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Russia’s ‘lies’ over Ukraine invasion FURTHER violence in Ukraine marks a dangerous escalation, but there is no way of verifying the latest reports of a Russian invasion, a top official told the UN Security Council yesterday. In an emergency session, members expressed outrage, with Irish-born US ambassador Samantha Power saying: ‘Russia has manipulated. It has outright lied.’ The emergency Security Council meeting came hours after a top Ukrainian official said two columns of Russian tanks and military vehicles fired missiles from Russia at a Ukraine border post, then rolled into the country. That opened a new front in the war between pro-Russia separatists and the new government of president Petro Poroshenko. Statements from Nato, Mr Poroshenko, the separatists, the United States and the
by ALAN THOMAS president of the Security Council left no doubt Russia had invaded Ukraine. A top Nato official said at least 1,000 Russian troops have entered Ukraine and have been in direct ‘contact’ with Ukrainian soldiers, resulting in casualties. The new south-eastern front raised fears that the separatists are seeking to create a land link between Russia and Crimea. UN undersecretary-general of political affairs Jeffrey Feltman told council members the latest developments mark a ‘dangerous escalation in the conflict’. Lithuania’s UN ambassador, Raimonda Murmokaite, who requested the emergency meeting, tweeted prior to its start: ‘An invasion is an invasion is an invasion.’
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Cry for help: Relatives of Ukrainian soldiers show their dismayy during a rally in Kiev demanding stronger support for their forces in the fight against proRussian separatists and the Russian military PICTURE: EPA
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Arrival: The Pitt family picture: eroteme by JENNI MCKNIGHT THEY are global superstars – but somehow, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt managed to pull off the world’s most anticipated wedding in secret. Brangelina flew under the radar to tie the knot at their home in the south of France on Saturday, a spokesman for the couple confirmed. Their six children – Maddox, 12, Pax, ten, Zahara, nine, Shiloh, eight, and twins Knox and Vivienne, five – played a part in the nuptials at a small chapel in Château Miraval, Correns. Jolie, 39, was walked up the aisle by eldest sons Maddox and Pax, while daughters Zahara and Vivienne threw petals. Shiloh and Knox served as ring bearers. They couple were also joined by family and friends for the ceremony, which was conducted by the same Californian judge who earlier issued their marriage licence. Staff members on the €44million estate told how the couple wept as they exchanged vows at the ‘very modest’ ceremony. ‘It was not the big showbusiness wedding you would have expected,’ said one worker. ‘Apparently both Brad and Angelina were in tears when they said “I do”. It sounds as though it was very moving. ‘Limousines came and went during the day – but not as many as you would expect. It was all very low-key and private.’ However, it was straight back to work for Pitt, 50, as the actor flew to Devon to promote his new World War II film, Fury. He brought the town of Bovington to a standstill when he visited its Tank Museum yesterday.
Brange’s tears of pure joy as they finally say ‘I do’ Mr and Mrs: The happy couple, left; and Pitt back at work, below pictures: pa/Getty/splash news
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chris and Dawn reveal first child in bucket video BRIDESMAIDS star Chris O’Dowd put a new spin on the flood of celebrities taking part in the ice bucket challenge. The 34-year-old used the opportunity to reveal he and wife Dawn O’Porter are expecting their first child. In a short camera-phone video, he says: ‘I’ve been nominated by a bunch of bloody idiots, so I guess it’s time. I’m also going to be donating to the male cancer awareness campaign.’ He adds, ‘Ok, let’s f****** do it’, before a saucepan of freezing water is tipped over his head. After completing the challenge, which has been raising money for motor neurone disease, the Irish actor nominated IT Crowd costar Richard Ayoade, the show’s writer Graham Linehan ‘and Baby O’Porter’. The camera then takes in TV
presenter Dawn, who pours a small glass of ice cubes and water over her baby bump. O’Dowd tweeted afterwards: ‘Thought we’d better mention it, before I got O’Busted!’ The couple married in 2012 and O’Porter, 35, has spoken of feeling under pressure to start a family.
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Trinity engineers chosen to make greener aircraft
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TRINITY College engineers are helping to design an aircraft that could reduce noise pollution and decrease our carbon footprint. The university’s School of Engineering has been chosen to lead a third EU consortium in a collaborative project which aims to make a greener, quieter aircraft. The project, ‘ARTIC’ – being developed in Europe – is worth €1.4million. The engineers will work alongside EU industry partners like aircraft manufacturer Alenia Aermacchi, small and medium enterprises, and researchers from other EU institutes and universities. Artic will be developed as part of the Clean Sky initiative, a public private partnership between the European Commission and the Aeronautical Industry. Clean Sky seeks to change the way aeroplane manufacturers design and develop new equipment in response to their damaging environmental impact. In excess of 2billion people use air transport each year, and although the carbon emissions only amount to around two per cent of the total man-made emissions, this is set to increase to three per cent by 2050.
16% increase in car crimes, report finds THERE has been a 16 per cent rise in criminal incidents involving cars in the first half of 2014, according to the latest Netwatch Commercial Crime Report. Netwatch CEO David Walsh said cars are often targeted for the ‘lucrative’ metal parts rather than the car itself. Meanwhile, hospitals recorded a 33 per cent increase on the same period last year, while there was a 17 per cent fall in criminal incidents in the education sector. Dublin again topped the list for the county, followed by Waterford and Galway.
Fags and farts are top driver peeves
Blue sky thinking: An early model in the green initiative to make aircraft that will emit less pollution
LIGHTING up a cigarette without permission, and farting are the two most likely reasons a driver might kick you out of their car, an online poll has found. Motor insurer AA released the figures ahead of this weekend’s Electric Picnic, advising festival goers to ‘observe passenger decorum’ to make sure they make it to Stradbally in one piece. A road trip singalong wouldn’t bother 47 per cent of respondents, but 52 per cent said leaving rubbish behind annoys them ‘a lot’. Picnicgoers would never do such a thing.
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Tax burden hitting poor the hardest
IRELAND’S poorest people pay the most tax, new research has found. On average, 24 per cent of the average Irish person’s gross income is taken by tax, directly and indirectly. However, indirect taxes like VAT means that the poorest ten per cent of people here pay a bigger proportion of their income than the wealthiest ten per cent. The Irish taxation model means there is an average 23 per cent tax rate for top earners and 0.3 per cent for bottom earners. But indirect taxes, like Value Added Tax (23 per cent) and excise duty mean the results are skewed. Dr Micheál Collins of the Nevin Economic Research Institute found that the poorest ten per cent among us pay just over 30 per cent of income in tax, as a result of indirect taxes. The top ten per cent spend 29.5 per cent of income on tax – mostly in direct income tax.
A PENSIONER has died after being hit by a Garda car. The 75-year-old woman was walking at the junction of Fonthill Road and St John’s Road in Clondalkin yesterday when she was struck by the marked patrol car. An investigation into the death has been taken over by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. The watchdog said the accident happened shortly before 11.30am and the woman was taken by ambulance to Tallaght Hospital where she later died.
n DUBLIN City Council is advising anyone yet to pay the second home tax on Dublin properties to contact it at nppr@dublincity.ie before the August 31 deadline to ‘freeze any additional penalties’. It was reported yesterday that tens of thousands who have not paid the tax since its introduction five years ago are being hit with bills of more than €4,000. Callers to RTÉ’s Liveline who are living abroad claimed they were unaware of the tax. The two figures mean middle earners are paying the least tax, when direct and indirect payments are combined. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Dr Collins said the State needed to consider how the poorest pay tax when considering changes to taxation and said he supported a possible VAT cut.
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THE family of the late poet Seamus Heaney said they have been moved by the issuing of a special stamp marking a year since his death. The commemorative 68c stamp brought out by An Post features a black and white portrait of the Nobel laureate, taken by the renowned Irish photographer John Minihan. A specially commissioned envelope is inscribed with an extract of Heaney’s poem Bogland.
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Ebola vaccine trials to start next month
Catholic paper spurns McAleese ‘agenda’
gAMbiA: Human trials of an ebola vaccine are set to begin by the middle of next month. Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline plans to stockpile 10,000 emergency doses, if trials are successful. The World Health Organisation has said the ebola outbreak is accelerating and could infect 20,000 people.
AusTRALiA: The Catholic Weekly has refused to run ads for a Sydney event featuring former Irish President Mary McAleese because of her reported views on the ordination of women and homosexuality. The newspaper’s editor told the Irish Echo that Mrs McAleese had an ‘agenda’.
Erdogan sworn in as ‘popular’ president
bomb accused’s sister arrested over threat
TuRKEY: Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been sworn in as the first directly elected president. While some gave him an ovation in parliament, opposition MPs walked out, accusing him of ignoring the constitution by making the presidency more than ceremonial.
AMERiCA: A sister of Boston Marathon bomb accused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been arrested and charged with threatening to blow up a woman. Ailina Tsarnaeva, 24, from New Jersey, told her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend that she knew ‘people who can … put a bomb on you’.
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AMERiCA: A surfer rides an epic wave at the ‘Wedge’ in Newport Beach, Southern California. It was delivered by Hurricane Marie which is swirling off the coast of Mexico PICTURE: AP
CHinA: College bosses gave their students a lift when they returned to their studies by hiring a crane to help them move in. Instead of carrying their possessions up several flights of stairs, the students at Dalian Ocean University, in northern Liaoning province, had to be winched up to their balconies.
Marched to their deaths Slaughter: The video shows up to 250 Syrian soldiers being stripped and killed at an airbase by Islamic State militants
Grim procession of doomed captives in underwear ISLAMIC State fighters have executed up to 250 Syrian soldiers in horrific scenes captured on video. The massacre took place after the militants seized an airbase in the province of Raqqa at the weekend. The footage, posted yesterday on YouTube, showed the bodies of dozens of captured soldiers lying face down wearing nothing but their underwear. A separate pile of bodies was shown nearby. The caption beneath it said the dead numbered 250.
by AiDAn RADnEDgE An IS fighter in Raqqa told Reuters via the internet: ‘Yes, we have executed them all.’ The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll in excess of 120. IS stormed Tabqa airbase on Sunday after days of clashes with the army and said it had captured and killed soldiers and officers. Experts said the fall of Tabqa, the army’s last foothold in that area, and the apparent parading and kill-
ing of its soldiers showed IS has cemented its grip on the north of the country. The footage begins by showing the captives being marched in the desert with their hands behind their heads and watched by armed men. A militant repeatedly shouts out ‘Islamic State’, to which the men reply: ‘It shall remain.’ In a separate video, a British student has boasted of joining the ‘golden era of jihad’ and fighting for IS.
Hamzah Parvez, 21, claims he has been fighting for five months and calls on other British Muslims to join him. Speaking in a London accent, with his face hidden behind a black scarf, he tells the camera: ‘What are we doing sitting in the UK? Sitting in the land which kills Muslims every day.’ Earlier this year he told his family he was travelling to Germany to study. Instead he went to the Middle East where he joined the Bodies: The captives lay face down militants.
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Shot: Mr Dion PICTURE: lAnglEy PRodUCTIons
A TV crewman who was shot dead by police while filming the series Cops was wearing a bulletproof vest, it has emerged. Sound operator Bryce Dion, 38, died with a robbery suspect after police were called to hold-up at a Wendy’s diner. Mr Dion was hit in the arm but a single round ‘slipped into a gap in the vest’ and entered his chest, police in Omaha, Nebraska said. Officers shot the robber as he fled from the front of the restaurant towards the street, acciden-
tally hitting Mr Dion. The suspect, 32-year-old Cortez Washington, collapsed on the street. Both men died in hospital but Mr Dion would probably have lived if the police bullet had hit another part of his vest. Washington was using a pellet gun that looked like a more dangerous weapon so officers returned fire, police chief Todd Schmaderer said. He said witnesses also thought the Airsoft handgun looked and
sounded real. ‘This was as if we’ve lost one of our own,’ the emotional chief said. ‘He was an incredible man. My concern with my officers is that they are taking this very hard. Bryce was their friend. Personally, I will live with this forever.’ Still images from the Wendy’s security cameras were shown to journalists on Wednesday. They will be used in a court inquiry. Cops premiered in 1989 and has been filmed in at least 140 US cities.
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ONE was accused of having the power to turn into a magpie. Being childless didn’t help – and owning a cat was a mistake. Now there are calls to clear the names of the last three witches to be hanged in England. The ‘Bideford Witches’– Temperance Lloyd, Susannah Edwards and Mary Trembles – were put to death in 1682 for ‘dabbling with the occult’. But it is now thought they were targeted as they were old and had dementia.
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EFIANT Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has shrugged off suggestions she returned to TV’s The X Factor only to boost her music career. The 31-year-old insisted she was popular enough to sell albums without appearing on the UTV talent show. She told Guilty Pleasures her recent UK No.1 single, Crazy Stupid Love, proved she’s capable of topping the charts. ‘I mean, I’ve just had a No.1 without the show. Almost 300,000 copies now I think it’s sold,’ she said of her duet with Tinie Tempah. The singer also downplayed the chart defeat she suffered at the hands of Justin Bieber when she released her third album in 2012 following her sacking from X Fac-
by ANDREI HARMSWORTH tor USA. ‘I’ve had three albums now, have I? Two No.1s and one was only beat by Justin Bieber by 3,000 copies. Otherwise it would’ve been No.1,’ she said. Fellow returning X Factor judge and show boss Simon Cowell also defended Chez FeVez, saying he wouldn’t respect a music star who signed up only for their own personal gain. ‘There is a tendency for people to go on certain shows for a year to basically sell their own records and that doesn’t make for great judging,’ he said. The music mogul also denied there was a link between X Factor’s ratings when Chez appears on the show and rejected the argument her music suffers when she isn’t in her judge’s seat.
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X FACTOR boss Simon Cowell insists it’s not just the female judges who are locked in a fashion war. The 54-year-old music mogul said he, Louis Walsh and Dermot O’Leary call each other to make sure they don’t wear similar outfits. ‘That’s not going to be a problem this year. We talk to each other before the live shows to see what we’re wearing so we don’t clash,’ he said at the launch of series 11 in London. Show host Dermot O’Leary, 41, admitted it was a worry for him, too. ‘When we all turn up in dark blue. It doesn’t work,’ he said.
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IDRIS ELBA says we are ‘size obsessed’ after a snap apparently of a bulge in his pants made headlines. ‘It was on the news. That’s bizarre,’ the 41-year-old told E! News.
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BRITNEY SPEARS has written to young fan David LeCours praising him for his courage in coming out as gay. The pair were introduced backstage in Vegas.
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lisa Contostavlos ha s following her dr ‘got her mojo back’ ug The 62-year-old trial ordeal. was given a hero Irishman said Tulisa joined him at th ’s welcome when she e the latest series judges’ houses stage of of X Factor. And he insisted was a judge on the 26-year-old, who th and 2012, was th e show between 2011 e whittle down hi only choice to help him s contestants to three. ‘I’ve got to know the show,’ he ex her for two years on plai ‘She’s had a real ned. thought I’d give ly tough time and I he [Cowell] and he r a ring. I asked Simon said yes. He talk ed to ITV and everybody sa idea. And it was id yes, it was a great . ‘We had a brillia looking great. Sh nt time and she’s mojo back and she’s back. She’s got her really good girl,’ e deserves it. She’s a he gushed.
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JUSTIN BIEBER and Selena Gomez arrived in Toronto to together on a private jet this week – sparking rumours they they’re back to together. The Canadian pop star, 20, post two images of himself with posted his lady l love on his Instagram page on W Wednesday. One of them showed Gome Gomez, 22, burying her face in his neck neck. A third snap showed Bieber he with his making the shape of a heart c hands. The couple have been on and since 2010. off sinc
Bey and Jay love woe rumours all staged, says dad
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eyoncé’s dad seems to be out for revenge after he claimed his daughter and her hubby Jay Z fabricated marriage wobble rumours to flog tickets for their joint tour. Having been sacked by the Drunk In Love singer after allegedly stealing from her, Matthew Knowles, 63, said such fibbing was commonplace in the music business. ‘I know, because we’ve done this. From experience, there’s a tour going on,’ he told radio station 104.1 KRBe. ‘so you sometimes have to ignite that tour. It’s called a Jedi
mind trick. The Jedi mind trick fools you a lot.’ He even went on to infer sister solange, 28, was in on the act by suggesting her notorious lift attack on 44-year-old Jay Z earlier in the year was also staged. He continued: ‘All I know is the Jedi mind trick. everyone’s talking about it. Ticket sales went up. solange’s album sales went up 200 per cent.’ Dad’s claims came after Bey wept on stage alongside her husband and their twoyear-old daughter Blue Ivy at this week’s M T V VMAs.
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What was it like working with Jon Hamm? He is one of
the best actors I’ve ever worked with. What a gentleman. It was great because he’s a big baseball fan and I knew nothing about the game. He explained everything. I love him in Mad Men, he is so slick and stylish and also a ladies’ man, very different from the character in this film, who is a hustler…
Do you think baseball will ever catch on in India? There’s
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Michael Jackson impersonator. I won my first dance competition when I was three years old. I’d done about 1,000 stage shows as a miniMichael Jackson all over the world before I was 14. Then in 1997 I won Boogie Woogie, the biggest dance competition in India. I’m also the biggest Michael Jackson fan. My regret is that I never got to meet him. There are talks about a film inspired by my life in a way – a kid who falls in love with Michael and wants to meet him.
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international recognition. a film such as that helps you get through to people who might get you better jobs. and getting a chance to work with Danny Boyle was tremendous. I am still in touch with him.
only one sport in India. Cricket. The show Kidnap And I don’t have too many Ransom was a big expectations because hit. What was it there is no government like working I’d done about support for kids Trevor 1,000 stage shows as a with who want to try Eve? I played different sports. mini Michael Jackson the kidnapper in the second all over the world How season. Trevor demanding before I was 14 [producer and star] was the film is awesome. I had heard he was a hard physically? I used to taskmaster with a temper, play cricket as a child, but but I had the best time working this is the most demanding role I’ve done in my life. Suraj and I had with him. He was really supportive. no idea how to pitch a baseball so Any passions outside acting? had a really rigorous training Surfing is one of my favourite schedule for four hours every day. sports. I write, I play the guitar, I Because we were scrawny boys, we love to sing. I’m always looking for had to put on a lot of muscle. something new.
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optional charges on its website’, as ryanair has updated its website and it is no longer confusing. So jump off the ryanair-bashingbandwagon Sharon and do your research… better still, take a flight with ryanair. Ciara, annoyed frequent Ryanair flyer ■ I agree with eric Byrne’s letter in yesterday’s Mailbox. The albert reynolds funeral was OTT. It was a funeral for a Viking chieftain, which reynolds was definitely not. More party political grandstanding for Fianna Fáil. and, as usual, the taxpayer foots the bill. B Daly ■ a 1.6 per cent cut for those earning up to €54,000 and 6-point-
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● Good on ya Martin who overheard me grumbling about having to get a bus from town the other night during the rail strike. He offered to give me a lift to the bus stop on O’Connell St, but when we figured out we were going the same direction, he dropped me to my door. Grateful GP
something for more than €100k… How do they dare to strike? The neck of them. We took bigger cuts than that on smaller salaries. I wish I could boycott them. Taxpayer ■ among questions like ‘why do you never see a baby pigeon?’ and ‘are seagulls getting bigger’, I would like to add: ‘what is up with your face?’ Dodger ■ My water meter was being fitted yesterday, but when I looked in the hole they’d dug, I saw the water pipe is leaking a LOT of water. anyone know how I report this? Not paying for leaking water. Joe
yEH big RiDE ● To the really nice girl called Catherine from Cork that I met on Wednesday night in Against the Grain pub, I’m sorry I didn’t get your details, but I would love to meet up with you again if you are interested and feel the same? Thanks :) Brian
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Comedian Joan faces fight for life ACERBIC comedian Joan Rivers needs fans to ‘pray’ for her after she stopped breathing during surgery on her vocal cords. The 81-year-old Fashion Police star was taken to Mount Sinai hospital after falling ill at a clinic in New York. Hospital spokesman Sid Dinsay said: ‘Her family wants to thank everybody for their outpouring of love and support.’ US TV host Billy Bush wrote on his Facebook page that Rivers was in a critical condition and that her daughter, Melissa, had told him to ‘please pray’. He added: ‘Come on Joan you have to make it. Just think of all the material.’ Rivers made her name on The Tonight Show.
August 31 is most despised birthday WHILE being born on leap year day may feel like a curse for some, mothers have voted August 31 the worst date to give birth. Almost one in four said they would least like to have their child born on that day as it would mean they would be the youngest in their school year, while those arriving on September 1 would, in effect, receive an extra year of education. Christmas Day was named the second worst day in the poll by online retailer My1stYears.com.
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Friends (the one with Jimmy Kimmel in it)
Girls reunite for one-off skit on $80,000 set by DANIEL BINNS
IT’S enough to make Janice shriek ‘OH. MY. GOD.’ Possibly the most popular sitcom of all time returned to our screens this week after ten long years. But this Friends ‘reunion’ wasn’t all it seemed – rather, it was a skit for US comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s chat show. He spent $80,000 (€62,000) recreating its set and managed to reunite Rachel, Monica and Phoebe – or Jen-
I’ll be there for you: Kudrow, Aniston and Cox reprise their roles as Phoebe, Rachel and Monica, with Kimmel as Ross
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nifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow. But the illusion was broken when he cast himself as Ross, normally played by David Schwimmer. He then joked Joey and Chandler had been killed off after being bitten by Ross’s rabid monkey, Marcel. When Aniston called the script – mostly lines praising Ross’s prowess in bed – ‘dumb’, he retorted: ‘Is it dumber than living in a huge apartment in New York City for eight years even though you work at a coffee shop?’
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Blondie’s new York… and The making of parallel lines
More4, 8pm
Watchable glamour puss Amanda Seyfried sure has served her time in the romcom trenches as this lukewarm feel-good endeavour demonstrates. She’s Sophie, a young journalist who starts meddling in Vanessa Redgrave’s love life when she finds a letter the older woman wrote 50 years ago to Shakespeare’s Juliet.
BBC4, 9pm
Thank gaa iT’s fridaY RTÉ2, 8.30PM This week’s edition of the GAA magazine show catches up with Donegal footballer Rory Kavanagh (pictured) in the Football Special factory in Ramelton. Donegal veterans Kevin Cassidy and Michael Hegarty and Dublin’s Barry Cahill also contribute as they look ahead to Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final.
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Romcom starring Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde centring on Conrad Valmont, an heir to a hotel empire, who is cut off by his parents just as he falls in love with model Beatrice (Wilde, right with Bateman). Can he hide his destitution from her?
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‘I’m in the phone booth, it’s the one across the hall…’ so Debbie Harry (above) kicked off Parallel Lines, the album that would vault Blondie from indie New York darlings to global pop stars. Brimming over with hits (the aforementioned Hanging On The Telephone, Heart Of Glass, Sunday Girl, Picture This) the album straddled punk and pop with peroxide grace and this fascinating film takes us back to its roots.
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TV3, 7.30pm & 8.30pm
It’s the Jim McDonald show tonight, so it is, as the hoochpushing jailbird is too busy professing his undying love for estranged wife Liz, and her endless supply of plunging V-necks, to notice that fellow inmate Peter Barlow is busy necking all his alcohol supplies. This is going to get very, very messy.
easTenders
British crime caper with Alfie Allen and Ed Speleers seemingly aimed at the lads’ mag market. Some mates set up a blackmail ring with a sideline in credit card fraud. They go to Miami to spend their ill-gotten gains when they run into trouble with a crime lord. More Hollyoaks than Hollywood.
RTÉ1, 8pm
Lest we forget, Denise was on the point of ditching Ian Beale before the Lucy murder drama would have made her look like a heartless harlot by walking out. So when she discovers the truth about his whereabouts on the night of his daughter’s death, she gets another chance to make a break for it. You go, girl.
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It’s the start of Judgement Week and the judges, Heidi Klum (above) Mel B, Howie Mandel and Howard Stern must decide which acts will move on to the live shows at Radio City Music Hall. But host Nick Cannon and the judges have a surprise for performers – some of their favourites will skip boot camp and go straight to the live shows.
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Film4, 6.55pm
Another chance to reminisce about the late Robin Williams’s talents – although they are perhaps not shown off to best advantage with his turn as Teddy Roosevelt in this star-studded comedy. Ben Stiller once again plays hapless museum night watchman Larry, who finds himself surrounded by cometo-life exhibits.
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There won’t be many who won’t be picturing Torvill and Dean twirling around an ice rink when Daniel Barenboim conducts tonight’s showstopper: Ravel’s Boléro, the climax to a Spanishthemed evening of works that also includes Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole and Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro overture.
Groundbreaking sci-fi thriller from the Wachowski siblings in which Keanu Reeves (above) plays trench coatloving Neo – an everyday kinda guy who suddenly discovers reality is a giant fraud perpetuated by evil machines. Neo is understandably keen to put a stop to it with his other pals who also like trench coats and sunglasses – Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss. Superior to the massively convoluted sequels, which failed to match the original’s appeal.
reading fesTival highlighTs BBC2, 11.05pm
If the prospect of a weekend face down in Reading’s mosh pit was unappealing here’s a handily packaged set of highlights from the rock festival. Arctic Monkeys, Royal Blood, Paramore and old stagers Queens Of The Stone Age and Blink 182 are among the tried and tested crowdpleasers.
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Brendan Gleeson stars in this curious remake of a FrenchCanadian comedy. A remote island needs a factory to create jobs – but for that they also need a resident doctor. When a city doc (Taylor Kitsch) comes for a trial run, the townsfolk try to convince him it’s his dream home. The extreme theatrics amuse but the presentation is creaky.
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The young adult novel becomes a big-screen weepy as Chloë Grace Moretz plays a girl in a coma, watching friends and family gather at her bedside, while flashbacks fill us in on her past. Jamie Blackley is the love interest.
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Little league: Hamm stars as sports agent JB Bernstein in this inspirational true-life drama about young Indian cricketers turned baseball players
Grand slam for Jon Hamm
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he true story of JB Bernstein may as well have been gift-wrapped for Disney, ever on the lookout for an inspirational drama. A cynical sports agent, Bernstein hit on the idea of a TV contest for young Indian cricketers to come to America and try their hand at baseball. This was a chance to change the lives of teens raised in poverty – and a chance for Bernstein’s hard heart to be melted. With Tom Cruise a little long in the tooth for the part, who better to play this
Culture-clash comedy combines with motivational sports drama in this formulaic but pleasant watch
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THE Big RELEAsE
Million Dollar arM (PG) HHH✩✩ Jerry Maguire type than Mad Men’s Jon hamm? hamm puts in an enjoyable, drily witty turn as Bernstein, an ambitious workaholic who routinely entertains models in his penthouse while a more suitable potential girlfriend, tenant Brenda (Lake Bell) goes largely ignored. It’s only when he heads to India to search for his dream pitcher that he and doctor Brenda bond over Skype. When he returns with two young wide-eyed teens, Brenda’s social skills are suddenly in demand. Let’s just say JB isn’t accustomed to babysitting. It’s a pleasing set-up for a redemptive romance and Bell brings a
softened version of her edgy comic delivery to the table. Meanwhile the naive 18-year-olds are nicely played by Life Of Pi’s Suraj Sharma and Slumdog Millionaire’s Madhur Mittal, with Pitobash Tripathy providing comic relief as the enthusiastic PA who offers to work for free (Bernstein gladly takes him up on it). Alan Arkin brings further laughs as a blunt, eccentric talentspotter helping to find the fastest pitcher, that ‘million dollar arm’. There’s tension as the boys undergo training but the real interest comes from their relationship with Bernstein: they won’t perform if they’re not mentored sensitively, a problem that becomes increasingly pertinent. Don’t expect an emotional final act, though: this is mildly heart-warming rather than heartstopping. Anna smith
Odd couple make a killing The Keeper of losT Causes (15) HHHH✩ If you’re after a slice of nail-biting Nordic noir, look no further than this Danish crime thriller about a missing woman and a couple of mismatched cops. The Killing’s Nikolaj Lie Kaas stars as Carl Mørck, a traumatised detective who’s mighty grumpy about being assigned to the cold case department. But when he looks into the files of a young woman assumed to have taken her own life by throwing herself off a ferry, the case doesn’t seem so cold after all. Why would she leave her brainIcy: Nikolaj Lie Kaas with Fares Fares damaged brother behind? Could
Hugo Weaving (The Matrix and The Lord Of The Rings) appears in this atmospheric Aussie Western about a cop (Aaron Pedersen) hunting down a young Aboriginal girl’s killer. It’s a shocking insight into an almost lawless outback culture but falls short of being compelling viewing. Ryan Kwanten – Jason Stackhouse in True Blood – co-stars.
Merete (Sonja Richter) still be alive somewhere, kidnapped and fighting for her life, longing for escape? We find out the answer pretty soon, but it’s up to Carl to track down the culprit, not knowing just how loudly the clock is ticking. It’s a gripping watch that lightens the load with bursts of humour, largely drawn from the relationship between Carl and his assistant/partner Assad (Fares Fares), a contrastingly chatty fellow, constantly trying to repair the damage done by his socially challenged boss. A rewarding police procedural and a hit on home ground, this has a sequel in the works, so a Hollywood remake seems likely.
Radical chic: Dakota Fanning, left, with co-star Jesse Eisenberg
A darker shade of green Eco-terrorists bite off more than they can chew in this moody thriller. Dakota Fanning plays Dena, an idealistic protester who teams up with pal Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) and cynical former marine Harmon (Peter Sarsgaard) in a plot to blow up a hydroelectric dam that’s damaging the environment. Their journey is no jolly road trip: this is about gathering explosives, flying under the radar and saying goodbye to each other forever at the end of it. At least, that’s the idea… The trio are excellent actors and the dynamic between their
nighT Moves (15) HHH✩✩ characters is fitfully interesting, with Dena’s radicalism wavering in the face of potential collateral damage. In many ways it’s a typical noir crime thriller about the fall-out from a job, but the youngish cast, the eco theme and the gloomy tone make it distinctive and thought-provoking, if not much fun. With this and The Double, Eisenberg is certainly embracing his dark side, while former child star Fanning has definitely grown up.
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SEE FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL Ireland’s first independent feminist film festival takes place this weekend in The New Theatre, with all proceeds going towards Sasane, a charity set up by former victims of sex trafficking to ‘increase women’s access to justice and achieve systemic change within the legal system.’ Highlights on the programme include the Irish premiere of Elaine Stritch: Just Shoot Me, a documentary about the great Broadway Actress and cabaret star who passed away just last month; Persepolis (pictured), Marjane Satrapi’s thought-provoking animation which tells the tale of her childhood and early adolescence in 1970s Tehran; and Fish Tank, Oscar-winning writer/director Andrea Arnold’s hard-hitting account of life for one tough adolescent on an Essex sink estate Tomorrow & Sun, The New Theatre, 43 Essex Street East D2, €10 for individual screening, €50 for weekend pass. Tel: (01) 670 3361. www.thenewtheatre.com
TRY BAGGOT STREET WALKING TOUR
‘Baggotonia’, the name given to the stomping ground of notorious carousers Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan, is the focus of this eminently entertaining and informative walking tour from Irish literature expert and actor Paul O’Hanrahan. Attendees will make various pitstops as they wander through the heart of bohemian Dublin, learning about the great figures of 20th-century Irish culture (Beckett, Yeats, et al) who made this part of the city their own Tomorrow, from The Waterloo, 36 Upr. Baggot Street, 3pm, €7 (no prebooking required). Tel: 087 930 5496
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T S I L O d TO HEAR TROUBLE PILGRIMS
Phil Chevron, who died last year aged 56, was one of the country’s most influential rock musicians, responsible for some of The Pogues’ finest moments (he penned the evergreen ballad Thousands Are Sailing which became an anthem for the Irish diaspora through the 1980s and beyond). The remaining members of The Radiators From Space, the cult punk outfit Chevron co-founded in the 1970s, now operate under the Trouble Pilgrims moniker and will be playing tracks from their inimitable catalogue, including 1979’s ambitio us Ghostown LP Tonight, The Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay D2, 8pm, €12. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.theworkmansclub.com
SEE OBVIOUS CHILd An ‘abortion romcom’ is how Obvious Child has been awkwardly dubbed in its native US – but don’t let this put you off. The feature film debut of writer-director Gillian Robespierre stars Jenny Slate (Parks And Recreation) as a 20-something New York comedian facing the loss of her boyfriend, her job – and an unwanted pregnancy. Frank, funny and timely On limited release
HEAR CLOSE ENCOUNTERS One of the world’s most influential, successful and popular film composers, the work of five-time Oscar winner John Williams (pictured) is celebrated in a performance by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, under the aegis of conductor John Wilson. Expect choice cuts from such classics as Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Schindler’s List Tonight, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace D2, 8pm, from €10 (sold out). Tel: (01) 417 0000. www.nch.ie
HEAR BONNIE PRINCE BILLY Thanks to the ever-magnetic pull of this weekend’s Electric Picnic, it’s a relatively quiet weekend for gigs in the capital. But this sold-out performance from alt-country legend Bonnie Prince Billy has clearly withstood the competition from the Stradbally extravaganza. Once suspected of being a 1,000-year-old feral mountain man due to his creaking voice, timeless laments and reclusiveness, in recent years Will Oldham has established himself as the granddaddy of contemporary neo-folk. Having settled on the Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy alias for scores of acclaimed albums of blackly humorous tumbleweed country, he makes a rare outing in Dún Laoghaire tonight, with support from Lisa O’Neill Tonight, Pavilion Theatre, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, 8pm, €26 (sold out). Tel: (01) 231 2929. www.paviliontheatre.ie
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METROSCOPE by Patrick Arundell
NEMI by Lise
Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20
The Sun remains affected by Neptune. All sorts of weird dreams and illusions can be created by this, and quite a lot of self doubt. If your energy is low or you feel someone around you is being dishonest, be careful. For your forecast, call 15609 114 70
Taurus Apr 21 – May 21
If you share your abode with others, little niggles can creep in about who does what around the domestic chores. Specifically in a love relationship, work at creating harmony. This may require more give and take. For your forecast, call 15609 114 71
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Gemini May 22 – Jun 21
With Neptune so potent at the present time, someone may ask you to do something for them, and there could be a part of you that can feel obliged. Yet this might go all the way to a full-on guilt trip. Try not to hedge yourself into a situation you dislike. For your forecast, call 15609 114 72
Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23
Don’t be too quick to believe everything you hear. However, if you meet someone new you may find them incredibly alluring. Even in a current tie there could be a greater spark between you and yours. Mind, some jealousy might swirl around the mix too. For your forecast, call 15609 114 73
Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23
Venus continues to add lustre to you, and this may be coming out from buying new clothes, or just feeling that you are on dazzling top form. If you’re single and there is more than one admirer, do proceed with sensitivity.
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Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23
Some gossip can circulate. If it involves you and a personal relationship, you may feel uncomfortable. If you’re in a love tie, a partner might tell you something you’re not expecting, or it could be you opening up, but this may cause you to wince.
ACROSS 7 Unconcealed (5) 8 Voter (7) 9 Go before (7) 10 Nimble (5) 12 Colony (10) 15 Irritate greatly (10) 18 S. American dance (5) 19 Caretaker (7) 21 Stern (7) 22 Chooses (5)
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Yesterday’s Solutions Across: 1 Undecided; 8 Rob; 9 Redoubtable; 11 Intense; 12 Child; 13 Marshy; 15 Benign; 17 Roost; 18 Profane; 20 Achievement; 22 Out; 23 Termagant. Down: 2 Nee; 3 Churn; 4 Dither; 5 Debacle; 6 Precipitate; 7 Abundance; 10 Deteriorate; 11 Immersion; 14 Hatchet; 16 Appear; 19 Opera; 21 Nun.
Friends who you usually rub along well with can seem strangely out of sync. Also you may continue to be less certain about what you feel about anything of substance, so it might be best not to read too much into anything key today. For your forecast, call 15609 114 76
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Pride goes before a fall, and especially if you take a lot of time to cultivate exactly the personal image you want. Although your star in some ways is flying high now, equally there may be the odd scrape in a close relationship. For your forecast, call 15609 114 77
sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 21
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Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20
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Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19
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Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20
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ENIGMA Within this hole deep underground Water can be often found. To then retrieve this Adam’s ale You need three things: winch, rope and pail. WHO AM I? A former nun, I was born in Dublin in 1970. I was runner-up in the first Big Brother. I previously dated Emmy-winning director Dearbhla Walsh. I present the TV3 series Great Irish Bake Off and
work as a producer for RTÉ. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? WHO… was the English king to whom Margaret of Anjou was married? WHAT... ... type of creature is a tope? WHERE... in France does the fabric denim take its name from? WHEN... did Olof Palme first become Prime Minister of Sweden?
QUIZ ANSWERS: ENIGMA: Well. WHO AM I? Anna Nolan. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? Henry VI; A shark; Nîmes; 1969.
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Little Green Cars are on the way to being very big INTERVIEW: Last month, Ireland’s folk-indie group du jour, Little Green Cars, played the Lumia Live Session. Luke Holohan spoke with Faye O’Rourke and Stevie Appleby about the band’s debut album
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ollowing an unseasonably warm spell in the capital, little green Cars are seated around a table littered with empty water bottles and plastic cups. Even the tape recorder is struggling to keep pace in the 20-plus degree heat. But despite the humidity Faye o’Rourke and Stevie Appleby don’t appear perturbed. The vocalists with the Americana-tinged five-piece have too much to be excited about, having just previewed new songs to a hometown crowd at the iveagh gardens. ‘it was emotional. i can’t really compare that to much else,’ o’Rourke says. And ‘tears were shed’ after seeing fans mouth the words at their biggest headline gig to date, in the city they’ve spent a lot of time trying to escape. Reaching no.1 in ireland with their album Absolute Zero, performing on late night with Jimmy Fallon, and packing into umpteen vans for gigs around the States – it has been a phenomenal 18 months for the harmonious quintet. But it wasn’t until the band was kicking up the dust through Denver when lead singer Appleby felt things were getting surreal. ‘we were driving and we heard this warning about a tornado coming. The sky then literally turned
black and it started raining – like buckets of rain – and there was this feeling of being very far from home.’ For o’Rourke, odd moments on tour have been numerous. Toying with the rings on her fingers, she remembers some of the most memorable, one of which gets tantalisingly introduced but then remains untold; left on the road. ‘i didn’t think i’d get to see America or any place the way i’ve seen it,’ she says, changing course. ‘we went to Sun Studio and that was absolutely incredible. Just thinking of all the people who have been there before was pretty amazing.’ little green Cars have come a long way, having formed when its members were all just 16. A happy accident of youth, they tell me. Yet another quirk of fate, a chance encounter with Daniel Ryan of The Thrills – now their manager – meant that their dark lyricism and haunting vocals have been on the upward ascent ever since. So was a music career something they always wanted? And how does it feel to be on the cusp of doing a ‘Mumford & Sons’ – with whom they share a label? ‘i think we were trying to avoid careers,’ o’Rourke jokes. ‘At the start it was kind of overwhelming. we were in all these clichéd situations and had all those kind of feelings. But we just love writing and making music and everything else... that comes with it.’ The ‘it’ being success. working with esteemed producer Marcus Dravs might have been beyond the added extras. But it happened. According to Appleby it was a ‘stretch or starve’ situation, where they had to reach out for the dream collaboration with a producer who has teamed up with Arcade Fire and Björk. ‘People said: “if you want him just ask him.” it turned out that he really like the band.
‘There was a level playing field and that was the nicest thing about working with Marcus. He was respectful; he didn’t come in as the big cheese. He wanted to hear our ideas and opinions as well.’ The second album is in the works, but the finer details have yet to be made. ‘we have a good proportion of the work done but there is no definite cap on it,’ admits o’Rourke.
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nE certainty is that they’re relishing the next phase: ready to prove they are not a flash in the pan. Freedom to say a fond farewell to Absolute Zero is now what motivates them, rather than the oft-
described pressure that comes with a sophomore album. ‘it has kind of been like holding our breath,’ Appleby explains. ‘on one hand we love and have great affection towards our first album. we like playing gigs but the reason we’re a band, and what we love to do as a band, is to write. So letting them songs go, moving on and starting with a clean slate is what is most fun for us.’ Moving seems to be a constant for little green Cars and it’ll be interesting to see what direction they take next. what’s really impressive though has been their rise, without the appearance of breaking stride, or even a sweat.
cLubs Recondite
Recondite named his debut album On Acid, but this wasn’t a description on his state of mind when he recorded it. Instead, it was part of a process that has seen the German producer, real name Lorenz Brunner, explore underground electronic music styles and sounds in forensic detail. Subsequent releases on fellow Berlin producer Rodhad’s Dystopian label, house imprint Innervisions and American independent institution Ghostly International – which put out his second album, last year’s Hinterland – have seen him deliver idiosyncratic interpretations of house, techno and electro. For those not venturing to Stradbally this weekend, Recondite (pictured) is a must-see live act. Tonight, @ Abstract, the Opium Rooms, Liberty Lane, D2, 11pm, €8 to €12. Tel: (01) 475 8555
Jerzy Przezdziecki
Jerzy Przezdziecki has followed a similar trajectory to fellow Polish producer Jacek Sienkiewicz. Inspired by new beat and industrial music, he started to make his own
music and has put out records for Traum and Affin as well as Sienkiewicz’s Recognition label. Like his colleague, Przezdziecki has also released on Sven Vath’s Cocoon imprint, a clear signal that Przezdziecki has arrived as a techno artist. Tomorrow, @ BoxxEvents, Turks Head, Parliament Street, D2, 10pm, €10. Tel: (01) 679 2606
Pennygiles
Wales is not usually known as a hotbed for drum’n’bass, but it’s where Pennygiles, aka Stuart Maccallum, calls home. With releases on labels like UK imprint Alignment and Holland’s Fokuz, the Welsh producer has succeeded in spreading his sound across Europe – and this date at Spectrum is the latest chapter in his European expansion. Support comes from Phil Tangent from UK label Soul:R. Richard Brophy Tonight, @ Mud/Spectrum, the Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street, D1, 10.30pm, €8 to €10. Tel: (086) 325 2471
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other banks have now received any delayed payment originating from Bank of Ireland,’ she said. ‘Many of these payments have already processed and all credits will be in accounts by the end of today [Thursday].’ But Labour TD Michael McCarthy said the bank must answer questions about the latest banking problems. ‘This is the second time in a month that an incident of this nature has occurred at the bank, and it is causing huge difficulties for the public servants affected,’ he said. ‘It is simply not good enough that this should happen once, let alone twice,’ Mr McCarthy added. He called on senior managers at the bank to explain where the unpaid money is during the delay and,
if it is accruing interest while being withheld, what the bank intended doing with the interest. ‘We need an assurance from Bank of Ireland that this issue will be sorted promptly and most importantly, a guarantee that it will not happen again,’ he added. ‘apart from being deeply distressing, it is also disturbing that a leading bank would allow this to happen twice in one month at a time when the economy is turning.’ Bank of Ireland said the issue was under investigation. The bank was unable to say if it would fully explain the issues behind the latest delays when its inquiries were completed. Last month, tens of thousands of workers and pensioners did not get their wages or payments on time because of a similar problem.
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Bank of Ireland chiefs are facing calls to explain themselves after failing to pay wages into the accounts of customers for the second time in a month. The bank has refused to disclose the problems that led to the latest payment delays, which is believed to have hit thousands of public sector workers, including nurses, gardaí, teachers and civil servants. Several other banks, including aIB, Ulster Bank and Permanent TSB, were caught up in the delay as they awaited payments from Bank of Ireland. a spokeswoman for the bank was unable to give any details on the number of customers impacted, the amount of money involved, the types of payments affected and the nature of the problem. ‘Bank of Ireland confirms that all
BLOcks TO succEss: Network Ireland president Mary Fehily Hobbs and Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan launch the Success Through Collaboration conference and business awards. The event organised by Network Ireland, which supports women in business, takes place on September 26
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‘YOU’RE FIRED!’ This is a phrase own and the company’s terms even the career resilient among and make a more graceful exit us can live in pure dread of via resignation? We know hearing some day. It is a phrase reputational damage is which of course carries a lot of something we want to avoid. strength and massive Let’s be honest, it does ‘look’ implication. It is these words in better to resign and gives the my experience that are enough message that the decision was to make some of us tolerate a lot yours and not theirs. and even sometimes too much So what about politely being when it comes to our asked to resign from your everyday work. position? Is this really There are countless just as bad? reasons for being Being asked to It does ‘look’ fired. Perhaps resign is a ‘softer’ we are better to resign or discreet underperforming approach on behalf than to be or, worse still, not of the employer. It getting on with our may also give you fired boss and making life the power to difficult which can result determine when you plan in gross misconduct if it all gets to cease your contract to out of hand and we do allow you some headspace to something we regret. prepare yourself for what lies However, although being fired ahead. When fired it is usually from your job may seem like the immediate, leaving you fully worst thing that could happen in exposed to the financial your career, I have seen plenty of implications and shock. people recover from it. So Remember, terminating an should you stay until you are employee contract is by no fired if the role isn’t working out, means an easy thing for an or should you go on both your organisation to do and has
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n STRONGER car sales are driving growth in retail sales, latest figures from the Central Statistics Office have found. The volume of sales increased by 8.2 per cent in July. However, when motor trade-ins are excluded, there was a decrease of 0.7 per cent, but an annual increase of 3.1 per cent. Motor sales were up 36 per cent, books, newspapers and stationery saw a four per cent increase. Meanwhile, the value of retail sales increased by 5.9 per cent in July.
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plenty of legal connotations and implications to it. Protocol will need to be followed. From an employee’s point of view, you do have rights too if you figure your role has been unlawfully terminated. We know that the financial implications of being fired, versus being asked to resign, are greatly different. When you resign, you will be paid up until your last day of work and may even have negotiated a termination package. When you resign you allow yourself to get your story straight about the reason for leaving and get an opportunity to agree this with your current employer. This is probably the biggest benefit of resigning versus letting a situation get to boiling point so much so that you are fired. Jane will be giving a free career talk next Friday morning, September 5, in Croke Park at the Jobs Expo/Whichcourse Expo. See jobsexpo.ie for information
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n A SECURITY provider is expanding its Irish operations creating 16 new jobs in Dublin, while two businesses in Co Meath are creating up to 50 positions. Ward Solutions has secured a €1.8million investment to grow its base. Elsewhere, two US technology firms are hiring 25 staff each at Kells Enterprise Technology Centre over the next two years in what junior minister for skills Damien English described as a ‘very significant development’.
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Master distiller Dr James Swan and managing director Marie Byrne toast t build a new distilleryy and visitor v plans by their Dublin Whiskey Company to centre in Dublin city centre. The €10million investment at its 300-year-old site on Mill Street will result in 30 permanent jobs by the end of next year
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Mercedes are to wait until this year’s Formula One championship fight has been resolved before continuing new contract talks with Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff announced last month, following the confirmation of a new deal for Nico Rosberg, that negotiations had started with Hamilton about an extension to his own contract. Mercedes are eager to retain Hamilton, despite the feud between the 29-yearold and Rosberg. On Sunday, The drivers and senior team management are expected to meet at the team’s Brackley base today in a bid to resolve some of the issues between the pair.
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‘Mature’ Connolly man enough to face down digs Former Dublin AllStar Barry Cahill believes that most opposing teams set out to wind Diarmuid Connolly up and get the attacker sent off. Talented Connolly has received several high profile red cards over the years including one against Donegal for a petulant strike when the sides last met in the Championship in 2011. They will return to Croke Park on Sunday for a place in this year’s AllIreland final and though Connolly may be a marked man again, Cahill reckons he has developed enough maturity to cope with it. ‘I’m sure most opposition
managers would mention it to their team in the lead up to the game, to try and get in his face and provoke him as much as possible,’ said Cahill. ‘But he understands his role within the team now and how important he is. He’s taken on a lot more responsibility and even the fact that Jim Gavin made him vicecaptain last year and things like that have helped. He has certainly grown up I think.’ Cahill said it’s vital that certain key players don’t lose their cool and pick up red or black cards. He pointed to Stephen Cluxton, rory o’Carroll and michael Darragh
Talent: Connolly sees red
macauley in particular. ‘If they were to lose any of those three players to injury or to black cards or red ones, it would make things a lot more difficult for them,’ said the 2011 All-Ireland medallist. ‘I think they have two or three options in every other position but they don’t have an out and out full-back replacement in the mould of rory. ‘Because of the energy and enthusiasm that michael Darragh gives them, and the influence Stephen has, if one of those players got a black card after five or ten minutes, it could definitely throw them off.’
Molinari makes case for selection gOLf Stephen Gallacher is the only player who controls his Ryder Cup destiny, but it was Francesco Molinari who did most to boost his chances of making the European team in the Italian Open. On the course where he started playing golf aged eight, Molinari carded a flawless six-under-par 66 at Circolo Golf Torino to share the lead with Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger. And that meant Gallacher, who needs to finish in the top two to overtake Graeme McDowell, found himself six shots off the pace following an erratic opening 72.
Good showing for Ireland in Canada TRiATHLOn Six
elite triathletes and 24 age groupers will compete in the biggest race of the year this weekend in Edmonton, Canada. Ranked 15th in the World Triathlon Series and ninth on the Olympic Points list, Northern Irish athlete Aileen Reid (above) is hoping to end the season on a high. In the Elite men’s race, Ireland has three athletes at the start line. The top ranked of which is Corkman and former professional cyclist Bryan Keane sitting 35th in the series. Conor Murphy, ranked 64th had a superb World Series debut with a 22nd place finish in Auckland in April, but had some horrible luck with 42nd in Cape Town, a disastrous DNF in Yokohama and a back of the pack 59th in London. Since then his fortunes have changed and he’s back taking 17th in the European Championships and 12th at the Commonwealth Games.
Giving it their all: Gavin admits that what pleases him most about his Dublin side’s success is the determination they show in every game by pAuL kEAnE In hIs press briefing after last year’s All-Ireland final win over Mayo, Dublin manager Jim Gavin talked of how his team’s incredible character was partly forged in a league game against Donegal. That Division 1 tie the previous April, which ended in a draw, was the only competitive game against Donegal that Gavin has experienced as Dubs boss. But it certainly had a big impact. For the record, Dublin were already assured of their knock-out place that day but still fought tooth and nail to earn a draw which relegated Donegal to Division 2. ‘The scenario facing the players at half-time was that they’d already qualified for the play-off stages ‘ and they could have just gone through the motions in the secondhalf,’ said Gavin yesterday. ‘They didn’t, they applied themselves to be the best they could be in that game. They went after the
Donegal bring out Dub passion
‘Both teams have evolved since 2011’ opposition and tried to win the game. ‘We didn’t get a win, we only drew, so they would have been disappointed. That was the most pleasing thing. At that stage, only having worked with them for a couple of months, it showed me their desire, their application and their mental strength to keep go-
ing, no matter what the circumstances were. ‘To see them in that kind of passionate environment and to see them keeping at their game, that’s what I meant by that statement (after the All-Ireland final) and why I brought it up.’ Much of the pre-match talk heading into sunday’s rematch is that Donegal will set up ultra-defensively, like they did when the sides last met in the Championship in the 2011 semi-final. But Gavin believes it could be a
more open game, more like that league encounter. ‘When we played them in Ballybofey, they pushed up on us,’ said Gavin. ‘so they can certainly change their strategies as well. ‘Both teams really have changed and evolved since 2011. That’s a long time ago. The reference point for me would be Donegal’s most recent success which is an Ulster title and then a very compact game against Armagh where they looked to be in control for most of it and did what they had to do to win.’
wEEkEnD fOOTbALL fixTuREs Saturday (3pm unless stated) Barclays Premier League Burnley v Man Utd.......(12.45pm) TV BT Sport 1 Everton v Chelsea .........(5.30pm) TV Sky Sports 1 Man City v Stoke ............................... Newcastle v Crystal Palace ............... QPR v Sunderland ............................. Swansea v West Brom ...................... West Ham v Southampton ...............
Sky Bet Championship Brighton v Charlton .......................... Derby v Ipswich ................................ Fulham v Cardiff................................ Leeds v Bolton................................... Middlesbrough v Reading ................ Millwall v Blackpool ......................... Norwich v Bournemouth .................. Rotherham v Brentford ..................... Sheff Wed v N Forest ....(12.15pm) TV Sky Sports 1
Watford v Huddersfield .................... Wigan v Birmingham ....................... Wolverhampton v Blackburn ........... Sky Bet League 1 Colchester v Peterborough............... Doncaster v Oldham ......................... Fleetwood Town v Leyton Orient ..... Gillingham v Crewe .......................... Milton Keynes Dons v Crawley Town Port Vale v Chesterfield .................... Preston v Sheff Utd ...........................
Rochdale v Bradford ......................... Scunthorpe v Walsall ........................ Swindon v Coventry .......................... Yeovil v Barnsley. .............................. Sky Bet League 2 AFC Wimbledon v Stevenage ........... Bury v Accrington Stanley ................ Cambridge Utd v Carlisle.................. Cheltenham v Hartlepool ................. Mansfield v Burton Albion ............... Northampton v Exeter ......................
Oxford Utd v Dag & Red ................... Plymouth v Southend ....................... Portsmouth v Newport County ........ Shrewsbury v Luton .......................... Tranmere v Morecambe ................... York v Wycombe ............................... Scottish Premiership Aberdeen v Partick ........................... Hamilton v Ross County.................... Inverness CT v Kilmarnock ...............
Motherwell v St Johnstone............... St Mirren v Dundee Utd.................... Scottish Championship Alloa v Hibernian .............................. Cowdenbeath v Raith ....................... Dumbarton v Livingston ................... Hearts v Falkirk ................................. Rangers v Queen of South ............... Sunday (3pm unless stated) Barclays Premier League
Tottenham v Liverpool.. (1.30pm) TV Sky Sports 1 Leicester v Arsenal .............(4pm) TV Sky Sports 1 Aston Villa v Hull ................(1.30pm) Sky Bet League 1 Notts County v Bristol City................ Scottish Premiership Dundee v Celtic (12.30pm)............TV BT Sport 1
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Harry says: Yes, we Kane Early penalty woe cannot stop Spurs marching on HARRY KANE recovered from missing an early penalty to fire Tottenham into the group stages for a fourth straight year. The England Under-21 striker, who was also on target in the first leg in Cyprus, showed bags of composure to tuck away a Paulinho pass on the stroke of half-time and light up White Hart Lane. Kane could have put Spurs ahead as soon as the sixth minute when they were awarded a spot-kick after Limassol goalkeeper Karim Fegrouch rushed off his line to bring down Kyle Naughton on the edge of his area. But there was then a seven-minute delay before Fegrouch was stretchered off and taken to hospital with a nose injury, and when the 21-year-old Kane finally took the penalty it was kept out by the
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by Danny Griffiths out-stretched leg of substitute keeper Pulpo Romero. Paulinho added a second four minutes after the break following good work by Vlad Chiriches before Aaron Lennon’s cheeky chip was cleared off the line. Andros Townsend celebrated his recall to the England squad by netting a 65thminute penalty and Romero made athletic saves to deny the winger, Kane and Ben Davies as Spurs won at a canter.
Draw is Real deal for excited Rogers LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers admitted he is already dreaming of Spanish giants Real Madrid coming to Anfield. The Merseysiders were drawn to play the ten-time European Cup winners in the group stages of the Champions League, along with Swiss outfit Basle and Bulgarians Ludogorets. Rodgers said: ‘To be back in it again, no matter who we were going to play, it was always going to be exciting. But to have Real Madrid in your group, the champions last season, is going to be special. ‘I’m already thinking of Anfield on that night. But there are two other good teams in it. It’s a tough group but we’ll look forward to the challenge.’ Chief executive Ian Ayre added: ‘If you look at Liverpool as a club this is our competition, we’ve won it five times and to play someone who has won it ten times makes it extra special.’
‘I’m already thinking of Anfield, we’ll look forward to the challenge’ Manchester City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain insisted his club could cope with Uefa’s financial fair play sanctions, despite being handed the toughest draw in the competition. City will face Bayern Munich – for the third time in four years – plus CSKA Moscow and last season’s Serie A runners-up Roma. Big-money City have had to cope with a transfer-spending limit of £60million, plus a fine of the same level and a reduction in their Champions League squad size from 25 players to 21.
on their way: kane scores the home side’s opening goal as they ease to victory last night
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Ten-man Tigers suffer a KC Lok-out
At the double: Brady
HULL’S European adventure lasted just four games as boss Steve Bruce paid a heavy price for making six changes at the KC Stadium last night. Trailing by a goal after the first leg, Robbie Brady provided the Tigers with the perfect start, converting Maynor Figueroa’s cross at the far post after six minutes but Jordan Remacle drew the Belgian side level just after the break. Brady restored the lead from the
ODDbALLs Rodgers: Making the dream Real But Begiristain said: ‘It has not affected us in the transfer window, we have signed the players that we wanted. I don’t think it will affect us in the final result. ‘We knew where we wanted to improve and we got it.’ Arsenal fans face an autumn repeat show too, with Borussia Dortmund in their group for the second season running. The Gunners will also take on Galatasaray and Anderlecht. Chelsea were given the most comfortable draw on paper, the Blues playing Schalke, Sporting Lisbon and Maribor. Little wonder club secretary David Barnard said manager Jose Mourinho was ‘happy’ with the draw.
Gomis gets game time with swans SwAnSeA new-boy Bafetimbi Gomis admits his knowledge of the club is down to playing a computer game. Gomis, who joined the Swans from Lyon, said: ‘I play a lot of Football Manager. Before I signed I spent a month playing Swansea to help me get to know my team-mates.’
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penalty spot ten minutes into the second half but the sending-off of Yannick Sagbo ruined the Tigers’ hopes and Lokeren progressed on away goals.
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CARolIne WoznIACkI managed to keep her head despite suffering a painful hair malfunction during her US open victory over Aliaksandra Sasnovich. The world no.11 was mid-rally with the Belarussian when her hair became entangled in her racket. ‘It used to happen when I didn’t braid my hair,’ Wozniacki later explained. ‘It’s the first [time] when it’s been braided that it’s been stuck that good in my racket. I still tried to hit the ball. Almost took my head off.’
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GAA wins in semi-final style clash by pAuL kEAnE BOSS Jim Gavin has rejected the claim that Dublin’s All-Ireland football semi-final showdown with Donegal is potentially a landmark day for Gaelic football. The sides last met in 2011 at the same stage and while Donegal lost, their ultra-defensive game plan was copied by clubs and county teams nationwide. Dublin appear to have inspired coaches and managers to return to traditional attacking football with their play over the last 18 months or so.
‘Each county has their own culture’ The clash of styles in Sunday’s sell-out encounter will make for gripping viewing, though Gavin rejected the idea that the outcome will endorse one team’s system over the other’s. ‘Not at all,’ said Gavin. ‘Each county has their own culture. That’s the great thing about Gaelic football and Gaelic games in general. ‘There is no right or wrong way, in my opinion, to set a team up. It’s
the manager’s decision to decide what strategy and what tactics he employs on a given day.’ Gavin similarly insisted that he has no lingering issues with referee Joe McQuillan ahead of the win-or-bust tie. Gavin let loose with a rare outburst after last year’s final win over Mayo, claiming McQuillan’s handling of the game was ‘beyond me’ and that Dublin were ‘playing the referee as well’. Sunday’s tie has the potential to be an explosive one, with Diarmuid Connolly sent off in 2011 while allegations of biting were made against a Dublin player after last year’s league encounter. ‘We’ve no issue with the referee,’ insisted Gavin. ‘We can’t control referees, all we can do is manage how we play the game. We don’t talk back, the players don’t talk back to referees. ‘I think our disciplinary record demonstrates how that has tightened up in the squad.’ Gavin is expected to confirm his team today and he stated there are no fresh injury concerns, though Ger Brennan remains out with ankle trouble.
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Full of pride: Michael Murphy
Donegal eyes prize as Sam pain lingers
Go your own way: Dubs boss Jim Gavin insists there is no right or wrong way to set out a team
CaptaIn Michael Murphy says Donegal’s all-Ireland challenge is fuelled by desire to make up for last year’s terrible title defence. the 2012 Sam Maguire winners are through to the last four of the Championship having regained the Ulster title and gained promotion in the national league. It’s a far cry from last year’s efforts when they suffered league relegation, relinquished their Ulster title and bombed out against Mayo in the Championship at Croke park. ‘there was no need for talking anyone into staying or coming back, everyone wanted to give it another good crack after last year,’ said Murphy. ‘We wanted to put that pride back in ourselves. ‘after the hurt from last year, even the embarrassment, we really wanted to make it up to the supporters. We’ll be doing our best to make sure we get the win they deserve again against Dublin.’ but the 2012 all-Ireland winning captain admitted it won’t be easy on Sunday. ‘you could speak all day about Dublin and how impressive they’ve been,’ he said. ‘there is no other way of describing it – it’s swashbuckling football. the attacking element of their game is unbelievable at times… not only that, they’re mean in defence.’
Hoop dreams still very much a realistic target for Rovers’ Bayly RobeRt bayly insists Shamrock Rovers won’t allow their standards to slide as they strive to bring their season to a successful conclusion. Having missed out on it both this year and last, qualifying for europe is the chief goal for everyone at tallaght Stadium. Rovers are currently in fourth place, 13 points behind leaders Dundalk with a game less played. but there are two cups to contend for as well. ‘I don’t think the plan in the players’ minds has changed from our own standards that we set at the start of the season,’ said midfielder bayly ahead of
Sligo Rovers’ visit to Dublin 24 tonight. ‘there is still a lot to play for. We are in the final of one cup, in the quarters of another. (and) We’re not too far off the top (of the table), in my view. ‘I remember the last time I was here we were nine points clear with three or four games to go and we only won it on goal difference. So I wouldn’t be too worried about the points difference.’ and the 26-year-old
former leeds United trainee knows that not slipping up yourself in the run-in is the only way you can capitalise on someone else doing just that. ‘you have to go and pick up your points. When you do your job it makes it easier. If they (leaders, Dundalk) do go on and win it, you know that you’ve done your job from now until the end. ‘but if someone was to slip up and you haven’t done your job, it would
be a lot harder (to take). We’re not looking to lose another game. you need to go and win your games from now until the end. It’s as simple as that.’ His poor discipline has staggered bayly’s career, but he now feels he has tempered his game somewhat. ‘I find myself the fittest I’ve been. I know the game a lot more now from the last time I was here. ‘I know the ups and downs you can have as well. So I want to experience the ups more than the downs. I’ve experienced enough downs and I’m still only 26. So, there is still a lot of playing in me.’
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