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PUTTING money back in the pockets of by joanne ahern the so-called ‘squeezed middle’ should be Mr Kelly also said he believes Labour achievable in the upcoming budget, Junior has achieved many of its aims in the ProMinister Alan Kelly has said. Speaking on This Week on RTÉ, the gramme for Government but it ‘didn’t get newly-elected deputy leader of the Labour to emphasise its achievements enough’. ‘Now we need to refocus on workers. An Party also suggested a second free childcare year should be considered, if finances honest day’s work for an honest day’s wage,’ he added. allowed. He also said yesterday that he expects to Referring to those in the 30- to 50-yearold age group, the Public Transport Min- be promoted to a full ministerial role this ister said: ‘A lot of people who bought week when details of the cabinet reshuffle houses with large mortgages... they have are revealed. ‘It is the norm that the deputy childcare costs, commuting costs, leader would be sitting at cabiby the end of the week they don’t net but it is a decision for Joan have much disposable income. [Burton} and that is all going to We need to look at ways to lower be sorted out in the coming the burden on those people.’ days,’ he said. He added: ‘From a tax point of Taoiseach Enda Kenny is due view, we need to look at ways to to meet with newly-elected ensure that we can put money Tánaiste and Labour leader Ms back in their pockets. That Burton today to discuss the new should be achievable [in OctoRefocused: Kelly ministerial line-up. ber’s budget].’

Cycle of violence in Middle east Tariq Abu Khdeir is hugged by his mother after being released from Israeli jail in Jerusalem. The 15-year-old yea Palestinian-American citizen en alleges he was w badlyy beaten be en by Israeli police polic in clashes last week after the death of his cousin, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, who was abducted and burnt to death. That killing was apparently in retaliation for the murders of three Israeli youths. The tit-for-tat violence has ratcheted up tensions in the Middle East yet again PICTURE: REUTERS PAGE 5

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Dubai unveils ambitious plans to build world’s largest shopping centre (again)

Grand plans: Sheikh Mohammed, left, inspects plans for the shopping centre, which include an indoor waterfall

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IMAGINE trudging around Dundrum Town Centre – then multiply it by about ten. Alternatively, if fatigued shoppers have any energy left, they can soon see it for themselves in Dubai. The Middle Eastern emirate has announced plans to build the world’s largest shopping mall – complete with theme park, theatres and 100 hotels – housed under a climatecontrolled dome. The Mall of the World will cover 743,000 sq m, nearly ten times the size of Dundrum and four times bigger than the MetroCentre in Gateshead in the north of England,

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the largest shopping centre in Europe. It will also hold 7km of thoroughfares based on London’s Oxford Street, a ‘Broadway’ theatre district and facilities for ‘medical tourists’. The mall will create 20,000 more hotel rooms for 180million visitors expected each year. Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: ‘The growth in family and retail tourism underpins the need to enhance Dubai’s tourism infrastructure as soon as possible.

‘This project complements our plans to transform Dubai into a cultural, tourist and economic hub for the 2billion people living in the region around us – and we are determined to achieve our vision.’ Developer Dubai Holding has not revealed how much the project would cost or when it would open. Dubai already houses the €14.6billion Dubai Mall, the world’s largest by total area at 500,000 sq m. The state is famed for outlandish projects, such as the Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest tower – but was forced to scale back its grand plans Under the dome: Mall of the World will be climate controlled Pictures: Getty/AP after the global financial crisis.

Gut-wrenching operation for dog with love of BBQ food

Stickyy momen moment: Vet Jim Smyth yth and staff w with Woody after an operation to remove a kebab skewer that perforated his body (inset) Pictures: HAny MArzouk

FAMILY pet Woody got more than he bargained for when he sneaked off with his owners’ barbecue lunch. The ten-year-old Weimaraner couldn’t resist the sizzle from the open-air meat as the Kilraine family in Loughrea were making the most of the summer sunshine. While their backs were turned, however, Woody nipped in and made off with a skewer full of tasty barbecue bites. His family didn’t even know he’d had the tasty snack at their expense. But when he became seriously ill a few hours later they had to rush him to the local Railway Veterinary Clinic in Loughrea where vet Jim Smyth wasn’t

long in diagnosing the problem. Woody had downed the barbecued meat, skewer and all and by the time he reached the vet’s surgery, one half of the skewer was protruding from his body. ‘The stick perforated his stomach and then tried to make its way out through his body wall,’ said Jim. ‘He required major surgery to have it removed and was exceptionally lucky that there was no serious damage done. He was very lucky after he dined on an entire kebab – wooden stick included’. Woody is now recovering after his surgery, but Jim warned that not all family pets are as lucky.

‘Barbeque food is not for pets. Sizzling sausages can be too hard to resist, but if swallowed whole they can cause stomach ulcers and dehydration. And grease drippings can be particularly alluring, so make sure they don’t tuck into some tasty gravel, which if swallowed can get stuck in the digestive tract,’ said Jim. It’s back to the plain old dog food for Woody from now on.

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Appeal for witnesses after car hits house in Finglas

‘€15m cost to city’ if Garth gigs cancelled

Who do we want? Croke Park residents protest in Ballybough in support of the Garth Brooks concerts but many remain opposed (inset) picture: inpho

THE cancellation of all five of Garth Brooks’ concerts in Dublin would cost the city economy as much as €15million, publicans have warned. The Licensed Vintners Association insisted that price is too much, as it responded to the furore that has erupted over the refusal of city chiefs to allow two concerts by the country music superstar to go ahead at Croke Park this month amid concerns over the impact on nearby residents. Dublin City Council granted permission for only three out of five gigs at Croke Park due to unacceptable disruption to residents and traders around the stadium. But a question mark also hangs over the remaining three concerts after Brooks made clear it was ‘five or none’. The promoters of the concerts are due to announce a decision on the fate of the series early this week. Dozens of residents who are in favour of all five Garth Brooks concerts held a protest at Croke Park yesterday. Organiser Susan Mangan told 98FM news that Garth Brooks is ‘great for local business and great for jobs’ and said that ‘the red carpet’ should be rolled out for him.

GARDAÍ are appealing for witnesses to contact them after a car crashed into a house on St Margaret’s Road in Finglas yesterday morning. The female driver of the car has since been in touch with investigating officers. No one was injured in the incident, but gardai say ‘massive structural damage’ was caused to the house. Gardaí at Finglas Garda station are appealing for witnesses to contact them on (01) 6667500.

Man and 2 children in jet-ski fall A MAN and two children had to be rescued from the sea yesterday after they were thrown from a jet-ski. The coastguard in Kilkee, Co Clare was alerted to the incident at about 2.20pm, after the man in his 50s, his son and a friend, who had been riding around the bay were suddenly thrown into the sea. Their jet-ski continued before the engine idled, leaving it drifting in the bay. The three, who were picked up by rescue boat, were assessed by first responders and showed no signs of injury. They had managed to cling on to a small boat anchored in the bay until rescuers arrived.

Unionists plan action over parade TheRe are fears for law and order in Northern Ireland after a decision to limit an Orange parade in Belfast. Unionists are considering their response to the Parades Commission’s ban on the north Belfast parade from passing the nationalist Ardoyne neighbourhood on July 12. The crisis has even led to Democratic Unionist First Minister Peter Robinson saying the political institutions were ‘under threat’. While the morning parade has been given the green light, it is the evening parade that has been prohibited from passing along the road.

New traffic lights to give cyclists head-start on cars

Cuffe: New lights make life easier

NEW traffic lights will give cyclists a head-start on motorised traffic, but will have to wait for the feature to be tested, Metro Herald has learned. More than a dozen bike traffic lights have begun to appear at busy junctions across the city. Similar bicycle lights in use in cities across Europe give cyclists a head-start of as much as five seconds, allowing them to pull away and cross junctions safely, ahead of traffic. Currently the Dublin lights are synced with those for motor traffic, negating the safety benefits.

by jOANNE AHERN Speaking to Metro Herald, a spokesman for Dublin City Council said it does intend to introduce a lead time, but he did not have a date for when this would happen. He said that firstly the city council wants to get drivers, cyclists and pedestrians used to the lights, as well as making sure that all of the poles supporting them are software compatible. Welcoming the news, Green Party councillor Ciaran Cuffe, who is also head of the council’s traffic and trans-

port committee, told Metro Herald he will be meeting with the city engineer this week and will ask him ‘to introduce it as soon as possible’. He added: ‘It makes life easier for cyclists and motorists. For motorists because it gets the cyclist out of the way and for cyclists because it gives them a headstart on the traffic’. Speaking to The Sunday Times, editor of irishcycle.com Cian Ginty said: ‘From a safety point of view, it is especially useful avoiding the issue of large trucks with blindspots setting off at the same time as cyclists.’

Second sizzler on the way Libertines’ Conlon tribute IRELAND is set to sizzle on what could be the hottest day of the year later this week, after forecasters predicted another heatwave. Last month was the warmest June for ten years – with Dublin enjoying the most sun in 28 years and Valentia Island in Kerry basking in its sunniest period for 74 years. But despite the unsettled weather over the past few days, meteorologists say mercury levels could climb into the 30s towards the weekend. Experts say this could trigger a prolonged period of sunshine similar to last year’s record-breaking mid-

summer weather. James Madden, meteorologist with Exacta Weather, said: ‘There is potential for it to become very hot, particularly in some parts to the south and west of the country.’ But he urged sun-worshippers to make the most of the sunshine, while they can, as long-range forecasts indicate temperatures are likely to take a nose-dive towards the latter part of July. More immediately, Met Éireann has warned of an unsettled few days up to next Wednesday before temperatures start to climb again.

SINGER Pete Doherty paid tribute to Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four during yesterday’s chaotic Libertines reunion gig in London. Belfast man Conlon, who was among four people wrongly imprisoned for the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombings, died last month. In one of his few interactions with the crowd at the Hyde Park gig, Doherty also gave a shout out to Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and football club Queens Park Rangers. During the first few minutes of

the gig, audience members were urged to behave, and to stop throwing fireworks and flares. Then Doherty made an impromptu appearance on drums during the interlude. There were further interruptions when, mid-song, Carl Barat was instructed to request that barechested fans stop scaling the delay tower. Barat and Doherty put their once much talked about personal differences aside as they frequently shared a microphone and embraced mid-set.

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Arrests made over death of Palestinian teenager

ISRAELI authorities have arrested a number of suspects in the killing of a Palestinian teenager whose death set off days of violent protests in Arab areas of Jerusalem and northern Israel. Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, was abducted last week and his charred body found a short while later in a Jerusalem forest in what Palestinians say was a revenge killing for the earlier deaths of three Israeli teenagers. Palestinians have alleged Abu Khdeir was killed by Jewish extremists to avenge the killings of the three Israeli boys, who were abducted in the West Bank on June 12. Their bodies were found last week, and Abu Khdeir was killed just hours after their funeral.

by DAnEiL EsTRin Abu Khdeir’s family said news of the arrests brought them little joy. ‘Even if they rounded up all of Israel, they will not bring my son back,’ his father said. Adding to the tensions, Tariq Abu Khdeir, the 15-year-old Palestinian-American badly injured in clashes with Israeli police last Thursday, was sentenced to nine days of home detention yesterday. His parents say Tariq was beaten by Israeli police during clashes over the killing of Abu Khdeir. The two youths were cousins. Amateur video of what Tariq’s father Salah said was the beating aired on a local television station, and he said he could recognise his son from his clothing.

Art house: Models show their vibrant creations at the World Bodypainting Festival, held in the Austrian town of Pörtschach am Wörthersee Pictures: Getty

The US State Department said it was ‘profoundly troubled’ by the reports and demanded an investigation, which Israel’s Justice Ministry quickly launched. Further escalating tensions, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired more than 15 rockets and mortars into Israel while Israel had carried out airstrikes on ten sites in Gaza.

Police ‘victim’: Tariq Khdair

Shooting spree injures 7 in US A SHOOTING that injured seven may have been set off by two people bumping into each other in the street, police in Indianapolis, Indiana said. Gunfire erupted at 3am in a neighbourhood popular with university students. ‘It looks like two guys bumped into each other and it took off from there. There was no rhyme or reason,’ police chief Rick Hite said. A 23-year-old man was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm but was not charged. One man is in critical condition.

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The planes on train fall mainly down the drain...

Crash landing: The three Boeing 737 plane shells lie in the river after the train carrying them derailed PICtures: reuters

NO DOUBT they made a big splash as they tumbled down to Earth – but these three planes crashed before leaving the ground. The main body sections of three Boeing 737s were dumped down a steep embankment into a river after the train transporting them derailed. The freight train was carrying six 40m-long Boeing fuselages and 90 wagons when it came off the tracks on a steep mountain pass. The derailment also sent 19 wagons careering into the Clark Fork river near Rivulet, in Montana. ‘It was like something straight out of a movie,’ said witness Jon Skau. He was on his first rafting trip down

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KEiRA KnigHTLEy, 29, shot to fame in films such as Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates Of the Caribbean. Her latest, Begin Again, sees her try her hand at singing

You play a singer-songwriter in this film. Did you enjoy your vocal performances? It was fine

but I wouldn’t necessarily do it again. It’s not really what I do for a living but it was interesting. People who are singers – that’s how they naturally express themselves, how they think, and it isn’t for me. It was interesting for me to think about how to go about that and how it makes sense for the character to express herself in that way. That’s what I like doing in my career – that’s the challenge. But I don’t feel I need to be a singer.

You’re making your singing debut and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine is making his acting debut. Did you help each other? Not really. Adam is great –

he’s this great ball of energy and he’s one of the most confident creatures

I’ve ever met in my life. He kept saying he was really nervous but I was like: ‘No you’re not, shut up.’ He’s a natural entertainer. He kindly said that if I sang on The Voice, he’d turn his chair around – but I know he wouldn’t.

What was working with James Corden like? Great – he was doing

One Man, Two Guvnors in New York while we were shooting this. So he’d do that by night, then film with us in the day. I don’t know how he did it because that show is hugely energetic. A lot of his stuff was improvised, so it was fun working with him because he’s naturally very funny.

This is your second contemporary film of the year. Does doing present-day roles rather than period pieces

Apology: Ryanair In our edition of July 4, we published a photograph of an aircraft engine which had been repaired using tape. We said that the airline (Viva Aerobus) which owned the relevant aircraft is part-owned by Ryanair. That is incorrect. The airline is not, and has never been, owned, or part owned, by Ryanair. We did not intend to impugn Ryanair’s approach to the safety of its passengers. We apologise to Ryanair.

the river and heard the plane parts careering down the hillside. ‘We’re spinning around and next thing we hear someone saying, ‘‘Oh man, look at that!’’ and there’s three of the fuselages just sitting in the water,’ said Mr Skau. ‘There was 1,000lb axles that no man can lift, just thrown like rag dolls, tracks ripped apart.’ Nobody was hurt in the accident as the plane shells were being transferred from Wichita, Kansas, to Boeing’s factory in Washington state. Boeing said: ‘We have sent experts to the scene to begin an assessment.’

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Adam Levine kindly said that if I sang on The Voice, he’d turn his chair around – but I know he wouldn’t

broaden the range of work you’re offered? I’m definitely very high up the list for English period roles. I have to fight more for the contemporary naturalistic roles because it’s not what I’m known for.

What films have you learned the most working on? I’ve had

really great experiences on a lot of them. All the ones with Joe Wright [Pride And Prejudice, Atonement, Anna Karenina] have been huge learning curves and amazing because he’s a mate. There was one called Last Night, which was amazing. I learned a f*** of a lot working on A Dangerous Method with David Cronenberg.

What did you learn from Cronenberg? We knew from the

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start that some people would like it and a lot of people would hate it, so we had two choices – we could make it so more people would get it or be riskier, knowing there’d be a backlash. We had a big discussion about that and decided to go for the one that’s like Marmite. I’m very proud of that. It was a very odd character to create and I’m very glad we did it like that.

Was it liberating playing Sabina Spielrein [a patient and lover of psychoanalyst Carl Jung]? Totally liberating. It

was a lot of fun to find out what that character would be because I hadn’t been asked to do anything like that before. Girls are usually supposed to be pretty and don’t usually play these weird characters – that’s what the guys get to do – so it was really fun.

Have any actors changed how you approach your job? Mark Ruffalo, who is in

Begin Again, is an actor’s actor – he’s at the top of the list of people actors want to work with. He does this naturalistic American approach, which is the opposite of what most British actors do. It was completely fascinating to watch him work. Ralph Fiennes, because of his preparation – it was amazing to see how much work he puts in beforehand. The same goes for Carey Mulligan.

Andrew Williams Begin Again is out from Friday.

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My mane problem is the monkey on my back AT FIRST glance you would think this pair were the best of friends. But this baboon hitched an uninvited lift on the back of Jericho the horse. They were caught lazing in the sun together at Monkeyland and Birds of Eden animal sanctuary in the Western Cape of South Africa. Sanctuary worker Claire Hamilton, 55, said the

baboons are a wild troop who have roamed the area for 26 years – but are usually shy around humans and horses. ‘Jericho used to belong to the villagers but he’s now allowed to roam the fields at the sanctuary with two others. ‘He’s very used to the baboons and he often grazes with them,’ she added.

Shark bites swimmer as it fights to wriggle off hook by SHAROn MARRiS A SWIMMER was bitten by a great white shark that was hooked on the end of a dangling fishing line. The man became caught up in a battle between the juvenile fish and an angler standing on a pier, witnesses said. The shark was opening and closing its mouth to try to break free of the hook and may have bitten him accidentally off the coast of Los Angeles. ‘We think the swimmer just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time,’ said onlooker Eric Martin. The 2m shark had been thrashing around for about 30 minutes as the angler tried to reel it in on Saturday. The long-distance swimmer was with a group of friends Blood: The bitten swimmer is carried up to the beach after being brought to shore on a surfboard PIcture: goofyfootPhotograPhy.com about 300m from Manhattan Beach when he strayed into the danger carried the swimmer back to land on paramedics before being taken to hos- had swum out to sea. It is illegal to fish his board. pital. He was conscious and breathing for great whites in California but it zone. The bite victim had a wound on his on his own. Lifeguards barred people was unclear last night whether the The fisherman saw what was happening and cut the line before a surfer side and was treated on the beach by from entering the water until the shark angler will face an investigation.

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We’ll print our own planes by 2040 3D PRINTERS will be advanced enough within 30 years to create small unmanned aircraft, experts have predicted. The devices would be kept aboard warplanes and put to work in mid-flight, claim the engineers and researchers from BAE Systems. They would be used to print spy drones or helicopters for picking up stranded soldiers. The print-yourown-plane idea is one of several highlighted by the defence giant as a likely outcome of recent advances. It also expects military leaders to be deploying ‘Transformers’ – long-range aircraft that can divide themselves up into a fleet of fighter planes once they reach their destination. The company says planes damaged in battle will be able to repair themselves in mid-air.

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Inbetweeners take three?

NBETWEENERS star James Buckley says fans could be treated to a third film if the storyline is right. The 26-year-old plays sex-crazed Jay Cartwright in the second movie in the series which is set in Australia. But he said he was surprised to even have a chance to follow up the 2011 Inbetweeners flick set in Crete. ‘I was proud of the last one and thought, “We’re not going to top that”,’ he told me.

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‘Then the guys came to us with this idea of going on a trip and that’s absolutely brilliant but I don’t think it can get much bigger than Australia. ‘It’s very much up to the writers. They won’t come up with a better idea than this one but if they did I’d be up for it.’ It was writers Damon Beesley and Iain

Morris who came up with the latest story of Jay going on a debauched gap year Down Under with his mates Neil, Will and Simon. Buckley said that if the fun in Oz was to be their last film outing together it would be the perfect way for him and co-stars Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Blake Harrison to say goodbye to fans. ‘It very much felt like a last hurrah for us so we tried to make it as fun and as silly as possible,’ he revealed at the Harry

Potter Summer Screenings at Warner Bros Studio Tour, London. ‘I really can’t imagine there would be another film after this one.’ The father-of-two said of the naughty foursome’s latest outing: ‘As soon as the four of us are together we’re just silly imbeciles, basically. Like puerile, childish buffoons. We have so much fun making it. ‘It was a bit of a competition to see who could be the worst behaved.’

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Rita Ora seems to have wasted little time getting her hooks into a new man. The singer is seen dragging Richard Hilfiger, son of designer Tommy, to her pad early yesterday. She looked shocked afterr being pictured pic leaving ing Daisy Lowe’s party in London. Ora, 23, split with DJ Calvin Harris, 30, last month pictures: splash/rex

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Jessica tries her hand at married life again Singer Jessica Simpson will be hoping it’s second time lucky after tying the knot with former NFL player Eric Johnson. The 33-year-old walked down the aisle in front of 250 friends, including actress Jessica Alba, at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California. But guests were told to ditch their phones and cameras so the happy couple could make a mint from a lucrative magazine deal. ‘We are overwhelmed with

complete happiness and love having ving made our eternal commitment,’ Simpson and Johnson, 34, said in a statement to People magazine. ‘To say “I do” in front of family, friends and, most importantly, our children has been the happiest moment of our lives.’ Their 12-month-old son Ace was a ring bearer at the wedding, while their daughter Maxwell, two, was a flower girl. Simpson split from first hubby Nick Lachey, 40, in 2005.

Robin Thicke put on a brave face at the Wireless Festival yesterday after it emerged his album packed with tunes to win back his wife is expected to sell only 25,000 copies in the US when it is released. The 37-year-old ladies’ man headlined the Pepsi Max stage in Finsbury Park last night as analysts predicted his seventh album would be his lowest selling in seven years. Named Paula after his spouse who dumped him in February, Thicke’s latest cut includes tracks such as Get Her Back and Still Madly Crazy. But it is expected to bomb in its first week. By comparison, last year’s Blurred Lines sold 177,000 copies immediately after its release in the US. Thicke denies he is cashing in on his marital problems with his latest musical offering, insisting: ‘My music is my life. I have no choice but to connect the two.’

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Parkinson made waves Down Under when he quizzed swimming champion Ian Thorpe over his sexuality. Parky, 79, asked: ‘You’ve always said that you’re not gay...is all of that true?’ The five-time Olympic gold medallist, 31, reveals the answer on the Ten network next Sunday. He has previously maintained he is straight.

Miley finds Hole lot of Love with latest duet

Ink job: Miley’s new dog tattoo oo

Miley Cyrus is set to learn a few tricks of how to be a real rock star rebel after Courtney Love revealed they were teaming up. The singer and Hole star are working on a duet, Love said. ‘Miley and me, we are just talking about it, we will see,’ she teased. Former heroin user Love also served up a few tips to her atch their calorie bong-loving pop protégée by insisting female stars needed to watch intake to have long careers. Love, who said she had stayed clear of alcohol for seven years, added: ‘I am 50 this week, that’s just reality and it’s fine. As long as at or lose all your hair, you look all right, you can still perform. If you get really fat you can’t just put on a baseball hat like guys can. They will forgive you all the drugs in the world but they will never forgive you getting ffat.’

Tinie kicks up a stink over his candle demand Tinie Tempah has admitted he is one of those precious celebs who demands scented candles – but only to hide the smell of sweat. He said things get a little whiffy backstage with a room full of backing dancers. ‘Scented candles are a must because you’ve got all these lads coming in and out and everyone gets off the stage and they’re sweaty, so we need some scented candles and incense,’ the 25-year-old said. But he insisted he had no extravagant demands for his dressing room. ‘The riders pretty much stay the same if I’m on tour or at a festival – it’s literally just beer and water and I don’t even really drink beer,’ he said. ‘My own tour rider’s a little bit more elaborate because it’s my own tour but there’s nothing really ridiculous.’

Sushi just a must for Ella Ella Eyre has got it pegged when it comes to getting backstage freebies. But what is her secret? ‘The thing with my rider is that I put a s*** load on there,’ the 20-year-old told Guilty Pleasures. ‘The main thing on my rider is sushi. That is a must. On tour, her list of demands can get ‘samey’ so she mixes it up. ‘I’ll be like, “Oh! I forgot about onion rings and Daim bars,”’ she said.

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It seems Joan Rivers can dish it out but she can’t take it. The craggy comedian stormed out of a live TV interview, accusing the host of being too negative. The 81-year-old Fashion Police host got her knickers in a twist when CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield

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Kanye West was booed for a second consecutive night by concert-goers after launching into a lengthy self-appreciating rant. ‘I’m shy… more like a porcupine or a blowfish… the media take photos of me when I’m blown up,’ he told the audience at Wireless in London’s Finsbury Park on Saturday, seemingly trying to suggest he isn’t

accused her of going for ‘shock value’ by wearing fur on the cover of her new book. Rivers barked: ‘Are you wearing leather shoes? Then shut up.’ Ripping off her microphone, she hissed at Whitfield she ‘was not the one to interview a person who does humour’.

the attention-seeker some believe. As the clock ticked, frustrated fans started to boo and left the park in their droves as he babbled for over 15 minutes. On Friday night, revellers suffered an even longer test of patience as he clocked up 25 minutes of ranting – with his Saturday night diatribe being cut short as he was late on stage.

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KEnyA: Gunmen killed 22 people in two terror attacks. Militants fired indiscriminately at residents and drove a car into a police station to free three inmates in the town of Hindi. A total of 13 people were shot dead there, said the Red Cross, and nine more were killed when up to 15 gunmen struck in the nearby town of Gamba. The al-Shabab terror group claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attacks.

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by SHAROn MARRIS THE devastated mother of Reeva Steenkamp says she has forgiven Oscar Pistorius for killing her daughter. But June Steenkamp said Reeva could only rest in peace once the murder trial of the Paralympic champion was over. Trial: June Steenkamp and Pistorius ‘I feel her presence and talk to her all the time,’ Mrs Steenkamp told him. I have to – that’s my religion. Hello! magazine. ‘She’ll only rest in ‘But I am determined to face him peace when this is over. I trust that and re-claim my daughter. It’s imporGod will prevail and justice will be tant for him to know that I’m there, done. All we want is the truth. that Reeva’s mother who gave birth ‘I don’t hate Oscar. I’ve forgiven to her and loved her, is there for her.’

Pistorius, 27, claims he shot Ms Steenkamp accidentally after mistaking her for an intruder at his home in Pretoria on Valentine’s Day last year. Ms Steenkamp’s father, Barry, has been unable to attend the trial after suffering a stroke. But he said he wished he had intervened to end his daughter’s relationship with the runner. ‘If I’d known what I know now, I would have attempted to stop the relationship,’ he said. ‘Reeva wouldn’t have liked me for attempting to interfere but she would have thanked me in the end.’ Read the full interview in Hello! magazine, out now.

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AMERICA: Paul McCartney has returned to the stage after a virus forced him to take a twomonth break. The former Beatle, 72, performed a three-hour gig in Albany, New York state, on Saturday and told the audience: ‘It’s great to be back.’ McCartney cancelled the Japanese leg of his Out There tour and a concert in South Korea after he came down with the viral infection in May.

Family faces trial over honour killing PAKISTAn: A court has indicted five relatives accused of stoning to death a pregnant woman for marrying against the family’s wishes. The woman’s father, two brothers, a cousin and ex-husband

have pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and torture. Farzana Parveen, 25, was killed in May before a crowd of onlookers near a courthouse in the eastern city of Lahore. The trial will begin today. Wine-stained: Revellers party at the launch event Pictures: Getty

Bring on the bulls... THOUSANDS of people crammed into Pamplona yesterday to mark the start of the running of the bulls festival. Revellers wore the traditional red scarf as they gathered for the launch of the ‘chupinazo’ rocket which kicks off the Spanish city’s wine-soaked event. The first of the eight bull runs is due to take place this morning, with thousands of people running down narrow streets alongside six of the animals. Fifteen people have been killed in the nine-day festival since 1924.

AMERICA: Card players compete on the first day of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The winner pockets at least €7.3million Picture: AP

Blackouts as storm Serial killer teacher batters power lines ‘admits 5 murders’

CAnADA: Storm Arthur has struck the Maritime provinces, leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power. Downgraded from a hurricane to a post-tropical storm, it battered the east with winds of up to 120km/h. ‘It’s like a Tasmanian devil ripping through your back yard,’ Mike Gange, of New Brunswick, said yesterday. It was expected to hit western Newfoundland last night.

MEXICO: A fitness instructor has admitted raping and murdering four girls and a woman, police revealed yesterday. Filiberto Hernandez, 43, who taught Zumba and karate in the eastern town of Tamuin, allegedly committed the crimes between 2010 and 2013. The remains of two victims – nineyear-old Dulce Jimena Reyes and factory worker Eliehoenai Chavez, 32 – have been found in a field.

and finally... AMERICA: Brian Krause continued his family’s dominance of the International Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship with an effort of 24m. Among the prizes at the Michigan contest was a set of drill bits.

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grew up in the area around Croke Park and lived there almost all my life. I love the atmosphere before big games and concerts. even when I was working night shifts and woken up by a 1,2,1,2 from westlife rehearsing, I still enjoyed it. The noise stops at a reasonable time of night that it does not breach any noise pollution laws any more than the sirens, trains or traffic from the main road. I have tickets for the Monday night concert and was intending to travel over from the UK, where I now live, to experience garth Brooks live as an adult – and not an 11-year-old dancing on the street looking at the stadium in awe back in 1997. Siobhan ■ In your ‘US Speak’ panel – ‘Tennies’: I have never heard of this in my life. Did you perhaps mean ‘tennis shoes’, as we do refer to sneakers as tennis shoes, despite almost none of us playing tennis after primary school; A ‘condo’: short for ‘condominium’,

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With special effects-laden movies such as Transformers: Age Of Extinction and Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes out this month, are actors in danger of being replaced by CGI stars? ANN LEE reports...

in Transformers: Age Of Extinction. A few weeks later, scarily realistic apes hell-bent on destroying humanity will take to the big screen in Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. In this case, the special effects are more subtle: real actors perform as apes and their movements are recorded by motion capture, before the animals’ features are added digitally. British actor Andy Serkis – known for his motion-capture work as Gol-

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lum and King Kong – reprises his role in the sequel of Caesar from 2011’s Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. Motion capture remains a crucial element of certain Hollywood blockbusters but the use of digital actors is on the rise. However, creating a believable human clone is a whole other challenge. ‘We all know what humans look like and creating a computer-generated one is the hardest thing to do,’ said Mike McGee, co-founder of

Oscar-winning special effects company Framestore. ‘When you look at yourself in the mirror, all those things we take for granted – like the number of times it takes for you to blink – if they’re not right on a CGI version, your brain spots it straight away.’ This concept is known as the uncanny valley, a term coined by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori. The more a computer-generated figure looks like a human, the uneasier someone will feel when looking at it. You can suspend your disbelief – and park your brain while you’re at it – for Optimus Prime because he’s a robot, but it’s more difficult with a virtual person. ‘The more you try to make someone photorealistic, the creepier they end up looking,’ said Alan Lewis, head of visual effects and animation at the Met Film School, based at Ealing Studios in London. ‘They’re Frankenstein-like in some way you can’t quite put your finger on.’

LTIMATELY, it will always take a human to deliver a performance with all of its nuances and idiosyncrasies, McGee said. ‘If you were to make a CG Cameron Diaz… to make her look like Cameron Diaz is one thing, but to get the performance is much harder,’ he said. A virtual character also needs a human to provide it with believable facial expression and movements, which is where performers such as Serkis come in. The motion capture technique is also used to make video games. The

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Diary Of Anne Frank star Geoffrey Breton was hired to play the role of Gabriel in Fable: The Journey. ‘It’s weird,’ he told us. ‘It’s not like filming on screen. It’s not like theatre. It’s something in between. You try to find this medium all the time and you can’t stay still either because it looks like you’ve died.’ One of the main reasons for creating a virtual actor is to bring people back from the dead. Brandon Lee died before the end of filming 1994 movie The Crow when he was accidentally shot on set during a scene. A combination of body doubles and digital effects were used to capture his likeness and complete the movie. A similar approach will be used in the making of Fast & Furious 7 with Paul Walker, who died in a car crash last November. Other actors have also been thinking ahead and planning for their posthumous appearances, with several A-list stars reportedly having their heads laser scanned to make digital models. ‘Hollywood stars can sell image rights to films they might appear in after they’ve died,’ said McGee. ‘There are actors having their bodies scanned at different age groups so they can be preserved as a 19-year-old or a 27-year-old. It’s almost like computer cryogenics.’ However, it is the cult of celebrity which drives the box office, McGee said. And incredible special effects don’t guarantee a box office hit. ‘You still need a good script, good direction and great performances,’ he added. ‘No amount of brilliant CG or VFX is ever going to be enough to carry a film. You need all the other ingredients.’

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CTORS can be real divas. They turn up late, they throw tantrums if their soy vanilla latte isn’t the right temperature and they cost money. A lot of money. But what if movie directors could have actors that did exactly what they were told and never talked back? Performers who got it exactly right on the first take, didn’t need a fancy trailer or a fat pay cheque? These ‘actors’ already exist. Virtual ones carefully crafted using the latest CGI technology. You can watch them later this week as Autobots and Decepticons smashing the world to smithereens

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na heolaíochta (sisters of science) RTÉ1, 7.30pm

Today, Irish people can be found at the cutting edge of science, but Ireland has a long history of scientific achievement and women have been central to that heritage. In this four-part Irish language series, presenter Róisín Ní Thomáin (above) explores the stories of four Irish women who helped shape the world of science, starting off with Dorothy Stopford-Price, the woman who pioneered the introduction of the BCG vaccine and spearheaded Ireland’s fight against TB.

michaella, peru and the drugs run RTÉ1, 9.35PM Last summer’s arrest of a pair of young women in Peru on drug-smuggling charges made headlines around the world. Ibiza party girls Michaella McCollum Connolly, from Co Tyrone, and Scot Melissa Reid at first claimed they were threatened to take the drugs by a criminal gang, but later changed their story. The pair, known as the Peru Two, were subsequently sentenced to six years, eight months in jail. This documentary follows Michaella’s mother Norah and sister Samantha as they travel to Peru and face up to the reality of her life behind bars.

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Unassuming debut from writerdirector Lisle Turner in which city girl Grace (Lauren Jones) finds herself hoiked off to the Herefordshire countryside by her parents, who are attempting to patch up their relationship. The unimpressed teen makes the acquaintance of taciturn Say (Andy Rush, above with Jones) and an unlikely romance blossoms.

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Artsy offering from director Godfrey Reggio. The film consists of 74 shots, most of which are of a face staring into some sort of modern technology – playing a game, watching a film – while Philip Glass’s score strains away in the background. There’s no narrative in this exploration of society’s relationship with technology.

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What with all the trauma of recent weeks, it’s fair to say that Carla Barlow is in need of a bit of innocent distraction. But before she can let her hair down, she’s got some unfinished business with estranged hubby Peter to deal with. It proves an emotionally draining experience, so no wonder she’s ready for a drink and a flirt – but should she really be asking young Luke back for coffee? No one could blame him for trying his luck…

eastenders RTÉ1, 8pm

There are some surprised faces at the Carter household when soldier boy Lee returns – which can only mean a twist in the Lucy Beale murder story, given that he was among the last to see her alive. Billy Mitchell has got other things on his mind – he’s skint. No one’s heard of banks in Albert Square.

wentworth prison TV3, 10pm

Australian prison drama in the vein of Prisoner Cell Block H. In tonight’s episode, Franky’s estranged father pays her a visit and she is torn when he offers to help her when she gets out. Meanwhile, Bea has an emotional reunion with her teenage daughter Debbie. Elsewhere, governor Erica finds the workforce up in arms over her reform plans.

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For three days, the cream of the world’s cyclists have been tearing up the roads in Britain, and the race’s visit across the channel builds to a finale today with a 155km stage from Cambridge to London. The climax will be a mass sprint down the historic Mall. While British rider Mark Cavendish’s dreams were ended after he sustained a shoulder injury in a crash during Saturday’s first leg, Ireland’s hopes are firmly pinned on Nicolas Roche (above), sporting the jersey of the Tinkoff- Saxo team, on his sixth consecutive Tour.

More than 20 years ago, before he became a TV regular and household name, comedian John Bishop – a man who likes a sporting challenge – cycled around Australia as a happy-go-lucky anonymous Scouser. Now he’s back down under, this time with a TV crew in tow, to retrace his journey – just with a bigger budget.

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Clearly a glutton for punishment, Antony Starr returns as the much beatenup and bloodied Lucas Hood, anti-hero of this bruising crime thriller from the Alan (True Blood) Ball stable. It’s a gripping mix of action and menace, the story picking up from the shoot-out that climaxed season one. Who went down – and who didn’t?

E4, 9pm

The latest sci-fi kid on the block, The 100, spins the clock forward 97 years after a nuclear apocalypse has devastated Earth and the only survivors are orbiting the skies in space stations. Is it safe to go back? To find out, the grown-ups send down their 100 most troublesome teens, including Eliza (Neighbours’ Janae) Taylor.

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In two months’ time, Scotland will vote on its independence. There are a lot of issues in the mix, but when it comes down to it, it’s likely the money question will be the one that holds the key. Would Scots be better off in or out of the UK? Robert Peston, the BBC’s house expert on money matters, does the sums.

the armstrong lie Channel 4, 9pm

For all the flag-waving fun of the Tour de France, cycling is a sport still tainted by its past drug scandals. Alex Gibney’s documentary charting the fall from grace of cycling legend Lance Armstrong is a stark reminder of that. What started as a film about Armstrong’s comeback in 2009, veers into the heart of cycling’s darkness as the seven-times Tour winner finally confessed.

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Film4, 5.50pm Period piece from Baz Luhrmann, which is, as you would expect, an overblown, occasionally high-camp affair, but which also wants to be a serious historical drama about World War II coming to Australia. Nicole Kidman stars as unworldly English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley, with Hugh Jackman as her butch love interest/minion.

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Summer dramas are like buses – you wait ages for one and then three come at once. The pick of tonight’s bumper crop is the final season of vampire romps in Bon Temps. Will Bill, Sookie (Anna Paquin, above) and the rest go out with a bang or a whimper? There’ll be a bit of both when Jason and Eric’s much-hyped sex scene sweats the screen in episode two, but first it’s time to catch up with how humans and vampires are rubbing along down Louisiana way. In two words: not well.

A surprisingly effective horror B-movie in which director Breck Eisner remakes George Romero’s creepy 1973 original – with more explosions. Timothy Olyphant stars as David Dutton, a sheriff of a small town who has to swing into action when the population suddenly starts carrying on like zombieesque maniacs. Radha Mitchell (above with Olyphant) stars as his imperilled pregnant wife. Eisner handles the suspense well and the rural setting raises issues of plucky yokels versus federal government.

happy gilmore ITV2, 9pm

A 1990s Adam Sandler comedy – so no surprise it’s an uncomplicated, slapstick affair in which, this time around, he finds himself playing an untalented, but aggressive, ice hockey player. When granny’s house is in danger of being repossessed, he decides to become a golfer – cue a madcap chase to win a tournament’s prize money.

behind enemy lines TG4, 9.30pm

Gene Hackman stars in this Bosnian War drama centring on a reconnaissance pilot, Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson), being shot down and stranded in enemy territory after filming evidence of a genocidal massacre by Serbian militia. As Hackman’s naval air commander resists orders and mounts a covert mission to rescue Burnett, the pilot struggles to stay alive as he is pursued by paramilitary forces.

‘I’m not just pro-women, I’m pro the whole f***ing world’

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Misogyny on the rise? Good, we’ve got ’em scared... With a giddy mix of sex, masturbation and lively anecdote, Caitlin Moran has blazed a trail for a new feminism. Claire Allfree meets the whirlwind

aitlin Moran opens her front door with a flurry of kisses, ‘darlings’ and billows from her fancy e-cigarette (‘it tastes like apple brandy, so it’s like booze and fags in one’). Her north london house is brimming with activity – there’s a photo shoot in the front room and various press people hanging around with slightly star-struck expressions. Journalists aren’t supposed to become the story but Moran – times columnist, feminist trailblazer, twitterati queen and now novelist – is bona fide famous. ‘What’s she really like?’ colleagues ask later. Was she, you know, what you’d expect? Well, yes, to some extent. Moran in the flesh is pretty much exactly how she is on the page. Her hair is enormous, her eye shadow vermillion green and she doesn’t so much talk as give a highly animated performance, studded with expletives, asterisks, italics and capital letters. But she is also professional. there’s a sense of personality at work. Caitlin Moran the highly effective brand. Brand Moran’s latest project is a novel, How to Build a Girl. like her excellent, zeitgeist-defining book How to Be a Woman, it features a lot of sex, masturbation and plenty of bits from Moran’s life.

the heroine is Johanna, a 14-year-old girl who, just like the young Moran, lives in a Wolverhampton council house with her many siblings and, through a mix of ambition and sheer outsized personality, carves out a teenage career as a writer on a london music magazine. along the way, she hangs out with bands, has a seriously eye-watering number of sexual encounters and slowly realises that kindness is more admirable than nastiness. in other words, it’s How to Be a Woman in novel form for slightly younger readers. Moran agrees her novel reads like an autobiography but insists she was far more pious and square than Johanna. ‘i was really thinking of [nME’s 1970s super-hack] Julie Burchill,’ she says. ‘Julie was the first to do it. She was the real working-class hero who got to write about music. Plus she had the balls and brio to be queen bitch. i was much more: “Oh, it’s so nice to be here. Can i write about Crowded House?”’ Working-class girls with balls is a subject close to Moran’s heart. She might be mining her life for all its worth (‘if Woody allen

MORE fEMinisT-fLAvOuRED READing Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies And Revolution by Laurie Penny (Bloomsbury) The latest broadside from the culturally prominent left-wing feminist Laurie Penny, mixing personal experience with lacerating attacks on the impact of capitalism on equality and the pressure on women to be beautiful. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys by Viv Albertine (Faber) A deliciously messy memoir from the

former Slits frontwoman (pictured) that casts a defiantly female voice on a decidedly male genre. It also, surely, boasts the best title of the year. Here We Stand: Women Changing The World by Helena Earnshaw and Angharad Penrhyn Jones (Honno Welsh Women’s Press) Seventeen angry and affirmative testimonies, ranging from women who have taken on corporations and opened refuges to those who have marched on the streets and stormed parliament, all in the name of a better future. CA

How to build a movement: Caitlin Moran, pictured without kisses and ‘darlings’ can…’) but there’s no doubt her life story can cope. One of eight children homeschooled by a pair of hardcore hippies on benefits, she was a ‘fat and painfully earnest’ child, who applied to be managing director of Comic Relief in her early teens (‘lenny Henry wrote me a very nice letter’) before deciding at 15 that the only way out of Wolverhampton was to write a novel.

ut it was How to Be a Woman that really announced her as an important Cultural Voice. think back four years and almost no one was talking so boldly about feminism. ‘Can you imagine thinking: hmm, racial equality, nice idea, let’s put it over here and forget about it?’ she says. ‘But that’s how it felt regarding feminism. So i thought i’d knock out a book and see how it went.’ it went rather well. Even if you didn’t like the way Moran invariably made her points through the prism of women’s bodies (although, at last, someone was talking frankly about women and their lady gardens) there was no doubt she deployed a highly-effective arsenal of wit

and personal anecdote to kick-start the conversation. Social media took up the reins, other women waded in and, from laura Bates’s Everyday Sexism Project to the twitter spat generated by Moran’s misunderstood comment about lena Dunham’s Girls, women – and men – are now arguing, debating and campaigning on the subject of women’s rights. and with it, from twitter trolling to the tabloid media, has come a rise in misogyny. ‘i’m glad,’ says Moran. ‘We’ve got them running. Hatred comes from fear and, as women get more powerful, men get more scared. i’d be worried, actually, if misogyny wasn’t on the rise.’ Moran is miles from those po-faced extremists who, let’s be honest, gave feminism a dour name. She’s all for political change but has more faith in the cultural. ‘if you don’t like how media represents women, produce a magazine that’s cooler and funnier,’ she says. ‘use the internet and write a sitcom. the future is ours because we’ve never had it.’ and not just women. ‘Just in case there was any doubt, i’m not just pro-women,’ she says. ‘i’m pro the whole f***ing world!’

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SIA 1000 FORMS OF FEAR RCA HHHII The Australian singer-songwriter and producer once tagged ‘the new Dido’ first made her impact on this side of the world as vocalist with down-tempo electronica outfit Zero 7, but Sia Furler’s CV is much more impressive than that suggests. She has not only co-authored songs for Rihanna, Beyoncé, Eminem, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Kylie and Céline Dion, but has also recorded five albums of her own. Her sixth is as packed with stadium-friendly, r‘n’b-pop anthems as you might imagine from that glittery client list. Sia doesn’t really ‘do’ subtlety, as opening track Chandelier shows; it’s a K2sized controlled belter about blocking out memories of the bad times with excessive

good times, and it does a fine job of showing off the singer’s astonishingly powerful pipes. Sia’s gymnastic, gale-force voice is definitely the gee-wow element in 1000 Forms Of Fear, tending to blast into oblivion the obvious emotional honesty of her lyrics. Only the Lana Del Rey-ish Straight For The Knife and playfully percussive Fair Game are understated and they’re all the more effective for it. Hostage – a bid to splice Amy Winehouse with The Killers, it seems – has ‘hit’ written all over it, while the six-plus minutes of Dressed In Black feels more like six hours, due to an interminable, OTT passage of multitracked woah-woahs. That several of these songs sound like perfect hybrids of Rihanna and Katy Perry suggests Sia has been writing with others for so long that her own expression has become obscured. It’s doubtful she’d see it like that but blurring the definitions of your creative identity seems a hefty price to pay for success.

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Manchester trio Plank’s second LP is the kind of thing you could sling on if you’re either up for a bit of small-hours solo contemplation or want a rocket boost before a big night out. There are echoes of Mogwai and Tortoise, and signs of a love of John Carpenter’s soundtracks, but Plank do more than simply copy. sO’C

ErDWIN GArcIA REMOVIENDO: A CuBAN-IRISH STORY HHHHI The story behind the debut album from Cuban musician Erdwin Garcia (pictured) has all the ingredients of a cute heist movie. The record is a testament to Cuba’s joyous relationship with music – but there’s a darker side attesting to the restrictions that are part of daily life in one of the world’s few surviving communist dictatorships. Twenty six year old Garcia was ‘discovered’ by Traleebased producer and lecturer Bob Jackson during a holiday to the remote city of Trinidad De Cuba in 2009. Overcoming obstacles such as having to smuggle a mobile studio in a suitcase, a crippling heatwave and lack of facilities, Jackson and Garcia recorded a joyous collection. Channelling traditional

sounds without evoking tourist board schtick is difficult, but Garcia is a spry songwriter with a deft voice and a knack for sweet melodies. A crowd sourcing campaign to bring Garcia to Ireland is underway – for devotees of Cuban art an

Whimpering lyrics from a ballsy singer LEELA JAMES FALL FOR YOu

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opportunity see him in the flesh would be unmissable. Eamon de Paor

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David Gray has always seemed a little grumpy about the success he enjoyed in the late 1990s – after a decade as a starving artist, by every account, he found arena stardom had its downsides too, not least the fact he was expected to churn out the same three or four songs at every concert. He’s since worked hard at evolving his sound – a campaign that arguably reaches its apotheosis with Mutineers, a dark, propulsive collection heavy on minimalist grooves and disconcerting lyrics. There are moments of grace along with the angst but the murk and dissonance is elsewhere all-encompassing and the record, a collaboration with Andy Barlow of trip-out outfit Lamb, can be a bit of a slog. Long time fans may be baffled or hostile – it’s possible that this is precisely EdP what is intended.

Los Angeles singer Leela James is a prime example of what’s been called nu-soul, that subcategory of r‘n’b that includes the likes of D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill. It’s an odd term because, in this context, ‘nu’ means ‘quite old’. It’s a music that worships at the shrine of 1970s soul music, complete with Stevie Wonderful chord changes and nods to the secular gospel stylings of Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack. James takes the retro angle further than most, with two of her previous albums comprising soul covers. Her fifth LP teams her with a host of contemporary songwriter/producer types but continues to reference vintage 1970s soul. The chords of Set Me Free resemble Deniece Williams’s 1976 classic Free; the slinky Say That recalls The O’Jays’ Back Stabbers; while Everything is a terrific 6/8 ballad with Steely Dan touches. What James’s music lacks is any sense of empowerment. Whereas, say, Amy Winehouse and D’Angelo use contemporary, personal imagery to animate the past, James sounds as though she’s just rummaging through soul clichés. ‘Say that you love me,’ she hollers on one song. ‘I’ll never leave you,’ implores another. ‘Why do you keep doin’ me wrong?’, ‘Your love is so good’, ‘I need you to save me’. And so on. Such whimpering sentiments are at odds with James’s extraordinary, ballsy voice – a husky contralto with a full-throated screech in the higher register. Maybe one day she’ll write some lyrics that suit it. John Lewis

Soul clichés: Leela James

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The teaming of Seattle-born hip hop hotshot Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) and producer/DJ Ryan Lewis (left) goes back years but they’ve taken off since 2012’s album The Heist. Their punchy, enjoyably irreverent tunes are driven by Macklemore’s raspy wordplay and Lewis’s crisp beats and their Marlay Park gig promises a hit-packed setlist including the brassy Thrift Shop (the latest in bargain-basement anthems, including Afrikan Boy’s One Day I Went To Lidl) and Can’t Hold Us. They also blend party-hearty rhymes with mainstream reflections – on Same Love, Macklemore lambasts homophobia in the US. Their gigs have earned rave reviews, so expect high spirits, showmanship and offbeat between-song chat Thu, Marlay Park, Dundrum D14, doors 5pm, €49.50. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.macklemore.com

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hear THE bRiAN jONEsTOwN MAssAcRE When Anton Newcombe’s band take to The Academy stage this week, the sense of impending chaos will be tangible. Usually, it electrifies the music. When on form, The BJM channel Newcombe’s manic psyche into a psychedelic rock’n’roll ramble that ranges from pastoral folk fuzziness to primal freak-out jams. Expect tracks from their wellreceived 14th album Revelation to be very much to the fore Wed, The Academy, 57 Middle Abbey Street D1, 7.30pm, €22.90. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.the academy dublin.com

A few well-timed marketing hooks (‘the new Taylor Swift’) have placed Kacey Musgraves in the spotlight – but this 25year-old Texan singer/songwriter’s original material also suggests real staying power. Unlike Swift, Musgraves hasn’t given her country roots an overtly poppy makeover, which is usually the key to crossing over to the European mainstream. She has been steadily building on the praise she’s earned Stateside, across Rolling Stone magazine tips, independent radio and celebrity tweets. Her inclusion on the soundtrack to hit TV series Nashville has also boosted her profile. Although she cut her teeth playing classic country material (Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline) at Deep South oprys, she spikes her sugary, breezily catchy melodies and breathy vocals with intriguingly acid humour on latest album Same Trailer Different Park Thu, The Academy, 57 Middle Abbey Street D1, 7.30pm, €17. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.theacademydublin.com

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Behind all of Shakespeare’s beautifully wrought verse and the tragedy of the plot, Timon Of Athens is essentially a play about accountancy and the importance of balancing income and expenditure. Timon is generosity itself, bestowing gifts and hospitality upon his court and acquaintances with the open heart of a young child – that is until the debt collectors come knocking. New abridged version performed by AC Productions Until Jul 19, Project Arts Centre, 39 Essex Street East D2, 8.15pm, €14 to €16. Tel: (01) 881 9613/4. www.projectartscentre.ie

Richard Lester’s seminal, lig Day’s Night offers The Be htly fictionalised pop ‘documentary’ A Hard atl (fictional) troublemaking es in all their fresh-faced 1964 glory. Paul’s gra on a trip to a TV studio, an ndfather (Wilfrid Brambell) joins the boys d in particular shows unexp causes havoc. The film is hilarious (Lennon ected comic talent), but als no predecessors to imitate, o fascinating: with themselves and entirely remthe Beatles are at once very much culture. Still, they remain oved from contemporary confessional a phenomenon and this is the closest a new generation of fans will ge t to seeing the Fab Four in concert. On limited release

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hear gHOsTfAcE kiLLAH Wu-Tang legend Ghostface Killah has spent his career living a concept but steps it up a notch with last year’s Twelve Reasons To Die, a ‘concept album’ about his Tony Starks alter ego. Inspired by spaghetti western movies, and created in collaboration with the scorer of spoof blaxploitation flick Black Dynamite, it charts the story of Starks, a Mafia don who sets up a cocaine-dealing syndicate and falls for a femme fatale. A Q&A with the great man will be followed by a live performance Thu, The Sugar Club, 8 Leeson Street Lower D2, 7.30pm, €17.50. www.thesugarclub.com

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Simon Demery is general sales manager at Swizzels Matlow Ireland, the confectionery brand which produces Love Hearts, Drumstick lollies, Refreshers, Fizzers and Double Dips. What do you do? As general sales manager, I’m responsible for all aspects of the business; however, working with a good team of people allows me to concentrate primarily on sales and marketing. I work closely with our agents and customers planning at least 6-8 months in advance for key sales periods; Valentine’s Day, summer activity, Halloween and Christmas.

general operations. If I’m not in the office, I’m meeting our agents or key customers, or working with field sales personnel. At least a couple of evenings a week I’lI try to get some exercise, then home to spend time with the family.

When was Swizzels Matlow established? Swizzels Matlow

was established in 1928 as a market stall in Hackney, London with What is your background? Maurice and Alfred Matlow selling After leaving school my first job jelly sweets. Five years later, the was selling reproduction paintings Matlow Brothers merged with door to door which was tough work David Dee who specialised in fizzy but very rewarding. After two years compressed tablet sweets. The I moved to a contract sales agency factory in New Mills now produces where I worked with brands more than 14 tons of chew sweets, including Lever Brothers, Mars, 40,000 bags of Rainbow Drops and BIC and Dairyland. I then nearly 300,000 Double Dip moved to Classic lollies every day with 24Consumer Products, hour production. We starting as a sales have been operating representative in in Dublin for at We produce more Leinster and later least 30 years, promoted to than 14 tonnes of chew and grown national account this sweets, 40,000 bags of throughout manager. Since period. then I have Rainbow Drops and What do your worked in senior 300,000 Double Dip employees in positions for a number of Ireland do? lollies every day companies including From our warehouse SHS and St Ivel, in Tallaght we manage before joining Swizzels all aspects sales, marketing Matlow in 2002. So all in all I have and distribution. Ireland is the spent almost 25 years working in largest market for the brand outside the FMCG business. of the UK. Currently we are in the process of rebranding our corporate What’s your typical day? The logo to Swizzels which will entail great thing about my job is there is rebranding our full range of brands no ‘typical day’. Every day is very over the coming months. different. I’m usually up at 7am, have breakfast with my two girls What’s your most popular (13 and 10) and on the road by product? Our most popular 7.45am. My job is not nine-to-five, product is Love Hearts, which is and with modern phone connectivcelebrating 60 years in production ity, you’re always available. If this year. While our range of chew office-based, my day can be varied, bars like Refresher and Stinger are with internal meetings including also a long-time favourite with kids promotional planning, sales of all ages. reviews, meeting preparation and In a world dominated by strategy planning, as well as

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Company: Swizzels Matlow Ireland Business: Confectionery brand Established: 1928 in the UK, operating in Ireland for more than 30 years Employees: Six in Dublin, 600 in the UK

luxury chocolate, how do you keep your product relevant? We’re constantly innovating and have recently launched a new soft range of some of our favourite brands called Squashies. There are four varieties in the Squashies range; Drumsticks, Refreshers, Love Hearts and Double Lollies.

What changes did you have to make over the years to do this? We have introduced an online shop so that couples looking for wedding favours can buy personalised Love Hearts wrapping and we occasionally introduce limited edition versions of our most popular brands. We recently launched a limited edition range of One Direction Love Hearts sweets.

What’s your favourite product? At the moment it’s Squashies,

from Double Lollies to Drumsticks, we all fondly remember the originals from our childhood and now people can enjoy these new soft versions as well.

How has the recession affected your business? Like all

business we have been affected, however, we’re fortunate to have well established brands in several formats and at a range of price points.

When is your peak sales period? Christmas and Halloween as our range of products are perfect stocking fillers. Our range of Love Hearts gifting products are popular for Valentine’s Day.

What makes a good sales person? Passion, personality,

patience and persistence.

What do you enjoy most about your job? I’m fortunate

enough to be working for a family business that has a clear plan for growth and empowers employees. The result for me is a great sense of satisfaction and pride when the

business is growing.

What do you put off for as long as you can? Making the tea. What makes you happy?

Success and my family.

What’s on your desk? A bottle of water, some new product samples and some key administration documents. Paper or digital diary? Why? I was a Filofax man and resisted the change initially, but now only digital. It’s far easier to plan meetings, respond to queries and track progress.

How do you relax? Gym, cycling, reading, and family time. Joanne Ahern

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Bruised: Dublin’s Alex Considine is hit by Sean Morrissey of Kilkenny

Boss Pat Fanning admitted it’ll be difficult to pick his players up after a crushing Leinster minor final defeat. Fanning’s young Dubs went in as favourites after hammering Kilkenny by 11 points in the same competition just weeks ago. But a whopping 20-point turnaround saw them lose out by nine points and they face a tricky task to rebuild their summer ahead of the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Liam Blanchfield shot 2-3 from play for Kilkenny while Alan Murphy delivered nine points and a strong display from wingforward. ‘It’ll be fairly hard to

build the boys up after that,’ admitted Fanning. ‘It just wasn’t our day. Kilkenny showed a hunger and an enthusiasm that we couldn’t match on the day. ‘We’ll have to go off and see what the reasons were for that. I did say it after the last Kilkenny game in Nowlan Park that it was probably the worst possible scoreline we could have won by in terms of motivation for them.’ Kilkenny moved into a 1-5 to 0-1 lead after 19 minutes, though they were pegged back by a sean Ryan goal which left Dublin just 1-9 to 1-5 down at half-time. But Kilkenny bursts of 0-4 and 1-4 without reply in the third quarter of the game put them in the clear. sub Eoin o Conghaile’s late 1-2 was just consolation for Dublin.

kilkenny retake crown from toothless Dublin sEniOR KIlKENNy .......................................0-24 DuBlIN ........................................... 1-09 by pAuL kEAnE It was a weekend that began with so much promise for Dublin hurling as fans dreamed of a historic double of Leinster minor and senior titles. Unfortunately, the lasting image franked on supporters’ minds will be of a dejected Conal Keaney, sitting in the Hogan stand, cradling his head as Kilkenny roared to victory. It was the same in the earlier minor game. Keaney was billed as the man most likely to inspire Dublin to a successful senior title defence. But his lack of punch and impact on the game summed up the team’s difficulties on a drab day lacking any spark. the man who did so much just a couple of weeks ago to see off wexford was hauled off in the 50th minute. sitting beside him were Ryan O’Dwyer, Danny sutcliffe and Joey Boland, more go-to men under normal circumstances. Like Keaney, they watched with frustration as their team-mates were harried into dispossessions and as Oles rang out for Henry shefflin who came on and scored three points. tJ Reid maintained his fine form and only strengthened his Hurler of the Year credentials with another ten points. But what may annoy Dublin manager anthony Daly most is that Kilkenny didn’t play at their peak. they weren’t unbeatable. But once the Cats took the lead in the 11th

Dejec Dejection: Dublin manager Anthony Dalyy shakes hands with Kilkenny manager Brian Cody after the game picture: inpho

minute – not surprisingly thanks to a Reid score – they held on to it until full-time and were never in any great danger. Colm Cronin’s 22nd minute goal was one of the few positives for Dublin. His clever shot bounced off the ground and into the Kilkenny net to leave Dublin trailing 1-3 to 0-7. the Cats came back with four points in a row, a typical response on the afternoon. By halftime, Kilkenny led 0-13 to 1-6 and wrapped up

their 13th provincial crown in the Brian Cody era with three points after the restart. they will go on to play an all-Ireland semi-final in five weeks. Dublin will attempt to lift flagging morale. they scored just three points in the entire second-half and only two from play. Daly had made all five substitutions with ten minutes still to play. It didn’t get any better though and Kilkenny finished the game with the last seven points in a row.

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O’Donoghue’s ten crowns it for Kerry AllSTAR forward James O’Donoghue shot a perfect ten points as Kerry staged a dramatic Munster final coup at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The tie was billed as an opportunity for Cork players to etch their name in history in the last football decider before the ground is demolished and rebuilt. But Kerry stormed to a double scores 0-24 to 0-12 win and hinted at a fresh era of success with a young team. Aside from O’Donoghue, Paul Geaney shot three points from play while Johnny Buckley booted four from midfield. A bad day for Cork was compounded by a late Win: O’Donoghue red card for John Hayes and they will now play a final round qualifier against a side from the A side of the back door series. Kerry were dominant throughout as they chased a 76th Munster title. They hit 11 points without reply at one stage in the firsthalf and led by 0-13 to 0-5 at half-time. Meanwhile, Dublin based midfielder John O’Loughlin shot four points as Laois overcame hosts Wexford 0-18 to 0-17 in Round 2A of the qualifiers. In Ulster, holders Monaghan returned to the final with a 1-18 to 1-13 semi-final replay win over Armagh.

spORT DigEsT Win more special this time – Kvitova TEnnis Petra Kvitova feared she would never win another grand slam in the dark days after her first triumph three years ago. The Czech (pictured) outgunned Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 to triumph in the Wimbledon final on Saturday. She said: ‘It’s more special for me I can win it again. It was a lot of work and nobody believed I can play my best again and win another grand slam. I’m just glad I’m here again.’ Kvitova was just 21 when she beat Maria Sharapova in 2011 and added: ‘It was up and down in the three years after I won and there were times when I didn’t think I can win another grand slam. But I was going to work very hard to try to do everything to be champion.’

Campbell off to a flying start in US cycLing Daragh Campbell, formerly

of Drogheda Wheelers, got his Amerian career off to a flying start yesterday when he won the first stage of the Pisgah Grand Prix in North Carolina. This was his first outing for Team Novo Nordisk in what was also their first win of the season. Campbell got into a threeman move with 15 miles of the stage left and sprinted to the win in an uphill finish. Campbell guested for the team last year in the Martin Donnelly Junior Tour. All members of the team, including Campbell, suffer from diabetes.

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Nibali shows his steel in Sheffield with late burst for stage 2 win Italian Vincenzo Nibali claimed the Tour de France yellow jersey with a late attack on the second stage as the favourites flexed their muscles on a frantic climb into Sheffield on Sunday. Defending champion Chris Froome also laid down a marker with a burst of speed up the spitefully steep Jenkin Road, the ninth ascent of a long day, 5km from the finish in the former heart of Britain’s faded steel industry. Spain’s twice former champion Alberto Contador was also in the action as the world’s biggest cycle race said goodbye to Yorkshire after two memorable days in the north of England. Enormous crowds lined the 201km route from York, and thousands at the finish area cheered as Italian champion Nibali turned on the power with just under 2km to go. There still seemed plenty of time for the chasers to hunt him down but the Astana rider got his head down in a stiff breeze to finish two seconds ahead of

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boost for McDowell as he retains French Open Graeme mcDowell will head into the open championship buoyed by his first ever successful title defence following a dramatic final round of the alstom open de France. mcDowell overturned an eight-shot deficit thanks to a brilliant closing 67 despite the wet and windy conditions at le Golf National, although he also had plenty of help from american Kevin Stadler. Stadler’s four-shot overnight lead disappeared with a front nine of 41, but he battled back well with birdies on the 14th and 16th to pull within one of mcDowell, who had moved three ahead with his fifth birdie of the day on the 16th.

ly didn’t think I’d be a) standing here with an opportunity to be in a play-off and b) with a trophy in my hands. ‘I feel very fortunate. Kevin Stadler is a great, great player. I literally gave him that putt on the last green. I didn’t expect him to miss that. ‘It’s not really the way you like to win. I was ready to go for the playoff, but I’ll take it and run. I really needed this victory. It’s a special one for me. There’s a busy summer ahead and this a good kick-start.’ mcDowell has deliberately played a lighter schedule this year – even missing the Bmw PGa championship at

‘It’s not really the way you like to win, I was ready for the play-off, but I’ll take it and run’ with mcDowell then dropping his only shot of the day on the 18th after finding heavy rough off the tee, Stadler needed to par the 18th to force a play-off but missed from two feet just as mcDowell left the recording area to prepare for extra holes. Stadler’s closing 76 left him in a tie for second with Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee, who dropped five shots in the first four holes but played the remainder in four under for a 72. ‘I’m very surprised,’ mcDowell said after claiming his tenth european Tour title. ‘midway through my second glass of wine last night, when I was very disappointed with my backnine performance on Saturday, I real-

Dramatic win: McDowell did not look likely to finish on top but overturned an eight-shot deficit to keep his trophy picture: getty

Climbing: Nibali celebrates win Belgian Greg van Avermaet and Pole Michal Kwiatkowski. Froome and Contador were safely in the bunch. ‘I think in the final kilometres they all tried to attack,’ Nibali, who finished third behind Bradley Wiggins and Froome in 2012, told a news conference. ‘Alberto was the first and Froome also tried to attack and control it but I was able to attack in the right moment and win the stage. But I don’t want to lose my head. ‘The Tour de France doesn’t stop here with this yellow jersey, we have almost three weeks to go.’ With Mark Cavendish abandoning the race in the morning after his heavy crash in Harrogate on Saturday, all eyes were on Froome to give the home crowds something to cheer. His late burst on the steepest hill on the whole of this year’s Tour, if one of the shortest, was an impressive show of strength but he ultimately had to play second fiddle to Nibali.

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wentworth – to leave himself fresher for the second half of the season. ‘It’s a good decision now, but I have to say myself and my team were starting to question it,’ the former US open champion added. ‘But my body has probably never been in as good a shape at this point in the season. ‘I’m very proud to defend my first title ever and this is the boost I needed with the summer ahead, especially the ryder cup (the win takes him tenth on the european points list).’ Stadler was philosophical about coming so close, saying: ‘It’s very hard to lose the same tournament twice in the same day but I managed to do it.’

FAMiLy HELpED inspiRE A win FOR HAMiLTOn

An emotionAl lewis Hamilton praised the impact of his family as they helped inspire a turnaround in his fortunes at the British Grand Prix. the 29-year-old recovered from an error of judgement in qualifying, storming from sixth on the grid to take victory at Silverstone and close the gap on title rival and mercedes teammate nico Rosberg in the process. With Rosberg forced to retire from the lead with a gearbox problem, Hamilton capitalised to the full and claimed his fifth win of the season to move to within four points of the German at the top of the standings. the result blows the title race wide open and the 2008 world champion was visibly moved after the race. He said: ‘my family have been incredible’. ‘i spent a lot of time with my dad last night just talking it out – and my brother. i just said i needed them here today, i just

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really wanted their support. ‘i do come to the races on my own and i do generally do it on my own. i have my trainer with me but i thought this weekend it would be nice to have them at least today, as yesterday was such a difficult day.’ Having set the pace on his first qualifying run in Q3 on a rainy Saturday, Hamilton was on course to take pole position until he backed off on his final lap believing the track was too wet to improve. He was left redfaced as most other drivers set their fastest times in the dying seconds and was left to start in sixth as Rosberg clinched pole.

When he first burst onto the scene Hamilton was often accompanied to races by his family. His brother nicholas has since embarked on his own racing career. He said: ‘it is so hard for us to spend some time together and i think last night was very important and put him in good stead for today.’ Father Anthony felt entering race day with a clear mind was key to his son’s second British Grand Prix win. ‘He came here this morning having had a bad day yesterday and the whole British fan-base was behind him and that gave him a big boost.’

Celebration at last : Lewis cracks open the bubbly

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HiguAiN: i’LL gET MESSi iN SEMiS

Hig deal: Higuain celebrates scoring as he ends his six-match argentina goal drought

picture: ActiON iMAGeS

GonzAlo HIGuAIn wants to take some of the burden off lionel Messi’s shoulders after his man-of-the-match performance saw Argentina through to their first World Cup semi-final for 24 years. Higuain scored and also hit the bar as his team saw off Belgium 1-0 on Saturday. Higuain had been an injury doubt for the tournament and said: ‘It’s not been easy for me. I very nearly didn’t make it to the World Cup at all but fortunately everything has worked out. ‘People were asking me when the goal was going to come and I’ve always given them the same answer, “I’m working on it”. ‘But I wasn’t getting desperate – I knew I’d score sooner or later.’

Neymar injury ‘could have been far worse’ by ALAN SCOTT

NEYMAR admits he feared the injury which ended his World Cup was far more serious. The Brazil talisman was ruled out of the tournament on Friday when the knee of Colombia defender Juan Zuniga connected with his back. A scan showed Neymar had broken a vertebra in the collision but Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari revealed: ‘Marcelo ran up to Neymar [directly after the challenge] and asked him how he was feeling and he told him: “I can’t feel my legs.”’

Hosts look for a Silva lining FIFA has confirmed Brazil have lodged an appeal against the yellow card that has seen skipper Thiago Silva (pictured) banned for the semi-

final against Germany. The chances of success appear slim, however, as appeals against yellow cards are not usually permitted, only reds.

However, team doctor Jose Luiz Runco stressed the 22-year-old will not suffer long-term effects. ‘He will be out for 40 to 45 days. Then he will be able to pass, to

run,’ he said. Meanwhile, Scolari has labelled losing Neymar for tomorrow’s semi-final against Germany ‘a catastrophe’. ‘Neymar is our reference,’ he

said. ‘He is a player that would make the difference in any team. ‘We have lost the one player we did not want to lose and it’s for the semi-final and final.’ Paulinho or Fernandinho could be asked to play a more advanced role against Germany in tomorrow’s last-four encounter, with midfielder Luis Gustavo returning from suspension. Chelsea forward Willian or Shakhtar Donetsk’s Bernard might replace Neymar. Scolari has asked Neymar to join the team in Belo Horizonte to cheer on the Selecao during tomorrow’s match.

Jasper left in the dark about Krul intentions HoLLAND keeper Jasper Cillessen has been assured he remains Louis van Gaal’s first-choice, despite the shoot-out heroics of Tim Krul. Newcastle stopper Krul came off the bench in the last minute of extra-time to save two Costa Rican penalties in the quarterfinal – helping his team reach Wednesday’s semi-

final with Argentina in Sao Paulo. ‘Tonight I have realised a dream,’ Krul said. ‘What I’ve experienced is an incredible emotion. Van Gaal had warned me.’ Despite being the hero of the night, Krul will not start against Argentina as Van Gaal has promised Cillessen – who was not told of the planned

substitution for the shootout – he is first-choice for the semi-final. ‘There is no question about who will start next game – it will be Cillessen,’ said Van Gaal. ‘We told Krul he would be a possibility for the penalties but we didn’t tell Cillessen, as we didn’t want to ruin his preparation.’

Cillessen has said sorry for storming off the pitch and kicking water bottles after he was replaced. ‘I want to apologise,’ he said. ‘The change was a shock to my system.’ Krul paid tribute to the Dutch No.1, saying: ‘In the 119th minute, Jasper made a fantastic save – if he had not we would be going home.’

no.1s: Cillessen and Krul

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TRANSFER TALK

Lovren savages Saints as he sets heart on Anfield soUthAMpton defender Dejan lovren has hit out at his current club after they rejected a £20million offer from liverpool. lovren claims saints did not inform him of the bid, and told a croatian newspaper: ‘I realised I’ve got no business staying. Frankly, my head is already at liverpool. southampton paid £9m for me, so would’ve earned more than twice the amount.’ southampton have already sold Adam lallana and rickie lambert to the reds, luke shaw to Manchester United and seen manager Mauricio pochettino leave for tottenham. lovren, 25, added: ‘I don’t know who the main man at the club is any more. they are now looking for £25m but I don’t think they’ll get it. I’d gladly stay if they had any ambitions, if they kept the key players.’

Liverpool target: Lovren u ArsenAl have been given the okay to complete a £32million move for Alexis sanchez (right) after Barcelona reportedly accepted their bid. u WEST Ham are still hoping to hijack Everton’s move for free agent Gareth Barry, who spent last season on loan at Goodison Park from Manchester City. u MAnchester United striker Javier hernandez has reportedly snubbed a switch to southampton. u ManCHESTEr City have agreed a £6million deal for Malaga keeper Willy Caballero.

Foreign legion all chasing after Cole AshleY cole is in talks with several foreign clubs, his agent has confirmed. the 33-year-old left-back is a free agent following his release by chelsea this summer. reports suggest a move to Italian club roma could be close. ‘the situation is we are talking to several clubs. At the moment it is only clubs based abroad. there may be other developments, but for the moment, that is all we are talking,’ said his agent Jonathan Barnett.

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Back-to-back victories for McDowell at French Open

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DJOkOVIC DIGS DEEp TO BEAT DOuBTS AnD WIn OuT OVER FEDERER In FIVE-SET THRILLER

Champion: Djokovic holds aloft the Wimbledon trophy after defeating Roger Federer in the final picture: action images

NOvak DjOkOvic admitted doubting himself before securing his second Wimbledon title by beating Roger Federer yesterday. The 27-year-old secured his seventh grand slam title in a tense five-set battle with Federer, prevailing 6-7 (7/9) 6-4 7-6 (7/4) 5-7 6-4. The Serbian denied Federer a record eighth Wimbledon crown, but conceded he feared the match might slip away after failing to convert a match point in the fourth set. ‘congratulations to Roger, he proved what a great champion he is once again here this year,’ said Djokovic. ‘i respect your career and everything you’ve done Roger – thank you for letting me win today! ‘after dropping a fourth set it wasn’t easy to regroup. i tried to compose myself and find the energy to win the fifth. i don’t know how i managed to do it. ‘This is the tournament i always dreamed of winning. This

is the best tournament in the world, the most valuable one.’ after thanking his family and his camp, Djokovic added: ‘Last but not least, i would like to dedicate this title to my first coach who taught me everything i know about tennis – jelena Gencic – and she passed away last year, and this is for her.’ Djokovic knelt on the turf to eat some of the famous all England club grass to greet his victory – just as in 2011. The Belgrade native lost out in last summer’s final to andy Murray, and admitted it was a thrill to win again. ‘The last time i won here was part of a fantastic year, and it’s just amazing for it to happen again,’ he said. a clearly-deflated Federer remained as gracious as ever in defeat, and the 32-year-old conceded he was pleased with his run to the final. ‘i’m delighted to have been able to be back here again in this final,’ he said.

Daly bewildered by out of touch Dublin Boss Anthony Daly admitted he was bewildered by Dublin’s limp display as they relinquished their Leinster hurling title in tame circumstances. A double-scores 0-24 to 1-9 victory for Kilkenny didn’t flatter Brian Cody’s side, who were full value for their first title since 2011. They gained revenge for last year’s provincial championship loss to the Dubs and will march on to the AllIreland semi-finals. As for Dublin, Daly said there are no guarantees but he expects them to show their character and bounce back with a vengeance. It was hard to muster too much enthusiasm from yesterday’s performance though with only a couple of positives in defence and a Colm Cronin goal. ‘It was just our touch, I couldn’t figure that bit (how it was so bad),’ said

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Daly. ‘our touch looked very good in training right up until the weekend. We played two matches in training on Friday and saturday. It was sharp. But you have to do it on the day. And it was Kilkenny that did it on the day. They were strong. They defended very well and they deserved it.’ Dublin are still just a game away from the semi-finals though it’s a much tougher route to All-Ireland success. ‘You just appeal to the players’ character, you say, “what do we do now? Do we stand up? Are we going to have a lash off this?”’ added Daly. ‘The easy option is just to say, “ah, this wasn’t our year”. But that won’t do.’

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Power play: Peter Kelly of Dublin tries in vain to block Kilkenny’s John Power picture: inpho

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