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A SERIAL rapist and murderer who has been imprisoned for almost three decades has been granted the right to die after doctors agreed his psychological condition could never be cured. Belgium’s justice minister approved Frank Van Den Bleeken’s transfer to a hospital where doctors will end the killer’s life. Van Den Bleeken’s lawyer, Jos Vander Velpen, told Belgian television his client was ‘suffering unbearably’. Belgium has allowed euthanasia since 2002 in cases where patients’ physical or psychological suffering is incurable and constant. Some 1,400 people a year choose the option. Apparently unable to control his sexual urges, the convict had no prospect of leaving prison.

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Mr Vander Velpen said his client was ‘suffering unbearably’ because of his psychiatric condition, seeing himself as a danger to society. ‘He can no longer live like that,’ the lawyer said. Officials declined to discuss when the medically assisted suicide would take place. Belgium, like the rest of the 28-nation European Union, does not have the death penalty. Van Den Bleeken had requested a transfer to a specialised psychiatric centre in the Netherlands for treatment or, failing that, a mercy killing. Authorities denied the transfer request earlier this year. An agreement to carry out the assisted suicide was accepted by an appeals court in Brussels on Monday.

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IT’S the moment Hunger Games fans have been waiting for. A tantalising taste of the latest instalment in the blockbuster movie series was released yesterday. Mockingjay Part 1 sees hero Katniss Everdeen – played by Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence – tell the ominous President Snow: ‘I just wanted to save my sister and keep Peeta alive…’ Snow, the autocratic ruler of the Capitol in the dystopian land of Panem, is played by actor Donald Sutherland, who replies: ‘It’s the things we love most that destroy us.’ The trailer also features Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died of a drug overdose earlier this year, in his final role. The film is released in Britain on November 20.

Film tease: Jennifer Lawrence in the trailer Picture: lionsgate

fashion show carries on after roof plunge AS THE saying goes, the show must go on – even when a builder falls through the roof. And so, despite the commotion, yesterday’s London Fashion Week show sponsored by Topshop went ahead with models strutting down the catwalk as paramedics were called. But some guests who saw the roofer plunge 50ft into the backstage area of the show space in King’s Cross were

by LUCY JOnEs less than impressed. TV presenter Lilah Parsons tweeted: ‘In shock after seeing a man fall through the roof during #FashionEast show. Hoping he isn’t badly hurt.’ ZOE LDN added: ‘To be honest I’m pretty upset that the show carried on. We all saw the man fall. They could have stopped.’

Topshop later defended its decision to continue with the show, which attracted several celebrities including Caroline Flack (pictured). It said the incident happened outside the show space and ‘did not in any way endanger the audience’. The injured man, who is being treated in hospital, is believed to have walked over a corrugated glass roof which gave way.

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Lung disease hits one in two people AHEAD of Ireland’s first ever National Lung Health Awareness Week, a new survey has revealed that lung disease affects one in two people in the country. According to the survey, which was conducted in conjunction with the Irish Lung Health Alliance, Ireland also has the third-highest death rate in Western Europe, with more than 5,500 people dying from the chronic illness each year.

Think tank plans end of ‘double Irish’ tax scheme

Plan to expand airport ‘e-gates’ DubLIN Airport is in talks with justice chiefs over plans to expand automatic e-gate passport and border controls. Some 125 gardaí have been moved from the immigration booths at the airport and on to frontline duties as uniformed civilians take on their duties. Since May 2013 four e-gates have been in place in Terminal 1 on a pilot basis. Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald revealed talks are ongoing over plans to expand their use.

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deduction in one jurisdiction with no corresponding taxation in the other. and the proposed OeCd reforms will also be a direct challenge to multinationals as they call for reports disclosing activity in each country. among the most criticised for their tax bills are the tech giants apple and Google which have elaborate arrangements flowing from having a number of international bases. Following the OeCd report, Irish ministers went on the offensive to promote the clampdown as an opportunity rather than a dent to policy. Finance Minister Michael noonan said Ireland has been involved in all aspects of discussions on the proposals. ‘Ireland agrees with the conclusion of the report on the digital economy that this sector should not be ring-fenced from the economy as a whole,’ he said. ‘significant progress has also been made in the areas of coherence, substance and transparency and while further work is required in some of these areas, the reports are a further step towards multilateral co-operation on countering base erosion and profit shifting by multinationals.’ Jobs Minister richard Bruton said: ‘Ireland is fully engaged with this process. We can gain from this.’

‘The most criticised firms are Apple and Google’

Postman’s scam a ‘simples’ disaster A POSTMAN stole dozens of meerkat toys destined for fans of the Comparethemarket.com ads – so he could sell them on ebay. David Livesey, 61, had thought his scam was ‘simples’ after he netted himself €1,883 by helping himself to parcels he recognised contained the collectors toys that feature in TV promotions. but his cash-making scheme came to an end after britain’s Royal Mail investigators, who had been alerted to 78 toys going missing in the post, hid a tracking device in one of the parcels.

Ireland’s much-maligned corporation tax is facing its stiffest test after a world recognised think tank set out far-reaching reforms to halt aggressive tax avoidance by big business. The Paris-based OeCd launched the first major international shift towards a single set of rules to force multinationals to pay fair and equal rates regardless of where they put up a brass plaque or register profits, patents or operations. The aim is to close loopholes and thwart tax planners looking to exploit variations in tax regimes between two countries by shifting profits. Ireland’s base corporation tax rate of 12.5 per cent has repeatedly been attacked by european politicians, most notably in France and Germany, as Irish officials sought to reduce the debt burden over a €64billion bank bailout. The low rate is one of the key drivers of foreign direct investment into Ireland, although enterprise chiefs also promote Ireland’s skilled, young, mobile and well educated workforce. The OeCd targeted corporation tax to bring coherence internationally by introducing new model tax and treaty provisions to neutralise ‘hybrid mismatch arrangements’. This key reform would end the practice of companies securing multiple deductions for a single expense or a

Get ready for a busman’s holiday bus Éireann inspector Pat O’Hanlon and May O’Callaghan launch Cork City Culture Night on Friday when themed buses will be running Picture: clare Keogh

Two arrested after man killed in house attack Two men were arrested over an attack at a house which left one man dead and another seriously injured. Latvian national Gints Intenbergs, 41, was found dead along with the injured man in the house he was renting in the Graigeowen area of Tullow, Co Carlow, shortly after 9am.

The arrests were made several hours later and the men were taken to Carlow garda station. Investigating gardaí appealed for anyone with information or anyone who may have witnessed an incident at the house to contact officers in Tullow station. The scene where the dead man was found, on

a quiet estate on the edge of the town, was preserved for several hours to allow for a Garda forensic and technical examination and State Pathologist Marie Cassidy carried out a post-mortem examination. The injured man was being treated at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny.

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Archaeologists say new bog body is ‘a clue to our past’ A BoG BoDY has been found by workers in an area in the midlands where a similar discovery was made two years ago. Archaeologists at the National Museum of Ireland revealed the lower leg and foot bones of an adult were dug up in Rossan bog in Meath, close to the border with Westmeath. It is not known if the remains are from a man or woman. Bord na Móna workers who made the discovery at the weekend reported the find to experts at the museum. The exact age of the remains is not known and will be established by radiocarbon dating. It is the second bog body to be discovered in Rossan bog and was found close to where the remains of a headless adult, dating to 700400BC in the Bronze Age, were found in 2012. Studies were carried out on site until yesterday when the remains were removed, and further analysis will take place in the National Museum of Ireland’s conservation laboratory at Collins Barracks, Dublin. Maeve Sikora of the Irish antiquities division

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Discovery: the bog body was found in Co Meath

in the museum, who led the fieldwork, praised workers for calling in archaeologists. ‘I would like to thank the staff at Bord na Mona for reporting the find so quickly and for their assistance on site,’ she said.

Raghnall Ó Floinn, director of the National Museum of Ireland, added: ‘Every new find helps to bring us closer to understanding the lives and belief systems of our ancestors.’

Gardaí ‘failed to serve more than a third of summonses’ GARDAí failed to serve more than one-third of summonses over three years, a former garda and whistleblower has claimed. Retired garda John Wilson claims that figures he obtained from the Courts Service show that some 1.6million summonses were issued between 2009 and 2012, but more than 646,509 of them were not served by gardaí. He said on Newstalk yesterday that after being refused permission to use

by ORnA cunninGHAM the Garda Pulse system in December 2012, he received information that ‘a lot of summonses were not being served by guards for some unknown reason’. He ‘confirmed the information [he] had been given’, using the Pulse system and stated: ‘There was and is a serious problem with summonses not being served.’ Mr Wilson believes the ‘vast major-

ity’ of those summonses ‘were issued directly as a result of the failure of individuals to pay their fixed charge penalty notices for speeding and various other offences’, he said. ‘Rank and file gardaí cannot terminate speeding tickets or fixed charge penalty notices, but they can strike out summonses in court without any questions being asked by garda management or the judge,’ he said. Speaking to Metro Herald, a garda

spokeswoman said: ‘An Garda Síochána has recognised that the issue of the serving of summonses is an issue that needs to be addressed’. Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe described the allegations of continued abuses of the penalty points system as ‘very, very serious’ and said they must be investigated properly. Meanwhile, the Garda Representative Association said its members have been maligned by the allegations.

Bike use in the capital up by 82% BICYCLE journeys in Dublin have increased by 82 per cent since 2006, according to the energy agency Codema. In its Strategic Sustainable Energy Planner, the agency found that in 2006 there were some ten million bike journeys taken and in the five years to 2011 some 18million journeys were recorded. Cycle journeys now make up 3.9 per cent of total passenger journeys – up from 2.2 per cent – which paves the way for the planned national target of ten per cent of trips to be by the rothar by 2020. Report author Donna Gartland said: ‘The increase in people walking and cycling in the city meant that 12 per cent of all passenger kilometres travelled used no fuel whatsoever and created zero carbon emissions.’ The report also found that the recession reduced the city’s energy consumption, which fell by 36 per cent from 2006-2011.

Apple button to delete U2 APPLE has introduced a onebutton tool to remove the U2 album it gifted to customers, following a backlash from many iTunes account holders. At the iPhone maker’s live event last week, CEO Tim Cook announced that all 500million of Apple’s iTunes customers would receive a free copy of the Irish band’s new album. The firm has now created an option for users who wish to remove the album from their library after a backlash.

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Creature from the deep: Capt John Bennett with the colossal squid aboard his fishing boat piCture: ap

Water giant – you’ve got to be squidding It was a calm morning in antarctica’s remote Ross sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature with tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates from a mile below the surface. It was a colossal 350kg squid, as long as a minibus, and one of the sea’s most elusive species. It had been frozen for eight months until yesterday, when scientists in New Zealand got a long-anticipated chance to thaw out the animal and inspect it. the squid is a female, and its eight arms are each well over a metre long. Its two tentacles would have been perhaps double that length if they had not been damaged. Kat Bolstad, a squid scientist from the auckland University of technology who was leading a team examining the creature,

Something fishy: Scientists begin examination piCture: ap

by nick pERRy described it as ‘very big, very beautiful. this is essentially an intact specimen, which is almost an unparalleled opportunity for us to examine. this is a really spectacular opportunity.’ Many people around the world agreed: about 142,000 people from 180 countries watched streaming footage of the squid examination on the internet. Colossal squid sometimes inhabit the world of fiction and imagination, but have rarely been seen in daylight. Remarkably, Capt Bennett and his crew have caught two of them. their first – hauled in seven years ago – is on display in New Zealand’s te Papa museum. Bennett said there was so much excitement about his previous catch he thought he had better save the latest one for research.

And that’s not the only deep-sea surprise... WHILE studying ocean biology and rock formations aboard the E/V Nautilus, the ship of Titanic discoverer Dr Robert Ballard, these deep sea explorers came across a rare and unusual creature. Initially thinking it was an old, discarded tyre, the divers come to

realise that they had just happened upon a long and transparent pelagic floater known as a siphonophore (try saying that after a few pints). Resembling an elongated jellyfish, these underwater creatures – actually made up of

multiple organisms – prey on other animals using their laddered stinging cells. Generally found only in very deep areas of ocean, a new species was recently discovered a few miles off California. There you go, you learn Discovery: Siphonophore something new every day.

Cervical test only takes a wee minute A URINE test that detects the human papilloma virus (HPV) could offer women a less invasive alternative to a cervical test, experts have said. The less time-consuming alternative could also increase screening uptake, they said. Almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by HPV – one of the most common sexually transmitted infections with up to 80 per cent of sexually active women infected at some point. Many strains are harmless, but others – HPV 16 and HPV 18 – can disrupt normal functioning of cells triggering cervical cancer. The study, published at thebmj. com, said urine tests had ‘good accuracy’ for detection of HPV.

Man worked for 13 years with no pay A VUlNERAblE missing man was forced to work 15-hour days with no pay for 13 years, a trial has heard. Darrell Simester, 44, was found living in squalid living conditions on a farm in south Wales last year. Cardiff Crown Court was told he slept in a rat-infested shed for more than a decade with just his horse manure-stained clothing for bedding – before being moved to a squalid and cold caravan with a broken door. Father and son Daniel Doran, 67, and David Dan Doran, 42, both deny a charge of forcing someone to carry out compulsory labour.

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POSH’S SHOP WILL BE REAL FAMILY AFFAIR

VICTORIA BECKHAM will show she’s not too posh to work behind the till at her new London shop. And she’s determined to get her family to help as well. ‘I love retail – I’ll be taking appointments with people... maybe go behind the till. Who knows, maybe David will be on the door and Brooklyn will be a Saturday boy?’ the 40-yearold told Grazia.

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EMINEM is suing New Zealand’s National Party for allegedly using his track Lose Yourself in an election campaign. The 41-year-old’s camp said it was disappointing and ‘sadly ironic’ that the party championing the rights of music publishers in New Zealand ‘should itself have so little regard for copyright’. Prime minister John Key’s party hit back saying it would ‘vigorously contest’ the court action filed in Wellington.

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Travolta: I’m on the gay gossip offensive

ohn Travolta has finally spoken out about his sexuality after describing endless gay rumours about him as his ‘Achilles heel’. The married Grease star hit out after former employee Douglas Gotterba alleged he had a six-year affair with the actor in the 1980s. ‘It’s just about people wanting money. It happens on many levels,’ said the father-of-three. ‘This is every celebrity’s Achilles heel.’ This summer, 60-year-old Travolta (pictured) failed in a legal bid to stop his former personal pilot from sharing details about the alleged relationship. Gotterba now plans to pen a tell-all book. But the devoted Scientologist has shrugged off the claims, along with other previous stories from two male masseurs who un-

successfully tried to sue him for battery two summers ago. ‘I don’t care that much about it. I let all the media stuff go a long time ago because I can’t control it,’ said the actor. ‘I think that’s why it persists, to some degree.’ however, the Pulp Fiction star said he would defend his personal life from the gossip sparked when his eldest son, Jett, died in 2009 from a seizure. ‘I found it most offensive with the loss of my son,’ the actor told the Daily Beast. ‘Sex stuff is always going to be interesting to somebody, but you stay away from family.’

Nicole: I had to grin and bear my pain... NICOLE SCHERZINGER has revealed how she concealed her inner turmoil by smiling sweetly through the pain. As the former Pussycat Doll, 36, stripped off to promote her album, Big Fat Lie, it appears she’s ready to bare her soul. ‘We all go through our own battles and hard times and a big fat lie is about how we mask what’s really going on,’ she said. It is out on October 20 via RCA Records.

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PERRY TOPS EURO MTV AWARD LIST KATY PERRY is leading the nominations for MTV’s European Music Awards as she competes for seven prizes. The 29-year-old is just ahead of Ariana Grande, 21, who is in the running for six gongs. Pharrell Williams is leading the male charge with five nominations, on a par with Australian pop act 5 Seconds Of Summer. Britons in with a chance of a trophy include Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Glasgow in November.

HUGH ★ JACKMAN has been kissing a new

love interest – but his wife can rest easy as it was only his French bulldog, Dali. The 45-year-old posted a photo of the pair sharing an eskimo kiss on Instagram with the caption: ‘Monday.’ It’s not the first time the actor has been snapped with his furry friend – they’ve also been spotted wearing matching puffer coats in the snow.

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Rivers said throat ‘felt like s***’ before death JOAN RIVERS was as heard complaaining ining about her voice before the surgery on her vocal chords that led to her death. The 81-year-old said: ‘I told you I didn’t feel good. My voice has been bothering me. I don’t know what it is... I feel like s***.’ She was recording a radio advert for Brad Zimmerman’s off-Broadway show, My Son the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy, according to the New York Post. Later, she adds: ‘My voice is bothering me... I can’t... I have to do it again.’ She said: ‘That’s it - I don’t feel good.’ Rivers went into cardiac arrest and died in an induced coma earlier this month.

Clooney set for special honour at the Globes GEORGE CLOONEY is to steal the show at next year’s Golden Globes when he receives the Cecil B DeMille gong. The 52-year-old actor and director is to be recognised for his ‘outstanding contributions both in front of and behind the camera’ in January. Meanwhile, Clooney has revealed he and fiancée Amal Alamuddin, 36, will marry in Venice, Italy, ‘in a couple of weeks’. He made the admission at the Celebrity Fight Night event in Tuscany last week.

SHE’S one of the world’s biggest stars but behind closed doors Barbra Streisand says

she’s a loner who battles with her weight. ‘I’m kind of shy really,’ she told Good

Morning Britain. ‘I don’t like going to opening nights or being photographed.

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Ebola virus crisis is growing warns UN The number of ebola cases in West Africa could start doubling every three weeks and it could end up costing nearly one billion dollars (€774 million) to contain the crisis, the World health Organisation (WhO) has warned. even as US president Barack Obama was expected to announce the deployment of 3,000 troops to help provide aid in the region, Doctors Without Borders told the UN health agency that the global response to ebola was falling far short of what is needed. ‘The response to ebola continues to fall dangerously behind,’ Joanne Liu, president of the medical charity, told a meeting at the United Nations in Geneva. ‘The window of opportunity to contain this outbreak is closing. We need more countries to stand up, we need greater deployment, and we need it now.’ In a report, the WhO said some $762million is needed for everything from paying health workers and buying supplies to tracing people who have been exposed to the virus, which is spread by contact with bodily fluids such as blood, urine or diarrhoea. Some €18.3m alone is needed to pay burial teams and buy body bags, since the bodies of ebola victims are highly infectious and workers must wear protec-

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peace deal hands power to pro-Russian rebels

UKRAiNE: A peace deal granting self-rule to eastern regions controlled by pro-Russian rebels and an amnesty for many of the fighters were agreed by MPs yesterday. Economic and political

ties with the EU will be strengthened, parliament also said. The measures aimed at ending the separatist conflict came after three people were killed in more shelling overnight in Donetsk.

Billionaire snaps up Russia’s Facebook for €1.16billion Online control: Billionaire Alisher Usmanov

RUssiA: Oligarch and Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov (pictured) has spent €1.16billion for full control of the nation’s most popular social network, VKontakte. His media group, Mail.Ru, has bought the remaining 48 per cent stake from investment fund United Capital Partners. It follows a protracted legal battle in which the original investors sued each other.

custody battle gunman kills lawyer in copenhagen court DENMARK: A gunman opened fire in a court, killing a lawyer and wounding the father of his grandchild. A 67-year-old-man was arrested after up to six shots were fired and a sawn-off shotgun

was found near the court in Copenhagen. It is believed he was fighting for custody of his granddaughter. ‘It is a family tragedy not an attack on the legal system,’ said court head Soeren Axelsen.

and finally... spAiN: Don Quixote fan Diego Buendia, 54, plans to publish the entire novel by sending it out in 17,000 tweets. Mr Buendia, from Barcelona, will

finish on April 22, 2016 – the 400th anniversary of the death of the author of the masterpiece, Miguel de Cervantes.

by cON DOHERTy tion suits. Nearly 5,000 people have been sickened by ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal since it was first recognised in March. The WhO says it anticipates that figure could rise to more than 20,000. At least 2,400 people have died, with Liberia bearing the brunt of the fatalities. Recent weeks have seen a flurry of promises of aid. In addition to the US troops, the UN health agency said China has promised to send a 59-person mobile laboratory team to Sierra Leone that includes lab experts, epidemiologists, doctors and nurses. Britain is also planning to build and operate an ebola clinic in Sierra Leone, and Cuba has promised to send the coun-

try more than 160 health workers. Still, hospitals and clinics in West Africa are now turning the sick away as they do not have US aid: Obama enough space to treat everyone – a sure-fire way to raise the spread of the disease, which is killing half of those it infects. The US, in particular, drew criticism last week when it promised to set up a 25-bed field hospital in Liberia that would only serve foreign health workers. Many thought the contribution was discriminatory and paltry, given that experts were saying Liberia needed at least 500 more treatment beds.

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Evacuations as lava-spewing volcano may blow ‘in weeks’ The PhiliPPines’ most active volcano has belched out huge lava fragments that rolled about half a mile down its slope, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands. The Philippine institute of Volcanology and seismology raised the alert level to ‘critical’ for Mount Mayon in eastern Albay province, meaning an explosive eruption is possible within weeks. The level was raised after an escalation of restiveness was recorded overnight, including the ejection of glowing rocks from the

Iceland braced for eruption

A plane flies over the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland which is feared might explode following hundreds of tremors since mid-August Picture: Getty

Tributes paid to murdered backpackers THE famILIEs of two young backpackers found murdered on a Thai island have paid tribute to them as police continue the search for their killer. The bodies of David miller, 24, from Jersey, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, were discovered semi-naked on a beach in the divers’ paradise of Koh Tao yesterday. ms Witheridge was described by her family as ‘a beautiful, intelligent, loving young woman who poured joy into the lives of all who knew her’, while mr miller was a ‘hard-working, bright and conscientious’ young man who would be ‘sorely missed’. In a statement, ms Witheridge’s family said: ‘she was selfless and caring and made each and every day that little bit more wonderful. Our family are utterly devastated and shocked by what has happened to our beautiful Hannah. To lose her in the way that we have is beyond comprehension. ‘We are heartbroken and no words can possibly describe how we feel. as such, we would be extremely grateful to be

by DOMinic HARRis left in peace while we come to terms with our loss.’ Paying their own tribute, mr miller’s family said: ‘David was an artist by temperament, so talented. He had a creative eye that he carried with him through life and in his degree. ‘He was hard-working, bright and conscientious, with everything to look forward to. David was very giving to his family and friends and we all adored him. He will be sorely, sorely missed.’ The bodies of the two tourists were found on a rocky section of the shore around 100 yards from the scene of a beach party. Police said they sustained horrific injuries, with both suffering deep wounds to the head and face. a bloodstained garden hoe, believed to be the murder weapon, was found nearby. more than 70 Thai police have been questioning migrant workers and tourists, visiting hotels, bars, homes and businesses as they search for the killer.

‘No words can possibly describe how we feel’

soldiers face Two die in 150 firing squad vehicle pile-up TWELVE soldiers fighting an Islamic insurgency in Nigeria have been sentenced to death by firing squad for mutiny and attempted murder of their commanding officer. The revolt occurred after a convoy of soldiers, ordered to drive at night on a road frequently attacked by Boko Haram, said it was a ‘suicide mission’ and were ambushed later. The soldiers denied the charges.

eMeRGenCY services have said two people were killed and an unknown number injured in a pileup of at least 150 cars and trucks on a Dutch motorway that was shrouded in thick mist. Appealing to tourists to avoid the popular coastal region, the Zeeland security Region said the crashes happened early yesterday on the A58 highway in the southern province.

summit and dozens of lowfrequency volcanic earthquakes. Molten lava has accumulated at the top of the 2,460-metre high volcano’s crater, creating a glow in the clear night sky that sparked both awe and fear among spectators and villagers. ‘Thousands have been evacuated since last night,’ Cedric Daep, a safety officer in Albay, said. Mount Mayon, a popular tourist site known for its nearperfect cone, lies in the coconutproducing Albay province.

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Quick pic Buggy rolls on to rails – chased by distraught mother and bystanders

Horror on the platform A BOY of two is lucky to be alive after his mother lost control of his pram causing him to fall face first onto train tracks. The child’s buggy rolled down the platform and over the edge after his mum stopped to pick up a shoe that had fallen, CCTV footage showed. As he fell onto the rails, still strapped inside the buggy, two passengers on the opposite platform darted onto the tracks to save him. His mother had followed the pram onto the line and was seen cradling him in her arms as a train travelling

in the opposite direction, arrived at the station in Camberwell – a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. David Philips, one of the rescuers, said: ‘The baby was crying, so that was a good thing because if the kid wasn’t crying I would have been concerned.’ The boy, who has not been named, was taken to hospital after suffering ‘minor facial injuries’ in the fall. Police discovered the mother was drunk during the incident, on Saturday, but did not take any action against her.

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eading the Metro Herald Mailbox page always gets a reaction out of me – most days i am just plain incensed that the irish public shows so little fight. everyone seems to agree that our politicians are corrupt, big business needs to be taxed according to its profits and ireland needs change – big time. But, alas, nothing happens. Yesterday morning i saw a grown man filling in his irish Water application pack with PPS numbers right in front of me… Why would anyone give their PPS number to a water company? if Michael Collins were to come back to see the centenary celebrations, do we really believe he would be happy to see the

current bunch of nitwits in charge? i have my doubts. i know what he and all the others who died that year would do. austerity has done many things to many people. it’s put half a million people on the bread line, old people have had to choose either to eat or to pay bills, people’s homes have been repossessed… the list is endless. and now, after voting against banking and vulture capitalists being reined in, now they are proposing tax cuts for the richer part of our society… They are one disgraceful bunch of heartless morons, and i for one hope they all get kicked into shape come the next election. i am hopeful that the debate in Scotland rubs off on the irish

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● Good on ya to the scumbag on Grafton Street who apprehended a young Irish entrepreneur who had run off with my wallet. You’re a legend. Stephen Court ● Good on ya to the guy I met last Friday on the Belfast train, you showed me the true meaning of what a gentleman should be, ironically via your less than courteous behaviour… sometimes a blessing comes along dressed up as a disappointment. Jaw Dropper

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Noble cause Deirdre Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Kane tells Pavel Barter about taking on the role of hero aid worker Christina Noble, p14

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The Louth-born comedian and actress Deirdre O’Kane tells Pavel Barter about taking on the role of aid worker extraordinaire Christina Noble in a new biopic

Passion project: For Deirdre O’Kane bringing Christina Noble’s remarkable story to the screen has been a very personal affair

EIrDrE O’KANE was at the intersection of a street in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, waiting for the cameras to start rolling. Dozens of motorcycles and bicycles were speeding by while the crew tried to stop the traffic. It was the first morning of production on Noble and already the wheels looked set to fall off the project. The film, a biopic of humanitarian Christina Noble, is partially set in 1989 and director Stephen Bradley was waiting for a vehicle from the period to show up. ‘Steve had his head in his hands,’ recalls the actress, who is married to Bradley. ‘I thought, “Jesus, we haven’t even started yet.”’

‘It’s all very personal, I care about Christina a great deal’

This was film-making with the glamour stripped out. ‘You find yourself on the back of a moped,’ says O’Kane. ‘You’re dripping with sweat and dirt. The smell can be overwhelming. All these harsh conditions became secondary. The film was all that mattered. One day we were shooting in a market and a massive rat ran across my foot. I hate mice, let alone rats. I didn’t bat an eyelid. That’s when you realise you’re focused.’ Noble was a long time coming. O’Kane first read the campaigner’s biography 20 years ago. She was struck by how Noble survived a background of poverty and abuse and went on to help children in Vietnam and

A life less ordinary Mongolia through the Christina Noble Foundation. ‘When you read the book, you can’t believe that one person could have so much hardship in her life. Every time you think she’s moving forward, there’s another battering. By the end, you think “how did this woman keep getting up from things that are so tough?”’ ‘It’s one thing to get up. Another to feed and cloth close to a million people. What Christina has done is off the scale.’ Ten years ago, O’Kane was asked to host a ball in aid of the foundation, in her capacity of a stand-up comedian. It was there that she met Noble for the first time. Five years ago, on the day of her 40th

birthday, O’Kane told Bradley she wanted to portray the campaigner in a biopic. While the Drogheda-born woman is best known for cracking jokes, she hails from a dramatic background. Her first job was a walk-on part in Borstal Boy at the Gaiety Theatre. She went on to perform at the Abbey, Gate, and other Dublin theatres throughout the 1990s. In 1996 she discovered stand-up. ‘It thrilled me that there was no etiquette. It’s the rawest art form there is. You just get up and do it. A microphone is all you need.’

’KANE was an instant hit. Her stand-up shows took her to the Middle East, Asia, Australia and across Europe. During her first few years in comedy, however, she was sick from nerves. ‘It was absolutely

Five films to see at the cinema

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Pride An uplifting watch, this British flick tells the heartwarming true story of a group of lesbian and gay activists who befriended striking Welsh miners in the 1980s. Dominic West, Andrew Scott, Imelda Staunton and Bill Nighy also star.

The Boxtrolls This irreverent stopmotion animation is a fun watch for both kids and adults, telling the story of a cheeseobsessed town populated by underground trolls. A Most Wanted Man philip Seymour hoffman (pictured), rachel McAdams and Willem Dafoe star in this intriguing portrait of post 9/11 anti-terrorism tactics in Germany.

Life Of Crime Jennifer Aniston is kidnapped by Mos Def and John hawkes but husband Tim robbins isn’t sure if he wants her back at all… an amusing crime comedy.

Obvious Child A 20-something New York comedian faces the loss of her boyfriend and her job – and an unwanted pregnancy. Jenny Slate is terrific in this frank and funny comedy.

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Julianne Moore leads an all-star cast for David Cronenberg’s darkly funny take on the downsides of hollywood.

horrendous. Your heart would beat so loudly you’d think you might have a heart attack. ‘“When is this going to stop? Surely this is going to get easier?” Have you ever made a best man speech? That’s the only thing I can compare it to. At least when you make a best man speech, the room is willing you to do well. They’re not when you’re a comic. They don’t give a s**t. It’s live or die. Everything for me is relatively easy after stand up.’ Why did she stick at it? ‘I was getting paid what I might get for a week in theatre to do half an hour of stand-up. I wouldn’t say it was only money. I knew I was good at it too.’ O’Kane always wanted to return to acting and landed parts in television shows such as Paths To Freedom and Fergus’s Wedding, and films that included Intermission. After her show Startled in 2006, she packed in comedy. By this stage, she had given birth to her second child and felt burned out from the comedy circuit. ‘I thought I’d never be able to write a better show than Startled. I just had an over-riding sense of tiredness.’ O’Kane and Bradley briefly moved to Los Angeles before settling in Chiswick, west London, where she lives near her friend Dara Ó Briain. She spent a period out of work, raising her children, until Chris O’Dowd (who she first met on rTE show The Clinic) offered her a part in Moone Boy. These days, she plays a lot of mothers. ‘I’m a grandmother now in Moone Boy. Vanity isn’t at the forefront of my mind. Getting it right is what I care about.’ Such was the case with Noble, which O’Kane describes as the most important project of her life. ‘I’m involved in a way that I’ve never been in another project. It’s very personal. I care about Christina a great deal. When Steve and I started making this film, I vowed it wouldn’t be a small film. It would have to reach the masses. I don’t think I will rest until I’ve done everything I can to achieve that.’ She also feels the time is right for a return to comedy, fuelled by her stories of Vietnam rush hour and mutant rats. The last laugh will be on Deirdre O’Kane.

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They said they’d be there for us, and they’re true to their word. As yet another re-run starts, Sharon Lougher meets writer David Crane

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I love Come Dine With Me show’s catchphrases. But would he like a reunion? ‘No. Absolutely not. Definitely, definitely not,’ he says. ‘It’s not like we’re not on television. We did everything we wanted to do. We finished it right, and put a perfect bow on it. There’s no reason to go back and revisit them.’

Friends is on daily from 5pm on Comedy Central. The 20th anniversary box set is out on Sep 22

Gig: Jungle

‘All our influences come from good music, period, whether it’s Justin Timberlake or System Of A Down,’ states Jungle’s Tom McFarland firmly. The XL-signed seven-piece electronic pop act (and lifelong friends) have amassed a large fanbase comprising indie and pop music fans alike this year after releasing a string of breakthrough singles, such as Busy Earnin’ and Time, and a storming self-titled debut LP. This month, they found themselves rewarded with a Mercury Prize nomination. They’re keeping their feet on the ground, though. ‘We’ve had some huge

successes and things have taken off massively but our biggest achievement was finishing our songs, bringing everything together and being really proud of what we have made,’ says McFarland. ‘Even if we hadn’t been signed to XL and had all these things happen so far, we’d still be doing it anyway. Our band is an excuse for us to hang out as friends. The key point was realising we were doing what we loved and that’s the most important thing.’ Jungle may be doing it for themselves but they know how to play to crowds as well. With a

Dublin date as part of an extensive tour, they’ve been honing their stagecraft. ‘When we perform we want to give people a live music show,’ says McFarland. Jungle play The Olympia Theatre, Feb 24, 2014. Tickets go on sale today

Shooting Episodes in Britain has left David Crane with a soft spot for Come Dine With Me. ‘Jeffrey and I got absolutely addicted to it – it’s fantastic,’ he enthuses. ‘It was the guiltiest of guilty pleasures watching people cook this food and tear

each other apart. Oh my God, the narrator, Dave Lamb (left)… As the seasons went on, it seems he would get snarkier and snarkier – and we’d be like: “Why? All this poor woman is doing is adding sugar! Why is he judging her for that?’”

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though, was that it wasn’t about ou’D think that, after friends at all but family – the ad hoc writing and producing one you form when you’re young, a show that has won finding yourself and have left your 62 Emmys, David Crane own flesh and blood behind to take would know the secret to on the big city (Monica and Ross’s a great sitcom. But no. ‘I wish I did,’ says the show’s perky 57-year- sibling bond excepted, of course). ‘It was always important to us that old co-creator, in-between shooting you care about the characters,’ says stints on Episodes, his transatlantic Crane. ‘I think that’s what sustained sitcom with Matt LeBlanc, Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan. ‘We still the show: the heart of it is that point in your life when you’ve just gotten find it incredibly hard’ – the ‘we’ out of school and you’re figuring out being his partner in writing and in what you want to be and who you life, Jeffrey Klarik. ‘We slave over want be. That’s very universal. scripts, it’s still just about putting in Everyone can relate to that.’ the time. It was not unusual for us to Friends has been on endless repeat be there when the sun was coming up the next day. one of the reasons since Aniston and co larked about on the sofa one last time in 2004. But we were able to sustain it was we Crane doesn’t linger too long if an were in a room full of funny people: episode pops on his telly (‘usually even when you’re nodding off, it’s Jeffrey and I are like: “I don’t even very energising. When we took on a remember this”, or see a joke and say: new writer, they’d have to have good “Really, we couldn’t have stayed ten samples but they also had to seem more minutes to like really nice people, because if you’re in a room with them refine for 12/14/16 hours a a better day, you’d version?”) better like them.’ and is too Perhaps it was humble to We finished it that camaraderie take right and put in the writing individual a perfect bow on room, then, that credit for any it. There’s no reason saw it to ten of the to go back and seasons that each revisit them pulled in more than 20 million viewers. The real secret to Friends,

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1. AWkWARD

MTV, 9pm Ashley Rickards is back for a fourth season of High School comedy hell, California style, as her character Jenna Hamilton negotiates her way through sexual misunderstandings, busting up with her bffs and being invisible to the popular crowd. Who’d be a teenager?

2. OH! yOu pRETTy THingS: THE STORy Of MuSic AnD fASHiOn BBC4, 9pm Pop stars have set the pace in the fashion stakes for as long as there’s been a Top 40. In the first part of this style trilogy, Lauren Laverne pops back to the 1960s to celebrate modish mods the Small Faces, Cilla Black in top-to-toe Biba and the Beatles and Stones looking effortlessly cool in suits and frilly shirts. Great songs, great threads.

Oh! You Pretty Things Lauren Laverne explores the 1960s

Awkward Ashley Rickards returns as Jenna

5 Saving Mr Banks Tom Hanks is Walt Disney

3. cHAMpiOnS LEAguE fOOTBALL

RTÉ Two, Sky1 & Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm & Sky Sports 5, 7pm The group stage kicks off with a tantalising England v Germany double bill. The Premier League has underperformed of late so Chelsea, with Diego Costa firing on all cylinders, will be looking for a strong start against Schalke 04, while Manchester City face a daunting trip to Bayern Munich on RTÉ Two.

4. THE STRAin

Watch, 10pm This moody US supernatural drama, adapted from a novel trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, points the finger of pandemic blame at a venerable breed of vampires when a mysterious disease grips New York. Corey Stoll stars as the doctor striving to halt an apocalypse in its tracks.

5. TODAy’S fiLM: SAving MR BAnkS

Sky Disney, 7pm This acclaimed 2013 drama finds Emma Thompson deliciously clipped as British author PL Travers, a woman far from starstruck when Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) informs her he wants to bring her beloved nanny Mary Poppins to the silver screen.

yOuR guiDE TO THiS EvEning’S ESSEnTiAL viEWing 6. ScOTT & BAiLEy

UTV, 9pm It’s time for Rachel Bailey (Suranne Jones) to step up to the plate as the new sergeant but her forthright approach gets assorted backs up in her team as they investigate an unsolved murder from 23 years ago. Partner Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp), meanwhile, is on a manhunt of her own.

7. LEgEnDS

Sky1, 10pm The Game Of Thrones legend that is Sean Bean is the latest British actor

to lead a US TV drama. He’s undercover FBI agent Martin Odum, a man with a handy talent for reinvention as he adopts a new persona in each case he tackles. Happily, this explains the dodgy accent Bean sports as he infiltrates an extremist terrorist group in this first outing.

8. OuR ZOO

BBC1, 9pm Every drama needs good guys and bad guys and here it’s the local villagers, in cahoots with their scheming vicar, who take

the latter role, coming over all nimby as they try to run animal crackers George Mottershead (Lee Ingleby) and his menagerie off their land. Set the bears on them, George, we’re with you all the way.

adoption policy in the 1950s. Single mothers were given no option but to turn over their babies, who were than sent overseas, often to adoptive parents whose only qualification was being Catholic.

9. THiS WORLD: iRELAnD’S LOST BABiES

10. DEviOuS MAiDS

BBC2, 9pm In a sequel to the movie Philomena – in which he was played by Steve Coogan – here reporter Martin Sixsmith meets victims of the Irish Catholic Church’s brutal

RTE2, 8.40pm Evelyn launches a scheme to blackmail Rosie so she can spend more time with baby Tucker. Meanwhile, Genevieve presents Zoila with a proposition for Valentina.

Life dear dolly

Dear Paris. Just when we all thought you had largely dropped out of the gossip columns – long overshadowed by Kim Kardashian’s ubiquitous derriere – you appear toting your latest ‘It’ purchase: a $13,000 Pomeranian dog, the ‘smallest in the world’. It is apparently pampered pooch number seven,

There’s a barista boy in my local coffee shop who’s very cute, I go in there almost every day for my fix-to-go so I never get to hang around. He always smiles and catches my eye. I think he likes me but maybe he’s just friendly, with a stunner of a girlfriend already. How do I go about asking this guy out without looking like a fool if he says no? Flat White To Go

I was at a friend’s wedding recently and thanks to my drinks being spiked with double vodka I ended up stripping my clothes off and doing the Thriller dance. The bride said it ‘ruined the big day’ and wants to ban me from

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The fear of rejection has crippled most of us at some stage, but often a little bit of perspective is required. Women didn’t fight for their right to vote to find themselves still waiting for a man to woo them nearly a century later. Life’s too short – and men love being asked out). Start visiting at quieter times and eat/drink in to create an opportunity for conversation to break the ice.

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seeing my mate. Believe me I’m not proud of myself but she really needs to get a grip, yes?

That’s some Freudian slip – do I detect act a smidgen of sexual tension here? Perhaps you only ‘ruined the big day’ because she realised that she’d married the wrong man, your expert Wolf Dance and impressive appendage causing her to rethink her marriage. Or, perhaps she is genuinely mortified and needs a little longer to get over the memory of that creature creeping up behind.

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although quite how you find the time to look after your menagerie – even when they all fit comfortably inside one clutch bag – with all your jetsetting, the mind boggles. If you were a genuine animal lover you’d have gifted that money to a local dog rescue home. And, quite frankly, the Swarvoski-encrusted pink collar you’ll bestow on this fur ball is tantamount to animal abuse. No more.

lasT TIme

I had my first baby six months ago, and to help boost my confidence my husband bought me a ‘boudoir photography’ voucher. Yes – to get my kit off in a photographic studio. I hate my Caesarean scar and stubborn baby weight. He says he finds me ‘sexier now than ever’ but I just feel like he’s rushing me or something. Unyummy Mummy You saId

For feck sake, put some body make-up on the scar

and lash yourself into a corset. He must fancy the arse off you if he wants you to do it. Suzy Bevan

I have gone out on a few dates with a guy I met online. He’s a total ride and good craic, but has foul breath. I’ve tried offering him gum/mints but it doesn’t seem to make any difference. What do I do? Liz Terrine OvER TO YOU: What do you think? Lend your words of wisdom to deardolly@metroherald.ie. Best reply published in the paper. And remember: Dear Dolly can also be found at gometro.ie.

Six shows to see this week at Dublin Tiger Fringe ■ How to disappear Completely

Powerful, moving theatre piece by lighting designer Itai Erdal wherein he discusses the tricks of his stagecraft and explains how he helped grant his mother’s dying wish. Mixing documentary film and theatre with a charismatic performer. Until Sep 20, The Peacock Theatre ■ The Belle Bottoms Fun and lively disco musical with words by Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer, featuring music by Bressie and Eleanor McEvoy. A genial night out Until Sep 20, Smock Alley ■ you told me to wash and clean my ears Powerful show from Amanda Coogan and Dublin Theatre Of The Deaf about the birth of the Deaf Civil Rights movement. Featuring 40+ performers, it promises a momentous performance that will both inform and inspire. Until Sep 20, Project Arts Centre ■ sad sam lucky An incredible performancee from Croatian dance sensation Matija Ferlin. Moody, turbulent, highly physical with an incredibly charismatic performer that marks a collision between Matija’s dancing and Sreko Kosovei’s electric poetry. At Until Sep 20, Project Arts Centre

■ eating seals and seagulls eggs An intelligent, visual and moving performance from Caitríona Ní Mhurchú. This piece deconstructs our attitude to the infamous Peig Sayers, gets deep into the heart of the west coast of Ireland and asks smart questions about what it means to be an Irish speaker. Until Sep 20, Project Arts Centre

LAS CHANCE TO SEE LAST ■ Pilgrim A cr cracking one-man show/ monologue starring Rex Ryan about an Ir Irishman’s odyssey while stranded in Newfoundland among thousands of other passengers grounded after the 9/11 attacks. Presented by Gonzo Theatre Until Sep 17, Smock Alley

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body matters

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t’s time to get off the couch, leave the car at home, get your running shoes on and hit the pavement as Body Matters looks at the latest fitness tech on offer. Blur got it wrong – it is about you joggers who go round and round and round and round, writes James Day

aCtiVity tRaCkeRS

Nowhere has wearable tech exploded with such energy than with activity bands. They’re easy to use, look cool, provide real-time data and connect to heart-rate monitors and your smartphone. The Polar Loop, Nike fuelband Se, LG Lifeband touch, Jawbone UP24 and Samsung Gear fit are all hot out of the blocks, but for sheer simplicity at a great price we love the Garmin Vivofit. Also check out the adidas fit Smart, acer Liquid Leap and the ifit active, all new to the market’. Polar Loop, €95 Base Camp, Abbey Street. www.basecamp. ie. Vivofit, €120. www. harvey norman. ie Adidas Fit Smart

Garmin Vivofit

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Nike Fuelband SE

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LG Lifeband Touch

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Silva Trail Runner Headlamp

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If road running is more your thing, the LightSpur LeD and ClipLight LeD from Nathan are high-vis lights that can be attached to your clothes so motorists will spot you. Nathan also makes LED beanie hats and gloves. Made famous by dance music duo Orbital, head torches are another way of getting seen. The Silva trail Runner Headlamp is for those going ‘off piste’ with an anti-slip band for bumpy ground, a long-distance light for seeing the path ahead and a floodlight for close-up vision. Silva, from €65. www.basecamp.ie

PROMiXX Vortex

Launched after a successful crowdfunding campaign, the PRoMiXX Vortex mixer is a protein shake blender dubbed the world’s most advanced sports bottle. Smoothies mixed at the touch of a button will feel like a miracle breakthrough for anyone suffering from lumpy protein shakes. The bottle is leakproof and has a detachable motor for easy cleaning. If you need to carry essentials on longer runs, Salomon Skin Pro backpacks stabilise the weight on your back so it’s evenly distributed. There are no uncomfortable buckles or Salomon Skin Pro straps and there’s a removable bladder sleeve for relieving yourself. Promixx, €23. www.fitnessireland.ie

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and run with it AppS

MapMyRun

If you still don’t get the appeal of going for a jog, try a free activity tracker app such as mapmyrun for iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices. It uses your phone’s GPS to record data such as duration, distance, pace, speed, elevation, calories burned and the route taken. One look at your results and you’ll immediately want to go faster. Posting your accomplished route on social

media does seem rather arrogant, but try taking a phallic route – say two roundabouts and a dual carriageway – and you can really have some fun. Google and Apple are making a big play for fitness with new smartphone features in the autumn. In the meantime, check out apps tabata and Wodbox for enhanced crossfit and fitness features.

ruNNiNG WAtcheS

If you’re getting fanatical about fitness, GPS running watches could help you step up to the next level. With prices starting from about €100 to €500’, they boast various features, from built-in heart rate monitors to wireless music players to creating personal fitness plans from your data. Check out the Garmin Forerunner range, watches from polar and Soleus and the Adidas micoach SmArt ruN, which is jampacked with extra features. Our personal best is the tomtom multiSport cardio. Multi-sports cardio, €300. www.tomtom.com

Gym tech

The Alter G Anti-Gravity treadmill has been engineered by Nasa so it feels like you’re running on the Moon. The 80 per cent reduction in weight means less impact on your limbs so you can train harder for longer. Several World Cup teams used them at their training camps. Visit alterg.com to find your nearest one and book a session.

SportS Audio

Ever tried running while listening to hard-rock band System Of A Down? Those mile splits sure come tumbling down when someone is shouting ‘Jump, bounce, down, up, pogo pogo pogo pogo’ at you. Now we’ve established you need tunes, try sports earbuds from yurbuds, or the machine washable Sennheiser cX 685 or monster iSport Strive, designed so you’ll still hear traffic noise. Finally, Apple’s ipod Shuffle remains a popular lightweight MP3 player but it’s just pipped by the Sony NWZ-W274S Walkman, which combines waterproof headphones with a 4 or 8GB MP3 player. LG Heart Rate Earphones Sony, from €65. www.sony.co.uk

GET RunninG Fitness expert and personal trainer Karl Henry (pictured) will share his knowledge with would-be runners at a free event in the Radisson Hotel on Golden Lane next week. The event, sponsored by Udo’s Oil, will see Karl explaining how to exercise safely, how to gauge fitness levels and how to set attainable goals, while also outlining the dietary requirements for first-time runners. Amphibian King will also provide advice on choosing the best runners. Sep 24, Radisson Hotel, Golden Lane, D8, 7pm. To book visit www. udos choice fitness. ie

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If the boundaries between home and wider responsibilities get blurred today, consider if you are being too obliging. Someone may just be taking your goodwill for granted. If need be, do be firmer about what you will or won’t do.

Originality, innovation and going with your hunches continue to be to the fore. While others ponder, you can be the one who has the wherewithal to make snap decisions.

Taurus Apr 21 – May 21

Uranus helps you to make the connections with a deeper side of yourself and of life. Yet, this may push you to make changes, and you are a person generally who likes a degree of stability. This could create some inner dilemmas. For your forecast, call 15609 114 71

Gemini May 22 – Jun 21

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Between now and the weekend, you could encounter someone who although seems larger-than-life, you may struggle to really understand what their true motivations are. However, your own thinking can be electric quick Gemini. For your forecast, call 15609 114 72

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The moods of others or your interactions with them, can be laden with much more significance. However, the chance to revise your career by doing something different remains strong. But pace yourself, as energy is at a premium for much of this week. For your forecast, call 15609 114 73

Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 21

You may find yourself in the grip of a compulsion today, and whether it’s to have an extra chocolate biscuit with your coffee or something more costly or sinister, depends on you and your level of self-discipline. For your forecast, call 15609 114 78

Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20

Looking at a long running saga in a completely fresh light may throw up some possible solutions. In fact, discussing this with someone outside of your situation can help a completely new perspective open up. For your forecast, call 15609 114 79

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You’re likely to remain mind sharp and inventive, but remember, whatever you come up with has to be comfortable at a more emotional level too. There is a chance that you can almost be too far ahead for your own needs.

Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20

A friend may put a bigger spin on something than at least you feel it deserves. Your future plans can also be more subject to intensity. Make sure you don’t ‘over think’ an issue. For your forecast, call 15609 114 81

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ENIGMA Smite or slap or hit or smack; Add this to that violent pack. But if such things aren’t to your taste, Wear one snugly round your waist. WHO AM I? An actress, I was born in Houston, Texas in 1972. I won a Golden Globe award in 2002 for the TV series Alias. I got married in 2005 to my Daredevil co-star Ben Affleck.

WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? WHO… wrote The Stars and Stripes Forever in 1897? WHAT... sort of creature is a frogmouth? WHERE... in Asia is the country governed by the People’s Great Assembly Ardyn Ih Hural? WHEN... is the Jewish festival which commemorates the recapture of the Temple of Jerusalem?

QUIZ ANSWERS: ENIGMA: Belt. WHO AM I? Jennifer Garner; WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? John Philip Sousa; A bird; Mongolia; Hanukkah.

Yesterday’s Solutions Across: 1 Amalgamate; 7 Raise; 8 Tillage; 10 Wayfarer; 11 Rude; 13 Impact; 15 Reject; 17 Eros; 18 Mediator; 21 Swindle; 22 Inert; 23 Repentance. Down: 1 Amity; 2 Abeyance; 3 Gather; 4 Male; 5 Traduce; 6 Brawniness; 9 Electorate; 12 Revision; 14 Provide; 16 Defect; 19 Theme; 20 Edge.

Points of view could divide you and someone you encounter. It may be best to rehearse the possibility that this can happen, and then you’ll be less surprised. It can be a tricky time when it comes to money.

Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23

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DOWN 2 Refuse (7) 3 Burdensome (7) 4 Vow abstinence (4,3,6) 6 Greed (7) 7 Suitability (7) 8 Actions (6) 13 Please (7) 14 Unceasing (3-4) 15 Eatable (6) 16 Novelty (7) 17 Royal mace (7)

scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22

Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19

There may be a hint of rebellion in the air today, as the Moon and Pluto clash. Part of the problem could be the emerging square between Mars and Neptune. Brace yourself for this because a degree of confusion can affect even the clearest of situations.

ACROSS 1 Reprove (8) 5 Young whale (4) 9 Dull pain (4) 10 Unlearned (8) 11 Smaller (5) 12 Stretchable (7) 13 Unconsciousness (13) 18 Substantial (8) 19 Sob (4) 20 Alighted (7) 21 Trifling (5) 22 Yelps (4) 23 Hated (8)

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You may start the week in second gear. However, if you can punch through any issues that come up – do, because a super angle between Jupiter and Uranus suggests you can be a leader and ground breaker, if you stay totally resolute, Leo. For your forecast, call 15609 114 74

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Mourinho making big deal of ‘legend-in-waiting’ Eden by jAMEs bOyLAn

chelsea v schalke

Playmaker: Fabregas will be vital for the Blues

Jose Mourinho believes ves eden hazard can become one of the greatest players of his generation. And the Chelsea boss confirmed he expects the Blues playmaker to agree a new contract despite having three years to run on his existing xisting deal. Mourinho was at times critical of hazard last season but, on the eve of his team’s Champions League Group PorG opener at home to schalke, the Por taltuguese said of the Belgian: ‘his tal ent allows him to think about going from a top player to become one of the greats of his generation. ‘We are very proud he thinks Chelsea is the perfect environment for him to have that evolution. ‘That’s why he wants to commit to us and we want to commit to him too. it will be a question of time but it will end with a new contract.’ hazard, signed for £32million

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By far and away the Premier League’s hottest midfielder at the moment, Fabregas will look to orchestrate Chelsea’s moves from the centre of the park. Diego Costa – if he plays – will once again look to be the main beneficiary as the pair have linked up to great effect in the Blues’ first four top-flight games this season. Former Portsmouth and Tottenham star Boateng (pictured) will look to nullify Fabregas’ threat while also getting the struggling German side up and running. The Ghana midfielder is one to keep an eye on if he can get a foothold against the Spaniard.

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Goals in four Premier League ames for Costa – it took Fernando Torres 43 matches to reach that tally

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from Lille in 2012 and linked with sumParis saint Germain during this sum mer’s transfer window, now wears the no.10 shirt vacated by Juan Mata last January and previously worn, for France, by his idol Zinedine Zidane. While insisting he ‘doesn’t care’ about shirt numbers, Mourinho adintenmitted he admired hazard’s inten tions, adding: ‘To have that ambition is good. i like that.’ Mourinho was critical of a hazard defensive lapse which contributed to Chelsea’s semi-final exit to Atletico Madrid last term but, as the Londoners resume their quest for a second european Cup, the Blues boss said: ‘We are feeling day by day his motivation to work hard and to improve. ‘he’s a kid that was always leaning on his natural talent, which is amazing, and from a certain moment he was starting to have some tactical education, mental education. ‘it was a big evolution from the eden i met in Thailand, where we started pre-season, and the eden that ended the season. This season, even more.’

chelsea: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Fabregas, Hazard, Oscar, Ramires, Schurrle, Costa.

schalke: Fahrmann, Ayhan, Aogo, Howedes, Clemens, Boateng, Fuchs, Sam, Neustadter, Huntelaar, Choupo-Moting.

Goals in two matches for Chelsea against Schalke last season – they won 3-0 both home and away

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CHELSEA fans will be excited to see if Diego Costa can take his blistering domestic form for the Blues into the Champions League, in which he was a runner-up with Atletico Madrid last season. The Spain striker (pictured) has been destructive since his summer move but manager Jose Mourinho may instead give Loic Remy a first start or Didier Drogba a run-out in a game which should be pretty straightforward.

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Schalke’s worst start to a league season in 46 years was confirmed by a 4-1 defeat by Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday, with striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (pictured) claiming: ‘It’s time we changed some things.’ That added to a loss to Hannover and they were dumped out of the DFBPokal Cup by third tier Dynamo Dresden. To add to boss Jens Keller’s problems, captain Benedikt Hoewedes has a hip injury and didn’t travel yesterday – although he may still play tonight.

Jose: No obsession in becoming ‘unique one’ Ambition: Mourinho

CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho has admitted he wants to be the first manager to win the Champions League with three different clubs, but denied it was an obsession. Mourinho tasted success in 2004 with Porto and in 2010 at Inter Milan, but has been

thwarted in the last four at Chelsea and Real Madrid.

4 Semi-final exits Jose has suffered in a row

Speaking ahead of tonight’s Group G home tie with

Schalke, he admitted he would love to lift the trophy again. ‘To win with three clubs is unique,’ Mourinho said. ‘But it’s far from being an obsession and it’s not something I think about a lot. ‘Even if I don’t do it, how many top managers in the

world have only one or even not a single one? ‘The greatest in our country [former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson], he won it twice. Do I want to try to win it again? Of course. But in this moment I only think about don’t play Europa League.’

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Dort in the act: Aubameyang wheels away after scoring the second while Immobile, inset, fires the hosts in front

by Danny Griffiths ARSenAL were clinically outclassed in Dortmund as their defensive limitations were ruthlessly exposed. the Gunners are struggling to keep clean sheets and their back four was again found wanting on a night when Jurgen Klopp’s men tore them to ribbons. Summer signing ciro immobile showed pace and power to put the home side ahead on the stroke of half-time, running unchallenged into the Arsenal area. neither Kieran Gibbs or the backpedalling Laurent Koscielny put in a tackle before the italian drilled in a low drive. Worse was to follow swiftly after the restart as Pierre-emerick Aubameyang was not tracked as he ran from the half-

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Dortmund compared to just five for overwhelmed Arsenal way line to bundle in a sweet return pass from Matthias Ginter. Aubameyang hit the bar after another surging run and but for some wasteful finishing and a series of decent saves from the agile Wojciech Szczesny, this could have been embarrassing. Arsenal, however, should have taken the lead only for Danny Welbeck to fluff his lines. the england striker had just the goalkeeper to beat but dragged his finish painfully wide after being picked out by Aaron Ramsey’s clever pass. He then compounded his misery by showing a superb touch before blazing over. it was a sorry night and the only saving grace for Arsene Wenger was his beleaguered side did not lose by more.

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Kompany tells City to close the gap Pep fearful

Vincent KOMPAnY has told Manchester city it is time to start delivering in the champions League. After three campaigns in the competition and reaching the last 16 for the first time last season, Kompany says it is high time city came of age. the Premier League champions open their latest tilt tonight at one of europe’s big guns, Bayern Munich, and the skipper insists they belong among the european elite. ‘every single time you come here is an opportun ity to prove yourself,’ the Belgium defender said. ‘We now take it as a challenge against one of the top three clubs in the world. it is one of hardest places to come to. ‘it’s time to make these games close and make up the gap between ourselves and the other top clubs.’ Kompany is well aware expectations at city are rising.

Purple rp reign: eign: Samir Nasr Nasri trains last night as City make their return to Europe PICTURE: aCTIon ImagES

the 28-year-old added: ‘You start a season at city nowadays and it’s not acceptable not to put all the trophies on your ambitions list. ‘it’s a case of me and all the players looking at all the trophies and thinking we have to go until the very end of the season. ‘Let’s take it in context, we are not favourites [in europe] but we would like to compete and challenge.’ Meanwhile, city boss Manuel Pellegrini will complete his twomatch touchline ban for controversial remarks about a referee last term. the chilean, who turned 61 on the eve of the match, is forbidden from making any contact with players or coaching staff on matchday after they arrive at the stadium.’ Assistant coach Ruben cousillas will be in charge of the team and said: ‘i have his [Pellegrini’s] 100 per cent confidence.’

Bayern ‘could do a United’ Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola says the absence of Manchester United from the Champions League serves as a warning to all ‘big’ clubs. United are out of the elite contest for the first time since 1995 because of their domestic travails last season. And former Barcelona boss Guardiola knows 2013 winners and tournament mainstays Bayern must not let their own domestic standards drop. Asked about United, he said: ‘It is a good lesson for the big clubs if we think we’re unbeatable, that we are so strong. Every year we need to make the good things or maybe next season you could be out. That is why football is magnificent.

Wary: Guardiola

‘Every single week you have to be ready. The local competition is the most important because that shows you every week you are ready.’ Guardiola, meanwhile, rates Manchester City as potential winners, adding: ‘City won [here] with [Vincent] Kompany, [Yaya] Toure, [David] Silva, [Edin] Dzeko last year – fantastic players. ‘Last season they were able to win the Champions League and this year they are ready to win it.’

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Deadlock broken: Mario Balotelli opens the scoring

goals in 52 Champion s League appearances for Real Madrid for Crist ia Ronaldo after he scor no ed in the 5-1 win over Basle . gareth Bale also netted

stevie on the spot to ensure happy return gROup b liverpool....... 2 ludogoretS ...1

REsuLTs GROUP A Juventus .........2 Malmo .........0 Olympiakos ....3 A Madrid...... 2

by Jon Harvey STEVEN GERRARD’S penalty in stoppage-time helped Liverpool squeeze past Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets on their long-awaited return to the Champions League. The visitors had seemed set for an unexpected point after Dani Abalo cancelled out Mario Balotelli’s goal in the last minute of normal time. However, seconds later visiting goalkeeper Milan Borjan brought down Javier Manquillo and Gerrard cooly converted the penalty. Brendan Rodgers’ side, who were playing their first Champions League game since 2009, struggled

GROUP B Liverpool ........2 Ludogorets....1 R Madrid ........5 Basle .............1 GROUP C Benfica........... 0 Zenit St P...... 2 Monaco .......... 1 B Leverkusen0 GROUP D B Dortmund....2 Arsenal ........0 Galatasaray .... 1 Anderlecht ....1

Final say: Gerrard slots home Liverpool’s stoppage-time winner in the first half, despite enjoying 61 per cent of possession. The Reds’ creative trio of Adam Lallana, Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling were poor. However, when Liverpool did manage to get a sight of goal

Borjan stood firm as Balotelli and Lallana had shots well saved. Ludogorets nearly took the lead but Roman Bezjak’s shot hit a post with 18 minutes remaining. Balotelli steadied Liverpool nerves when he poked home with

the outside of his right foot after collecting Alberto Moreno’s cross. The late drama continued when Abalo skipped around the onrushing Simon Mignolet to slide home but Borjan’s late error saw Gerrard slot in his 40th goal in Europe.

fOOTbALL DigEsT Hoops’ dreams are dealt a major blow QPR’S plans to build a new stadium have hit a big snag after landowner Cargiant said it ‘will not enter into any future talks with the club’. The former QPR sponsors, whose managing director Tony Mendes is a Hoops fan, hold a 30-acre plot on the Old Oak site where the west London club hope to build a new 40,000-seater arena. Rangers have support from all the major bodies required to build the new ground as soon as 2018 but a Cargiant statement read: ‘The company are not in negotiations with QPR and will not enter into any future talks with the club. The company will announce in due course details of its own scheme for the regeneration of its land holdings.’

50,000 Capacity of Everton’s proposed new stadium at Walton Hall park in north Liverpool, which was given the green light by the city council. Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said the stadium would be a ‘catalyst’ to spark regeneration in the area.

Legend: gend: Zidane

Zidane admits he fancies France job ZINEDINE ZIDaNE, who helped France win the 1998 World Cup on home soil, has hinted he could be interested in coaching the national team. ‘I am ambitious. I am a coach now and I tell myself “why not be national coach?”,’ the superstar and current Real Madrid young players’ coach said. ‘I do not allow myself to say I can be national coach but since I’m on the other side of the fence, it is a possibility.’ Zidane was Carlo ancelotti’s assistant coach when Real won their tenth European Cup last season and currently manages the club’s B team.

Swans lose Amat SWaNSEa defender Jordi amat has been ruled out for six weeks after suffering knee ligament damage. The Spaniard sustained the injury during the 4-2 loss to Chelsea last Saturday and was replaced at half-time. amat, 22, has started all four of the Swans’ opening Premier League matches but has been ruled out until the end of October. Swansea host Southampton on Saturday.

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Taking up the mantle: Joe Schmidt may opt to bring Gordon D’Arcy into outside centre pIctuRe: INpho

Mourinho makes a big deal of legend-in-waiting Hazard

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gordon set to live the life of Brian D’Arcy tipped to step into iconic ‘No 13’ for Ireland

Gordon d’Arcy could prove to be Ireland boss Joe Schmidt’s surprise choice to succeed Brian o’driscoll at outside centre. Ireland’s Kiwi coach must quickly solve the conundrum of how best to handle life after record caps-holder o’driscoll’s summer retirement. connacht’s robbie Henshaw has been widely tipped to fill the void, with o’driscoll himself joining that clamour. But head coach Schmidt may well consider sliding o’driscoll’s long-term centre partner from 12 to 13, according to former Ireland flanker david Wallace. ‘It will be interesting to see how that pans out as there are a lot of guys sticking their hands up for the job,’ Wallace said. ‘There are also serious thoughts of Gordon d’Arcy moving out there to 13 as well, though. ‘you look at him and Brian: they are actually very similar players, and Gordon’s probably more suited to outside centre naturally anyway. ‘It’s just that Brian’s been there so long that no one was going to move him. Maybe you could bring a bigger centre in there, and perhaps Gordon could move across.’ Ireland claimed just their second win in Paris in 42 years to claim the rBS 6

Brothers in arms: Gordon D’Arcy and his long-term Leinster and Ireland partner Brian O’Driscoll

by DAnny HOgAn nations crown in o’driscoll’s international farewell last term. The 35-yearold’s exit leaves a vast chasm for boss Schmidt to fill, especially with just 12 fixtures left before the rugby World cup 2015. d’Arcy has refused to speculate on his own future beyond the end of the current campaign, but the 34-year-old is expected to plough on to the World cup barring injury. Former Munster, Ireland and Lions flanker Wallace believes d’Arcy could be the man to slot in at 13, especially to boost the side’s defensive shape. ‘A lot of guys are putting up their hands: there’s Stuart olding, Luke Marshall, darren cave and Jared Payne up in Ulster alone,’ said Wallace. ‘Then you’ve got robbie Henshaw down at connacht of course. So it will be interesting to see how it pans out, because there’s a wave of opportunity there. defence is a 15-man game obviously, but Brian was pretty much a coach in defensive regards, he would always keep you honest and keep the line strong. ‘The biggest challenge for anyone going in there, of course, is taking up that mantle,’ he added.

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Wolff says Lewis and Rosberg are ‘almost enemies’ Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has described Lewis Hamilton and Nico rosberg as ‘almost like enemies’ in their battle for this year’s Formula One world title. With six races remaining, starting with sunday’s singapore Grand Prix, just 22 points separate the pair as they fight it out for the sport’s mostprized trophy. reflecting on what has unfolded between them on-track this season, Wolff concedes there has

‘Nico’s always been like this – I don’t know why anyone had the perception of him being Mr Nice Guy’ been a noticeable deterioration in their roles as team-mates. Wolff said: ‘It has changed from, let’s say, an almost amicable relationship at the beginning of the season to a very

intense moment, where it was almost like realising these two are enemies. ‘They are in the same car, competing against each other for that trophy, and one is going

to win and one is going to fail.’ On occasion rosberg has shown a ruthless side to his nature, such as in Monaco during qualifying, and again in Belgium where he opted not to take avoiding action, instead colliding with Hamilton and puncturing a tyre. Wolff added: ‘There are 22 guys out there and all of them are ruthless. They know what they want and they will try to take it. ‘Nico has always been like this. I don’t know why anyone had the

perception of him as being the Mr Nice Guy.’ As for Hamilton, Wolff said: ‘It makes no sense to try to change a personality and say: “You know what, you need to have the Niki Lauda, or the Nico rosberg, or the Fernando Alonso approach, and you don’t need your dogs and you don’t need your LA and you don’t need your music”. ‘That’s not the case. Lewis needs all that. It is his personality and it makes him function well.’