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A SURGE in the number of men suffering from erectile dysfunction has resulted in millions of euro being spent by the State trying to solve the problem. The Health Service Executive has spent €50million on medicines such as Viagra in the past five years, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. Of the total, €31m was used to give a lift to medical card holders prescribed erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs, including Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, since 2009. A further cost of €14m was incurred for the provision of the drugs to patients under the Drugs Payment Scheme, which covers the excess cost of approved medications over a limit of €144 for individuals and families each month. More than €4m was also spent on
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ED drugs under the Long-Term Illness Scheme, which covers the cost of medicines dispensed to patients suffering from certain conditions such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. In total, the State has spent €49,943,786 on drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in the five years up to 2014. The figures are likely to be the subject of intense scrutiny in the coming months, as the HSE is on course to exceed its budget by €500m by the end of the year. Drugs prescribed for the treatment of ED under the three schemes include Viagra, Levitra, Cialis, Sidena, and Vizarsin. Each of the medicines contains the same active ingredient, sildenafil.
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Big Dog could lift the weight off the shoulders of soldiers by carrying their load
Robomule does the grunt work HE’S big, noisy and tough – and is set to become a soldier’s best four-legged friend. ‘Big Dog’ is a robotic mule designed to lighten the load of troops by carrying some of their
Dog of war: ‘Big Dog’ – officially called The Legged Squad Support System – is put through its paces in its live military trial Picture: universal
by SHAROn MARRiS equipment, which weights up to 45kg (7st). The machine, created by Google-owned Boston
Dynamics, is programmed to interact with troops in a similar way to a trained animal. It was given its first live military trial last week in Hawaii – and passed with flying colours.
Jibo, the only friend a geek will ever need – well almost MAN’S best friend had better watch out – who needs a dog when you can have Jibo. It may look like a cross between a Pixar character and desk lamp, but the US makers of the Jibo ‘social robot’ promise it will be able to understand its owner and cater to their every need. Well, almost. Inventor Dr Cynthia Breazeal claims Jibo is the world’s first sociable bot which will interact and
chat, while also using facialrecognition technology so that its ‘eye’ can follow you around the room, taking photos and video. What’s more, the affectionate 28cm companion will take care of your phone messages, remind you when to take your medication, dance, and even read bedtime stories to your children. Dr Breazeal, an MIT professor and founder of Jibo Inc, insisted the
robot had the power to enhance lives and ‘help you, like a partner, rather than simply being a tool’. At a demonstration in New York seen by New Scientist magazine, she casually asks: ‘How are you doing, Jibo?’ To which, Jibo replies: ‘I’m great, thanks for asking.’ Jibo, which charges via wireless pads around the home, costs nearly €380 and won’t be available until late 2015.
LCpl Brandon Dieckmann said: ‘I thought it was going to be stumbling around and lose its footing but it’s actually proven to be pretty reliable and pretty rugged.’
Twitter that cheers us up YOUNGSTERS in inner-city areas may be more used to a bit of Twitter but a study has shown bird song makes them a lot chirpier. Hearing the calls of common species such as the robin gave subjects a more positive view of their environment, Swedish researchers found. It is hoped urban planners will use the results to create more green spaces.
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Nama unveils its Council not for €3bn city plans turning on gigs TWO charities yesterday called for the Government to tackle the housing crisis by introducing rent control measures and building new houses as a Nama plan for the city was announced. The State’s bad bank plans to split €3billion between developing Dublin’s south docklands and building homes over the next six years, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said. The news came as Threshold pinpointed ‘unsustainable rent increases’ in the private sector, while homeless charity Focus Ireland said €500million from next year’s Budget should be earmarked to build 3,000 new homes.
THE last-ditch effort to save the five cancelled Garth Brooks concerts last night appeared to have failed. Dublin City Council didn’t agree to allow an uncontested High Court action overturn its original decision, which granted just three licences to Aiken Promotions for the gigs instead of five. Dublin City Council’s Owen Keegan also denied assertions by Croke Park director Peter McKenna that he gave assurances all five licences would be granted. Promoter Peter Aiken told an Oireachtas Joint Committee he explored ‘every avenue’ in his attempt to have the five gigs go ahead but had met ‘a brick wall’.
INTO THE WEST: Tourism Minister Paschal Donohoe rustled up some good ol’ boys and gals to announce that while Garth Brooks may not be coming to Dublin, the city will still have country and western-themed events between July 25-29, including the Whelan’s Bluegrass Country & Roots Festival and the OK Corral Busking Trail Picture: dePt of tourism & transPort
Luas Cross City works unearth human bones from past age
HISTORICAL human remains have been uncovered during Luas Cross City roadworks in the centre of Dublin. Gráinne Mackin, director of communications for the Luas Cross City project, said the bones were found during a 1.5metre dig at the junction of College Green outbound, close to the gates of Trinity College. Workers had been carrying out extensive utility works to divert underground pipes, cables and other services from underneath the new tram’s running tracks, which is set to bypass the university. The bones were discovered just after lunchtime yesterday and all authorities including the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, which oversees the conservation and protection of Ireland’s heritage and cultural assets, have been informed. Taking into account the area’s historical background, Ms Mackin said the relics ‘could be anything from as far back as medieval times’. A specialist team of archaeologists have since sectioned off the scene and
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will carry out a finger-tip examination. Due to the delicate nature of the find, the careful excavation of the remains is estimated to take a couple of days. The Luas Cross City tram will be an extension to the Luas Green line and will travel from St Stephen’s Green to Broombridge, Dublin 7. Interchanging with the existing Red line route for a more comprehensive light rail transport service, the tram is expected to provide access to tourist hotspots such as the National History Museum, Temple Bar, Dublin’s shopping districts and well-known art galleries in a journey time of 24minutes. Earlier this week, Luas Cross City officials had announced that the schedule was ‘on plan’, with the project reportedly 30 to 35 per cent complete. Despite the discovery, the progress of the light rail is said to be unaffected and construction will continue, apart from in the cordoned area. Luas Cross City is timetabled to be complete by the end of 2017.
A full uniform for €6? That’s school sorted SUPERMARKETS have started a back-to-school price war, with rival Irish retailers offering full uniforms for as little as €6. Tesco announced details yesterday of its uniform bundle, which includes a unisex blue polo shirt and a navy sweatshirt, as well as a boy’s navy trousers or a girl’s navy skirt. The polo shirt is €1.50, the sweatshirt €2.50 and the trousers/skirt are just €2 – €6 in total. And the kit isn’t just good value, it’s also coated with Teflon to help repel the stains children are so fond of picking up. Meanwhile, German discounter Aldi Cheap: Tesco uniform unveiled its school uniform package for under €6.50.
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Widower claims inquest ‘cover-up’ over witnesses
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The widower of an Indian woman who died four days after giving birth to her son has alleged a cover-up over a longawaited inquest into her death. Dhara Kivlehan, 28, died from multiorgan failure in Belfast’s Royal Victoria hospital on September 28, 2010 after being airlifted from Sligo General suffering a severe case of pre-eclampsia. her husband Michael complained during a hearing in Carrick-on-Shannon that he is last on the list of witnesses: ‘It’s a bloody cover-up. My wife was Indian.’ Lawyer Damien Tansey has threatened to challenge coroner eamon MacGowan’s ‘bewildering’ decision to call only six witnesses and said the Kivlehans are considering asking Belfast coroner Dr John Leckey to reopen the inquest, which was moved to the Republic over concerns about compelling medics from Sligo. Mr Kivlehan and his three-year-old son were awarded almost €1million in damages last year after the hSe apologised for shortcomings in the young mother’s care. The case has drawn parallels with that of Savita halappanavar, who died in a Galway hospital in October 2012 after suffering a miscarriage and septicemia.
Police crack online paedophile ring DOCTORS, teachers, carers and former police officers were last night among 660 suspected paedophiles held in the UK’s biggest ever crackdown on people accessing child abuse images online. Only 39 of those arrested by the National Crime Agency were known to police. Many of the suspects had unsupervised access to children, the agency said. As a result of the operation, more than 430 children ‘in the care, custody or control’ of the suspects had been protected. Child protection experts said the arrests were the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
‘Shortcomings’ in children’s deaths
MIND YOUR LANGUAGE: Crowds gathered for a protest organised by Conradh na Gaeilge at Government y y calling ffor the Taoiseach to o appoin ith pr Buildings yesterday appoint a Minister of State with proficient Irish to the Gaeltacht Affairs portfolio after current junior minister Joe McHugh admitted to his Irish being ‘rusty’
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A REPORT into the deaths of four young people in care or known to the State’s protective services has identified ‘considerable shortcomings’. The first report by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, entitled ‘Luke’, was into the death of Danny Talbot, 19, in an accident after leaving HSE care. Tusla National Review Panel’s chair Dr Helen Buckley said 91 children and young people known to the child protection services have died since 2010 – more than a quarter of those by suicide.
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SINGER Tulisa Contostavlos helped to supply cocaine to an undercover reporter after he said he could get her a movie role ahead of Kate Winslet and Keira Knightley, a court heard yesterday. The former X Factor judge fell for the sting set up by ‘fake sheikh’ Mazher Mahmood, who
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co-star. He told her she was more suited to the role than Winslet or Knightley. In return, the former N-Dubz star allegedly boasted she could ‘sort out’ drugs for a boys’ night out she was arranging for him. The 26-year-old put him in touch with her rapper friend, Mike GLC, who brought the cocaine to London’s five-star Dorchester Hotel, jurors heard. Contostavlos’s alleged drug deal was taped and exposed in a story in The Sun On Sunday last May. During discussions about a visit to a pole dancing club called Whites, Mahmood asked: ‘Talking of white, what about white sweets?’ Contostavlos allegedly said: ‘Definitely on the day. What I will do, I can definitely sort it, I just need to make some more calls.’ Two days later, she was arrested and told police: ‘The undercover journalist persuaded me that I was to play a leading role in a major film and that I would be paid a lot of money. At that time I was trying to find a role in a film.’ Contostavlos denies helping to supply drugs; Mike GLC, real name Michael Coombs, has admitted supplying drugs. The trial continues.
Trial: Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos outside Southwark crown court yesterday Picture: Pixel 8000
Robber chased by hoe-wielder A BURGLAR was caught after he ran in front of a Garda patrol car while being chased by the victim of the burglary with a garden hoe. Garda Sarah McArdle told the court that she arrested Mark Kelly, 36, after he ran down a cul-de-sac and tried to climb across a wall. In his victim impact report, David Wheefer asked the court to consider ordering the recovering heroin addict to take part in drug treatment services, instead of jailing him. Kelly, of Brian Boru Street,
Clontarf, also admitted taking part in a robbery of an iPhone and wallet on Harcourt Street on July 23, 2012, where he escorted a ‘very drunk’ man up a street before helping two others to go through his pockets. Judge Mary Ellen Ring adjourned sentencing until next January, when she wants to see evidence Kelly, who has spent over 13 of the last 15 years in custody, is making efforts to get off methadone. Earlier, Kelly told the court: ‘I’ve been here so long. I’m on a roller coaster and I can’t get off it.’
Nine robberies in one week A FORMER straight A student who carried out nine robberies in seven days while on crack cocaine has been jailed for four years. Laurence Bryan, 33, robbed the same pharmacy four times in four days and shoplifted from three different stores in Tallaght in one day. Bryan, of Brookview Crescent, Tallaght, pleaded guilty to carrying out
nine robberies and possession of a weapon during some of them, and also pleaded guilty to three thefts and stealing a car and to robbery of a pharmacy. The court heard Bryan was spending up to €450 a day to feed his drug habit. He has 122 previous convictions including robbery, criminal damage and possession of knives.
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children’s group hails appointment Undeclared landlord hit with €10k bill
THE Children’s Rights Alliance has welcomed the appointment of former clerical sex abuse investigation chief Judge Yvonne Murphy as chair of the
commission of investigation into mother and baby homes. The group said: ‘The appointment sends a strong signal that this Commission means business.’
LANDLORD Kevin Galvin, of 81 Furry Park Road, Killester, has been landed with fines and costs of over €10,000 after failing to register two Cabra
tenancies with the Private Residental Tenancies Board. Over 34,000 letters were issued by the PRTB in 2013 notifying landlords of the requirement.
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by NicOLE LE MARiE MANY smokers say they light up to calm their nerves, but they could be damaging their mental health just as much as their lungs. Smokers are more likely to die by suicide than people who do not, a study suggests. Nicotine in tobacco could be increasing the risk of psychiatric disorders, it adds. Psychiatry professor Richard Grucza said: ‘Smoking may increase the risk for psychiatric disorders, or make them more severe, which, in turn, can influence suicide risk.’ US researchers found suicide rates dropped up to 15 per cent, compared with the national average, in states that increased tobacco taxes and banned smoking in public places between 1990 and 2004. ‘If you’re not a smoker, or not likely ever to become a smoker, your suicide risk shouldn’t be influenced by tobacco policies,’ Prof Grucza added. The research from the Washington University School of Medicine was published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. The number of smokers in Ireland dropped from 29 per cent to 22 per cent in the ten years to December 2013, thanks largely to the workplace smoking ban, with a drop in associated health complaints.
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He 1975’s Matthew Healy says his days of ‘hard drugs’ are behind him but admits he can’t give up marijuana or his beloved red wine. The singer insisted that despite being a wildchild, he was never a ‘bad kid’. ‘I’m over my stage of doing hard drugs now, I’m not really doing that any more,’ he told Guilty Pleasures in an exclusive chat. ‘In short: I was a wild teen. I’ve been in a band since I was 14 and we kind of orientated around c r e a t iv e
types and, yeah, I just used to do drugs. Not in a self-destructive way, I mean I would never let my behaviour have a derogatory effect on my family. I wasn’t a bad kid but I was experimental.’ But that doesn’t mean that the singer admitted he can’t rule out going back to his bad old ways on occasions. ‘I wouldn’t say I’ve got a straight-edge mentality towards drugs now but I’ve not necessarily got a problem any more,’ said the son of former Loose Women star Denise Welch. He also claimed he struggled to perform with his band – which also includes Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann and George Daniel – without having a bottle of red and a couple of joints. ‘I always drink red wine and in a way it’s like a prop of mine now, like I’ve always got a bottle on stage with me,’ he said. ‘everyone knows we smoke a lot of weed. I mean, we’ve got songs about it.’
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swimsuit and kicked back on a Maybe it was the hangover from private yacht. Meanwhile, back in hitting the dance floor at the Lohan’s native US, film star Ischia Film Festival the night Cameron Diaz had a boating before but Lindsay Lohan looked encounter of her own on the decidedly seasick while trying to blow away the cobwebs on a boat Jimmy Fallon Show. The athletic 41-year-old had trip in Italy. salmon thrown at her as she The 28-year-old wild child was spotted grimacing while bombing kayaked her way around the talk show host’s set as she promoted around the gulf in a motorised her new flick Sex Tape. And Diaz dinghy with a mystery hunk, hit out at claims she’d slept with hours after an embarrassing Drew Barrymore, telling Harper’s ballroom tumble. Bazaar: ‘That’s like saying I am However, she was looking far having sex with my sister. more ship-shape yesterday Are you as she slipped into crazy?’ an alluring Jennifer white Aniston sounded more like she was trying to sell seashells on the seashore when she joined the celebrity perfume brigade to launch her own scent. Giving J by Jennifer Aniston her best spiel, the 45-year-old said: ‘My debut fragrance reminds me of the way you smell when you just arrive at the beach – fresh, with a touch of sunblock and sand. This new fragrance has a hint of that salty sea smell that reminds me of a day spent in the ocean.’
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Chace looking for love after Rachelle split... Chace Crawford is back up for grabs after splitting from model Rachelle Goulding. Asked on Australia’s Kiis FM radio if he was still with the ‘hot chick’,
the Gossip Girl hunk said: ‘I’m not. It’s totally good. We had fun.’ But, it seems, the 29-year-old star has no time to re-enter the dating game. He is currently working on two films and has moved
from New York to LA, which is proving a stumbling block to his love life. ‘LA is definitely different from New York,’ he said. ‘Especially for meeting people.’
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WE’VE all skipped a shower and doused ourselves in body spray, but when one animal rescue team found Ellen the dog, they couldn’t even work out which end was which and ‘had to get a treat to see which end lifted up to sniff’. Swarming with flies and gnats, Ellen’s hair had started to fall out, dragged out by its own weight before the Chicago-based animal rescue Trio found her.
Rescued from squalor, 500 prisoners of child ‘refuge’
HUNDREDS of children who suffered sexual abuse and were forced to beg in the streets have been rescued from a Mexican refuge. The 458 youngsters were held against their will in filthy conditions, fed rotten food and made to sleep on the floor among rats and fleas, prosecutors said yesterday. Police and troops also freed 138 adults from the Great Family group home in the city of Zamora in the western state of Michoacan. Many of the home’s residents were never allowed to leave the premises, according to Mexico’s attorney general Murillo Karam. ‘We found them living in truly terrible conditions,’ he told a news conference. Michoacan governor Salvador Jara said: ‘I’m in utter dismay because we weren’t expecting the conditions we found at the home.’ Police have detained the home’s owner, Rosa del Carmen Verduzco, and eight workers. The investigation began after five cou-
by AiDAn RADnEDgE ples filed complaints with authorities because they were not allowed to see their children at the home. One of the parents was a woman who grew up and gave birth to two children at Great Family, which has been open for 40 years. She was allowed to leave when she was 31 but Verduzco kept the two children. The refuge was home to 278 boys, 174 girls and six infants. Babies born there were registered as children of Verduzco and their parents were given no say in their upbringing. One desperate mother even offered Verduzco 10,000 pesos (€575) to return her young daughters. The home’s funding came from charitable donations with help from companies and the government. Authorities are treating the children for psychological and sexual abuse as well as looking for suitable homes for the victims.
Bieber racing case hits skids JUSTIN BIEBER’S trial on alleged car racing was delayed again yesterday after his lawyers asked for more time to work out a plea-bargaining deal. Claims that the star (pictured) drove under the influence and resisted arrest will now be heard on August 5. A Florida judge set the date following a brief hearing in Bieber’s absence. Prosecutors said both sides needed another three weeks to discuss if a trial was ‘necessary’. Bieber, 20, was arrested in Miami Beach in January after allegedly racing in his Lamborghini.
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AS children, we are often urged to eat our veggies. But it’s a plea that appears to have fallen on deaf ears. Many of us grow up without having tried a host of basic foods such as turnips and sprouts, a study suggests. One in ten adults has never tried vegetables such as leek, celery and kale. Common cheeses were avoided by one in four people, while more than four in ten had never tried meats such as goose and venison. ‘It’s surprising to see that many staple foods
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FRANcE: Haute cuisine fans have criticised the introduction of a ‘home-made’ label for restaurant food after loopholes emerged. While chief of consumer affairs Carole Delga said the ‘fait-maison’ symbol would reward chefs’ artistry, dishes made from frozen, prepeeled or pre-cut products can still qualify.
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cOLOMbiA: Starbucks is set to make its much-anticipated debut in the country synonymous with coffee. The three-storey coffee house, in the capital Bogota, is the first of 50 planned for Colombia. It will also be the only Starbucks in the world to use locally sourced coffee.
KKK offers a sweetener broadway’s Rocky floored
AMERicA: Accepting sweets from strangers is never advisable – especially when it’s from the Ku Klux Klan. The hate group has been criticised for giving away free candy to recruit members. ‘It’s unacceptable,’ said Bo Morris, whose child was given treats and a flier in Oconee County, South Carolina.
AMERicA: Broadway musical Rocky is throwing in the towel after being battered at the box office. Producers said the show – based on the Oscar-winning 1976 film by Sylvester Stallone – will close on August 17 after six months. Recently it made only half its expected €1million weekly ticket sales.
GERMANy: Motorbike stuntman Luc Ackerman rides outside his saddle before the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour in Munich PICTURE: EPA
bELGiUM: A plan to get Travellers to move off private land using loud house music backfired when their children started dancing along to the ‘annoying beats’. When ears stopped ringing, Landen mayor Gino Debroux sat down with the 30 families to agree on a leaving date.
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FOUR boys having a kickabout were killed yesterday when an Israeli navy gunboat shelled a beach in Gaza City. The attack on a group aged between nine and 11 was described as a ‘cowardly act’ by Palestinian officials. Witness Ahmed Hassera said: ‘When the first shell hit the land, they ran away – but another shell hit them all. It looked as if the shells were chasing them.’ At least ten other Palestinians – including a five-monthold baby – are reported to have been killed in air strikes since a ceasefire plan collapsed on Tuesday. As many as 100,000 people in northern Gaza have been advised to leave their homes. Israel says reprisals will continue until Hamas stops firing rockets. Leaflets dropped by its warplanes said: ‘Whoever disregards these instructions and fails to evaculate immediately will endanger their own lives, as well as those of their families.’ Aid agencies have warned that the exodus may spark a humanitarian crisis. At least 18,000 people have taken shelter in schools, yet many are staying put, the UN believes. One person refusing to leave home, Sami Wadiya, said: ‘We know it’s risky but there are no secure places to go to.’ In Israel, sirens warning of rocket fire continued to ring yesterday, with many people running for cover. Hamas says it remains sceptical at Egypt’s involvement in peace talks. Some 211 Palestinians and one Israeli have died in violence since last week.
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Now that Bill O’Herlihy has left the hallowed halls of RTÉ sports punditry, kEn ROgAn dashes off a letter of application, of sorts…
live on air without the likes of Dear mandarins of RTÉ, harpo or hooky to sail off to the I am writing to express my middle of nowhere to hunt for a complete ambivalence about the departure of Bill O’herlihy from whale. Billo was their Captain Ahab. he the ripened old orchard of RTÉ sports punditry. he leaves behind knew when to reel them in, and when to give them plenty of line, him some richly fermented, if not like when they go off on some rant bitter, pundit fruits whose juice about the english, and how great it makes for drunk, angry wasps is to beat them on account of their careering about our homes, being awful bastards. I am also stinging our eyelids in the death merrily indifferent to the rawer throes of a fading summer. fruits in the punditry bullpen, Never did a man use a pen so rapier-like to skewer his points into whose bright contributions this summer slid forgettably past my those torsos of opinion that sat ears in the way that all sports across from him on the lowerbacked chairs, knowing their place. analysis ultimately must. Alan hansen has recently become Indeed, there has scarcely been a available, so if you want a pundit more meaningful use of the biro, who can ‘talk about passing, and except for every tourist who ever movement’, then Alan is your man, ticked that box on a US and he appears to have a metal immigration form that says: ‘I am plate in his forehead, so he should not a terrorist.’ I will always remain unemotional be able to withstand more radiation about the times that ‘Billo’ crossed than the other vegetable matter you pens with ‘harpo’ Dunphy, and have to draw on. I also note that the Lord how these great clashes seems to bestow redefined what it quantities of means to finish controversial using your pen in directly forcefully. Above all, however, opinion inverse Billo, like he must ensure that proportions to cryptosporidium the number of in Galway, has bluster beats logic in senior been with us for three-out-of-five international caps a long time, but a pundit has, so I all good things arguments am mildly pleased must come to a that you have found a partial end, and I wish capable understudy for him well in his likely new harpo in Richie Sadlier. Richie role as the next chairman of the must now focus on learning his RTÉ Authority. his replacement, Darragh co-panelists’ weak points so that he can undermine their job prospects Maloney, brings his own skills to with a casual tongue-in-cheek the seat – chief among them, the remark. Above all, however, he ability to look like he’s trying not must ensure that bluster beats logic to laugh every time he asks a in three-out-of-five arguments if he question. Lest the glitz and is to master the crucible of selfglamour of future broadcasts cause contradiction that is professional Maloney to forget who he is, I sports blather. hope that John Giles will continue In closing, what day is it today? I to start and finish every sentence am so relaxed about the end of this by using his first name. historians will maintain that era that I might be dreaming this in the bath. Giles was engaged in an extremely Yours etc, long form of transcendental Ken. meditation, and that ‘Darragh’ was his mantra, but I prefer to think of Dear Ken, it as an excellent way to patronise We regret to inform you that your an anchor and remind them who job application was unsuccessful, the real expert is. Darragh. but we were delighted to hear that I hope to continue not really you have no intention of working minding if the departure of Billo with RTÉ in any capacity, ever. precipitates a wider pruning of the Good luck becoming Doctor Who, pundits’ orchard, and I would be because you’ll have to be able to perfectly unaffected by learning that George hook has decided to control time itself if you ever want hang up his snarl. George hook’s a job with us. Thanks for watching, ability to not listen is superb, though we can ill afford a panel RTÉ. @kenrogan
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he Congregations of the Sisters who ran the Magdalene Laundries are refusing to pay the compensation due to their ‘inmates’? As a hardworking, squeezedmiddle taxpayer, who is already helping to bail out this forever demanding country, am I going to sit back and let that happen? No, I am not. Any Government or State body who allows these evil institutions to go unpunished will not get my support, for one. I am not paying for it. I say, sell their properties and lands to fund the compensation and if that
doesn’t cover it, take the money from the churches that advocated this atrocity. These people have displayed unbelievable arrogance and cruelty. Good Sisters of Charity and Mercy? That’s false advertising if I ever saw it. LWK, Wicklow ■ So the gigs are cancelled. It’s all over. Some 400,000 people are disappointed. But I have a question: why did so many people want to see Garth Crooks perform anyway? Sure, he had a decent run with Spurs in the 1980s, but did people expect him to put on a display of skills that helped him become a
yEH big RiDE ● To the miniature rectangle of clown-like empty space consciousness that got on the 15A to Rathmines at 2.17 on Friday – would you like to go to the cinema? My therapist said I am too unstable to date a human male, but random space structures from the Cosmic Void are grand. Barbara, Castleknock ● To gorgeous blondie Gill in our office, we have caught each other’s eyes a few times, but you’re hard to catch and I can be shy. On Friday the beard will be gone and you’ll see I have nothing to hide. Kebab? ; ) Eye Spy
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star some 30 years ago? They clearly did and they should be ashamed – forcing a man of his age and considerable carriage to do keepie-uppies for five nights straight is a disgrace. I dare say it’s a human rights issue. In recent years, Garth has reinvented himself as one of the most thought-provoking pundits in the UK, challenging perceived wisdoms like he used to challenge full-backs in his pomp. Maybe his show would be a two-hour discussion of the issues of modern society, like an episode of Kilroy, but with tea, green glow sticks and Garth Crooks. I’d go to that. Eamonn Dalton
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ate Moss had Vanessa Paradis to thank for her big break. Back in 1992, the French singer-songwriter pulled out of an advertising campaign for Calvin Klein Jeans. Moss, then 19, stepped in and the shoot went on to become one of the most iconic in fashion. Now, just over two decades later, Moss’s half-sister, Lottie, is following in her footsteps by lending her face to the same brand. the new ads pay homage to the black and white, pared-back aesthetic the brand became synonymous with in the 1990s. and with her heart-shaped face and doe eyes, 16-year-old Lottie bears a striking resemblance to the superstar with whom she shares a father. to complete the historic circle, the photographer is Michael avedon, 23, the grandson of Richard avedon, who shot the label’s infamous 1980 campaign featuring the then 15-year-old Brooke Shields featuring the tagline: ‘You wanna know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.’ Would CK have booked Lottie had she not been Kate’s sister? ‘I don’t even know how we would have come across her otherwise, to be honest,’ deadpans Justin O’Shea, buying director for online shop Mytheresa, which is partner to the project. ‘She’d been shot for teen Vogue but not much else. But seeing the images now, I don’t know who we
Lottie Moss is following in her half-sister’s shoes by modelling for Calvin Klein. Naomi Mdudu talks to the people who made it happen could have chosen that would have looked better than her.’ CK creative director Kevin Carrigan agrees. ‘One of the things Calvin has always done is relevant things in each decade,’ he says. ‘He did that with Brooke Shields in the 1980s, Kate Moss in the 1990s and Lara Stone in the noughties. We’re in a new era now and Lottie is part of that next generation.’ the collection she models is part of an exclusive ReIssue project with Mytheresa, which sees some of the most recognisable pieces from the brand’s archive brought back. Carrigan came up with the sketches and Mytheresa trawled the brand’s archive to select the nine pieces that made the edit. ‘People want a straight, modern boyfriend jean like the ones Kate Moss wore,’ says O’Shea. ‘People also want dungarees, a
demark nonchalant gaze, In her jeans: With Kate’s tra Klein (main picture), vin Lottie Moss models for Cal for in 1992 (right), as sed po r iste p-s who her ste m right), the sisters fro bridesmaid (above, fifth g London Fashion Week together at a show durin chael Avedon (front) (left) and with lensman Mi sweatshirt, a t-shirt and a pair of denim shorts. I didn’t want duds in the collection. I wanted everything to be desirable.’ But don’t expect copies of the old styles – each piece has been modified and brought up to date. ‘that was important to me and I wanted the fit to be perfect,’ says Carrigan. ‘those high-
rise Brooke Shields jeans were for the 1980s, and people have moved on since then, so we’ve tweaked them a little bit. We looked at lots of old images and editorials to think about who the new girl is to establish what Calvin Klein is today and not just what it was back then.’ So much has changed since CK’s jeans heyday but O’Shea says it’s not trying to compete with the likes of cult denim labels
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LOTTiE LOwDOwn nAME Lottie Moss nAM Ag 16 AgE CV Moss didn’t partake in photoshoots until last yea focusing instead on her studies. She’s now year, starred in Teen Vogue and Dazed And Confused. star The Cal Calvin Klein Jeans ad marks her first big campaign. ca
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disc discovered while on bridesmaid duty at sister Kate’s wedding in 2011 to The Kills frontman Jamie Hinc Hince. Naturally, media interest around the then 1313-year-old swelled and shortly afterwards, she was snapped up by Storm models, wa the agency tha that has taken care of her sister’s career ever since she was spotted at JFK Airport in ca New York. J Brand or Current/Elliott. ‘They want to sit next to people like Acne and Alexander Wang, so that’s why this collection has an edge to it,’ he says. so who is the new Calvin girl? ‘People will think this is for the younger H&M generation, who want all the hip stuff,’ says O’shea. ‘But because the collection is so nostalgic it will resonate with someone who was probably very young when that campaign came out but is still young enough to be able to pull off those clothes. It’s the Alexa Chung types. It’s for those people who find it cool to dress down.’
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s it too much to ask to wake up to tanned, primed pins every morning? Apparently so. These days I have come to rely heavily on the kind of tan that comes from a bottle. Here are some tips to create the perfect faux glow. Think of fake-tanning as a three stage process; the before, the event and the after. Stage 1: The day before you apply tan, embark on an exfoliation party. scrub down your body with a decent scrub, one which has gritty particles to remove dead skin. I love Cocoa Brown Tough Stuff. Work that product over any dry areas. This can be tedious but it’s the secret to good application. Tan sticks to dry skin and makes it look streaky so when your skin is dry pile up on all the oils and body butters you can find in your bathroom cabinet. Stage 2: The following day, have a shower and de-fuzz before you apply your tan. Avoid oils that might leave a residue on the skin and seal your pores with cold water. Take your favourite tan – mine is Vita Liberata NKD SKN Tinted Tan Mousse, and apply it to a tanning mit. Begin with the lower half of the body and work your way up to avoid smudging. The trick is to apply to one area at a time and blend well. Hands and feet are trickiest – use only the residue on the mit. I apply gradual tanner to these areas as it’s more forgiving. sleep in your tan for the best results. Stage 3: stay moisturised in the days following application. since you’re so well exfoliated, avoid scrubs until you want to remove the tan. The more hydrated your skin the longer your tan will last. so girls, there’s no need to mourn the days we used to bake in the sun using baby oil instead of sPF. Faux glow your way to a beautiful tan and save on all that skin damage. @dazzledust25
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Drama the honourable Woman BBC2, 9pm
Were you wondering what had become of Nathaniel (Tobias Menzies), the bodyguard who saved Nessa’s life at the end of episode one? If so, you’ll be relieved to hear he didn’t die in the shoot-out, for here he is, sporting a fetching blue dressing gown and involved in an intimate exchange with his employer. But that’s just one piece in Hugo Blick’s enigmatic political jigsaw, with Maggie Gyllenhaal supernaturally poised at the hard heart of it all.
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Sky 1, 9pm
Indian romantic drama. When the wrong lunchbox is accidentally delivered to the desk of office worker Saajan it proves the unlikely catalyst for romance with unhappy housewife Ila. Understated and refreshingly devoid of star-crossed-lover clichés.
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Setanta Ireland, 8pm For soccer fans suffering World Cup withdrawal, this documentary might fill a gap. It tells the story of how the exiled Tibetan national soccer team got to play their first-ever game, opening with the players’ first training sessions in Dharamsala in India to the match against Greenland in Denmark. The Dalai Lama took a starring role in this inspiring film.
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TG4, 7.15pm Micheál Ó Domhnaill presents live coverage from Walsh Park in Waterford as the semi-final of the Munster Under-21 hurling championship between Cork and Waterford gets underway. All eyes will be on Alan Cadogan, who has already impressed at senior level this year. Meanwhile, Shamrocks’ Shane Roche will be tasked with keeping Cadogan in check. Throw-in at 7.30pm.
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If you needed proof that US TV is tough, this is it – this series finale of JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón’s underperforming supernatural thriller has yet to air there, the series pulled one episode short. Harsh. So we get to see young Bo (Johnny Sequoyah) struggling with her superpowers first. But we’ll never find out how she got them...
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tour de france beo 2014 You need stamina to watch a Tour de France stage live on TV, especially this one – the 12th of the race, an epic 185.5km from Bourg-enBresse to Saint-Étiennes with lots of mountain passes. So let Páidí Ó Lionáird and Pádraic Ó Cuinn provide you with some (hopefully) lively commentary as today’s riders compete for that yellow jersey.
TG4, 11pm
The previous episode in the Danish political drama saw former prime minister Birgitte Nyborg (Birgitte Hjort) getting the up and coming New Democrats onto the map with a pig agenda. This time, following media coverage of a rescue by police of three women forced into sexual slavery, the party are pushing for a ban on prostitution. Meanwhile, Torben’s boss Alex finds out about his affair, and Birgitte wonders if it’s time for her Jeremy met her children.
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Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes when you’re sipping a cocktail while on a mini-break at a posh hotel? This six-parter delves into the inner workings of Dublin’s iconic 190-year-old establishment, and reveals what it takes to deliver five-star service. From the place settings at a bridal banquet to catering for international celebrities or the Irish rugby team, staff are trained to approach each request with a smile.
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The memory of the late Cory Monteith looms large in this episode as New Directions head off to LA to defend their National Show Choir Championship. With a set made up of Finn’s favourite songs, including I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, can they see off the challenge of the bizarrely-named Throat Explosion?
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Kristen Bell stars in this silly romcom about Beth, a cynical New Yorker on vacation in Rome who swipes a few coins from a fountain of love, unleashing a flood of suitors of all shapes and sizes. There’s Danny DeVito’s meat merchant, Will Arnett’s sensitive artist and male model Dax Shepard. But will reporter Josh Duhamel be the one to make Beth believe in true love?
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Film4, 6.45pm
With all the hoopla around the new Andy Serkis reboot, here’s the original and best. Charlton Heston (above) is astronaut George Taylor, on a planet where apes are in charge and humans are slaves. He is soon hunted by horse-riding gorillas, with only kindly chimps Zira and Cornelius to turn to. The ape make-up is arguably more effective and unsettling than the current CGI efforts and this still proves a clever allegory of a class system that makes monkeys out of all of us.
three colours: White Sky Arts 1, 10pm
The second in Kieslowski’s trilogy, based on the themes of liberty, equality and fraternity, stars Zbigniew Zamachowski as Karol, a Polish hairdresser who is divorced by hard-faced Dominique (Julie Delpy) and left destitute. He becomes embroiled in shady criminal antics before hatching a plan for revenge on his ex.
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He’s scarcely teed off all year, but the return of Tiger Woods (above) to competitive action at Hoylake is sure to have the rest of the field in this year’s open fondling their sand wedges a tad nervously. Still, a Tiger victory is a long shot, given his injury woes, and in a wide open field hopes of a home win are led by Justin Rose, winner of the Scottish open last week, and the brilliant, but erratic, Rory McIlroy.
Lawyer Claire Kubik’s (Ashley Judd) seemingly perfect life is thrown into turmoil when an investigation by police of a break-in at her home reveals her husband Tom (James Caviezel) has been living under an assumed identity. Tom is really an ex-marine named Ron Chapman, who is accused of murdering seven civilians in El Salvador in the 1980s. But he claims he’s innocent and Claire setting out to defend him uncovers a web of deception.
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ThirST By Kerry hudSoN Possibly. Her first novel Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma got quite a bit of attention and not just because of the title. A semi-autobiographical comingof-age novel about a young girl, Janie, brought up on margarine sandwiches in a series of bedsits around the country, it was a pin-sharp critique of modern urban poverty without being quite so bleak as that sounds.
is Thirst something completely different? Not exactly. Hudson carves
out a similar social territory in this unusual love story between security guard Dave and Alena, an illegal Russian immigrant. Dave offers Alena a bed in his dank Hackney flat since she has nowhere else to go and together the two slowly fall in love over cans of Diet Coke, takeaway dinners and meandering walks among streets littered
The spirit of a more expansive, wittier raymond carver relocated to 21st-century america flits through these wonderful, hardbitten short stories about desperadoes, the homeless and the downright mad scrabbling about in the dust of recession. CA
with fried chicken shops and Turkish grocers.
So what happens? Alena
is trying to escape a sex trafficking gang for whom she was tricked into working on first arriving in London but the rather more interesting story is Dave’s, partly because it’s less spectacular. He’s an ordinary bloke trying to do good but brought down by a disastrously bad past relationship, a penchant for alcohol and an inability to escape the quagmire of endless badly paid jobs. Hudson excels at depicting twilight lives such as his and Dave’s attempts to atone for his flaws as well as chase his dreams are the novel’s emotional core.
Worth reading, then? Yes. Hudson
continually pulls back on her narrative, instead she devotes time to physical
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JuDy GREER, 38, is breaking out after years of scene-stealing sidekick roles. She plays andy Serkis’s ape wife, Cornelia, in dawn of the Planet of the apes How did you come to play an ape?
I love the Planet Of The Apes franchise. My husband’s such a big fan it was sort of: ‘If you can’t beat them, join them.’ He’s so happy I’m in the film.
How did you learn to give good chimp? A regular acting audition first,
then I went to the parkour studio where the stunt guys playing the apes train. We did some improv with me playing an ape that the ape guru Terry Notary filmed on his iPhone. It was so weird. You just have to not think about what you’re doing, because if you start to think about it even a little bit, you feel like such an ass.
What can we learn from apes?
They seem to hear in a very pure way what people are trying to communicate to them. I liked the pureness. If I was Cornelia and my husband came into our bedroom late, I’d be like: ‘Hey man, you’re here now, that’s cool.’ There was no subtext. I thought: ‘I need to remember that in real life.’
Are you keen on communications via social media? I don’t do
Facebook. My publicists asked if I would send a Facebook message out for fathers on Father’s Day last month. I said: ‘I
don’t have Facebook,’ and they said: ‘You do, you have an account and you’re verified.’ Sneaky. I have Instagram and Twitter. I was trying to get musicstreaming service Pandora to play over a workout DVD so I didn’t have to listen to this awful music and voice. Then my phone and computer stopped working – I couldn’t even tweet about how horrible I felt that everything was breaking. Argh!
What upcoming techy thing are you most excited about? I’ve been
reading about the Google car that drives itself. I remember first hearing about the computer you used by touching the screen and I was like: ‘What?’ Then came the iPad and now everyone has one. I would buy that car, for sure. Could you be drunkdriving then, too? Would you get pulled over if your car was driving itself?
You’re breaking through as a leading lady after years of supporting roles. Was there an ‘Aha!’ moment? The only ‘Aha!’
moment I ever really had was when I realised I was making a living from acting. I didn’t have to call home for money or bar-tend and it was great. I thought: ‘I guess this is my job and this
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descriptions of skin and touch that run the gamut of male sexual attitudes towards women, from explicit abuse to voyeuristic obsession. As a result this three-star novel is sometimes desultory and way too long, and she also fails to avoid the obvious trap doors with Alena, whose ropy English accent and straightout-of-a-newspaper backstory veer too close to cliché. But it’s tremendously affecting in places and impressively unostentatious in its instinct for a common story within a city of millions that rarely gets heard. Claire Allfree
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My husband’s such a big Planet Of The Apes fan. He’s so happy I’m in the film
is my life.’ But yes, there did come a time when I also decided I didn’t want to play the best friend any more.
What prompted that turnaround?
I’d meet people who had this glow about them. Actor/director Josh Radnor was one. Jessica Biel’s assistant had the same thing. Anyway, they both did Transcendental Meditation. My husband and I weren’t even engaged yet but after I started it, he would say: ‘I can’t keep my hands off you, there’s just something about you, you’re glowing all the time.’ And then he totally asked me to marry him.
Your husband has teenage kids. How have you found being a stepmum? My stepkids are so old now,
I’m almost done. Except now it gets really expensive because they’re going to college. People say: ‘You have it so easy, your kids are older.’ But the stuff I have to deal with now is so major – college, sex, grades and sports. I’m like: ‘I know your baby has a dirty nappy but we’re about to write a really big cheque so enjoy your free school and your nappy-changing!’
You’ve written a very funny biography called I Don’t Know What You Know Me From. How
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did that happen? I always wanted to write something but the structure seems really hard in screenplays. Then a book agent at my acting agency said: ‘Just try writing some stuff. I wrote scribbles about a million things – my mum, my dog, the dress I wore to the Oscars falling apart on the red carpet. And this agent said it was great, sent it around and I ended up with a deal. Is there anything you wrote that you wish you hadn’t? Not at all. I wish I’d
written more. I was a little safe with my parents and stepkids. I could have gone into more details about guys I’ve dated but who cares? That’s kind of boring unless you’ve dated famous rich guys, which I haven’t.
There’s a chapter called My First Pube. Were you desperate to grow pubes? I was desperate for boobs, I didn’t care about pubes. My main focus was boobs and when the pube came I thought: ‘Now I’ll definitely get boobs.’ Of course I never did. Lesley O’Toole
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flynn looks to build on Dublin’s winning ways by pAuL kEAnE A lot done, more to do. Paul Flynn isn’t a political man but the old Fianna Fáil phrase pretty much sums it up for both he and dublin right now. After retaining their Allianz league title they have scored 11and 16-point Championship wins over laois and Wexford to secure a third straight leinster final against Meath. the big thing for half-forward Flynn, however, is that the season is just getting going as they edge closer to their first significant win of the summer and the business end of the campaign.
All-Ireland medal winner Flynn hails from the Fingallians club in Swords, close to the Meath border. He knows what’s at stake on Sunday and what to expect. ‘Meath are playing really well at the moment,’ said Flynn. ‘they put it up to us last year but that was no surprise, every time you play against Meath, it is always a tight game. ‘that is the appeal of the whole dublin/Meath rivalry, the form book goes out of the window and it is 15 against 15. they are chalking up big scores, they have scored nine goals in two games, which is some going.’ Flynn said he grew up watching
moon when I took the yellow jersey, the next day was a nightmare on the bike and now I’m a Tour de France stage winner. It’s incredible. ‘To win a stage and to take the yellow jersey deliver different feelings. ‘The maillot jaune, I was thinking about before I got it. But today, until 100 metres to go, I didn’t believe I could win, so the emotion is stronger than for the yellow jersey.’ Gallopin held off a charging peloton to make amends for his miserable day in the maillot jaune, but his margin of victory was less than a bike
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Nico Rosberg has signed a ‘multi-year contract extension’ with Mercedes, the team announced yesterday. The German (pictured) is midway through his fifth and best season with the marque, leading the way in the race for the World Championship. He heads team-mate Lewis Hamilton by four points going into this weekend’s German Grand Prix. ‘I am very proud to drive for the Formula One Silver Arrow of the modern era,’ he told Mercedes’ official website. ‘As a German, the heritage of Mercedes-Benz is very special for me, and I am proud to be able to represent the best car brand around the world.’
and India escalated yesterday as the tourists denied using underhand tactics in an attempt to get James Anderson banned, insisting the bowler crossed the line by laying his hands on Ravinda Jadeja. The Lancashire seamer faces a four-Test suspension after being accused of pushing and verbally abusing Jadeja on day two of their Test series at Trent Bridge. The England and Wales Cricket Board have denied the allegation, launching their own complaint against Jadeja. India captain MS Dhoni said: ‘We felt what happened was wrong.’
club colleague Kieran duff playing in bruising battles against Meath. now he himself is the man who regularly inspires dublin as his Player of the Month award for June attests. ‘As a team, I suppose there was that little bit more consistency there the last day which was good,’ he said. ‘there were a lot of unforced errors against laois. there probably wasn’t as much intensity there as we would have liked either. ‘But I think there was more of that against Wexford. I’m not going to say it was the finished article but I think we’re moving in the right direction.’
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Getting down to business: Flynn hopes Dublin can peak as the big tests come
Emotional ride for Gallopin as he claims 11th stage
TONY Gallopin has experienced the highs and lows of the Tour de France in the last three days of racing, with the latest high a stage victory in Oyonnax. The Frenchman took the yellow jersey on Sunday, wore it on Monday’s Bastille Day stage after which he relinquished the race lead and apologised to the French public for his performance. On the resumption after a day’s rest with the 187.5km 11th stage from Besancon, he was rewarded for a daring late move with a first stage success. The Lotto-Belisol rider said: ‘I’ve experienced so many mixed feelings in a couple of days: I was over the
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‘That is the appeal of the Dublin/Meath rivalry, the form book goes out the window’ ‘We got the job done against Wexford which was the most important thing,’ said Flynn. ‘But we probably didn’t play as well as we would have liked to against laois and, in patches against Wexford, we didn’t play to our potential either. ‘We did show glimpses of it in the second-half against Wexford so that was good. But overall there’s definitely improvement to be had. It’s about building in each game and we’ve got two good games under our belt at this stage so you’d like to think there’ll be improvement again against Meath.’ Multiple All-Star and two-time
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length in the end as John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) was second, with Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) third.
Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was 20th to retain the race leader’s yellow jersey he has held since stage two, bar Gallopin’s 24hour stint.
Roche: Give medals THE TwEET back to Armstrong spOT
FORMER Irish cyclist Stephen Roche believes Lance Armstrong deserves to be given his Tour de France victories back. In 2012, Armstrong was stripped of all seven of his wins in the competition as a result of doping, yet Roche and 11 other Tour de France winners believe the punishment was too severe. ‘Armstrong should stay on that list,’ the Dubliner said. ‘In the 100-year history of the race you can’t not have a winner for seven years. Doping has been part of sport, not only for cycling, for decades.
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Woods warms up quickly for Open gOLf Three-time
champion Tiger Woods put the finishing touches to his game in a short final practice session in preparation for the 143rd Open Championship. The former world number one (pictured) played just the first and second holes, having been at Hoylake since Saturday and completed full rounds on Sunday and Tuesday, before retiring to do some chipping and putting behind the second green. On his way to the players’ entrance he did not exchange greetings with Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson who was passing in the opposite direction towards the course.
McCoy’s Pipe dream RAcing Tony McCoy equalled
Martin Pipe’s career tally of 4,191 winners with a typically powerful ride to get On The Record home first at Uttoxeter. The evens favourite made hard work of lifting the 32Red On The App Store Handicap Hurdle. However, McCoy got the Jonjo O’Neill-trained sixyear-old, owned by his boss J P McManus, home by a neck ahead of Bangkok Pete, much to the delight of his supporters.
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Suarez no show for Barca debut Luis Suarez was conspicuous by his absence on the day he became ‘100 per cent’ a Barcelona player. The Uruguayan (pictured) arrived in the city on Tuesday to complete a £75million move from Liverpool. But, due to his fourmonth Fifa ban from footballrelated activity for biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup, the striker was not unveiled yesterday. However, Barca director of football Andoni Zubizarreta confirmed: ‘He is 100 per cent a member of the club.’
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quALifiER, 1ST LEg ST PATRICK’S ATH.............1 LEGIA WARSAW................1 by pAuL buTTNER Defying the odds both on and off the field, St. Patrick’s Athletic left Legia Warsaw bewildered in Poland last night as the inchicore side recorded one of their best away displays in europe. Ahead of next week’s second leg at Tallaght Stadium, Christy fagan’s first half goal looked to have Liam Buckley’s side well positioned to knock out a club with infinitely greater resources before the heartbreaking concession of a stoppage time equaliser. As expected, Buckley brought greg Bolger in to partner Keith fahey as a holding pair in front
Leading men: Byrne and Fagan gan celebrate the goal was straight at the home keeper. Legia continued to struggle to cause St. Pat’s any real problems despite their possession. St. Pat’s then enjoyed a purple patch in which they might have scored three times, instead having to settle for a deserved 38th minute lead. Legia came within inches of levelling in first half stoppage time, though, as Helio Pinto’s
of the back four and while St. Pat’s saw very little of the ball early on, they frustrated Legia, and grew in confidence. Killian Brennan collected skipper ger O’Brien’s free kick to beat his man inside and bring a terrific tip away save from Dusan Kuciak on 38 minutes. A minute later Chris forrester’s cheeky flick with his back to goal from ian Bermingham’s cross
free kick came back off the bar as the home side protested that Clarke was only booked for taking down substitute Marek Saganowski on the edge of the area. it looked like getting no better for the increasingly frustrated Legia into the second half as they again enjoyed the possession but struggled to create openings. Their first of the half didn’t come until 79 minutes. Tomasz Bryzski’s low cross looked to have set up Saganowski to equalise. His shot, though, was brilliantly cleared by Clarke with his legs. But in a final twist, Clarke was beaten in the first minute of added time. Ondrej Duda put Miroslav Radovic through on the right and he drilled a shot through the legs of the Saints’ keeper.
Daly: Johnson will leave rivals in Dust ExCLuSivE
by NiCk METCALfE at Hoylake John Daly insists it would be foolish to rule out Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson at this week’s open, but believes it will be another american who lifts the Claret Jug on Sunday. Daly, who memorably triumphed at St andrews in 1995, is also bracing himself for the toughest of times personally round hoylake when the tournament begins today. When it comes to predicting the champion, Daly is very clear who he fancies. ‘I think Dustin Johnson will win it,’ he told Metro herald. ‘he hits his drives very straight. he hits it so far. ‘If Dustin gets aggressive and gets confident, I don’t think there’s a guy on the planet that can beat him when
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he’s hot. My long shot is Jim Furyk, he doesn’t miss many fairways. To win it, I’m going with Dustin.’ The chances of both Woods and Mickelson are being rated as much slimmer than usual. Woods has only recently returned from a three-month injury lay-off, while Mickelson has been in very ordinary form so far in 2014. But Daly said: ‘you can never rule Tiger or Phil out. It’s great for Tiger because he won here last time, so it’s
No long shot: Big-hitting Johnson has been backed to win this week by Daly even more special for him. Tiger came while it’s a good test for players, he is back lately and didn’t play good but, in many ways dreading it. ‘I’ll be honhey, we never do after an injury that est, this course doesn’t suit me,’ he long. Tiger is Tiger, I feel like he’s al- said. ‘St andrews, Turnberry, all those ways going to be up there.’ other courses, I think, “I’ve just got to as for the course, Daly says while avoid that one bunker”, but here
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you’ve got to avoid three or four. I’ve played round here this week and got a little discouraged. I’m not feeling too confident. I sit on every tee out here, apart from the par-threes, and I just don’t have a clue what to hit.’
SELECTED TEETiMES Groupings for the first round: 6.25am David Howell, David Duval, Robert Karlsson 8.15 Thomas Bjorn, Patrick Reed, Stewart Cink 8.26 Tom Watson, Jim Furyk, Darren Clarke 8.37 Luke Donald, Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia 9.04 Tiger Woods, Angel Cabrera, Henrik Stenson 9.15 Charl Schwartzel, Padraig Harrington, KJ Choi 9.26 Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, on TV Jordan First round Spieth is live on 9.37 Ian BBC Two Poulter, from 9am Dustin Johnson, Jimmy Walker 9.48 Graeme McDowell, Matt Kuchar, Louis Oosthuizen 1.27pm Miguel Angel Jimenez, Bill Haas, Thongchai Jaidee 1.38 Martin Kaymer, Jason Day, Zach Johnson 2.05 Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Bubba Watson 2.27 Adam Scott, Justin Rose, Jason Dufner 2.38 Ryo Ishikawa, Lee Westwood, Keegan Bradley. 3.00 John Daly, Tommy Fleetwood, Ross Fisher 4.06 Chris Rodgers, Scott Jamieson, Byeong-Hun An
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LOUIS VAN GAAL officially began life as Manchester United manager yesterday after arriving at the club’s Carrington training ground for the first time. The Dutchman began work just four days after his final game in charge of Holland’s World Cup campaign. The 62-year-old dodged the cameras at the main gate but was shown on the club’s Twitter feed alongside assistant manager Ryan Giggs and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. Van Gaal was due to meet those players not on a post-World Cup break – including recent signing Ander Herrera – and members of the club’s staff.
Distance from Brasilia to Los Angeles (via Amesterdam and Manchester) Van Gaal will have travelled in a week, when United arrive in the USA.
‘Players are set to be put under scrutiny’ The Dutchman will have no time to ease himself in with the squad jetting off to the USA tomorrow for the club’s pre-season tour. They play LA Galaxy, Roma, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, while Van Gaal’s Old Trafford debut will come in a friendly against Valencia on August 12. There is plenty for Van Gaal to get his teeth into, not least whether he wants to go into the transfer market to add to the summer signings of left-back Luke Shaw and midfielder Herrera. Van Gaal has to judge his current squad, with a clutch of players with two years or less to run on their contracts set to be put under scrutiny in the United States next week. Giggs has been overseeing training since United returned to work on July 4 but Van Gaal is likely to want to see the likes of Shinji Kagawa, Tom Cleverley, Ashley Young and Chris Smalling before passing judgment on their United future. United open their Premier League campaign at home to Swansea on August 16 and visit Sunderland eight days later. A fast start will be a major priority for the new boss as United look to bounce back from last year’s seventh-placed finish.
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First day: Giggs and Louis van Gaal arrive at United’s training ground
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Early icon: to mark the arrival of van Gaal to the Premier League, William Hill commissioned this large-scale floral portrait of the Dutch football manager made out of tulips in Manchester
Holland beat Brazil, van Gaal arrived at Old Trafford to prepare for a crucial season as United strive to recover from a seventhplaced finish
Vidal: Going nowhere
Vidal’s not up for sale, Juve tell Van Gaal JUVENTUS have insisted Manchester United target Arturo Vidal has never been for sale. The Italian champions are aiming to hold on to their star midfielder, whose stock rose significantly with his displays for an impressive Chile side at the recent World Cup. Vidal, 27, who has three years left on his contract in Turin, is reportedly wanted by new United boss Louis van Gaal but has indicated he would be happy to remain at the Serie A club. Juve club administrator Giuseppe Marotta said: ‘Vidal is a Juventus player and we have never put him up for sale. ‘A lot of clubs have asked for him but we have never sat down to negotiate. We want to keep him.’ Vidal is expected to return to Turin for pre-season training on July 28. United, who on Monday announced a £750million sponsorship deal with Adidas, have already made two bigmoney signings this summer in defender Luke Shaw and midfielder Ander Herrera but are being linked with a host of other players.
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1) The heart of defence
Top of Van Gaal’s to-do list following the departures of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. Filling such a big hole will not be easy. United have been linked with the likes of Mats Hummels and Thomas Vermaelen, and bringing in an authoritative figure seems essential. The Dutchman must decide where Jonny Evans, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling fit into his plans.
2) Forward thinking
David Moyes didn’t solve the problem of
how to get the best out of Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney (pictured) playing together. Van Gaal and Van Persie clearly have a good relationship, so the new boss is likely to approach it from the standpoint of how Rooney fits in.
3) Middle matters
If Rooney plays in a free role or as a No.10, that leaves Van Gaal with the issue of what to do with Juan Mata, Shinji Kagawa and Marouane Fellaini. United sorely lacked authority in
midfield last season. They have already signed Ander Herrera and have been heavily linked with Arturo Vidal.
4) Youth development
The famed flow of talent has slowed to a trickle in recent years. Adnan Januzaj is a star of the future but Van Gaal, who relishes the chance to nurture young talent, needs to decide if he is going to follow in Sir Alex Ferguson’s footsteps by trusting the kids. Jesse Lingard impressed in loan spells last season, while James Wilson and Tom Lawrence made
their debuts late in the campaign.
5) The class of ’92
Van Gaal wasted no time in confirming Ryan Giggs would be his assistant but the futures of his old team-mates – and his backroom staff when he took caretaker charge last year – Phil Neville, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes remain unclear. They are influential figures so could be valuable allies for Van Gaal. Moyes angered many fans by dispensing with Rene Meulensteen, Eric Steele and Mike Phelan.
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