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child road deaths double in a year

The number of children killed on Ireland’s roads has already more than doubled this year, new figures reveal.

Road chiefs have voiced their worries about the sharp buck in the trend over recent years for fewer child deaths as a result of road accidents.

Already this year, 13 children under 14 years of age have died in road collisions, compared to six last year.

Six of those who died this year were pedestrians, six were car passengers and one was a quad bike user.

Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe said the surge was ‘incredibly worrying’ after many years of decreases in child road deaths.

‘Attitudes to road safety are formed at a young age and we would urge parents and teachers to continue to prioritise teaching our youngest and most vulnerable road-users how to stay safe on the roads,’ he said.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has urged parents, guardians and

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teachers to make sure children are ‘streetwise’ about road safety as they return to school next week.

It is sending 85,500 high-visibility vests to primary schools for every child starting school this year.

RSA chief Moyagh Murdock said parents and guardians need to make sure road safety is a top priority.

‘Children are the most vulnerable of our road users so it is really important that they are streetwise about road safety,’ she said.

Despite the rise this year, there has been an overall 89 per cent drop in the number of children killed on Irish roads between 1997 and 2012.

One in three killed was not wearing a seatbelt or restraint. Some 44 per cent were pedestrians and 42 per cent were travelling in a car at the time.

Boys are more likely than girls to be killed on the roads, the figures show.

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Internet sensation and friend to the stars, Jiffpom is world’s quickest dog on 2 legs

Fast paw-ward SOME guys have it all – good looks, charm, superstar pals and a world record-breaking talent.

Pomeranian Jiff – known as Jiffpom to his fans on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube – became an internet sensation after upstaging Katy Perry in the video for her hit Dark Horse.

Now he is the world’s fastest dog on two paws. He smashed two Guinness

WE cOuLD sOOn bE Living in ciTiEs in THE sky SCI-FI stories about cities running out of room for people are becoming a reality.

But as urban populations rise at a terrific rate, one possible solution could be to build up, and up, and up.

These images show ambitious plans to build a giant tower, which could house an entire city – complete with its own ecosystem.

The Endless City project is an award-winning proposal by SURE Architecture, which suggests that London could house its first space-saver skyscraper – to stop dense cities from spreading outwards.

Interlinking ramps connect the structure to create a ‘city’ that creates both space and atmosphere, said Alina Valcarce, of SURE Architecture.

‘The goal is to conceive a building that is effective as it is inviting, while being permeated by generosity and openness,’ she added.

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world records, by running 10m on his hind legs in 6.56 seconds and 5m on his front paws in 7.76 seconds.

The movie star – he appeared in the film Adventures Of Bailey: A Night In Cowtown – set the records in his hometown of Los Angeles.

His feats were revealed ahead of the

release of the 60th anniversary edition of the Guinness World Records annual, which goes on sale next month.

Guinness World Records editor Craig Glenday said: ‘He might be tiny but his wealth of talents can’t be doubted.’

Jiff, four, can also skateboard, stamp his autograph and counts Lou Ferrigno, of 1970s TV series The Incredible Hulk, among his showbiz friends.

Look at him go: Talented pooch Jiffpom is officially the fastest dog on two paws after breaking two Guinness world records Picture: caters

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SEARcH fOR DISAppEARED bODy bEgInS: Forensic archaeologists examine five acres of a bog in Oristown, Co Meath, as a fresh search for the body of Brendan Megraw commences. Mr Megraw vanished in April 1978 and became one of the so-called Disappeared victims of the Troubles. The 23-year-old from west Belfast and 16 others were abducted, killed and secretly buried by the IRA during the conflict Picture: Pa

Ryanair introduces business class (but food isn’t included)

by SHAROn MARRIS FOr many air travellers, flying with ryanair means scambling for a cramped seat, stuffing as much as you can in your hand luggage and trying to negotiate the optional charges on its website.

Now there is a better way – well, sort of. the budget airline has introduced a business class option offering a range of privileges, with ticket prices starting at €69.99. and what privileges they are. as a ryanair Business Plus traveller, you can use priority queues for security and boarding and enjoy a 20kg luggage allowance. the €10 usually charged to reserve a seat will be waived and you can make changes to your ticket for

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no extra cost – even on the day of travel.

But hungry travellers, prepare to be disappointed – food is not included.

and while ‘premium’ services allowing you to check in luggage or choose seats close to exits are provided at no extra charge, customers must tick the correct boxes during the Irish carrier’s online booking process.

If they don’t, they will miss out – but still pay the ‘business plus’ price.

Chief marketing officer kenny Jacobs said: ‘Businesses are becoming smarter with their travel and over 25 per cent of our customers already travel on business, choosing ryanair for our low fares, industry-leading punctuality and the largest route network in Europe.’ the new business class option was made available yesterday.

Quakes in Iceland Last winter was the sparking air fears stormiest on record EarthquakEs are rocking Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano, adding to concerns that magma movements may trigger an eruption that could hinder air traffic.

Iceland’s Met Office said two earthquakes measuring over magnitude five shook the volcano under the vast Vatnajokull glacier. some 500 quakes have hit the area since tuesday midnight.

Iceland’s aviation alert level remains at orange, the second highest. On sunday, the Icelandic Met Office lowered the alert level, saying there was no sign of an imminent eruption at Bardarbunga.

In 2010, Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokul volcano erupted, causing 100,000 flights to be cancelled after Europe’s air space was closed for five days out of fear that volcanic ash could harm jet engines.

LAST winter was the stormiest on record for Ireland and the UK, climatologists have found.

Researchers from NUI Maynooth working with colleagues at Loughborough University in the UK studied records dating back 143 years and they found that despite previous winters having more storms and storms in the late 1980s and early 1990s being more intense, no other year had a winter as severe as 2013/14 where frequency and intensity were combined.

Dr Tom Matthews at NUI Maynooth said that assessing how unusual these conditions is ‘an important task as such destructive weather events are of tremendous societal significance’. The research is published in the Nature Climate Change Journal.

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Pyjama-clad pensioners in court after eviction

A PENSIONER couple appeared in court in their pyjamas yesterday after what they claim was an illegal eviction from their home.

Barrister Suzanne Boylan told the Circuit Civil Court the County Sheriff had been ‘rough-handed’ as Martin and Violet Coyne, age 71 and 61, had to leave the house they rented for 15 years without their clothes or possessions.

The relevant legal provision prohibits the seizure by the Sheriff of a domestic tenancy, Ms Boylan added.

Judge Raymond Fullam heard the Coynes had failed to comply with a series of orders to vacate the property at Carpenterstown, north Dublin, because of difficulty finding another accommodation.

Last month Judge Jacqueline Linnane adjourned an application to jail the couple. The court had heard the Coynes’ former landlord, Darragh Ward, went into receivership in 2012 and the receiver sought to sell the house to reduce Mr Ward’s debt to ACC Bank.

Judge Fullam adjourned the case to October, after it was agreed yesterday that friends of the couple would remove their belongings from the property.

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BEEF BALL: The Penn State Nittany Lions are pictured during training at the Belfield Bowl in UCD yesterday. The American football team play University of Central Florida in their 2014 season opener at Croke Park on Saturday. The Croke Park Classic will be the first time either team has played outside the US

House price rise slowing AverAge house prices throughout the country rose at a slower rate during July, latest figures show.

The cost of buying a home rose two per cent during the month, down from the 2.9 per cent rise in June, a Central Statistics Office report reveals.

And while prices in Dublin continue to climb – up 2.7 per cent during July – they are increasing at a slower rate than each of the previous three months.

Property prices in the capital are now on average 23.2 per cent higher than they were at the same time last year. Nationally, the price of a home is up 13.4 per cent compared to 12 months ago.

However, the countrywide figure is skewed by Dublin, where a shortage of housing is being blamed for ramped up prices.

House prices in the rest of the country rose 1.3 per cent in July and are only 4.9 per cent higher than the same month last year.

Housing Minister Paudie Coffey insisted the government is working on boosting the construction industry, but despite 70,000 former builders on the dole, he signalled a cautious approach was necessary.

‘We must be careful about how we manage a sustainable recovery in the construction sector,’ he said.

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KEN ROGAN gives in to the latest charity challenge with icy reservation and prepares to become the next evangelical propagator of the epidemic

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reeTINgS from the moral high ground – they say the smug is the reason for the beautiful sunsets up here. It’s packed too and everyone is in great form because we all did the ice bucket challenge and you didn’t.

So, you ethical peasants, enjoy being oppressed by the tyranny of our good deeds.

It would, however, be remiss of

me not to mention that I sort of snaked my way out of the obligatory ice cold dousing, but I did pony up the €5, so no matter what way you look at it, you can’t help but find this challenge a good thing, and believe me, I spent most of a morning trying.

It’s academic now anyway, we’re passed the tipping point. last week’s viral has become this week’s epidemic, and charity baptism is the

Super splash: Henry Cavill, who donned his hero suit, and Amy Adams, some of the celebs to undertake the Ice Bucket Challenge

teenager tragically died because of only thing that can save you. Just the fire challenge, which just goes to glumly acquiesce to your prove the old rule: don’t set yourself nomination and, praise Jesus, you on fire. too can become the evangelical This may seem obvious, but it was persecutor of your loved ones. In the meantime, if all of this is getting another tragic challenge – the now infamous NekNomination – that on your breasts, console yourself inspired the adult world to harness with knowing that just because the power of peer pressure for good something is ‘good’, doesn’t mean and not evil. But while we can bend you can’t hate it. But you can still dark forces to positive purposes, do good, and you should. there is no cure for being You can do a teenager. I was a Movember, or shave teen once, and or dye, or dye something pink, or Console yourself with though I successfully give yourself pink knowing that just repressed the eye – there’s no because something is experience, I do end to the still occasionally challenges you ‘good’, doesn’t mean do teenaged can undertake, and you can’t hate it things – like no apparent rhyme ‘planking’. or reason to what Back in 2011, catches fire. There’s ‘planking’ (which was more even the ‘fire challenge’, which very definitely is not a charity fad than challenge) was where you held your body rigid while challenge, or even the plot to some balancing horizontally on some dreadful horror movie (and you public object. By pure coincidence, know, with crushing inevitability, ‘plank’ was also 110 per cent a that something like ‘Deathword once used to describe stupid nominate’ will shortly be in a people. And not in any passing, cinema near you). momentary sense either – a ‘plank’ Participants in the ‘fire challenge’ was a cognitive slow-coach, and I set themselves on fire because… think it’s important to remember well… some people, and moths, stuff like this before ‘dick-heading’ find fire deeply enchanting. I know, becomes a thing. mad. Maybe the Creationist vs Planking went on to spawn ‘owlDarwinism chickens are coming ing’ (you’re better off not knowing), home to roost – one American

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just as later, NekNominating spawned ‘rAK-nominating’ or ‘random Acts of Kindness’, except this just sort of drew everyone’s attention to the fact that kindness is supposed to be a given rather than something you celebrate or congratulate. But then we are living in a world where the message ‘don’t set yourself on fire’ still needs to be transmitted, so it’s hard to know.

Anyway, it’s not yet clear when this nominating madness will end, so ask not for whom the bucket tolls. We’re weeks into the icy deluge, and what with the like of Denis o’Brien and now several politicians getting in on the act, the monster appears to be exempt from any requirement to be seen as cool or credible. So your time may yet come. And it will be ‘fun’. of course ‘fun’, especially ‘good fun’ should be regarded with extreme suspicion.

This Saturday I’m cycling 130km around Wales in aid of fun. ‘I can’t wait’. There will be ice buckets at the finish line too, but those will be for soothing my unmentionable places following a six-hour bike ride where my 15 stones are supported by a slender, and brutally un-cushioned saddle atop two rockhard racing wheels.

I’m going to call it the ice-f****t challenge.

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PeoPle who are overconfident fool others into believing they are more talented than they really are.

New research shows that those with an inflated view of their own abilities are more likely to succeed at work – and could partially explain banking collapses and other disasters.

These people are more likely to overestimate other people’s talents too, and therefore take greater risks, according to academics from Newcastle and exeter universities.

The study, published in journal PloS oNe, also said those who underestimate their own skills are seen as less able than they actually are by colleagues.

In the study, 72 students were asked to rate their own ability and that of their peers after the first day of their course.

Some 32 students (45 per cent) were under-confident in their ability as compared to their final mark, 29 students (40 per cent) were over-confident and 11 (15 per cent) gave accurate self-assessments.

Students who predicted higher grades

for themselves were predicted to have higher grades by others, irrespective of their actual final score. The same applied to those who were under confident.

The task was Risky business: repeated after six Little Miss Confident weeks when students knew each other better, but the findings remained the same.

Those who were over-confident were overrated by others.

Study author Dr Vivek Nityananda, of Newcastle University’s Institute of Neuroscience, said: ‘These findings suggest people don’t always reward the most accomplished individual, but rather the most self-deceived.

‘If too many people overrate themselves and deceive others about their abilities within organisations, this could lead to disastrous consequences such as airplane crashes or financial collapses.’

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appeared in yet another bustbusting outfit. Her boobs steal the show in Usher’s new video for the track She Came To Give It To You. Earlier this week the 31-year-old stunned the MTV VMA audience by twerking in a revealing costume before bursting out of her top when performing Bang Bang.

Starred Up actor on when to strip

ADAM LAMBERT and Lady Gaga showed how hard they can Rock You when they filled in for Freddie Mercury in Australia.The American Idol graduate, 32, was joined by Gaga – whose stage name is taken from a Queen tune – for a surprise rendition of Another One Bites The Dust. Gaga, 28, appeared to pay homage to Brian May in a curly wig. May later tweeted a snap of them together, writing: ‘My stick selfie of the day – with our lovely guest Lady Gaga.’

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IN-UP Jack O’Connell admits he has to stay strong and say ‘no’ to producers who want him to get X-rated on screen.

The 24-year-old, who recently stripped off in prison drama Starred Up, said some film bosses pushed their luck.

‘I’m not gonna be gettin’ nude at every opportunity – that’s not what it’s about – it’s just that, artistically, it felt right,’ he said.

‘I’m a professional, though, and it’s my responsibility to protect myself.

‘Sometimes, productions will ask things of you that they aren’t supposed to, and they will be naughty and bend the rules. The bigger productions, not so,

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ry send-off CHELSEA HANDLER was given a star Aniston, when her famous pals Jennifer ed Miley Cyrus and Sandra Bullock help 39The . show her to l wel fare her bid year-old, who is moving her Chelsea Lately show to Netflix, went out with a bang on Tuesday after seven years of hosting duties but not before she was given a roasting by her BFFs. Bullock joked: ‘I learned something so important today. you’re not funny. you’re not cool.’

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UGLy BETTy actress Vanessa Williams has landed herself in an unsightly mess by owing €200k in taxes. The 51year-old failed to pay off an IRS bill in November.

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The 1975 have told NME to stop wasting time and give them its ‘negative’ worst band award. Frustrated frontman Matt Healy, 25, told organisers just ‘do it’.

because there are too many people watching them.

‘I like to consider myself daring but there’s a line, too.

There’s a line where I have to protect myself.’

The Derby-born star will play the leading role in Angelina Jolie’s upcoming World War II drama Unbroken.

‘She’s incredibly fair to everybody at all times, and incredibly encouraging – I took a lot of support from her,’ O’Connell said of Jolie to website Vulture.

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PAMELA ANDERSON has had a rethink about divorcing Rick Salomon for a second time. The 47-year-old filed a petition last month but now wants it dismissed.

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The 60-year-old landed the role in the upcoming Richard Pryor biopic.

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PIxIE LOTT has signed up to appear on Strictly Come Dancing.

‘I always want to push myself as a performer so can’t wait to learn the routines,’ she said.

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NiCOLe SCherZiNGer claims her and boyfriend Lewis hamilton’s ‘shared ambition’ has helped them work through their numerous break-ups. The 36-year-old, who has been dating the Formula 1 driver, 29, for six years, admitted it’s their ‘competitive’ nature that keeps them going. ‘We’ve worked very hard to get where we are,’ she told instyle magazine. ‘We have the same drive and ambition.’

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ustin BieBer has landed himself in a right royal mess by claiming he fears dying in a car Mariah Carey attempted her best crash like Princess Diana after ‘nothing to see here, folks’ smile as she stepped a run-in with the paparazzi. out in New york amid rumours that her the 20-year-old claimed marriage to Nick Cannon is over.

THE he was rear-ended by The 44-year-old, wearing a patent reason for a pursuing photogleather trench coat, hid her pain rapher while drivKanye West’s troubled behind sunglasses despite it ing his Ferrari relationship with the being after dark. in West paparazzi could lie close to rumours have swirled around Hollyhome. The 37-year-old the singer’s marriage to Cannon, revealed his dad used to be wood this 33, since he revealed last week a pap during a court case week. there was ‘trouble in paradise’. involving a snapper he H e allegedly attacked in LA.

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tweeted: ‘there should be laws against what i just experienced. We should have learned from the death of Princess Diana. ‘i don’t have a problem with paparazzi but when they act recklessly they put us all in danger.’ Bieber was reportedly forced to slam on his brakes when he was being followed

by the photographer. neither party was seriously harmed, according to tMZ. But critics were furious the Canadian singer compared himself to the Princess of Wales, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997 after being hounded by photographers. ‘@justinbieber princess Diana you’re not, u jumped up little c***! she was hounded for doing good! only good u could do is shut the f*** up,’ wrote one angry twitter user.

Another added: ‘exaggerated much?’

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Fears at first dengue 173 MH17 air crash fever case in 60yrs victims identified

JApAN: A teenage girl is recovering after becoming the country’s first locally transmitted case of dengue fever in 60 years. Japan sees dozens of imported cases of the illness each year and officials say there is no cause for alarm. But the case, in Saitama, concerns the World Health Organization, which says the illness is now in 100 countries worldwide.

ukRAiNE: Experts at the MH17 crash site have identified remains of 173 of the 298 victims from DNA samples. They have collected 283 samples, but some are from those who gathered bodies from where the jet was shot down by pro-Russian rebels on July 17. ‘I am not sure we will find 298 identifications but I hope,’ said expert Wim Heijnen.

craigslist killer couple dodge death penalty A SATANIST and her husband avoided the death penalty yesterday after admitting they lured a man to his death using the Craigslist classifieds site.

Newlyweds Miranda Barbour, 19, and her husband Elytte, 22, will be sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in jail with no hope of parole.

They had previously denied the first-degree murder of Troy LaFerrara, but changed their pleas to guilty of second-degree murder.

GERMANY: A woman puts the finishing touches to a skier made out of hundreds of pumpkins ahead of the Klaistow pumpkin show Picture: ePa

cars recalled to blow Roman toilet seat the cobwebs away... discovered at fort

AMERicA: More than 19,000 cars have been recalled by Suzuki – because of spiders. The vehicles could go up in flames if spider webs clog a fuel vapour vent hose, said the manufacturer, which is based in Detroit. It is the second recall this year to be blamed on spiders after Mazda issued a warning over a similar problem.

bRiTAiN: Archaeologists at a Roman fort have found a perfectly preserved 2,000-year-old wooden toilet seat. Dr Andrew Birley, one of the experts at Vindolanda fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, believes it is the only find of its kind. Dr Birley made the discovery in a muddy trench previously filled with historic rubbish.

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AMERicA: A hot dog has been named the world’s priciest... at €128. The Juuni Ban is a 12in bratwurst with toppings such as caviar, fois gras and truffles. Chefs at Tokyo Dog, in Seattle, need two weeks’ notice to make it.

by DANiEL biNNs The couple will be handed their mandatory life terms on September 18.

They married in North Carolina and moved to Pennsylvania last October. She met their 42-year-old victim three weeks later after advertising herself as a ‘companion’ on the Craiglist website.

They pounced on him in a car and, while Elyette Barbour stran-

gled Mr LaFerrara, his wife stabbed him 20 times.

In April, Miranda Barbour became notorious when she claimed she had killed at least 22 other people in Alaska, Texas, North Carolina and California. She said she had joined a satanic cult at aged 13.

But police could not substantiate her story.

In an interview last week, she said she belonged in jail, saying: ‘I don’t want to hurt anyone else.’

IS is holding 26yr-old US aid worker A YOUNG aid worker has become the third American to be kidnapped by Islamic State extremists, it has emerged.

The 26-year-old woman was captured last year while working with humanitarian groups in Syria.

However, her family, backed by the White House, have not released her name through fear of reprisals.

More than a week ago 40-year-old American freelance journalist James Foley was beheaded by IS, after being kidnapped in November 2012.

The Islamists also threatened to kill missing American reporter, Steven Sotloff, if US air strikes continued in Iraq.

Meanwhile, US hostage Peter Curtis said he had no idea so many ‘brave, determined and big-hearted people’ had worked for his release. Speaking yesterday after being freed by Syria’s Sunni extremist group, the al Nusra Front, he added: ‘Now that I’ve found out, I’m overwhelmed with emotion.’

The journalist was reunited with his family on Tuesday after two years in captivity.

UN officials now say the Islamic State has committed crimes against humanity in Iraq and Syria. On Monday, the UN said IS fighters faced being war crimes charges after they executed 670 prisoners in Mosul in June.

Girl power: Some of the women (above and below) looking for men

Women-only town seeking single men A Brazilian town made up entirely of single, ‘strikingly beautiful’, women – most of them aged 20 to 35 – has made an appeal for eligible bachelors.

But fellas, before you quit your job, kiss mother goodbye and head south, be aware this is a woman’s world – and they will set the rules.

While some of the 600 women living in Noiva do Cordeiro, in south-east Brazil, are married, their men are made to work

Gran keeps eps watch: Ladies line up to look for men

away from home – and can only return at weekends.

‘Here, the only men we meet are either married or related to us. I haven’t kissed a man for a long time,’ said Nelma Fernandes, 23. ‘We’d like to get to know men but they must agree to do what we say.’

The rules of the settlement were set by Maria Senhorinha de Lima, an adulterer sent there in 1891 after fleeing her forced marriage.

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Youngster pulled trigger and lost control of weapon

Moment girl, 9, shot her instructor with an Uzi machine gun

Lesson: Mr Vacca instructs the girl.

Seconds later he

THIS is the moment a girl of nine accidentally shot her gun instructor dead with an Uzi. The image was taken from a 22-second clip that plays up to the point where the girl loses control of the automatic weapon at the Bullets And Burgers range in White Hills, Arizona.

Mr Vacca, 39, was standing close to the girl when the Uzi recoiled as she fired, shooting him in the head.

The instructor, a father and former soldier, was airlifted to hospital on Monday, where he later died.

Footage of the shooting, recorded by the unnamed girl’s parents, has been released by police in Arizona.

As the film clip unfolds, Mr Vacca is seen to instruct her to hold the weapon with two

Father and exsoldier: Instructor Charles Vacca hands at all times and to take a perpendicular stance to the target. He asks her to fire one shot for him, which she does.

After this, the girl is asked to adjust her stance and squeeze the trigger to let off a volley, but something goes wrong when

she fires a second time. His last words are: ‘Alright, full auto.’ The child then loses her two-handed grip on the weapon in automatic mode and it pulls to her left, striking Mr Vacca in the head.

Mohave County sheriff Jim McCabe said the full video was ‘ghastly’.

It is not known if the range had an age limit on shooting or if the girl, who was unharmed, was having a safety class.

Firearms safety expert Ronald Scott said: ‘You can’t give a nine-year-old an Uzi and expect her to control it,’ Phoenixbased Mr Scott said.

Sam Scarmardo, who has run gun ranges for 14 years without any safety problems before, said the girl’s parents had signed waivers saying they understood the rules.

‘I have regret we let this child shoot, and I have regret that Charlie was killed in the incident,’ he added.

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Lucky lottery winners are California dreaming by gARETH MAkiM FOR many 23-year-old aspiring music stars, a trip to San Francisco might normally conjure up ideas of late nights and hard partying.

But Conor Fay was more than happy to put those to one side when the opportunity came to accompany his grandmother on a dream National Lottery trip to the home of the Golden Gate Bridge.

And when Bernie O’Reilly’s name was read out on the Winning Streak gameshow, the 73year-old knew she had to bring her grandson after nearly a decade of wishfully planning just such a trip following Conor’s return from a family holiday there years before.

‘It’s been a fabulous trip, it’s a different world here,’ said Cabra native Bernie, who visited the Sonoma wine valley, trendy HaightAshbury and the scene of the car chase from the movie Bullitt, all while staying at the luxurious Fairmont Hotel.

‘We always said we’d save up and go, but my husband said no, no, so I said “well then Conor and I will go on our own”,’ joked Bernie.

With orders from girlfriend Danielle to look after his gran (‘I was well briefed, it wouldn’t look good if I went off rambling’), Conor, who fronts a rock band called The Sex Beasts, will earn plenty of brownie points once Bernie reports back.

‘I told him that if he gets in with any of the

Feeling bubbly: Donal and Karen Desmond from Mallow at the Golden Gate Bridge and (right) Bernie O’Reilly and grandson Conor from Cabra at a winery pictures: robbie reynolds younger ones he could go off, but he’s been great. He’s the best in the world,’ she said of her chaperon.

The trip was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many of the 44 winners, who were joined

by Winning Streak host Marty Whelan ahead of the start of the show’s 25th year this Saturday, but for Tipperary couple Liz and David Brophy it was a case of twice as nice as

they hit the jackpot for the second time in three years.

Having previously won a lottery trip to New York, the pair were able to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary in style in California.

‘Liz is the lucky one,’ said David. ‘You never know, we could win again.’

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Kate gets Bush-whacked

by AnDREi HARMswORTH THEY waited 35 years to hear her sing live, but Kate Bush fans were left demanding their money back after the eccentric star refused to sing arguably her two most famous hits at her comeback gig.

The backlash began as the curtain came down on the 56year-old’s first stage appearance since 1979.

But Bush left the stage at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on Tuesday without singing Babooshka or Wuthering Heights or any tracks from her first four albums.

The omissions from her threehour, 29-song set angered fans, some of whom had paid £1,500 (nearly €1,900).

British electronic duo Mint Royale led the outrage online after the show. ‘Hi @BBCWatchdog, Kate Bush is not performing her hit single “Wuthering Heights” on her current ‘tour’.

‘Am I entitled to a full refund?’ the group tweeted.

‘Why is no-one annoyed that @KateBushMusic didn’t sing Wuthering Heights or Babooshka? I’d be fuming,’ tweeted Antony Bushfield. But other fans raced to defend the star, who did perform other classics such

I’m back: Bush sings. Right: Lily Allen’s photo

Hit-starved fans round on comeback queen

Pictures: rex/wenn

doing a 22-date tour after 80,000 tickets sold out in 15 minutes. Meanwhile, celebrity guest Lily Allen made sure she stood out in the 4,000-strong crowd by breaking Bush’s no camera phone picture rule by Instagramming a shot.

as Running Up That Hill and Hounds of Love.

‘Were there REALLY people disappointed because Kate Bush didn’t do Wuthering Heights?

I think I should’ve had their ticket,’ posted fan Paul McCaffrey.

Bush is

Pampered panda’s phantom pregnancy IT MIGHT have seemed straightforward – but a giant panda’s pregnancy proved to be anything but black and white.

When Ai Hin showed signs she was expecting, zookeepers rolled out the red carpet to welcome her latest addition.

The six-year-old was given an air-conditioned room and extra food. Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding

Hope that son’s drug death will save lives of other students

Research Centre, in China’s Sichuan province, planned to film the birth.

But there was just one problem – Ai Hin was not pregnant. After two months of five-star treatment her behaviour returned to normal. Staff believe she put on an act to get extra food and her own room, knowing what to expect

from a previous pregnancy.

Wu Kongju, breeding expert at the centre, said not all ‘fake’ pregnancies are because of hormones.

Ai Hin was busted weeks after Edinburgh Zoo revealed giant panda Tian Tian may soon give birth.

There are fewer than 2,500 mature pandas in the world, the UN says.

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The mother of a student who overdosed on methadone has said she hopes her son’s death can help save others.

Teresa Burke, whose 22-year-old son Kealan died a year after taking the heroin substitute, believes graphic images and a hard hitting video documenting her son’s struggle during the final few months of his life will act as a powerful deterrent.

She said: ‘he was doubly incontinent; a quadriplegic; he couldn’t swallow; couldn’t hear and he couldn’t see. We don’t think he could feel anything either.

‘he was in a vegetative state. It was awful.’

Kealan, a second year computers student at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, started smoking cannabis at the age of 17. Later, he received a police caution after buying ecstacy and, by the age of 21 was addicted to prescription drugs including diazepam. his last year was spent receiving roundthe-clock nursing home care. he died a week after turning 22 in February 2009. his heartbroken mother will address a public meeting in Derry tomorrow.

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you’re working with comedians like that, they’re not usually the first people to blend into a role. They’re usually bringing their own funny sensibility to it. Chris O’Dowd does a lot of regular acting too, but in the movie he was so funny. It was hard to keep a straight face.

What about Brass Eye presenter Chris Morris? Did you know who he was?

You’ve just made American Ultra, your second film with Kristen Stewart after Adventureland. Is it true that she intimidated you back then? It is. Also, my character in

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Adventureland was nervous around her, but in this movie we play this really sweet couple. She’s my only friend and we’re really in love. So it was more comfortable to act in.

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Are you also more confident, now you’ve hit 30? Yeah, but

you end up feeling a bit of what your character is feeling on set, just because your dynamic with the person is based on what the character’s dynamic is.

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went up and lived on a farm and stayed with people who are environmentally active. Nobody that blew up a dam or anything that severe, but people who were sympathetic.

In Oregon a lot of deforestation and environmental destruction occurs.

That’s where most of the logging happens. I grew up on the East Coast, and you rarely see trucks pulling tonnes of trees that have been pulled out of the ground but in Oregon, when you’re driving on a highway, you pass trucks like that.

So I understand how people get passionate about that cause.

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Now you’re filming megaRichard Ayoade would talk about villain Lex Luthor in the him every day. He loves Chris upcoming Batman vs Morris. I watched him on YouTube and really liked him. What he did Superman. Kevin Spacey says – fake news – is quite popular you’re going to ‘own it’. now. But at the time, no How does that make one had done it, so I you feel? Oh, that’s think we’re immune nice! That’s very to how innovative I keep my life private sweet. I met him a it was. But when few times – he because I have I acted with him, was an executive nothing interesting he was sweet producer on The and very funny.

Social Network going on – there’s because he You also have no incentive to optioned the book. a new film, He is such a great invade it actor. When I was Night Moves, in younger, he was my which you play a favourite. I really liked him in radical environmentalist. Are The Negotiator. I remember loving you a green advocate? I would that movie. say I’m accidentally active. Only because I ride a bike in New York Could you do what Spacey since it’s more efficient, and I shop did and run the Old Vic at nice grocery stores because Theatre?

No. I’d be terrible. That they’re the ones that sell organic takes a lot.

I’m surprised he did it, local produce. So I’m aware and frankly. As an actor, you’re at the environmentally conscious and mercy of so many people. I can’t probably active but without the imagine being an administrator, and intention. having others at your mercy.

What sort of prep did you do to play your character, Josh? I

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JEssE EisEnbERg, 30, rose to fame in The Social Network.

Recently he’s played an office drone in The Double – and now he’s an eco-terrorist in Night Moves

You got to work with so many British and Irish comedians in The Double, from writer-director Richard Ayoade to co-stars Chris O’Dowd, Tim Key and Chris Morris. How was that? When

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How do you feel about getting more famous? I get

noticed a lot but it’s hard to modulate if you’re an actor. If the downside is people on the street saying ‘hi’… there are worse things. I haven’t said anything controversial. I passed a poster today with Mel Gibson [for The Expendables 3] and thought ‘Oh, he’s in another movie! I wonder if people ask him [about his antiSemitic comments].’

James Mottram Night Moves opens tomorrow. The Double is out on DVD and Blu-ray now.

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EAR Metro Herald, I have to say I for one am a bit sickened that the former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds received a State-funded funeral.

Is ‘take take take’ this man’s middle name? He was a multimillionaire.

He was only in office for less than three years, yet he received an annual pension of €149,740 for three years’ service. The rest of us have to do 40 years.

This is all public money being, once again, given to an already rich man. Say whatever you like about him, but we are not all fooled by the rhetoric from the pulpit and his many ‘friends in high places’.

Eric Byrne ■ I counted 18 motorcyclists and five or six Mercedes in Albert Rey-

nolds’ cortege. In addition there were several gardaí and politicians in attendance, all at our expense.

Despite the brutal cuts imposed on lower- to middle-income workers, there has been little change in the behaviour of our ‘royalty’.

Government TDs and senior civil servants still gorge themselves on extravagant lunches and dinners and continue to claim ridiculous allowances.

The €30m spent on the three-day tour of Ireland by the Queen of England was outrageous also; the budget was €8m.

When are we going to get a government that will apply austerity measures to itself and its branches in the same way this one has done to the coping classes?

Coming up to the 2016 elections, I’m sure Fine Gael and Labour will

gOOD On yA

● Good on ya, summer – we thought you’d given up on us there with the Baltic conditions of late, but it looks like we’re in for one last hurrah this weekend with the balmy notes stirring on the air. Bring on the tunes and a bit more of the straying north Atlantic drift for the Electric Picnic… boom!

Little Miss Sunshine

promise the same again, but they had their chance and we are all now paying for it!

Marc ■ I suspect the age profile of the striking Irish Rail workers is such that they are lined up for a triple win. If the company backs down, it’s a clear victory for them. But that is scarcely affordable.

If they refuse to budge, it costs us our railway. Most of them will qualify for big payouts that will clear mortgages and pay college bills.

With those key debts dealt with, they will have the luxury of choosing what, if any, subsequent work they do. It might even be possible to sell up and go ‘Med’. I see the ghost of Irish Steel in this.

Now I see history threatening to repeat itself.

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● To the girl on the Green Luas line yesterday wearing a pink flowing ballroom dress and naval-designed rain coat, I like your style.

Quirky, cooky and right up my street. Any chance you’re free to go dancing in the rain sometime?

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Electric dreams With the Electric Picnic this weekend, Orna Cunningham gets some festival fashion advice from Tabitha Magazine co-founder Una O’Boyle

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lectric Picnic is once again upon us and that means (aside from debating what the collective noun is for a bunch of people strolling around in onesies and wellies) we’re packing our camping bags with three days’ worth of fashwan. We asked festival veteran, stylist, and co-founder of tabitha Magazine, Una O’Boyle, for her tips on getting it right at the most colourful festival of the summer.

‘Flower crowns today are the striped over-the-knee socks of six years ago,’ says Una. ‘they were cute for a while but when you ry second walk into a field and every person is wearing them it can feel pretty contrived and lacking in personality.’

She’s not wrong. A quick look at instagram confirms that every celeb and their mother have a death grip on their floral coronets and they’re not giving them up. it’s easy to fall back on triedand-tested festival style tropes too, but Una’s not sure it’s the best idea in a soggy irish field. ‘there are cut-offs, kimonos and fringing as far as the eye can see [online], and of course we want to emulate that look.

‘However, you have to remember that most festivals in ireland are held somewhere in the midlands, in soggy fields. it’s hardly the 1960s california love fest we have pictured in our heads. ‘i think classics like parka jackets a la Kate Moss (pictured above) not only look stylish, but are pretty practical too. And you can’t go wrong with some great shades, in case the sun does come out.’

But she’s not opposed to a little weatherinappropriate dress, as long as it’s creative – and no better place than music and arts fest, eP. ‘Festivals are one time you can wear what you want and have some fun,’ she adds.

She should know. the 28-year-old Dubliner (pictured right) has been going to festivals since she was 13, so she’s had plenty of time to scope the style scene. ‘i remember saving all of my babysitting money over the year to pay for my Witnness and Slane tickets, and spent hours going over the line-up (that was in the paper – no apps back then),’ she laughs.

fEsTivAL wisH LisT FESTIVAL living involves camping, but somehow grimier. There’s drink involved, which means other people bustling around the campsite, tripping up and stepping on your stuff. If you’re going to bring anything, it needs to be hard-wearing, weatherappropriate and a little miracle worker, keeping you fresh and clean after three days without a shower.

There’s nothing nicer, after setting up tent than sitting back in a camp chair and surveying your surroundings, mojito in hand. This colourful one is a winner. And if you’re getting the legs out while you stretch back, first of all make sure you take the edge off your deathly Irish glow with Cocoa

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Her own festival style is light years away from wafty kimonos or arse-skimming levis. ‘i love a good daytime sequin, so Alison Goldfrapp’s stage outfits (see main picture) are my dream festival attire,’ she says. ‘Giant, bedazzled and completely over the top.

‘Of course, if money was no option, i would hire a hair and make-up team to follow me around all weekend making sure that i stay looking like Alison Goldfrapp rather than Alice cooper,’ she adds.

Of course, there are some nomaven when it gos for the style ma practicality. comes to practicality ‘As cool as some celebs look wearing all-in-one jumpsuits, have to remember that they you ha are partying in the ViP area, which usually has better toilet facilities,’ she says. facilities, ‘For any item you intend on ‘F packing, imagine wearing it navigate a while trying to na disgusting portable loo visit, and hopefully that will help you narrow down your options. For narro blokes, i would definitely warn blok any novelty, against wearing an sexual innuendo t-shirts. Just...

Don’t be that guy.’

Don’ there are a number of little lifesavers she’d suggest too. save year, i got hay ‘i remember one year fever so bad that my eeyes swelled shut and i missed an entire Queens Of the Stone Age set. i could hear couldn’t see a thing. it alright, just couldn’ have always packed Since then i ha plenty of antihistamines and eye drops.’ ‘toilet paper is always good to bring for obvious reasons,’ she adds, as are ‘baby wipes, your new best friend’ and ‘for anyone planning on partying hard, Dioralyte [a rehydration sachet] is also a good essential.’ ‘every year i bring a giant fleece onesie,’ she adds, ‘and it’s the best for cold toes and as close to comfy as you’ll get in a tent, i believe.’

As regards make-up and hair, she says Day One is your time to shine. After that, don’t be too concerned if nature wreaks havoc with your blowdry.

‘You’re in a field, a wet field possibly, for three days,’ she explains. ‘there

Brown’s Lovely Legs spray, and then sun protect them with Garnier Ambre Solaire Dry Mist (both pictured right).

Protect your eyes too, with a slightly pricier, but very stylish Reiss leather cap (right). If it’s day three, stretch out your hair’s life with a little Batiste (and check it’s not looking mental, with a very cute and portable parrot design hand mirror by The Elms).

Lastly, spritz your make-up to set it with NYX Make Up Setting

comes a point where being precious about your hair and make-up feels like an uphill struggle.’

Glam up on Day One, she says, while ‘you’re energised and fresh-faced’ and your hair ‘isn’t the lanky mess it will be, come Sunday’. Day two, whip out the Batiste dry hair shampoo, hair accessories, or ‘even better, the coloured hair chalk and glitter facepaint’.

‘Have some fun with it,’ she says. ‘But, she adds, ‘you probably won’t want to bring your precious MAc brushes or chanel Foundation with you in case there are any spillages – cheaper alternatives like the catrice range at Penneys should tide you over.’

For Day three, she suggests milkmaid braids. ‘they’re easy to do and look better with unwashed hair,’ she says. ‘if you need hair tips head to Youtube for loads of easy hair tutorials.’

She’s looking

Spray, in Dewy, to make your look last.

Off into the arena, then – toss a tough little camera like the Nikon Coolpic L29, into this beautifully shiny Longchamp shoulder bag. Make sure to remember the Elecom portable phone charger for when you invariably lose everyone, and if it starts to rain, grab your Festival Feet – a little poncho for shoes you’d rather not ruin. It’ll get nippy later in the evening, so stay warm with this cosy blue Penneys gilet, and when you clamber into your tent later on, get the onesie on – there’s no better feeling after a night of dancing.

forward to the pictures from this year’s eP, she says. ‘every year eP delivers with cool fashion highlights,’ she explains. ’Dressing up is a huge part of the weekend!’

Tabitha is available around the city next week and is available now on lovetabii.com

Una’s expert tips

• Pick a spot to meet up in case anyone wanders off and goes missing. Mobile networks are crammed and you can’t rely on phones.

• If you really want to get into the pit for your favourite band, don’t drink for an hour or so before the set, ladies. If you leave for a loo break you either won’t get back in or you’ll spend the whole gig queuing.

• Spend as much time as you can in the arena, not in the campsite.

• You have an amazing opportunity to go binge on some amazing music, so go see as many artists as possible. Those are the memories that you will take home with you.

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trend tracker Flutter by Oasis

If you are a fan of prints then the recent collaboration between ceramics designer Peter Ting and Oasis will be right up your street.

Taking inspiration from Chinese flower bird paintings (known as Hua Niao) each piece is decorated with hummingbird silhouettes. ‘I am thrilled to collaborate with Oasis. The collection captures the charm, energy and spirit of Flutter by Oasis and I feel a real affinity and fondness for a brand that loves pattern and print as much as I do,’ says Peter.

The collection launched this month and prices start at €28.

Peter Ting at Oasis, dress, €69 and shoes, €62

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with Lorna Weightman @styleisleIRL

Specsavers Spectacle Wearer of the Year!

As a glasses wearer, I always love attending the Specsavers Spectacle Wearer of the Year finals, which were held last week in the Royal Hibernian Gallery on Ely Place. Hosted by Darren Kennedy, each of the six finalists were interviewed, and eventually Jenny Keane was crowned the Irish winner and will head to the finals in London this October. ‘I am absolutely thrilled to have been voted Ireland’s Spectacle Wearer of the Year. I never in a million years thought I would win. My twin sister Amy and I both entered the competition with the same picture, her in London where she now lives, and me in Ireland. We were in total shock when we discovered we’d both been selected as regional finalists. Overall the experience has been fantastic and I cannot wait for the final in London this October’, said Jenny of her victory.

Watch out!

a whole I think accessories can take an outfit to watch you of style the new level, and that includes a ched laun ntly rece wear. Ted Baker has collection of watches in Ireland, from chronograph styles to dress watches with leather straps in a variety of bright shades.

Whether you like a larger face, or a narrow strap, there is a style there for you. The collection is available at Weir & Sons, Dublin and prices start at €139.

Lorna wears Ted Baker Watch, €249

Madonna costumes come to Ireland

All about the base

There have been plenty of make-up launches recently helping us to plan our make-up look for autumn/winter. If you fancy spoiling yourself, YSL Le Teinte Encre de Peau (€40) is a lightweight, but full coverage foundation that leaves your skin with a velvety finish.

For everyday wear, Rimmel’s 25 Hour Foundation really does last all day requiring minimal touch ups (€9.99).

Newbridge Silverware has launched an exclusive exhibition of Madonna garments and artefacts that will be on display at the Museum of Style Icons in Newbridge from now until September 15. Included in the exhibition are period pieces from Evita, costumes from A League of Their Own and the famous Marilyn Monroe inspired dress worn in the Material Girl video. Also included is her private diary from 1988 which notes appearances and birthday reminders, a true glimpse into the life of a superstar. For more information log onto www.newbridgesilverware.com

A field day for your face If you want the glamping festival look, multipurpose products are a godsend, writes Vicki-Marie Cossar At a festival, you want your face to stand out from the crowd – but you don’t want to be carrying a lot of products in your make-up bag.

‘Think about ways in which you can apply product and try to pack those that can be easily applied with your fingers,’ says Clare Lille, make-up trainer for Illamasqua. ‘Also opt for products that are multiple purpose, for example, cream blushers can be used as eye shadows or lip tints.’

For Jane Richardson, international lead stylist for NARS, festivals are also all about freedom of colour.

‘Coloured eyeliner pencils will stay smudge-free for 12 hours and can be used as liner or for stencilling pretty artwork on to the face,’ she says. ‘And a super bright show-stopping nail is a festival must-have.’

Living in a tent for the weekend can play havoc with your routine and so can those late nights. Lille’s festival essential is a highly pigmented concealer to brighten your under-eye area. ‘Try to find a shade with peach undertones as this will lift the darkness around the eyes,’ she says.

Laura Mercier crème cheek colour in rosebud, €36, houseoffraser.co.uk Models Own polish for tans, €6.50 each, modelsownit.com

Cargo Cosmetics Swimmables shadow sticks, €13 each, Debenhams Glitter Reflects Turquatic, €12, Topshop

Pro-Radiance Illuminating Flash Balm, €54.60 Debenhams

Revlon Sun Candy nail art pens, €11, nationwide

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Sheer lips in Pleased As Punch, €12, Topshop

Matt multiple in Laos, €41, Brown Thomas

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Brigit & Bailegangaire

by Tom Murphy – The Olympia Theatre Oct 1–5

The countryside produced a few sensations in the last couple of years, but my grand plan: I’ll show them what can happen at the dark of night in a field. I’ll come to grips with my life.

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TV3, 9pm Action film starring Dwayne Johnson as recently released criminal Driver out to avenge the murder of his brother during a botched bank robbery. But the hunter is also the hunted, as Driver has two men on his tail – Billy Bob Thorton’s veteran cop and young hitman Oliver Jackson-Cohen. Thornton’s performance and some unexpected twists lift this just above the mediocre.

who do you think you are?

BBC1, 9PM Brendan O’Carroll (pictured) is known for sporting a pink cardy and a bad wig and cracking gags as the Mrs Brown of Mrs Brown’s Boys. But his family history is no laughing matter: his grandfather Peter was shot dead in 1920, a note saying ‘Traitor to Ireland – shot by the IRA’ pinned to his chest. That note underpins this emotional hunt for the truth, as O’Carroll searches for the reality about a shooting which has haunted his family for almost a century.

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Johnny Depp (left) plays artificial intelligence expert Will Caster who dreams of creating a sentient computer.

Imagine his surprise when he’s shot by anti-technology terrorists and his pals load his brain up to the internet.

Convoluted plot twists ensue while everyone works out if the newly-omnipotent Will can be trusted…

mindScape

Mark Strong (right) plays a detective with psychic powers who, after a personal trauma, is sent off to read the mind of 16-year-old Anna. Is she a psychopath or just misunderstood? A Spanish-American production that doesn’t revolutionise the psychological thriller genre, but has its moments.

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Fun pet iSland RTÉ1, 7pm

BBC2, 9pm

David Attenborough celebrates his lifelong love of frogs and toads – they were his first animal passion – with a celebration of the weird and wonderful world of the amphibians whose ability to adapt to a vast range of habitats has led to a curious collection of traits and skills.

féilte – Slí an atlantaigh TG4, 8.30pm

On her final leg of the tourist trail along Ireland’s windswept west coast, Síle Ní Bhraonáin travels from Schull in west Cork across the county to the Old Head of Kinsale. Along the route Síle squeezes in a spot of sailing, stops off to sample some of the local seafood, and later she’s treated to some local diddly-dee.

It’s our weekly visit to the world of crazy cat people and doting dog lovers, however this evening we also venture into the less travelled other pets territory. First up is a trip to the St Patrick’s Day Dog Expo in Dublin where canines compete in waggiest tail, best trick and even doggy dancing competitions. Next we find out about the work of a cat midwife and follow Shadow, a Siamese, through her birthing plan. Lastly we meet Leslie Burban from Cork who keeps very cute African pygmy hedgehogs (above).

Drama Scandal

Sky Living, 9pm

It’s something of a scandal that Joe Morton bagged an Emmy for his role as Olivia Pope’s dad in this satire, while Kerry Washington went home empty-handed.

Morton’s performance as the power-crazed Rowan is a polarising one, often careering over the top into Shakespearean grandeur, while the rest of the cast get on with being in a soap. It’s Acting with a capital A. Tonight dad and daughter have another of their excruciating dinners.

rizzoli & iSleS Alibi, 9pm

There’s Scott & Bailey, now Rizzoli & Isles, both natural successors to the tradition of female buddy crime shows pioneered by Cagney & Lacey. Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander star as the Boston-based cop/forensic duo, with the case of a murdered jogger the first to ruffle their impressively mounted coiffeurs.

zombieland Film4, 9pm

Comedy addition to the clapped-out zombie film fad directed by Ruben Fleischer.

Jesse Eisenberg plays Columbus, a nerdy student who teams up with gruff cowboy-type Woody Harrelson (above with Eisenberg) to survive a zombie apocalypse. The pair soon befriend sisters Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin and decide a theme park is the safest place to hide out in.

Columbus’s ‘survival rules’ are amusingly reminiscent of the genre knowingness of the Scream films.

monty python’S the meaning of life ITV4, 11pm

Sketch-based comedy film from the Monty Python ‘team’. Expect regular fixtures such as Terry Jones in drag and Michael Palin as a priest – plus infamous gross-out gag Mr Creosote.

All the laughs and none of the expense of their recent O2 divorce-settlement inspired shows.

bloody Sunday ITV3, 12.40am

Acclaimed 2002 drama written and directed by Paul Greengrass based on Don Mullan’s influential book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday – giving an account of the day in 1972 when the British Army opened fire on a group of protesters in Derry, killing 13 of them.

James Nesbitt brings gravitas to his role of march leader Ivan Cooper.

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DUKE DUMONT: Move over David Bowie – there’s a new Thin White Duke in town. By Joe Gamp

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ondon-based producer duke dumont (aka adam dyment) first scratched a living making ringtone ditties for technology companies. after dazzling the underground as a respected house dJ, he’s now crafting platinum-selling no.1 singles – doused with an electronic pop twist – to wide acclaim, remixing the likes of Lily allen and bat For Lashes and conquering stateside festivals. Currently hotter than Lady Gaga’s branded poker stick, the eastender talks orlando bloom and pop music ahead of a slot at this weekend’s electric Picnic…

Dance music is a big deal in the pop music world at the moment.

What was the breakthrough point for you into the charts? Without a shadow of a doubt things turned when I released Need U (100%) – before then I was releasing tracks for an underground, club level. The track had some great pop appeal through the vocals that we placed on there with A*M*E. I guess the timing of it all came round perfectly.

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with pop music that what is first considered underground will come to influence the mainstream. As an underground DJ, have you always been a fan of chart music? I’ve always been a fan of a good song, whether it’s Stevie Wonder or Stock, Aitken and Waterman. Electronic music being so popular is almost history repeating itself. If you think back to the mid-1990s, most chart-toppers were club-based pop music. The likes of me, Disclosure and Route 94 are all part of this second wave.

‘I’ve always been a fan of a good song’: Duke Dumont

You worked making ringtones at one point, which seems like a fairly humble start to your career... Yeah it was the last nineto-five job I had, sampling audio loops from dance music tracks and turning them into a tone that people could download on to their phones. I’ve gone through hundreds of classic dance tracks, so I think it’s all gradually etched itself on to my brain!

Now you’ve sold two million copies of your single I Got U and hit No.1 – leaving that job must seem like the best thing you’ve ever done? Well yeah, I ended up being made redundant, as I wasn’t doing any work. I was too busy playing with my myspace page and thinking about my music – they were tracking me, George Orwell style. But I never thought I’d be able to further my obsession into a career. I’m working on a full album and a live show and it’s taking up

all my time. You’ll usually find me in a rehearsal space on the Hackney Road.

So what’s been the most surreal moment for you in your journey so far, now you’re rubbing shoulders with the upper echelons of dance music society? I

don’t hang out with celebs as I’m doing my own thing, but there was the time I was hanging out with Orlando Bloom on his ‘infamous’ trip to Ibiza at London City Airport.

I like to think I planted a seed for music with him after sharing the flight and dinner – but then again, maybe not.

Getting your boogie on at the Picnic Orna Cunningham’s heading to Electric Picnic this weekend – here are her Top 10 acts The Two Bears at Casa Bacardi are Raf Rundell (previously of record label 1965 Records) and Joe Goddard (a Hot Chip alumnus), and the Hot Chip sound is very evident. Plenty of crunking whomp, it’s a really dirty, mellow sound. They hit Casa Bacardi at 10pm on Sunday. Grind to: Bear Hug. I saw Pet Shop Boys last year at Berlin Festival. These two chaps have been making dance music since 1981 and their music has a lo-fi, fun quality specific to 80s dance a lot of contemporary acts fail to nail. Their light show is a fantastic treat, there are campy costumes galore and the dancers are exuberant. They close out the main stage tomorrow night.

Jump about to: Go West.

Metronomy are really bloody cool. ool Clothes, hair, and general aura, they look like a Kooples ad. They’re also incredible music makers. They’re big fans of the slow delicious

build, with beats you can count until the crescendo kicks in and a sort of lazy, sexy explosion runs up your spine and over your scalp. As they sing: ‘It feels so good.’ Electric Arena at 8pm on Saturday – a mediocre slot for an amazing band. Dance to: The Bay. Foals are a little rockier, but still very danceable. Think fists in the air, jumping, rhythmic head bopping, grab-your-partnerand-kiss-them kind of music. Hummer is a hell of a tune, shouty, loud and exclamatory, but it’s an oldie no now. You’re more likely to hear tunes fr from Holy Fire and maybe a ne new one from their forthcoming album. Main stage ttomorrow, at 9pm. Head bop to: Inhaler.

I don’t think London Grammar should be higher up the listing than Metronomy, but we won’t hold that against them. I have a sneaking suspicion Hannah Reid (pictur (pictured) is singing lower than her na natural range so I’m not sure how good they ar are live, but they’re absolutel absolutely haunting recorded. One to check out. Electric Arena, 9.30pm, Saturday.

Sway to: Strong.

Clean Bandit is another electronic group,

Bear Hug: The Teddy Bears Picnic featuring elements of classical music. Really bouncy, light, and fun, this group had a massive hit during the summer with Rather Be – the kind of earworm you really don’t mind filling your head with every waking moment. They have a lot of guest singers, so I’m not sure how this will translate to the live show, but they’re a pleasure to listen to.

Jitter to: the whole set.

Portishead are one of the headliners this weekend, at 10.35pm on the main stage on Saturday. You’ve likely heard one of their

songs since they formed in 1991 – they’re distilled, slippery melancholia, with a touch of sex bristling off lead singer Beth Gibbons’ breathy gibbons. Slow dance to: Glory Box. Lily Allen’s taken on a more electronic edge recently with the release of Sheezus, but still retained the lovely melody-heavy style that made her famous. She’s gotten snappy too, with plenty of commentary in her new songs – a great juxtaposition. I’m looking forward to her stage show. Gentle dance to: Our Time.

Sinead O’Connor is a bit of a one-woman force and has summed up a lot of what’s brilliant about the Irish music scene for a long time. Take Me To Church is an absolute banger and you know there’s real feeling behind the lyrics from a living legend. Listen to: her musings on Irish society between songs that kick arse.

St Vincent aka Annie Smith is a little pocket rocket, with hair that looks as if she stuck a fork in a plug socket. Her music sounds like it too – lovely, weird melodies, screechy breathy highs, heavily layered with synth and bassy effects, hopping madly about, and more than a hint of David Byrne’s influence from their collaborative album. She has a great presence live too. Flail about to: Digital Witness.

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EUROPEAN captain Paul McGinley will leave it to the last minute to decide on his Ryder Cup wild cards, admitting ‘something spectacular’ could yet influence his decision.

Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher is the only player who can move into the automatic qualifying places by finishing first or second in the final counting event, this week’s Italian Open.

But even if Gallacher fails to dislodge Graeme McDowell from the team, the winner in Turin on Sunday or even in Boston on Monday may make a compelling case for one of McGinley’s three wild cards to be named on Tuesday.

Impress me: Ryder Cup captain McGinley awaits the spectacular this week

Although the Deutsche Bank Championship does not count for qualifying, the likes of Ian Poulter and Luke Donald will be keen to impress in the second FedEx Cup play-off event.

‘There is an opportunity for the guys to play well in the last counting event when the spotlight is on them, which will be huge for those players,’ McGinley said.

‘I want to see guys bursting over the line this week.

‘If something spectacular happens this week then I will consider it. A win would be hugely significant in this kind of spotlight, in terms of pushing someone over the line.’

Talent is ‘overrated’ says Dubs star player by pAuL kEAnE

He Has emerged as one of dublin’s most influential players but Footballer of the Year michael darragh macauley insists he’s not a ‘naturally gifted footballer’. rather, the powerful midfielder says he has reached the pinnacle of the game through sheer hard work and outlasting those who ‘were like superstars when I was 18’.

The Ballyboden st enda’s club man wasn’t billed for stardom as a teenager and was a talented basketball player before fully focusing on gaelic games from minor level onwards.

He eventually made his dublin senior debut in 2010 and has made rapid progress since, winning two all-Ireland medals and developing into a player that opponents, like donegal on sunday, know they simply must stop.

‘Talent is overrated,’ insisted macauley. ‘I would have always stressed that from a young age because I have never been a big believer in it.

Hard work will always beat talent.

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spORT DigEsT Degenkolb doing Vuelta get 2nd win cycLing

DEGENKOLB WINS AGAIN IN SPAIN Giant-Shimano’s John Degenkolb won his second straight stage of the Vuelta a Espana ahead of a frustrated Nacer Bouhanni in Rondo yesterday. Although there was a lumpy finish to the 180km stage from Priego de Cordoba, it flattened out in time for the sprint teams to move into position after Team Sky and Alberto Contador’s Tinkoff-Saxo had led the peloton towards Rondo, with Degenkolb (pictured) hitting the front first as the line approached. The bunch finish saw Michael Matthews retain the leader’s red jersey, 13 seconds ahead of Movistar’s Nairo Quintan.

Dallaglio criticism ‘a load of rubbish’ Rugby Conor O’Shea has branded criticism from Lawrence Dallaglio for demoting Chris Robshaw as Harlequins captain as a’load of rubbish’. Joe Marler will lead Quins throughout the season to enable Robshaw to concentrate on his duties as England skipper. Former Wasps captain Dallaglio described the decision as ‘strange’, but O’Shea defended the change. ‘I take these things with a pinch of salt,’ the club’s director of rugby said. ‘Put a mic under someone’s mouth and they say something people want to hear. Dig a little deeper, then it’s a load of rubbish.’

Federer turns on the style at Open

‘I always backed myself… it’s not cockiness, it’s self belief’ ‘some lads just haven’t been able to put it in, for millions of reasons. a lot of the guys who I grew up with were like superstars when I was 18, but a lot of them are nowhere to be seen now. ‘sometimes it is luck, sometimes it is attitude.

I always had the highest of expectations for myself and you always should. I always backed myself in everything I did. It’s not a cockiness, it’s just a self belief thing. ‘at the stage when I was watching games on Hill 16, I felt I should be on the pitch. so I was always going to take every opportunity I could get when I did get on the pitch to really grab the chance.

‘I’ll always back myself with that sort of stuff.

It’s not because I’m a naturally gifted footballer.

It’s because I work harder than the guy next to me. That’s what has gotten me anywhere I’ve gotten.’

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donegal whom he will face off against on sunday for a place in the all-Ireland final.

His late father, michael, hailed from Lettermacaward, between dungloe and glenties.

‘I used to be up there as a kid,’ he said. ‘I caught my one and only fish in a stream up in donegal!

There used to be a little stream in the back garden where I’d go fishing. I wouldn’t have much family left up there, but I still have a few donegal cousins, texting me abuse and stuff. It’s all part and parcel of when we’re playing the donegal games.’

TEnnis Roger Federer put on a show in front of Michael Jordan to reach the second round of the US Open. The Swiss star (pictured) tweeted a picture with the former basketball great on Monday and Jordan was in the box as he opened his campaign at Flushing Meadows with a 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7/4) win over Marinko Matosevic. Federer, who plays Matosevic’s countryman Sam Groth in the second round, said: ‘I’m happy I came through. It was a bit more difficult than I thought it would be.’

Federer and Jordan have collaborated on a pair of tennis trainers, which the Swiss wore for the first time on Tuesday.

Strong para team pARA-cycLing Cycling Ireland will

have five bikes competing in the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in South Carolina this weekend, including Paralympic Champion Mark Rohan, and 2013 World Cup winner Colin Lynch. The Championships run from tomorrow until Monday. At the World Championships last year Ireland won two medals with Rohan claiming silver in the H1 Time Trial and Lynch winning bronze in the C2 Time Trial.

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fOOTbALL DigEsT Van Gaal needs Vidal ingredients LoUis VAn GAAL is determined to push through a deal for Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal as he strives to reshape manchester United’s squad before monday’s transfer deadline.

United’s boss denied being shocked by the 4-0 Capital one Cup drubbing at mK Dons on Tuesday, insisting he knew his squad still needed strengthening after the £57.9million arrival of real madrid’s Angel di maria.

Vidal has been on United’s radar all summer and they believe Juve will do business, despite the italian champions’ public claim they have no plans to sell the Chile midfielder.

Van Gaal is ready to set aside his reservations about the 27-year-old’s fitness – knee surgery in may clearly hampered Vidal (inset) at the World Cup – if such a dynamic player is available for around £30m.

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McGurk the hero as Qpr are stunned

ADAM McGurk fired home a fabulous late free-kick as League Two Burton claimed a surprise 1-0 win over QPr. Following Sunday’s thumping at Tottenham, rangers boss Harry redknapp already finds himself under pressure just a couple of weeks into the season.

capital one cup Meanwhile, romain Vincelot’s strike three minutes from time earned Leyton Orient a shock 1-0 victory at Aston Villa.

Jon Walters scored twice and Peter Crouch once as Stoke

easily beat Portsmouth 3-0.

Billy knott and James Hanson netted in the final six minutes as Bradford stunned Yorkshire rivals Leeds 2-1, while Jordi Gomez, Adam Johnson and Connor Wickham were on target in Sunderland’s 3-0 triumph at Birmingham.

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Up and gunning: Sanchez fires in his first Arsenal goal to seal the Gunners’ group-stage spot picture: ap

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Spain caps for Xabi Alonso, who announced his international retirement yesterday. the 32-year-old won the World Cup and two European Championships.

Wales avoid pitch battle over Gareth CHris CoLEmAn says real madrid will not stop Gareth Bale playing on Andorra’s new 3G pitch for Wales’ Euro 2016 opener next month. The pitch must pass a Fifa inspection tomorrow but while Wales boss Coleman insisted Bale would be available, he added: ‘i spoke to [real boss] Carlo [Ancelotti] and he said madrid struggled against weaker opposition on the 3G because they didn’t like the surface.’

REsuLTs FOOTBALL UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF, SECOND LEG Arsenal ........................... 1 Besiktas ........................ 0 (Arsenal win 1-0 on aggregate) CAPItAL ONE CUP SECOND rOUND Aston Villa ..................... 0 Leyton Orient ............... 1 Birmingham .................. 0 Sunderland ................... 3 Bradford .........................2 Leeds ............................ 1 Burton Albion................. 1 QPr...............................0 Stoke ..............................3 Portsmouth ..................0 UNDEr-17 INtErNAtIONAL tOUrNAMENt England U17.................... 1 Czech rep U17 .............. 1

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Tottenham Hotspur (2) v AEL (1).........................TV ITV4

New boy sanchez the hero for lucky Arsenal ALEXIS SANCHEZ swept in his first goal for Arsenal to drive them into the lucrative Champions League group stages.

The Chile international appeared to be taking his time to settle after a £30million summer switch from Spanish giants Barcelona.

Hauled off at half-time in the 2-2 draw at Everton on Saturday, the 25-year-old South American was thrust into the role as Arsenal’s lone striker last night in the ab-

4 goals in the Champions

League in 25 appearances for striker Alexis Sanchez

sence of injured Olivier Giroud.

Sanchez lived up to the task as he picked the perfect moment to open his account with the Gunners.

He pounced as frustrations were starting to boil over among home fans at the end of a first half in which there were few clear chances, slipping his finish under Besiktas goalkeeper Tolga Zengin.

Arsenal had survived two heated

pLAy-Off ArsenAL ................ 1 BesikTAs ............... 0 (Arsenal win 1-0 on agg)

by Danny griffiths penalty appeals before they went ahead at the Emirates Stadium.

First Mathieu Debuchy slid in to poke the ball away from Mustafa Pektemek as he burst into the area.

Then they were fortunate to escape when Ramon Motta was brought down by Jack Wilshere when the Arsenal man lost his footing.

The Gunners then had to play the last quarter of an hour with ten men after Debuchy was sent off for a second bookable offence.

If Besiktas had managed to force an equaliser they would have gone through on away goals.

But despite their disadvantage, Arsenal were just the better side as Wojciech Szczesny was protected by an organised defence.

Groupstage hug: Sanchez, left, celebrates his winner with Wilshere u PABLO ZABALEtA hopes Manchester City will avoid another Champions League ‘group of death’ in Monaco today. Manuel Pellegrini’s side should get an easier group than in the last two seasons as they will be in the pot of eight

second seeds. ‘We were in the group of death and it’s always been tough for us in Champions League,’ said Zabaleta. ‘the rest of the teams see Manchester City as a tough team to have in the group and that is the most important thing for us.’

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Warnock returns with a point STEVE PARISH believes Neil Warnock’s burning desire to prove himself as a Premier League manager will keep Crystal Palace in the top flight for a second season.

Warnock (right) was named as the surprise successor to Tony Pulis yesterday, returning to Selhurst Park four years after he left the club to join Queen’s Park Rangers.

The 65-year-old, who has not

‘He’s unfairly tagged a Championship boss’ managed since leaving Leeds in 2013, saw off competition from Steve Clarke to land the job but his appointment has raised a few eyebrows amongst the Eagles faithful.

However, Palace co-chairman Parish is confident Warnock, who has signed a two-year deal, can win over the doubters.

‘Neil left last time when we were in administration to help the club

TRANSFER TALK

Milan hoping to seal a loan deal for Torres

AC MILAN want to save Fernando Torres from his Chelsea misery by offering a oneyear loan deal for the beleaguered forward before the transfer window closes.

The Rossoneri are also keen to sign Dutch youngster Marco van Ginkel, who spent much of last season injured. Adriano Galliani, Milan’s vice president, said: ‘We are in the last stages of the market and will see if we are able to acquire an important forward. This is our main aim.

Torres (pictured) is certainly an important forward and we’ll see if we can sign him or another player.’ On Van Ginkel, he added: ‘We have written to Chelsea and are awaiting a response. We are optimistic.’

by DANIEL JONES really,’ Parish told Talksport. ‘It was a great offer from QPR and the administrator needed him off the wage bill. There is a lot of unfinished business for Neil at Crystal Palace.

‘He wants to keep the club in the Premier League. He’s got this tag, somewhat unfairly, as a Championship manager.’

With the transfer deadline looming, Manchester United misfit Wilfried Zaha was again being strongly linked with a return to his former club as Warnock’s first signing.

And Parish said: ‘Neil might have done one [deal] already. He’s actually changed a few we were working on and he’s got some ideas of his own.

‘He brings the players in, we’re just here to facilitate that. It’s very good to have the right man in place to do that.’

Reunion may leave Jason fearing knock-out Punch Neil WarNock’s appointment as the new manager of crystal Palace may have one player at the club sweating more than most.

Jason Puncheon was fined £15,000 and warned by the Football association over his future conduct after a Twitter tirade against his former boss.

The punishment came in March after the midfielder reacted to Warnock’s criticism of him for his awful penalty miss at Tottenham with a series of derogatory – and swiftly deleted – tweets.

Warnock, who signed Puncheon on loan when QPr manager in 2011, had said on talksPorT: ‘There’s no way i would’ve trusted

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him with a penalty. You’ve got to have somebody a little bit more cool, and he’s not like that, Jason.

Warnock responded to the comments with a statement saying he had done ‘nothing untoward’

58 Premier League matches for Warnock, winning just 14, drawing 13 and losing 31 and was addressing the matter directly with the player.

‘Good luck to crystal Palace.

Good luck to Neil Warnock. Good luck to Jason Puncheon,’ Gary lineker wrote on Twitter yesterday. On the spot again: Puncheon

Rhodes closed HULL boss Steve Bruce says a deal to sign Blackburn’s Jordan Rhodes is ‘dead and buried’. Bruce wanted the striker (pictured) to replace Shane Long, who joined Southampton for £12million. ‘We got an indication from Blackburn they were willing to do a deal but that changed in 24 hours,’ said Bruce. ‘That’s their prerogative.’

Crystal Palace managers since Warnock left in 2010 Paul Hart 2 Mar 2010 - 2 May 2010 George Burley 17 June 2010 - 1 Jan 2011 Dougie Freedman 1 Jan 2011 - 24 Oct 2012 Curtis Fleming & Lennie Lawrence (caretakers) 24 Oct 2012 - 3 Nov 2012 Ian Holloway 3 Nov 2012 - 23 Oct 2013 Keith Millen (caretaker) 23 Oct 2013 - 24 Nov 2013 Tony Pulis 24 Nov 2013 - 14 Aug 2014 Keith Millen (caretaker) 14 Aug - present

ONTHEGRAPEvINE u SOuThAMpTON boss Ronald Koeman hopes to bring in two new players this week.

Atletico Madrid’s Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld (pictured) is one of his targets. u CELTIC have completed the loan signing of Ghana winger Mubarak Wakaso. u hATeM Ben Arfa is ready to reject any move away from Newcastle in the current transfer SONG FOR window. The France playmaker, forced ANFIELD? to train with Liverpool could Newcastle’s move for Barcelona reserves by boss midfielder Alex Alan pardew, is Song before the determined to fight window closes.

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Heaven 17 for the Gunners

Geezer plans rich pickings for Orchard after signing five-year-deal ARmAGh legend Kieran mcGeeney has been installed as the county’s manager for the next five years.

The former Kildare boss spent this year as assistant to boss Paul Grimley and was unsurprisingly upgraded last night following Grimley’s departure.

But the five-year deal is a considerable show of faith in the 2002 All-Ireland winning captain who guided Kildare for six seasons.

‘Geezer’s’ influence on the team was clear this summer as they shook off a poor league campaign to reach the All-Ireland quarter finals. his first task will be to gain promotion from Div 3 of next year’s national league.

Sanchez the hero as Arsenal reach group stages yet again

by GAVIN BROWN ARSENAL’s 17th consecutive appearance in the group stages of the Champions League will be worth a guaranteed £17million to the Gunners after their No.17 Alexis Sanchez secured a nervous playoff victory over Besiktas.

But it wasn’t all plain sailing, with the Emirates Stadium crowd voicing their frustration until the Chilean’s clinical finish on the stroke of half-time, while Arsenal played the last 15 minutes with ten men after Mathieu Debuchy was sent off.

However, manager Arsene Wenger’s proud record was extended, meaning the Gunners will join Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea in awaiting the draw in Monaco at 4.45pm today.

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Criticism of Donegal-style tactics is ‘crazy’ – Whelan

Talk back: Mickey Whelan

FORmeR Dublin boss mickey Whelan says criticism of Donegal’s defensive style of play is ‘crazy’.

The veteran St Vincent’s man was a selector with the 2011 Dublin side that beat Donegal in a low scoring semi-final and eventually claimed the All-Ireland title.

The sides meet this Sunday for the first time since, though at the same stage again with another AllIreland final place on offer.

Donegal manager Jim mcGuinness has indicated his team

won’t be so defensive three years on though Whelan said it’s up to them to play whatever way they want.

Asked about the criticism of

‘People said it was the most interesting game’ Donegal following that 2011 game, Whelan shook his head.

‘It’s crazy,’ he said. “People walked out of the place and a lot of people said to me, ‘that was absurd’, that it

was dreadful. But other people said to me that it was the most interesting game they were ever at. The bottom line for us was that we won it. So I felt good about it.”

Whelan pointed out that all the pressure was on Dublin that day as they chased their All-Ireland breakthrough. They went on to win two of the next three All-Irelands and are favourites to land this year’s crown.

‘Where we were coming from, we hadn’t won an All-Ireland in years,’

added Whelan. ‘It was almost accepted from Donegal (that they hadn’t won). But it is never accepted in Dublin or Kerry.

‘We hadn’t won one for 16 years, yet every year we went out the expectation was that you were going to win one. So there was a lot of pressure on. For me, I was in a new management team, but I had gone through this before (as manager after 1995).’

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