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Red, you’re dead: Ginger racism rife MORE than nine in ten red-haired people have been the victims of bullying, according to a new Irish study. Findings from a worldwide survey indicate that people with ginger hair are seen as an easy and often socially acceptable target for insults. A worrying 92 per cent of male redheads who took part in the University College Cork research said they had suffered bullying at some stage. And the experience was little better for flame-haired women, with 87 per cent revealing they had been victimised. The findings of the research – which involved the survey of 1,742 people, 65 per cent of whom had red hair – will be presented at the fifth annual Irish Redhead Convention, which kicks off on Friday in Crosshaven, Co Cork. Kevin O’Regan, who conducted the research for his final-year Applied Psychology thesis at UCC, said the results prove that having red hair carries a significant risk of bullying.

Irish pub is top draw, but is it a stereotype?

by NicK BRAmhiLL By contrast, between just five and ten per cent of the non-redheads who participated in the study said they had been bullied because of their hair colour. O’Regan, 26, from Goleen in west Cork, himself a redhead, said: ‘It’s the one sector in society it’s still OK to laugh at. People with red hair are seen as acceptable targets, because they’re not one group and not a race. ‘If discrimination and hate crime laws were to include attacks motivated by a person’s hair colour that may go some way toward discouraging “gingerism”. ‘The long-term negative effects on mental health may be too significant for this problem to be ignored.’ Red hair is the rarest hair colour in the world, accounting for just 0.6 per cent of the world’s population. Scotland has the highest number of redheads per capita at 13 per cent, followed by Ireland at ten per cent. VISITING an authentic Irish pub is our number one tourist attraction – but it has been claimed our famous hospitality industry may ‘play into an embarrassing national stereotype’. A report by economist Tony Foley, The Contribution Of The Drinks Industry To Tourism, found the top reason for overseas visitors to come here was the Irish pub

experience (80 per cent) – 83 per cent said the best activity was ‘listening to Irish music in a pub’. The Guinness Storehouse was the country’s biggest fee-charging attraction, setting a record with more than 1.1million visitors in 2013. The Old Jameson Distillery was also in the top 20 with 267,800, with 90 per cent of these visitors from overseas. The tax take from

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tourism in 2013 was €1.4billion and expenditure was €4.7bn. The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland hosted an event yesterday asking if our hospitality industry is a unique resource, or if it plays into an embarrassing stereotype. Event facilitator Kevin Rafter said: ‘The role of alcohol in Irish society is one that often plays out in the media.’

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MELBOURNE has topped the ranking as the world’s most pleasant city to live in for the fourth year running. The Australian spot beat Vienna, Vancouver and Toronto in the list of 140 cities. Bottom was Damascus in war-torn Syria. The survey, by the Economist Intelligence Unit, also includes cities whose ‘liveability’ has declined most in the past five years. Russian cities St Petersburg and Moscow both slipped back while Kiev, capital of conflict-hit Ukraine, dropped 17.8 per cent and ranked 124th.

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30 arrested as gardaí swoop on drug dealers

Kenny makes move to UTV Broadcaster Pat Kenny is to make his television comeback on UTV Ireland next year. In what will be seen as a major coup for the fledgling channel, the ex-RTÉ veteran will front a peak-time show. Mr Kenny said his slot on the new commercial station, created by British TV giant ITV, was ‘new territory’, adding: ‘Another leap, so to speak.’ Picture: PA

THIRTY people have been arrested in a wave of raids across Dublin targeting drug dealers. Operation Tempest is focused on the north inner city and follows a six-month undercover investigation, involving more than 100 gardaí. Some 46 properties were searched in the sweep against suspected dealers in selling heroin, cocaine and other illegal drugs. Chief Supt Patrick Leahy said the dozens of raids were a direct response to concerns flagged up by residents during door-to-door

inquiries by community officers since the start of the year. It is expected 45 suspects will face up to 100 charges as a result of the operation, which is continuing. Local officers in the northside are being backed up the Garda national drugs unit, the emergency response unit, the Garda air support unit and the Garda dog unit. Mr Leahy said the targets are lowlevel drug peddlers who are upsetting local residents. The suspects, all men in their 20s and 30s, are due in court tomorrow.

Asylum women ‘trapped by our abortion laws’ THE Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has said it is ‘unacceptable’ that many asylum-seeking women face multiple barriers when they try to seek a safe abortion in Ireland and some have to continue with an unwanted pregnancy. The agency was responding to an interview in yesterday’s Irish Times with the young woman at the centre of the latest abortion controversy. She claimed she was raped and suicideal but decided against travelling to the UK for an abortion when she learned of the €1,500 cost. The woman, who is foreign, was later refused an abortion on the grounds of suicide risk under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act and the baby was prematurely delivered at about 25 weeks via Caesarean section. She initially rejected the C-section option and the HSE secured a care order preventing her from starving herself when she went on hunger strike. The woman said she contacted the

by JOAnnE AHERn IFPA early in the pregnancy and thought her bid for an abortion was progressing, but by the time she made contact with the HSE she was too far gone. The IFPA said clients are given information on all options open to them and it ‘makes every effort to support clients in the option they choose’. RTÉ yesterday reported the two psychiatrists and an obstetrician on the panel insist the C-section was consented to by the woman and that she was in fact granted a ‘termination’ of the pregnancy in that it was ended when the baby was delivered by C-section. The director general of the HSE has commissioned an internal inquiry into the woman’s experience. It is expected to be completed by the end of next month and will be published, subject to privacy restrictions. The baby remains in an incubator and is understood to be doing well.

Man arrested in Two remanded stabbing case for trafficking A MAN has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of David Sheridan. The 63-year-old is being detained at Mountjoy Garda Station. Mr Sheridan, 45, died following an altercation outside Luigi’s chip shop on the North Strand. He was pronounced dead at the Mater Hospital on Monday morning. Gardaí are appealing for anyone with information or anyone who was at the location on the North Strand between 10.15pm and 10.45pm on Sunday night to contact the incident room at Mountjoy Garda Station on 01 666 8600, on the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or at any Garda Station.

TWO men have been remanded in custody in Northern Ireland charged with a string of people trafficking and forced labour offences. Ioan Lacatus, 31, of Hanover Street, Portadown, Co Armagh, and Samuil Covaci, 23, from Charles Street, also in Portadown, are each accused of 12 counts of people trafficking as well as 12 forced labour charges. The pair, from Romania, who deny the charges, were arrested as part of a major police operation which recovered 20 potential trafficking victims in Co Armagh last week. The 14 men and six women were also from Romania and ranged in age from 20 to 48. Both men will reappear in court via video link later this month.

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RIHANNA’S model friend Ataui Deng has been tracked down to a New York hospital after disappearing almost two weeks ago. The singer sent out a frantic plea on Twitter to ask for help in tracing the 22-year-old, who modelled for her River Island range. ‘If anyone has any information on this young lady’s whereabouts, please call the NYPD or email findataui@gmail. com,’ RiRi tweeted on Monday. No details have yet been released on Deng’s medical condition. Alarms were first raised by her close friend, fellow Sudanese model Ajak Deng, who said she was ‘worried sick about her’ when she found she was missing. ‘She sometimes likes to get away but only for a day or so, nothing like this,’ she added. Deng has appeared on the pages of Marie Claire France and Vogue Germany.

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Fled ebola patients return to centre

LibERiA: Suspected Ebola victims who fled into a slum when a holding facility was ransacked by looters have returned. The thieves stole potentially infected sheets and matresses from the centre in the capital, Monrovia, on Saturday. It is not clear where those items are, but 17 of the missing patients have since turned themselves in to a city hospital. They are being tested but may have helped spread the deadly virus. The latest official figures show 1,200 people have died from it since December.

Four executed for possessing hashish Appeal: Rihanna tried to find Deng picture: rex/SplaSH

sAuDi ARAbiA: Four people have been executed for possessing hashish. The men, from Najran, were put to death on Monday, while another man in Asir Province was also executed yesterday for murder. Amnesty International say the four men’s confessions may have been the result of torture, which officials deny using. The country, which killed 79 prisoners last year, has executed 18 in the past fortnight and usually favours beheading.

THAiLAnD: Andy Harman kisses the ten-stone Siamese carp he’s just caught in Ratchaburi. Mr Harman, from Surrey, England, used a simple bread bait and says it is a world record picture: palmtreelagoon/BnpS

MH17 crash victims return home MALAysiA: The remains of at least 15 Malaysians from the MH17 air disaster will be returned home this week, said defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein (pictured). Their bodies will arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, which has been declared a national day of mourning. The Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down over Ukraine last month, killing all 298 people on it.

and finally... cHinA: It sounds like the wurst idea. But sausages spell romance for one suitor. Wang Chiu, of Chengdu, met love-of-his-life Zhen Juan Kang, 27, at a hot dog stand – so the 32-year-old proposed by spelling out ‘love’ with 1,001 hot dogs. Now the pair are planning a sausage-themed wedding.

Video shows brown dead in the street A VIDEO showing black teenager by nicOLE LE MARiE Michael Brown lying dead in the street has emerged as the wave of someone else should see this so I reviolence engulfing the Missouri town corded.’ of Ferguson continued. Attorney general Eric Jordan yesFilmed from a nearby apartment, terday travelled to the town as the the footage shows the lifeless body protests against the shooting continof the unarmed 18-year-old where he ued. They followed clashes on Monwas shot by a white police day night when police reportedly officer. The officer, came under heavy gunDarren Wilson, appears fire. Two protesters to be pacing back and were shot and 31 arforth in front of the rested. body while talking to a Elsewhere in Missoucolleague. ri, a ‘knife-wielding’ It was filmed on a suspect was shot dead mobile phone by Piaget by police in St Louis, Crenshaw who wityesterday. nessed the incident Police chief Sam Dotfrom her home overson said that the 23looking the scene on year-old African-AmerAugust 9. ican ‘turned towards She told CNN: ‘I Body: Wilson stands by the officers and started knew the police to walk towards them... shouldn’t have been chasing this boy ‘He then pulled out a knife in what and firing at the same time. And the we describe as an overhand grip, and fact he got shot in his face... some- told the officers, “Shoot me now, kill thing clicked in me, and I thought me now”.’

Jackie Chan son arrested after China drug raid ACTION superstar Jackie Chan’s actor-son Jaycee Chan has been detained in Beijing on drug-related charges. The 31-year-old (pictured) is the latest high-profile celebrity to be ensnared in one of China’s biggest anti-drug crackdowns in two decades. Jaycee Chan was detained together with the 23-year-old Taiwanese movie star, Kai Ko. Police said both actors tested positive for marijuana and admitted using the drug, and that 100 grams of it were taken from Chan’s home. China named Jackie Chan an anti-drug ambassador in 2009, while Taiwanese star Ko was part of an anti-drug campaign two years ago.

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Israel retaliates with 24 airstrikes on Gaza after Hamas launches ten rockets

Talks break down in Cairo AN EGYPTIAN effort to broker an end to the month-long war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to collapse yesterday after Israel walked out on the talks in response to a barrage of Palestinian rocket fire. The Israeli walkout occurred just hours before a midnight deadline, leaving the fate of the negotiations in question and raising the possibility of a resumption of heavy fighting. The Israeli military said a total of ten rockets had fallen, including one that damaged a coffee shop in south-

ern Israel. Palestinian officials in Gaza reported more than two dozen Israeli airstrikes. At least 21 people, including 14 women and children, were wounded in a strike that hit a building housing the offices of Hamas’ Al Aqsa TV station in Gaza City. Israel’s civil defence authority, the Home Front Command, ordered authorities to reopen public bomb shelters within a 40km range of Gaza. ‘The Cairo talks were based on an agreed premise of a total cessation of hostilities,’ Israeli government

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spokesman Mark Regev said. ‘When Hamas breaks the ceasefire, they also break the premise for the Cairo talks. Accordingly, the Israeli team has been called back as a result of today’s rocket fire.’ He would not say whether the team would return to Cairo, or whether

Israel would resume cease-fire talks. Egyptian security officials said Egypt was still pressing the two sides to agree on a ceasefire. The breakdown dealt a tough blow to nearly a week of Egyptian-led diplomacy meant to end the heaviest fighting between Israel and Hamas since the Islamic militant group seized control of Gaza in 2007.

In nearly a week of indirect talks, Egypt appears to have made little headway in resolving the differences. On Monday, it secured a 24-hour extension to a temporary truce to allow more time for a last-ditch attempt to reach a longer-term deal. Members of the Palestinian delegation said no progress had been made in yesterday’s talks.

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Attack: An Israeli airstrike on Gaza yesterday Picture: aP

IS video of reporter’s beheading ISLAMIC STATE insurgents released a gruesome video yesterday purportedly showing the beheading of US journalist James Foley, kidnapped by gunmen in Syria nearly two years ago. Entitled A Message To America, it was circulating widely on social media last night, with a London accent clearly heard among the militants. The Sunni militants’ sweep through northern Iraq, bringing it close to Baghdad and in control of the second city, Mosul, drew the first US air strikes on the country since the end of the US occupation in 2011. Germany will decide this week whether to arm Iraqi Kurds against the group.

Iceland quakes raise concerns that volcano is about to erupt THOuSANdS of small intense earthquakes are rocking Iceland amid concerns that one of the country’s volcanoes may be close to erupting. Iceland has raised its aviation alert level for the risk of a possible volcanic eruption to orange – the second-most severe level. More than 100,000 flights were cancelled following the April 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokul, because volcanic ash in the atmosphere

is considered an aviation safety hazard. Some 3,000 earthquakes have been recorded since Saturday in Bardarbunga – a subglacial stratovolcano located under Iceland’s largest glacier. However, metrologists said no quakes above magnitude 3 have been recorded in the last 24 hours. Seismologists said yesterday that magma is moving, but it is travelling horizontally.

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ARIANA GRANDE claims she wears the trousers when it comes to what skimpies she wears on stage. The 21-year-old insists it is up to her whether to flash the flesh – and any cynics can ‘go f***’ themselves. ‘I’ve seen people online saying: “It’s so sad she’s becoming a product of this industry – she’s wearing shorter and shorter skirts, and showing more and more skin”,’ she said. ‘I’m like: “Yeah, because I want to.” Believe me, everyone reading

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PREGNANT MILLA IS NOW ‘TOO FAT’ TO KILL ZOMBIES MILLA JOVOVICH has delayed filming on the sixth Resident Evil movie to have her second child. The 38-year-old and her hubby Paul WS Anderson, who writes the film franchise, confirmed the pregnancy on Facebook. ‘Between the stunt CHRISTIAN work and what will become BALE will have my ever-expanding belly, the mini Batsuit out after we didn’t think pregnancy becoming a proud dad again. and zombie-killing The former on-screen caped are the best crusader and his wife of 14 years, combo,’ Milla Sibi Blazic, 44, welcomed a son wrote. Filming into the world on Monday. They will resume in already have a nine-year-old South Africa daughter called Emmeline. Bale, next summer. 40, previously said fatherhood was ‘the best thing ever’.

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Rory: dumping Wozza not linked to my resurgence Golf star Rory McIlroy says dumping his tennis ace fiancée Caroline Wozniacki, 24, earlier this year had nothing to do with his return to No.1 or his double major win this year. The Open champion, 25, said: ‘Regardless of if I’m in a relationship or not, I feel like I’m capable of great golf.’

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DAVID BECKHAM’S best friend and A-lister Liv Tyler have gone public with their three-month romance. Football agent Dave Gardner, 36, and the actress, 37, attended Nick Grimshaw’s birthday bash on Friday. ‘He is very charismatic and a real gentleman. She appreciates that about him,’ an insider told E! News. Gardner has dated Rita Ora, Kelly Brook and was married to Davina Taylor.

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Don’t go running up that phone bill at my concert

THE music industry has changed since Kate Bush last toured 35 years ago – hairstyles and fashion have moved on, Top Of The Pops is no more and concertgoers wave smartphones instead of cigarette lighters. But now the singer is trying to turn the clock back – by asking fans not to record or photograph her comeback gigs. ‘We have purposefully chosen an intimate theatre setting rather than a large venue or stadium,’ the 56-year-old

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wrote on her website. ‘It would mean a great deal to me if you would please refrain from taking photos or filming during the shows. ‘I very much want to have contact with you as an audience, not with iPhones, iPads or cameras.’ Mobile phones were the stuff of science fiction when Kate last performed in 1979. The singer has rarely been seen in public since, until she announced a month-long residency at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.

SHE’S always the bridesmaid, never the bride. So Jen Glantz thought she may as well get paid for her services. The 26-year-old decided to become the world’s first professional bridesmaid after taking on the duty for friends. ‘I’ve always loved weddings and I love being a part of them,’ she said. Jen gets guests dancing, helps write

speeches and even lifts the bride’s dress when she needs the loo. She was inundated with online requests from women who needed a stand-in. ‘I was pretty shocked – I thought people would think I was crazy but women seem to really like the idea,’ she said. However, the single New Yorker is on the look-out for Mr Right, and said: ‘I’m always trying to catch the bouquet.’

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by niCOLE LE MARiE A FISHERMAN has been killed by a five-metre crocodile dubbed ‘Michael Jackson’ – with his wife hearing the screams as he was dragged to his death. The 57-year-old was casting on a notoriously croc-infested stretch of Australia’s Adelaide River when his line became snagged. As he waded into to release his hook, he was snatched by the albino-headed beast (pictured) and savaged. Supt Jo Foley, of the Northern Territory Police, said the fisherman’s wife hadn’t seen the attack but had heard ‘a scream and then turned around and saw a tail splashing in the water’. Rangers eventually tracked and shot the rare reptile, a popular attraction for sightseers on the ‘jumping croc’ boat tours where the

Croc ‘Michael Jackson’ ate my husband Wife hears gruesome river death beasts are coaxed out of the water to snap at chicken carcasses dangled on poles. The fisherman’s body was then retrieved and his wife taken away to be treated for shock. Dr Adam Britton, a crocodile expert at the nearby Charles Darwin University, said

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LEAvE A gAp fOR ME, i’M cOMing DOwn... SUNBATHERS relax on the sand far below... unaware of the daredevil about to plunge into their midst. This is the moment rope jumper Lukas Michul leaps from rocks overlooking Navagio beach, on the Greek tourist island of Zakynthos. The extreme sport combines diving and rock climbing with 100 per cent nerves of steel. Mr Michul is a member of the Dream Walkers who leap off gorges, bridges, canyons and skyscrapers Picture: Getty

Motorists ‘weigh more’ than cyclists and commuters by ELLA pickOvER PEOPLE could lose up to half a stone if they did not drive to work and used public transport or actively commuted instead, research suggests. Experts have found that people who get the bus or train and those who walk or cycle into the office weigh less than those who get to work in private vehicles. The new study, published on thebmj.com, examined body mass index (BMI) scores of more than 15,000 commuters. The average BMI for men was 28 and the average for women was 27, with those with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 considered to be overweight. The researchers from University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that, compared

with using private transport, people who travelled by public or active transport had significantly lower BMI scores. Men who commuted using public modes of transport or those who walked or cycled had BMI scores around one point lower than those who used private transport – equating to a difference in weight of 3kg,

or almost half a stone. Women who used public transport or actively made their way into the office had BMI scores around 0.7 points lower than those who drive to work – equating to a difference in weight of 2.5kg. The authors wrote: ‘Those who used active and public transport modes had a lower BMI and percentage body fat compared with those who used private transport.’ ‘A key finding from this study is that the effects observed for public transport were very similar in size and significance to those for walking or cycling to work,’ the report’s authors said. ‘Greater emphasis on encouraging a shift from private to public transport modes may plausibly have significant population health benefit and may be more acceptable to commuters.’

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Not just a dancer: Philip Connaughton’s Tardigrade at the Samuel Beckett Theatre during this year’s Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival

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Brian Fleming – A Sacrilegious Lesbian and Homosexual Parade ‘The story of my show, which completes my oneman trilogy at Dublin Fringe with director Raymond Keane, began in 2000, after I’d made the biggest drum in the world and wanted to bring it to New York. I asked the organisers of the St Patrick’s Day Parade on 5th Avenue but they wouldn’t have it because they don’t do floats. However, Irish LGBT groups, who were also excluded from the parade, along with leaders of the Irish community in Queens, had just started their own St Pat’s For All Parade. They couldn’t afford to bring over the drum, but they were delighted to have my band, De Jimbe, play our mix of African and Irish music, which resonated with their ethos of inclusion and diversity.

I’ve gone every year since and the story of the parade is incredible. There has been resistance to it from Catholic and right-wing groups, but gradually it’s become a cherished community event. This year Irish ministers, US Senators, the mayor of New York and, best of all, Panti Bliss attended the parade. Given the debate on homophobia that followed Panti’s speech at the Abbey, alongside the fact the referendum on marriage equality is taking place next year, the time feels right for this show. As a straight guy, travelling over to the parade from Ireland each year, I’ve had an outsider’s view from the inside – an excellent starting point.’ n A Sacrilegious Lesbian And Homosexual Parade runs at The New Theatre, Sep 9 to 13

Just The Lads – At Sea ‘Dublin Fringe is like a second home to us. It’s like being part of one big deranged family who get together once a year to cry, laugh and dance together. More than that, though, it’s a fantastic opportunity for a young company like us to take a risk and reach out to new audiences. At Sea began almost a year ago when co-director Darren Sinnott mentioned that his grandfather worked as a radio officer at sea. We were intrigued and avidly followed stories and tales of radio officers to find out more about this lost profession. We listened without knowing where it would lead and picked up Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man And The Sea, which inspired much of our early writing and strengthened our thematic concerns: memory and nostalgia, memory loss, loneliness, and redemption. We found ourselves constantly returning to the idea of the un-glorified heroism of old age and talked at length about our own grandparents, their lives and the challenges older generations face today. Alzheimer’s and related dementia affects approximately 38,000 people in Ireland but is rarely talked about. Above and beyond that, facing the fear and nostalgia of growing old is a universal experience neglected by mainstream media. With this as our cargo, we take you on a journey out to sea with two musicians and one performer who compose a mosaic of images, sounds and voices celebrating the waning memories of one old man.’

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n At Sea runs at The New Theatre from Sep 8 to 13

Philip Connaughton – Tardigrade

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‘I began working on Tardigrade during my time as Dance Ireland’s associate artist in 2012. I was initially inspired by Bosch’s Garden Of Earthly Delights – a painting with so much detail I find I’m torn between taking it all in as a whole and concentrating on specifics. I love that I have that choice, and that’s kind of what I’m doing in this piece; creating several worlds in the same space and giving the audience the choice of how they take all that information in. I guess I don’t think of it as just a dance piece. There’s Michael Gallen’s original score, wild costumes by Emily Ní Bhroin (or no costume at all!), six singers, a string quartet and video projections by Luca Trufarelli. A lot is going on but it’s all in the detail. It’s mad but there’s method to it. I think it questions the very nature of what reality/normality is in a way that is beautiful and yet quite direct. So no better place to do all this than at Tiger Dublin Fringe. I’ve performed in shows at the Fringe a couple of times and I’ve always loved how it pushes boundaries and allows space for experimentation and enjoyment for artist and audience alike.’ n Philip Connaughton’s Tardigrade runs at Samuel Beckett Theatre from Sep 9 to 13

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‘My show is an hour of stand-up comedy, mostly focusing on the way I see the world. It’s a satire on my expectations of what my life should be like, taking in such subjects as growing up, mental health and Tony Orlando…’

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Exploring the sinister world of exorcisms

ric Bana is Hollywood’s Eric Bana didn’t believe in the ‘quiet’ Australian. For starters, he doesn’t even supernatural until he was shown live in La La Land: he still evidence while making his new resides in the city he was born in, Melbourne, 46 years ago film, writes Kate Wright (‘it just means a lot of time on a plane,’ he shrugs), lives a conven- ‘because i understood that this was tional family life (publicist wife, a human story set in a somewhat two kids), and generally avoids supernatural world. And the film itself has a kind of sceptical way the headlines. But none of that has affected his of viewing the material. it’s not acting career: he has starred in exclusively for people who believe blockbusters, romances, serious drain this stuff and there are a lot of exit mas, and now he’s adding horror to doors for people who don’t.’ He his cV with Deliver Us From Evil, smiles, sort of. ‘But you are still going to be scared.’ the latest from Sinister director Bana was certainly Scott Derrickson. scared during film‘i’ve been re-educated on ing – mainly horror through my son He does the when DerrickKlaus,’ says the hulkNew school run son showed ing, attractive Bana, territory: ‘They’re just him footage who admits he wasn’t Eric Bana ck of the si g ht of me,’ sasi stars in that Sarchie much of a fan of the horror his effect on ys Bana, on had, of supgenre before. ‘He’s Deliver Us the school gathe mums at posed exorgenuinely interested tes. From Evil cisms. ‘i was in it from a historical a once-a-yea‘It’s not r a little bit perspective. He was on appearance!’ p***ed off And it wasn’t faked? ‘There’s no the set because we were because, at one actor alive who could do what i saw shooting during the school point, he put this par- happening to someone,’ he says. holidays and it was really cool ticular piece of material in ‘And i have no way of explaining for him to hear me talk to the director about the subject. it was a bit of front of us and it just happened so what that person was going through, quick. i was watching something or why, and for privacy reasons, i an eye-opener for me.’ Deliver Us From Evil is the true that i didn’t really want to watch and can’t talk about what i saw. But it story of NYPD Police Officer ralph that really, really affected me. i was enough to give me a very Sarchie, who found himself investi- knew i wasn’t going to be able to get uncomfortable week. But it was gating a series of inexplicable crimes it out of my head.’ He laughs, important that i saw it for what we that seemed beyond human and cer- slightly bitterly. ‘it was a bit like, were doing.’ Deliver Us From Evil may have tainly supernatural. The film helped “Okay, i can’t just un-see what i just delivered a jolt to Bana’s system, Bana put aside his horror scepticism saw.”’

A FEW FILMS YOU’VE SEEN HIM IN…

Chopper (2001) This Australian film turned Bana from a vaguely known stand-up comic and comedic actor into the name on the US movie industry’s

lips thanks to his insanely compelling Chopper, an earless, metal-teethed killing machine. Black Hawk Down (2001) Bana’s first Hollywood film for director Ridley Scott: the thrilling reconstruction of a disastrous 1993 US military raid in Somalia alongside Ewan McGregor and Jason Isaacs. The Hulk (2003) Bana played The Hulk/Bruce Banner (a huge Hollywood break), but Ang Lee’s stylised version of a comic book movie failed to be a hit with audiences and critics. Troy (2004) Bana is Hector, the brother of Paris (Orlando Bloom), in this

sword-and-sandals ‘reinterpreting’ of Greek mythology with buffed spraytanned torsos galore, including Brad Pitt’s. Peter O’Toole, who is neither buff nor tanned, is the best bit. Munich (2005) Steven Spielberg’s book-based drama/thriller is a nail-biting true

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en’t then, but he does genWhat’s the phad to move. if you have erally believe in the actually ever can’t blame hoint?’ You otherworldly. ‘i think been really, im . all, he ‘hasn’t After there’s no doubt that a really scared, had to audition for lot of it is about what if you’ve sensed a frequency you choose to something that while’. tune into,’ he says. ‘The has made you feel question is, does the frequency uncomfortable or had a choose you or do you choose the few hours where you felt like somefrequency? i think some people who one is over your shoulder, are more attuned to living on that i think that’s an example of choosfrequency than others, whether ing to tune into that frequency.’ that’s a conscious choice or not. And Deliver Us From Evil is out Friday.

st not quite given its story critical or commercial due cr at the time of release and a timely film to revisit now. timel Bana is the leader of an Israeli revenge squad, who were apparently charged we with eliminating wi every terrorist ev responsible for the fo assassinations of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Star Trek (2009) Another huge Hollywood blockbuster from director JJ Abrams. Bana plays evil Romulan Captain Nero.

The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009) Bana’s first big studio romance opposite Rachel McAdams didn’t achieve Notebook-style mass success, but given the ludicrous theme (Bana’s Henry is a timetravelling librarian), the film did decent heart-warming business.

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★ Must see

Film limitleSS

RTÉ1, 9.35pm Thriller with an interesting premise as washed-up writer Eddie (Bradley Cooper) becomes addicted to a mysterious drug which allows him to access his full intellectual and physical potential. Unfortunately, an overly convoluted plot leads to a disappointing finale. Anna Friel gets a big-screen outing as Eddie’s ex-wife, while Robert De Niro plays a media mogul.

★

Watermelon TV3, 9pm

SuSpectS CHANNEL 5, 10PM A welcome return for the gripping, semi-improvised cop drama that didn’t get the audience it deserved first time around. Damien Molony, Fay Ripley and Clare-Hope Ashitey (pictured with Molony) turn in quietly believable performances as under pressure inner city cops, this time caught up in a story that centres on the brutal murder of a barrister. Part two follows tomorrow.

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Mia Wasikowska plays real-life adventuress Robyn Davidson, who in 1977 decided to trek 2,000 miles across the Australian desert with only a dog and some camels for company. Slow-moving, but visually arresting – and Wasikowska earned positive reviews for her intense performance.

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TG4, 8.55pm

The documentary series continues with a look back at the hunger strikes of the early 1980s, which thrust the GAA into turmoil off the pitch. While on the football field, the 1983 final between Galway and Dublin had a lasting impact on Croke Park. Figures from the world of GAA share their stories, including Tyrone manager Mickey Harte and former Meath boss-turned-herbalist Sean Boylan.

operation Wild BBC1, 9pm

alien abduction

Yet another in the unfortunately neverending ‘found footage’ genre, this caper involves a family going on a camping trip in California – only to be picked off one by one by visiting aliens. At least this time we’re offered an explanation as to why someone might record it in the first place.

None of us likes visiting the dentist, but imagine how you would feel if you were confronted by drills, hammers and winches when you arrived there. That’s the fate of the poor elephant in a Polish zoo suffering from an infected tusk that needs removing. The final in the series also sees Clare Balding get involved with a dolphin having a tail transplant.

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Sport championS league live RTÉ2, 7.30pm

Now here’s a case of riding your luck if ever there was one. Having been worked over 6-1 by Legia Warsaw in the last round, but then reprieved thanks to a substitution screw-up by the Poles, Celtic will still be pinching themselves that they’re in Slovenia tonight to face Maribor in the qualifying round. New Celtic boss Ronny Deila (pictured) will be hoping his team, rarely challenged on the domestic front, can cash in on an unlikely opportunity.

Drama Saving hope Watch, 8pm

It’s a shame that the Grey’s Anatomy soapy melodrama keeps getting in the way of the supernatural stuff in this US drama, because it’s the hunky-doctor-hauntedby-dead-spirits side of things that raises the temperature here, and not the mushy subplot. Tonight, Dr Hunk, aka Charlie (Michael Shanks) tries his best to untangle a bigamist’s tangled love life.

Silicon valley

Sky Atlantic, 9pm

The strain of being the next big young tech guru is telling on Richard (Thomas Middleditch), whose doctor tells him he’s aged 40 years in seven weeks. Ouch. Not what you want to hear when you’ve got the next big young tech gurus, barely out of short trousers, snapping at your failing ankles. Be careful, it’s a paranoid world out there.

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Fun

the great britiSh bake off BBC1, 8pm

Another Anna Friel movie, this one’s a romantic drama adapted from the Marian Keyes bestseller. Friel (above) plays Dubliner Claire, living quite happily in London with her boyfriend. That is, until he arrives at the hospital after she has given birth to tell her he’s leaving her. Out of options, a broken-hearted Claire heads home to the fair city and her rather dysfunctional family. Friel’s Dublin accent is woeful, but this offbeat TV movie, directed by When Brendan Met Trudy’s Kieron J Walsh, has its charms.

irreSiStible BBC1, 11.50pm

Psychological thriller of the type that ruled cinemas in the 1990s – although, surprisingly, this campy Australian stab at the genre came in 2006. Susan Sarandon plays a highly strung book illustrator who suspects her husband (Sam Neill) is having an affair with his assistant (Emily Blunt). Is the latter really a psycho, or is it all in Sarandon’s mind? Rye smiles all round as Sue Perkins uses her loaf and plaits herself into a puncrazed crust. Yes, it’s bread week in the Bake Off tent – not such a vicariously yummy experience for we viewers – and that means the remaining contenders’ technical skills will be tested to the limit by the demands of creating the perfect ciabatta. The showstopper proves exotic: a filled bread centre-piece has the bakers roaming the globe in search of inspiration.

cruel intentionS Sky Living, 9pm

This 1999 teen drama – an updated take on Dangerous Liaisons – is principally of interest today as a kitsch nostalgia-fest. Gaze on and wonder why it is that Reese Witherspoon was the only one of this bunch to forge a film career. Sarah Michelle Gellar is a manipulator who bets her half-brother that he can’t seduce a virgin – but things don’t go to plan.

Life

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

I’m a single female in my late 20s. There are two fellas I am interested in (and who are interested in me): one is five years younger than me and the other nine years older than me. The younger one makes me feel more alive and we have lots in common, whereas the older one is more sensible and easy to talk to about important things. Is there a rule that says girls approaching a certain age can’t date a younger fella or should we just choose the older man because they might actually want what we want, which is to settle down? Ms Young at Heart

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Beware of broad brushstrokes. Just as not all women in their 20s want to ‘settle down’ – by which I assume you mean get married and have kids – not all men in their late 30s want to either. In my experience men’s default maturity setting is around 23 (which explains why OAP dads still refer to their friends as ‘the lads’), proving that age really is a number. As far as I can gather, the future happiness of yourself, your family and the world doesn’t depend on you selecting either suitor right now, so why not adopt the American notion of dating and continue seeing both of them? You are still young enough to keep kissing frogs, so go forth and enjoy.

My sister has started having cosmetic surgery. I’ve told her that her mouth looks as if she’s had an allergic reaction to a wasp sting but she insists on going for top-ups. She was so

pretty but now looks like a puffer fish. How can I get her to stop? Concerned Sis

Well, it’s her face, so, short of strapping on a Hannibal Lector mask while she’s under sedation, you can’t really. It must be hard to lose a loved one to cosmetic surgery though, so all you can do is pin before and after pictures of Tulisa, Jordan, Meg Ryan, Alicia Duval, Pete Burns, et al on her mirror as a sort of cautionary collage. LAST TIME:

I copped off with a fine thing who was on a hen party. The next morning she wouldn’t give me her number: Because she’s the bride-to-be. I tracked her down on Twitter (ha!) and now she is regularly phone sexing me, which I can’t seem to refuse for some reason... How can I get it into her head that she must cancel the wedding, not for me,

but for the sake of her and her poor fiancé?

YOU SAID: Have you not figured out yet that she is leading you on and she and the bridesmaids are sitting in the pub laughing at your texts? Suzy Bevan

OVER TO YOU:

I took a stunning girl out for dinner after meeting her on Tinder. Kind of a Roz Purcell/Cheryl Cole cross. Problem is she burped loudly throughout the meal, not a bother on her. Do I tell her how disgusting it is, in the hope she cops on, or avoid her messages?

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Fringe favourites Metro Herald’s Aoife O’Regan gorged on dozens of shows at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She returns to Dublin rhapsodising on her favourites

Lords Of Strut: Chaos Assembly Roxy Corkonians and Fringe favourites LOS return to Edinburgh with their second show. The unashamedly vainglorious Famous Seamus and his overshadowed sibling Seantastic begin by unveiling their new triangular philosophy towards life: ‘Do.Life.Happy’, then proceed to dazzle the audience with spandex and acrobatics. Whitney Houston, Kiss, audience participation, blasphemy, and the obligatory chaos – the brothers deliver it all, plus the kitchen sink. Literally. Paul Foot: Hovercraft Symphony in Gammon # Major Udderbelly, Belly Dancer, Cowgate The word ‘absurdist’ is often bandied about when it comes to Foot, and based on the title of his new show, this may be a reputation cemented this year. Deconstructing the traditional stand-up format, his restless manner and expertly woven-together scenarios make Foot stand out. Shy theatre-goers be warned: he mounts an unfortunate audience member several times, thus straddling him for a good portion of the show. Coming to you from the loins of someone in the audience until the end of August.

deluge of free Fringe acts. In Finding Emo, he casts a nostalgic eye back on his 14-year-old self and shares anecdotes from his MTV job, from which he was dismissed at 27 One Man Breaking Bad for being too old. Making Charlotte The Famous Spiegeltent from Geordie Shore pee her pants Impersonator extraordinaire and and a retrospectively well-timed YouTube sensation Miles Allen tweet prior to interviewing brings his incredible re-telling of the Lostprophets’ Ian Watkins are hit HBO show to the Fringe following stories spun with his characteristic a sell-out run at the Melbourne enthusiasm, ensuring the crowd is on Comedy Festival. Allen takes the board from the start. audience on a whirlwind journey through all six seasons, resurrecting Rubberbandits: Continental Walt, Jesse, Saul, Skyler, Hank, Walt Fistfight Junior, Mike and Gus Fring with The Guilded Balloon incredible impersonations and The plastic-bag clad Limerick characterisations so spot-on it’s parody pair (pictured above) blend unsettling. James Acaster: Recognise Pleasance Courtyard Acaster (or undercover cop Pat Springleaf) is on his knees for the opening ten minutes of his new show. This, he explains, is a loophole exploited by Torvill And Dean during their Olympic medal-winning Bolero performance. From here follows several other examples of loopholes and observations he has collected. Acaster (pictured left) can turn the most trivial of subjects into something profound and hilarious. Nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2012 and 2013, this performance is certain to get a similar nod. Joel Dommett: Finding Emo The Counting House Dommett’s show is a wonderful find amongst the

old and new material to showstopping effect. Ploughing through the tracks – Spastic Hawk, Spoiling Ivan and Shift Girls – that have brought them notoriety as one of Ireland’s best comedic exports, the Rubberbandits’ music actually holds up well alongside the lyrics, which

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A sev severe case ase of writ writer’s ’s block made author Marie Phillips face up to her mental health issues and get her life back, says Claire Allfree nificantly that her mother suggested she go to hospital. She agreed and checked into a psychiatric unit. ‘It sounds dramatic but I realised I could be in danger of dying,’ she says. ‘The funny thing was, the admission nurse said: “Marie Phillips? Didn’t you write Gods Behaving Badly?” I thought: “For crying out loud, not now!”’ Today Phillips is happy, healthy, living in Amsterdam and promoting her second novel, The Table Of Less Valued Knights. Once again it’s a comic treat – a hugely entertaining subversion of the Arthurian legends that mixes flights of fancy with dry, subversive humour. Phillips found the courage to write it after collaborating with writer Robert Hudson on the BBC Radio 4 sketch show Warhorses Of Letters, an epistolary love affair between the horses of Wellington and Napoleon, starring Stephen Fry. It was the type of clever, madcap comedy at which Phillips excels. ‘Suddenly the second-novel pressure was taken away,’ she says. ‘Suddenly I had achieved something else.’ The fear of failing lay at the heart of Phillips’ breakdown. ‘The shame you feel that everyone else

is fine but you’re the one who can’t hack it is very difficult,’ she says. ‘I had this battle with my ego when I was admitted. I was also aware that many people suffer war trauma or child abuse and here I was, checking into hospital for writer’s block.’ She credits the generosity of the people she met in hospital, who talked openly about their experiences, with aiding her recovery. ‘I met doctors and lawyers – it was that kind of place – who were dealing with unimaginable horrors. And I went from thinking that there was something wrong with me to realising that, no, it’s in all of us. We all carry this stuff around. And many people do it silently.’ She is also angry. ‘My parents are wealthy and they paid for me to go to a lovely, private hospital,’ she says. ‘They basically bought me back my mental health. But there are thousands of people who can’t afford what we could.’ could. The feelings of shame have gone. ‘No one is immune from suffering a mental health issue,’ she says. issue, She is at peace with who she is as a writer.‘I realised after Warhorses that Wa this is my voice,’ she says. ‘Other people enjoy it, I get paid to do it. Why did I not think this is worth doing?’

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Whether you’re looking to lose weight or tone up, you need to make sure you’re eating enough protein throughout the day. This doesn’t mean an extreme highprotein diet but you should be aiming for protein five times a day. The recommended protein intake for men is 56g a day and 45g for women. Eat protein immediately after exercise to maintain muscle mass, as this is essential for boosting your metabolism.

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AWARE WITH DR CLAIRE Once again we are focused on the reality of death. We wonder what can be done to prevent someone who is feeling very distressed from taking his or her own life. We wonder about it, we talk about it, or maybe, we go very quiet about it. Aware has taken time to respond to the conversation dominating the headlines over the last week. It respects requests from families, in Ireland and elsewhere, to give privacy at what is probably one of the most difficult times of their lives. Death by its nature can be shocking, tragic and deeply upsetting. The death of someone through suicide can be all of those and so much more. We all know someone personally who has been impacted by suicide and most of us share a deep desire that people would choose to live, not to die. Research I carried out in 1991 highlighted for me the difference between a ‘teaching moment’ and a ‘nurturing moment’. When people who are ‘well known’ but not known personally take their own life we may feel sadness, shock or upset. We may question why people who seemed ‘to have it all’ chose to do that. We may compare our own situations with theirs. We may talk to others about them or we may go silent. Deaths such as these can be ‘teaching moments’ for us. Moments in which we realise that life can be so fragile for some people, moments to remind us

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Those who feel like taking their own life must remember there is always another option and there are people who can help you overcome distress that we never really know what is going on in other people’s lives – and perhaps, most importantly, moments for us to learn how we respond to challenges and to develop resilience and good coping skills. Nurturing moments are needed for those of us who have a very different reaction to such sad news. Given the frightening statistics of how many people in Ireland die by suicide, the death of someone ‘famous’ who took his or her own life can tear asunder a wound. People who are suffering do not need endless discussions. They do not need yet another person saying what ‘should be done’ to prevent suicide. They need nurturing – to recognise that they are hurting and to take gentle steps to get and take support. The Aware Support Groups, Support Line and ‘We Can Help’ Support Mail are there to

provide such nurturing whenever a person is ready. GPs, families, friends and colleagues are there too to support a person who is raw and vulnerable. Aware provides a range of helpful options that can be used as ‘teaching moments’. These include the library of lectures on how to cope with depression, which are available on www.aware.ie; the Life Skills courses, which introduce people to the key principles of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) either on-line or in a group format, and the schoolbased psychoeducational programme, Beat The Blues, for adolescents, which introduces them to the core principles of CBT.

Aware generally does not comment on the deaths of any individuals who died by suicide. Instead, it is focused 100 per cent on providing support for people who have depression and for their families so that they can develop resilience and get support. It is also fully committed to letting people know three key points: 1. Just because people think they are ‘better off dead’ does not mean they are suicidal. 2. Just because people may think they are suicidal does not mean they have to take their own life – there are always other options. 3. Just because someone has a diagnosis of depression, it does not mean suicide is the inevitable outcome. We hear reports that someone who took his or own life had depression, the assumption being that somehow depression caused the person to die. We know suicide is so complicated and that many factors, such as excessive intake of alcohol or other addictive substances, can hugely impact on someone taking his or her life. We rarely hear reports about the thousands of people who have depression who take help and who go on to live fulfilling lives. There is always help. Please, if you need a teaching or a nurturing moment, contact Aware. Clinical psychologist Dr Claire Hayes is clinical director with Aware. Visit Aware.ie

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Anywhere you find particularly inspiring will see you at your best. What can be more challenging is those nitty-gritty issues. If your life does seem rather humdrum, you may be looking to find ways to make it less predictable.

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With such a raft of positivity buzzing around your longer-term financial situation, if you’re thinking of making some big decisions it is vital to research the facts. For what you find out today may not be quite as hard and fast as it seems.

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Mcguinness wrong on ‘Abramovich era’ Dubs by pAuL kEAnE

Michael Darragh Macauley has rejected Jim Mcguinness’ claim that Dublin have entered an ‘abramovich’ type era of domination, riposting that some counties actually have better facilities than them. Donegal manager Mcguinness stated ahead of the teams’ all-ireland semi-final clash on Sunday week that holders Dublin have created a divide which ‘is becoming bigger and bigger’. according to the 2012 all-ireland-winning manager, Dublin’s resources in gaelic football terms are akin to what Premier league soccer side chelsea enjoyed when billionaire owner roman abramovich took over. Mcguinness claimed that Dublin’s senior set-up is now ‘a professional set-up in every aspect. and they’re getting the benefit of that now’. Midfielder Macauley has clearly embraced the regime because he has developed into one of Dublin’s most important players, earning the Player of the year award in 2013.

gOLf Steve Stricker’s slim chance of making the US Ryder Cup team is gone after the 47year-old confirmed he will not play again until December due to injury. Stricker had already been chosen as one of captain Tom Watson’s assistants alongside Andy North and Ray Floyd but, after a seventh-placed finish at the US PGA Championship, Watson revealed he had not ruled out handing the 12-time PGA Tour winner a wild card. However, Stricker has confirmed he is out due to back and hip injuries. Stricker’s chances of playing in a fourth consecutive Ryder Cup at Gleneagles next month were slim but Watson had hoped his vice captain was still eager to make the team.

swiMMing Ireland’s Fiona Doyle

has finished 13th overall in the 100m Breaststroke semi-final at the European Swimming Championships in Berlin. Doyle had qualified for yesterday’s semi-final in 10th place in a time of 1:08.77, more than a second off her personal best which won her Silver at the World University Games in 2013. She bettered this time in the semi-final but it was not enough for the final. ‘I’m not sure what happened,’ she said. ‘I’ve been training really well all year and I’m capable of going faster. I still have the 50m and 200m Breaststroke to go.’

Tigers will un-lock Thorn next month Rising above it: Macauley says he once also thought Dublin were ‘way past everyone else’ picture: SportSfile

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3 in a row a big ask for Kelly’s Banner boys

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‘As regards facilities, it’s a level playing field’ But he maintained that it’s actually ‘a level playing field’ with other top teams in terms of facilities and coaching and pointed out that some of their rivals even have better set-ups than Dublin. ‘as regards the facilities and coaches, all of that, i think it’s pretty much a level playing field,’ said Macauley. ‘honestly, i believe that at the moment. ‘i would know a lot of the lads from different counties and they all have the same gig. ‘it’s not really any big secret that Dublin have been successful at underage level and those lads are starting to come through now at senior level. ‘it’s been a long time coming for Dublin. But thankfully at the moment football is in a healthy place.’ ultimately, Macauley believes Mcguinness has got it wrong about Dublin and admitted he had some misconceptions himself when he arrived on the scene in 2010. ‘When i initially came into the Dublin set-up i thought we were way past everybody else,’ he said. ‘But then i realised everyone shares the same strength and conditioning coaches. a lot of the facilities have been a lot better in different counties where we’ve been. So i wouldn’t agree with those comments.’

Hurler of the Year Tony Kelly admitted he’d rather be focusing on another dream double with Clare. last season’s breakthrough player collected All-Irelands at senior and u-21 level with the Banner. But Clare’s failed attempt to defend their senior title means Kelly’s sole focus now is on Saturday’s Bord Gáis energy AllIreland u-21 semi-final against Antrim and, potentially, claiming three titles in a row at that level.

‘It’s disappointing not be still involved in the senior Championship,’ said Kelly. ‘There’s no doubt the celebrations

‘Winning last year took a bit out of us’ after last year and winning it last year did take a bit out of us. ‘It’s something we can definitely learn from. Kilkenny are doing it for ten years and they have no

bother coming back year after year. ‘We are a young team and we can only learn from this and hopefully we can learn from our mistakes, from what we did wrong this year and put it right in the future.’ As for the three-in-a-row bid at u-21 level, Kelly says they’re not looking beyond Antrim in what is a repeat of last year’s final. ‘From a group point of view, no one has really been talking about three-in-a-row,’ insisted Kelly.

Rugby Leicester have signed New Zealand World Cup winner Brad Thorn. Tigers confirmed the 39-year-old lock will arrive at Welford Road within the next month. Thorn became the first player in rugby history to win the World Cup, a Super Rugby title and the Heineken Cup, achieving that latter feat two years ago when he was a Leinster player. He collected 59 All Blacks caps and will move from the Dunedin-based Highlanders. ‘Brad is 39-years-old but he wants to play for another season,’ said rugby director Richard Cockerill. ‘That says a lot about him at this stage in his career after all he has achieved.’

TG4 free to Vue race cycLing Mark Cavendish plans to

ride the Tour of Britain in September after missing out on Omega PharmaQuick Step’s squad for the Vuelta a Espana. Cavendish, 29, returned to racing last week after suffering shoulder ligament damage in a crash on the opening stage of the Tour de France. Meanwhile, TG4 has announced its live coverage of the Vuelta a Espana, starting next weekend, including results previews, profiles, interviews and reports.

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fOOTbALL DigEsT Scott’s sure Clarets have what it takes

football champions league Out on their feet: Olivier Giroud is tackled by Besiktas defender Pedro Franco

SCoTT ArfIelD is convinced Burnley’s performance in their season-opening loss to Chelsea bodes well for their return to the Premier league. The promoted Clarets are among the favourites for relegation but midfielder Arfield believes they gave a good account of themselves at Turf Moor. Sean Dyche’s men led through Arfield’s 14th-minute opener before a three-goal blast secured the points for the Blues. however, the Scot said: ‘To play against a top-quality team like that, we knew it would be tough. We got an early goal but even after that we were under no illusions as to how tough it was going to be. There are definitely positives. It’s still a case of taking one game at a time and there is no disappointment.’

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World Cup squad dropped by new boss Dunga for friendlies with Colombia and Ecuador

Ford drive for ‘man of the round’ vote IrISh football fans are being called upon to vote for their player of the round after each stage of this year’s fAI Up Ford it: Gary McCabe ford Cup. Supporters will ultimately decide who is the best player of each round is by voting through a dedicated tab on the official ford Ireland facebook page. The standout ties from this year’s third round includes Cork City’s visit to Bohemians at Turner’s Cross, while Shelbourne make the short trip to Inchicore to face St Pat’s at richmond Park. each voter for the ‘New focus Man of the round’ will be entered into a draw to win prizes, including a hDTV.

Shelley’s Uni-que job with Stirling Shelley Kerr has become the first female manager in Scottish senior football after being appointed boss of Stirling University. The 44-year-old former Arsenal ladies chief, who was capped 59 times for Scotland, told the BBC: ‘I think women can sometimes be a little bit more difficult [to manage] than men. But I see myself as a coach, nothing to do with male or female.’

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pLAy-Offs beSiktaS ............ 0 arSenal ............ 0 by Danny griffiths DEMBA BA’s poor finishing let ten-man Arsenal off the hook in the first leg of their Champions League play-off in Istanbul. Aaron Ramsey was sent off for two bookable offences as the Gunners battled to tread water against physical opponents at the Ataturk Stadium. The result keeps them on course to qualify for the group stages, but a score draw in next week’s return leg in London will eliminate Arsene Wenger’s team and send them into the Europa League. It could have been worse as former Newcastle striker Ba should have left Arsenal in a deep hole. Jose Mourinho felt he lacked the firepower to lead the Chelsea attack and sold the Senegal international to Besiktas for £8million

gunners grab a gutsy draw but it’s ba from over

6 European home games Napoli are unbeaten in after Gonzalo Higuain’s equaliser earned a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier against Athletic Bilbao last month. Ba showed that judgment was spot on by failing to convert a number of decent chances. He was unlucky not to score straight from the kick-off when his cheeky shot from the halfway line

rattled the crossbar. But he should have soon netted as he forced an athletic save from Gunners goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. Ba’s best chance came when he rounded Laurent Koscielny only to

slide the ball wide with goal at his mercy. Arsenal were also fortunate when Olcay Sahan curled a shot narrowly beyond the far upright early in the second half. Olivier Giroud failed to convert a couple of first-half chances. Then, after Ramsey was dismissed ten minutes from time, substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain struck a post.

Efe jets in after ban confusion EFE AMBROSE will fly out to meet his Celtic team-mates this morning after learning he is not banned for their Champions League play-off against Maribor. The Nigeria defender was sent off for a ‘last man’ challenge in the 4-1 defeat by Legia Warsaw in Poland and sat out the second leg of the third-round qualifier at Murrayfield, which Celtic lost 2-0. However, Uefa revised that scoreline to a 3-0 win for Celtic after it was discovered Legia had fielded a banned player, putting the Scottish champions

through on away goals. With the second leg being forfeited, Hoops boss Ronny Deila admitted there was some confusion as to how many games

‘I’m happy because we need defenders’ Ambrose would have to sit out. ‘He didn’t travel today, he is coming tomorrow morning,’ said Deila. ‘In the beginning, there were some communication problems. We didn’t think he was ready

because he got two matches, but in the end it was one match. ‘So he is coming now and I am happy because we need defenders.’ Celtic were last night attempting to register Ghana winger Mubarak Wakaso for the Maribor game after agreeing a loan with Rubin Kazan. Deila said: ‘It is going on but it doesn’t seem like there is going to be anything today. It is hard to get the paperwork together. I think it is going to be hard to have him ready for the game against Maribor.’

Ambrose: Communication blip

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Schurrle sees new boys providing missing link by MATTHEW NASH Andre Schurrle believes chelsea have found the missing pieces of their title jigsaw in cesc Fabregas and diego costa. The World cup winner, who set up Mario Gotze’s winner for Germany in Brazil last month, was impressed by new midfield partner Fabregas and Spain striker costa in Monday’s 3-1 victory at Burnley. The duo, signed for a combined £60million, made an immediate impact in the Blues’ Premier league opener at Turf Moor, with costa equalising Scott Arfield’s opener for the clarets and Fabregas having a hand in two chelsea goals. Asked if the pair could make the difference this term for Jose Mourinho’s men as they look to wrest the championship from Manchester city, Schurrle said: ‘Yes, I hope so. It was very good. ‘I think for diego it was a perfect

Missing pieces: schurrle, left, has hailed the impact of Chelsea’s new signings Fabregas, inset top and Costa picture: Getty imaGes

TRANSFER TALK

Monk putting finishing touch to Fed signing FeDeRICo FeRnAnDeZ looks set to become swansea’s next signing after tweeting his farewell to napoli. swans boss Garry Monk hopes to announce the £8million signing of the defender today after the 25-year-old passed a medical in Wales. Fernandez (pictured), who made four appearances for Argentina in this summer’s World Cup, will become the club’s most expensive defender. After three years in naples, he wrote on Twitter: ‘Ciao napoli. Yes ciao, because it is not goodbye forever! It cannot be, because it is difficult to stay away from a city like this.’

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‘A player like Cesc – every team wants him’ start. For a striker to come in and score his first goal is always important. cesc was fantastic for me as well. ‘I think a player like cesc – every team wants him. ‘So we are happy that he decided for chelsea. We are happy he is a Blue now. I am 100 per cent sure he will help us this season.’ Schurrle is in his second season at Stamford Bridge following an £18million move from Bayer leverkusen in June 2013. he has been linked with a move as Mourinho reshapes his squad but Schurrle has no intention of leaving and plans to use his World cup experience to make a big impression. The 23-year-old said: ‘I enjoyed the World cup a lot, so I got out of that with a lot of confidence. ‘I am hungry, I want to win titles with chelsea.’

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Thibaut Courtois’ selection for Chelsea’s Premier League opener at Burnley on Monday suggests Petr Cech’s days at the Bridge could be numbered. John Payne asks where he might go from here. Croatian keeper Danijel subasic has so far survived a £100million spending spree since winning promotion in 2013 but, despite cashing in on James Rodriguez and with Radamel Falcao also tipped to go, last season’s ligue 1 runners-up remain keen on the game’s best.

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The French top flight’s other money-bags club may also see Cech as an upgrade. Italy international salvatore sirigu has still to finalise an extension to a contract that runs out at the end of the current season. PsG have already taken David luiz from west london.

Bruno loaned out VAlenCIA have signed Manchester City midfielder Bruno Zuculini on a seasonlong loan. the 21-year-old joined this summer in a £3million move from racing Club but, despite featuring regularly in pre-season and in the Community shield, City feel the Argentinian could develop better fighting for a place at Valencia.

WHAT NOW FOR pETR cEcH? FOuR pOSSiBLE OpTiONS Monaco

AsTon Villa boss Paul lambert has slammed southampton’s public courting of defender Ron Vlaar. Ronald Koeman admits he wants Vlaar and lambert said: ‘I wouldn’t mind if he picked up the phone but you don’t go public.’

Atletico Madrid

Would be ironic given it was Courtois’ magnificent loan spell which forced Cech to the Blues bench. however, Atletico boss Diego simeone has already brought in Miguel Angel Moya and Jan oblak as replacements so a switch to the Calderon seems highly unlikely.

Liverpool

Jose Mourinho’s offload of Juan Mata shows he will sell to an english rival. Cech (right) would be swapping competition with one Belgian for another. simon Mignolet impressed against southampton on sunday, but he wasn’t always convincing last term.

u ChelseA midfielder Marko Marin is to seal a season-long loan deal with Fiorentina. u ArsenAl boss Arsene Wenger is preparing an offer of £6m for highly-rated Olympiakos defender Kostas Manolas (pictured). u ToTTenhAM are set to release left-back Benoit Assou-ekotto with Ben Davies and Danny Rose ahead of him for the position. u sOuthAMptOn are preparing STAR pAiR another bid for cOuLD gO spurs star Andros townsend. the shakhtar Donetsk saints have coach Mircea already seen one lucescu says Douglas offer of £10m Costa and Fernando turned down. may leave the club

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Andre believes Chelsea new boys will Schurrle help in title race

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Ram sees red Aaron off as Arsenal Nou more are held Mr Bite Guy,

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ARSENAL’S Aaron Ramsey was sent off in Istanbul last night as the Gunners’ Champions League campaign got off to a tough start with a goalless draw at Besiktas. Ramsey (pictured), who will miss next week’s second leg, was handed the first dismissal of his club career ten minutes from time after picking up his s e c o n d booking of the night for pulling on the shirt of Oguzhan Ozyakup. Home boss Slaven Bilic also saw red late on after an apparent disagreement with the fourth official. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain almost won it for the visitors late on but his left-footed shot was turned onto the post. However, the Gunners will be confident of finishing off their Turkish opponents at the Emirates Stadium next Wednesday, even without a crucial away goal.

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Nani out as United bag Rojo

Chews life: Suarez is unveiled at Barcelona yesterday PICTURE: GETTY

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Sporting Lisbon have sanctioned the sale of defender Marcos rojo to Manchester United with winger Nani returning to Portugal as part of the deal. argentina international rojo, 24, had hinted he was poised to move to old Trafford and become part of Louis van Gaal’s

LUIS SUarez has pledged never to bite another opponent and says he is speaking to psychologists to overcome the problem. The Uruguayan was suspended for four months after biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup. It is the third time Suarez has been banned for biting but he revealed he was taking action to make sure he never strays again, as he was unveiled as a barcelona player. ‘I have apologised and I’ve been talking to professionals to deal with it. I won’t be doing that any more,’ the former Liverpool star said. ‘everything that happens in the past needs to be forgotten.’ Suarez was initially banned from all football-related activity but the Court of arbitration for Sport relaxed the punishment, allowing him to train with his new club and make his debut in a friendly win over Mexican side Leon on Monday.

squad, and both clubs have now confirmed his transfer. United have also given Sporting €9million to help construct their new indoor arena, the Pavilhao, in exchange for securing rojo’s services. Nani, who moved to Manchester seven years ago, joined the Lions on a season-long loan.

competition in Dublin panel is ‘disgusting’, says midfielder Macauley

Macauley: We’ve been playing games to a very high intensity PICTURE: INPho

FooTbaLLer of the Year Michael Darragh Macauley says the level of competition in Dublin’s football panel is ‘absolutely disgusting’, writes Paul Keane. Colourful Macauley meant it in a positive way and made the statement in response to claims that Dublin’s players haven’t been tested yet in the Championship. They face Donegal on Sunday week in the all-Ireland semi-final and the fear is that they may be undercooked after double digit wins over everyone they’ve faced so far. but midfielder Macauley says the reality is that their squad is so strong that players operate at an ultra-high level each time they play

internal training games, so are fully conditioned for the tie. ‘We have to go to the well every time we have a training session,’ said Macauley. ‘The competition is absolutely disgusting at the moment. It’s so tough trying to get

‘It’s so tough now trying to get a jersey’ a jersey and lads are rightly trying to kill each other to get a jersey. ‘Lads are going to the well every single training session trying to get a jersey so I’d have no worries about that. ‘It’s obviously a different stage to Croke Park, to playing a

Championship match, but the games we’ve been playing have been to a very high intensity. They have to be. ‘If someone else has the midfield jersey, I’m going to do everything I can to get the jersey off his back. If you don’t have that, that’s what ruins a squad and you’re going nowhere.’ Macauley confirmed that Ger brennan is back in full training and available for selection for the Donegal game. The all-Ireland winning St Vincent’s club captain hasn’t featured for Dublin this year because of club commitments and subsequent ankle surgery.

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