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clocking off starts mid-day BOSSES won’t be too pleased to hear it – but the weekend starts for many staff while they are still sitting at work. Clock-watching workers start to wind down for the two-day break during the day on Friday, a new poll suggests. That’s when many of us to start making plans for what we’re going to do on Saturday and Sunday. But Irish people aren’t the first workers in Europe to start the weekend early. Spaniards think about abandoning their desks from 10.10am but in Italy the weekend doesn’t begin until 7.36pm.

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Irish people are ready to go at 1.20pm. We fork out an average of €120 on a ‘great weekend’, according to the poll. But despite best laid plans, Irish people consider just one out of every seven weekends ‘great,’ because, for many of us, work eats into the break. A routine also affects our ability to have a great weekend, with 35 per cent of Irish workers polled confessing they get stuck in the same routine. Eighteen per cent, meanwhile, can’t remember

the last time they had a new experience. Friends and family top a list of what makes a great weekend, with 52 per cent valuing time with loved ones. However, even though we spend time dreaming about the weekend, 43 per cent think about work during it and 17 per cent are checking office emails. Mark Servodidio of car rental company Budget, which commissioned the poll, said: ‘We should all try to make the most of our weekends, whether that be spending time with family and friends or heading on an adventure.’

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An Post delivers a retro Pac-age to invade hearts By DAviD KEARns RetRo sells – and what could be more retro than a letter? Well according to An Post, it is a letter stamped with one of their new series of stamps honouring some of the most iconic stars of video gaming. In a move that is sure to play on people’s nostalgia, the post office has issued a collection of retro gaming stamps featuring some childhood favourites from the 70s, 80s and 90s. the four stamps include Bandai’s Pac-Man, – arguably the first iconic video-game star created – Namco’s Space Invaders, and Sega and Nintendo’s ever-popular mascots, Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario. While the long running rivalry between the pixilated pair may have come to an end (weirdly doing so in the first official video game of the 2008 Summer olympic Games) the age-old question of who is better has helped to generate more than €15billion since the 1980s. ‘the set marks the iconic status of the games and transition of gaming from novelty to global industry,’ said An Post, which expects that the new stamps will be eagerly sought by gamers past and present and by anyone with an interest in popular culture. ‘the four constitute probably the most iconic images of popular culture since the 1970s and lie at the heart of a multibillion-dollar global industry enjoyed by everyday people of all ages and all walks of life,’ it added. the collection is the work of Dublin designers Zinc Design Consultants and will cost €.68c each to put on a letter. A full ‘sheetlet’ of the full collection is available for €10.88 from An Post’s website.

Makers lose doll-ars as Barbie flops Mattel’s got girl problems and her name is Barbie. sales of the iconic doll continue to slide and a surprising drop in sales of its american Girl toys could become another headache for the toy company as it heads into the Christmas season. Mattel reported yesterday that Barbie sales fell 21 per cent for the three months ended september 30, even sharper than the 15 per cent drop in the second quarter. Heightening tensions even more, Mattel’s rival, Hasbro, recently landed the rights for dolls from the blockbuster Disney movie Frozen, a coveted relationship for Mattel. the rights for the ‘Frozen’ dolls will go to Hasbro in 2016.

Big kids seek spot on tV3’s new toy show tV3 Has been ‘flooded’ with requests from eager parents looking for tickets to its new Christmas toy show. the channel said that more than 9,000 people have applied to be part of its latest attempt to topple the late late show’s Christmas special. the vast majority of submissions are for audience tickets – with about 1,000 people seeking to take part as ‘toy testers’. the closing date for applications is Monday and the show will air exactly one week before the late late toy show, on Friday, November 21.

TV reality star Amy Childs writes off €75,000 car but escapes unhurt UK REALITY TV star Amy Childs has said she is ‘lucky to be alive’ after flipping her car on Wednesday night. The 24-year-old, who rose to fame in The Only Way Is Essex, managed to clamber out of the vehicle unhurt after smashing into a traffic light in a suburb of northeast London. Her €75,000 Range Rover Autograph Sport – easily recognisable by its distinctive number plate, WE11 JEL (Well Jel) – ended up on its roof outside a pub. Paramedics were called to the scene to treat the beautician, who sat at the roadside in an apparent state of shock. She later tweeted: ‘I am so lucky to be alive thank, you to everyone for your lovely messages. God was definitely watching down on me.’ The crash comes a week after Childs launched a campaign for moneysupermarket.com where she

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poses with a smashed car bearing the same number plate. The beautician reportedly spent €100,500 on the plate, which features one of her Towie catchphrases. A London Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed there had been a collision between a vehicle and a traffic light but said inquiries ‘were continuing’.

Narrow escape: Amy’s car after the crash

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‘Man with clipboard’ sparks panic as Ebola nurse is isolated

A US HEALTH official sparked fears of yet more Ebola cases after failing to wear protective gear as he tended to a patient with the deadly virus. But after his actions were criticised, the company flying nurse Amber Vinson to an isolation unit insisted that it was ‘safer’ he was not wearing a biosuit.

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The suits limit a person’s vision, smell and hearing, said Phoenix Air’s Randy Davis, so one of the medical team has to be their ‘eyes and ears’. ‘Someone has to have their full senses working all the time. You cannot do that inside a suit,’ he added.

Despite the assurances, one Twitter user urged the authorities to identify the official, dubbed ‘clipboard man’, so people could ‘stay the hell away from him’. Ms Vinson, 29, is one of two nurses infected by Thomas Duncan, who died in Dallas, Texas last week while visiting from Liberia.

Irish firm creates app to aid medics A DUBLIN-BAseD software development company has created an app that will give healthcare workers access to the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on ebola. The app provides details of what isolation measures are required for ebola, what protective equipment is required for healthcare workers and how contaminated waste should be dealt with. eamonn Costello, managing director of Medical eGuides, said: ‘Being well versed on WHO protocols on ebola is critical, as a single lapse can lead to a spread of the disease.’

We must step up Ebola plan, says Varadkar IRELAND needs to step up its Ebola preparedness, Health Minister Leo Varadkar has told an Oireachtas Committee. Speaking to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, Mr Varadkar said our health service needs to prepare with dry runs and equipment provision. However, he also said there’s no reason to believe emergency departments here will be overwhelmed by people infected with Ebola. He said that with good infection control, the risk of transmission of Ebola in the Republic is very low. Addressing the issue of screenings at airports, he said that while the UK is conducting entrance screenings at Gatwick, it’s the only British airport doing so, and he said in the three main west African countries exit screenings are already in place. Mr Varadkar said if one or two cases occur here, they can be handled in the National Isolation Unit in the Mater Hospital here in the capital.

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60 seconds irish Water rows back on landlord liability tweet Galway-based writer SaRah ClanCy has just released her third collection of poetry, The Truth And Other Stories. She is a participant in Lingo, a spoken-word festival in Dublin this weekend

Lingo has been billed as Ireland’s ‘first ever spoken word’ festival. How will it differ from a common-orgarden literature or poetry showcase? Spoken-word poetry

is usually brim-full of life. It’s performed rather than read and can be passionate, witty, rhythmic, funny, moving, angry, thoughtprovoking and sometimes, when we get it right, it’s magically creative. Just like hearing your favourite band playing your favourite song live, hearing great poetry straight from the horse’s mouth is something memorable.

Where should neophytes begin when perusing the Lingo programme? The chance

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Your new collection, The Truth and Other Stories, is inspired, in part, by the economy. Does poetry feel like a particularly hard sell in the current climate? There’s no

money in poetry, good times or bad, but there’s a greater appetite for it when times are tough. For me, through the last few rough years, it’s been a lifeline. And a weapon, a therapist, an entertainment centre, a punch bag, a life source, a community and a whirlwind.

The poet and rapper Kate Tempest has become a household name in her native UK, recently bagging a Mercury Prize for her efforts. How does Ireland compare when it comes to embracing its spoken word artists?

IrISh WATEr has moved to clarify the liability of landlords and tenants regarding who pays the water bill. The firm caused confusion when it tweeted that landlords would be responsible for their properties’ charges if tenants did not register. having since deleted the comment, the company issued a correction stating that ‘the tenant is responsible for the payment of the water charge… and should the tenant not register, Irish Water will contact the property owner to ensure that the responsible party (the tenant) receives the bill.’ A spokeswoman for the company said landlords would only likely be liable if they failed to pass on application packs to tenants.

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most powerful spoken-word poems I’ve come across is For Eli by US poet Andrea Gibson. It’s a poem that comes into my mind every time I pass through Shannon Airport and see the US troops – groups of young people flying off to bomb other poor people in places they know nothing about while we turn a blind eye.

Which poets leave you cold?

Poetry is weird. It’s like music in that there are so many genres and styles and subgroups, I can’t really dismiss something just because it’s not to my taste. I don’t like anything that needs to be read in hushed tones with portentous pauses between each line. Anything written in a way that seems designed to exclude people annoys me – maybe

ed poems inspired by the modern world. What’s your biggest bugbear about life in the fastlane? It’s that we must be ‘balanced’ and ‘rational’ when both are so, so, so narrowly defined here. What on earth is balanced about us paying the debts of unsecured bond holders? Or keeping asylum seekers dependent on the State by not allowing them to work and then complaining that they’re a drain on the State? One of the things I love about poetry is that it needn’t be balanced or rational. Maybe we should have Leader’s Questions and the 9 O’Clock News in spoken word format in future? Daragh Reddin

Sarah will be performing in The Workman’s Club tonight as part of Lingo. www.lingofestival.com. The Truth And Other Stories (Salmon Poetry) is out now. Follow her on twitter @sarahmaintains

‘Even if a tenant moves out and fails to close their account, it will still be them that are liable. We will only contact landlords to help us get in touch with former tenants,’ she said, adding that Irish Water will follow up in the ‘standard ways’ against those tenants that refuse to pay the charges. There were heated scenes in the Dáil yesterday when Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald produced a letter from Wicklow County Council warning tenants who refuse to register with Irish Water that they faced eviction if ‘they don’t pay their water charges’. Accusing the

Tánaiste of disregarding valid concerns, Ms McDonald said that ‘You stand up and give me a smart-alec answer’ in response to Joan Burton pointing out that Sinn Féin and independent councillors controlled the Wicklow council and that the deputy should take up her ‘concerns’ with her party’s local representatives . Meanwhile, Irish Water has backed up a comment from Taoiseach Enda Kenny that its staff did not receive bonuses this year. It was responding after a letter emerged which showed that its parent company, Ervia, paid €5.1million in bonuses so far this year. A spokesperson said: ‘The payments do not relate to Irish Water staff’.

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to see Karl Parkinson and John Cummins – both very much Dublin poets – together in The Workman’s Club is not to be missed. Stephen Murphy, the man whose Spoken word poetry in poem Was It For This? Ireland seems to have recently got tens of been grudgingly thousands of hits by our For me, poetry’s been accepted on YouTube, is on institutions as a the same bill and a lifeline, a weapon, a way of getting well worth people therapist, a punch bag, young catching. I’d also interested in recommend a life source, a poetry, so from Where I Come that point of view community and a From there on it’s got a foothold. Sunday. It’s an event whirlwind But in terms of it as a that features another literature in and of itself, Dublin spoken-word poet without an ulterior motive, Paul Curran, the brilliant Paula well, yes, dear institutions, your Meehan, who holds the Ireland score is ‘could try harder’. Chair of Poetry, and Elaine Feeney, whose poems Urban Myths And the Your last collection, Thanks Galway Girl’ and Mass are gems. For Nothing, Hippies, includ-

Hero Hour, in aid of Childline, will see a host of Irish celebrities reading their favourite poems. Which poem would you choose to read? One of the

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When Hossam Antikka and his mates posed for a selfie in northern Giza, Egypt, they didn’t expect their new friend to say cheese. But the ship of the desert happily obliged. Mr Antikka, 20 (centre), said: ‘It makes me feel joyful every time I look at it.’ picTure: cATerS

childcare rules are ‘being flouted’ More than 10 per cent of the rules designed to keep children safe in creches, nurseries and pre-school groups are being flouted, a watchdog has found. Tusla – the Child and Family Agency – said that research on the care of youngsters up to the age of six has found 74 per cent compliance with the regulations. The agency’s review of thousands of inspections carried out in the 18 months to May 2013 revealed that the greatest

challenge facing the sector is abiding by rules on staff, child ratios, vetting of staff and identifying a designated person in charge. Some 1,388 reports identified non-compliance on one of these fronts. The study identified a number of what it called ‘deep concerns’ – including in some instances staff not being garda vetted, children having access to sharp knives, cord blinds, matches and toxic materials, and some

youngsters being left unsupervised. It also warned of a high number of complaints that children were being fed nonnutritious food and some children were going hungry. Tusla examined 3,007 inspection reports and carried out an analysis of a random sample of 500. It said bad practices exist, in small numbers. The highest non-compliance was in pre-schools in the HSe Dublin North east region.

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TATUM: I NEEDED MORE HELP WHILE AT SCHOOL ChannIng TaTum claims he was ‘lumped in classes with kids with autism and Down’s syndrome’ growing up as a kid. The 21 Jump Street star, who has suffered from aDhD and dyslexia, vented about his school days. ‘The system is broken,’ he told T magazine. ‘If we can streamline a multi-billion-dollar company, we should be able to help kids who struggle the way I did.’

Dating Kristina? No, she’s Strictly off-limits for Si S Star won’t make a move after music stops TRICTLY’s simon Webbe insists he and ballroom ‘man-eater’ Kristina Rihanoff go in separate directions after training is over. Their sexy rumba caused a public backlash on saturday and they had to endure the dreaded dance-off to survive. But the Blue singer exclusively told Guilty Pleasures the passion ends when the music stops. He said: ‘All I can say is that we talk, dance and we high five and go our separate ways until

the next day.’ Defending the routine he said: ‘It’s the rumba. It’s one of the most sexual dances that there is. ‘I was just concentrating on the moves. sorry if it offended anyone. For me, I thought the choreography was amazing.’ The All Rise hitmaker insists he has full confidence in the Russian vixen in rehearsals. ‘she knows what my strengths are,’ the 36-year-old said. ‘I’m not really that interested in taking my top off and doing a waltz but if it’s for entertain-

ment and it feels comfortable by all means. When I met her, the one thing I noticed about her was her professionalism. she’s a hard worker and a grafter. I have come into strictly to learn. That’s where we have a synergy straight away.’ This weekend they hope to avoid the danceoff with a Charleston.

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Suspects ‘framed’ for beach deaths

THAiLAnD: The families of the bar workers on trial for the murder of two British tourists say they are being used as scapegoats. They spoke out after Burmese migrants Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, both 21, retracted their confessions over the deaths of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23. ‘The case has been rigged against my son,’ said Zaw’s mother, while Win’s mother said she was suicidal. The Britons were found bludgeoned to death on Koh Tao last month.

More bodies found after blizzards hit nEpAL: The bodies of eight more trekkers killed in blizzards and avalanches have been found. The discovery brings the death toll to 25 from the storms, although the figure is expected to rise as about 70 people are still missing. The blizzard, which was the tail end of a cyclone that hit the Indian coast a few days ago, appeared to cause the avalanches. Climate experts say rising global temperatures have contributed to avalanches in the Himalayas.

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AMERicA: Apple software boss Craig Federighi unveils super-thin iPads at the company’s California headquarters. The iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 tablets have an improved camera Picture: Getty

Final curtain for La Bamba star AMERicA: Highly respected actress Elizabeth Peña has died at the age of 55 after a brief illness. The New Jerseyborn star (pictured) was best known for her roles in La Bamba, Jacob’s Ladder, Rush Hour, and recently playing Sofia Vergara’s mother in Modern Family. Her nephew, Mario-Francisco Robles, said: ‘She did it all, and she made it look fun. She made it look easy. But I know it wasn’t.’

and finally... cHinA: If you thought sitting exams was a slog, spare a thought for new students at No.7 Chengdu High School. They won’t graduate unless they run 595km in the next three years. ‘Exercise gives you a healthy mind,’ said a spokesman for the school in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

BAR and shop workers could be jailed as France attempts to crack down on the growing scourge of ‘le binge drinking’ by young people. Anyone ‘encouraging’ drunkenness faces up to a year behind bars and a fine of €15,000 as the country struggles to deal with soaring alcohol abuse among its young. The measures will even extend to those ‘inciting people to drink on the internet’ which deals with increasingly popular website drinking games. France’s health secretary Marisol Touraine said: ‘We have to put a stop to drunkenness that does so much damage to young people.’ Although the French are generally viewed as having a more sensible attitude to drinking than others, health experts are worried that the so-called Anglo-Saxon culture of binge-drinking is spreading. Youngsters can regularly be seen

drunk on the streets of major cities such as Paris and Marseille. Lyon, which has a large student population, has introduced restrictions on the after-hours Marisol Touraine sale of alcohol to cut down on the problem. A report by France’s National Institute for Prevention and Education in Health said that ‘the frequency of drunkenness among adolescents and young adults seems to be on the rise’. But critics suggested the new law would be difficult to enforce. They said blame for someone getting drunk could be traced back to the owner of a busy bar, prompting vindictive litigation, for example. Marketing campaigns used by major drinks firms could also be outlawed if parliament passes the law.

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’m an elderly man (in my early 30s) and a Facebook user since the early days. Of late, I’ve become increasingly disturbed by the volume of youths filling my timeline with these ‘selfies’. In my day, if you were caught so much as looking at yourself in the mirror, you would be ridiculed within an inch of your life by peers. When has such aggressive narcissism and vanity become acceptable? I am therefore proposing a ‘selfie tax’. Surely the revenue this would raise would be in the billions of euro and would pay for our water with change left over for a huge annual water fight. P Lawlor, Portobello ■ I see the infuriatingly smug couples have slunk back into the Yeh Big Ride section. need I remind everyone that this is trespassing on the stomping ground of us single people looking for that special someone. By rubbing their smugness in our faces, it is making us even more bitter and twisted than we already were. On an aside – to the girl who was actually

chewing, not her nails but it would seem, her fingers off on the no 7 yesterday evening, please don’t. It’s really nauseating. EvenMoreBitterAndTwistedThanTheLast TimeIWroteIn (WhichIsSayingSomething) ■ People complaining about having to pay twice for water – do they refuse, then, to pay our other double (or triple) taxations such as stamp duty and property tax on their homes, and VRT, motor tax and Vat on petrol/diesel for their cars? This is just the way this Government works. CG ■ Since when are bikes allowed on rushhour trains? I had to move out of my standing space this morning for someone’s bike (which took up the room of three people) Shouldn’t there be a separate carriage for bikes? I’ve also been nearly run over a few times by cyclists on the Samuel Beckett Bridge and have witnessed a full-on collision and nearly another one yesterday morning. Please slow down and have a bit of consideration for us pedestrians. Sarah

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“This is Where I Leave You” is directed by Shawn Levy, and based on the hilarious and poignant best-selling novel by Jonathan Tropper. It features a starring ensemble cast including Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, two-time Oscar ® winner, Jane Fonda, Corey Stoll, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne and Timothy Olyphant.

When their father passes away, four grown siblings, bruised and banged up by their respective adult lives, are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. Confronting their history and the frayed states of their relationships among the people who know and love them best, they ultimately reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humor, heartache and redemption that only families can provide - driving us insane even as they remind us of our truest, and often best, selves.

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unfair firing Boy ‘stabbed’ costs cinema in apartment

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a dUBLIN cinema has been ordered to pay out for unfairly dismissing a staff member over a discount on a snack. a panel at the Employment appeals Tribunal yesterday ordered Cineworld to pay Carl Meade €20,000. Cineworld said it used CCTV to show Mr Meade buying an extralarge hot dog, but paying only for a regular, and taking a pricier brand of sweets than what appeared on his signed receipt, saving himself a total of €1. He said it was a mistake.

Irish less valued than coding for third of people ONE in three adults thinks coding is a more important subject than Irish. In a survey of 1,000 adults carried out by UPC Ireland, one in five also said it was ‘more important’ than maths. In the research, which marked the end of EU Code Week, most adults (66 per cent) said learning computer coding at school is as important as Business, Geography, Music, History, Art, Irish, Science, Languages, Maths and English. However, less than one in five knew about the CoderDojo initiative (where increasing numbers of children nationwide are taking part in coding clubs or ‘dojos’ run by local volunteers). Three in four people said they would send their child to learn coding, assuming groups and facilities were available in their area. More people in Leinster, and Dublin in particular, were aware of CoderDojos, followed by Munster and Connacht/Ulster, with more men aware of the initiative

by ORnA cunnIngHAM than women (20 per cent to 14 per cent). UPC, in partnership with CoderDojo, is to create ten new CoderDojos across Ireland over the next 12 months. Volunteers have been supporting a new CoderDojo in Sandymount in Dublin, and 50 children regularly attend, some as young as six. Anna-Maria Barry, Corporate Communications General Manager for UPC Ireland said: ‘Our goal is to enable CoderDojo to reach more and more young people, giving them the opportunity to learn coding skills that will help them become the next generation of creators and innovators.’ The announcement is part of UPC’s involvement with the Davos Declaration on the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs, an initiative launched to respond to the shortage of workers in the digital sector.

Motorists told to take care

THREE hundred more breakdowns were reported in the first two weeks of October compared with the same period in September, the AA has said. It is urging motorists to take care of maintenance checks promptly. ‘It is important that people replace worn tyres, old batteries and brake components as this is the beginning of the peak breakdown season on our roads,’ said Conor Faughnan, director of consumer affairs at AA Ireland. He said: ‘The roads are strewn with soggy, dead leaves, we’re into darker evenings and we’ve had episodes of

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high winds and flash flooding over the past fortnight ... Driving conditions are starting to get more challenging and it’s really important that your car handles well on slick or icy roads.’ The increase in call-outs is due to winter conditions and increased traffic. ‘For the year to date, calls to our rescue centre are up by about 5 per cent on the same period last year. This has been largely influenced by the fact that as a nation we’re driving more, something which typically happens when economic conditions start to improve,’ said Mr Faughnan.

GardaÍ are expected to launch a murder investigation after a twoyear-old boy was found dead in an apartment. The toddler suffered a suspected stab wound to the neck yesterday, it is believed, and a women in her 40s was arrested at the scene on Shanganagh road, Shankill, Co dublin. The apartment was sealed off for forensic examination by technical experts and investigations of the State Pathologist’s office. a post mortem examination will likely lead to a murder investigation.

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BBC2, 10pm There’s competition for the clever clogs crown tonight as Only Connect’s Victoria Coren Mitchell bashes brainboxes with Stephen Fry (also on Graham Norton). At the other end of the league table, Jack Whitehall (also on Stand Up To Cancer) challenges Alan Davies for class clown.

2. Lewis

UTV, 9pm It doesn’t take much for the lugubrious DI Hathaway (Laurence Fox) to give in to a spot of worldweary introspection and when the prime suspect in his latest murder case becomes the next fatality, he gives it the full moody glower. Maybe a guest turn from Kara Tointon – not dancing – will lighten his mood…

QI Victoria Coren Mitchell joins Stephen Fry and co

3. The graham norton show

BBC1, 10.35pm It’s not so much a chat show tonight, more a trip down memory lane as Graham snorts along to Stephen Fry’s hazy Buck House memories of the 1980s. Robert Downey Jr, no stranger to a spot of drug controversy, and Robert Duvall play along on the sofa. Go, Bandon!

Lewis Just what can cheer up Laurence Fox?

5. Today’s Film: The shawshank Redemption

TV3, 9pm Ignored on its cinema release, Frank Darabont’s life-affirming prison saga (based on a Stephen King short story) slowly found its way into everyone’s top-five list via the small screen. Tim Robbins is the banker thrown in the titular jail for supposedly murdering his wife, and,

The Graham Norton Show Your host is joined by Robert Downey Jr

4. stand Up To Cancer

C4, 7pm Cancer research is something pretty much all of us can relate to, as it touches so many lives. So tune in for a star-studded if slightly surreal telethon night that takes in everything from Taylor Swift and Jamie Oliver co-starring in a sketch to Andy Murray auditioning Pharrell Williams, Ed Sheeran, Cesc Fàbregas and many more for parts in Andy Murray: The Movie. Best of all? Will Ferrell doing his Ron Burgundy thing at 11pm.

Stand Up To Cancer Andy Murray turns casting agent

YOUR gUiDE TO THis EvEning’s EssEnTiAL viEWing as the tagline goes, finding salvation within. A cinematic achievement.

6. Coronation street

TV3/UTV, 7.30pm & 8.30pm Oh, how we miss Blanche. She’d have loved sitting in court, knitting needles going nine to the dozen, as Peter Barlow’s trial built to a climax. Yes, she was his step-grandmother, but she loved a good drama. As do the rest of the Weatherfield faithful, all gathered in the rogues gallery.

7. Would i Lie To You?

BBC1, 8.30pm

You have to be careful when you take a week off from work these days – Lee Mack absents himself from the fibfest and in slips Greg Davies to the misleading manner born. Just as well Lee’s got Not Going Out to fall back on because this is a fun twist on the format, with Mr Davies teamed with the equally gigantic Richard Osman – and boy, do they have some tall stories between them.

8. A League Of Their Own Sky 1, 9pm James Corden blows the full-time whistle on the latest series of the

larky sports quiz, with Johnny Vegas lined up for a verbal kickabout. Corden and Vegas? That’s a Celebrity Sumo series waiting to happen! A greatest clips show follows the main event at 10pm.

Ó Raghallaigh and Dan, and there’s a special preview of spoken-word festival Lingo taking place in Dublin this weekend (see our 60 Seconds interview with Sarah Clancy on P6).

9. The Works

Sky Premiere, 6.45pm Ashton Kutcher gets to do some proper acting – as opposed to impersonating Charlie Sheen in Two And A Half Men – in this 2013 no-frills biopic charting the rise of Apple supremo Steve Jobs, a man whose story arc rocketed from iNerd to iPower.

RTÉ1, 8.30pm On the essential arts magazine show tonight, Sinead Gleeson talks to author Lorrie Moore, and there’s a chance to hear the gospel from 30 Rock comedy star Judah Fiedlander. Zöe Conway, meanwhile, meets fiddle supremos Caoimhín

10. Film: Jobs

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Architecture buffs, interior design fans and incorrigible nosey parkers alike will be out in force this weekend for Open House Dublin, the annual bricks’n’mortar showcase that sees scores of the city’s most beautiful and inspiring buildings open their doors for free guided tours. As well as featuring some of the capital’s most storied institutions (The GPO, City Hall, Leinster House), and most divisive (Liberty Hall, The Convention Centre), dozens of covetable private residences (including The Coach House in Ranelagh, pictured) will also be inviting visitors inside to take an envy-inducing peep. Free but booking essential. Until Sun. www.openhousedublin.com

HEAR THE HOLD STEADy

There’s something really satisfying – and these days, all too rare – about a band finally enjoying success after years of struggle. Brooklyn quintet The Hold Steady finally ‘made it’ with the jangly, lighters-aloft rock of third album Boys And Girls In America. Like Springsteen, when the toe tapping

has subsided and the ears have stopped ringing, you’re left with some quite wonderful, soulful songcraft: Craig Finn writes intelligent short stories of American life that ring true, and latest album Teeth Dreams is up there as one of their strongest albums yet. Tomorrow, The Academy, 57 Middle Abbey Street, D1, 7.30pm, €28. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.theacademydublin.com

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T S I L O D TO HEAR ADAM COHEN

From Julian Lennon to Jakob Dylan, the annals of pop history are littered with second generation musicians struggling to cope in the shadow of their more successful parents. Adam Cohen – son of Leonard – fares better than most, however, thanks to impressive musical chops and a well-developed sense of humour (his light-hearted onstage banter is worth the price of a ticket alone). He arrives in Dublin this week with tracks from new album We Go Home. Sun, Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, D2, 8pm, €23. Tel: 1890 200 078. www.whelanslive.com

HEAR SHAbAzz pALACES

Ishmael ‘Butterfly’ Butler and his anonymous cohorts play with dissonant electronica, found sounds, glitchy beats and jazz fragments. Catch the Seattle-based collective when they bring their dense, disorientating hip hop to Twisted Pepper over the weekend. Tomorrow, The Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey Street, D1, 8pm, €16. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.shabazzpalaces.com

TRY MISSISSIppI RECORDS

Over the past eight years, Portlandbased label Mississippi Records has been committed to spreading the word about obscure, lost, forgotten or overlooked music via limited edition, vinyl-only reissues. It focuses mainly on old folk, blues, country, gospel and global indigenous sounds and is very much a labour of love for boss Eric Isaacson (pictured), who takes to the decks at The Sugar Club on Sunday. He’ll be playing personal favourites from a vast catalogue, which ranges across rebetiko, Mauritanian guitar folk and 1960s psychedelic rock from Quebec. He’ll also present a new movie on his exploits, with assistance from composer Marisa Anderson and cellist Lori Goldston. Sun, The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, D2, 7pm, €12.50. www.thesugarclub.com

sEE jON RICHARDSON

Expect a convivial run-through of involving tales of inward and outward dissatisfaction from the 32-year-old anecdotalist in polished and personable new show, Nidiot. For a man who ‘wants to be unhappy’, the Lancastrian funnyman and 8 Out Of 10 Cats regular is surprisingly genial company. Tonight, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street, D2, 8pm, €27. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.mcd.ie

film reviews The jury is out on this father and son tale

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School report: C+, could do better…

NortherN Soul (15)

This amiable 1970s-set drama follows a young Englishman (Elliot James Langridge) as he discovers the Northern Soul scene. The dancing and music are terrific. The friendship complications more predictable. Lisa Stansfield and Steve Coogan have small roles.

teeNage MutaNt NiNja turtleS (12A)

Another live action outing for the ninja turtles, whose human counterparts include Megan Fox, Will Arnett and Whoopi Goldberg. The story sees the talking reptiles taking on an evil enemy bent on ruling New York.

the judge (15) HH✩✩✩ Robert Downey Jr is a natural choice to play a slick defence lawyer, so this comedy-drama gets off to an entertaining start. When we first meet smart-talking Hank, he’s backchatting his competitors in Chicago, before an unwelcome call sends him back home to Indiana for his mother’s funeral. There, his judge father Joe (Robert Duvall, above with Downey Jr) is not pleased to see him but grudgingly accepts his legal help when suspected of a hit and run. It’s fun seeing Downey Jr turn his nose up at the small-town legal system and pick a jury based purely on the words on their bumper stickers. But as they meander towards an increased understanding, both he and his father prove largely unsympathetic characters and it becomes hard to care about the alleged crime. While this has a great support cast including Vincent D’Onofrio, Billy Bob Thornton and Vera Farmiga, both script and characters are clichéd, from the mysteriously single ex-girlfriend to the fallen football hero. And while The Judge is funny in parts, it could do with speeding things up – it’s guilty of a seriously misjudged running time of 141 minutes. Objection!

Aimless characters: James Franco as Mr B and Emma Roberts as April

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virginal girl falls for her teacher, a stoner gets caught drink-driving, a reckless youth exploits a good-time girl… in many ways this is a typical american indie high school movie – but with a lot of inherited Hollywood power. not only is it based on a book by actor James Franco, it’s directed by gia Coppola (granddaughter of Francis Ford) – and stars Emma roberts (daughter of Eric and niece of Julia) and Jack Kilmer (the son of val). Both young actors put in sensitive, enjoyable performances. april (roberts) is clearly drawn to Teddy (Kilmer)

but his inability to make a move puts her amorous teacher Mr B (Franco) at an advantage. april babysits for single father Mr B, and so one thing leads to another, while also putting a spanner in the works is Teddy’s so-called friend Fred (nat Wolff), a petulant, swaggering bully who channels his domestic frustrations into increasingly dangerous activities. When Fred appears, he gives this film a sense of tension and slight dread – without him it feels almost as aimless as its characters, following them as they flit from one party to another. But it’s not an unpleasant experience. Franco and Coppola give us characters to care about and, while april and Teddy may make the wrong choices, they’re decent youngsters, unlike the increasingly unhinged nat.

Casting Franco as Mr B has its pros and cons: he’s attractive enough to sway his young pupils but the actor overplays the creepiness (whoever Mr B is based on in Franco’s semi-autobiographical stories, you’d guess that Franco didn’t like him much). Palo alto has one great ace up its sleeve: val Kilmer as a crackhead stepdad. His performance is almost worth the admission price alone.

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This was done better in Dazed And Confused but it’s still a decent watch for fans of the hip teen stoner genre, with a strong central turn from rising star Emma Roberts.

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Björk: Biophilia (U)

If you missed Björk live at Alexandra Palace last year, then this concert film is the next best thing. The multimedia performance includes trippy animation to reflect the themes of her eighth album. The singer and her band are terrific, and there’s a prologue from David Attenborough. Yes, really.

the BeSt of Me (12A)

The Best Of Me offers the usual Nicholas Sparks fare: Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) and Dawson (James Marsden, right with Monaghan) are reunited after their friend dies and reminisce about their troubled teen romance. Formulaic but effective.

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The moon can see you pause and take stock of a personal issue but don’t jump to any conclusions. Once you have a chance to sift through the details, you may look at this in a different way. Being hasty could lead to a mistake. For your forecast, call 15609 114 71

Gemini May 22 – Jun 21

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Your ruler moves alongside the sun. This can bring out your creativity or see you in the mood to go out and meet with people. There are likely to be even more text messages and emails pinging back and forth. For your forecast, call 15609 114 72

cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23

A delicate matter may need untangling. If you take your time with this, you can sort it out. Just factor in any tendency you might have for defensiveness. If this comes up it could get in the way of solving things. Don’t expect others to see things like you. For your forecast, call 15609 114 73

Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

When the moon moves through your sign, as it does now, you can often find yourself supporting others. But today there is such a crackling level of energy in the heavens you may not be in the mood to pause.

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You may be happiest pottering away on a personal task that allows you to go at your own pace. Of course, this isn’t always possible, and if you are grappling with earthier considerations, pay special attention to any detail involving your finances. For your forecast, call 15609 114 75

Libra Sep 24 – Oct 23

The moon’s angle to Uranus can see you in the mood to break out and do

something completely different. Sometimes you can analyse your options rather too much. This time there is a chance to be bold and decisive, such are the planetary support structures. For your forecast, call 15609 114 76

scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22

Although the planets are creating a rather introverted vibe, you can use this to good effect. How? Well, if you carry out a mental audit of your skills and past experiences, there may be something that has slipped from your mind that could still be very useful. For your forecast, call 15609 114 77

sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 21

Mercury and Venus are in conjunction, so if there has been a breakdown in communication between you and a friend, today is the perfect time to meet up and reconnect. It’s possible that you’ve both just been too busy. For your forecast, call 15609 114 78

capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20

The thought of a past colleague or career can provide the inspiration for any changes you make now. We can’t always digest the lessons that life gives us on a minute-by-minute basis, but a past memory could really resonate with you. For your forecast, call 15609 114 79

Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19

Mercury retrograde can be a force for good. It pushes us to resolve things that are not working well. For example, if you’ve been putting off renewing your passport or updating your will, these can be addressed now. For your forecast, call 15609 114 80

Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20

The answer to a perplexing question could be resolved right now. Something or someone could intrigue you. Your romantic imagination could also be aroused: you may learn that someone has been harbouring a smouldering interest. For your forecast, call 15609 114 81

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LADY GAGA, the adroit, hypersexed alias of Stefani Germanotta, has never scrimped on excess. Yesterday saw her kick off the much-anticipated UK leg of her latest tour in typically understated fashion, inviting the crowd into her warped vision of the future – the perverse, pig-masked and dreamlike netherworld of the ArtRAVE. Taking place across a lavishly designed performance space, complete with a glitzy catwalk that allowed the enigmatic starlet to snake through (and interact with) her baying devotees, Gaga’s opening show was a more immersive take on the sell-out tour. At one moment centre stage,

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Lady Gaga, artRave: The ARTPOP Ball tour, Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England HHHHI by DAn OwEns getting proceedings underway with the thundering clarion call of ArtPOP, she moved deeper into the crowd as the night wore on. She prowled to the heart of the arena during the acid-tinge of Poker Face, before sprawling herself provocatively across the stage on a run-through of Sexxx Dreams. Supported by an endless supply of extravagant, barely-there outfits and shifting scenery, Gaga’s set

cLuBs Omar s & DJ skirt Joe nice Tornado wallace & Moon Boots

This weekend’s line-up brings together two of house and techno’s most talented artists. US-born but UK-based Bethany DeMoss, aka DJ Skirt, is a protégé of Birmingham techno maverick Regis. Her releases for Horizontal Ground and Semantica are among the most captivating in contemporary techno.

Support act: Gaga straddles a topless male dancer on her UK return PICTURE: gETTy

On My pLAyLIsT In the house corner, Twisted Pepper welcomes back Omar S. The Detroit producer’s house grooves are rugged and raw, but shot through with an intangible, soulful quality. Tomorrow, Subject/Pogo, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street, D1, 11pm, €14/€16

The US can’t hold a candle to British dubstep producers or DJs, but one exception is Joe Nice. The Baltimore DJ is the brains behind New York’s Dub War club night. Nice is sure to bring a crate full of bass-heavy grooves to Dublin. Tomorrow, Blacklip Bassnight, The Pint, 28 Eden Quay, D1, 10.30pm, €8/€10 Hidden Agenda is settling nicely into its residency at Opium Rooms and this weekend it welcomes two fastrising talents. Australian producer Tornado Wallace makes a distinctive form of house, techno and disco.

oozed sexuality from every pore, with flowers birthing spontaneously as Venus reached its erotic peak and her guitarist suggestively straddled in the midst of You And I. But it was when she took to her pimped-up piano at the end of the catwalk that Gaga really showcased her stunning vocal range. Laying her soul bare behind the keys with all pomp and circumstance forgotten, a spinechilling rendition of drug ballad Dope reduced the formerly riledup crowd to a hush. That perfectly set up the night’s most tender moment, a strippedback rendition of Born This Way. Camping it up to the full on the big-hitters before the explosive end, Gaga’s rollicking return marks her out as a mesmeric show-woman, living for the applause. She wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Moon Boots, from the US, also puts out discoinfluenced music on French Express, but his sound is deeper. Tomorrow, Hidden Agenda, The Opium Rooms, Liberty Lane, D2, 11pm, €8/12.

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unsatisfied by The Replacements I love this band and they’ve influenced so many people whose work I admire. This track was grunge before ‘grunge’ was invented. It’s the anti-christ to the Stones’ Satisfaction. Gimme Something Good by Ryan Adams The guy just gets better and better. The new album is harking back to his rock’n’roll days. And even with hints of Johnny Marr and Tom Petty in there, it’s as fresh and current as he’s ever been. Soft hand by Willard Grant Conspiracy For anyone that likes Nick Cave or Mark Lanegan – or both – this is a band you have to hear. This song is understated and unpretentious. It’s just beautiful. Shelter From The Storm by Bob Dylan Maybe the most perfect

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Metro Life caught Lady Gaga live in Birmingham’s NIA Arena earlier this week – what can Irish audiences expect when she brings her ArtRave show to the 3Arena tonight?

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song ever written. It’s Dylan at his peak. Off the album Blood On The Tracks, it sees Dylan using his lyrical prowess to full effect. If there was one I wished I’d written it would be this one. The Ceiling by The Wild Feathers I came across this band’s debut album last year. There’s a lot of great bands coming out of the US right now but these guys rock. Looking forward to hearing more from them. Ooh You by Paul McCartney To pick a Paul track, John track or any Beatles track is a bit like being asked to pick your favourite child. I listened to the McCartney album recently though and this track is a standout on a superb record. This is Paul out on his own and letting loose. Stephen Young & The Union celebrate the launch of their new single Duty Free 200 on Oct 24, Sweeney’s, Dame Street D2. www. sytumusic.com

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Government wrong to ditch austerity plan, says Moody’s By DAviD KEARns

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The GovernmenT’s decision to abandon further austerity measures has been criticised by leading credit agency moody’s. Calling the 2015 Budget a ‘missed opportunity’ for Ireland to reduce its debt levels, the international rating agency moody’s said that by easing up on ‘its corrective measures’, the Government had ‘left the public

‘The Irish Government will meet deficit target’

Former SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations, kofi Annan, speaking at the one Young World 2014 summit at the Convention Centre in Dublin

finances more vulnerable to unexpected shocks’. The ratings agency added that Ireland had now opted to rely solely on growth to meet its deficit targets, rather than the fiscal consolidation that the european Commission, the ImF and Ireland’s Fiscal Advisory Council had recommend. ‘Following four years of budgetary outperformance, we believe the Irish

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Jobs fair set to Merkel says no attract 4,000 retreat on debts AroUND 4,000 jobseekers are expected to attend tomorrow’s jobjunction at Smock Alley Theatre. Hosted by Jobs.ie, it’s a chance to meet employers, including Yelp, Usit, Sky and Voxpro for customer service, sales and language roles. Visit jobs.ie/jobjunction for more.

ANGeLA MerkeL insisted yesterday that there can be no exceptions to eU rules on reducing national deficits. The German chancellor’s message is likely to have been aimed at France, which has admitted its budget over-spend will be increasing in 2015.

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Government will meet its deficit target again in 2015,’ the ratings agency said in its latest credit outlook report. ‘however, next year’s fiscal easing increases the risk that more challenging corrective measures may be necessary to meet future targets and, more problematically, leaves the country’s public finances more vulnerable to unexpected shocks.’ Currently Ireland’s debt is hovering at around €215.6bn – 123 per cent of GDP – and interest alone next year will amount to €7.7billion. however, despite moody’s cloudy outlook, Finance minister michael noonan remains optimistic. In his Budget speech he said that the debt-toGDP ratio was expected to fall to below 108.5 per cent next year and was on target to hit the eU requirement of less than 100 per cent by 2018. referring to the decision to scrap the ‘Double Irish’ tax break, moody’s said that while there was the potential of a flight of foreign companies, it did not expect that its six-year phasing out would result in a major exodus.

Two companies create 110 new jobs Two major companies are to create 110 new jobs, it was announced yesterday. Fast food retailer mcDonald’s has created 60 new jobs with the opening of a new drive-thru restaurant at Dublin airport. The restaurant cost €2million and is located on the main exit road from Dublin airport, close to the m1 and m50.

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The creation of the jobs is the latest phase in mcDonald’s expansion which includes plans to create 700 new jobs and open 12 new restaurants, investing more than €20million in Ireland. Commenting on the new opening, mcDonald’s Ireland boss adrian Crean said: ‘we are delighted to welcome 60 new enthusiastic local staff to the mcDonald’s team.’

Separately, mazars, one of the world’s largest accounting firms, announced the creation of 50 new jobs in Ireland. The firm currently employs over 250 people in Dublin and Galway. Simon Coyle, senior partner at mazars, said: ‘The creation of these 50 new jobs underlines the commitment of mazars to growing our business in Ireland.’

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MAURICIO POCHETTINO is not bothered by Tottenham’s thrashings by Manchester City last term as he prepares for tomorrow’s trip to the Etihad Stadium. Spurs were thrashed 6-0 and 5-1 by the Premier League champions last term when Andre Villas-Boas and Tim Sherwood were in charge but current boss Pochettino has wiped the losses from his memory. ‘The reality is I don’t remember the results,’ the Argentinian said. ‘This is another season, another philosophy, another game and we need to arrive on Saturday with the idea to believe in our philosophy

and style and try to get the points. ‘It’s history and it’s a different game, different players. ‘It’s not important now to think in the past. It’s important to look forward. I don’t have any concerns about these results.’ Spurs are unbeaten away from home this term, while City have had mixed results at home, with a win, a loss and a draw from their three games at the Etihad so far. Pochettino is optimistic and added: ‘We arrive in a good moment. ‘After our victory against Southampton [before the international break] we need to keep the mo-

Switched on: Lampard mentum, to reproduce the same actions and to try to get three points.’ Pochettino’s bullish mood could be tempered, however, by fitness fears over a couple of key players. Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, with a

FRANK LAMPARD admits he cannot believe he has been voted as Manchester City’s player of the month despite the stunning start to his loan spell at the Etihad Stadium. Lampard bagged a vital equaliser against former club Chelsea in September plus two more in a Capital One Cup win against Sheffield Wednesday and a further goal in the victory against Hull. ‘If somebody had said I would be voted player of the month by the fans in my first full month playing I would have had difficulty believing them,’ said the former England midfielder. ‘To beat James Milner and David Silva is really flattering – especially James, who has had a fantastic start to the season.’ Lampard could start against Tottenham tomorrow lunchtime with Yaya Toure returning late to City from international duty. thigh problem, and midfielder Nacer Chadli (hip) have missed games for France and Belgium respectively and Spurs will make late decisions on whether they can play at City.

sam’s ready to make big calls SAM ALLARdyCE has warned West Ham their impressive form will not protect players from being dropped when others return from injury. Long-serving midfielder Mark Noble should be available for tomorrow’s trip to Burnley after recovering from a calf

east coast where JR Smith (above) blamed his own issues on the long bus rides the new York Knicks have taken to pre-season games.

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Something’S gone amiss Stateside where a nation of supposedly rough and tough sportsmen have started dropping like flies. the nBA appears to have suffered a moral fibre shortage this week with players blaming injuries on those two scourges of modern sport – carrying luggage and bus travel. First up is LA Lakers veteran point guard Steve nash (above left)

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problem, skipper Kevin Nolan is on his way back from a dislocated shoulder and club-record signing Andy Carroll is close to a return after pre-season ankle surgery. Matt Jarvis and James Collins have also been sidelined by niggling knocks but the Hammers

are seventh in the Premier League table after an encouraging start and boss Allardyce said: ‘When you have a full squad you have to make big decisions and you have to disappoint people if they are all fit. ‘That’s what they have to accept.’

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Martinez: Hands off Ross eveRton midfielder Ross Barkley is close to a return from injury but manager Roberto martinez has sounded a note of caution to england Under-21s boss gareth Southgate over his availability. ‘if the

tournament was now it would be a good opportunity for Ross to get some playing time but if it is at the end of a season where he has played consistently for ten months, he needs to have a break,’ said martinez.

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rOnALD KOemAn has pledged not to desert Southampton for the Holland job, despite former teammates tipping him to replace underfire Guus Hiddink. Saints boss Koeman (pictured) claimed Holland missed their chance to install him as manager when opting for Hiddink instead in march. Dutch great ronald de Boer has led the clamour for the 51-year-old to succeed Hiddink, whose side have lost three of their last four matches. Koeman said: ‘I was interested in that job. But not now, I’m the coach of Southampton.’

Adams takes Tranmere job FOrmer Leicester manager micky Adams has been appointed Tranmere’s new boss. The 52-year-old has only been out of work for a few weeks after leaving Port Vale and replaces rob edwards at the League Two club who prop up the Football League. rovers chairman mark Palios said: ‘We felt it was important to appoint an experienced manager.’

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O’Shea ready to Castres off Harlequins boss Conor O’shea is relishing another tilt at major French opposition when the new european rugby Champions Cup kicks off tonight. The 20-team tournament, formed earlier this year following months of wrangling and often bitter argument, replaces the Heineken Cup as european club rugby prepares for its 20th successive season. and quins will get the ball rolling, hosting 2013 French champions and 2014 runners-up Castres at Twickenham stoop. although quins are currently outside the aviva Premiership’s top half, Castres only have two teams below them in the Top 14 and are 16 points behind leaders Clermont

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auvergne after losing six of their opening nine league games. But former ireland international O’shea said: ‘it’s pretty frightening. They might have had an inconsistent start to the season, but they are a brilliant side. ‘The game will be decided by the little things that happen within the match. if they go our way, we will win and everyone will say we’re great, and if they don’t, we will lose and everyone will say we’re terrible and Castres are great. ‘That’s how tight this is. Top-level sport is about margins, and if you work hard

enough the margins go your way. ‘We haven’t been consistent at the start of the season, but we will hit form and, when we do, we can match anybody. ‘People have this turgid view of the Top 14, but they don’t (play like that), especially Castres. We’ve played them a few times in pre-season over the years and we know the threats they have. This will be a great challenge for us. ‘it’s a great tournament. now that it is here and back again, everyone’s delighted. ‘it is a massive emotional rollercoaster and you have to be very level the whole way through, but it doesn’t get much tougher to start with.’

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The new competition consists of five pools of four teams as opposed to six pools of four in last season’s heineken Cup. So 20 teams competing rather than 24 – there’s no hiding place in the pools now. Winners qualify for the quarter-finals with a home tie for the best performing sides in order of merit, seeded one to four. Away teams in the last eight will be the fifthranked pool winner, together with the three best-placed runners-up.

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SIX yEArS Ago, on Wasps last visit to the rDS, the scene was very different. The English club arrived with European pedigree while Leinster remained potless on the grand stage, but one man would prove the difference – as he always did. Brian o’Driscoll was the star of the five-try show, chipping in with two of his own – his second a gem of a score. Tight to the touchline, o’Driscoll chipped the ball over

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the first defender and then volleyed the dropping ball beyond Jeremy Staunton before collecting it and scoring. It was an effort to take the breath away but it was hardly surprising given the man’s imagination. Now in the post-Bod era, who will Leinster fans look to for that moment of inspiration? Sean o’Brien, Cian Healy

(both injured) and rob Kearney can all have their moments in a game but for a real maverick and magician to rival o’Driscoll’s ability to produce something out of nothing, only one man provides – Ian Madigan. Unless you’ve been living a rock for the past three years you’ll know that the debate over Madigan’s talents has more legs than a centipede but is he really going to spend the rest of the season as a second-choice 10 or as a 12? Madigan has all of the tools to be the most complete player in Ireland right now but the two elements he needs to develop are faith from his coach and experience at the coal face. For all of the showstopping moments his dipped shoulders and electric steps have provided, Madigan has rarely been given

the keys to the Leinster ship on the European stage. There’s no doubt that Jimmy gopperth is a tidy player, but Madigan is a gamebreaker and it would be beneficial for all involved if Matt o’Connor allowed him to play 8-10 games in a row as the starting out-half. Nobody else in the Leinster squad can capture the imagination quite like Madigan when he’s on form and he needs more experience at teasing out defences in the early parts of a game rather than continuing to arrive like the cavalry to save the day in the last quarter. Johnny Sexton, ronan o’gara and Paddy Jackson have all had two things Madigan has never had – time and trust. Imagine how effective he could be if did.

Pool one Munster will hope to build on recent successes in the Pro12 as they face off tough competition in their bid to reach their natural habitat of European rugby’s knock-out stage. Saracens will to go one better than last year and become champions for the first time, but the pool includes Clermont Auvergne, who are always there or there abouts. Sale Sharks can’t be taken lightly, especially if Danny Cipriani (pictured) is firing. Winners: Clermont Auvergne Pool TWo Harlequins and Wasps are of course formidable but Leinster’s inbuilt pedigree will count for something. Despite being injury-ravaged, the Blues still have some scorching playmakers, and will wish to put a shaky Pro12 start far behind them. Big turns are needed however to dismantle Castres, Quins and Wasps. Winners: Leinster

Pool Three Champions Toulon are the ones to catch but Ulster know it is high time they launched another European title assault. Leicester, meanwhile, are looking to make noise. Scarlets have it all to do. Winners: Toulon Pool Four Containing two powerful French teams, Toulouse and Montpellier, who have grand ambitions. Former European champions Bath are going in the right direction but Glasgow Warriors are showing they fear nobody domestically. Can they take that mindset into Europe? Winners: Montpellier Pool Five Northampton’s clash with Racing Metro is one of the games of the first round and a win for Johnny Sexton’s men could make them unstoppable. Ospreys, and Italian club Treviso, could both bloody a nose or two. Winners: Northampton

Steff set to be tied up by Toulon BATH’S hopes of signing Toulon star Steffon Armitage appear to have suffered another setback. Head coach Mike Ford has held talks about a move that would enable the flanker to challenge for a place in England’s World Cup squad. But funding the deal has

proved a stumbling block and Armitage has now been named in Toulon’s squad for Sunday’s European Champions Cup tie against Scarlets. He will be cup-tied if he plays and Ford has stated that would end Bath’s interest in the European player of the year.

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Wenger doesn’t have huge funds to spend ArSenAL chief executive Ivan Gazidis has rejected the idea the club are sitting on piles of cash which they refuse to give to Arsene Wenger to spend on players. Gunners fans have griped for years the club do not spend some of their substantial profits on new signings, although in the last transfer window they paid out £60million, second in europe behind only Manchester United. Gazidis told shareholders at yesterday’s AGM: ‘There is an inaccurate analysis about cash

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by MATTHEW NASH available. We are not hoarding a vast cash balance. ‘We do not try to broadcast our cash situation but the situation is more complex.’ Arsenal paid Barcelona around £35m to sign Alexis Sanchez and bought Danny Welbeck from United for £16m this summer. ‘We do try to keep a reasonable amount for the transfer budget,’ Gazidis added. ‘It is quite untrue we are sitting on a huge cash pile for some unspecified reason.’ Wenger accepted his side need cover, specifically at the back, given a growing injury crisis which has seen France defender Laurent Koscielny suffer from an inflamed Achilles tendon on which there is no specific time frame for his recovery. The Gunners boss said: ‘I agree we could have bought one more player [in the summer but] we did not find [one]. ‘We will try to rectify that, because we are a bit short with the injuries we have [defensively]. ‘I think we will rectify that in January.’

MARIO BALOTELLI admits he’s been surprised by the quality in Liverpool’s squad and maintains he is working hard to be the goal-scoring striker boss Brendan Rodgers needs. The controversial Italian brands Steven Gerrard ‘amazing’, and reveals he was barely aware of the Anfield great before arriving in the summer. Despite spending two-and-a-half years at Manchester City, Balotelli said: ‘I didn’t really know much about the club before coming here, but I’ve been really surprised. I knew they were a very good team but I didn’t know they were as good as they are. I think the players here are amazing. ‘Gerrard is amazing. I’d really not seen much of him before this season, apart from for England, but wow! ‘I think of him as being at the same level as [Andrea] Pirlo. Vision, technique, but he is powerful as well.’ Balotelli knows he needs to improve his own game as he has yet to score in the league. He told Sport Magazine: ‘I need to get in the box more. I don’t do it enough.’

G-Mac suffers rare defeat at Volvo Match Play

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DEFENDING champion Graeme McDowell suffered just his third ever defeat in the Volvo World Match Play Championship on yesterday, as Ryder Cup team-mate Stephen Gallacher’s singles-losing streak reached double figures. McDowell reached the quarterfinals of this event on his debut in 2011, the final in 2012 and won the title last year, while his victory over Alexander Levy in the opening group match on Wednesday made for an overall record of 15 wins from 17 matches. However, the former US Open champion found Mikko Ilonen in brilliant form at The London Club, the Finn carding seven birdies to hold off a determined McDowell fight back and secure a 2&1 win. Gallacher managed six birdies of

his own against Pablo Larrazabal, but saw the Spaniard hole a pitch from 30 yards on the 18th to snatch an unlikely victory. That made it ten singles defeats across six different match play competitions for the Scot, who lost to Phil Mickelson on his Ryder Cup debut at Gleneagles last month.

‘I felt I played the best golf the first five holes’ Ilonen was six under par and four up after ten holes, only for McDowell to birdie the 11th, 13th and 15th and threaten a repeat of his come-from-behind win over Jordan Spieth at Gleneagles. Both players then found a greenside bunker at the short 17th

but after McDowell missed his birdie attempt, Ilonen holed out for birdie to seal the win. ‘I’m disappointed to lose today but Mikko was incredibly solid,’ McDowell said. ‘I felt like I played the best golf the first five holes but he putted better and that was the difference.’ With Joost Luiten claiming his second win of the week against Alexander Levy, all four of the Larson Group can still qualify for the quarter-finals. Luiten and McDowell play each other today, with Levy taking on Ilonen. The best golf of the day came from Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, who recovered from three down after four and was eight under par for his last nine holes in beating Francesco Molinari 2&1.

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