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For Brooks’ sake

Now tomorrow will never come for fans as star does The Dance on gig hopes by Wayne campBell

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TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has described Garth Brooks’ decision to pull out of all five nights of his Irish comeback gigs as a shock to the system. Brooks had issued an all-or-nothing ultimatum last week, saying he would play the five nights at Croke Park or none at all after city chiefs granted permission for just three out of the five gigs, expected to draw 400,000 fans and millions of euro into the capital. But after promoter Peter Aiken flew to the US for crisis talks, fans’ hopes were dashed. Mr Kenny said the matter was ‘very badly handled all round’. He added: ‘It’s a shock to the system in terms of the economy of this city and the reputation of our country and I do hope that these kind of issues can be more efficiently handled on the next occasion that they arise.’ Arts minister Jimmy Deenihan said it was an embarrassment for the country, while junior trade minister Joe Costello accused Brooks of ‘petulance and arrogance, with scant regard for his paying fans’. Dublin City Council laid the blame with Aiken Promotions, saying it was ‘very disappointed’. It added it hoped the promoter would reconsider and reiterated that it granted permission for three nights. Tickets for five nights had been sold ‘subject to licence’ but in breach of an agreement with locals. However, the GAA said yesterday it had no indication from the council permission might be refused when it first told it of the gigs. It also emerged that the names and addresses of some residents were used without their knowledge to lodge objections that contributed to the decision by Dublin City Council to refuse permission for two of the gigs.

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Better move over ver Emma or you’ll get J-floored... EMMA WATSON is shoved by mischievous movie star Jennifer Lawrence – who also found herself being given a bit of a slap in the face by critics as the pair attended a fashion show. Hunger Games actress J-Law had done her best to deliver some Hollywood glamour at Christian Dior’s Paris

by SEAMUS DUFF Couture Week event. But instead of basking in the glow of her beauty, snipers were quick to tease her for revealing a flash of side-boob on her way in. The 23-year-old put on a leather jacket to cover her modesty.

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But under the bright lights inside, fashionistas soon noticed she had applied fake tan to her face – forgetting her milky white legs. It wasn’t enough to dent Jennifer’s jovial spirits... and luckily Harry Potter star Emma, 24, didn’t seem to mind getting a faceful of fingers.

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Time casts its spell on Potterr and the gang ALL may not be well with the future Harry Potter. A new short story by author JK Rowling hints at marriage troubles for Harry and wife Ginny Weasley. Ron is going bald and Hermione is struggling to ‘have it all’. The update on the Hogwarts heroes is told by Daily Prophet reporter Rita Skeeter. She speculates a mystery new scar on Harry’s cheek could be the result of a bust-up with Ginny. ‘Are cracks beginning to show in a union that

New story: Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and JK Rowling

the Potters are determined to promote as happy?’ she writes. es. Rowling’s 1,500-word story on Pottermore.com sees Harry – 333 and with ‘threads of silver’ in his black ack hair – reunited with Hermione mione and Ron at the Quidditch world orld cup. Harry is watching ching his sons James and Albus play. Ron and Hermione mione have a son Hugo and daughterr Rose. When the friends are spotted, they are mobbed by fans ans from all corners of the globe.

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Pushing it: A shove in the face is not usually considered a polite greeting, Jen Picture: getty

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Union lays waste to 35% Greyhound cut claim

Mental health disabilities still holding stigma A NEW survey has shown people with emotional, psychological and mental health (EPMH) disabilities face stigma in society. More than one-third of people with a disability also have an EPMH disability. According to an Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) study, 80 per cent of people with an EPMH disability find friends and family supportive but only 48 to 58 per cent of employers, strangers and service providers are. The ESRI said stigma on the part of the general population needed to be addressed.

40 researchers to get €23m in science funding RESEARCH and innovation minister Seán Sherlock has announced €23million in funding for Ireland’s brightest young scientific talent. The Science Foundation Ireland money will support 40 researchers in areas like sustainable energy, cancer research, neurological disorders, immunology and microbiology. Some of the projects to be funded include research on the skin, measures to prevent bowel cancer and laser technology.

Former Quinn execs seek deal on old business FORMER executives of the Quinn business empire are part of a consortium looking to secure a deal to buy two divisions of the old business. The Quinn Business Retention Company, headed by Liam McCaffrey, has teamed up with a UK private equity house Endless LLP to buy out the operations from Aventas Manufacturing Group, which took over after it was put in receivership. Sources claim the deal will protect between 650 to 800 jobs in the group.

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A UNION organiser has described as ‘completely misleading and false’ claims by Greyhound Recycling and Recovery that its enforcement of a 35 per cent wage cut on workers is in line with a Labour Court recommendation. Siptu’s Owen Reidy said the company’s actions contravene a Labour

Court recommendation ‘which stated that further talks should be entered into by management and workers’ representatives to find a solution to the cost crisis in the company’. Around 70 workers with Greyhound have been on strike since June 17, over the alleged pay cut of up to 35 per cent. On its website yesterday, Greyhound

said that since strike-breaking labour was taken on to do waste collections, it had seen ‘an increase in customer service provision of 25 per cent’. Mr Reidy told Metro Herald Siptu had no way of verifying this but if it was like Greyhound’s reading of the Labour Court’s recommendation the claim was ‘without foundation’.

2,000 vacant homes will be revamped for families by ORnA CunningHAM SOME 2,000 vacant residences will be transformed into high-quality family homes in a year’s time, the minister for housing and planning has promised. Minister Jan O’Sullivan allocated €15million yesterday to bring 1,008 vacant local authority houses back into use, 250 in Dublin. The funding is part of a larger scheme, which sees €30million invested in total this year and nearly 2,000 houses returned to a livable standard. She said: ‘I am determined to use every lever available to me to increase the number of social homes. One of the biggest scandals of recent years has been the high number of vacant, boarded-up local authority homes. ‘Today’s allocations will refurbish 1,008 of these units and transform them into family homes. This investment will see nearly 2,000 local authority homes coming on stream over the coming months.’

‘Plan will remove focus for anti-social behaviour’ The minister also promised that the investment would create and sustain hundreds of jobs in the construction sector. At the proposal stage, local authorities were encouraged to consider community-based organisations for their potential to recruit, train and engage longterm unemployed people as part of the refurbishment programme. Ms O’Sullivan said the national refurbishments would benefit communities by ‘removing an eyesore [and] focal point for anti-social behaviour’. She added: ‘This is a positive programme that increases social housing supply quickly. I expect many of the new homes refurbished under this programme to be tenanted in the coming months and I intend to issue a report on completions and tenancies of new homes at the end of October.’

For the full list of local authority allocations, visit gometro.ie/council-houses

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Kate Slattery and Ciara O’Dwyer were among the guests at the Beauty Bites and Bubbles event at Zaragoza tapas restaurant on South William Street, an evening of beauty, fashion and delicious food for Metro Herald readers from Zaragoza in association with Benefit cosmetics PICTURE: ABE TARRUSH

A fifth of Dubliners don’t lock doors DUBLINERS are the most likely in the country to leave their front doors unlocked, a new survey has found. Some 19 per cent of those polled in the Liberty Insurance report admitted to leaving the house without locking it. Meanwhile, 17 to 24-yearolds were found to be the least safety conscious, with a third of them saying they didn’t lock

the front door when leaving the house and 12 per cent saying they left windows or the patio door open. They were also the least likely to use the alarm, at 23 per cent. Overall, one in six said they did not lock the door the last time they left their house and only 35 per cent said they put on the alarm. Launching its Check, Lock

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and Leave campaign, Liberty Insurance said a quarter of home insurance claims in July last year were for thefts. Liberty’s head of marketing, Annette Ní Dhathlaoí, said: ‘We are encouraging people to be more vigilant when leaving the house and inviting people to share their tips via Twitter and the Liberty Insurance Facebook page.’

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Great-grandmother hid €140,000 drugs and cash

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Irish girl in kidney operation first in UK A TREATMENT that allows for successful kidney transplantation in patients who have rejected previous transplants has been carried out on Coolock teenager Megan Carter for the first time in the UK. The technique carried out at Great Ormond Street Hospital means children deemed ‘untransplantable’ because of high levels of antibodies, can receive organs through a filtering process called plasmapheresis. Megan, 14, received a kidney transplant at Temple Street in 2011 which her body rejected.

$10 potato salad joker raises $37,000

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A GREAT-grandmother who was ‘preyed upon by others’ has received a four-year suspended sentence for storing €52,000 of cannabis and more than €91,000 in illicit cash at her home. Julie Nugent, 63, told gardaí ‘foolishness, stupidity and thinking I would get a few bob at the end of it’ made her agree to keep the cash and drugs. The court heard Nugent, of The Maples, Clonshaugh Woods, Clonskeagh, who has no previous convictions, felt ‘physically sick I could be so stupid’. She pleaded guilty to possessing almost 9kg of cannabis and possessing the cash, knowing it was the proceeds of crime, in December 2012. Her daughter, Marcia Russell, 42, of Clonshaugh Glen, pleaded guilty to handling €91,140, and received a five-and-ahalf-year sentence with the final three years suspended for her role. The court also heard Nugent’s husband had died nine months earlier and her vulnerability had been preyed upon by others who told her she would be ‘looked after’. Judge Mary Ellen Ring suspended Nugent’s sentence after taking into account her full co-operation and guilty plea.

TIME TO KNUCKLE DOWN AND DO SOME READING: A model wears rs a FingerR FingerReader ring ing aat the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, to show the instrument which enables people with visual disabilities to read aloud text printed on paper or electronic devices.

A MAN who jokingly sought $10 to pay for his first attempt at making potato salad has raised more than $37,000 (€27,000) from a crowdfunding website. Zack ‘Danger’ Brown, of Columbus, Ohio, says he’s now considering throwing a huge potato-salad party with the money. It took Mr Brown just six days to raise money from more than 3,400 backers worldwide on Kickstarter. The 31-year-old software entrepreneur told The Columbus Dispatch he did it for the ‘pure enjoyment and silliness of life’.

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Israel gears World up for a war with Hamas

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Stolen Matisse is back at museum

ISRAEL bombarded the Gaza Strip by NICOLE LE MARIE yesterday as reservists were called up for a possible ground invasion. tary said it had received provisional Operation Protective Edge, launched government approval to call up as in response to scores of rockets many as 40,000 reserve soldiers, but launched by Hamas, killed at least 11 had not done so yet. people, Palestinian officials said. Some 1,500 other reservists have alIsraeli defence minister Moshe ready been mobilised. Yaalon declared a state of emergency Israel said Hamas militants had as summer camps and nurseries were launched more than 100 rockets in a shut down and residents 24 hour period. were encouraged to stay Some were intercepted close to their homes. by the Iron Dome anti‘We are preparing for a missile system and none battle against Hamas that landed caused fatalwhich will not end withities, although two peoin a few days,’ Mr Yaalon ple were wounded by added in a statement. shrapnel. ‘We will not tolerate Tensions have been missiles being fired at high since three Israeli Israeli towns and we are teenagers kidnapped last prepared to extend the month in the West Bank operations with all were later found dead. means at our disposal in This was followed by order to keep hitting Hathe murder of a Palestinmas.’ The Israeli mili- Strikes: Smoke in Gaza City ian teenager last week.

VENEZuELA: A Matisse painting worth €2million has been returned to the museum it was stolen from in 2002 after being recovered by the FBI. Odalisque In Red Pants, painted in 1925, is due to go back on show at the Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art this month. The picture was seized by the FBI in an undercover operation in Florida two years ago. The thieves had put a fake in its place at the museum. ‘It’s generally well preserved,’ said Venezuelan culture minister Fidel Barbarito.

Police to exhume raped girls’ bodies

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INDIA: Investigators plan to exhume the bodies of two teenage girls raped and killed by attackers who hanged their bodies from a tree six weeks ago. A top police official said the Central Bureau of Investigation plans to conduct a second postmortem examination after the cousins were found killed in Uttar Pradesh on May 28. The families of the girls demanded the killings be investigated by the federal agency to ensure impartiality.

Escapologist ROB ROY COLLINS has wowed audiences with his hair-raising acts of derring-do. He performs at Laya Healthcare’s City Spectacular in Dublin this weekend

You studied law at university. How did you come to trade a career in jurisprudence for such stunts as escaping from a straitjacket while suspended from a helicopter?

After uni, I went backpacking around Australia and I was struggling to find how to pay my way – I was no good at anything, to be honest. Escapology had always appealed to me so I thought I’d give it a bash. I acknowledge that it’s a random profession to get into. The thing about street performing I’ve always loved is the sense of showmanship behind it. Performing in itself is only one part of the act but it all means nothing without showmanship. You can be an amazing act but it means zero if you don’t have the charisma to work a crowd.

How did you learn the tricks of the trade? I managed to get

some great tips from established escape artists who took me under their wing. After that it was a case of practice, practice, practice. Also, I had to spend a lot of time figuring out how I’d come across a straitjacket because it’s not the kind of thing you pick up in Tesco. The

sale of straitjackets is heavily regulated so unless you’re working for a mental institution or you have a friend who’s a doctor and can procure one on your behalf you’re in trouble. I’ve had many of mine made especially for me.

Have you a favourite? Not as

such. I have a couple of fairly bog standard models I use for smaller events and I don’t mind too much if they get a bit trashed, but for worldrecord breaking purposes you have to have a special regulated ‘Posey vest’, which are pretty hard to come by, so I really look after mine and only use it for major gigs.

How would you describe the process of mastering the art of escapology? You fail

miserably, you fail miserably, you fail miserably and then you learn a bit; then you progress to the point where you don’t completely embarrass yourself. There’s no eureka moment but over time you’ll become more adept at freeing yourself in a shorter time frame. Initially it took me about two hours to escape from a straitjacket but after many sweaty hours of practice I got it down to about two minutes.

Have you sustained any

major injuries? Fortunately, I’ve been pretty lucky. I broke my finger once doing acrobatics while balancing upside down on top of some chairs piled on top of each other. My handstand didn’t quite work out and I somehow landed on my finger. The adrenaline was pumping so I decided to continue as though nothing had happened but the second I walked off stage I was considerably less well composed. Given the nature of your work, do people buy you unusual Christmas and birthday presents? Funnily

enough, I recently got a set of Smith & Wesson handcuffs – one of the best on the market – for my birthday; in truth, I may have been laying hints for a few months beforehand. Nothing beats the feeling of being shackled by a pair of handcuffs and then working your way free by picking the lock with a hairpin. It takes a while to get the hang of it but it’s worth the effort.

You also won a special edition of The Weakest Link devoted to contestants with unusual professions. Was squaring up to Anne Robin-

AMERICA: A customer sniffs a strain of recreational marijuana at Top Shelf Cannabis in Bellingham, Washington, on the opening day of legal sales in the state PICturE: aP

Pistorius witnesses ‘scared off’ SOuTH AfRICA: Oscar Pistorius’s defence team will call no further witnesses – as some were put off by the publicity surrounding the case. Lawyer Barry Roux told the Pretoria murder trial: ‘There’s nothing that we can do about it.’ Pistorius (pictured), 27, says he shot dead lover Reeva Steenkamp by accident on Valentine’s Day last year. Final arguments are scheduled for next month.

and finally... AMERICA: A baseball fan is suing two commentators for €7.5million for mocking him while he had a nap in a televised match. New York Yankees supporter Andrew Rector says Dan Shulman and John Kruk caused him mental anguish when they called him ‘fatty’ and ‘stupid’.

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Unless you’re working for a mental institution or you have a doctor who can procure you a straitjacket you’re in trouble son a more daunting prospect than dangling from a crane in a straitjacket? I managed

to wing it and came away with more than £2,000. Anne was a tough cookie but it takes a lot to faze me – I’ve done shows in Limerick so I know how to psych myself up.

What have been your escapology highlights?

Hanging upside down from a helicopter and escaping from a straitjacket while dangling by my ankles was definitely up there. And breaking the Guinness World Record with the fastest upside down cling wrap escape while hanging from a crane; it was only two weeks before my wedding so it felt special.

Doesn’t your wife despair of your endeavours? Not at all. She’s my manager.

Daragh Reddin

Rob Roy Collins performs at the Street Performance World Championship, as part of Laya Healthcare’s City Spectacular, in Merrion Square from Fri to Sun (free). www.cityspectacular.com.

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Geordie duo talk dark times, Cowell’s carrots and TV fix rows ahead of the Takeaway On Tour show Charlotte Church admits her dreams of early retirement have been shattered after she blew most of her millions. The former child star, once estimated to be worth €30million, said she could not afford to be a stay-at-home mother after her career nosedived. ‘I will have to work for the rest of my life. Not because I want to but because I have to,’ the 28-year-old told the BBC. ‘The taxman is looking at my accounts wondering where I’m hiding all my money money.’

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THEY’VE been on our screens for most of by AnDREi HARMswORTH their lives and made the smoothest of transitions from child actors to Britain’s ‘We’ve kind of been through our career with someone who has been through exfavourite presenting double act. But as they prepare to hit the road with actly the same thing,’ he On BGT their Take Away on Tour shows, Ant said. ‘That makes The McPartlin and Dec- such a difference. Britain’s Got On JUDGEs lan Donnelly Especially with Talent ‘fix’ rows irk Ant: have revealed the career we’ve th e e lads. Ant: ‘It does se r ve ne e had. There have they’ve had to ‘W get a bit exhausting. support each been times when the judges. We’re ey These “stories” are other through things haven’t backstage while th a g tin ea non-story most nd ou worked but it’s ar some dark an sw of the time’ times behind good to go through tangerines and it with somebody closed doors. Simon’s ‘There’s been else. ‘That keeps your feet on the ground. If tough stuff,’ said Donnelly of the duo’s 25-year bromance. you were left to your own devices, you ‘There’s been times when it has been tough could… it’s pretty intense.’ Voted ‘most popular’ at the National Telprofessionally. Not always evision Awards for 13 straight years, the behind the scenes is it FAns n O Byker Grove graduates are enjoying unrisunny.’ People valled affection and Sticky patches e th go crazy at say there is little the friends have On JUnGLE live shows – Ant: ‘I chance of them faced include takAnt: ‘I’d got my eardrum splitting up. ing a break from lik e to try it.’ perforated! They ‘ O u r their beloved SatDec: ‘I wouldn’t do . rd ha hug you that career is urday Night Take it. I love a bathroom I nearly passed built on a Away and trying to and fluffy bathrobe . out’ friendship, not crack America. Bear Grylls and a friendship built ‘We went off and tried camping... that’s on a career,’ said other stuff. Some of it not me!’ worked. Some of it didn’t,’ Donnelly told Dec. Ant turned to his old me. ‘We had a production company. Unpal and quipped: ‘There are no solo fortunately our managing director died of cancer.’ On MUsiC projects in the pipeline. There are none for me. But the 38-year-old claimed What ‘I don’t know about you, unchance of a being inseparable means he singalong on tour? less there is something you and Ant are unbreakable. ‘We’ve talked abou haven’t told us!’ ‘We live in the same whether we should t The Takeaway On Tour street, four doors away do Let’s Get Ready To comes to the O2 on from each other,’ he said. September 13 Rhumble, our No.1 Ant, also 38, concurs.

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Jasmin Walia breaks br a cardinal rule of fashion by showing off both her cleavage and her legs in a revealing yellow dress. But rules were w meant to be broken and the 23-year-old Towie star’s boyfriend Ross Worswick seemed happy enough as they burst into in giggles. Ex On The Beach hunk Ross, also 23, escorted Walia to OK! magazine’s World Cup C summer barbecue PiCTure: GC imaGes

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Kristen Stewart has cut off her long brown hair and dyed it copper. The actress, 24, unveiled her new look at Chanel’s Paris Fashion Week show yesterday, and said: ‘I feel free.’

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Dylan Penn delivered pizzas after her parents cut off her finances. The 23-year-old daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright told V magazine: ‘I’m glad I did it.’

Coogan: Jolie charity work is off-putting

Taylor looking to keep making the Swift buck

Steve Coogan claims Angelina Jolie’s efforts to help refugees and rid wars of rape is ‘offputting’. The 48-year-old Alan Partridge star, a key figure in calling for press regulation, said some celebrities should stick to what they do best – being celebrities. Discussing his views with Alastair Campbell in GQ, Coogan said: ‘Though I have been involved politically, I find people who are in the public eye for something else who suddenly start voicing opinions about everything else

Taylor Swift may be worth more than €45million – but wants to rake in every penny for her ditties. The 24-year-old singer blasted illegal downloads and said: ‘It’s my opinion that music should not be free.’ In an editorial for the Wall Street Journal, she said the price of an album would be based on quality. She said it should reflect the ‘amount of heart and soul an artist has bled into a body of work’.

quite irritating.’ Campbell added: ‘What? Like Angelina Jolie going out campaigning with William Hague?’ – making reference to Jolie’s work to combat rape in war zones. ‘I do find it a bit off-putting,’ Coogan replied, adding: ‘If you are trying to do something charitable there is always a double-edged sword, because it is good PR for the celebrity. ‘Better to do it than not do it, but I have much more respect for a celebrity that goes out [campaigning] about something really difficult.’

Cara aims at press in new Twitter rant

ara Delevingne seemed to throw her toys out of the pram on Twitter yesterday, moaning about too much press coverage. Forgetting Kate Moss’s golden rule of ‘never complain, never explain’, the model ranted about stories that were in the papers – including claims she hired a nanny for her bunny and reports she kissed Ellie Goulding. She wrote: ‘I don’t know if I can laugh anymore at the crap they write in the press. They must be extremely bored at the moment. What is happening in real life is far more interesting than the crap they

write now. They obviously have no imagination.’ after claiming that journalists had a case of diarrhoea, the 21-year-old tried to appeal to reporters directly, adding: ‘Dear journalists, there are so many important things go-

ing on in the world. You effect [sic] what people read. Have some respect for your jobs.’ Delevingne went on to criticise the paparazzi, who follow her everywhere to capture her extreme fashion statements, late night parties and funny face pulling. She went on: ‘I got home last night after a 14-hour work day to see around 12 paps waiting for me. I just wanted to see my bunny and go to bed.’ She uploaded a clip of the paps to Instagram, which had attracted more than 95,000 likes.

MILEY HAS BRAIN STOLEN IN LIPS VIDEO Pop wild child Miley Cyrus loves to shock – but her new music video could be her wierdest work yet. Lying passed out on a bed while surrounded by drugs, and, oh yeah, she’s lost her brain! But fans have nothing to fear – Miley hasn’t lost her mind, it’s just the bizarre storyline behind the Flaming Lips’ new song, titled Blonde SuperFreak Steals The Magic Brain. Miley, 21, filmed the trippy scenes while in hospital in April as she recovered from an allergic reaction.

Lady in red Kim Kardashian sees no reason why mothers can’t have it all. But after the birth of daughter North she admits: ‘There have been times when I didn’t want to get up and work.’

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Destruction sweeps across Japan as typhoon hits land by cOn DOHERTy A TYPHOON has paralysed transport and knocked out power to thousands on the Japanese islands of Okinawa. The local government said 17 people were injured, one seriously. Separately, a man was reported missing from a fishing boat in rough seas off Kyushu island, to the north. One of the strongest and biggest typhoons to hit during Japan’s summer, Typhoon Neoguri was packing sustained winds of 162 kilometres per hour and gusts up to 216 kph late yesterday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The storm was weakening, but forecasters said its wide area and slow movement could add to the potential damage. Japan is relatively well prepared for typhoons, but torrential rains could cause greater damage if the typhoon moves across the Japanese archipelago as expected tomorrow or Friday. Local airports were closed and nearly 600,000 people were advised to evacuate their homes, though most stayed put. There were destructive winds, waves up to 14 metres high and storm surges that were set to intensify as the storm passed the main island of Okinawa in the evening and headed north toward Kyushu. Almost 100,000 homes have no electricity. Television footage showed a building shattered, damaged storefronts and trees toppled as winds picked up in the Okinawan capital of Naha. Neoguri is a Korean word meaning ‘raccoon dog’, an animal that looks like a cross between a dog and a raccoon but is a separate species common in East Asia.

Storm force: A wooden house lies in pieces as the typhoon hit Naha, capital of Okinawa island; Inset: A satellite image of Typhoon Neoguri Pictures: reuters

Hospitality exec named ‘copycat’ Facebook behaviour wins in World Cup tout scam A WORLD Cup corporate hospitality executive who is suspected of involvement with a ticket scalping ring was released from police custody yesterday. Briton Ray Whelan, of the Match group, was arrested on Monday at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, the hotel used by Fifa officials. Police have described Mr Whelan as the facilitator who allowed a large ring of scalpers to have access to tickets which they re-sold

Ray Whelan: ‘Ticketing ring’

at vastly inflated prices. Mr Whelan, who will not be allowed to leave Brazil during the World Cup tournament, was detained for questioning after the arrests of 11 people. He is a longstanding executive with the Match group, run by Mexican brothers Jaime and Enrique Byrom, which paid €88million for exclusive rights to sell more than 400,000 corporate hospitality packages. Whelan’s attorney told reporters his arrest was ‘illegal and absurd.’ Match said it had complete confidence in Whelan and that he would return to work. Separately, an Italian and a French citizen, who jointly run a travel agency, were arrested at the international airport in Sao Paulo on Monday. Police said the two were carrying 48 tickets for the semi-final and final matches – tickets which belonged to ‘one of the big sponsors’ of the World Cup.

Gleeson: Downloads

FACEBOOK users are more influenced by what their friends download than any other form of app advertising on the social media site, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Limerick, University of Oxford and the Harvard School of Public Health examined how online users are influenced in the choice of apps on their Facebook pages. By developing a mathematical code to simulate people’s online decisions, they found users selected apps on the basis of recent downloads by their friends rather than by being influenced by Facebook’s equivalent to a best-seller list of apps.

The findings conclude that the ‘copycat’ tendency in human behaviour is strong, with popularity of a certain application often determined by the behaviour of others. Professor James Gleeson, from the University of Limerick’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics, said: ‘This study reveals what drives people to behave the way they do and opens up new possibilities for studying human behaviour’. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it was the first empirical study to reveal that users were strongly affected by the download behaviour of others.

A good plaice to eat is a Fifty new ebola cases in question of social scale west Africa, WHO warns SOME fish follow each other’s recommendations on the best eating spots, scientists have found. Researchers studied the behaviour of two groups of sticklebacks and discovered familiarity between shoal members had an effect on their ability to find food. The fish visited locations already visited by ‘friends’, according to William Hoppitt of Anglia Ruskin University, who said ‘factors that affect interactions can influence how individuals exploit resources’.

THERE have been 50 new ebola cases in Sierra Leone and Liberia since last week as the disease continues to spread in western Africa, health experts have warned. The World Health Organisation says 34 new cases were reported by Sierra Leone and 16 by Liberia since July 3. WHO officials said yesterday that as of Sunday there have been 844 cases in those two countries and Guinea, including 518 deaths.

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‘Rape fantasy’ text had dismemberment image wiTH HEAvy HEAD: A ‘Kiliki’ ties his shoelaces in the Spanish town of Pamplona yesterday during the San Fermin Parade of the Giants and the Big Heads made popular by US writer Ernest Hemingway Picture: reuters

UPC: we won’t give customer data to licence fee inspectors

PLANS for TV licence inspectors to get access to personal subscription records from cable companies to catch evaders have been hit by interference, with the biggest firm saying it won’t comply. Communications minister Pat Rabbitte said his scheme would root out the ‘scourge’ of people refusing to pay the tax and boost RTÉ by millions of euro. After agreement on the crackdown at a Cabinet meeting yesterday, laws are to be in place before the end of the year to allow inspectors to scour bills from the likes of Sky and UPC and crosscheck them against TV licence records. ‘Licence fee evasion is an ongoing scourge,’ Mr Rabbitte said. ‘We estimate it is running at over 15 per cent.’ An Post is charged with collecting TV licence fees, currently €160 a year per household. But revenue from this is dwindling thanks to the internet, leading to plans for a ‘broadcasting charge’. Evaders can be fined up to €1,000 for a first offence and more than 400 people

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were jailed last year for not paying their TV licence. The move could see RTÉ’s revenue boosted by up to €30million. The plan to crack down on fee dodgers was quickly thrown into disarray, however, when the country’s biggest cable provider warned it could not hand over customer details as it said the minister’s plan would not comply with data protection. A spokesperson for UPC said: ‘UPC is not in a position to give An Post access to our cable subscription data because this would contravene our obligations under data protection as the law currently stands.’ A Sky spokesman was less strident, but insisted it would protect its customers’ data: ‘Sky will continue to ensure its customers’ data is safe in compliance with all legislative requirements applicable.’

200 Irish celebrities call on Coveney to ban fur farming

Against fur: Ronan

MORE than 200 celebs have called on Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to outlaw fur farming. Among the stars from the worlds of film, television and music calling for a ban are Saoirse Ronan, Robert Sheehan, Pauline McGlynn and musician Sharon Shannon. Their call coincides with the release of a video of mink throwing themselves against the bars of an Irish fur farm, described by Aideen Yourell of Irish Council Against Blood Sports as ‘distressing and depressing’. Despite fur farming being outlawed in the UK and a recent poll showing 79 per cent in favour of a ban here, successive Irish agriculture ministers have declined to ban the lucrative industry.

A DUBLIN man sent a former colleague a threatening text message and an image of a dismembered doll as part of his ‘rape fantasy’, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard. The 39-year-old, who can’t be named, pleaded guilty to harassing the woman between August 2012 and July 2013 and to sending her a menacing phone message and threatening to kill her. He told gardaí he sent the woman a graphic text message depicting rape, dismemberment and cannibal-

ism. She also received an envelope containing an image of her, taken from her Facebook page, superimposed on to a picture of her front door, and two images of a dismembered doll and a hanged woman. The man admitted buying the doll, ripping off its arms and pouring tomato sauce on it before he took the photo and to taking the picture of the hanging at the Wax Museum. The court heard the man had rape fantasies involving the victim. Judge Mary Ellen Ring adjourned sentencing until later this month.

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Hats, flags, headbands guys are the ones who will lose out

have to say that I do feel sorry for the Garth Brooks fans who bought tickets for any of the five shows that have now been cancelled. In my opinion, this whole saga started with a simple case of corporate greed between Garth Brooks, the Gaa and aiken Promotions; they know the rules, they ignored them and now they have the affront to complain and plead innocence. They should not be allowed to just walk away from this. I know tickets are always sold subject to licence, but they knew right from the start these concerts were in breach of the existing agreement with the residents. It also enrages me that the hotel Federation are complaining about it ruining Ireland’s image abroad, when they doubled or even tripled their prices for their rooms at the time the gigs were announced. Kevin

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■ This Garth Brooks five-or-nothing drama is better than any show the guy could have on stage. What’s he going to do after he’s diverted the ship with his equipment? Raise a black flag? Will he change his hat or stick with his own? Sionnach ■ For sale: 400,000 stupid pink cowboy hats, 50,000 curiously pointless crocheted Irish tricolour wristbands, 20,000 crudely produced sunglasses (one eye with Irish flag, one with american flag), one portable hot dog stand. Bargain price. All enquiries to Joxer, outside the bookies, Dorset Street ■ For all the disappointment around the cancelled Garth Brooks gigs, the real losers will be those hawkers hoping to flog their cowboy hats and headbands. Blame it all on my roots – I’m so embarrassed to be Irish right now. Scarlet Sue

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To celebrate the release of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in cinemas nationwide on July 17th, we’ve teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox to give you the chance to win tickets to an exclusive preview screening on Tuesday, July 15th, 7pm at the Savoy Cinema. A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

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The rise and rise of small screen comics As Comedy Central and Raybot become the latest online channels to enter the funny fray, Sharon Lougher gets lost in the ether

ver heard of Key & Peele, Amy Schumer or KSI? If your diet of comedy generally comes from scheduled Tv, home of Live At The Apollo and endless panel shows, the answer is probably no. Key & Peele and Schumer are lively, slick US sketch acts, while KSI pulls inane stunts and commentates on video games. Between them, their YouTube hits run into tens of millions. And now they’re the flagship names of Comedy Central’s new online channel, which relaunched this week. You could talk about the new ComedyCentral.co.uk in the same breath as the failed UK version of hit US website

Funny Or Die. After all, it has the same scale of ambition and is going down the same content road, with short, sharp sketches, bite-sized sitcom nuggets, listicles, quizzes and the like. But whatever warnings Funny Or Die UK may have offered about the vagaries of online broadcasting four years ago when it shut after 18 months – citing financial struggles despite six-figure viewer hits and support from Matt Lucas and David Walliams – Comedy Central isn’t heeding it. For Sam Delaney, former Heat editor turned Comedy Central digital editor, it wasn’t a case of why launch something new, but why not. ‘Comedy has become such a huge thing online, it would be mad for a brand like ours to not have a presence there,’ he says. ‘Internet comedy is about wasting time. Sometimes it might be clever, sometimes it might be really stupid, but the point is it passes the time. I thought, why didn’t Funny Or Die pick up here? I don’t know the reasons because I’m a huge fan.’

Those reasons might partly be down to the way geography has informed the culture of online consumption. America has a plethora of websites broadcasting funny stuff – in addition to the US version of Comedy Central and Funny Or Die, there’s Buzzfeed, collegehumor.com and cracked.com, plus countless podcasts – all providing a fix in a country where you often have to travel vast distances to see a comic in person. In a dense, compact circuit, there are rooms of all sizes to suit all career levels – seeing stuff live is more part of the regular entertainment diet. This is why YouTube channel raybot (youtube.com/raybotnic), which launched in May, has been taking a different approach. Its roots are in the live circuit and it’s linked to founder Harry Deansway’s comedy night Shambles, in Kentish Town, north London. Whereas, KSI aside, Comedy Central UK has a strong slant towards bold American talent, Deansway uses his channel to promote UK-based talent from the ground up, trying to bring his club

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regulars to an international audience via licensed videos and specially produced work through his company Lion On Fire. That talent includes Cowards star Tom Basden, eccentric circuit legend Simon Munnery and the Mighty Boosh’s Rich Fulcher.

eanSway is also championing the work of offbeat musical comic Brett Domino, alter ego of Leeds comedian Rob J Madin. ‘In my opinion, Brett is one of the best new comedians around today,’ says Deansway. ‘He has a limited presence on television, rarely gigs live, yet has millions of views on youTube and makes a living out of his channel.’ whatever kind of site tickles your funny bones, though, marketing is king. Unlike

“One of the most important things for comedy is complete freedom of speech” Deansway, who’s after a committed audience of thousands of views rather than millions, Delaney won’t be drawn on click targets (or indeed investment figures – though with Viacom owning Comedy Central, they shouldn’t be short of a few bob). But both believe that online success lives or dies by marketing strategy. ‘There are lots of independent comedians making hilarious stuff that will never get noticed,’ says Delaney, ‘because perhaps they don’t understand strategy around social media

or they don’t have the money to market it like Buzzfeed or the Huffington Post might have.’ ‘Comics these days have to be experts in SeO [search engine optimisation],’ adds Deansway. ‘youTube is huge, so you need effective marketing. Raybot ensures acts reach their audience and also make money – we have a company that sells advertising around the videos. at this stage, we’re looking at €130 to €600 advertising revenue for a video that gets 1,000-plus views.’

Until those goals are realised, though, what’s in it for the comedians? why try to stay afloat in the ocean of the internet? In short: meritocracy, no gatekeepers and direct-line contact with fans. and when it works, it can produce heroes – take street magican Dynamo. ‘Having worked in comedy for ten years, I’d seen the

THE ART OF IMPROV Comedian Paul Tylak I do stand-up and improv. Sometimes, people say things like ‘I don’t know how you do it – stand-up must be the hardest job in the world.’ Casting aside my immediate insecure thought ‘Did I make it look that hard?’ I invariably puff out my chest, gaze enigmatically into the middle-distance, and say: ‘No my friend. The hardest job in the world is improv.’ Improv is also the most insanely fun and incredibly rewarding job in the world. Let me explain. Before I do stand-up, I’m waiting off-stage, hyperventilating and rattling with adrenaline, knowing I have to make a bunch of strangers laugh for the next half-hour, and hoping to heck I don’t forget my gags or mix up my punchlines. When I do improv, I’m waiting off-stage, absolutely calm, knowing I have to make a bunch of strangers laugh for two hours, with no material. Because with improv, you’re never alone. You’re there with a bunch of other

troopers who are all there ready to catch you when you fall, to twist and turn with you on flights of pure fancy, and generally make being on stage sheer, unadulterated fun. And when the audience see you’re having fun, they have even more fun, and it all becomes a kind of vivacious cycle. Unlike stand-up, it’s not about you. It’s about the scenes. Whenever a scene begins, the scene is king, and you’re all there to serve the king. The king is elected and deposed every few minutes by the audience. They suggest settings, emotions, characteristics, and accents for every scene, and you put the flesh on the jolly Frankenstein’s monster they have created. And you have to go with whatever happens. You could be thinking: ‘Ok, I’m gonna come on as a big bombastic sergeant major,’ and as soon as you touch the stage, someone says: ‘Ah granny, how’ve you been, sing to us about how your foot amputation went!’ and you have to hop around the stage singing

like a bemused old amputee. You do whatever helps the scene, be it quietly mingling with background characters, bounding on as a long-lost dog, or delivering an apocalyptic punchline that will end it all. And that, my friends, is The Art Of Improv. Paul Tylak performs regularly with Ireland’s longest running comedy show, the Dublin Comedy Improv, every Monday night in The International Bar, Wicklow Street, and every second Thursday in The Workman’s Club. (beginning tomorrow, 8pm, €8). www.thework mansclub.com

Big hits on the small screen: Rob J Madin’s musical creation Brett Domino (above) and Simon Munnery left) wealth of talent on the live circuit. However the leap to TV involves lots of hoop jumping,’ says Deansway. ‘One of the most important things for comedy is complete freedom of speech and on youTube you have that, and that can only lead to great comedy. ‘Most acts would be better staying on youTube than moving to TV, where you have interfering producers who often offer very little. For the first time in history, the artist has the power to be in complete control of their art – they don’t need to be seduced by old-world media.’

FESTIVAL FIT

Castlepalooza-bound electro-trad mavin Daithí muses on his festival highs and lows Acts you’re most keen on catching at Castlepalooza this year... As usual the line up of Irish acts is amazing. Adultrock, Tr One, Meltybrains?, Tvvins and Elaine Mai are all must-sees (must-sees: Is that a real word?) The celebrity you would most enjoy having a natter with as you pitch your tent in the rain... I’m incredibly impatient and cranky when putting up tents, so Stephen Fry’s voice might calm me down a little. Celebrity you’d happily share a sleeping bag with... Somebody tiny so that you have a little space I guess... Kylie Minogue? Most memorable festival moment... Playing the Body & Soul stage last year at Electric Picnic. I stood on a table in front of the huge crowd and just thought ‘Yeah, there is nothing else I want to do for the rest of my life’. The festival act that most surprised or disappointed you… Castlepalooza two years ago was my first time seeing Adebisi Shank. I hadn’t listened to much of their music before then and I spent the whole time with my mouth open in amazement.

The most gawd-awful/hair-raising/ eye-watering festival experience… There’s a couple so bad that I couldn’t write them down. I once saw a singer try to stage dive but he slipped and wrecked his forehead off the barrier railing. He was completely knocked out – the entire crowd just went ‘Ooooohhh!’ and the band just stopped playing. Grim. Ideal pre-dawn playlist for a campsite shindig... As the sun comes up? Far Nearer by Jamie XX; Love’s Got Me High by Terrence Parker; Got Somebody by Moon Boots; then Come Alive by Chromeo as you leave to get breakfast. Lavley. Best festival survival tip… Bring a multi-pack of Hula Hoops and leave them in your tent. And an inflatable mattress will change your life. Daithí Performs at Castlepalooza, Charleville Castle, Co Offaly, Aug 1 to Aug 3. www.castlepalooza.com

THEATRE TALK Actor Denis Conway discusses his latest role in Arthur Miller’s The Price at The Gate Theatre The Price is not a well known play and i have to admit i hadn’t read it until very recently – when i did i was blown away. It’s basically the story of two brothers whose father died 16 years earlier; one brother Walter, played by Barry McGovern, is a very successful doctor and the other, Victor, gave up a glittering career in science to become a policeman while also caring for his troubled father. Something has gone down between the two brothers that we, as an audience, don’t quite get a handle on for some time. I suppose the play is about the two brothers coming together to forge some kind of understanding – or at least try to – as to what happened in their lives so many years earlier and to trace the reasons why they went in two very different directions. Victor is just about to turn 50 and is up for retirement but experiencing something of a mid-life crisis. His marriage to Esther, played by Fiona Bell (pictured with Conway), is on the rocks, partly because of the fact he’s racked by indecision as to what to do with rest of his life. His father lost all his money during the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the play opens with Victor sorting through the family furniture which has been stored in a Manhattan apartment due to be demolished. He has called on an evaluator named Solomon – so named for a reason – to come up with a price for the collection, but when Walter arrives on the scene he suggests Victor may have been duped, and not for the first time.

Victor is a godsend of a part because, as an actor, you run the full gamut of emotions in the course of two fraught hours. He’s such a complex character and what I really like is the way in which the viewer’s sympathies keep shifting from one brother to the other as the second act progresses. I don’t question Victor’s motives or have a view on him as a person – that’s the audience’s job. Miller puts a note at the end of the play stating that both actors must play the parts ‘for real’. You could have Walter being played as a nasty, self-interested well-to-do type who doesn’t give a s**t about anybody but himself and Victor played as a victim all the way through – but it’s their moral complexity that makes the piece so intriguing. By the end people are unsure whose side to be on and that’s what makes it interesting. it’s a tough piece of work in many respects but it’s also stomachachingly funny thanks to the character of Solomon, who’s one of Miller’s most hilarious creations. He’s played brilliantly in this production by Lewis J Stadlen, the veteran US actor who’s appeared in the likes of Serpico and The Sopranos. Whether he’s a sage or a huckster is difficult to tell. This is a play about family and the price we pay for the choices we make in life. There’s no Hollywood ending by any stretch – we come away with a sense of how lives, no matter how flawed, continue on in the face of adversity and an understanding that nobody has a monopoly on what constitutes the truth. Daragh Reddin The Price runs at The Gate Theatre, until Aug 16. www.gatetheatre.ie

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Five films to see at the cinema

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Cold In July Taut indie thriller starring Dexter’s Michael C Hall as a mild-mulleted family man who gets dirtied by manslaughter, cop conspiracies and Don ‘Miami Vice’ Johnson.

A Hard Day’s Night The Beatles’ larky 1964 classic is a zesty mess of anarchic fun, fab songs and a curiously acute portrait of contemporary england.

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Chef warming comfort food comedy from Iron Man director Jon favreau who plays/ writes/ directs himself as a disenchanted cook out to get his sizzle back.

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of A Window And Disappeared what the title says. a quirky swedish tale, a bit like forrest Gump as reimagined by the Coen Brothers, that adapts the multi-million-selling novel.

The Fault In Our Stars The film all the tweens and teens are talking about. a generation-defining weepie about two lovestruck kids with cancer.

Looking ahead Dawn Of THe PlaneT Of THe aPes following 2011’s Rise Of The Planet Of The apes, this sequel is rumoured to top even its extremely well-received original in terms of guns blazing CGI chimp 3D action.

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Factual CoasT ausTraLia BBC2, 9pm

The final scenic cruise around the fringes Down Under with Neil oliver and his Aussie mates meets up with a merry band of coastal nomads, gets up close and personal with a whale shark and dives among some living fossils. And by that we don’t mean Alf from Home & Away.

one Born everY MinuTe C4, 9pm

Get your weekly fix of birthing pains as we follow the stories of Dan and Heather, who already have three children under five, including twins with cerebral palsy, and are checking in for their fourth. Then there’s Naomi, who appears to be wearing a tent. Apparently it’s called a birthing dress.

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It can be slick and silly but, when Bones puts its mind to it, it can come up with a season finale to match the best. This ninthseries cliffhanger is no exception, with Booth (David Boreanaz, above), who is dithering about whether to uproot his family to Germany, uncovering a possible FBI conspiracy that puts his life in danger. It’s going to take all the nerd-like genius of Brennan (emily Deschanel) and her cohort to save his bacon…

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when Daniel Craig starred in this 2005 two-part BBC adaptation of Robert Harris’s novel – shown here in a feature-length edit – global stardom as James Bond was still more than a year way. Craig stars as Christopher Kelso, a historian who sets off to meet the son of Stalin, who is living as a recluse but dreaming of power.

Not the John waters classic, this is the 2007 musical remake adapted from the Broadway show. John Travolta puts a fat suit on as edna Turnblad, mother of perky but overweight teenager Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky), who dreams of appearing on a TV dance show. Velma Von Tussle (Michelle Pfeiffer) stands in her way.

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RTÉ2, 11.35pm Assuming everything finishes on time in São Paulo (see right), why not stay up to say hello to this little old friend? Al Pacino steals the show with a typically bellicose performance as the Cuban immigrant who rises up to dominate the Miami drugs trade, with a star turn from a young Michelle Pfeiffer as his coke-addled wife.

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The fighTer Film4, 11.15pm

This biopic focuses on welterweight boxer Micky ward (Mark wahlberg, above), who tries to resurrect his flagging career – with the help and hindrance of older brother Dicky (Christian Bale), an exboxer who has fallen into a life of drink and drugs. ward’s overbearing mother Alice (Melissa Leo) wants to cash in on her son’s success, leaving ward’s barmaid girlfriend Charlene (Amy Adams) as one of the few positive influences on his life. Both Leo and Bale won oscars for their turns.

★ This oLD Thing: The vinTage CLoThes show C4, 8pm

where does Dawn o’Porter find these bizarre creatures with their fashion phobias? Take Pe teacher Ricky. His role models are the chumps in Towie and Geordie Shore yet he wonders why he ends up looking like every other high-street muppet. will Dawn tempt him out of his comfort zone?

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Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock, below) is not the quickest on the uptake but he suspects something suspicious is going on when daughter April falls ill and the little girl asks for some of ‘mummy’s magic medicine which makes her feel loads better every day’. Could Donna have a serious drug habit? Should she be in charge of a child? As the cogs turn in Marlon’s brain you can tell he’ll be ferreting away until Donna’s secret is forced out into the open.

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David Schwimmer, whose post-Friends career has seen him make some esoteric choices, including taking a turn at directing, reflects on the nature of fame and dealing with the knowledge that at any point in any given day, someone somewhere will be watching him be Ross. Laurie Taylor lends a sympathetic ear.

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Left alone with Michael (Les Dennis) while she shows him the Streetcars switchboard ropes – that’s not easy to say – eileen cannily fishes for information as to how he hooked up with the fragrant Gail. His answer leaves the usually voluble Mrs Grimshaw the very definition of gobsmacked.

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★ worLD Cup Live RTÉ2, 8.00pm

Netherlands v Argentina: This could be the Robben v Messi show as São Paulo hosts the second semi-final, with two of the most potent attacking forces in the world Cup going head to head. But while the Dutch started on a high with a rout of Spain, there’s a suspicion that the side managed by Louis van Gaal (above) peaked too early, while Argentina have been building form as the tournament has progressed. So we’ll take Messi to prove the matchwinner for Argentina: 1-0.

Tour De franCe TG4, 12.45pm

To mark the centenary of world war I, today’s fifth stage pays its respects by starting in Ypres in Belgium, site of one of the conflict’s bloodiest battles. From there it’s a flat and speedy 155.5km to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, back in France.

New oN DEMAnD DeaD awake

Supernatural B-movie in which Nick Stahl plays Dylan, a man working in a funeral home who hits upon the harebrained scheme of faking his own death to see who will attend his burial. Things take a further turn for the bizarre at his wake when Rose McGowan pops up as a mysterious stranger with unusual powers.

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only two hours left for Jack Bauer to save the world and, as we all know, the darkest hour is before the dawn. or in this case 9pm, but you get the point. while Audrey is pursuing diplomatic channels in a bid to thwart apocalyptic military meltdown – good luck with that – Jack favours a more direct approach.

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It’s easy to be suspicious of celebrities tagging their name on to reports on social issues. But oritsé williams (above), formerly of chart-topping boy band JLS, is speaking from experience. From the age of 12 he was a carer for his mother, who has multiple sclerosis, and he knows the impact that experience can have on young lives. with an estimated 700,000 young carers in the UK, do they have enough support?

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Drama

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episoDes BBC2, 10PM It’s the end of the road for Pucks and curtains for Sean (Stephen Mangan) and Beverly’s (Tamsin Greig) career in LA as their ill-fated sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc bites the dust. She, for one, can’t get back to England quick enough but behind the scenes, the movers and shakers in the mysterious world of American TV are plotting her worst nightmare: an option on The Opposite Of Us, a script the duo have had kicking around in a drawer for years. Hang on, isn’t that a Jennifer Aniston romcom?

Available to rent/buy now

The Lego Movie

What looked like an elaborate toy commercial proved an unexpected critical hit on its cinema release thanks to its strong satirical comedy. Chris Pratt voices construction worker Emmet (left, with Batman), who has to save the Lego universe from doom – which really just provides the framework for a stream of pop culture gags.

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Big-screen hits for your little ’uns As How To Train Your Dragon 2 roars on to screens tomorrow, Metro Life rounds up Munchkin-friendly fare for the summer How To Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) Hotly anticipated sequel to the Oscar-nominated 3D animation that hauled in nearly $500million (€367million) at the box office. Having trained his dragon in the 2010 original, our weedy young Viking hero, Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel), is being pressurised by his father (Gerard Butler) to succeed him as chieftain. Instead, a now grown-up Hiccup sets off to tackle an evil dragon trapper. A strong female character is promised, voiced by Cate Blanchett. Age 5+, out nationwide tomorrow.

cartoon. An abandoned kitten called Thunder shelters from a storm in a gothic mansion. It’s home to a retired magician with a house full of all-singing, all-dancing gizmos but long-standing residents are jealous of Thunder and try to get him kicked out. Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor and William Shatner are among the voice cast. Age 5-11, out Jul 25.

The House Of Magic (U) Judging from the trailer, Tim Burton and Toy Story are influences on this European-produced, semi-independent

Guardians Of The Galaxy (TBC) Think the new Avengers Assemble, starring Karen Gillan (left). A cocky space adventurer called Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) steals a mysterious orb from a powerful baddie (Lee Pace) and finds himself with a bounty on his head. To survive, Quill is forced to enlist the help of a band of misfits including a

Meet my pet: Will How To Train Your Dragon 2 be as successful as its predecessor? gun-toting raccoon (Bradley Cooper) and a tree-like humanoid (Vin Diesel). Meanwhile, the fate of the universe, as ever, hangs in the balance. A Marvel/Disneyproduced live-action sci-fi, it’s likely to be bigger than disposable barbecues this summer. Age 10+ (probably), out Jul 31. The Nut Job (U) Not the latest Ice Age spin-off but

the story of Surly (voiced by Will Arnett), an oddly purple-coloured city park squirrel who prefers to nick nuts than gather them. The plot sees an outrageous nut-store heist unwittingly embroil Surly and his gang in a human bank robbery. If goofy slapstick’s your bag, give it a go – otherwise it’s one for parents to doze off to behind those nice, dark 3D glasses. Age 3-10, out Aug 1.

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Got a problem? No one else can help? Our resident agony aunt tells it like it is

fREE ADvicE fOR…

Dear Hilaria, your first claim to fame is being married to Alec Baldwin. Wow. Well done. Your second claim to fame is posting Twitter pics of yourself in incongruous yoga poses – literally poses, as opposed to postures – in the bathtub, the car boot, while mowing the lawn. Yoga, unless practised by Madonna, the High Priestess of Narcissistic Exercise, is by its nature free of ego so this desperate need to flaunt your bendy body is nothing more than exhibitionism. So go take your astavakrasana into a quiet, darkened, candle-lit, Instagram-free corner where it belongs. Namaste.

Hilaria Baldwin

My girlfriend always books our holidays, and after staying in nice-but-dull resorts for the past five years, I insisted that I – for once – decide where we go: Ibiza. She’s going around like I’ve booked a week in Bunclody or something. She doesn’t like the apartment, the area, or that I want to go to Space. Shall I ask one of my mates along instead?

Ryan

They say opposites attract, and while that can often add an exciting frisson – retaining outside interests is healthy – it can cause blazing rows. You’ve gone along with her plans for long enough, so I’d tell her that if she’s willing to judge a holiday before she’s even arrived then she’s not welcome, period. You don’t want her moping around the place on principle, either, so tell her there are plenty of day trips to the old town/Formentera if the vibe is too upbeat for her refined tastes.

Planes: Fire And Rescue (TBC) Though the original Planes lacked the zing of a typical Pixar product, there are enough vehicle-mad small people to mean it grossed well over $200million (€146million) at the box office. And so we get a sequel wherein Dusty (voiced by Dane Cook), a plucky crop-duster turned world champ racer, joins the ‘fire and rescue’ air squad. Age 4+, out Aug 8.

World Cup. Wimbledon. British Grand Prix. Tour de France. I’m not getting a look-in on the TV this summer. What’s a girl to do? Leena

Netflix is all well and good, however squinting into a tablet, earphones clamped to your lugholes, while your other half enjoys the surround-sound delights of Eamon Dunphy and company on a 46inch screen is hardly a solution. Some readers might suggest donning your sauciest lingerie in an effort to distract him. Believe me, it just doesn’t work. Even a hot-andbothered Jennifer Lawrence cannot compete with a sweaty Messi. So if recording all the stuff you love and then hogging the gogglebox once the season finishes isn’t an option, go forth and socialise. Read a book. Walk in the park. If summer isn’t the best time to get a life, I don’t know when is.

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My boyfriend of three years pees the bed after a night on the batter. I thought he might have manned up by now but I was wrong. We’ve started trying for a baby but I’m not sure I want to clean up after two bed-wetters. What will it take for him to understand that this is not cool – or normal – for a 38-year-old man?

Wet Patch

YOU SAiD: Tell him he needs to cop the f**k on. If he drinks so much that he blacks out and the pangs of needing to pee don’t wake him up, he needs to stop drinking so much. Also, why are you cleaning it up in the first place? That’s his disgusting

and embarrassing mess, he should deal with it. Grace Sampson OvER TO YOU:

I started seeing a guy and when I received a ‘plus one’ wedding invite I asked him along, as the relationship was going so well. Problem is, it has gone downhill ever since and now I don’t feel comfortable introducing him to my family. Do I break up with him before or after the wedding – we’ve paid for the hotel (and he bought a new suit…)? CF What do you think? Lend your words of wisdom to deardolly@ metroherald.ie. Best replies published in the paper. And remember: Dear Dolly can also be found at gometro.ie.

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Sun’s out, so keep your hat on despite the warnings, skin cancer is more prevalent than ever. VickiMarie Cossar busts some sunbathing myths

e’ve heard the warnings: wear sun screen, cover up and stay out of the sun at certain times. And yet skin cancer is now one of the most common cancers in the world. In Ireland, there were more than 10,000 new cases diagnosed in 2011. The National Cancer Registry of Ireland expects this number to double by 2040. There are two main types of skin cancer: non-melanoma and malignant melanoma. Non-melanoma skin cancer is very common and normally highly treatable. It is rare for non-melanoma skin cancers to spread to other parts of the body but, if left untreated, they can sometimes spread to deeper layers of the skin or other organs. Malignant melanoma is less common but more aggressive and can spread to other parts of the body. Signs of skin cancer include the appearance of a new mole and changes in the size, shape or colour of existing moles, freckles or normal patches of skin. If you notice any of these changes, you should tell your GP – they don’t necessarily mean skin cancer but it’s better to play safe. The main cause of skin cancer is overexposure to Uv radiation from the sun or sunbeds. This means that in many cases skin cancer can be prevented. The main thing is not to burn; sunburn is a clear sign that the DNA in our skin cells has been damaged by too much Uv radiation. Over time, this damage can

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Burning issue: Skin cancer rates are five times higher than 40 years ago. Inset, Sarah Williams build up and lead to skin cancer. ‘Research shows the best ways to avoid sunburn and reduce the risk of skin cancer are to spend time in the shade, especially between 11am and 3pm when the sun is strongest and to cover up with clothing, sunglasses and a hat,’ says Sarah Williams, Cancer Research UK’s senior health information officer. ‘Sunscreen is a great way to cover the other bits, like your face and arms. Choose one with at least SPF 15 and a high star rating and make sure you reapply it regularly, as it’s easily rubbed and sweated off.’ There are many misconceptions about skin cancer, so here’s what you need to know.

MYTH 1 You can’t get sunburnt if it’s cloudy

‘Clouds don’t offer much Uv protection on days when the sun is strong,’ says Williams. ‘even in overcast skies, 30 to 40 per cent of Uv will still penetrate through cloud cover. If cloud cover is light or only partial, Uv penetration can remain very high. Check the Uv index for the day to find out how strong the sun’s Uv rays really are, rather than looking at the sky.’

MYTH 2 Spending time in the sun keeps us healthy

‘We all need some sunshine to make vitamin D, which is needed

SOLAR kERATOSiS Bald men aRe most at Risk ‘solar keratosis is the most common skin condition resulting from skin damage by the sun over many years,’ says Paul Johnson, spokesman for the Royal Pharmaceutical society. ‘the condition can affect any exposed part of the body but top of the list are bald heads – a part of the body that can receive a lot of sun exposure but which is often neglected when it comes to using sun protection. men far outnumber women with the condition, with one in three having the condition by the age of 70.’

solar keratosis are pink, red or brown patches on the skin that can form crusts, which, if left untreated, can turn into skin cancer. Johnson says those who work outside or have spent long periods in hot countries are at increased risk, so should apply high-factor sun creams (sPF 50 or above) every couple of hours and keep their heads covered with a hat when the sun is at its strongest. ‘some pharmacies sell special sun products designed for use on the scalp that are less greasy than traditional lotions,’ says Johnson.

to build and maintain strong bones,’ says Williams. ‘However, it is not necessary to deliberately sunbathe to make adequate amounts. enjoying the sun safely while taking care not to burn should help most people get a good balance. ‘You should not have to redden or burn your skin to make enough vitamin D. If you think you may have low vitamin D levels, see your doctor.’

MYTH 3 If you’re in the water, you’re protected from harmful effects of the sun

‘You can still get sunburnt if you’re underwater,’ warns Williams. ‘Uv radiation passes through water, so swimming in the sea or open-air pools offer little protection against sunburn. ‘Water can reflect five to 20 per cent of Uv rays, depending on how choppy it is. And even at half a metre depth, Uv rays can be 40 per cent as intense as at the surface. ‘When swimming or snorkelling in the sun, it’s best to wear clothing that covers your arms, back and upper thighs as well as wearing waterproof sunscreen on all your exposed areas. ‘Remember to reapply sunscreen regularly. even sunscreens labelled “water resistant” can be washed off, or rubbed off by towel-drying.’

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There are two types of rays we need protection from: ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB). UVA rays are longwave. They don’t burn but they can penetrate skin deeper and even go through glass. They can lead to wrinkles and contribute to some skin cancers. UVBs are shortwave rays that cause sunburn and have strong links to malignant melanoma. So how do you choose a product that’s right for you? ‘SPF ratings range from 0 to 50+,’ says Clare O’Connor, Boots suncare expert. ‘The higher the SPF, the more protection it can give against the sun’s burning UVB rays. The UVA rating, or star rating, relates to protection against the sun’s UVA rays. Three stars offers 60 per cent UVA protection, four stars 80 per cent and five stars more than 90 per cent.’ Applying suncream correctly will ensure you benefit from the full UV protection. ‘The recommended amount is two milligrams of product for every square centimetre of skin – that equates to an amount the size of a £2 coin to cover the whole of one arm and hand,’ says O’Connor. ‘Areas such as your neck, hands and lips need UV protection too but can often get overlooked.’

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How do you beat jet lag?

Long-haul flights can leave you feeling unwell, unless you heed this advice

he bliss of spending two weeks on a far-off beach with only the lapping of the sea for company will be the dream of many this summer. But the dream comes at a price and that price is jet lag. ‘No matter how advanced air travel gets, no one has yet come up with a way to make jet lag less painful,’ says Geeta Sidhu-Robb, founder of award-winning nutritionists Nosh Detox (noshdetox.com). ‘And jet lag isn’t just about extreme tiredness. There are lots of other physical effects that come with it. I get off an aeroplane and my skin is dry, lines suddenly appear where there were none before and my digestion really suffers. In fact, it just packs up.’ So what can be done? ‘Start by eating only raw food on the flight out,’ says Sidhu-Robb. ‘Your body retains more water and suffers less from dehydration if you pack it with live, raw nutrients.’ In place of highly processed airline meals, which can also be high in calories, Sidhu-Robb suggests chopped fruit and vegetables – especially raw greens – vegetarian sushi and unroasted nuts. Vitamin C is important, too. ‘It helps to regulate cortisol and prevent blood pressure from spiking in response to stressful situations,’ says Sidhu-Robb. ‘elevated levels of cortisol suppress the normal

functioning of the digestive and reproductive systems and growth processes. Top up on lots of vitamin C before, during and the day after your flight. ‘Go for green superfoods such as spirulina, chlorella and seagreens, and fruits such as strawberries, oranges and kiwis,’ she says. ‘Salads with kale, broccoli and bell peppers also have a high vitamin C content.’ Aim to take your own snack for short flights, or a small meal for flights of four hours or longer. But is booze allowed? Sidhu-Robb says if you must toast your holiday, make it white wine or vodka and have no more than a glass or two. ‘Alcohol contains congeners, which dark colours have more of,’ she says. ‘These are impurities in the alcohol and make your already overloaded body have to work five times harder. Alcohol is a diurectic. You are already dehydrated on a flight, so drinking makes it worse.’ Which leads us to water: drink plenty of it, basically. ‘But don’t gulp, sip. When you gulp water it flushes straight through the body. Sip around 200ml of water for every hour of flying.’ Finally, Sidhu-Robb swears by probiotics. ‘Flying makes you bloated because you are seated for so long, which creates pressure in your abdomen, interferes with digestion and slows everything down. ‘Taking probiotics, which consist of helpful bacteria or yeasts, helps your digestion work again. Take one the day before you fly, the day of the flight and a couple of days after that.’

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AuTO Nico Rosberg

has said he is ‘100 per cent German’ in the wake of Lewis Hamilton’s latest playful dig at his Mercedes teammate’s upbringing. Following his superb British Grand Prix triumph on Sunday, Hamilton was asked how valuable it would be to win Rosberg’s home race in Germany on July 20. Hamilton replied with a grin: ‘Nico has never actually been in Germany, so it’s not really his home race.’ Hamilton then told a tale of their karting days when Rosberg used to stand by a flag of Monaco where he was raised after being born in Germany. Rosberg said: ‘I didn’t grow up [there], but I consider myself 100 per cent German.’ He would love to follow Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel and win in front of his home fans.

‘it’s just a big wave and Froomey was like the third rider and with the wave he had no chance. he just went down. ‘he has a cast on his hand, but he feels okay and hopefully we just lost some skin. We didn’t lose time. Let’s hope for the best.’ Froome may not have lost time, but he dropped back from fifth to seventh in the overall rankings, behind Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-saxo) and Alejandro Valverde (movistar). Froome finished 42nd on the stage won by marcel Kittel, while Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was 24th to retain the race leader’s yellow jersey.

Going ‘all out’ to impress McGinley

Mobile doctor: Defending champion Froome gets medical assistance from his team after crashing during the 163.5 km fourth stage of the Tour de France race from Le Touquet-ParisPlage to Lille Stinger: Froome’s badly grazed hip

Kittel brings winning ways to french stages by MARK DARcy

Marcel Kittel won a third tour de France stage in four attempts and chris Froome suffered a crash as the 101st edition of the race resumed in northern France on tuesday. there was drama early on the 163.5km stage from le touquetParis-Plage to lille as defending champion Froome went down after six kilometres. the finish produced a familiar winner as Kittel (Giant-Shimano) out-sprinted alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and arnaud Demare (FDJ) to add to his wins in Harrogate and london. Vincenzo Nibali (astana) was 24th to retain the race leader’s yellow jersey. Froome finished 42nd on the stage, slipping from fifth to seventh overall ahead of a challenging fifth stage which will commemorate 100 years since the start of World War One.

spORT DigEsT Rosberg in German credentials jibe

fROOME LOsEs gROunD On LEADERs As EARLy TuMbLE LEADs TO injuRED wRisT

Chris Froome was sent for a precautionary X-ray on his wrist at the end of a fourth stage crash of the Tour de France which began with the defending champion tumbling to the tarmac yesterday. The 163.5-kilometres stage from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille began with drama as Froome crashed. After negotiating three British stages unscathed, he tumbled 6km into French soil, tearing his shorts, suffering grazes to the left side he hurt in June’s Criterium du Dauphine and damaging his wrist. Froome visited the race doctor and required a splint on his wrist to finish the stage, and afterwards he was sent to hospital for a scan. Team sky principal sir Dave Brailsford said on teamsky.com: ‘Chris felt fine in the final and felt good physically. We’re going to send him for a precautionary X-ray just to check his wrist. We know these things happen. it’s part and parcel of bike racing.’ Froome’s joints will face a major test on today’s fifth stage, the 155.5km route from Ypres to Arenberg Porte du hinaut, which features cobbled sections totalling more than 15km. Froome’s team-mate Bernhard eisel said: ‘This wave went through the whole bunch, from ten to the last position.

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Three bien: Marcel Kittel celebrates after winning his third Tour stage andy Schleck, the 2010 winner, thomas Voeckler (europcar) and did not start due to a knee injury suf- luis Mate (cofidis) established an fered in a crash on stage three from advantage of more than three mincambridge to london on Monday, utes after escaping in the first kilometres, but their lead was cut to 30 when Kittel won. another sprint stage was expected seconds with 60km to go. in lille, but that did not put off an crosswinds had split the peloton after the surge for the intermediate early two-man breakaway.

sprint, but all the main protagonists were safely in the front group. Mate punctured before being gobbled up by the peloton as Voeckler forged on alone, taking his lead over one minute once more. andre Greipel suffered a blow with 30km to go as three of his team-mates crashed, lars Bak, Bart De clercq and leadout man Greg Henderson. Bak and De clercq rejoined the peloton, but New Zealander Henderson abandoned with a knee injury. Voeckler was swallowed up by the peloton with 17km to go and the sprinters’ teams tried to take control in a technical finish. Omega Pharma-QuickStep took control for much of the final 5km, but Giant-Shimano took over inside the final 2km. Kristoff was first to launch his sprint, but despite appearing more laboured than on the Mall 24 hours earlier, Kittel triumphed once more.

gOLf Former Open champion Paul Lawrie knows he may have to lift the Claret Jug again next week to have any chance of making the Ryder Cup team, but would be willing to do anything to help European captain Paul McGinley. Lawrie is currently a lowly 80th on the European points list. Ahead of the Scottish Open, Lawrie said: ‘Paul’s made it very clear he would like me to play on the team. We’ll wait and see if he makes the call and asks me to do it. It’ll take a hell of an effort now to get in. I would need to win this week or next week, so I’ll be going all out still’.

12 year partnership between Manchester United and kit supplier Nike will end after the coming season as the sportswear firm failed to accept terms for an extension

Froch defeat did not deter Groves bOxing George

Groves is back on the super middleweight championship trail and insists his next fight is bigger than his double-header against British rival Carl Froch. The 26-year-old lost twice to Froch in IBF and WBA title fights, but a bout against European super middleweight champion Christopher Rebrasse on September 20 offers Groves the chance to get back to winning ways. In May, Froch stopped Groves in round eight, the second time in six months the champion had successfully defended his titles. But Groves is undeterred. ‘There are no doubts in my mind that I will become a world champion, I just haven’t had it my way enough so far,’ he said. ‘Win this fight and I am back in the picture.’

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Feeling groggy: Dutch captain Van Persie training yesterday

super Mario’s double sparks buenos Aires celebrations MilliONS of viewers will never forget the sheer colour of the 1978 World Cup final in Buenos Aires – ticker tape and all, writes Nick Metcalfe. Hosts Argentina were desperate to win football’s greatest prize for the first time, while opponents Holland were keen to put their 1974 final defeat to West Germany behind them. On a tumultuous night, Mario Kempes gave Argentina a first-half lead,

by JOHN pAYNE HOLLAND’S hopes of reaching a second successive World Cup final could be dealt a major blow with Robin van Persie struggling to make today’s game against Argentina. A stomach upset forced the Manchester United striker mainly to train separately from the rest of his teammates yesterday as they prepared for the semi-final in Sao Paulo.

Home hero: Kempes before Dick Nanninga equalised with eight minutes remaining. Then came the moment that still haunts Dutch football fans, with rob rensenbrink dramatically striking a post in stoppage time. Holland’s best chance was gone, with Argentina taking full advantage of their let-off in extra-time. Another goal from Kempes, and a late third from Daniel Bertoni, sealed a memorable 3-1 win for Argentina and set up the mother of all Buenos Aires parties.

‘In principle he plays, but he has to be fit’ Asked whether he thought Van Persie would recover in time, Dutch boss Louis Van Gaal said: ‘He has a stomach problem, an intestinal problem – I don’t know.’ Van Persie has scored three goals in the tournament so far and his future Manchester United manager is prepared to wait until the last minute before deciding if he can play. ‘Van Persie is our captain so he is very important to us,’ said Van Gaal.

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‘In principle my captain always plays – but he has to be fit.’ Holland have relied heavily so far on Van Persie and fellow attacker Arjen Robben, who both scored in the penalty shoot-out win over Costa Rica in the quarter-finals. It was a draining match but Van Gaal expects his players to be fresh to face Alejandro Sabella’s team. ‘In general I give the players two

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ban takes a chunk out of suarez’s earnings LuIS Suarez may have had a cheeky surprise for viewers had he not been handed a four-month ban for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini. according to bookmaker Paddy Power, had the Liverpool striker been allowed to play in uruguay’s last-16 clash with Colombia he could have picked

up a cool €1million just for flashing a smile at TV cameras while wearing a mouth guard branded with the company’s logo. The bookies say they were close to doing a similar deal with Suarez last summer after he returned to action following an eight-game ban

By gum: Suarez never got the chance to cash in for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic. But despite claiming the striker was ‘up for it’, the negotiations then ‘broke down over cost’. a spokesman for Paddy Power said: ‘In principle we had a deal in place whereby Suarez would reveal a Paddy Power mouth guard during the national anthems before the Colombia match. ‘unfortunately Fifa had other ideas and the deal fell apart.’

days to recover, so if you have one day less it’s an issue, a problem,’ he said. ‘But a top athlete can perform, so my players will be in shape.’ Van Gaal also scoffed at Argentina’s status as bookies’ favourites. ‘I don’t think there is a favourite,’ he insisted. ‘The countries are at the same level. It’s a 50-50 match and we have to be a bit lucky too.’ Key to Holland’s chances of reach-

ing their fourth final will be how they deal with the threat of Argentina’s main man Lionel Messi. ‘He has been voted the world’s best player before and you don’t get that for nothing,’ Van Gaal said. ‘He has always found it hard to show his form at international level. ‘He wants to do it at this tournament and we want to stop him. That will be a challenge.’

Fan’s fist of fury sees him land television award A BrAzil fan who became an internet hit after accidentally breaking his television has been given a new one by World Cup sponsors. rafael Gambarim got so excited after goalkeeper Julio Cesar, left, saved a spot- kick in the penalty shootout during Brazil’s last-16 clash with Chile, he put his fists though the screen. Film of the incident saw Gambarim become something of a star in his homeland and prompted sponsors Samsung to present him with a shiny new set.

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Messi living the dream LIoneL MeSSI insists winning the World Cup with Argentina would mean more to him than all the honours in his glittering career. Argentina will reach their first World Cup final in 24 years if they beat Holland at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo tonight. As well as winning the Ballon d’or three times, Messi has won three Champions Leagues and six Spanish titles with Barcelona but that would all pale in comparison should they go on to win in Rio on Sunday. ‘As a player, winning a World Cup is the best there is,’ the Argentina captain said. ‘It’s something you dream about when you are a kid and it never disappears.’ Messi has asked club-mates Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique how it felt to lift the trophy for Spain in South Africa four years ago. ‘They couldn’t explain,’ added the 27-year-old. ‘We will do everything

by JOHn PAYnE to make this dream a reality. To play a World Cup final with the great atmosphere of the Maracana is something every player dreams of, but first we have to get there.’ Coach Alejandro Sabella called his talisman ‘our water in the desert’ after the 1-0 quarter-final win over

‘It’s something you dream of as a kid’ Belgium, but the man with four of Argentina’s eight goals in Brazil believes it is a team effort. ‘I’d prefer the World Cup than the golden boot. Always,’ he added. ‘I am only concentrating on the team. It’s a great honour to be captain and I want to pay back the trust by leading Argentina to the World Cup.’

PAuL Scholes believes Louis van Gaal has a magic touch that can improve Manchester united by ‘20-25 per cent’. The former united midfielder, is excited about the prospect of Van Gaal taking over as manager at old Trafford ahead of the new season. Van Gaal will take up duties with united after the World Cup in Brazil, where he has taken Holland to the semi-finals. Scholes wrote in a blog: ‘Right now, Manchester united fans (and myself) cannot wait for Louis van Gaal to get the job started at old Trafford. Van Gaal seems to have the Midas touch, and with his coaching reputation and vast experience he can bring a lot to the club. He’ll improve last year’s performance by 20-25 per cent, I feel.’ one of Van Gaal’s most remarkable tactical decisions at the World Cup came when he replaced goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen with Tim Krul deep into injury time in Holland’s quarter-final against Costa Rica. Krul rewarded him by producing two saves in the subsequent penalty shootout to send the Dutch into the last four.

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Arjen Robben v Lionel Messi TWo World Cup juggernauts go head to head in tonight’s World Cup meetings – semi-final in Sao Paulo as the there have been two wins superstars from Barcelona and for Holland, one for ArgenBayern Munich attempt to tina (‘78 final) and a draw carry their teams into Sunday’s final. The pressure on Messi and Robben (pictured) is Maria which led to victory in the immense as both Argentina closing moments against and Holland need their Switzerland was prize assets to be outstanding. firing on all Robben has also failed cylinders if they to get on the are to scoresheet since a triumph. Surprisingly, two-time flurry of goals in the Messi started champions Argentina first two games of are playing their first the World the Dutch campaign World Cup semi-final Cup with a and has courted since they beat hosts controversy with barrage of Italy in 1990 goals, scoring accusations of diving four times in the in the penalty area. three group matches, But there is no doubting his and although he has not ability when he’s in full flow. found the net in the There’s no way Holland would knockout stages, his have reached the last four without unselfish pass to Angel di his potent attacking threat.

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Louis van Gaal v Alex sabella LVG’S tactical flexibility has made fools of those who wrote the Dutch off pre-tournament. The Manchester United boss (right), 62, is not afraid to make drastic changes if ‘Plan A’ is not succeeding and bringing goalkeeper Tim Krul on for the shoot-out win over Costa Rica was as inspired as it was crazy. Sabella was a cult hero as a player at Sheffield United, so Blades supporters will join Albicelestes fans in hoping the 59-year-old can lead his country to their first World Cup final since 1990 when they lost to Germany. The pressure is also upped on Sabella because today is Argentina’s Independence Day.

FULHAM have signed striker Ross McCormack from Leeds for a fee reported to be the highest for a player in the second tier. Championship newcomers Fulham did not disclose the amount but it is believed the Cottagers coughed up £11million for the 27-year-old Scotland international, who netted 28 league goals last term for United. Fulham manager Felix Magath said: ‘Ross was not only the top scorer in the Championship last season but also made a lot of assists, so has a proven pedigree at this level.’

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POssiBLE TEAMs Argentina: Romero, Rojo, Garay, Demichelis, Zabaleta, Mascherano, Biglia, Aguero, Perez, Higuain, Messi. Holland: Cillesen, Vlaar, De Vrij, Martins Indi, Blind, Sneijder, Kuyt, Wijnaldum, Lens, Robben, Van Persie.

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MANCHeSTeR City have signed goalkeeper Willy Caballero from Malaga on a three-year contract. The 32-year-old Argentinian has moved for an undisclosed fee in a switch that sees him reunited with City boss Manuel Pellegrini. The pair worked together at Malaga after Pellegrini signed Caballero for the Spanish outfit in 2011. League champions City have been looking for a new goalkeeper to provide competition for england No.1 Joe Hart following Costel Pantilimon’s release at the end of last season. Caballero (right) is City’s third new signing of the summer, with midfielder Fernando and full-back Bacary Sagna the other arrivals. ‘I am very happy, and really looking forward to the start of preseason and performing well to help the team,’ Caballero said. ‘This is a new challenge and a new league for me.’ u fRee agent Gareth Barry, 33, last night signed for everton on a threeyear contract. u WeST Ham have confirmed the signing of teenage midfielder Diego Poyet. The 19-year-old joins on a four-year deal following the expiry of his contract at Charlton. The Hammers have reportedly also made a £12million move for longtime Liverpool target Yevhen Konoplyanka. u CHeLSeA are believed to have made an improved offer of £15m for Atletico Madrid’s filipe Luis as they look to replace Ashley Cole, following his move to Roma. The Blues had a £12m bid rejected by the Spanish champions last week, with reports suggesting he may have to pay off the remainder of his £19m buy-out clause at Atletico. u DUSAN TADIC has signed a fouryear deal at Southampton. The former FC Twente midfielder, who is seen as a replacement for Adam Lallana, is new boss Ronald Koeman’s first signing. u BuRnLey defender Luke o’neill has signed a new two-year deal at Turf Moor.

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Brazil crash out of world cup after record annihilation at hands of rampant Germans sEMi-finAL brazil............1 germany......7 by Richard Rooney GerMAny stormed into a record eighth World Cup final with farcical ease as Brazil’s tag as tournament favourites was exposed as a nonsense. After their unconvincing displays en route, Brazil’s elimination was not a shock but no one could have foreseen this annihilation – the biggest ever in a World Cup semi-final. It was a surreal exit for the hosts, who were 5-0 down after 29 minutes, with their shambolic back four of David Luiz, Maicon, Marcelo and Dante – who replaced the suspended Thiago Silva – particularly culpable. Stand-in captain Luiz clutched a jersey bearing the name of injured talisman neymar during their anthem but the morale-boosting exercise was

quickly forgotten as Thomas Muller started the rout in the 11th minute, side-footing home a corner. Miroslav Klose became the highest World Cup scorer ever (16) when he finished off an incisive move at the second attempt in the 23rd minute. Toni Kroos smashed in from the edge of the area a minute later, and tapped in for 4-0 in the 26th minute. By now, the TV cameras were cutting to sobbing fans in the crowd but

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him second behind Golden Boot leader James Rodriguez their horror continued as Khedira swept home a fifth. Substitute Andre Schurrle piled on the goals with strikes in the 69th and 79th minutes. Oscar’s last-minute goal was academic as Joachim Low’s side strutted into Sunday’s final with a cold-blooded authority that will have Argentina or Holland seriously worried.

Das booted: Germany players celebrate making the World Cup finals