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Brooks warns it’s ‘5 shows or none at all’ after council blocks 2 gigs

Garth Brooks last night warned by Orna Cunningham it was ‘five shows or none at all’ after Dublin City Council blocked two of a row at Croke Park, the country’s his Croke Park gigs later this month largest venue. over disruption to residents. Last night, offers were rolling in In a statement that holds the council from other venues to host the Monto ransom, the Us country star said: day and tuesday July 28 and 29 dates, ‘I have faith that Dublin City Council including from Punchestown racewill make the best decision for the course in kildare, which previously people of Ireland.’ hosted the oxegen festival, and Páirc he added: ‘to choose which shows Uí Chaoimh in Cork. to do and which shows not to do, the Croke Park residents’ solicitor would be like asking to choose one said they are reserving their position child over another. until a public meeting is held. ‘however this plays out, Ireland has ‘It was irresponsible of the promotmy heart and alers to sell tickets ways will.’ to the fans “subPromoter Peter ject to licence” aiken earlier exand expect to profplained production it from it,’ anthocosts had been ny Fay said. scaled to the unique But Mr aiken five-show run – said concerts are with 400,000 tickalways promoted ets sold in total – on the basis of the and it wasn’t events being subpossible to simply ject to licence. stop two of the Muppetry? Fans are furious Disappointed shows. fans took to social and the promoter added he had not media to air their grievances, and the expected the council’s decision, Irish hotels Federation (IhF) said the though he had anticipated there would decision would hurt Ireland’s image be a number of conditions attached to abroad. some 70,000 fans overseas permission for five shows. have bought tickets to the gigs startMaking its decision, Dublin City ing on July 25. Council said: ‘the cumulative effect the IhF’s stephen McNally said: on residents and on some businesses ‘this situation was avoidable and would lead to an unacceptable level will damage Ireland’s tourism brand of disruption to their lives and liveli- – something tourism businesses and hoods.’ bodies invest significant resources in No act has ever played five shows in to promote in overseas markets.’

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Reynor of terror Irish actor Jack Reynor signs an autograph for fan Sean Maher, from Swords, at the Irish premiere of his new film Transformers: Age Of Extinction at the Savoy cinema on O’Connell Street yesterday evening

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irishman’s bid to film nY’s dance subculture by ornA cunninghAm AN Irish student has set himself a rather lofty mission – to document a dance subculture before it takes its last bow. For Scott Carthy, originally from Drogheda but studying in London, his journey started with a grainy, poorly-lit YouTube video of some performers and ended with him making a short film in the bowels of New York’s subway system. The dancers in question perform on the subway’s cars, and though most commuters look on them as a nuisance, 22-year-old Scott was entranced. ‘Being from outside of the US perhaps allowed me to see the dancers in a new light,’ he said. However, a never-before-enforced rule could soon put a stop to their way of life. New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has pledged to clamp down on subway dancing as part of his ‘broken windows’ policing strategy which makes small but conspicuous crimes, such as unauthorised public performances, subject to more robust regulation. The bylaw – section 1050.6(c) of the New York City Transit Rules of Conduct – would soon lend its name to Scott’s project, a short film of the dancers themselves, entitled 1050.6(c). ‘I thought to myself, if I can capture these guys with a high-quality camera, I could make something intriguing that might spark people’s interest,’ he said. Scott scrimped and saved, and six months after he first saw the video, travelled to New York to make his short film. Two dancers, Shariffe and Junior, allowed him to follow them around and film their moves for ten hours, as they went from subway car to roof, to street. Now he wants to expand his short film into a full-length feature and has opened a Kickstarter account to grow the project. ‘I want to film these amazing performers now because this could be the last chance to record this art form,’ he added. ‘If no one else does it, it will be gone.’ www.kickstarter.com/projects/894660602/ 10506c-part-two

Paying homage to America’s dumbest of dumb criminals

The @_FloridaMan Twitter account is legendary for circulating tales of that state’s hapless criminals. To celebrate the Fourth of July, we’ll be printing some of them throughout today’s paper, starting with… Florida man Jose Federico Dominguez-Diaz, 39, who was out eating chicken wings and driving his Chevy pick-up drunk, without a licence, when he veered off the road and into a tree. Shaping up: (clockwise from top) Dashawn Martin performs for onlookers on the New York subway; artist Scott Carthy; eight-year-old Marc Mack and five-yearold Nasir Malave strut their stuff pictures: ap

Robert, 6, gets wish Irish airports ‘up to code to be a for security’ zookeeper for a day Obama: Calls for tighter security measures

CALLS by the US government for tighter security measures at foreign airports that fly directly to America will have little to no effect in Irish airports, as we are already up to scratch. A Department of Transport spokesperson said it is liaising closely with the US authorities, but added that pre-security clearance at Irish airports already meets ‘a very rigorous standard’. He said: ‘Passengers on flights departing to the US from Irish airports are already screened to US standards as part of the pre-clearance process.’ Dublin Airport Authority spokesperson Siobhan O’Donnell said the first security screening will not be affected, and the secondary clearance for US-bound flights is controlled by a separate firm, which liaises directly with the US government. Ms O’Donnell said passengers travelling to the US should continue to arrive as normal.

Florida woman Heather Leigh McKean, 29, drunkenly mistook a police car for a taxi and after being corrected, said: ‘I don’t care. Are you going to take me home? It’s only four blocks.’

A SIX-year-old boy who dreams by saRah tawton of becoming a zookeeper when he grows up has been granted he talks about it all the time and his wish to meet the animals at it has inspired him to become a zookeeper. It was a really posiDublin Zoo. Robert Patterson fed chickens, tive experience and we have goats, sheep and pigs as part of a such happy memories of the day arranged by Make-A-Wish day.’ Robert was flown to BirmingFoundation UK. The charity grants wishes to children and ham Children’s Hospital on the young people with life-threaten- day after he was born for the first of three operations to move ing illnesses. Robert, from Lisburn, Co veins around his heart to enable Antrim, was born with a rare blood to flow. He had his second heart surcondition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which left him gery at four months old and underwent the final operation in with only half a working heart. He underwent his first heart August 2012, at the age of four. surgery when he was just two Robert is currently being monitored, but he is likely to need a days old. For his wish day, Robert trav- heart transplant when he is a elled in a limousine to the zoo teenager. Caroline said: ‘It where he was greeted was amazing to see by tour guides who everyone so happy, helped him feed some including Robert’s of the animals. two brothers, Nathan He was then taken who is four and Kyle to see his favourite who is ten. animals, the rhinos, ‘It was wonderful and listen to a talk at to enjoy every motheir enclosure. ment and not to have His mum Caroline to worry about anysaid: ‘The wish meant thing.’ the world to Robert – Dreams: Robert

Gavin Glynn meets Texas police LITTLE Gavin Glynn is often referred to as a superhero by his parents – and the sick little boy got to meet a few real-life superheroes last week. Houston Police Department posted photos on their Facebook page of their meeting with four-year-old Gavin from Greystones, who, accompanied by his parents John and Jayne, is in Texas seeking treatment for his rare cancer. The brave little boy was even made an honorary police officer after chatting to

some of the force and meeting mounted patrol horses Smash and Cushing. Gavin has a fascination with anything police-related and the visit was made possible after An Garda Síochána reached out to the Houston police. The little boy is attending MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston after a campaign on social media here saw €350,000 raised to fund the pioneering treatment Gavin’s parents hope can cure him of his cancer.

Author assaulted in US POLICE in the US investigating an assault on Irish writer Colum McCann are hopeful of soon making an arrest. The Let The Great World Spin author, attacked in a Connecticut hotel on Saturday, has been treated in hospital for ‘significant facial injuries’. Police in New Haven said they are investigating if the Dublin-born writer, who currently lives in New York, intervened in a dispute to help a woman. McCann’s wife, Allison Hawke, said her husband was receiving dental work and declined to comment further.

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A DEFIANT Garda watchdog chief has insisted he will remain in his role to drive reforms. Simon O’Brien, chairman of the Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc), swept aside calls from some rank and file officers for the oversight body’s three commissioners to resign in the wake of the Cooke report, which found no evidence of Gardarelated bugging of Gsoc buildings. Mr O’Brien said it was time to move on from the inquiry, and look forward to planned new powers as part of a sweeping overhaul of how the force is held to account.

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PROSTITUTION and profits from the drugs trade have given an added boost to Ireland’s improving economy. With some illegal activities now included in measurements of the wealth of the nation, figures show businesses grew by 0.2 per cent last year. The latest official economic data also showed that the value of all goods and services, measured by gross domestic product, increased by 2.7 per cent in the first three months of the year. Department of Finance forecasts had expected a deficit of 4.8 per cent this year. Under new European rules, statisticians are now using advice from police chiefs to estimate the value of profits from drug deals and money spent in vice trades in a move designed to make economic reports across Europe more comparable. The report states that illegal activities made up 0.7 per cent of the Irish economy last year – around €1.2 billion. Finance minister Michael Noonan said the report highlighted the renewed strength of the Irish economy, saying ‘the difficult but necessary decisions taken over the past number of years have provided a strong foundation for recovery’. However, the Immigrant Council of Ireland said the scale of the profits shows the foothold organised crime has in society with crime proceeds fuelling sex-trafficking and human rights abuses.

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Son-in-law stab attack at party A MAN who stabbed his father-in-law three times with a kitchen knife at a family party has had his sentencing adjourned. Owen Maughan, 20, of North Circular Road, admitted stabbing Martin Maughan in the side, chest and back at his home at George’s Hill. Martin Maughan’s wife had to hit the knife out of her son-in-law’s hand and hit him with a chair to stop the attack. Judge Mary Ellen Ring heard Mr Maughan, who was knocked to the ground, had intervened in a fight between his daughter and son-in-law. Judge Ring was told the victim did not wish to see his son-in-law jailed and that Owen Maughan had an alcohol problem.

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Ogle OGLE: Take a look at the new planet, seen with one of its stars in an artist’s impression PIcture: cheongho han IT’S a shame about the name. But in the search for habitable planets, most of the important boxes are ticked by OGLE-2013-BLG0341LBb. The newly-discovered world – twice the size of Earth – is the same distance from the twin stars it orbits

as we are from the Sun. It has water on the surface and voyagers seeking to explore it will ‘only’ have to travel 3,000 light years – relatively modest in universe-trotting terms. There’s just one problem, however. The heat from the planet’s ‘binary’ stars is so

feeble that the temperature is typically a chilly -213C, according to a study published in journal Science. Aliens wearing the woolliest of jumpers would fail to survive there – but experts are not too downcast because the discovery points to the existence of other plan-

ets that could support life. Professor Scott Gaudi, of Ohio State University in the US, explained: ‘Half the stars in the galaxy are in binary systems. Until now, we had no idea if Earth-like planets in Earth-like orbits could even form in these systems.’

COMPANIES promoting the crypto-currency Bitcoin have been advised to avoid playing cat and mouse with regulators. As fears subside about the use of digital cash in the black market, money laundering and hacking, a senior official at the Central Bank urged big players in the payments world to open it to scrutiny. The call was made at a major conference in Dublin where the future of the currency was debated. Gareth Murphy (pictured), director of markets supervision with the regulator, said bespoke rules will have to be developed for digital money. ‘I would urge this industry to work actively to address the concerns of financial authorities rather than “playing cat and mouse” and eventually, and inevitably, being drawn into the regulatory net,’ Mr Murphy said. ‘When consumers lose confidence in currencies, the related uncertainty leads to a drop in economic activity,’ he added.

Brace of spades: Metallers put neck and brains at risk by DANIEL BINNS

Florida man Scott McLean Zacher, 43, was arrested for trespassing after exposing his buttocks and licking the door of a house he mistakenly thought was that of his friend. Tape pe escape: An airline apologis apologised for or using tape to plug a hole on an engine covering on one of its planes. pl VivaAerobus said it ‘deeply deeply regrets’ the quick fix, which features f on a video (pictured) that went viral. ‘We used high-speed tape. It is designed for this type of repair,’ said the Mexican low-cost carrier, part-owned by Ryanair. Passenger safety on the Monterrey-Tampico flight was not compromised, it added PIctures: euroPIcs

IT’S the heavy metal anthem guaranteed to send every fan into a headbanging frenzy. But Motörhead’s hit Ace Of Spades should come with a health warning, say doctors. The advice comes after a fan suffered a potentially fatal brain injury at a concert. The 50-year-old, who has not been named, needed surgery after developing a chronic subdural haematoma – a bleed on the brain – while shaking his head to the hit, which has a tempo of 200 beats per minute. It is the first time the condition has been linked to headbanging – though the head- thrashing dance has caused strokes, neck fractures and whiplash injuries in the past. The fan has made a full recovery, reports the Lancet medical journal. While headbanging injuries are rare, there is a risk fans put their lives in danger if they do it ‘excessively’, said Dr Ariyan Pirayesh Islamian, who treated the patient in Germany. ‘This case supports Motörhead’s reputation as one of the most hardcore acts on Earth, because of the potential for headbanging fans to suffer brain injury,’ he said.

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He told the court in Pretoria: ‘He has a specific fear of being trapped somewhere and not being able to move very rapidly.’ This affected his mental state when he thought there was an intruder in his home, as the double amputee did not have his prosthetic limbs on at the time. Pistorius shot dead Ms Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria last year.

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hOLLanD: Santa’s little helper could be given the boot after an Amsterdam court ruled he was a negative stereotype of black people. Zwarte Piet, or Black Pete, a clown with thick red lips and a frizzy afro, plays a huge part in the city’s winter festival, arriving with Sinterklaas to hand out presents. While some argue he is a fantasy figure, judges have ordered a rethink over his involvement.

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sOMaLIa: A ban on exporting camels to Saudi Arabia could have big effect on the economy, officials have warned. The Saudis are considering curbing the 4.7million camels it imports amid fears they spread the deadly Mers virus. The Middle East state has seen almost 300 people die from Mers since 2012. Officials in Mogadishu have offered to help the WHO find the cause of the virus.

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LIBya: More than 100 rebels chartered a plane to Sarajevo to watch the premiere of a documentary about their revolution. The insurgents from Zintan, north-west Libya, were filmed by French director Florent Marcie from the start of the uprising to the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi. The film, called Tomorrow, Tripoli, was shown at Sarajevo’s Warm Festival.

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Troops head to Gaza Strip as militants fire mortars

BUSES full of Israeli soldiers headed to the volatile Gaza Strip border yesterday, as mortar and rocket fire from Palestinian militants intensified. The troops were deployed with artillery and tanks – but the army has insisted the move is defensive only. Lt Col Peter Lerner said: ‘Everything we’re doing is to de-escalate the situation – but, on the other hand, be prepared for actions that can develop.’ Tensions remain high over the deaths of three Israeli teenagers, and an Arab youth who was allegedly kidnapped and killed by Jewish extremists in a revenge attack. The family of Mohammed Abu Khdair, a Palestinian teenager, have had to delay his funeral until a post-mortem examination has been completed. In the meantime, a mourning tent was set up near a mosque in east Jerusalem, where 100 people paid their respects. Air strikes on Palestinian areas took

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place yesterday, with ten people injured. But forces on both sides are working together to ‘limit points of friction’ – especially today, during celebrations for the first Friday of Ramadan. Navi Pillay, the UN commissioner for human rights, said: ‘I utterly condemn these rocket attacks and more especially, I condemn Israel’s excessive retaliation.’ Israel blamed Hamas for the killing of the three teenagers found on Monday. It also threatened tough action against the organisation in response to the crimes. Hamas had praised the abduction of the boys, but denied responsibility. East Jerusalem was quiet yesterday – but police continued to patrol the area. On walls, graffiti was spotted which said ‘death to Israel’ and ‘death to Jews’. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his call for calm.

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Jessica Alba is a woman of contradictions, it seems. The 33-year-old year cover girl shows off her pins and hides her tummy on the front of GQ’s August issue, out on Monday. But the actress confided to the mag: ‘I have to enhance what I like about myy body and my stomach is good. My legs I’m I’ not as excited about all the time, but I wouldn’t cover up my stomach’ picture: GreG Lotus

Grunge wasn’t rock‘n’roll Soundgarden have hit out at their ‘idiotic’ rock predecessors and claimed the grunge scene wasn’t nearly as debauched as fans would like to think. The US band, who are re-releasing their hit album Superunknown on its 20th anniversary, insisted ‘nothing salacious’ was on the agenda. ‘With Soundgarden, Nirvana and Pearl Jam, we all had long-term girlfriends and

Florida man Marshall H Harmon, 71, was charged with aggravated battery after he chased and accidentally shot his son who was riding away from him on a ride-on lawnmower.

close friends and family and we weren’t dumb-asses,’ guitarist Kim Thayil told Metro Herald ahead of a gig in London tonight. ‘The kind of stories you had about rock bands in the 1960s and early 1970s, that kind of idiotic behaviour made popular in rock‘n’roll culture… we by-and-large came to distance ourselves from what we saw as clichés of rock’n’roll behaviour.’

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Kelis kept fans waiting after locking herself out of her digs. The Milkshake hitmaker proffered the lame excuse as she turned up more than an hour late to perform at a party in east London. The 34-year-old US star did eventually make it to the stage... but not before getting her stilettos stuck in the mud.

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Lindsay Lohan is suing the makers of Grand Theft Auto V for or allegedly basing a character on her without permission. The 28-year-old believes Lacey acey Jones – a spoilt actress – is the virtual version of herself and is after ‘serious ous money’.

Lowe: Life is sweet since I ditched sugar

aisy Lowe is on a mission to make others happy after finding peace of mind by meditating and quitting sugar. The size ten model claimed she felt a ‘massive sense of responsibility’ to help female fans who tell her they are unhappy about their bodies. ‘i have realised the only way for me to be happy is for me to be kind to myself,’ said the 25-year-old. ‘That’s something that has taken me a really long time to learn. Life’s tough and i feel the responsibility of helping other people be happy. ‘There is a big responsibility with women and young girls to help them learn the lessons it took me a lot longer to do. To enjoy life. Have sweet things.’

by ANDREI HARMSWORTH To do so, Lowe is cooking up a storm in the kitchen and has released a recipe book called sweetness & Light, which features 60 sugarfree healthy treats. ‘i’ve never been able to cut food out,’ she told Guilty Pleasures during a chat at selfridges in London. ‘Trying to get myself to diet was really difficult. it ended up making me feel bad and guilty about my natural shape. it’s taken me a long time to go “No, that’s who i am. That’s oK”. ‘i found the battle with food guilt and sugar just so tough. ‘i’ve always had the most horrendous sweet tooth.’ along with cutting out sugar,

Lowe has also started meditating for 40 minutes every day. ‘it seems to have made my life much brighter,’ she claimed. bet‘i don’t hold on to stress as much. i sleep bet ter. My relationships are better. i’ve always tried to make my brain go quiet but with this they tell you to welcome your thoughts.’ when she’s not cooking or meditating, Lowe lives in a starry world. Her parents are singers Gavin Rossdale and Pearle Lowe, while her step parents are Gwen stefani and supergrass’s DanDan ny Goffey. ‘i’m sure everyone giggles just as much,’ she said of their a-list life. ‘My life off duty is the same as any other 25 year-old. i’m good 80 per cent of the time. Naughty 20 per cent of the time.’

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James Corden says he is desperate to write ite One Direction a hit after he penned a tune for his new film. The 35-year-old, ar-old, who stars with Keiraa Knightley, 29, and Mark Ruffalo, 46, in music rom-com Begin Again, said: ‘I’d love to write with One Direction but I doubt they would let me. I’m constantly talking to Harry Styles about it.’

Katy Perry is being sued by a Christian hip-hop star who says she ripped off his tune and used it in a song about witchcraft. The singer is accused by Flame – real name Marcus Gray – of slowing down his track Joyful Noise for her hit Dark Horse. He claims his reputation has been ‘irreparably tarnished’ by association with the ballad, which is written from the point of view of a witch. The 32-year-old has filed a lawsuit in St Louis, US, seeking unspecified damages and calling for Perry, 29, to be immediately banned from performing the song.

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George Ezra was left redfaced this week when his card was declined as he bought CDs. The Budapest singer, 21, has a single and album in the top five – but clearly has not been paid the royalties yet. ‘I felt like a proper muppet,’ he told fans this week.

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Lily Allen will be brushing up on her twerking skills after announcing she is joining Miley Cyrus on her North American Bangerz tour next month. The Sheezus singer, 29, tweeted yesterday: ‘#BBBBANGERZ @MileyCyrus CANT WAIT !!!!!’ She will no doubt give Cyrus, 21, a run for her money with some risqué performances, after asking the Glastonbury crowd last week: ‘Is my camel-toe really prominent?’ Cyrus is no stranger to controversy, having simulated masturbation, promoted drugs and talked to her young audience about sexuality.

Here to help: Daisy Lowe meets fans to sign copies of her book at Selfridges, idges, in London. She has vowed to try to help women feel better about themselves

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Pixie Lott looks a little worse for wear after one cocktail too many. The sassy 23-year-old – dressed in Moschino – hit the town on Wednesday after attending ending a Magnum ice ic cream launch at Selfridges idges but seemed s to have overdone the porn star Martinis at Freedom bar in Soho picture: rex

Justin Timberlake is officially the best live music act in the world and has a Silver Clef award to prove it. The 33-yearold Not A Bad Thing singer was crowned cream of the crop in a public vote through the Nordoff Robbins website and Twitter – beating Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones. JT is in the midst of his epic 131-date 20/20

Experience world tour, which thrilled Irish fans earlier this year. However, he isn’t the only recipient of the illustrious award with Sir Tom Jones, Paloma Faith and Pharrell Williams being presented with gongs today at a ceremony in London. Laura Mvula will also scoop the Jack Daniels best newcomer award, telling Metro Herald: ‘I think it’s really cool and I feel really privileged.’

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MERICA: famously, the land of big plates, big portions and big desserts. We’re not complaining. New York City gave us the cronut, a confectionary collision between the croissant and the donut, doughy on the inside, flaky on the outside and delicious the whole way through. It superceded the hilariously-named whoopie pie (also known as the bob, gob and Big Fat Oreo) – a cake, cookie or pie, depending on who you ask, with a creamy filling. And of course, there was jubilation when Ireland got its first Starbucks, a US firm whose business model successfully consists of serving liquid desserts with a squirt of coffee. But let’s take a look at some all-American classics. If you’re going to make a Key Lime Pie (right), you have to make it right. Florida Key limes are essential – they’re more tart and aromatic than their Persian cousins. Key Lime Pie wasn’t always baked, but these days the damn Salmonella police are on the case, ruining everyone’s fun and insisting on a little heat. You’ve probably never heard of a Snickers salad. To start: there’s zero salad involved, but it’s still something of an acquired taste. A mix of Snickers bars, Granny Smith apples and whipped cream, it can be varied with the addition of grapes, bananas, chocolate sprinkles

by Orna Cunningham and peanuts. Erm . . . yum? Twinkies inkies (right). You’d be forgivenn for thinking Twinkies are something amazing, given the reverence with which they’re treated in popular culture. Every brighteyed young Irish thing, upon landing on American shores, seeks out the Twinkie. It’s a cake tube of goo. It’s also surprisingly easy to eat seven or eight in one sitting, cramming them into your gaping maw, one after the other. Please sir, can I have S’more? This campfire treat consists of a layer of chocolate and a roasted marshmallow between two graham (pronounced gram) crackers, a crunchy flourbased cracker (below). They were created by the Reverend Graham, who believed you could curb sexual appetite by eating bland foods and would be disgusted by the addition of sweet things to his original recipe. Belgian waffles? Pah! American waffles are the real deal, buddy. Why? Well... they’re round, aren’t they? And slightly denser than their European cousins. Top ’em with icecream, sauce and nuts and you’re in business. Sundaes are but a pale shade of the Knickerbocker Glory. This tall glass of dessert contains ice cream, gelatin, cream, fruit, meringue, and even liquor. Booze, eh? Now that’s our kind of dessert. Thanks, America.

uS On SCrEEn Having a Fourth of July party today? Celebrate the best of American pop culture by watching some of these Stateside classics, writes Aileen Donegan.

Independenc Independence Day (1996): Bill Pullman’s presiden presidential Fourth of July annihilation quin speech is the quintessential symbol of Amer America’s unwavering strength in the face of adversity. ‘We will not vanish without a fight. We’re going to live on. We’re going to survive. Today we celebrate our Independence Day.’ #Patriotism Forr Forrest Gump (1994): Tom Hanks stars as well-meaning simpleton Forrest Gump. His love for ‘Jennay’ is deep and though it’s been 20 years since its release we won’t ruin the ending. Let’s just say you should have tissues and a ‘box of chocolates’. ‘My mama says that stupid is as stupid does.’ Working Girl (1988): New York City in the 1980s. Wild make-up and wilder shoulder pads. Melanie Griffith plays Tess, a young sassy secretary trying to pull the wool over the eyes of her evil boss. ‘I have a head for business and a body for sin. Is there anything wrong with that?’ Miracle (2004): Based on the true story of the US battle with Russia’s unstoppable ice-hockey team in the 1980 Olympics, this one will make you feel great. If it doesn’t float your boat give any of the Mighty Ducks a go. ‘Great moments are born from great opportunity’. All The President’s Men (1976): The USA loves the underdog and in this film about the 1970s’ Watergate scandal there are no bigger underdogs than Dustin Hoffman’s Bernstein and Robert Redford’s Woodward. All works out in the end

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though – but not for Nixon obviously. ‘You’re both on the story. Now don’t f**k it up.’ Team America: World Police (2004): South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker brought this cracking badass film to the big screen ten years ago. It’s a dirty, foulmouthed movie about an anti-terrorist group looking to save the States from foreign influence. And they’re dolls. ‘America – F*** YEAH’. Top Gun (1986): A young ‘Maverick’ Tom Cruise? An ice-cool Val Kilmer? Yes please. There is little to fault here in one of the best-known, most-loved flicks about a navy elite school where Cruise wants to show off to Kelly McGillis. ‘I feel the need… the need for speed!’ Florida man Brandon Machetto, 18, is accused of killing his grandmother, with whom he was living, and driving around a nudist colony with the body for five hours.

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US IN SONG The tentative position which the United States of America occupies in our hearts and minds is perhaps no more evidently displayed than by Americans themselves in their songwriting. Luke Holohan picks records by American artists which both celebrate and decry the nation’s qualities and flaws.

U-S-A! U-S-A! The Beach Boys: California Girls (1965) An ode to the ‘all-American girl’, California Girls was perhaps the perfect bubblegum counter to the Vietnam protest songs of the day. It presents a posy to the lovely ladies of the west coast state, along with surfing and cars – a slice of idyllic American pie. Neil Diamond: Coming to America (1980) Neil Diamond hails those who have risked everything to start a better life in the land of liberty and freedom. It is certainly a paean to the ‘American Dream’. Forrest Gump

James Brown: Living In America (1986) Featured in the very patriotic film Rocky IV, Brown sings the praises of yes – you’ve guessed it – living in America.

Field Of Dreams (1989): Old-school Kevin Costner in a film about one of the coolest sports on the other side of the pond. Costner’s Kinsella builds a baseball diamond in his cornfield after he hears a voice say: ‘If you build it, he will come.’ Rocky (1976): Sylvester Stallone’s most famous role is Rocky Balboa. The character is one of the best examples of America’s resilience to defeat and drive to succeed. Not for those who don’t like blood and pulp. ‘Adriiiiaaaan.’ Armageddon (1998): Finally, America’s endof-the-world blockbusters are numerous. In this doomed planet classic, veteran US action man Bruce Willis leads a team of oddballs to space to break an asteroid in two. Yep. ‘United States astronauts train for years. You have 12 days.’ Notables: Any Die Hard film (excluding the fifth), Con Air, Face-Off, Some Like It Hot, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Green Mile.

Martha & The Vandellas: Dancing In The Streets (1965) A precursor to the 1970s disco movement, this Motown classic is the archetypal summer song. The lyrics celebrate the nation’s youth from the Motor City to LA and back again. Johnny Cash: Ragged Old Flag (1974) Charting the history of the American flag, the spoken word piece praises the country’s servicemen, its fighting spirit and doggedness in the face of adversity.

U-S-A! U-S… A? Gil Scott Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1970) More of a hip-hop poem, Heron humorously chastises President Richard Nixon’s America to the beat of a drum. Bruce Springsteen: Born In The USA (1984) With its snappy chorus it might appear as patriotic a song as they come. But really listen to the lyrics and Born In The USA is a raw diatribe on the nation after the Vietnam War. Springsteen wrote it in bitter irony – ironically something Americans may never understand. Big Bill Broonzy: Get Back (Black, Brown and White) (1949) Big Bill is viewed as one of the most important blues artists of the ’30s and ’40s. From Chicago, his record Get Back was a lyrical, yet potent, attack on the racism that was rife in his country. Aimee Mann: 4th Of July (1993) Mann (pictured) laments the festivities in this track, crooning: ‘Today’s the fourth of July/Another June has gone by/ And when they light up our town I just think/ What a waste of gunpowder and sky.’ The Dixie Chicks: Not Ready to Make Nice (2006) After a verbal rebuke on President George W Bush over the Iraq war – ‘We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas’ – the band released this song, unapologetic at their perceived lack of patriotism.

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he US of A has never been a nation to stick to conventions. They advertise prescription drugs, eat cheese from a can and punish people for ‘unlawful street crossing’. hell, they even say things like ‘hell’ and settle disputes like old frontier men. But like really distant cousins, we love these little quirks. Luke Holohan presents a brief guide to some Americanisms to help you fumble your way through any real-deal Fourth of July party you might find yourself attending.

HOWDY: Hello BIGGER BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: Good value; more for your money BUMMED OUT: Feeling down or depressed FANNY PACK: The North American equivalent of a bumbag; essential tourist apparel TENNIES: Also referred to as sneakers, or shoes by everybody else BROWNIE POINTS: A mark of achievement or praise for performing an credible act MY BAD: An apology; my mistake – I am the one to blame NO DICE: To refuse a proposition or reject a plan DO THE MATH: An order to calculate or figure something out PERIOD: A spoken full stop SODA POP: A fizzy drink or mineral TAKE-OUT: Takeaway food; usually comes in a carton or brown paper bag IN LIKE FLYNN: Quick off the mark or successful; normally used in a sexual or romantic context KIT AND CABOODLE: A collection in its entirety TAKE A HIKE: Leave; go

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HE word awesome is so it that we haven’t reached the peak? hot right now. it’s hotter it’s hard to see how much more than a steaming Ameriawesome we can pack in. Will there cano from a barista who be a minute’s awesome at matches likes to burn. it’s probably to remember someone? Will tattoo the best thing since Blackadder’s parlours overflow with requests for Baldrick uttered: ‘Master, i have a awesome anchors? Will there be a cunning plan.’ And it works well soft landing for awesome when it either side of the Atlantic to boot! succumbs to the same fate as ‘Ye Whether you’re a longboard rider, a olde Engish’? darling of the tech industry, or just A post-awesome universe could a hip granny – if you can use be interesting. There are options. Facebook then you probably use One is the word ‘fantastic’ – a the word awesome a lot. But why? favourite of Mr Schwarzenegger, This is très tricky to answer. The who can spray rounds of fantastic word’s recent resurgence came in about the place quicker than you can say, ‘i’ll be awesome!’. The the early 1980s, when awesome caught the second wave into shore nightmare scenario is the alternaafter a bunch of Stateside surfers tive – the absence of universal oneand has stayed with us ever since. size-fits-all retort. We’ll be thrown it’s probably the sheer versatility of headlong into a complex decisionthe word that’s helped it jam itself making vortex needing contextinto every nook and cranny sensitive answers. How was your imaginable in a conversation. latte? ‘Average’. And your torch Things that are awesome can now app? ‘Crap’. And your workload? ‘Hmmm... it’s looking less like killinclude average lattes, your weekly workload and the latest torch app ing me this week, thanks.’ This on your awesome phone. makes the conversation richer, but A non-native English horribly less efficient. You speaker can hold an can no longer be the entire conversation in nodding bird (*) English by muttering venting the nuclear In the late 16th ‘awesome’ at any reactor. Maybe to century it meant break in the get around this we discussion. And the ‘inspiring awe’ as could use a gesture other party will – perhaps an exotic opposed to come away thinking nod, wink, or twitch. how positive our But any gesture ‘aspiring Yank’ fraudulent foreigner is. would have to convey You can’t be an ‘entreprethe grating positivity neur’ (another tricky word to awesome brings to the party. So define that deserves its own article) it would most likely have to be without your mandatory five-a-day something like a star jump. Feic... of awesome. And you definitely Whatever happens, it’s not the worst word out there. it’s fairly can’t sound enthusiastic enough when awesome-ing. easy to spell. There’s only one Most people using the word have version. Even the Brits and the probably experienced a kind of a Americans can agree on the letters ‘coming out’ the first time they that make it up, despite a big dirty used it. ‘Awesome’ doesn’t roll off ‘s’ lurking in there (an agreement the tongue easily for everyone. which is a moment of good fortune Particularly if you’re more used to in language history or else Gmail conversation along the lines of would go on an underline rampage at every occurrence). interestingly, ‘Jaysus, that was deadly the way that pint just jumped down my awesome’s true origins date back to throat, like’. A first-timer will often usage in hymns and other religious drop the word in there in jest, just contexts in the late 16th century, a to see how their peers react; not time when it meant ‘inspiring awe’ expecting to get away with it. Then as opposed to ‘aspiring Yank’. when the other party doesn’t bat an At least we never embraced eyelid, there’s this bizarre euphoric awesome’s antagonistic bedfellow experience. Especially if we’re – bogus. How bitter a bogus latte talking about an irish male, who’s would taste. Funnily enough, both just gotten away with talking like a awesome and bogus sounded equalhigh school girl from Clueless. ly alien when we first heard them, The sheer stickiness of the word but now only bogus is bogus. All has to be commended. Language, credit to awesome, you’ve come a like everything else, is subject to long way! Anyway, better get back fashion. Once as many unhip to working on that star jump. Feic... grannies are using it as hip ones, it (*) The nodding bird from the would be reasonable to expect all ‘King Size Homer Simpsons the cool cats to move onto someepisode’ thing else. But they haven’t yet. is @theirishpenguin

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i Ally, regarding your mail [Mailbox, Thurs] about anti-social pop/ rock listeners, would you rather have us blaring our music on speaker phones and dancing around the place like maniacs, or drinking cans of Dutch Gold and smoking hash, etc., on public transport? i am one of those anti-social people you wrote about. i listen to rock music with my earphones on, it gets me through my day and away from depressing city life. So sorry if i intimidate you with my shyness and my freedom of expression. Maybe you need to get off your high horse and listen to some pop and rock music, relax a little and enjoy life. By the way, i like classiMusic lover cal music too.

■ Ally, are you one of those pretentious people who will only listen to classical music so that you appear intelligent? See, it’s not nice (or fair) to judge people on their musical tastes, is it? Mark, Dublin ■ Please don’t presume all the residents around Croke Park are against concerts taking place. i live beside Croke Park and i have bought tickets for the Garth Brooks concert on Monday night, so i’m as disappointed as anyone else that the concerts are not taking Margaret Connolly place. ■ Gavin, it’s lovely to see that ireland’s number one pastime of begrudgery is still going strong. Anyone would think you were jealous of Brendan O’Carroll’s

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RAnDOM AcTs Of kinDnEss Florida man Khemra Samlall, 43, claimed he was ‘joking’ when he pointed two knives at his wife and tried to ignite petrol he had ‘accidentally’ spilled on her and her bed.

success, the way you are going on. Bumper234 ■ Congratulations to Mr Eddie Byrne on his Luas birthday cake in the paper. My son and i were chuffed to see it. We have a great grandfather, who worked on the old trams from Clontarf to Wicklow. He was found in the archive back in 2006. The Luas cake was the bee’s knees. We’ll be keeping the photo Jacqui O’Dwyer as a souvenir. ■ My very amused colleagues brought the [Yeh Big Ride, Thurs] to my attention. i am the only social worker from Mayo in the Mater and i have absolutely no idea who ‘Shy guy’ is, but would be interested to know more. Maria

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fter Bridesmaids put a ‘women being funny means big bucks!’ rocket up Hollywood in 2011, audiences were all set for a slew of female-driven comedies. few arrived. those that did were mainly modest quirky/indie efforts involving the super-toned likes of tina fey, Kristen Wiig or a smokin’ hot Cameron Diaz. the mould-breaking exception to this was Melissa McCarthy. Oscar-nominated for Bridesmaids (where she infamously pooed, big time, in a sink), she busted out of that

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husband, Ben falcone), is going head-to-head with the new transformers film this July 4 weekend. And it’s bound to be massive. even if it doesn’t float my ho-ho boat. More dramedy than comedy, it starts rather winningly with tammy (McCarthy) having the day from hell: she crashes her car and gives mouth-to-mouth to a deer, loses her job in a fast-food chain and finds out her husband is cheating on her. ever the quitter, she runs away – this time with her hard-boozing granny (Susan Sarandon) – on a road trip to self-discovery where men are very much third wheels. there’s a reliance on broad physical comedy but it’s less mean and vulgar than expected. McCarthy allows her character’s vulnerability to shine through in a manner that recalls the late John Candy, holding her own alongside Sarandon and Kathy Bates. One day she’ll make a movie I will admire as much as I do her.

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TRY THINGS WE THROW AWAY VISIT GROOVE FESTIVAL it’s the yobo-free festival that boasts a quality pop/ rock line-up and a gloriously stately backdrop. This weekend’s Groove Festival in Killruddery House, on the outskirts of Bray, will see performances from Cathy Davey (left), James, Paloma Faith and David Gray, with Paul Heaton & Jacqui abbott supplying evergreen hits from their Beautiful South heyday Tomorrow & Sun, Killruddery House, Bray, Co Wicklow, from €49. www.groovefestival.ie

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Ever since Samuel Johnson denounced it as ‘exotic and irrational entertainment’, opera has been viewed as an elitist art form. Things We Throw away, five short new operas by Brian irvine (music) and John Mcilduff (text) based on the lives of dyed-in-the-wool Dubs, should prove this really isn’t the case. These accessible and light-hearted new works will be fetching up in various locations across the capital throughout the weekend, with all five performed in a cycle tomorrow night at 6pm on Dame lane. See www.wideopenopera.ie for more details

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SEE CAITLIN MORAN: HOW TO BUILD A GIRL in How To Be a Woman, Ca deconstructed feminist wr itlin Moran itin century, launching a timely g for the 21st appearance-obsessed notio broadside on womanhood in a book tha ns of contemporary t confessional. Expect more was part rant, part of the same in How To Build a Girl, her justpublished first novel, and an attendant tour which comes to Vicar Street this weekend. look out for our interview with her in Monday’s paper Tomorrow, Vicar Street, 58-59 Thomas Street D8, 8pm, €28. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.vicar street.ie

BOOK DIFFpIx The Dublin international Film Festival in partnership with Dublin City Council presents a free outdoor movie festival in honour of our illustrious capital city later this month. 12 iconic Dublin-set movies – one for each year of DiFF’s existence – will be screened in Smithfield Square on July 26. Highlights include the perennially popular roddy Doyle adaptations The Commitments and The Snapper, John Carney’s oscar-winning once and lenny abrahamson’s gritty indie hit adam & Paul (pictured). To register for free tickets visit www.JDiFF.com

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HEAR KINGS OF LEON Tennessee family band Kings of leon – headed up by brooding frontman Caleb Followill – bring tracks from gutsy sixth album, Mechanical Bull (the title taken from the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy), to Dublin this weekend for a sold-out show. Support from Kodaline Tonight, Marlay Park, Dundrum D14, 6.30pm, (sold out). Tel: 0818 719 300. www.kingsofleon.com

one of the greatest musicals ever made, Cabaret differs from most of its peers in the seriousness of the subject matter, although, with Bob Fosse in charge, the grittiness actually enhances the show numbers. Sally Bowles (liza Minnelli) is the cabaret girl in 1931 Berlin, attempting to live up to a creed of ‘divine decadence, darling’ with the help of Englishman Brian (Michael York) and sexually voracious Maximilian (Helmut Griem) as the Nazis threaten every form of liberal thinking Tomorrow, Light House Cinema, Market Square, Smithfield D7, 10.30pm, €8. Tel: (01) 872 8006. www.lighthousecinema.ie

FloriDa man Scott C roberts, 43, tried to subtly throw away an open tub of Vaseline after telling cops he ‘wasn’t masturbating’ with his shorts pulled down, in the open, on a trail in a nature park.

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Minutes before he’s meant to blow out the candles on his 100th birthday cake, Allan Karlsson (Robert Gustafsson, looking like something out of the Fast Show under the old man make-up) does a runner (well, a totter) from his old folks’ home, via the window. So begins a journey that variously involves a suitcase of cash, a circus elephant, an exploding fat man, a lot of vodka and Albert Einstein’s idiot brother interspersed with historically significant flashbacks that reveal him to be Sweden’s answer to Forrest Gump. It’s all told with a charm that’s never cloying thanks to a dark vein of unmistakably Scandi-flavoured humour, including some absurdist bikers who happily recall the Nihilists from The Big Lebowski. In fact, Coen brothers fans will get a kick from this chaotically picaresque adaptation of Jonas Jonasson’s bestseller that’s sold more than six million copies worldwide. This film is unlikely to be such a hit but there’s rarely a dull moment. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh Great adventure: Robert Gustafsson as the wandering old man

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Fiftieth anniversary 4K restoration of The Beatles’ iconic black-and-white comedy where a scream-and-you’ll-miss-it plot (will the boys make their TV slot on time?) is secondary to snappy, anarchic larkiness. A captivating peep at a lost era, dotted with fab songs. It’s a hoot.

CYCling WiTh MOliÈre (15) HHHH✩

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Knockan on Heaven’s door

Less irritating than its twee title suggests, this French art-houser, pitched at the older crowd, sees one ageing actor trying to coax another out of retirement for a production of Molière’s The Misanthrope. A gloriously acted, if forgettable, thespian folie.

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The independent music and arts festival KnockanStockan returns to the Blessington Lakes on July 25. We hear from organisers Bettine McMahon, Graham Sharpe (gstar) and Christina Coburn The reasons why readers should head to Knockanstockan... KnockanStockan is the best small festival in

with Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen. (gstar)

Celebrity you’d happily share a sleeping bag with...

Travis Fimmel, who plays Ragnar Lodbrok in Vikings, we saw them all in their Viking boats filming on the Blessington shores a few weeks back. I wouldn’t kick him out of the sleeping bag for spilling his cans. (Christina & Bettine)

Most memorable festival moment... My girlfriend, in a state

Ireland – we even have awards to prove it. Seriously though, there’s a great buzz down at Blessington Lake and you’ll catch some of the best acts this country has to offer. A lot of people come knowing only a handful of acts so it’s rewarding to get such great feedback from attendees who discovered great new bands. (Bettine)

of extreme inebriation, grinding on my leg with one of her breasts exposed, completely oblivious to the fact that I was sober and talking to my parents on the phone. (gstar)

acts you’re most keen on catching... I’m really looking

The a-list festival act(s) that most surprised/ disappointed you... The Darkness at Oxegen the year Bowie

forward to catching O Emperor, a Waterford-based rock band who are really doing well. They’ve been busy playing lot of festivals this summer and recently supported Kasabian so we’re lucky to have them. New Secret Weapon will be great – they’ve had great success over the past year and have just released a new album off the back of a successful Fundit campaign. The Hot Sprockets always play a stormer of a set for us too, definitely ones to watch. (Christina)

What’s new at this year’s event... We have a new Gypsy

Rollover late night area keeping KnockanStockan going until the wee hours. It’ll play host to secret acts, mind-bending visuals, pop up performances. We have a new stage, Grabbers Cottage, too. We also have Radiomade.ie broadcasting from the site this year, which will be great, and Goldenplec are hosting a stage for us. Plus, there are always some new art installations for you to gaze at. (Bettine)

Celebrity you’d most enjoy having a natter with as you pitch a tent in the rain… I reckon you’d have a bit of a buzz

Well mine isn’t so embarrassing... it was watching ASIWYFA blowing the festival practically into the lake in 2009. (Bettine)

pulled out... appalling. They didn’t even bust out a Bowie cover or even remotely try to save the day. (gstar)

Most gawd-awful/hair-raising/eye-watering festival experience... Someone standing on my face during Metallica in

Belgium... fell asleep during Interpol, then had to endure Metallica for ten minutes or so before I could make my way to the safety of The Hold Steady. (gstar)

ideal pre-dawn playlist for camp-site shindig...

KnockanStockan CDs volumes one to four – you can’t go wrong with any of the bands on those albums. Plenty of tunes ranging from full-on session rock anthems to more chilled out Sunday morning songs, something to suit everyone... (Christina)

best festival survival tip... Bring toilet roll… and smile. (Bettine)

Michael Caine gets his Woody Allen MayDecember romance vibe on – sadly without the wisecracks – with this faintly deathly melodrama wherein his elderly widower reawakes his cha-cha-cha with the help of a spirited young thing (Clémence Poésy).

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★ Must see ★

Drama falling for a dancer TV3, 9pm

Long before Colin Farrell became a Hollywood blockbuster bad boy, he starred in this mini-series based on former newsreader Deirdre Purcell’s bestseller. Set in 1930s rural Ireland, it begins with 19-year-old Elizabeth becoming pregnant after a fling with an actor and being pressured by her family into marrying boring farmer Mossie. Then along comes tempation in the form of much younger man Daniel (Farrell, above). Concludes tomorrow night.

the machine gun and skye’s band of brothers BBC2, 9.30PM Neil Oliver turns historical investigator for this overlooked story from World War I. The word Maxim is synonymous with a men’s magazine these days, but in 1915 it struck fear in men’s hearts: it was the deadliest machine gun yet invented, firing rounds quicker than ever before – and the Germans had their hands on it. Oliver recounts the deadly impact the Maxim had on the men of Portree, sent to the Western Front to face its full force.

midsomer murders ITV3, 8pm

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C4, 10pm

Lizzie (Michelle Monaghan) is desperate for a baby but can’t conceive. Her best pal Andie (Radha Mitchell, above with Monaghan) finds herself up the spout after a one-night stand. A plan is hatched for Lizzie to take on the kid, but Andie must live with her during the pregnancy. Hilarious misunderstandings commence.

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C4, 8pm

You might feel sorry for the banker tonight, not to mention Noel Edmonds, as James Corden blows in to take star billing in a charity edition of guess what’s in the box. With his mates One Direction behind him – well, they’ve sent a video message of support – Corden dares the boxes to do his bidding: or he’ll sit on them.

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What you want from your grandma is a hand-knitted scarf for Christmas and a postal order for your birthday. What you don’t want is her chewing over sex stuff with her frisky man friend at the dinner table. No wonder Adam and Jonny are looking queasy – pensioner passion over pudding? No thanks.

British Olympic gold medal cyclist Victoria Pendleton (above) has been stretching her legs since hanging up her cycle clips, first teetering around the dance floor on Strictly Come Dancing and tonight adding acting to her CV. Maybe not acting exactly – she’s playing herself, not entirely convincingly, taking on the role of an Olympic gold medal cyclist called Victoria Pendleton who’s invited to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the rebooted Home Farm. Jimmy King is very excited.

On a night when there’s no new drama to be had, the football-averse could opt for this slice of TV history. It’s the final appearance of John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby and he’s spectacularly fish-out-of-water grumpy when wife Joyce treats him to a spa break. You’ll never go near a flotation tank again.

the ruby in the smoke Drama, 10pm

Billie Piper stars as Sally Lockhart in this 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman’s mystery novel, a story giddy with opium, secrets from the past and the dangerous power of the dazzling Ruby Of Agrapur. The glittering support cast includes Julie Walters, David Harewood, JJ Feild and pre-Doctor Who Matt Smith.

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ITV Encore, 9pm

Stephen Tompkinson is an actor born to scowl and look like something awful has just happened, so he’s perfectly cast here as the moodily dogged DCI Alan Banks. Here’s a chance to see him starting to make the role his own in this two-parter from series one. It tells the story of a deadly art forgery scam that finds Banks’s sidekick DS Annie Cabbot mixing business with pleasure, when she takes down the particulars of the case’s art expert.

Film flightplan RTE1, 9.35pm

Thriller with Jodie Foster as recently widowed aircraft designer Kyle Pratt. Returning from a business trip in Berlin with six-year-old daughter Julia (Marlene Lawston), Kyle falls asleep on their flight, only to wake up and discover that her daughter has gone missing. The situation becomes even more sinister, when the crew on board insist that they have no record of the child ever boarding the plane. With Erika Christensen and Kate Beahan.

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Sport wimbledon

BBC2, 12.30pm; TG4, 1pm; BBC1, 1pm Defeating Andy Murray proved Grigor Dimitrov is the real deal. But can he pull off another big win against top seed Novak Djokovic in today’s mouthwatering semi-final? The other match sees Roger Federer continue to roll back the years as he gives away more than a decade to Milos Raonic.

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2014 fifa world cup RTÉ2, 4.30pm & 8.30pm

Film4, 11.10pm Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard star as a couple who deal with the loss of their newborn child by adding mysterious adoptee Esther to their family. Carnage ensues as Esther proves not to be all she seems. A fairly formulaic horror/thriller but Orphan is blessed with one of the most demented finales ever seen in the genre.

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Channel 4, 12.05am Surprisingly charming comedy starring Paul Rudd (who also has a co-writing credit) and Seann William Scott, who are sentenced to performing community service with troubled teens. Jane Lynch is brilliant as the deranged leader of the programme – playing a big part in preventing preceedings becoming too cheesily sentimental.

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RTÉ2, 11.35pm

A timely outing for this ludicrously over-the-top blockbuster that set a new benchmark for action-packed summer ‘tent-pole’ flicks. Earth is in a spot of bother – aliens are overrunning the place and it’s up to sassy Will Smith (above) to put a stop to it. He’s assisted by Jeff Goldblum as a computer genius and Bill Pullman as the President of the US. Director Roland Emmerich shows how special effects and ludicrous mayhem can sometimes triumph over a shaky plot.

Darragh Maloney is in the hot seat as he presents live coverage of the first of the quarter-finals, France v Germany. The Maracanã in Rio hosts a finely-balanced match between teams who boast firepower in Thomas Muller and Karim Benzema, but whose form has stuttered since free-scoring starts. Later on, Bill O’Herlihy hosts coverage of Brazil v Colombia. Even if he never scores another goal in his life, Colombia’s James Rodríguez (above) notched a place in World Cup legend with his stunning volley against Uruguay. A repeat of that could break Brazilian hearts in Fortaleza tonight.

thank god it’s friday RTÉ2, 7.30pm

The first episode of this new GAA magazine show travels to the Kingdom where ingdom wher Darragh Ó Sé shares his memories of Kerry-Cork clashes over the years as the counties prepare for this Sunday’s Munster final. The show hangs out with Dublin’s Ryan O’Dwyer before his side defend their Leinster hurling title. Meanwhile, in Killimor, Co Galway the Larkins, who supplied hurleys for the first All-Ireland final in 1887, talk about the family business.

A Florida boy, 12, was arrested by cops for taking a school bus for a 14-mile joy ride after Wal-Mart employees noticed the bus being driven in an erratic fashion.

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Solemn take on the price of human failure

theatre review The Price HHHHI

rthur Miller’s seldom-produced 1968 drama addresses the issue of how we pay for the lives we choose and considers the pitfalls of both unchecked ambition and unquestioning self-sacrifice. Victor (Denis Conway) is a strappedfor-cash New York cop who, now that’s he approaching 50, is being encouraged by his wife Esther (Fiona Bell) to retire from the job he hates, go back to college and make a fresh start. Victor’s hohum career in the police force, where he’s made 19 arrests in 29 years, is in marked contrast to that of his estranged older brother Walter (Barry McGovern), a successful surgeon who abandoned his family to make it big. With Victor forced to dispose of his late father’s vast furniture collection, before the building in which it’s stored is demolished, he calls on shady antique dealer Gregory Solomon (Lewis J. Stadlen) to apprise its value. But when the prodigal Walter

turns up he has his own idea as to the furniture’s worth – and dispenses some home truths his brother is reluctant to hear. Doug hughes’ deft direction ensures the viewer keeps shifting allegiance from one brother to the next, with each painful and contradictory revelation further muddying our understanding of their shared history. Conway plays Victor with a winning blend of stoicism and deflation, while the ever-excellent Bell as Esther looks and sounds so authentic she could have walked right off the set of Mad Men. But it’s an enormously pleasurable performance from Stadlen as the mischievous, wisdom-dispensing Solomon that ensures the Price, for all its solemn declarations on human failure and personal responsibility, never loses its wry, sense of humour. Daragh reddin Gate Theatre, 1 Cavendish Row D1, 7.30pm, from €25. Tel: (01) 874 4045. www.gate-theatre.ie.

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Very few techno producers who emerged during the sound’s golden age in the mid-1990s are still making innovative music. There are some notable exceptions: Luke Slater has put out two excellent albums as Planetary Assault Systems in recent years and the output of Karl ‘Regis’ O’Connor (pictured) for Sandwell District and Blackest Ever Black has helped to refocus contemporary techno. O’Connor’s former collaborator, Surgeon aka Tony Childs, is also unafraid to divert from the increasingly conservative dogma that bedevils electronic dance music. The Birmingham producer’s laptop DJing allows him to mix up industrial and ebm with modern bass, electro and techno. Meanwhile, last year’s Breaking The Frame album was a masterclass in electronic experimentation and a worthy successor to 1999’s Force & Form. Support comes from Sunil Sharpe, who has been making waves with releases on the Black Sun and Komisch labels. Tonight, Debut at Mutate, The Pint, Eden Quay D1, 10pm, €10 to €12.

Ryan Elliott

Ryan Elliott belongs to the rare breed of international DJs who made their name based solely on their skills behind the decks. Hailing from Detroit, Elliott was the official DJ and A&R for the Spectral Sound label. Five years ago, the US spinner relocated to Berlin as a result of increased European gigs. He is now one of the residents at techno institution Berghain and while he has since dabbled with production, he remains best known for his flawless DJ sets. Expect a mix of European and US sounds at Twisted Pepper this weekend. Tomorrow, Vision Collector/Pogo, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street D1, 10.30pm, €10 to €12.

Simian Mobile Disco

UK duo Simian Mobile Disco rose to prominence during the heyday of electroclash and nu rave, but their DJing bears little resemblance to this sound. Instead, they spin classic and contemporary house and techno, with an emphasis on Chicago and Detroit sounds. Richard Brophy Tonight,Bedlam/Bodytonic, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street D1, 11pm, €15.

A Florida man who weighs some 225kg was arrested after a cop conducting a traffic stop discovered that he had stashed marijuana in his rolls of stomach fat. Christopher Mitchell, 42, was a passenger in the car driven by Keithian Roberts, 38, when a cop spotted he had no seatbelt on. After a drug dog indicated there was drugs in the car, cops searched Mitchell, Roberts and the vehicle and found 23g of marijuana in Mitchell’s stomach fat, a gun, some cocaine and around €5,142 in cash. Mitchell was also cited for failing to wear a seatbelt.

Costly: Denis Conway, Fiona Bell and Lewis J. Stadlen in The Price at the Gate Theatre

Other July 4 shows The Spirit Of America Acclaimed American conductor Andrew Litton and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra present a quartet of works celebrating Yankee prowess: Copland’s An Outdoor Overture; Barber’s Adagio For Strings; Rhapsody In Blue by Gershwin; Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9 Tonight, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace D2, 8pm, from €12. Tel: (01) 417 0000. www.nch.ie Stars & Strips: It’s (S)Independence Day Expect the US flag to figure heavily when a bevy of patriotic burlesque dancers take to the stage for a special ‘star-spanked’ evening of burlesque, cabaret, banter and USthemed transgressions Tonight, The Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey St D1, 8pm, €15. Tel: (01) 874 0076. www.thegrandsocial.ie Stars & Stripes Forever St Patrick’s Cathedral presents a free organ recital with a medley of works from some of America’s greatest composers, including John Williams, Leonard Bernstein (pictured), Scott Joplin & John Philip Sousa Tonight, St Patrick’s Cathedral D8, 6.15pm, free. www.stpatrickscathedral.ie

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Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20

Libra Sep 24

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What you might crave above all else this month is variety. Of course, extra money may be welcome, and so might an increase in responsibility, but if this also leads to something challenging, that’s what can get your senses buzzing.

With the Moon in your opposite sign, it’s a chance to become more conscious of any dependence in your situation. This might not be just your own. Perhaps you and another jointly help each other. Celebrate such cooperative links but honour your individuality too.

Taurus Apr 21 – May 21

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Gemini May 22 – Jun 21

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The modern world means most of the products and we buy or use are subject to a plethora of terms and conditions. This is an ideal time to cut through the froth and refuse to be fobbed off.

Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23

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Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20

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Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19

If you’re someone who works hard, virtue may be a combination of industry and kindness. Yet this is a time when you can almost do too much for others. Lighten your load, for this will be virtuous.

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QUIZ ANSWERS: ENIGMA: Gunslinger. WHO AM I? Maeve Higgins. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? Myrna Loy; Hedge sparrow; Hungary; 1905.

Yesterday’s Solutions Across: 1 Gross neglect; 7 Cleft; 8 Theme; 9 Eye; 10 Generator; 11 Impale; 12 Albion; 15 Eruditely; 17 Tor; 18 China; 19 Baker; 21 In attendance. Down: 1 Give evidence; 2 See; 3 Extend; 4 Laterally; 5 Cheat; 6 Rear entrance; 7 Cheap; 10 Gallivant; 13 Inter; 14 Feeble; 16 Union; 20 Kid.

It doesn’t matter if you love chocolate, fine wine, retail therapy or something more glamorous, you can find yourself in the grip of a powerful need to satisfy this now. Indeed, when it comes to money or lust, how strong will your compulsion be?

Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23

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Boredom can be anathema to you. Yet it may not be as simple as being bored with every element of life – perhaps just one strand seems dull. If life’s demands have you rushing around, taking time to chill may appeal.

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Business&Careers Jobseekers willing to extend commute by aileen Donegan ONE third of jobseekers are willing to travel up to one hour for a new job, a survey of more than 1,000 jobseekers has revealed. The Cpl employment market monitor, which reads trends in the jobs industry, also noted the significant impact Facebook has on employee-employer relationships. Cpl’s director Peter Cosgrove said: ‘Many employees still don’t realise the power of social media and the impact it has on their employment or future employment.’ He was referring to the 47 per cent of respondents who said they were friends with their boss on the social network. ‘Facebook gives bosses information an employee might not ordinarily share. Employees clearly need to pay more attention to their profiles and their activity if they want to avoid repercussions,’ he said. Jobseekers are becoming ‘disenfranchised’ by long recruitment processes, the survey found, with 40 per cent of employees turning down a position where they felt the process was ‘too long’. These cases included companies who required more than eight interviews for the same position. The Cpl found unusual office perks were on the rise as ‘a retention tool’ for companies in lieu of increasing payroll costs. These include holidays, bring-your-pet-to-work days, health monitoring and massages, and Christmas turkeys.

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Ryanair launches two Stansted routes Low-cost airline Ryanair has launched two new UK routes as part of an extended winter schedule for 2014/15. The budget Irish carrier will, for the first time, fly from Stansted to Edinburgh and Glasgow later this year. The Scottish cities are included in 12 new routes from Stansted starting in october as well as increased frequencies on 36 other routes. The new routes include Athens, Cologne, Bordeaux and Prague, with the increased programme supporting 2,500 new jobs at Stansted.

Unions support ‘living wage’ call THE call for a ‘living wage’ has been endorsed by workers’ groups. Union Siptu said yesterday the €11.45 hourly rate, calculated by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, is essential to allow workers to participate in society. Siptu’s Marie Sherlock said: ‘[The document from the Living wage Technical Group] follows on from efforts made in the UK and the US and elsewhere to calculate a minimum acceptable standard of living.’ Director of the VPSJ, Bernadette MacMahon, said the research ‘provides the basis for the development of a living wage which will help to reduce the level of poverty in Ireland.’

Opportunity to indulge your passion and reach the pinnacle within the Vehicle Body Repair Industry. Ace Autobody are now seeking to recruit apprentice Panel Beaters and Spray Painters to work in the following locations...

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It’s more than a two-horse race

So, here we go again. For the 101st time, the Tour de France is about to roll out and unfold over the next three weeks. And this one could be a classic, writes Ned Boulting. I cannot split the two race favourites, Chris Froome and Alberto Contador. They are, in differing ways, so evenly matched a case can be made for either. Contador has reinvented himself, changed his training regime and looks serious about his chances. Froome, so crushingly dominant last year, looks only 95 per cent of the champion he was, and that missing five per cent might be key. But that’s just the view from here. The truth is out there on the road. And that’s what makes this particular edition so intriguing. The route is full of peril. As Reigning champion: Froome early as stage two, finishing with a concertina of sharp climbs into Sheffield, there is considerable jeopardy for the favourites. By the Belgian cobbles of stage five there is the absolute certainty that racelosing, or race-winning, time gaps will have appeared in unpredictable places. The main men don’t get a day off from controlling the race. When we reach the high mountains of the Vosges, Alps and Pyrenees, with five summit finishes in total, a pure climber, like Joaquim Rodriguez, could throw down a challenge for the lead. It’s a shame, in that sense, last year’s runnerup, and this year’s Giro d’Italia champion, Nairo Quintana isn’t riding. For some, of course, the party has already been spoilt by the non-selection of Sir Bradley Wiggins. To those who can’t forgive Team Sky for not picking him, I would only say this: Look beyond the headline. This was not a decision they will have taken lightly. And besides, the Tour is a much bigger picture than just one rider. There are 198 of them, all with quite separate, quite individual aspirations and ambitions. They ALL matter. So, it’s a complex, wonderful event, which at its heart is a breathtakingly easy idea to grasp. It starts in Leeds, and it finishes in Paris. Whoever rides it quickest wins. Simple.

Cavendish faces toughest of battles

As eveR, with the Tour, there is a race within a race, and the battle between Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel for supremacy in the flat, sprinters’ stages looks compelling. They’ve avoided each other almost all year, so it’s hard to say who has the edge but, on last year’s form, Cavendish (pictured) has a huge challenge to wrestle control back from the big German. That battle starts on stage one. Whoever crosses the line first in Harrogate will wear the yellow jersey on sunday, and that prize is the only major honour the Manxman has yet to win in his stunning career. so the incentive could hardly be greater for Cavendish, but nor could the pressure.

setback: Hummels is a doubt for the clash

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Germs are leading to fever hitch A FLU outbreak has severely disrupted Germany’s plans ahead of today’s World Cup quarter-final with France. Boss Joachim Low revealed several squad members were feeling unwell, although he kept their identities under wraps. ‘Seven players have somehow come down with slight cases of flu,’ said Low. ‘As a result it’s too early to make any final decisions about the line-up.’ Low did confirm defender Mat Hummels was one of the players who was struggling. Having posted a picture of himself sitting on the beach as proof he was recovering from the fever that kept him out of the secondround tie with Algeria, his condition has deteriorated. ‘Hummels suffered a negative setback on the second day,’

added Low, although midfielder Christoph Kramer was the only one of his players to miss training. The manager believes the travel across Brazil and different climate zones for their four matches have taken their toll. Having played their 2-1 win

‘It’s too early for a line-up decision’ over Algeria in chilly Porto Alegre, Germany are set to face lunchtime sunshine when they take on France in the Maracana. Low is under increasing pressure from German fans to revert captain Philipp Lahm, who has been playing in midfield, back to his usual right-back role. Picture: Gretel ensiGnia

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True Belieber: Bouchard powers down a serve, while Kvitova, inset, celebrates her victory

BOucHARD WOuLD LIKE BIEB In THE BOX EUGENIE BOUCHARD would love to have Justin Bieber cheering her on from the Royal Box when she plays Petra Kvitova in the women’s final tomorrow, writes Danny Griffiths. After a sensational year for the 20-year-old Canadian, who is through to her first grand slam final after reaching the last four at both the Australian and French opens, Bouchard has been inundated with marriage proposals. And after beating Simona Halep 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, the 2012 Junior Wimbledon champion admitted

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she hoped her success will have gained Bieber’s attention, but is still awaiting a text from the bad boy pop singer. ‘He hasn’t been in touch, he’s kind of been in trouble recently and I’m not associated with that,’ she said. ‘But if he cleans up his image...’ Kvitova, 24, was the women’s champion three years ago. After her 7-6 (8/6), 6-1 win over fellow Czech Lucie Safarova, she admitted: ‘I won the title when I was quite young. It was difficult for me to handle the success, definitely.’

TRAnSFER TALK

Yes Can do as Fifa gives Harry’s set Luis switch the all-clear to land Rio Luis suarez has been told his fourmonth biting ban will not prevent him signing for Barcelona. Liverpool and Barca have held talks over a possible transfer for the £70£80million-rated striker (left), who is suspended from all football-related activity. That terminology raised questions about the completion of any deal but Fifa’s disciplinary chief Claudio sulser said: ‘The player

gaa leinster shc final

Keaney form to help Dubs take Leinster by pAuL KEAnE Exactly three weeks ago, former Dublin hurling manager Humphrey Kelleher put words to what most people felt about conal Keaney’s league form – ‘he hasn’t been the same type of man at all’. What a difference a game makes because on the eve of the leinster hurling final, veteran half-forward Keaney is the man Dublin are pinning their hopes on to for glory. His tour de force at Wexford Park, allied to Danny Sutcliffe’s wrist injury, means Keaney is the man most likely to inspire Dublin to a historic win over Kilkenny.

‘We just can’t wait to get out playing there’ Everything changed in the space of 70 minutes against Wexford for Keaney who blew off the cobwebs on his league form with a thrilling display, particularly in the second-half. ‘Keaney is a new man since Wexford,’ said Dubs boss anthony Daly. ‘Why wouldn’t he be with a performance like that? the thing is, you always felt with Keaney that it was in there. We might have said after the match that he wasn’t in great form but I also referred to the fact that tommy Dunne (coach) kept saying to me leading up to it, “he’ll be alright on the day, cometh the hour”. He was right.’ It was a solid prediction. But overcoming a Wexford side in transition and taking down a Kilkenny team in form in a leinster final are two completely different things. Daly believes his team are more mature this year, as champions. there is none of the panic of previous seasons which ultimately came from inexperience.

Keaney: Blew cobwebs off league form He takes the blame himself for losing to tipperary and ending up in an allianz league relegation play-off. But he points to the character of the players themselves in ultimately winning that play-off with Waterford. there was a near three-month wait then until the Wexford game but, with that win behind them, croke Park and a shot at history beckons. ‘We just can’t get wait to get out playing there,’ said Daly, a two-time allIreland winning clare captain. ‘I know the clare footballers were there in the Division 4 final. loads of people at home were saying, “why don’t they play it inside in the Gaelic Grounds or toss for home venue?” I met one of the lads who was playing and he said, “I can’t wait to play there. I don’t care if there’s only ten people watching”. that would be the same feeling for us heading into this one.’

cannot have any activity related to football, but a medical examination for a transfer, yes – the sanction is not linked to transfer rights.’ Meanwhile, uruguay finally lodged their appeal against the ban, for biting italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup. u LiverpooL have signed emre Can for £10m from Bayer Leverkusen. The German midfielder, 20, joins adam Lallana and rickie Lambert at anfield.

QPR are poised to sign Rio Ferdinand plus Cardiff defender Steven Caulker. Ferdinand was released by Manchester United at the end of last season. ‘Rio has agreed to join us and I can’t foresee any problems,’ said QPR boss Harry Redknapp. ‘We’ve agreed a fee with Cardiff and it’s up to Steven to decide.’

Friday, July 4, 2014 METRO HERALD 23 A 2014 University of Florida sports calendar featuring former Gators and New England Patriots football star Aaron Hernandez was approved before he was charged with killing three men. Officials approved the calendar last spring, prior to Hernandez being arrested on June 26, 2013, in the slaying of Odin Lloyd, said Florida spokesman Daniel Apple. The calendar features a photograph of the former tight end for the month of July.

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‘argentina can’t afford to be a one-man team’ Arms up: Pablo enjoys the win over Uruguay

Maradona: ‘We still haven’t got started’ by richard rooney DIEGO MARADONA has labelled Argentina ‘Sporting Messi’ and warned they cannot afford to be a one-man team if they want to win the World Cup for a third time. Maradona, the hero of their 1986 triumph, believes Lionel Messi’s performances have hidden failings Belgium could exploit in tomorrow’s quarter-final in Brasilia. Messi has scored four of Argentina’s seven goals so far and has been man-of-the-match in each game.

‘If the kid doesn’t score a goal we can’t jump on him’ ‘We still haven’t got started,’ said Maradona. ‘They need to get it into their heads that we can’t be “Sporting Messi”. Maybe he can score a great goal, but if it doesn’t come off for the kid we can’t jump on him as if he is guilty of the Argentine disaster. The kid is very alone – the team doesn’t have a change of rhythm.’ Maradona told Venezualan TV that Argentina were playing at only 40 per cent capacity and was unimpressed they needed a last-gasp extra-time goal to squeak past Switzerland in their second-round tie. Of the Swiss, Maradona said dismissively: ‘They make good watches, but they have few footballers.’

coLoMBia’S arMero noT TaKen in By BraZiL’S LUKeWarM WorLd cUP COLOMBIA defender Pablo Armero has laughed off suggestions that Brazil are vulnerable ahead of today’s World Cup quarter-final clash in Fortaleza. Despite topping Group A and reaching the last eight, the host nation have yet to live up to their billing as tournament favourites. Nonetheless, former West Ham defender Armero does not believe Luis Felipe Scolari’s side are struggling. ‘Brazil are not weak, it’s just that every team here wants to go as far as possible,’ said Armero.

‘Every team wants to win and no one is hiding.’ In contrast, Colombia have exceeded all expectations, enjoying victories in all four of their games to date. ‘We are working so we can go as far as possible,’ said Armero. ‘We’re here to give everything and go for glory.’ Despite the threat of Brazil’s superstar striker Neymar, Armero remains confident. ‘To nullify Neymar the whole team needs to help each other,’ he added. ‘We need to stay united. We know that when we play together we get results.’

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Skyy blue thinking: Dublin manager Anthony Daly wants his side to o go out and impress in the Leinster final

Dub minors told to keep eye on ball PAT FAnning has warned his Dublin minor hurlers that any more complacency will cost them the leinster title. The Dubs boss believes his team’s below par display and one-point semi-final win over Wexford was down to taking the Slaneysiders for granted. They’d previously beaten Wexford by five points and Fanning reckons the players may have lowered their guard for their semi-final rematch at Parnell Park. in the end, it took three Dublin points in the last three minutes to rescue the win and a final clash with Kilkenny this Sunday. That’s another team Dublin have beaten already or, more to the point, demolished, in a 2-8 to 0-3 drubbing at nowlan Park back in April. ‘We did give Kilkenny an awful hammering down there but that was on a day when everything, and i mean everything went our way,’ said Fanning. ‘You get those sort of days once or twice in your career. i’d dearly hope the fellas don’t read anything into it. because as much as we tried, it did seem that deep down in the subconscious they thought they were going to beat Wexford. it was, “sure we beat Wexford down there, we’ll definitely beat them up here”. but i don’t think we’ll make that mistake again.’

Daly: ‘Hurling history in the making at Croker’

Dublin’S leinster hurling final managers have called on their players to go forth and create history at Croke Park, writes Paul Keane. Dublin is on the brink of a leinster senior and minor double success for just the fourth time in its history and the first since 1952. Senior manager Anthony Daly

may wait until as late as Sunday morning to assess AllStar forward Danny Sutcliffe’s

‘It could be a great day for hurling’ wrist injury. As for the minors, boss Pat Fanning confirmed that semi-

final hero Eoin O Conghaile has been held back for another potential super-substitute display. both sides play Kilkenny in their respective finals, and Daly insists there won’t be any issues regarding motivation with history on the line. ‘i think if you don’t want to go out and play your best at

Croke Park in a leinster final there is something wrong with you,’ said Daly. ‘i’m really looking forward to a doubleheader with the minors and the seniors because it could be a great day for Dublin hurling and, hopefully, a great day for hurling in general.’

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