like it belongs on the wall of the Bat Cave, before being towed through the water, diving, twisting and rolling beneath the surface like Superman. Or, more accurately, his lesserknown DC Comics stablemate, Aquaman.

Safely offshore, I’m handed a diving mask but, tellingly, no oxygen tank. A high-strength rope connects the Subwing to the back of the inflatable boat and I plop into the depths with a splash of apprehension.

The idea is to hold your breath for each subaquatic flight, surfacing at will to breathe, like a trained dolphin coming up to catch a ball.

The boat starts its engines, the rope tautens, and we have take-off. By turning the two moveable wings, I can rapidly swoop down to around ten metres, outpacing startled schools of fish and admiring the beautiful underbelly of the island

through the cartoonishly clear depths.

It’s like snorkelling on steroids.

My first couple of ‘flights’ end in mild panic, as I steer towards the distant surface to fill my lungs too early. But by the end of our first 20minute session, I’m coming up for air extremely grudgingly, like a teenager snogging on a park bench.

Beneath the waves, the sensation is freakishly similar to my flying dreams. It’s wonderfully serene, ascending and descending through the sparkling depths at a comfortable two to four knots an hour. The wings are extremely responsive, and I learn to spin underwater by twisting one hand up and the other down. When the boat speeds up, it feels like entering hyperspace in the Millennium Falcon – bubbles shooting past so fast they create a blur.

Sivertsen, 22, first came up with the Subwing concept while sailing through the Greek islands with his father in the summer of 2010.

‘I thought about being pulled behind the boat underwater, and I thought about nature: how big marine mammals like whales and dolphins are so dynamic when swimming,’ he says. ‘It took a lot of

Getting there The Peligoni Club (peligoni.com) has more than 50 villas in Zakynthos.

From €440 per week for two. Club membership costs €75pp per week.

Subwing lessons are €25 per session (subwing.com). Aer Lingus flies Dublin to Athens Tue/Thu/Sat throughout the summer. www.aerlingus.com

Wing man: Simon Sivertsen shows Jonathan Thompson (main picture) how to ‘fly’ underwater time and plenty of prototypes but we got there.’

Sivertsen says he chose the Peligoni Club – a Greek water sports hub – as the place to launch the Subwing for a number of reasons.

‘The location is ideal,’ he says.

‘I’ve sailed all over the Greek islands and Zakynthos is easily the best.

This side of the island is just right:

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Parascending The granddaddy of airborne watersports, parascending began in the early 1960s but the wings have become more aerodynamic and the speedboats faster. Get a bird’s eye view of the whole beach – and the respect of everyone on it.

See bhpa.co.uk/sport/ parascender

Jet packing Inspired by the opening sequence of Thunderball, the JetLev R200x (left) propels you skywards using two back-mounted water jets. You steer with hand grips, while an expert in a support boat directs you via radio. It’s available in various US locations including Florida, California

and Hawaii. Think Buzz Lightyear meets Sean Connery’s 007. jetlev.com

Flyboarding Next year is Back To The Future Year: the year Marty McFly visits in the second film and the perfect opportunity to try riding a hoverboard yourself. The

Flyboard, invented by French jet skier Franky Zapata, is a cross between a wakeboard and a film prop. You strap your feet into bindings before jets beneath shoot you up to 16m in the air. For anyone with Iron Man fantasies, ‘hand stabilisers’ are available too. Doc Emmett Brown, eat your heart out. zapata-racing.com

the water is ridiculously clear and the mountains shelter the coast perfectly. In my opinion, it’s the most beautiful corner of the most beautiful island in Greece. Plus the club is well established and set up for any water sport you could imagine.’

‘More to the point, there aren’t any jellyfish here,’ jokes his cousin and business partner, Mats Westgård.

‘And unlike in Norway, we don’t have to wear three wetsuits and gaffer-tape our faces.’

Situated near the tiny fishing port of Agios Nikolaos, the Peligoni Club is popular with tourists of every hue – which the cousins see as a bonus.

‘Those who have tested it seem to particularly love Subwing,’ says Westgård. ‘It’s popular with people who love snorkelling but want more speed and depth – without the hassle of all the scuba diving equipment.’

With international design awards already won, a dedicated factory now manufacturing hundreds of Subwings and interest from Central America to Australia, this is a sport that could be making waves across the globe next summer.

Jason Momoa would do well to pop to Peligoni and try Subwing himself before donning the fins as Aquaman in the forthcoming Batman v Superman movie. But for now, the rest of us can all have a little taste of life as a superhero.

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Bean around the world…

Singapore

You might not associate Singapore with a thriving café culture but the country’s emergent economy is changing that.

Brad Lau of ladyironchef.com, Singapore’s leading food and travel website, says finding a decent brew was once a task but now independent coffee joints are opening every other week. ‘The main reason for the explosion is Singaporeans’ heightened exposure to other coffee cultures when they travel,’ he says.

Lau’s favourite spot is Nylon

Leave the usual coffee city trail and you will be rewarded, says Davide Machado

Addis Ababa Coffee Roasters (nyloncoffee.sg), a small café that opened two years ago in the Everton Park neighbourhood. It started as a takeaway coffee spot but now has a standing counter.

Everton Park has been pitched as the new hipster hotspot and is filled with bakeries. The Grin Affair (grinaffair.com) sells cakes in jars, The Provision Shop (facebook.com/TheProvisionShop) is designed with mid-century furnishings while staff at Batterworks (batter-works.com) are so busy baking, you need to ring a bell to place an order.

Nylon Coffee Roasters

Moscow Cheap, black coffee has been drinks including Rough, made Muscovites’ poison for years but from pouring cream, and Halva their thirst for travel soon left Latte, which includes sesame and them thirsty for a decent coffee. halva, a sweet Middle Eastern ‘The more they have travelled, confection. the more they have realised what Perhaps the city’s most exciting the rest of the world is enjoying,’ new opening, though, is Double says Gwilym Davies.

B Coffee and Tea, run by ‘Moscow’s baristas are Anna Tsfasman and Olga considered some of the Melik-Karakozova, two of best in the world but, at Russia’s champion €5 for a small traditional baristas. Their outlets can cappuccino, the price be found in Moscow’s TV reflects it.’

Tower and Red Square.

Coffee Mania The force behind this The latter has a slow new coffee scene is Coffee Mania bar and an espresso bar, which (coffeemania.ru), which makes serves two types of espresso: everything in-house from bread Double B, which has a nutty to sauces to cakes, and is famous finish, and Babushki Batman, for its own take on coffee-based which has citrus flavours.

Do you know what your air carrier should do for you if your flight is delayed or cancelled?

Ethiopia has a long history of brewing coffee, a fact in evidence in a traditional coffee ceremony.

‘The beans are roasted, ground and brewed on an open fire while you wait,’ says photographer and aid worker Melany Markham, who recently spent a month travelling around Ethopia. ‘But it’s more than an ancient mastery of the bean that makes the coffee so good. It’s the climate – cool and humid – that makes Ethiopian coffee possibly the best in the world.’

The Italians may have colonised the country for a mere four years in the 1930s but they left a legacy: Ethiopia has hundreds of espresso machines and a generation of baristas.

‘In coffee shops across the country you will find old but

reliable espresso machines and even older Ethiopian men behind them pulling shots,’ says Markham.

Tomoca Coffee (tomocacoffee. com) opened in 1953 and is widely acknowledged as the best in Addis, if not the whole country.

The newer Choché (facebook.com/ CafeChoche) in downtown Addis Ababa sources its beans from local growers and roasts them in a small room behind the café, while all eyes are on this year’s newest opening Melange Coffee Roasters (facebook.com/ Melangecoffeeroasters).

Markham says quality control is of huge importance. ‘If you order one and it doesn’t measure up, send it back – Ethiopians will respect you for it.’

A traditional coffee ceremony

Prague

Ema Espresso Bar

Quality roasters came first in the Czech capital and the café scene quickly followed.

‘Here it is very much about traceability, single farm coffee [one type of bean from one area of one farm] and lightroasted beans, which result in sweet and fruity flavours,’ says Czech-based British barista Gwilym Davies.

Ema Espresso Bar (emaespresso bar.cz), close to

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the city’s beautiful Republic Square, has been leading the city’s coffee charge since it opened last June.

Filled with industrial-style hanging lights and wooden communal benches, it was originally meant to be a spot for a quick international caffeine fix but has slowly built up a simple menu that consists of daily fresh soup, salads and traditional delicacies such as sweet yeast buns with curd cheese.

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Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20

A Moon Mercury connection encourages brainstorming and plenty of discussion as a way to impress the right people. Yet Venus’s link with Neptune hints you may have an idealised view of a certain person which could perhaps let you down.

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Taurus Apr 21 – May 21

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Is a lifestyle concern getting out of hand? If so, a proactive stance can help reduce your angst while paving the way for better conditions. You might find it’s easier to spot where the real issue lies and do something positive.

Be on the lookout for propositions with strings attached, even though the person offering the deal can seem as nice as pie. Regarding finances, Mercury encourages you to consider solutions and discuss ideas which may have been previously unthinkable.

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Gemini May 22 – Jun 21

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Today’s line-up brings good news as Mercury turns direct, enabling frustrating circumstances to gradually melt away. Plus lunar links suggest good news may be announced with a fanfare and carry some panache, and some positive cheer can lift your spirits.

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Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23

Perhaps it’s time to take a step towards achieving a key ambition in your life. However, as the Sun gears up to challenge Pluto, it’s possible someone might object. If so, a decision to carry on may keep you on track.

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Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

You might find it easier to get on with complex tasks from today, as a shift in energy enables you to achieve more than you thought possible. Try to avoid a tendency to worry, which is only natural if you’re feeling overwhelmed.

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Libra Sep 24 –

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Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23

Career and other key matters improve as Mercury does a forward dance, whether at work or if you’re hoping to be more successful in life.

For this planetary shift also offers opportunities to move ahead with a personal goal or ambition.

scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22

As business and pleasure may not mix well today, focus first on those tasks that need attention to detail. An urge to delve deeper and find out more information can confirm what you already know to be true regarding matters of the heart.

sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 21

The willingness to come to a clear-cut decision concerning money matters can make a positive difference. An issue may come to a head that you’ll want to nip in the bud. Doing so quickly might avoid further problems.

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Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20

A heart-to-heart talk can help straighten out any differences between you and another before it gets to be an issue. Social opportunities seem to beckon with a chance to do something special or to surrender to a desire for fun.

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Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19

Be ready to capitalise on opportunities to improve your position, particularly those that enhance standing and image, as well as your earnings. Romantic hopes can bring more positive vibes as Mercury pushes forward.

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Title-chasing Stan bemoans schedule

by RicHARD HOOKHAM

StanISLaS WaWrInka fired a broadside at Wimbledon bosses for the gruelling schedule which he reckons could hijack his bid for the title. the Swiss fifth seed booked his place in the fourth round yesterday with a straight-sets win over Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin, a match held up because of Saturday’s rain delays.

But the australian Open champion reckons tournament chiefs could have got the game played that day by giving it priority over doubles and juniors matches and moving it to another court. now he faces five matches in seven days, starting with Spanish 19th seed Feliciano Lopez today, if he is to add his second grand slam of the year.

Lopez beat american ninth seed

following the rules: Wawrinka John Isner 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 7-5. ‘If you look this week, we have to play three matches in three days,’ Warwinka said. ‘three five-set matches is terrible for the body. I was expecting them to move maybe juniors or doubles, to make my match or Isner-Lopez first on when they started again at 5pm on Saturday. ‘they said they couldn’t put us on an outside court because of safety issues, so then you just have to accept it. You cannot do anything, you just follow. ‘they just say what’s going to be the schedule and that’s it. Even if you want to talk to them, they’re not going to change anything. they don’t listen to the player. they just do what they think is good for them.’

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Working out: Cilic on his way to a straight-sets victory yesterday picture: getty

MARIC CILIC saluted coach Goran Ivanisevic after setting up a quarter-final with Novak Djokovic.

The 26th seed credited his fellow Croatian, the 2001 Wimbledon champion, as the inspiration behind his 76 (10-8), 6-4, 6-4 win over Jeremy Chardy.

‘This relationship with Goran is giving me such confidence,’ said 25year-old Cilic.

‘All the things we are working on, they’re working for me on the court. Having him in my box is a big plus.

‘He’s been in the second week so many times here and I’m using his advice.’

Djokovic saw off the challenge of Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in straight sets, winning 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (75) in a match which went on just beyond 9pm on Centre Court.

time’s up as caro clocks out

CAROLINE WOzNIACkI was left bemoaning her opponent’s slow play after crashing out of Wimbledon.

The former world No.1 suffered a shock 6-2, 7-5 defeat to unseeded Czech Barbora zahlavova Strycova, but was clearly unimpressed at times with her opponent’s dithering between points.

Wozniacki, who has never reached an SW19 quarter-final, said: ‘I thought

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she was very slow but if she’s within the time, I guess it’s okay.’

‘You have a clock, it shows exactly how much time you take between points.’

A defiant Strycova insisted: ‘The system is fine. I like to take time between points but the referee didn’t tell me anything about it. I didn’t get any warning, I was following the rhythm I had. Sorry.’

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by Richard Hookham

HigH THree Czech players are into the women’s grand slam quarter-finals for the first time in the open era, with Petra Kvitova, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova and lucie Safarova all through. No wonder they have won the Fed Cup twice in the last three years.

LOW DefInITely the faffing about over whether to shut the Centre Court roof or not as the rains came during Andy Murray’s match with Kevin Anderson. If they’d kept it closed they could have salvaged a whole hour’s play.

Meat Milos, he’s a rare ’un

Hungry: Raonic

MeTro HeralD has taken a liking to Canada’s world No.9 Milos raonic for his admirable nutritional habits. The SW19 dark horse endeared himself to carnivores at last year’s australian open when he revealed his preferred pre-match meal was a big, fat, juicy steak. ‘It doesn’t matter who I play, I’ll eat a steak before a match at the same place. I’ve probably had 20 of them there,’ the Montenegro-born righthander said in Melbourne. We hope the 195lb, 6ft 5in T-Bone-loving eighth seed, whose protein-powered diet helped him fire 30 aces against lukasz Kubot in his last match, found a decent steak house last night ahead of today’s clash with Japan’s world No.12 Kei Nishikori.

THEY SAiD iT ‘The crazy Genie Army from Australia started it. I’ve received it at most tournaments since.

But Wimbledon is very proper, you know. I think it’s because there’s a rule you’re not allowed to throw anything on the court here.’

New Wimbledon darling Eugenie Bouchard, of Canada, accepts why her growing band of fanatical fans haven’t been so forthcoming with cuddly toys, which they often lob her way after matches around the world, at SW19

86 Aces in the match between feliciano lopez (34) and John Isner (52)

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More sporting royalty in the posh seats to watch andy Murray yesterday, with his fellow Scot alex Ferguson (pictured) growing redder by the minute on a hot Centre Court. europe’s ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and Virgin chief Sir Dicky Branson were also in attendance, as was veteran West end warbler elaine Paige, Fa gaffer Greg Dyke

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Gillick career runs out of time Millar: ATHLETicS David Gillick has announced his retirement. The denies Dublin (Dundrum South Dublin aC) athlete won back to back illness european 400m Indoor Titles in 2005 and 2007. He began his senior international career as a member of the 4x400m Irish team that won the bronze medals at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in Budapest. one of the finest moments of his career came at the 2009 IaaF World Track and Field Championships in Berlin when he finished sixth in the final. He is

Hanging up his boots: Gillick the national record holder in the 400m indoors (45.52) and outdoors (44.77). President of athletics Ireland Ciarán Ó Catháin said Gillick is ‘an inspiration’.

cYcLiNg David Millar has

denied claims he was too ill to participate in the Tour de France after being passed over by Garmin-Sharp. The 37-year-old Scot, who had been expected to take part in

his 13th Tour before retiring, refuted the sickbed claims on Twitter: ‘For the record, I was going to be ready for the Tour, so sad my team didn’t believe in me, after everything we’ve been through. Not cool.’

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‘It hasn’t been lost on me that I haven’t won for a year.’

Justin Rose (pictured) is relieved to win his first title since the 2013 US Open after the Englishman beat American Shawn Stefani on the first play-off hole to clinch the Quicken Loans National at Congressional

Button told to ‘try harder’ by Dennis fORMULA-1 Jenson Button has been given a kick up the backside by Mclaren boss ron Dennis ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix.

With Button out of contract at the end of this season, the 34-year-old has been told to ‘try harder’ by Dennis. While he knows the car driven by both Button and team-mate Kevin Magnussen is far from a race winner, Dennis said he believes veteran Button should be leaving rookie Magnussen in his wake, with just 14 points separating them.

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LUIS SUAREZ has been offered a game by Kosovan club Hajvalia.

The Uruguayan (below) is banned until November for biting at the World Cup but Hajvalia director Xhavit Pacolli said: ‘As we are not part of Fifa yet, I think he can play in Kosovo.’

They are offering the bad-boy Liverpool striker £25,000 plus a monthly wage of £1,200.

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france ............2 nigeria ...........0 by john payne PAUL POGBA hailed his vital opening goal as one of the best moments of his life after Les Bleus swept into the quarter-finals in Brasilia.

Just as it looked as though France would to do everything but score, Pogba headed home after goalkeeper

Vincent Enyeama flapped at a leftwing corner.

The French had been denied by the heroics of Enyeama, the woodwork and some last-ditch defending before the Juventus midfielder scored his first World Cup goal in the 79th minute.

‘I have no words to describe this feeling,’ said Pogba. ‘The whole country is behind us and scoring that goal really liberated us. I am so happy for the team and all of France.

‘To score a goal for your country, especially in such an important game

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to get into the last eight of the World Cup, is one of the best moments of my life.’

Joseph Yobo’s stoppage-time own goal put the gloss on it for Didier Deschamps’ side with the boss de-

‘The referee was very lenient to the French’ claring himself ‘very proud’ but admitting France had suffered with nerves.

Deschamps said: ‘We’re in the quarter finals now and we will do everything we can to go one step further.’

Nigeria posed a threat themselves and saw Emmanuel Emenike’s 20thminute strike ruled out for offside.

Their coach Stephen Keshi was also

furious Blaise Matuidi escaped a yellow card from USA referee Mark Geiger for a tackle that saw Ogenyi Onazi stretchered off with an ankle injury.

‘I thought the referee made a lot of mistakes and was very lenient to the French players,’ said Keshi. ‘There was a very bad tackle on Onazi and he is probably out for weeks.’

A brilliant reaction stop to deny Pogba was the best of Enyeama’s saves while Victor Moses cleared off the line from Karim Benzema and Yohan Cabaye thudded a 20-yarder against the bar. Even after Pogba’s goal, Enyeama, who plays for Lille, made a fabulous stop to deny Antoine Griezmann.

But France had the last word when Mathieu Valbuena’s cross cannoned in off the unfortunate Yobo’s shin.

Shaqiri has been nicknamed the ‘Alpine Messi’, and the man with the huge calf muscles underlined his star quality with a brilliant hat-trick in the 3-0 win over Honduras. Swiss manager Ottmar Hitzfeld has pushed the 22-year-old Bayern Munich midfielder into a deep-lying centre-forward role and that could spell trouble for Argentina. The centre of defence looks to be their Achilles heel and Garay, in particular, has looked off the pace so far.

Perhaps his £12million move from Benfica to Zenit St Petersburg, strangely completed on the day of Argentina’s 3-2 win over Nigeria, has taken his eye off the ball, although Garay made an impact in attack against Nigeria when his header cannoned in off Marcos Rojo for the match-winning goal. The 27-yearold had garnered a reputation for shutting out opponents’ best strikers, yet Switzerland may feel using Shaqiri to target Garay and Federico Fernandez offers them a real hope of pulling off a shock.

14 Goals to Switzer-

land’s three Argentina scored in the teams’ six previous meetings – none won by the Swiss

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Moment to remember: French players celebrate with Pogba

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germany ... 2 algeria .......1 (after extra-time. 0-0 at 90mins)

by matthew nash ANDRE SCHURRLE finally ended Algeria’s stubborn resistance last night and set Germany on their way to a quarter-final against France.

The substitute struck within two minutes of the start of extratime after Algeria goalkeeper

64 years ago – the last time germany failed to make the last eight

Rais M’Bolhi’s string of fine saves kept his side in a pulsating second-round tie.

The best of M’Bolhi came with double saves in either half of normal time, the first denying

schurr thing as super-sub ends Rais resistance

Toni Kroos and then Mario Gotze on the follow-up, while Thomas Muller and then Schurrle were the men left frustrated after the break.

M’Bolhi also found time to keep out Philipp Lahm – twice – while Bastian Schweinsteiger headed wide.

The Desert Foxes started brightly and had an Islam Slimani goal ruled out for a correct offside call. But they faded as Germany, with keeper

Manuel Neuer effectively playing as sweeper, pressed.

Algeria had M’Bolhi to thank for keeping the score goalless but also repeatedly failed to find the killer pass when in the final third themselves.

Germany, who scored seven goals on their way to finishing top of Group G, were being frustrated.

But as the extra half-hour got under

way, Chelsea midfielder Schurrle turned in Muller’s cross to put Joachim Low’s men ahead in the 92nd minute.

Mesut Ozil looked to have settled it as Germany broke in the last minute but Abdelmoumene Djabou fired straight back to leave Germany hanging on. On this evidence, France will fancy their chances on Friday in Rio.

Uruguay president says Suarez ban is ‘fascist’

URUGUAY president Jose Mujica has continued his attack on the game’s governing body, calling Fifa bosses ‘sons of bitches’ who meted out ‘fascist’ treatment to striker Luis Suarez following his bite on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.

Mujica, who previously said Suarez was being punished because of his humble background, has led national outrage at the nine-match international ban, plus a fourmonth suspension from all

football-related activity. ‘At Fifa, they are a bunch of old sons of bitches,’ the 79-yearold president (pictured) was captured on video saying as

‘At Fifa, they are a bunch of old sons of bitches’ he welcomed the Uruguay team home.

‘They could have punished, but not with fascist sanc-

tions,’ added the former leftist guerrilla who has a cult following in some quarters due to his blunt language and humble style of life.

Realising he was being filmed, Mujica jokingly covered his mouth before saying: ‘Publish it.’

The video was all over Uruguay media yesterday.

Fifa refused to be drawn on his comments. ‘We have seen it in the media but are making no comment,’ said a spokeswoman.

MARIO BAlOTellI’s agent insists he has not held any talks with Arsenal or AC Milan. The former Manchester City striker (pictured) has been linked with a move to the Gunners but Mino Raiola said: ‘I did not go to Brazil for any talks and I have never met [Gunners boss Arsene] Wenger.’ But he added: ‘Maybe it was a mistake to bring Mario back to [play in] Italy. For him it is essential to go where he is loved, and at AC Milan some people love him and some do not.’ Milan have kept the exit door open, with managing director Barbara Berlusconi announcing ‘nobody is irreplaceable’. Balotelli , who was with City until 2013, scored Italy’s World Cup winner against england.

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‘Certain loves never end, they go in big circles. Ciao Kaka, we will never leave each other.’

AC Milan announce club legend Kaka has left the club by mutual consent

u lIVeRPOOl goalkeeper Jose Reina (pictured) could make a return to Napoli, where he spent last term on loan, according to reports in Italy. u PAUL PogbA’s agent insists the player will not be leaving Juventus, despite reports linking him with a Premier League return. u HOllAND star Memphis Depay is attracting the interest of clubs including Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham.

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I’m a bit sorry Suarez: Apology comes as rumours circulate Barcelona and Real Madrid are looking to sign the striker

Chiellini accepts his apology after ‘regrets’ admitted by gAvIn bROwn LUIS SUAREZ finally apologised to Giorgio Chiellini last night, but stopped just short of admitting he deliberately bit the Italy defender.

Liverpool striker Suarez has been banned from football for four months for biting Chiellini on the shoulder in last Tuesday’s World Cup clash.

The 27-year-old then invited ridicule at the weekend by claiming he had simply lost his balance and fallen into the Italian, striking him with his teeth.

However, yesterday Suarez released a statement saying he had been able to ‘regain my calm and reflect about the reality of what occurred’.

‘The truth,’ he continued, ‘is Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me.

‘For this: I deeply regret what occurred. I apologise to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire football family.’

Suarez, banned for biting twice before, added: ‘I vow to the public that there will never again be another incident like this.’

Chiellini was quick to accept the forward’s apology, tweeting Suarez to say: ‘It’s all forgotten. I hope Fifa will reduce your suspension.’

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid have been linked with a move for Suarez this summer, with suggestions last night the statement may be part of a strategy to seal a transfer to Spain.

Liverpool, meanwhile, are closing in on England star Adam Lallana, with Reds boss Brendan Rodgers admitting he is set to make another signing.

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OzIL AnD OuT fOR ALgERIA As MEsuT LEAvEs IT LATE Germany’s Mesut Ozil celebrates in style after scoring his team’s second goal against algeria during the second half of extra time in their 2014 World Cup round of 16 game at the Beira Rio stadium in Porto alegre «maTCh reporT – page 23 Not there!

It’s the phantom of Brazil

PUndIt Eamon dunphy needs to brush up on his World Cup knowledge after lambasting an Argentina centre-half who does not exist. Speaking about the two-time winners’ chances in Brazil, dunphy, renowned for his

confrontational analysis, singled out a player called ‘Lorenzo’ as he tore into Argentina’s defensive frailties.

‘One of the central defenders, Lorenzo, is awful, just awful,’ sniped the 68-year-old, with neither studio experts Ronnie Whelan and Liam Brady, nor

RtÉ presenter darragh Maloney, realising no such player was in their squad. Maybe dunphy was referring to ex-Swindon defender nestor Lorenzo, who last played for Argentina in 1990. dunphy also tipped Belgium to win the World Cup – and, yes, Metro Herald can confirm that country does exist.

Kiss of life for Ulster as Ireland coach heads up North

Interim director: Les Kiss

IReland assistant coach les Kiss has been appointed as Ulster’s interim director of rugby.

Kiss, who will continue with his international squad duties, takes up the post on July 19.

In addition to confirming Kiss’ role, Ulster announced that head coach Mark anscombe has left the province with immediate effect.

It follows the recent exit of rugby director david Humphreys, who

has left Belfast for aviva Premiership club Gloucester.

Ulster said that 49-year-old former australian rugby league international Kiss’ appointment would ‘allow time for a review of the coaching structures at Ulster Rugby to take place’.

Ulster chief executive Shane logan said: ‘I would like to pay tribute to the contribution that Mark anscombe made over the

past two seasons, and to thank him for his hard work and dedication.

On the new appointment, he said: ‘les Kiss will have an expanded remit for the province’s director of rugby and will lead the coaching staff.

‘He will be assisted by Jonny Bell and neil doak, and will manage first-team selection.

‘His appointment allows us time to recruit for long-term success.’

Gone: Head coach Anscombe has left Ulster with immediate effect