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IT DID for vice-president William Walden in American drama Homeland. And the trick of hacking into a pacemaker to provoke a heart attack will soon be used to kill a reallife victim, experts fear. The first ‘online murder’ will be carried out by the end of the year, they predict – with diabetics using ‘smart’ insulin pumps also thought to be at risk. Criminals could threaten to tamper with medical devices to extort money. Other ways of exploiting the so-called ‘internet of everything’ to demand ransoms could include hacking into handrecognition software to lock people out of their homes or cars. European crime agency Europol said: ‘We must expect a rapidly growing number of devices to be rendered “smart” and thence to become interconnected. ‘It is equally inevitable that many of these devices will leave vulnerabilities, via which access to networks can be gained by criminals.’ The warning comes after former US vice-president Dick Cheney revealed he had turned off his pacemaker’s wireless function while in office. Mr Cheney said he had feared that the technique later used to bump off his fictional counterpart Walden in Homeland could have been deployed to kill him. Security company IID, whose research is quoted by Europol, said murder would be the next step after cases of blackmailed hacking victims being driven to suicide.

Vampires Camille Ross and Simon Coury catch up with Metro Herald in the dentist’s office while helping to launch the Bram Stoker Festival which will take place from October 24-27

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Holding out for a hero: A host of super heroes start the race (left), while little Cliodhna Gallagher (2, below), from Lucan, prepares to take off PiCtures: PHotoCAll irelAnd

Green monster: Emma Carolan, from Nobber, Co Meath

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Our liittttllee heroes save day Hundrreds of superheroes, big and small, turned out in ’s Phoenix PPark yesterday in support of Crumlin Children’s tal. A one-mile dash and a children’s race helped Hospital ra raise funds for children being treated at the hospital. Super dads: Paul Needham and Charlie (2); and Mark McNally and Alex (4)

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The purr-fect place for a coffee RESCUE moggies may soon have a new social outlet, if plans to open Ireland’s first cat cafe come to fruition. Crazy Cats Cafe is the brainwave of Georgina O’Neill and she hopes the Dublin purremises will open its doors by next September ‘at the latest’. She’s already gotten interest from some rescue centres, as the cafe would also be used as a matchmaking location for people interested in giving a permanent home to a moggy. Georgina, who has two rescue cats of her own, hopes to raise about 40 per cent of the start-up cost through a crowd-funding site. She intends to raise the remainder of

the sum from ‘other sources’, including the possibility of a grant. The world’s first cat cafe opened in Taiwan in 1998 and they are hugely popular in Asia, particularly with apartment dwellers who cannot have pets. They’re now beginning to catch on in Europe and North America. Georgina has set up the Crazy Cats Cafe Facebook page to keep interested parties up to date and is currently looking for pictures of crazy cats. The entrepreneur said she has been inundated with CVs from people looking to work at the cat cafe, despite not having a location, premises or opening date yet.

Have a break, have a kitty cat: Georgina O’Neill hopes to create a new cafe for cat lovers

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McCann Twitter troll found dead A TWITTER ‘troll’ who was outed on national television for targeting the parents of missing Madeleine McCann has been found dead in an apparent suicide. The body of Brenda Leyland, 63, was discovered in a room at the Leicester Marriott Hotel just days after she was confronted on camera. She sent a string of messages questioning the role of Gerry and Kate McCann in the disappearance of their girl.

Love/Hate in firing line Bloody fate: Tom Vaughan Lawlor as Nidge

€55m fund will create 450 jobs SOME 450 jobs are expected to be created in Ireland through the €55million SmartInvest transatlantic investment fund. SmartInvest will invest in and grow 30 technology-led companies across Ireland, providing funding for Irish companies to expand into the US and US companies to establish bases in Ireland. SmartInvest CEO Gerry Moan said: ‘The fund recognises excellence in Ireland.’

N11 danger as stags run wild SEVERAL motorists are lucky to be alive after crashing into deer on a busy N11. A loose stag was killed and caused serious damage to a car on the Blessington Road – but the driver was unhurt. That incident happened on Saturday night and gardaí issued a warning on Twitter, advising drivers to ‘expect the unexpected’. Three stags were seen on the N11 through Wicklow and gardaí said at least two of them were killed.

Ambush: Nidge meets some angry rivals NIDGE, Fran, Tommy, Lizzie, Elmo, Aido, DI Moynihan, Ciaran Madden, the pretend cop, not the real one – who dies? You decide. Only joking – audience participation is not a thing in Love/Hate Season 5. The fate of this particular gang of bandits has already been written – and when season five closes with a bang (what else?), the Love/Hate crew will be no more. That’s according to yesterday’s Sun anyway, which deemed it to be the most likely article to be read, and put it on its front page. And who could blame them? Love/Hate rumours have been abounding for weeks, with oodles of column inches in the red-tops, a 12-page pull-out in the Star and the show being accused of ‘glamorising RTÉ’ by satirical website WaterfordWhispersNews.com.

by jOAnnE AHERn Senior ‘insiders’ confirmed to the Sun that writer Stuart Carolan has written ‘an explosive’ finale to the hit drama. This is in contrast to a report in last Sunday’s Independent, which said producers were in talks for a sixth season. But here’s where the real spoilers come in, if you didn’t catch last night’s first episode of the new season. Viewers were shocked as Darren’s killer, Lizzie, got a taste of her own medicine, offed by none other than ‘friend of cat killer’, Glen. Actress Caoilfhionn Dunne said she was surprised her character had made it to season five. She said: ‘I had met Stuart in the street and he had asked if I wouldn’t mind coming back for a little turn in Season 5. I said I’d be more than happy to.’

Nevertheless, she said leaving the show was difficult, but she didn’t want to play a character that had outstayed her welcome. ‘There’s no room for ego in this. The story comes first. I don’t know where else there was for her to go,’ she said. She revealed producers were so strict with preventing the plotline from being leaked or guessed, she was dressed up as crew to get her to the location. But she added that her only ‘niggle’ about Lizzie was that she and Nidge ‘never met’. ‘I loved playing Lizzie. She was such a wonderfully drawn character. It really was a gift. It was such a pleasure to be part of such a great show.’ Is season five the last for Love/Hate? Who knows, just sit back and enjoy and watch the drama unfold.

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Irish Water denies plan to hire 200 more staff

UNDER fire Irish Water has denied a report that it is to hire an ‘extra’ 200 staff over the next year. In a statement last night, the newly created utility company said the Commission for Energy Regulation approved a staff number of 693 ‘in line with what a company the size of Irish Water requires to function’. It added that staff are being recruited ‘on a phased basis but are not yet all in place’. The company currently employs 514 people. Local authority water staff are not included in this figure.

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A spokeswoman said: ‘We have phased recruitment to be as cost effective as possible. This is reflective of the phased nature of the company activity – for example, customer billing commences next year.’ She said the Commission for Energy Regulation had recently approved its costs for the next two years, which were ‘considered by the CER to be an appropriate spend, and to represent good value for the customer’.

‘The projected 2015 payroll costs will fit within this allowance,’ she said. ‘The 2014 budgeted Service Level Agreements payroll costs are €228m with Irish Water’s projected

Protests against the water charges go on employee payroll costs being €35m for 2014 and €48m for 2015. ‘The difference is accounted for by the fact that Irish Water staff continue

to be recruited on a phased basis throughout 2014 and 2015.’ Meanwhile, protests against water charges continue across the city both in local areas and at Irish Water’s headquarters on Talbot Street in Dublin city centre. Twelve people were also arrested in protests in Coolock last week. A national demonstration is planned by the Right2Water campaign for Saturday afternoon, starting from the Garden of Remembrance. Participants are being asked to wear blue.

call to enda on ‘jobs for the boys’ vote FIANNA Fáil leader Michael Martin has called on the Taoiseach to ‘state clearly’ how he wishes Fine Gael Oireachtas members to vote in the upcoming Seanad by-election. Fine Gael candidate John McNulty last week effectively pulled out of the race, asking members not to vote for him. The Donegal businessman’s call followed a controversy over his brief appointment to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art last month, ahead of his nomination to the Seanad on the culture panel. Enda Kenny has not publicly issued any guidance on how members should vote, and would not be drawn on whether Mr McNulty should accept the seat should he win. While Health Minister Leo Varadkar has said that he will honour Mr McNulty’s wishes and not vote for him, Junior Health Minister Kathleen Lynch (Lab) has already said she will be casting a vote for the Fine Gael man.

Angry birds on the net

In a scene reminiscent of an alfred Hitchcock movie, a hospital in Drogheda has had to spend almost €20,000 on specialist netting to protect its staff from flocks of angry birds. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital bought the equipment last year to shield maintenance workers from feathered assailants in the vicinity of rooms containing vital hospital plant, located on the roof of the public hospital. a total of €18,435 was spent on the three roof nets.

Mystery of dead body

GarDaÍ are attempting to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was found in a wood near Barna, co Galway, on september 27. The man is between 30 and 40, about 6 foot tall with black hair. He is of broad/strong build and was wearing a gold bracelet watch. He was dressed in a black leather jacket, blue jeans and white and blue ‘athletech’ runners. He had a black belt with flower design studs and a silver colour buckle.

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Griffith’s Civil War pistol discovered hidden in attic A gun said to have been carried by Arthur Griffith in the earlyy days of the Civil War has been rediscovered afterr being hidden in an attic a for decades, ades, it has been claimed. The elderly son of a garda sergeant privately offered the .38 revolver to a museum after revealing how a ward sister at St Vincent’s Hospital,

Dublin, gave ga the weapon pon tto his father on August ugust 12 12, 1922. The officer was on guard by the Sinn Féin founder’s deathbed. Savina Donohoe (pictured), curator of the Cavan County Museum in Ballyjamesduff, has accepted the gun as a donation. picture: pA

WOMen devote well over the equivalent of a working day each week to household chores – double the amount undertaken by men. a poll for BBc radio 4’s Woman’s Hour suggests that women spend an average of 11-and-a-half hours doing housework by their own estimation, while men complete just six. The survey found that the most popular piece of housework was cooking.

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60 seconds Hostage killed by MARk-PAuL GOssELAAR, 40, was a teen star on Saved By The Bell. He plays a lawyer on Franklin & Bash now – but he can’t find a drinking buddy

You and Breckin Meyer have great rapport as legal partners in Franklin & Bash. Are you old friends? I’ve

known him for years growing up in the industry but we were never close friends and hadn’t worked together. But when we met for this programme, we immediately had this connection – he’s a family man with children and we have the same work ethic. You don’t hear about him in the tabloids. He’s not out every night. He doesn’t even drink. We’re not alike in that way!

You look back ten years and it makes you realise life just keeps going forward.

Do they want to follow in your footsteps? I think my son

has aspirations to be in the business but I don’t know whether it’s to be an actor. I will nurture his interest and steer him away from wanting to be in front of the camera until he’s a little older.

What do you think about being a teen heart-throb? It

was different then. We were doing it because we liked the craft of Why are we fixated on legal acting. My son said the other day: TV shows? I think they produce a ‘Maybe I’ll be an actor so I can good story and interesting become famous.’ It’s all about the characters – and because most of us fame and money now. When I grew don’t live in that kind of world. up, there was no fame. Your friends would see you on TV and that was Any close encounters with fame enough but now, with social the law? I was almost on a jury media, the way the industry works but I asked to be excused. I was and the exposure you have as an playing a public defender on actor, it’s nothing like what I another legal show was dealing with at that called Raising The age. It felt extremely Bar. I said: ‘I can’t safe. I’d be terrified be objective,’ so It was different then. if I was in that they released me. place now. We were doing it I interned for a because we loved the Are you still few days at a big into public defender’s craft of acting. It’s all Motocross office in New and about fame and York. It was cool. cycling? Not I had long hair so really. I grew up money now lots of people didn’t racing Motocross then recognise me. moved on to racing cars and bicycles. I was racing until a What are your year ago, when I realised it’s not a co-stars Heather Locklear and sport I’d want to do with my son or Malcolm McDowell daughter. We go on bike rides but I like? Heather is a fantastic wouldn’t want to see my son woman and Malcolm is become a professional cyclist. It’s lovely too. I hope I have an so hard and there’s so much ounce of his sprightliness suffering. Plus it’s dangerous. when I’m his age. He Do you still shave your comes to work every legs? I’ve been shaving day still with that fire my legs since I was and desire. And so probably 16 and it’s just many fantastic become a habit now. stories. Part of me Breckin teases me, of wishes we could just course. I like the way my go and hang out in a legs look when they’re bar and make a not full of hair. night of it but there’s another one Does your wife like who doesn’t drink them smooth? I’m any more. sure she does! But she You turned 40 doesn’t like it when it becomes that week-old this year. Was that a stubble. I’ve asked her if I big deal? Not really, other have to trim any other part of than saying: ‘Wow, there’s my body hair and she says: 40!’ People say: ‘It’s 25 ‘No, just the legs are OK.’ years since you did Saved By Lesley O’Toole The Bell!’ And you think: ‘Wow, that seems like Series three of Franklin & forever!’ My older Bash is on Sony TV. children are ten and eight.

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Is hailed as ‘martyr’

ALAN HENNING was called a ‘martyr’ as hundreds gathered to remember the life of the British aid worker beheaded by Islamic State. His widow Barbara was joined by friends and neighbours of the former taxi driver for a service of ‘reflection and solidarity’ at his local parish church in Greater Manchester. Many wore yellow ribbons and lit candles in memory of the 47-year-

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old father-of-two, as they arrived for the multi-faith service. The Bishop of Manchester, David Walker, said: ‘We have a word, martyr, for those who do good and end up paying the ultimate price for it. Within the Greater Manchester area, it’s part of our tradition to come together at times of tragedy.’

Meanwhile, the parents of a US aid worker threatened with beheading by the Islamic State have pleaded with his captors to free him. Ed and Paula Kassig released a video a day after IS said it planned to kill Peter Kassig, 26. Another British teacher who had been held hostage by militants in Libya for five months has been released, according to Britain’s Foreign Office.

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Father jailed in Morocco for being gay

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to free a man jailed in Morocco for being gay – a ‘crime’ that carries a sentence of up to three years. Ray Cole, from the UK, was on holiday in Marrakesh when he was arrested at a bus stop last month with his partner, local man Jamal Jam Wald Nass. The 69-year-old, who came out a few years ago after being married for 45 years, was four weeks into a fiveweek holiday – his second trip to the country to see his lover, whom he met online several months ago. Last Thursday the pair were jailed for four months after police found a picture of them together on Mr Cole’s mobile phone. They were convicted of committing a homosexual act. Mr Cole’s son Adrian, 41, said the family had not been told of his father’s arrest and had feared he was missing for nearly a week before he was able to contact them using a fellow prisoner’s phone. They were able to visit him in jail three times last week, however.

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Adrian described the prison conditions as grim, adding that his dad is sleeping on a concrete floor while on a waiting list for a bed. He is one of 60 people in a dorm meant for 44 and is fed boiled vegetables once a day. Mr Cole is not in good health, having a heart condition and previous minor strokes and depression but Adrian said his father was taking ‘a very stoic approach’ to his misfortune. Adrian said his father had thought that, as long as any homosexual acts were kept in private, he would not be breaking the country’s strict laws. ‘He knows he committed a gay act on their soil – he gets that – but I think the feeling is that, with his age and his health, he should have simply been deported.’ Kate Allen, Amnesty International’s UK director, called for Mr Cole to be released immediately, adding that homosexuality ‘is not a crime’.

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Ebola victim in critical condition

THE ebola victim who brought the deadly disease to America is in a critical condition. Thomas Duncan, right, is in isolation at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. He travelled from Liberia to Dallas last month before showing symptoms of the disease. Mr Duncan was staying with a

friend, Louise Troh, at a Dallas apartment when he became ill. On Friday, a hazardous-materials crew removed items in industrial barrels for disposal. Ms Troh, originally from Liberia, and three others are being monitored.

Clarkson flees after he nearly becomes Falklands BBQ JEREMY CLARKSON evaded reporters as he made a low-key return through a Heathrow VIP lounge after being chased out of Argentina. The motormouth Top Gear presenter was smuggled through the airport with co-stars James May and Richard Hammond after escaping a mob which wanted to ‘barbecue’ them. Clarkson again insisted that driving a Porsche with the number plate H982 FKL to the site of the 1982 Falklands War was an ‘unbelievable coincidence’, claiming if he had been ‘trying to ruffle feathers’ it would have read W3 WON. The TV crew were stoned by locals as they drove towards Ushuaia – home port of the

cruiser Belgrano that was sunk with the loss of 323 lives. They sought safety at a nearby hotel but more angry Argentines continued to arrive, as the presenters hid under beds. Clarkson said: ‘This was starting to get ugly. They wanted blood. One said they were going to barbecue us and eat the meat.’

The presenters fled under police escort, but two of the production team were injured by angry mobs when they had to drive to the Chilean border through a series of ambushes. Ushuaia mayor, Federico Sciurano, said the violence was a ‘great mistake’.

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Police murder inquiry criticised POLICE in Britain investigating the murder of schoolgirl Alice Gross face ‘serious questions’ about why they took so long to find the body of her suspected killer. The badly-decomposed remains of Latvian labourer Arnis Zalkalns were Tragedy: Alice Gross discovered in woodland in

Boston Manor Park, Brentford – a five-minute drive from the canal towpath where Alice, 14, was last seen on CCTV more than a month ago. The state of his corpse raised fears the 41-year-old may have died weeks ago shortly after killing the teenager as she walked

home beside the Grand Union Canal in Hanwell, West London. Stephen Pound, the Labour MP for Ealing North, visited the park where Zalkalns’ body was found. He said: ‘Police now have some serious questions to answer about this investigation.’

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INDSAY LOHAN blames getting caught drunk at the wheel for the start of her seemingly endless woes. The reformed hellraiser revealed her biggest regret of all as she made efforts to turn her world around by starring on the West End stage. Asked what she would change if she could turn back the clock, the 28-yearold said: ‘I would never have got behind the wheel of a car after having a drink. Ever.’ She was nicked twice in 2007 for driving sloshed. Since then, she has been carted off to rehab nine times and spent spells behind bars. But now, with the likes of Oprah Winfrey giving her performance the thumbs-up at the weekend, LiLo hopes focusing on acting will finally help her focus. ‘Acting is what

I do – it’s therapeutic for me, it’s fun for me,’ she told Marie Claire. ‘Yes, it’s my job – but I never went into it because it was like work. I got into it because it made me happy.’ And she appears to be on the right path after critics hailed her efforts in Speed-the-Plow. Mentor Oprah Winfrey swung by the Playhouse theatre, later tweeting that Lohan was ‘stepping up’. LiLo replied: ‘The defin i - tion of a blessing. Thank you.’

PHELPS GETTING HELP FOR DRINK PROBLEM

MICHAEL PHELPS has carted himself off to rehab after being busted for drink driving again. The Olympic swimming great says he is ‘extremely disappointed’ with himself. ‘I’m going to take some time away to attend a programme,’ he said on Twitter.

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SARAH SILVERMAN channelled the late Joan Rivers to give her a send-up on Saturday Night Live. The 43-year-old donned faux fur and a blonde wig to portray the acidtongued comedy legend for a Heavenbased sketch that also saw Adam Levine play Freddie Mercury. ‘Heaven? Are you serious – me in Heaven? I guess I should be here – I am practically a virgin. The last time someone was inside me, it was Melissa,’ joked Silverman as Rivers, who died last month aged 81.

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SAVED By The Bell star Mario Lopez lost his virginity at 12, he reveals in his autobiography. ‘I started having sex so young. But everybody grows up fast in the hood,’ he said.

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SEX AND THE CITY 3 might still be a goer. ‘Somebody just came to me talking about that,’ said singer Jennifer Hudson who appeared in one and two. ‘If it’s in talks, it might happen.’

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KYLIE STRIKES AGAIN IN THE PINS STAKES

KyLIE MINOGuE proved it’s not just her crowds she bowls over after she avoided the gutters at a bowling lane. The superstar made a striking appearance at a local alley after her gig in Nottingham on Saturday. Chuffed with her score, the Aussie uploaded her celebrations and revealed: ‘5 strikes in 1 game.’ The 46-year-old donned a cool beanie and ripped jeans to chill out with her crew and backing dancers as she treated them to a night out.

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Mayoral election in California turns ruff

Hamster wheel: Reza Baluchi’s inflatable bubble

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WE KNOW he’s man’s best friend, but is he Oakland’s best mayoral candidate? This is a question that must be answered by the people of Oakland, California, after a group of Occupy veterans decided shepherd mix Einstein should run for office. The group say the unusual candidacy is a form of commentary on individual political accountability. And Einstein’s press crew say they hope his election will create a shift in Oakland politics.

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Ocean rescue for exhausted bubble sailor AN ENDURANCE runner had to abandon his bid to make a 1,033-mile ocean crossing in an inflatable bubble when he ran out of puff. Exhausted Reza Baluchi was rescued from his home-made ‘hydro pod’ by the US Coast Guard 70 nautical miles east of Florida. He had been hoping to get to Bermuda. The peace activist’s vessel – which has been likened to a hamster wheel – is made from plastic and inflated footballs held in an aluminium frame. He propelled it by running and pushing the bubble with his arms. A US Coast Guard helicopter was first called to his position last Wednesday after reports of a man disoriented and inquiring how to get to Bermuda. The crew warned him of the dangers and tried to dissuade him from carrying on. He refused to abandon his trip but then activated his locator beacon on

by SHAROn MARRiS Saturday because of fatigue. The Coast Guard said he was lifted to safety unharmed later that day. Mr Baluchi, an Iranian exile, said he had planned to make the crossing from Miami to Bermuda to raise money ‘for children in need’ and to ‘inspire those that have lost hope for a better future’. He has made headlines with previous efforts to break long-distance running and cycling records, including a sevenyear bike trip that he said took him across 55 countries on six continents. Mr Baluchi was granted asylum by US authorities in 2003. He had been arrested in Iran for ‘antiIslamic’ activities and served 18 months in jail for associating with ‘counterrevolutionaries’. His lawyer also said he had been hung from a tree by handcuffs for carrying a prohibited film.

Airlift: The Coast Guard helicopter lands in Florida

One kind word to raise a smile HALF of us go a week without receiving a single compliment, a study has revealed. But four in ten say just one positive comment is enough to make them smile. And more than one in four would like themselves better if someone said a

kind word about them. Myriam Ruffo, from Ikea, which ran the survey of 2,000 people, said small acts of kindness – such as paying a compliment – would have knock-on effects ‘not only on the mood of the individual, but that of the nation’.

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N RESPONSE to Shakya, last week’s figures on charitable giving were a guilt trip with meaningless number misquoting. It took no account of matters like cost of living, real value of earnings, who was paying and how etc. For example, in 2012 our unemployment rate was nearly twice the uk’s but still our below-the-poverty-line rate was one-third of theirs (CIA world factbook). That makes us sound better. And this world will be a mess no matter how much we contribute so you do what you want with your money but please don’t try to guilt trip others on what they do with theirs. Hugh, Dundrum ■ Shakya, although you may be right that Irish people do spend a lot of money on alcohol and tobacco, you’re incorrect in the correlation between their spending on such substances and their generosity. By your logic, reducing the extremely high taxes on these products would increase donations to

charity. Do you really think that’s likely? Secondly, you haven’t taken into account the statistics involved when working out the average money given to charity per capita. The uk has a population far greater than Ireland and, statistically speaking, the two countries are completely incomparable when it comes to things like this. I suggest if you have a problem with how much money Irish people give to charity, you move to the uk or stop reading things you don’t understand. Rob, Bray ■ Marc, would you ever get real? Hamas shares the same Islamic supremacist ideology as Isis. They seek to destroy Israel, murder all Jews everywhere and establish a global Islamic caliphate. They simply differ on the means of establishing it and by whom it will be led. Just like global warming, the radical Islamic threat will not be solved by wishful thinking. Moshe Dayan

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iSRAEL: Sweden’s ambassador in Tel Aviv has been ordered to explain his country’s pledge to recognise a Palestinian state. He was summoned to a meeting after new Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven insisted a two-state solution was the ‘only way’ to end the conflict. Israel’s foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman accused Sweden of ‘rushing’ to make its decision without properly understanding the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

VOTERS went to the ballot boxes yesterday to choose Brazil’s next president – and it could be a woman raised in the jungle who couldn’t read or write until she was 16. Marina Silva, one of 12 siblings from a poor rubber tapper family, is challenging incumbent president Dilma Rousseff, who faced protests over corruption when a million people took to the streets last year. Rousseff, 66, was born into an upper-middle-class household in Belo Horizonte and became a career civil servant before entering politics. The twice-married grandmother was

by AiDAn RADnEDgE in charge as Brazil hosted the World Cup this summer but her bid for a second term is ‘too close to call’, according to analysts. Silva, 56, could ride a wave of enthusiasm for change. Illiterate until she moved from the jungle of western Brazil to state capital Rio Branco, she enrolled in school and became interested in environmental issues before making her way up the political ladder. Pollsters described yesterday’s vote as the most unpredictable in decades.

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Rivals: President Dilma Rousseff (left) is facing a strong challenge from Marina Silva (right)

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Missing students: mass grave found

MEXicO: A mass grave has been found near a town where 43 students vanished after clashes with police last month. The remains of at least six bodies were discovered in Iguala. A group had travelled to the area on September 27 in hijacked buses to protest over teachers’ rights. Six were killed when officers opened fire. Those missing were last seen being forced into police vans.

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Brazil lead + World digest from lon p17 iRAn: Worshippers perform Eid-ul-Adha prayers at

Tehran university yesterday. Millions of Muslims around the world celebrate the feast day which marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca PICTURE: AFP/GETTY

Pope urges free debate THE vATicAn: The widespread rejection by Catholics of the church’s ban on artificial birth control will be debated by 200 senior bishops this week. Opening the extraordinary synod, Pope Francis (pictured) said he wants them to use ‘authentic freedom and humble creativity’ in discussions of faith and family life.

and finally... cOLOMbiA: A 22-year-old Colombian woman who was complaining of abdominal pains shocked doctors when the cause of her ailment was revealed – she’d used a potato as a form of contraception on the advice of her mother.

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1. 8 Out Of 10 Cats

C4, 10pm It’s the season when all the old panel show regulars return and this statsinspired festival of one-liners has kept host Jimmy Carr’s pension fund topped up for a decade. Jack Dee, Rob Beckett and Gemma Cairney are the first guests.

2. Resurrection

Watch, 9pm It may not have the ethereal mystery of French drama The Returned, with which it shares a remarkably similar DNA, but this US drama about the reappearance of long-dead residents of a small town has cast a spell of its own. Series one ends with Bellamy (Omar Epps) trying to save Jacob.

3. Today’s Film: Trance

Sky Crime/Thriller, 9pm Danny Boyle’s effort is something of a surprise, a complex thriller which throws amnesia, international art theft and seduction into its plot. James McAvoy is suitably intense as the art expert whose missing memory holds the key to the mystery.

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8 Out Of 10 Cats Jimmy Carr’s ready with those one-liners again

The Kitchen Follow the culinary fortunes of eight families in Britain

3 Trance James McAvoy turns art expert in this thriller

4. The Biggest Loser UsA

Sky Living, 7pm Who doesn’t love a weigh-in? There’s an epidemic of sweaty weight-loss shows from all round the globe but this US version still delivers tons of fun. How someone hasn’t died as a result of the extreme workouts dreamt up by the over-thetop trainers is anyone’s guess.

5. The Kitchen

BBC2, 9pm Casting greedy eyes at the reality hits on other channels, BBC2 has decided if you can’t beat them, join them. For this is a fly-on-the-egg-cup look at the lives of eight families, as revealed by what they get up to in the kitchen. The makers want to dress it up as social commentary but we’ll just be judging on the basis of dirty draining boards.

6. inside probation

RTÉ One, 9.35pm The first episode of an intriguing two-part, fly-on-the-wall

YOUR gUiDE TO THis EvEning’s EssEnTiAL viEWing documentary which looks at the dayto-day work of Ireland’s probation officers. Cameras follow these men and women as they work with a range of offenders, from minor criminals to some high-risk convicts.

England who dabbles in a spot of amateur detective work on the side. Not that the Rev Sidney doesn’t have a racy side – he’s a hit with the ladies and partial to a spot of jazz. Robson Green co-stars as a police inspector.

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UTV, 9pm James Norton, last seen as murderous lunatic Tommy in Happy Valley, undergoes a remarkable makeover here. He’s a 1950s vicar in a sleepy village in the south of

E4, 10pm The intriguing murder mystery set amid a close-knit horse-racing community adds a fresh twist of suspicion as stable manager Dominic offers young jockey Tina a golden

opportunity in an important race. But is this charming man operating to a hidden agenda?

Rosenthal) worming his way into bed with the alluring Cynthia.

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Sky Atlantic, 9pm We’ll admit we’re not always entirely sure who is doing what to whom and why in this darkly atmospheric and randomly brutal modern Mafia saga. Tonight the bull-headed Genny Savastano, scion of the powerful Neapolitan clan, has to deal with an old enemy – and some X-rated subtitles.

ITV2, 10pm Our weekly toga (well, more tunic, actually) chuckle party in Ancient Rome gets agreeably grubby as Stylax (Joel Fry) attracts the attention of a wealthy admirer in the public latrine while Grumio (Ryan Sampson) gets a nasty case of the trots. All of which climaxes with Marcus (Tom

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ART OFFICIAL AGE (WARnER BROs) ★★★✩✩

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PLECTRUMELECTRUM (WARnER BROs) ★★✩✩✩

ou wait years for a Prince album and then… actually, you don’t. one striking feature of the micro Minneapolitan’s 35-year career is his prolific output – he’s released one LP almost every year, sometimes two and, in 2004, three. He’s made too many records to maintain the dazzling standard of his ‘imperial’ phase, i.e. from 1979’s Prince to 1988’s Lovesexy – although Diamonds And Pearls and The Gold Experience had their moments, too. But down the decades, there’s been a lot of disappointing filler in Mr Nelson’s trunk of funk. Now, he’s dropped two records on the same day. Art official Age is his solo concept album and imagines him waking from 45 years in suspended animation. It features quasi-metaphysical musings (such as affirmation III) along with his trademark lasciviousness (the blush-worthy The Gold Standard) and ranges across R’n’B pop, smooth neo-soul and heavy funk. The punchily retro Clouds and Breakdown – where Prince’s window paneendangering falsetto o n s confesses: ‘I used i Prince ely to to want a house k with the biggest more li ith his w s s pool; reminiscing e m than now, I just feel recipe la is like a fool’ – are o C Coca- its the highlights. with Nothing is unfamiliar, but then, Prince is no more likely to mess with his recipe than Coca-Cola is with its. Plectrumelectrum is principally the work of his all-gal band 3RDEYEGIRL. As the title suggests, it leans heavily on hard rock and soft metal, mostly of the traditional LA kind, and is stacked with squealing guitar solos, harmonising duets and molten riffs that will be familiar to fans of Fleetwood Mac and Guns N’ Roses. The title track and Marz are fun enough in a raucously predictable way but Plectrum… feels more like a tribute album than an original.

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nEW sOnGs OF DAWn AnD DUsT (LOjInks) ★★★✩✩ After stints in two separate bands, Irish duo Mark McCausland and Oisin Leech came together in 2008, releasing three much-loved albums that culminated in 2012’s critically acclaimed The Passing Of The Night. Though billed as a fresh start and a move away from their ‘strictly folk/Americana thing’ this is really just business as usual for the pair. Opener Spanish Reprise contains a lovely instrumental lilt that promises much but ultimately leads into the chirpy-but-throwaway Days Ahead. The gentle,

THE VASELINES

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Glasgow’s lo-fi indie pop team Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee (a former couple) cemented their cool in the early nineties when Nirvana chose to cover them – but they’d already broken up, after just one LP. Following on from 2010’s irreverently named Sex With An X, there’s plenty of melodic, ramshackle fun to be had here – but, although an off-the-cuff amateurishness has always been a consciously large part of The Vaselines’ charm, there’s so little development here that the band could easily have been better off just letting things be. Amy Dawson

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Mercury-nominated south London troubadour Jamie T pulled off quite the disappearing act for the past half decade. But this third-album comeback is more than worth the wait. His thrillingly effective mixture of punk, folk, Two Tone and direct but audacious lyricism is still there – albeit in a more sedate and worldly-wise guise. Caustically self-critical and gut-thumpingly adept at exploiting the slippage between melancholy and euphoria, tracks such as the sombre skank Don’t You Find strongly recall the songwriting of mentor Damon Albarn. But he’s got some faster tracks up his sleeve here too – most notably the crunching, singalong Rabbit Hole. AD

ALSOOUT... MARIANNE FAITHFULL GIVE MY LOVE TO LONDON ★★★★✩ Faithfull has collaborated with an impressive roster – from Nick Cave and Roger Waters to Anna Calvi and Brian Eno – on an often beautiful and varied album that sees her sounding indomitable, if broken in some places. AD LUCINDA WILLIAMS DOWN WHERE THE SPIRIT MEETS THE BONE ★★★★✩ This new LP from Williams is an anguished and soulful, elegantly ragged, country-rock and bluesy Americana affair that tears at the heart whether she’s playing it tough (West Memphis) or tender (It’s Gonna Rain). SO’C CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO AMANSARA ★★★★✩ Fans of Breaking Bad will have heard CVC’s grooves. It’s the alias of Argentine producer Pedro Canale, whose sound fuses South American folk and contemporary electronica. This album ranges from dubbed-out rave to percussive voodoo. SO’C rolling ballad Derridae gets things back on track with a chorus that recalls The Kinks’ Days. While the duo are wary of comparisons to The Everly Brothers, the number of tracks that see harmonies coupled with lightly embellished arrangements mean the parallels are irrefutable. And although the album peaks with dreamy instrumental interludes (Nocturnal Tune) and bouts of shadowy, mumbled dialogue (Between The Crow And The Rat), it’s mostly comprised of soft acoustic yarns that are wellintentioned, if not terribly arresting. Still, there are far worse companions for the impending descent into winter. bryan O’Hanlon

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Nicholls is a charming man who appears contorted with anxiety. So keen was he not to ‘disappoint’ people with us, he abandoned a previous attempt at 35,000 words in. Nor did he want to write one Day all over again. ‘In the end I had to throw all copies of one Day out of my office and refuse to talk about it,’ he says. ‘Don’t get me wrong: I’m hugely grateful for the publicity, but…’ he trails off. happily, us is a quintessential Nicholls mix of smarting comedy and emotional exhilaration. It’s another love story but this time set in the late September years of a marriage between two fiftysomethings, Douglas and Connie. Connie has abruptly announced she

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he author David Nicholls has only been recognised once. ‘In Sweden. In a fish restaurant,’ he says, looking sheepish but relieved. ‘honestly, generally people don’t even recognise my name.’ this is surprising for someone behind one of the most eye-wateringly successful novels in living memory. at one point in 2010 it seemed like every Dublin commuter was chortling and weeping over one Day, the ingeniously structured, will they/won’t they romcom about the beautifully mismatched emma and Dexter. It was made into a film starring anne hathaway and sold five million copies worldwide; earlier this year eason’s included it on a list of the ten most ‘romantic reads of all time’. the film rights to Nicholls’ new novel, us, are already in hot demand in hollywood.

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Romancing the tome: Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess star in the big-screen adaptation of David Nicholls’ (left) romance One Day is leaving Douglas after 24 amicable years of marriage but first she wants them to take their 17-year-old son albie on a last big holiday to the great art galleries of europe. Douglas – a fastidious, straight-laced, unemotional man – is grief-stricken and determined to use the Grand tour, as they call it, to save his family. ‘I wanted to write the next bit in the love story: the period where the person you fell in love with leaves towels on the floor and doesn’t take out the bins,’ says Nicholls, who has himself been with his partner for several years. ‘In that respect it’s an informal sequel to one Day. and I wanted to write characters

David Nicholls, best-selling author of one Day, tugs at the heart strings again in his new novel, writes Claire Allfree

who were in direct opposition to emma and Dexter. Douglas sees himself as a sort of über dad but his son constantly rejects him. I thought there was real agony in his situation: that he might at 54 find himself without the two people he loves most in the world. It’s about unrequited love within the family, which is so painful it’s almost taboo.’ Nicholls, 47, who also has a side career as a successful tV script writer, has two children under ten and lost his father during the writing of us. Being a parent and losing a parent have inevitably shaded the book. Nicholls says that having children made him

more sympathetic towards his parents but concedes he and his father weren’t close. So far, the evidence is that the book works: us was longlisted for the Booker, while Nicholls is particularly proud of the fact that men responded so strongly to one Day. ‘I loved that so many said it took them back to reading. I’ve always thought it a great shame that men don’t read more.’ ‘When my father died I surprised myself by reaching for a book. there’s something about the solitude and immersion in the written word that’s wonderful and life changing.’

Us (Hodder & Stoughton) is out now

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Ed Sheeran, 3Arena, Dublin HHHII RecenT arena tours have been characterised by over zealous popstars, each outdoing one another with increasingly elaborate installations and over-the-top pyrotechnic displays. But not our ed. On a rain-sodden Dublin night, the moppy-haired singer humbly slinks onto the massive stage, greeting the sold-out crowd with only a guitar and a retro Irish football jersey on his back. Just how will this work, you wonder? Quite easily by all accounts. Feeling run down from the off, Sheeran informs us that his voice is waning and urges the audience to go wild and lose their own. So rapturous is the reception for early hit Lego House however, that you feel such encouragement was hardly necessary. These doe-eyed acoustic numbers are tonight’s bread and butter but to typecast Sheeran as mere romantic balladeer would be unjust. The

Pharrell-produced Don’t is the undisputed highlight as he morphs into a souledup little groover, while the breakout ‘rap’ sections are more impressive than they have any right to be. As a one-man-band Sheeran performs admirably, looping ad hoc thumps and riffs into big anthems that have the audience flitting between states of pure

revelry and hushed reflection. It’s no mean feat and though he occasionally looks flat out, he holds it together – possessing the requisite confidence and swagger to dominate the arena. At times it’s overly earnest, but as The ATeam kicks in and the walls reverberate with teenage screams, no one cares. Bryan O’Haloran

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Gemini May 22 – Jun 21

Someone can be picky today, and seem bent on finding fault with something that you do. To fend this potential off, look to really concentrate. If you get distracted you may make an error which they can then seem to seize upon.

Mode of speech (8) Satan (7) Scared (6) Designs (10) Grown-up (5) A paradise (4) Speed up (10) Protector (8) Base (7) Layers (6) Manufacturer (5) Craving (4)

Solutions to previous puzzle: Across: 1 On probation; 9 Idiotic; 10 Motor; 11 Piece; 12 Emotion; 13 Effete; 15 Grieve; 18 Seaport; 20 Clean; 22 Ratio; 23 Artless; 24 Incredulity. Down: 2 Noise; 3 Retreat; 4 Bicker; 5 Tempo; 6 Outside; 7 Displeasure; 8 Drunkenness; 14 Flatten; 16 Recital; 17 Strand; 19 Odour; 21 Erect.

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Something can happen which shakes up your life but could turn out to be positive. It may be that you’re about to do something you’ve been contemplating for a while, or it could be that someone else around you can prove to be unpredictable. For your forecast, call 15609 114 79

Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19

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That more unspoken side of your nature can ‘literally find its voice’ this week. The key is making sure that what you’re saying, or speaking out about is something that is relevant to you. Just being contrary for the sake of it is unlikely to create a positive vibe.

Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23

Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20

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Even if you see yourself as being very much in control of your emotions, when it comes to spending money, the desire to splash the cash this week can be that much greater. You could find a sudden expense crops up, related to a business project.

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Saturn in your sign angles well to the Moon at one point today. This can help you to be methodical, especially around any creative interests. If one long-term plan seems to be stalling, think of something from your past.

ENIGMA Elgar, that composing fellow, Took a phrase from Will’s Othello, Wrote six marches, very grand, Still much played across the land. WHO AM I? A singer, I was born in Miami, Florida in 1945. I sang in the groups The Wind In The Willows and The Stilettos. I achieved fame in the group

Blondie in the 70s. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? WHO… in the Arabian Nights escapes from the Old Man of the Sea? WHAT... type of animal is a prairie dog? WHERE... was the painter El Greco born? WHEN... did China’s elder statesman Deng Xiaoping die?

QUIZ ANSWERS: ENIGMA: Pomp and Circumstance. WHO AM I? Debbie Harry. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? Sinbad; A rodent; Crete; 1997.

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scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22

capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20

Something you’ve found reliable may need to be upgraded. Yet, with your ruler in retrograde, don’t be too hasty in your choices. Ensure you research your options. Price is one thing, but if there is a running cost involved, do factor this in as well.

Draw (4) Banter (8) Wealthy (4) Bulge (8) Loving (12) Profession (6) Share (6) Cheekiness (12) Remove (8) Retired (4) Rider (8) Carry (4)

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cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23

The Moon angles up well to Saturn later today, and this can help you to really focus your thinking around any home or domestic issues. Just double check a family member is fully in the loop. Someone could also ask your opinion on a travel plan.

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Seize the moment. It’s an oft said cliché but it does hold true for you today Libra. There is so much you can get done but you do need to take charge of your own destiny, and if need be, even be firmer about the way you interact with others.

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Mars in your sign, has been angling brilliantly to the Sun in the last week, and does so again today. Use this potent energy to get things done. Although Uranus stirs the astral pot, this can serve to add a sense of excitement and verve to the equation.

Things can move quickly. You may find yourself with a lot of energy and very motivated. Wherever you apply this, you could do well and almost see instant results. One area which is more fluid is around any social arrangement.

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Having previously worked his Gaelgoir magic over the music of Leonard Cohen, this week Liam O Maonlai will turn his attention to Bob Marley in a special Irish-language concert devoted to the reggae icon, organised as part of literature festival, Imram. Redemption Songs (Fri, Pavilion Theatre, 8pm, €18/€20) will see the former Hothouse Flowers frontman join Steve Cooney and Natty Wailer, among others, to revisit such classics as No Woman, No Cry and Is This Love? as Gaeilge. Next week, Caitríona O’Leary and a host of trad stalwarts will present the Jig Of Life (Oct 15, Grand Social, 8.30pm, €15) during which choice cuts from Kate Bush’s back catalogue will also be performed in the mother tongue. For a full list of events – including theatre, talks and readings – see the website. Thu until Oct 18, www. imram.ie

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To celebrate the launch of Jameson caskmates, a new limited edition ‘stout-seasoned whiskey’, filmmaker Steve O’Connor and illustrator Steve McCarthy were invited to collaborate on art project Auld Dublin. It saw the pair visit iconic spots around the city which became the inspiration for a series of gorgeous, dream-like images that incorporate both photography and illustration. Until Nov 4, The Bernard Shaw, 11 Richmond Street South. D2. www.thebernardshaw.com

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White-haired boy Andrew ‘Hozier’ Byrne and starry-eyed pop darling Ellie Golding are just two of the high profile names who’ve already performed as part of the Guinness Amplify programme, a series of concerts designed to promote new and established musical talents. The event continues apace in Dublin this week, with bars including JJ Smyths, Bruxelles, Brogans, 4 Dame Lane and The Mercantile playing host to acts including Kammerpop, Leanne Harte, The Blood Red Mountain Band and Bree Harris. See www.guinnessamplify.com for details

He may also be a qualified GP, but if Paul Sinha were a lesser comic, he’d make easy jokes about his double minority status, as he’s gay and Asian. But while encounters with homophobia and xenophobia are key to his stand-up, it’s an off-kilter approach to identity with which he has made his name. Sinha came of age as a comedian at Edinburgh in 2006 when his second Fringe show, was a big hit. Thu to Sat, The Laughter Lounge, Eden Quay, D1, 7pm, €25. Tel: 1800 266 339. www. laughterlounge.com

HEAR WHEATus

Remember them? Pop monkeys Wheatus are back for more, and who can blame them? They’re making a brave stab at living in the present while the rest of the world is obsessed by their gloriously catchy past hits, Teenage Dirtbag and A Little Respect.

The latter is clearly what Wheatus are owed for ploughing on in the face of critical ambivalence, and all credit to them for continuing to churn out seamless power-pop. Expect a fun, feel-good dose of catchy indie rock. Thu, Cafe En Seine, Dawson St, D2, 8pm, €18.50. www.cafeenseine.ie

SEE VAnisHing ART Make the most of the crisp Autumnal weather by taking a trip out of town to Carton House in County Kildare for Vanishing Art, a free outdoor exhibition featuring sculptures by 70 top Irish artists. 180 works will be dotted about the hotel’s 1,100acre grounds including pieces by John Behan, Carolyn Mulholland, Patrick O’Reilly and Ann Meldon Hugh (work pictured). Until Dec 24. www. vanishingart.ie

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Business&Careers

Are Virgin’s staff really W

OULD you like to take as many holidays as you like and not worry about what work will think? That’s what Virgin workers can do under a new initiative rolled out by Richard Branson. The Virgin boss has explained that he is doing away with the company’s annual leave policy and handing the responsibility over to the workers. Employees will be able to determine how often and how many days they take off. Virgin isn’t the first company to introduce such an unusual HR policy – that was Netflix. In an article in the Harvard Review,

Companies are beginning to let their employees decide how many holidays they take. Chris Finnerty looks at whether it could work in Ireland

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Patty McCord, the former talent officer for Netflix, explained that it was about trusting people, not policies, as well as hiring and rewarding ‘fully formed adults’. Employees were told to take as many holiday time as they felt was appropriate. Bosses and employees were asked to work it out with one another. There were some rules. If you worked in accounting or finance, you shouldn’t plan to be out during the beginning or the end of a quarter, because those were busy times. If you wanted 30 days off in a row, you needed to meet with HR. This was the idea Branson picked up on and decided to implement in his own company, urging others to do the same. He said: ‘It is left to the employee alone to decide if and when he or she feels like taking a few hours, a day, a week or a month off, the assumption be-

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catching a break? Irish legislation, though you and your emMeanwhile, Alistair Tosh, director of execuployer may agree to additional entitlements. tive education at the Irish Management InstiAine McManus, head of faculty at the Grad- tute, says the concept was interesting. uate Business School at Griffith ColHe believes that while the possibility of lege, says there is a lot of research employees taking advantage of such into these ideas and how they a policy might exist, workplaces e k ity, li il ib impact on employees’ motithat implement these policies are x le ‘F ity to il vations, stating that it is a also determined not to hire peob a e h t ome or very American approach. ple with that kind of mindset. h t a k r wo and t She says she didn’t believe Patty McCord says that many r a t s flexible es, is it would work here, as such, companies have strenuous HR im finish t le are as it is flexibility that workpolicies that are only ever apop ers are looking for, not anplied to about three per cent of what pe g for’ nual leave. ‘I wouldn’t say the workforce. This is why Netflookin annual leave is at the top of the lix have made it their policy to hire list for workers,’ she says. only ‘fully formed adults’ who are ‘Flexibility, like the ability capable of being trusted and who can to work at home, bring a have ‘adult conversations’. device home with you Tosh says that Virgin are like any other or flexible start and company. They expect their workers to finish times, that is come in and do their best every the work-life balday and they in turn want ance people are to show the emlooking for,’ ployee that they she adds. are valued. ‘Virgin know that it will

not be overdone by the employees as it is still a competitive market out there. If the chance for promotion comes up, maybe how many holidays they took would be the last thing that would be looked at before a decision was made,’ says Tosh. So, would these kind of holiday policies work here in Ireland? McManus says that she doesn’t think annual leave rated high on employees’ list of concerns these days, adding that many would not have the money to be going away more on holidays as it is. ‘It is an interesting idea, which generates good marketing for whatever companies bring it in, but it’s not suited for all.’

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Martin takes victory in Tour of Lombardy

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IRELAND’S Dan Martin held off Alejandro Valverde and Rui Costa to win the one-day Tour of Lombardy for Garmin-Sharp yesterday. The 2013 LiegeBastogne-Liege winner was part of a group which hauled in breakaway pair Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) and Ben Hermans (BMC Racing) in the final kilometre and he pulled away in the final corners. Martin, the nephew of Tour de France winner Stephen Roche, crashed in the event last year and also in this season’s Giro d’Italia and Liege-BastogneLiege. He said afterwards: ‘I love this race, it’s one of my favourite races. To get second and crash in the last corner last year, it’s incredible to win it after all the bad luck this year.’ No way through: Leinster’s Mick McGrath gets stopped in his tracks

LEinsTER’s OLDER HEADs nEED TO sTART sHOwing THEiR LEADERsHip skiLLs WHERE were the leaders? Twenty-three men pulled on blue jerseys on Saturday evening at Aviva Stadium but fewer than a handful actually wore them with any conviction. No Sean O’Brien, no Cian Healy, no Brian O’Driscoll and, it appeared, no appetite for the fight. World-class players are leaders in their own right by their nature because their performances and actions set a tone, and on Saturday night very few, if any, Leinster players looked like they wanted to take responsibility for that. Credit to Dominic Ryan and Rhys Ruddock for trying to bring an edge in the close quarters but Munster’s rudimental, physical and very effective approach seemed to scare off Leinster like a blindside punch to the jaw. Rob Kearney certainly tried to stamp his authority on the team but too many players were left looking around at each other waiting for someone else to signal the charge. As senior players, Jamie Heaslip, Gordon D’Arcy, Eoin Reddan and Mike McCarthy should have done more to help their less experienced colleagues – six of the replacements had never faced Munster before in their careers, while starting players such as Michael Bent, Darragh

Fanning and Brendan Macken have very little experience of these marquee occasions. Were there any positives? Well, better such an implosion occurs in early October rather than after Christmas and coach Matt O’Connor will be thankful that there is a Guinness PRO12 clash with Zebre to address his side’s inefficiencies before the Champions Cup kicks off. It was also encouraging to see the Byrne brothers continue to get more exposure alongside back row Jack Conan. Those are three academy graduates who will add quality depth to the squad this season, particularly because they are effective and dynamic ball carriers among the forwards and somebody need to fill the voids left by the injuries to Sean O’Brien and Cian Healy. Expectation will now fall on the shoulders of Ryan and Ruddock in the back row, because having shown promise early in their careers, Leinster now need them to be more than just complementary pieces. These are two young men with proven leadership credentials and those qualities will be needed more than ever in the next couple of weeks. Leinster have not become a bad team overnight, but they needed more direction on the pitch and in an effort to find a solution they must now look to each other and not just at each other.

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Pedal power: Dan Martin crosses the winning line in Italy after a difficult season

formula one japanese grand prix

‘My prayers are with Bianchi’

Horror crash overshadows Hamilton’s rain-hit victory by ADAM HAy-nicHOLLs F1 Correspondent Lewis HamiLton admitted he ‘enjoyed the ride’ as he won and extended his championship lead at a wet suzuka, but it was a serious injury to marussia’s Jules Bianchi which overshadowed the Japanese Grand Prix. Rain had long-threatened the running of a grand prix which could yet prove pivotal in Hamilton’s title battle with mercedes team-mate nico Rosberg as the Briton outpaced his rival to finish the shortened race in front. a red flag had stopped the action after just two laps as – despite starting the race behind the safety car – the heavy rain being pushed over suzuka by typhoon Phanfone continued to fall. the grand prix restarted and Hamilton passed pole-sitter Rosberg on lap 29 before disappearing into the distance. However, the race would not be completed as the rain returned, with Bianchi crashing out late on to see

the red flags return. the 25-yearold Frenchman aquaplaned and left the track in the same place where sauber’s adrian sutil had suffered a similar fate on the previous lap. Bianchi was understood to have crashed into the recovery vehicle that was in the process of removing sutil’s car and, with an ambulance deployed, the race was halted after 44 laps and Hamilton declared the winner. the win moves Hamilton ten points ahead of Rosberg with four races remaining but the Briton was subdued after Bianchi’s incident, which saw him have emergency surgery on a severe head injury in hospital ‘our first thoughts go to Jules – it overshadows everything else when one of our colleagues is injured and we are praying for him. next to this,

Called to a halt: Bianchi, left, crashed into the recovery vehicle, which was removing Sutil’s car, right, after it slid off at the same corner

the race result doesn’t seem significant at all,’ Hamilton said. ‘Generally the car was absolutely fantastic through the race and once i passed nico i was able to really manage the gap and enjoy the ride. obviously it didn’t finish the way we would have hoped. my prayers are with Bianchi and his family.’ sebastian Vettel finished third ahead of Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, with mc-Laren’s Jenson Button fifth.

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Rad Devils on the rise falcao off mark as De gea saves united fa pREMiER LEAguE

maN uNited...................... 2 eVertoN..............................1 by James boylan Radamel Falcao scored his first goal in english football as manchester United recorded back-to-back victories for the first time under louis van Gaal to move into the top four. on-loan monaco striker Falcao had missed four decent chances to find the net but tucked a top poacher’s effort away in the 62nd minute to hand United a 2-1 win over everton at old Trafford. United had taken the lead through angel di maria, who curled past Tim Howard in the first half. everton were allowed back into the match when luke Shaw lost Steven Naismith, who headed leighton Baines’ fine cross past david de Gea. despite being second best in every department, everton will feel they should have taken a point from this game.

14 Penalties scored in 14 attempts by Baines before yesterday’s match

de Gea kept United in it with two outstanding late saves from leon osman and Bryan oviedo, and at the end of the first half Baines saw his spotkick saved by the Spaniard after Shaw brought down Tony Hibbert. Shaw tweeted his gratitude to the keeper, saying: ‘Wow @d-deGea was unbelievable today! Thank you my friend for the penalty save.’ di maria was named man of the match but said: ‘david deserves this reward rather than myself. He saved us throughout the game.’ Van Gaal praised both men, saying: ‘When you hold the penalty out and in the dying seconds you hold three magnificent saves, then you are great because you win the game because of that. ‘When you give assists and also you score goals, what can you ask more of a player? ‘But we have to improve in a lot of things and also di maria has to improve. When he does that every week, then we have to be very pleased with him.’

Top of the stops: De Gea pulled off a last-gasp stunner to deny Oviedo, top, and denied Baines from the penalty spot, above

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Off and running: Falcao wheels away after his first United goal while Howard shows his frustration

JOHN STONeS will miss england’s euro 2016 qualifiers with San Marino and estonia after injuring ankle ligaments. Roberto Martinez says the defender, right, will be out ‘for a few weeks’. Arsenal’s Calum Chambers has been called up by england as a replacement

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Brown accuses Bhoys of hiding 0 Clubs Swansea striker SkiPPer Scott Brown accused Celtic’s players of hiding during the shock 1-0 loss to new tabletoppers Hamilton at Parkhead. An Ali Crawford strike in the second half saw Accies win at Celtic Park for the first time in 76 years to top the Scottish Premiership, while the defending champions are down in sixth. ‘We missed a few chances but at the end we didn’t deserve anything,’ said Brown (pictured). ‘We didn’t play as well as we

should have. There weren’t enough people wanting the ball. People were hiding and it was disappointing to see and play in.’

Wilfred Bony expects to be interested in him in the January transfer window. Linked with several teams in the summer, Bony says his commitments with Ivory Coast will put potential suitors off. ‘I don’t think any team will buy me,’ he said. ‘I don’t think so because there is the Africa Cup [of Nations which runs from January to February].’

No Charlie frown for Hughes CHArLie ADAM won praise from boss Mark Hughes despite Stoke’s disappointing defeat at Sunderland. Adam (pictured) netted the Potters goal in the 3-1 reversal and Hughes said: ‘Charlie was one of the few bright lights in terms of performance. it was a good finish but we needed a little bit more of that from the other players around him as well.’

Veron’s number Juan in vote

FOrMer Manchester United and Argentina midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron has been voted president of Argentine first-division club estudiantes de La Plata. The 39-year-old (right) hung up his boots last season, having returned to estudiantes from europe in 2006.

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premier league table

P Chelsea 7 Man City 7 Southampton 7 Man Utd 7 Swansea 7 Tottenham 7 West Ham 7 Arsenal 7 Liverpool 7 Aston Villa 7 Hull 7 Leicester 7 Sunderland 7 West Brom 7 Crystal Palace 7 Stoke 7 Everton 7 Newcastle 7 Burnley 7 QPR 7

W 6 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 1

D 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 1 3 3 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 1

L 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 5

F 21 14 11 13 10 9 12 11 10 4 11 11 8 8 10 6 13 7 3 4

A Pts 7 19 7 14 5 13 10 11 8 11 7 11 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 11 9 12 9 7 8 9 8 12 8 8 8 16 6 14 4 10 4 15 4

results Aston Villa............0 Chelsea ................2 Hull........................2 Leicester ...............2 Liverpool ..............2 Man Utd ...............2 Sunderland ..........3 Swansea ...............2 Tottenham.............1 West Ham ............2

Man City ............ 2 Arsenal...............0 Crystal Palace ....0 Burnley............... 2 West Brom..........1 Everton................1 Stoke ...................1 Newcastle .......... 2 Southampton ....0 QPR.....................0

Jose says he always listens to his doctors CHELSEA boss Jose mourinho insisted he would never interfere in medical decisions after Thibaut Courtois suffered a head injury against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. The Belgium goalkeeper (pictured) initially played on following his collision with Alexis Sanchez before being replaced by Petr Cech and leaving the stadium for precautionary tests at a hospital. ‘On the bench I don’t communicate with the doctors. I just get decisions. “Can he stay (on)?”. “Yes”; “He has to leave”. “Okay”. I was just worried for the kid [Courtois], not worried about the game and the performance. ‘I just want them [Chelsea medical team] to give me a decision and they gave me a decision. For me, that’s correct.’

Relieved Reds feel A-dam sight better AdAm LALLAnA admits it would have been a long international break for himself and his Liverpool team-mates without victory over West Brom. The £23million man opened his Reds account with a wellworked goal having combined with Jordan Henderson, who grabbed the winner after Saido Berahino had converted a second-half penalty. It ended a three-match winless run and England international Lallana said: ‘It is huge because it is two weeks and if you get an indifferent result, and are dwelling on it, it can last forever. ‘We know it was a poor result in Basle [where Liverpool lost 1-0 in the Champions League] but three days later we got had game and used it to our advantage and got three points.’ Lallana was a boyhood Everton fan but you would not have guessed it from the way he celebrated his goal. A knee injury curtailed the start of his Anfield career and he said: ‘A lot of my feelings were represented in my celebration. ‘It was a proud moment with a bit of relief. I got nine in the league last season so it would be nice to get double figures, especially when Studge [daniel Sturridge] is out injured we have to chip in.’

Lallana’s performance drew high praise from Reds boss Brendan Rodgers who said: ‘His intensity and work-rate was exceptional, and he showed his quality. ‘He is a wonderfully technically gifted player and he scored a wonderful goal.’ In-form Berahino’s now has six goals in all competitions this term

but Baggies boss Alan Irvine cautioned against over-hyping the England Under-21 international. ‘Everyone is talking about Saido and understandably so as he is a really talented young player but he is going to miss chances,’ said Irvine. ‘He needs to be that little bit more clinical at times.’

Blue-tiful: Costa celebrates his goal with John Obi Mikel

Spurs fans get a taste of the Poch philosophy ToTTenham fans got a glimpse of PREMiER LEAguE what head coach mauricio Pochettino wants from his team in the defeat of tottenham ........ 1 former club Southampton. Christian eriksen’s 20-yard strike southampton . 0 secured the 1-0 victory, which not only ended Spurs’ four-match wait for a by Jack Fox league win but showed the players are adapting to the head coach’s high-press- coach from the outset. ‘I still love ing, attacking style. Southampton and maybe I can under‘I am very happy and I congratulate stand but this is football,’ Pochettino the players who made a good job,’ said of the taunts. ‘I do not change my Pochettino said. feeling, nothing about Southampton.’ ‘We are still improving. Three months Sadio mane had the visitors’ best in charge with a new philosophy. chance but was guilty of a miss-of-the‘I am very happy toseason contender, turnday to get the three ing wide from six yards points and happy with out in the closing stages. the performance, and Saints boss Ronald happy with the way that Koeman said: ‘I am disthe team played. This is appointed about the rewhat we want. The sult, not disappointed team deserved to win.’ about our performance. In the build-up, Po‘Little by little we had chettino called his time to push up a little bit at Saints the best period more and I think we did of his life. however, his that very good. We got affection was not recipmaybe the best chance in rocated by the visiting the game with mane. support, with chants Saints slayer: Eriksen okay, it was unlucky but aimed at the Spurs head celebrates his winner pic: Getty that is football.’

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Mourinho Haz more reasons to be cheerful JOSe MOUrInHO felt nothing but happiness after victory over arsenal left Chelsea five points clear at the top of the premier League. Goals from eden Hazard, a penalty, and diego Costa extended arsene Wenger’s win drought against Mourinho to 12 games and the Blues boss could even afford to shrug off a touchline shoving match with his old rival. ‘The start of the season is good but it’s just seven matches – we have only reasons to be happy,’ said Mourinho. ‘The team is good in every moment of the game.’ Thibaut Courtois went off with a head injury, and was replaced by petr Cech, before Hazard lit up the contest, darting past two tackles and being felled by Laurent koscielny for a penalty which the Belgian (right) converted himself. Mourinho said: ‘In these games you need one of your top players to take some magic cards out of his pocket and he did it.’ Cesc Fabregas, playing against his former club, brilliantly set up Costa’s goal. ‘He didn’t have this perform-

Boo-boy: Fabregas fights for the ball with Sanchez

pREMiER LEAguE chelsea .................. 2 arsenal .................0

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Wednesday Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Southern section, Second Round

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Thursday European Championship Qualifying Group E

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England v Croatia ........................(5.45pm)

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Northern Ireland v Faroe Islands (7.45pm)

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by gavin Brown ance because the opponent was arsenal and he had a special motivation. I don’t remember a game this season where he was not fantastic,’ said Mourinho. Wenger felt Fabregas handled a Jack Wilshere shot in the second half which should have been a penalty and also felt Gary Cahill was fortunate not to be sent off for a challenge on alexis Sanchez. and the Frenchman even suggested Chelsea’s ability to make key big-money signings had been a major factor in the game. ‘They have a financial power and they used it in a very efficient way when they had the chances,’ Wenger added. ‘Their individual players who can make the difference made the difference – Hazard and Costa.’

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Cesc: gunners love me CESC FABREGAS claimed Arsenal fans still love him after enduring an afternoon of abuse as he helped guide Chelsea to victory at Stamford Bridge. The former Gunners skipper was asked if the victory had been sweeter given the negative chants aimed at him, but he said: ‘Not at all. I take it in a positive way. I know they love me and it is all because we were together once. ‘I have huge respect for Arsenal – they gave me everything when I was little. Without them I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t have won what I have won.’

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Rock-bottom Hoops have to shape up, admits Harry pREMiER LEAguE WesT ham ..............2 qpr .......................... 0 by Richard Hookham Harry redknapp accepts his players are lacking fitness but denies they have no fight after Qpr slumped at Upton park. nedum Onuoha’s own-goal and diafra Sakho’s second-half header gave all three points to the Hammers, who move up to seventh. The defeat leaves rangers rockbottom with just four points from seven

Defiant: Redknapp matches and yet to register an away point. Qpr chairman Tony Fernandes tweeted after the game: ‘Just not good enough’, and Sky Sports pundit Gary neville described the visitors’ attitude as ‘diaboli-

cal’. redknapp refused to criticise his players’ commitment but said: ‘It wasn’t great, that’s for sure. ‘That’s [neville’s] opinion. I’ve seen some diabolical performances of late as well but we won’t go into that one. ‘We need to get them fitter. I’ve put a lot of faith into Sandro. Unfortunately, he’s had an injury. I had him at Tottenham and when he’s fit he’s a fantastic player.’ When asked if the players were letting him down, redknapp said: ‘I don’t think so. We’re just short up front. ‘It’s been difficult, we lost Loic remy on the deadline and couldn’t get a replacement. We’ve had a tough start but there’s an awful long way to go.’

Clinical: Sakho heads West Ham’s second

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