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Sinn FÉin president Gerry Adams has been challenged by the Government to reveal if iRA rapists and paedophiles were exiled to the Republic. Taoiseach Enda Kenny demanded the republican leader answer allegations that alleged sexual abusers in the terror group were secretly expelled from northern ireland into safe houses in Dublin, Louth and Donegal and other areas. Amid deepening controversy over the case of Belfast woman Mairia Cahill (right), who claims Sinn Féin covered up her allegations of rape by a suspected iRA member, Mr Kenny said her story will have serious consequences. He challenged Mr Adams directly: ‘Are those people still here? is this true? Do you know of any activities they are involved in now? ‘These are the most serious matters for everybody. Sexual abuse was

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rampant in many sectors in irish society, not alone in paramilitary organisations, but you have responsibility for this, we need to know.’ Mr Kenny issued the demand after an hour-long meeting with Ms Cahill in Government Buildings. As her case garnered increased publicity over the week, Ms Cahill claimed she was aware that the iRA moved abusers out of northern ireland into Co Louth – Mr Adams’s constituency. Ms Cahill, 33, from west Belfast, a former Sinn Féin member and a grand-niece of one of the founders of the Provisional iRA, Joe Cahill, has alleged she was raped by a suspected iRA member when she was a teenager in 1997.

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ISLAMIC militants are believed to be behind a terror attack on the Canadian parliament that left a soldier dead and the country’s capital in lockdown yesterday. Gunman Michael ZehafBibeau fired 30 times as people fled the building by climbing down scaffolding put up for repair works. MPs barricaded themselves in the chamber with chairs before the intruder was shot dead outside the room where prime minister Stephen Harper was holding a cabinet meeting. More shots were reportedly heard nearby – and police said they were hunting ‘more than one individual’. The killer began by shooting Cpl

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Nathan Cirillo, a member of the honour guard watching over Canada’s tomb of the unknown soldier. Witness Tony Zobl, 35, said: ‘I saw a man dressed all in black with a kerchief over his nose and mouth and something over his head as well, holding a rifle. ‘The honour guard dropped to the ground and the shooter kind of raised his arms in triumph.’ After the killing, Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, ran to the parliament, where armed police chased him as shots rang out. A guard suffered a bullet wound before the intruder was shot dead by an ex-Mountie in the Hall of Honour. In the aftermath of the shootout, armed police sealed off roads and bridges in the capital and searched buildings near the parliament. Police stations were closed to the public and residents were told to stay

Rapid response: A Mountie races to the scene picture: Ap

Pursuit: Police chasing parliament gunman hide behind pillars picture: reuters and UK prime minister David Cameron said yesterday: ‘I’m appalled by the attack. I offer my full support to prime minister Harper and the Canadian people.’ The attack came 24 hours after Quebec police shot dead Islamic militant Martin Couture-Rouleau when he rammed his car into two Canadian soldiers, killing one.

away from roofs and windows. Canadian media said shots had been heard at the nearby Rideau shopping centre but police said there had been no alert there. Reservist Cpl Cirillo, 24, died of his injuries in hospital soon after he was shot, while the wounded parliamentary guard was in a stable condition. Canada is a Commonwealth country,

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AN ISLAMIC convert who killed a Canadian soldier in a hit-and-run attack was one of 90 people on a watchlist of potential jihadis, it emerged yesterday. Martin Couture-Rouleau had his passport seized at an airport in July when he tried to fly to Turkey, a month after coming to police attention through postings on Facebook. Police met the 25-year-old several times, Stretcher: Medics carry Cirillo away. Officer chases killer (right) pictures: Ap including earlier this month, when he is said to have indicated he wanted to 500ft Soldier change. shot Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt Martine Fontaine said: ‘Many interLibrary ventions with him were carried out to try and avoid the tragic events.’ Couture-Rouleau called police after killing WO Patrice Vincent and was Confederation PARLIAMENT chased through Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu HILL building in Quebec on Monday. He was shot dead after his car flipped over into a ditch and he climbed out National brandishing a knife. A second soldier ert Alb suffered minor injuries in the attack. Justice O T T A WrA rwar Prime minister Stephen Harper said rie u e building a t L memorial WO Vincent was a 28-year veteran with Sla ‘distinguished service’. in Elg

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Jobs boost as Groupon trebles Irish workforce GROUPON plans to treble its Irish workforce over the next two years as it officially open its international hub in Dublin 4. The business – which lets local companies sell deals around the world – announced plans to take on another 200 staff by 2016 as it unveiled the research and development base.

Tributes pour in as hero Gavin loses cancer fight

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by JOANNE AHERN TRIBUTES have been paid to four-year-old Gavin Glynn, who lost his battle with cancer late on Tuesday night. In a post on the Team Gavin Glynn Facebook page, his father, John, said: ‘Rest in peace our beautiful baby. You fought the hardest fight anyone could imagine and all the way to the end. You are and will always be our Superman.’ Gavin was diagnosed with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of muscle cancer, in October 2011, when he was 18 months old. After exhausting treatment options in Ireland, his family brought him to Switzerland for proton therapy treatment and then to Amsterdam for further treatment when the cancer returned. When that proved unsuccessful, supporters raised €350,000 to bring him to Texas for Hipec surgery. Mr Glynn added that his little boy ‘passed very peacefully with [siblings] Conor, Lucy, myself and [mother] Jayne holding hands on our couch at home’. He concluded: ‘Fly high buddy, we love you so much.’ Gavin won Ireland’s heart when his plight was highlighted through the #MyBoy fundraising campaign

THE Irish Road Haulage Association has withdrawn threats of further protest action after Government ministers agreed to meet. Hauliers brought rush-hour traffic to a standstill around Dublin Port on Monday in protest over higher road tax for trucks in Ireland compared with their UK counterparts.

Iconic Nokia brand is dropped in makeover The Nokia mobile phone is officially dead with no chance of a recharge. Microsoft is shedding the name for its smartphones and replacing it with the brand name ‘Microsoft Lumia’. Despite the goodwill in the brand – with everyone remembering their trusty Nokia 3310 – the computer giant has decided to drop the name.

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Superhero: Gavin Glynn passed away in the arms of his loving family

earlier this year and Twitter was flooded with tributes to the plucky youngster yesterday. @GerMadden wrote: ‘Rest in Peace #GavinGlynn. Courage in someone so young is quite a thing to behold. Thoughts are with his family.’ Journalist Laura Hogan added: ‘Really sad to hear superhero Gavin Glynn has passed away. After meeting him this year he asked me will I forget him, how could anyone? #MyBoy.’ TV3 presenter Anna Daly tweeted: ‘Absolutely broken-hearted to receive the desperately sad news of #SuperGavin Gavin Glynn’s passing. Love to @JOHNGLYNN1 @JayneGlynn and all.’ Former Westlifer, 2FM presenter Nicky Byrne, said: ‘Gavin Glynn RIP. You changed all our lives. A real life Superhero. RIP Little Man.’ Mixed martial artist Conor McGregor said: ‘Gutted to hear young Gavin Glynn has passed away. Hope you and the family are ok @JOHNGLYNN1. He put up one hell of a fight! #TeamSuperGlynn.’ And Love/Hate actor Laurence Kinlan said: ‘Sad to hear Little Gavin Glynn has died. What a brave little boy. Heartbreaking. Life isn’t fair sometimes. Cancer you absolute *******! RIP.’

Dublin house prices up Victims ‘may have been 23% on 2013, CSO reveals let down’, SF leader says DUBLIN house prices rose by 2.4 per cent in the month and were 22.6 per cent higher compared to a year earlier. Including apartments, residential property prices in Dublin grew by 2.5 per cent in September and are 23.4 per cent higher than a year ago, a report by the Central Statistics Office revealed. Apartment prices in the capital, meanwhile, were 35.2 per cent higher when compared with the same month of 2013. However, this is based on a low number of transactions. Overall, there was a 15 per cent increase in residential property prices nationally in the year to September, with a 1.8 per cent rise in the month of September. Property consultants Savills said that a slow-down in the rate of house price growth in Dublin may represent the beginning of a new phase of more moderate growth. Meanwhile, some 588 apartments across seven residential developments around Dublin are to come to market as part of Nama’s ‘Plum Portfolio’. However, it won’t offer much respite to house hunters as all but 13 of the units are currently occupied. Commercial and retail space is also included in the €116million project.

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Mr Adams repeated his assertions made earlier this week that the IRA sought to deal with some allegations of abuse in some areas when the organisation was approached by families. ‘I am acutely conscious that there may be victims who were let down or failed by the IRA’s inability to resolve these cases. I want to apologise to these victims,’ he said. Mr Adams appealed for anyone with allegations of abuse to go to the authorities. ‘To cover up child abuse is to deny the basic humanity of the victim and to shield the perpetrator, it is an unthinkable act of cruelty,’ he said. ‘Sinn Féin has not engaged in a cover-up of child abuse,’ he added. Mr Adams admitted in a blog earlier this week that the IRA had shot alleged sex abusers, conceding that its members were ‘singularly ill-equipped to deal with these matters’.

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O’Dea: I won’t give PPS No to Irish Water Fianna Fáil spokesperson on social protection Willie O’Dea has said he is not convinced that irish Water is giving good enough reasons for requesting his PPS number. Speaking on RTÉ’s news at One, Mr O’Dea said that there were consequences and a danger in giving a PPS number to a third party. He reiterated his position that he will not be giving his details to the company. He added, however, that he is not advocating that others follow his example. instead of irish Water requesting PPS numbers, Mr O’Dea suggested that the company operate a system whereby householders self-declare and where the company audits people, on a random basis, by verifying information with the Department of Social Protection. He has described as ‘blackmail’ the company’s request for PPS numbers in return for allowances. Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday said irish Water had done itself justice in what it was doing with a capital

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by cON DOHERTy programme of €1.2billion. He said it was a public entity and fears that it would be privatised were wrong. He said he hoped that arising from discussions between irish Water, the Department of the Environment and the Commission for Energy Regula-

Boss defends bonuses set for water firm staff tion, that people can have confidence in the company. Meanwhile, irish Water managing director John Tierney has defended the bonus scheme for staff, saying they are doing a fantastic job and it is ‘humbling’ to watch them work. He vowed to stay on in his job, saying he has been up for this difficult challenge from day one. He also said irish Water would place an emphasis on communicating with politicians because they represent the people.

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A SMALL business leader has attacked the idea of a ‘living wage’ of €11.45 an hour as being made up by people who believed in Santa Claus. In an email to members ahead of its annual conference, Isme chief Mark Fielding lambasted the Government for failing to support private enterprise. He said taxes imposed on the self-employed in the Budget were ‘anti-business’. Mr Fielding said the Government had done nothing ‘to get desperately needed capital to drowning businesses and, with an election looming, the public sector unions were beginning to seek either “restoration” of wages cut... or, Isme chief: more ominously, a Mark Fielding living wage’. On the ‘living wage’ – which campaigners say aims to increase wages to ‘a minimum acceptable standard of living’ – Mr Fielding labelled the notion ‘a concoction’. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions said several countries had successfully brought in the social measure, such as Britain. Ireland’s minimum wage is €8.65 an hour.

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WHEN a cash machine failed to pay out, this woman took matters into her own hands. In a meltdown moment, the 28-yearold ripped the ATM apart with her bare hands. Shoppers filmed the attack in a

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mall in Dongguan, south-east China. ‘After dismantling the machine, she just stood there as if nothing had happened,’ said a mall spokesman. The woman told police who arrested her the ATM wasn’t working properly.

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APPLE has issued a security warning for its iCloud online storage service after reports of hackers targeting users in China. The US computer giant did not mention any country or provide details of the attacks, but several users had reportedly been diverted to a bogus website when they tried to log on. Apple CEO Tim Cook and China’s vice-premier Ma Kai discussed protecting information during a meeting in the country yesterday, according to the state news agency Xinhua. Apple said on its support website: ‘We’re aware of intermittent organised network attacks using insecure certificates to obtain user information and we take this very seriously.’ That scam is known as a ‘man in the middle’ attack. It could allow a third party to copy and steal the passwords that users enter when they think they are signing in to Apple’s service. Hackers

by SHAROn MARRiS could then use the passwords to collect data from the users’ accounts. Chinese activists have blamed the attacks on the country’s government following the release of the iPhone 6, which has software with enhanced encryption features to protect data. Apple has suggested users should check they are connected to a legitimate iCloud server by using security features built into browsers such as Safari, Firefox and Google’s Chrome. These will warn users if the site does not display an authentic digital certificate. Apple said: ‘If users get an invalid certificate warning in their browser while visiting www.icloud. com, they should pay attention to the warning and not proceed.’ The latest scare appears unrelated to the ‘phishing attacks’ that led to a leak of nude celebrity photos last month.

SOUTH kOREA: Demolition crews have pulled down a border watchtower that used to be lit up at Christmas – a custom decried by the communist North as the display was visible to its citizens. The conical steel tower – which Christians would dress up like a Christmas tree with a cross on the top – was deemed unsafe, officials said. The festive display was seen as propaganda by the North. It was banned from 2004 as the nations tried to reconcile but appeared again in 2010 and 2012.

Police under fire over serial killer AMERiCA: The violent past of an ex-marine who has confessed to killing seven women has emerged. Darren Vann has been charged with one murder in Gary, Indiana, but hinted there may be even more victims. Police were criticised yesterday after they admitted Vann was ‘not on our radar’ over the murders. It also emerged Vann, 43, was jailed for rape in Texas in 2009. And he doused a woman in petrol and threatened to burn her in 2004.

BAHAMAS: Chloe McCardel recovers after setting a world record for the longest open water swim. The Australian, 29, defied sunstroke on the 80-mile journey from Eleuthera to New Providence piCture: Ap

President insists: Call me Jokowi inDOnESiA: New president Joko Widodo has said he wants to be addressed by his nickname – ‘Jokowi’. The leader, who was sworn in on Monday, thinks ‘Joko’ would be awkward and ‘President Widodo’ would sound strange. The 53-year-old former businessman (pictured) was reportedly given the nickname by a Frenchman who bought furniture from him in 2005.

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ROMAniA: A headmaster has been allowed to stay in the class where he taught for 50 years – as a skeleton. Alexandru Popescu donated his bones in the 1960s but they were confiscated over hygiene worries. After a clean, he has been given back to ‘help pupils with biology’ in Prahova.

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I want second chance, says rapist footballer in video

CONVICTED rapist Ched Evans, who was released last week after serving half of a five-year jail term, has said he is ‘determined to continue the fight’ to clear his name. In a video interview posted on his website, the footballer says he hopes to return to playing the game, adding that his lawyers are taking steps to overturn his conviction. The former Sheffield United striker, who has always insisted the sex was consensual, admits he regrets his ‘incredibly foolish

by RyAn HOOpER decision’ to cheat on girlfriend Natasha Massey, who also appears in the clip. The 25-year-old says: ‘Now that I have served the custodial part of my sentence of two-and-a-half years, it is my hope that I will be able to return to football. ‘If that is at all possible, then I will do so with humility, having learnt a very painful lesson.

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Charlotte Tumilty has several tattoos on her arms, chest and neck

A TRAINEE teacher was sent home from school on her first day and told to cover her tattoos with bandages. Charlotte Tumilty was asked to leave within an hour of starting work as a teaching assistant at St John Vianney’s Primary School, England on Monday. The 26-year-old said she was told her tattoos were inappropriate in the ‘strict Catholic’ school in Hartlepool. Ms Tumilty, a mother of two, said she was told she could come back as long as she had plasters and bandages covering her inkwork. She said: ‘It ticks me off. They said I could maybe start later but I don’t think it’s going to get anywhere because you can still see bits of my tattoos.’ Ms Tumilty has full ‘sleeves’ of tattoos on her arms and legs, along with small ones on her fingers, hands, back, chest and neck. She said: ‘I suggested a higher-necked top. The woman said: “That’s not the point, it’s a strictly Catholic school and tattoos are forbidden.”’ Ms Tumilty said when she went for an interview to secure her placement, staff could see her tattoos – but she did promise to take out her piercings. Deputy headteacher Martin Boagey said at no point did the school say Ms Tumilty could not work there but it has a code of conduct, ‘part of which requires members of staff with tattoos to cover them up’. He added: ‘We do have members of staff with tattoos, and they are happy to abide by the code of conduct.’

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law student hit sleeping girl in face with penis A UK student whose ambition was to become a solicitor has been jailed for drunkenly slapping a sleeping woman in the face with his penis. John Dale took advantage of the victim after she dozed off at a house party in Nottingham last year, a court heard. A friend used a phone to film him as he stripped to his boxer shorts, leaned over her and struck her on the cheek. The crime only came to light when the friend showed the video footage to workmates and police were called. Criminology undergraduate Dale, 21, tried to get his sentence cut on Tuesday after being jailed for nine months at Nottingham crown court in September. But his application was rejected at the Court of Appeal in London, where Judge Alistair McCreath said: ‘One can see in stark form the distress caused to the victim of this offence and the continuing nature of it. The sentence which the crown court judge imposed cannot

possibly be wrong in principle.’ The woman said in a victim impact statement that learning of the video’s existence had made her feel violated. ‘It makes me think that the video could still be out there in someone’s possession,’ she said. ‘Knowing that it could exist petrifies me.’ Dale, from Milton Keynes, England, left his hopes of a law career in tatters when he pleaded guilty to sexual assault.

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‘I would like a second chance.’ The release of the two-minute video came on the day the BBC was forced to apologise after presenter Michael Buerk appeared to criticise Evans’ victim for being drunk. In a BBC Radio 4 clip, he said neither Evans nor his victim emerged ‘with any credit’ as she was so drunk ‘she could barely stand’. A BBC spokesman said there was ‘no intention’ to suggest the victim was at fault.

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Nude selfie flagged teacher sex scandal A biOlOgy teacher in the US has been forced to admit she was having sex with a student after a naked selfie circulated. Ashley Elizabeth Zehnder, 24, told staff at Pasadena High School in Houston, Texas, that pupils had got hold of a nude shot of her from an old mobile. but after an internal investigation, it emerged that a 17-year-old boy had the picture because Zehnder had sent it to him. They had been sleeping

together since May. Assistant district attorney Nick Socias said: ‘She admitted to sending the nude photo to the student, knowing in fact that he was a student, and that they had sex.’ Zehnder appeared in court charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a student, and has been released on bail. She has resigned from her post at the school.

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Pistorius starts his prison term in the hospital wing by DANIEL BINNS

GUN killer Oscar Pistorius saw a chaplain and psychologist before starting his first night on a prison hospital wing. The 27-year-old was sent to the kgosi Mampuru ii jail in Pretoria on Tuesday after being sentenced to five years for shooting dead his girlfriend reeva Steenkamp. He has swapped the exclusive gated community of Silver Woods estate, Pretoria, for a wing containing eight other disabled convicts. One inmate has prosthetic legs, two are blind men and five other offenders are in wheelchairs. At least he has escaped the prison’s over-crowded cells. Designed for 40 people, they are rumoured to house up to 80 men in squalid conditions. The hospital wing, which is under 24-hour observation, has two nurses on duty. Pistorius has his own shower, bed, sheets, mattress and toilet. Prison commissioner Zebilon Monama said the measures have been taken ‘because of his vulnerability... it is my responsibility to protect

New home: The Kgosi Mampuru prison, left, Pistorius is led away from court pictures: getty

any vulnerable person here’. His prison meals will be provided by an outside contractor. ‘They’re cooking nice food. You’ll get nice food... we take care of the people,’ he said. He told reporters that the Paralympic star was ‘a little bit tired and

tense’ when he was admitted and described him as ‘deurmekaar’. That is Afrikaans for confused or muddled. Pistorius will be allowed to keep his prosthetic legs but may have to remove them at night if staff deem them to be a security risk. At his sentencing hearing, the ath-

lete’s defence team argued he would be at risk of gang rape and other violence from prisoners if he was jailed. They also cited a South African gang boss who reportedly threatened to ‘take out’ Pistorius if he was imprisoned. The prison insists he will be kept safe.

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REEVA STEENKAMP’S parents say they have forgiven Oscar Pistorius for their daughter’s death and accepted his fiveyear sentence. However, June and Barry Steenkamp said ‘only Oscar knows’ the truth behind the shooting at his house on Valentine’s Day last year. Mrs Steenkamp said she does ‘not feel that justice has been done’ but has forgiven the athlete because hate ‘will make you ill’. Her husband told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: ‘If there is more to this unfortunate saga, it is only Oscar Pistorius that knows and he is the one that will have to live with it for the rest of his life.’

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Four wins in one day for Sam the man SAM SMITH scored a hat-trick of Mobo wins last night – capping off a day of celebrations that also saw him crowned Q Awards best newcomer. The bashful Londoner, (pictured) won the best R’n’B/soul, best male and best song awards at the event at Wembley Arena in a ceremony hosted by the X Factor’s Mel B and SarahJane Crawford. Smith, 22, was favoured over Tinie Tempah, Fuse ODG, Ghetts and Krept and Konan for the best male award. He also defeated chart giants Ed Sheeran and Meridian Dan for best song with his smash hit Stay With Me. His

by SEAMUS DUFF Best R’n’B/soul gong saw him beat former Gorillaz collaborator Daley, Estelle, Jessie Ware and Marsha Ambrosius. Smith was cheered on by the biggest names in urban music including Nicole Scherzinger, who also performed on the night. Lewis H a m i l t o n ’s girlfriend also won the unofficial dress of the evening with a show-stopping plunging, fauxleather outfit.

MOBO WINNERS Best African: Fuse ODG Reggae: Stylo G Hip hop: Krept and Konan RnB/soul: Sam Smith Gospel: Living Faith Connection Choir Jazz: Zara McFarlane Grime: Stormzy Newcomer: Ella Eyre Male: Sam Smith Female: Jessie J International: Beyoncé Video: Skepta Song: Sam Smith Inspiration award: Idris Elba

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Django actress is charged with lewd behaviour

A STAR of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained has been charged with lewd conduct after allegedly having sex in a car with her boyfriend. Actress Danièle Watts claimed she had only been ‘showing affection, fully clothed’ to Brian Lucas – and accused police of targeting her because she is black and he is white. But despite her protestations, prosecutors have decided to put both her and Lucas, 43, in the dock. They each face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 (€790) fine if convicted. A spokesman for Ms Watts, who played house slave Coco, declined to comment on the charges. The actress, who also played a policewoman in comedy series Weeds and appears in new sitcom Partners, burst into

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tears as officers handcuffed her outside a Los Angeles film studio. She said she had faced racism all her life and added: ‘I’m an actress at this studio! I’m in a major sitcom and I’m Cuffed: Watts (seen right in Django Unchained) sobs during her arrest still being put in handcuffs because I’m making out with my boyfriend.’ The LAPD opened an internal investigation into the 28-year-old’s treatment following her complaints. But footage later emerged of her allegedly straddling Mr Lucas, a celebrity chef, inside a silver Mercedes. The arresting officers – a woman, a hispanic man and a gay white man – said they had simply followed up a complaint from a passer-by that the couple were indecently exposed.

Social workers failed to look into paedophile ring threat The threat of a paedophile ring operating in parts of Donegal was not properly monitored by social workers, watchdogs have warned. An inspection of child protection in the county last May uncovered a lack of staff and glaring gaps in how the risks to children from institutional or organised abuse were managed. Social work staff – part of the Tusla Child and Family Agency since January – had limited resources and used inadequate systems to identify potential abusers in the area. The review, by the health Information and Quality Authority (hiqa), found good efforts were made to manage the risks posed by convicted and alleged offenders, but that the systems were not robust or safe enough. ‘This included systems to identify potential organised abuse in the locality,’ the hiqa report found. Inspectors found minimal contact between social workers and

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RENÉE ZELLWEGER has welcomed the fanfare surrounding her dramatic image overhaul. The Bridget Jones actress, 45, revealed that she is feeling healthy for the first time in years after appearing at a Beverly Hills awards do on Monday looking virtually unrecognisable. She ditched her famous porcelain looks for a tanned complexion. ‘I’m glad folks think I look different! I’m living a different, happy, more fulfilling life, and I’m thrilled that perhaps it shows,’ said the star, who has battled speculation about her weight for a number of years. ‘My friends say that I look peaceful. I am healthy. For a long time I wasn’t doing such a good job with that. I took on a schedule that is not realistically sustainable and didn’t allow for taking care of myself.’ Zellweger says she is happier to look older and healthy rather than be exhausted and making bad choices. ‘Rather than stopping to recalibrate, I kept running until I was depleted and made bad choices about how to conceal the exhaustion,’ she told People magazine. ‘I was aware of the chaos and finally chose different things. People don’t know me in my 40s. People don’t know me as healthy. ‘Perhaps I look different. Who doesn’t as they get older? Ha. But I am different. I’m happy.’

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Billy BOB ThOrnTOn says his e ‘crazy’ marriage to Angelina Joli left him pretty cut up. The 59-yearold opened up about the famous vials of each other’s blood the couple were rumoured to have worn during their three-year marriage, which ended in 2003. ing ‘She thought it would be interest e littl a k too we and romantic if razorblade and sliced our fingers se and smeared a little blood on the r you und aro it r wea lockets and you neck,’ he said.

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BOY GEORGE has reeled in his online comments as he’s sick of them being dismissed as ‘gay hissy fits’. The 53-year-old, pictured, said: ‘If you make any comment online people say you’re having a rant and if you’re gay and get annoyed you’re having a hissy fit. It’s all f****** cliches.’

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Sheeran wasn’t lively enough to headline the event. ‘i have no problem with him whatsoever and i hope he doesn’t have a problem with me,’ the Don’t singer told Guilty Pleasures at the Awards. ‘i’m not one to hold a grudge – i’ll go and shake his hand and we’ll have a drink.’ And despite the harsh comments, Sheeran, pictured, said he never takes any negativity to heart. ‘Everyone’s entitled to an opinion and fair play to him if he thinks that,’ Sheeran said during the ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central london. ‘i wasn’t upset, a lot of people think i’m boring – i think other people are boring. it’s fine and that’s a normal thing to think.’ He said: ‘i don’t really mind that much but if i’m asked to play something and then he says that, it just kind of confuses me. ‘i mean, there’s never going to be a shortage of festivals for me to play at but there are a shortage of artists to play festivals,’ Sheeran added.

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debaucherous.’ The 24-year-old, pictured, said it was ‘understandable’ that people want to know everything about you but as an artist it was important to ‘keep some stuff back’ to maintain a degree of privacy.

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60 seconds Mailbox elle fanning, 16, is the little sister of former child star, Dakota. She plays Sleeping Beauty in the live-action version, Maleficent

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Sleeping Beauty was always my favourite. each princess has a different hair colour, are drawn a certain way and have different personalities. Beauty had blonde hair and wore the pink dress and I thought: ‘Oh, I have that.’ She is also one of the tallest, which I related to. To get to play her is the ultimate dream of my five-year-old self.

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nervous. I had the butterflies because she is just so famous. everybody knows her. Beforehand was more scary than actually meeting her, because then you realise that we’re both actresses just trying to make this movie.

Do you feel you missed out on normal teenage things? I

go to normal school so I feel involved in all that regular stuff. I was home-schooled until third grade – my grandma taught me. When I was nine, I changed to real school because I thought I didn’t really have any friends my age and wanted to go through a normal school experience and have lockers and school dances and all that stuff.

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How do you combine making movies with school? I have a

teacher who is with me on all my sets. She’s here now. But I have to do all the tests and send them back on the same day that everyone else does. I’ve got a history one at 4pm today.

What else scares you? I’m So press interviews terrified of elevators. I got trapped in one when I actually get you out was little and now I of homework? don’t like being Yes, keep the I would trapped in questions coming. general. In the always run down the You worked grocery store, I grocery store aisles and with would always Brad Pitt. sing, and my sister run down the Was it nice aisles and sing, when he came would be so and my sister to the set of embarrassed would be so Maleficent with embarrassed. I have a the kids? It’s funny fear of being suppressed. because I did two movies with Is the life of a Hollywood him but I never worked with him. In Babel, he played my dad and child star similar to that of a Cate Blanchett played my mum but princess? I guess that’s kind of I was in Mexico and they were in true. I started in movies when Morocco. And then for I was two playing my sister Benjamin Button, I played at a younger age, so I guess Cate at a younger age and so I’ve grown up in it. Doing didn’t work with her again. movies is so much a part of And though I did have scenes my life. Then when I was with Brad, it was the 11, I did Somewhere special effects stuff, so [directed by Sofia he wasn’t actually there. Coppola]. Until then I was always recognised Do you and Dakota as my sister and that ever get put up for was when people the same parts? started saying: ‘Oh, That’s never happened. I you are elle and mean she’s 20 right not Dakota.’ now. We both have blonde hair and stuff, so When did you first who knows? But our think of acting as personalities are very a job rather than a different. We think we hobby? When I was look so different as well four and did The Door but people still go: ‘You In The Floor. I became guys look like twins.’ aware that I was Will you go to the dark playing someone else, I wasn’t just a little side for your next role? girl who didn’t know Yeah, that’s what I want to the camera was there. do. People see blonde hair And then I did Phoebe and blue eyes and that’s In Wonderland, aged definitely kind of a label. nine. She had Like dark hair equals dark Tourette’s and I and mysterious. So I would thought: ‘Now, I like to do something that’s a little more… not so sweet. actually have to meet larushka ivan-Zadeh kids who have Tourette’s syndrome Maleficent is out now on DVD

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he recent jailing of innocent Peter Barlow has once again demonstrated the serious shortcomings in British justice with which we in this country are all too familiar. We cannot let yet another miscarriage of justice go unheeded and must mobilise now so Peter does not spend 17 years or more behind bars. Please let your TD know your feelings and sign our online facebook petition ‘freepeterbarlow’. We are also holding a candlelit vigil outside the British embassy in Ballsbridge at 6pm on Saturday. With the public support we will win Peter’s freedom. Justice For Peter Campaign ■ Does anyone else out there get peeved with people smoking on train platforms? I have had to move

away from smokers while waiting for a train on numerous occasions as it physically makes me sick! Martin ■ I read with slight annoyance the rescue story of these dogs in yesterday’s edition. Whilst unfortunate, I would rather see the same space and photos dedicated to Pippin. Little 12-week-old Pippin was dumped in a box, emaciated, ten days ago in Ballina and sadly died on Sunday despite the valiant efforts of North West SPCA Ballina. I really feel his short and painful little life deserves so much recognition, and for him to be remembered and for his story to be told. he is just one of many who met the same fate last week. Please help us tell Pippin’s story and keep his memory alive to help raise awareness for all the other

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BBC2, 9pm It was clear from the moment Polly’s son Michael turned up on her doorstep that he’d be drawn into the dark Blinders world like a moth to a very sooty flame. Our main man Tommy, though, is moving up in the world as he gets his hands on a very classy equine filly… Cillian Murphy and Charlotte Riley flare nostrils in the week’s classiest drama.

2 Drifters Lydia Rose Bewley loves a banjo plucker

4 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces George Clarke takes to the skies

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E4, 9pm The flatshare, that basic sitcom building block, is the setting for this frothy female effort written by and starring Jessica Knappett. Let’s just say she’s no Lena Dunham. But with a banjo-plucking Mumfords chap and Bob Mortimer high as a kite, it’s not all bad.

3 The Great Fire Charles Dance has burning desires

3. The Great Fire

UTV, 9pm While London goes to blazes all around him, Lord Denton (Charles Dance, ripping up the scenery) pleasures himself by turning the screws on suspected Papist plotters. This mix of history, politics and a mighty inferno makes for a bumpy ride but the cast, with Andrew Buchan at the heart of the action, pump human life into it.

5 The Knick Clive Owen wants your body – so long as you’re dead

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4. George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

C4, 8pm Why live in a boring old house when you can convert an old jet or tart up a railway carriage for your living quarters? Yes, George Clarke is back on the madcap fringes of architecture, treating himself to a helicopter swoop around the Alps along the way. It is, naturally, ‘amazing!’

5. The Knick

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It’s an acquired taste, this Steven Soderbergh-directed period drama. The New York City of the 1900s is convincingly evoked but Clive Owen’s drugged-up surgeon is a tough act to love. That tonight’s main storyline centres on cadavers should put you in the gory picture. Our own Eve Hewson co-stars.

YOUR GUiDE TO THiS EvEninG’S ESSEnTiAL viEWinG 6. Russell Howard’s Good news

BBC2, 11.20pm The comedian now known as Kerry’s brother makes the leap from BBC3 to BBC2 with his long-running show taking a light-hearted look at the world around us. There’s no doom and gloom in Howard’s happy half hour – which is a blessed relief.

7. The Big Bang Theory

E4, 8.30pm Who’d have thought the antics of Sheldon, Leonard and co would turn

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Drag artist Panti – aka Rory O’Neill – became a national treasure following an appearance on RTÉ’s The Saturday Night Show that attracted legal action from members of the religious Iona Institute, and a subsequent rousing speech at the Abbey that went viral online. In an abridged excerpt from his memoir, Woman In The Making, he recalls Pope John Paul II’s visit to Knock in 1979

actual mass started. It was longer and n 1979, I started to think for more boring than any mass I’d ever myself. It was the year that the been to. Pope came to Ireland, but it was At the end of the mass the Pope also the year that the 11-year-old would drive through the corrals of gay boy inside the (till then welladjusted) 11-year-old Mayo boy started people, and it was our chance to get up quite close to him and take the shaky to act up. These two things were not photograph that would be treasured for unrelated. Looking back now, it seems years to come. But then it was almost inevitable that my gayness and announced over the Tannoy that my Catholicism were about to engage because things were running behind in their first bloody skirmish. schedule, and it was already getting The Pope’s itinerary would take him dark, the Pope was going to leave round the country but, ostensibly, the immediately. He might have been reason for his trip was to visit the God’s chosen representative on earth, small Mayo village of Knock where successor to St Peter, with a direct line they were celebrating the centenary of the appearance of the Blessed Virgin to the Virgin – but he still had to be Mary herself in that otherwise home in time for Coronation Street. unremarkable bog village. Everyone was crushed. On the There were no dissenting verge of tears, nuns looked voices – or if there were, I at each other with was certainly too young it stricken faces, and my is v ’s e to hear them. Everyone The Pop d me mother shrivelled e was on board. Even I before my very eyes. unhook dead e was on board. After There was no way from th eligion r f o all, I was already they could get the t h weig d me e putting my latent drag buses through the h s u p and wn tendencies to work as frustrated throngs, so o y m o int Ballinrobe’s preeveryone had to walk usness conscio eminent altar (lady) boy. the eight miles back to For days beforehand, our Claremorris, down tiny house, like every other house Mayo country roads, in the in Ballinrobe, was a hive of activity pitch dark, jostled by hundreds of and nervous excitement, my mother a thousands of other people. My sandwich-making tweedy blur. At the mother, cold, wet and miserable, crack of dawn on the big day she piled made us kids, cold, wet, miserable, the Volkswagen high with egg tired and cranky, hold hands as we sandwiches, brown bread, flasks of tea, stumbled and bumped the eight miles ‘Pope stools’, Holy See flags, my back to the car, my little sister Clare sisters Edel and Clare, and me, and crying all the way. It was a frightening drove to the next town, Claremorris, experience. where we parked in a field. During the interminable At Claremorris, we boarded shuttle mass I had looked buses to the site at Knock, where we around me and had an were herded into our assigned corrals. epiphany of sorts. I Keeping us children close, my mother didn’t belong there. I led the way till we set up camp miles looked at the hundreds from the stage, among nodding nuns, of thousands of people stressed mothers, praying shopkeepers, muttering as one and I and farmers drinking cold tea from TK didn’t feel any wonder. I lemonade bottles, as an interminable felt no joy. I felt afraid. tinny rosary bleated over the Tannoy There was nothing system. spiritual or divine about The hours dragged damply by, and as the event: this was a cult. A we waited for the Pope’s arrival we ate cult of personality and hype. our soggy sandwiches, and considered A passive mob, a colony of wetting ourselves rather than risk life drones; a multicellular and infection by going to the toilets – organism made up of you had to balance on slippery wooden unicellular minds. A planks above a hole in the ground switching-off of all critical already filled with the p*** and s*** faculties. And had I had the 11of hundreds of holy pilgrims. And year-old courage, I would have there is nothing like that stench stood up and screamed, of other people’s faeces to ‘The Pope has no disabuse you of the notion clothes!’ (Which that anything spiritual might very well have might be happening. been true but he was so By the time the Pope far away it was arrived – or, at least, the impossible to discern.) tiny distant dot that It made me question sounded like him and what was presented to everyone insisted was him, me. Made me wary of despite no real evidence (like accepted truths. That good Catholics, we were day, a crack opened up just going to have to take between me and the it on faith) – it already Dressed down: Panti felt like we’d been O’ – aka Roryy O’Neill at a mass for – recalls a day days on end, out with the but now Pope an

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Bliss me, father: yo Mayo-born Roryy O’Nell in his full regalia as drag-art star Panti Bliss

world around me. A crack that over the years became a crevasse, then a gorge, and then a chasm. It’s a chasm I’ve come to treasure. The Pope’s visit unhooked me from the dead weight of religion and pushed me into the stream of my own consciousness. It gave me a mind of my own. I didn’t become an atheist that day – that was a much longer process – but I did take the first step, and became a Protestant. Woman In The Making: A Memoir (Hachette Books Ireland) is out now. Panti will be signing copies on Sunday at Dubray Books, Grafton Street, D2, 3pm

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Schmidt at paynes to quash selection theory by DANNy HOgAN Joe Schmidt has angrily denied influencing provincial selection, rubbishing suggestions he has ‘blocked’ darren cave’s path back to the ireland squad. head coach Schmidt has confirmed Robbie henshaw and Jared Payne will fight it out for ireland’s No.13 shirt in the upcoming Guinness test series. henshaw and Payne face a shoot-out to replace the retired Brian o’driscoll, with Ulster centre cave overlooked for ireland’s autumn ranks. cave last year claimed his ‘face doesn’t fit’ with the ireland set-up, while eoin Griffin left connacht for London irish in the summer, frustrated by his lack of national chances. Schmidt insisted he is monitoring the progress of both centres, but blasted the idea that he orders provincial coaches to select players in positions of his choosing.

‘It’s a misnomer I influence provincial selection’ ‘We’ve probably gone with Robbie henshaw and Jared Payne: they are the two guys who are playing 13,’ said Schmidt, speaking at the launch of a new Guinness advertising campaign in dublin. ‘i think there has been a massive misnomer that i influence provincial selection. that is absolutely untrue: the guys that are selected in the centre, or to carry water, are nothing to do with my selections. ‘they are the provincial coaches, they are looking to do their best for the province and that’s the way it should be. ‘For someone to imply that darren cave has been blocked is wrong: he’s very much on our radar ... [he] had a shoulder operation; he’s come back from injury, then had a rib injury. ‘to say that eoin Griffin may have left because he saw the writing on the wall is massively disappointing: he is still on our radar, we keep an eye on what’s happening at London irish. ‘Selection is a tough enough job without the impression we’re influencing things. the Kiwi defended his decision to omit Paddy Jackson from the squad, claiming the Ulster fly-half needs regular club rugby after injuries. Racing metro’s Johnny Sexton remains ireland’s premier outside-half, with Leinster’s

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SpORT DIgEST Peak preview is Froome might not compete in Tour cycLINg CHRIS FROOMe caused controversy yesterday when he reacted to the unveiling of next year’s Tour de France route by hinting he may skip the race. The 2013 winner said six mountain-top finishes and little time-trialling does not suit him and may instead ride the giro d’Italia and Vuelta a espana. ‘Next year’s Tour is going to be about the mountains. There’s little emphasis on time-trialling, which means the race will be decided up in the high mountains,’ said the Team Sky leader (above). ‘I see myself as quite a balanced gC [general classification] rider and the giro, with its inclusion of a long TT [time-trial] of 60km and tough uphill finishes, suits me well. If I did the giro I may also be able to get myself back to top shape for the Vuelta and go there with a realistic chance.’ The 2015 Tour was expected to be a vintage year, with Froome, reigning champ Vicenzo Nibali, two-time winner Alberto Contador and giro winner Nairo Quintana involved.

Sam the Man gets released by Dallas NfL Defensive end Michael Sam, who

hopes to become the first openly gay athlete to play in the NFL, was released by the Dallas Cowboys this week. Sam spent the first seven weeks of the season on the ten-man practice squad.

rUCK ’n’ rOLL IT THere: Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt joins leading sports psychologist Dr Mike Gervais to help launch a new Guinness ad campaign set to air for the first time on november 5 ahead of Ireland’s opening Guinness Series fixture. The new ad – entitled Munster: Self Belief – retells Munster’s historic 12-0 victory over new Zealand in 1978 Picture: inPho ian madigan also making the squad for November’s tests against South Africa, Georgia and Australia. ‘Paddy’s only played one full game this season,’ said Schmidt, who opted for munster’s ian Keatley ahead of Jackson. ‘he needs to be playing at the moment – he doesn’t need to be training with us. ‘ian Keatley did very, very well on the summer’s emerg-

Grass is getting a little high LeAgue One outfit Rochdale are using lamps seized from cannabis farms to warm the turf at Spotland. groundstaff say the lamps make a ‘massive difference’ to the pitch and are using the warmth from the lights to encourage the grass around the penalty areas to grow. The lamps, said to be worth between €25,000 and €40,000 were donated by Manchester Police. Cool, no weeds…

ing ireland tour, the feedback was that he led by example, both on and off the field. Kiwi Payne steps up to the squad for the first time after completing his three-year residency at Uister. the 29-yearold will face stiff competition from connacht’s 21-year-old powerhouse henshaw, who remains favourite to start alongside Gordon d’Arcy. ‘Jared has good variety in his

kicking game, and his ability to read defensively at tackle time is good,’ said Schmidt. ‘he can carry and slip tackles, or at least win the gainline, and i think you could just about say ditto for Robbie. ‘his passing game i think is a super aspect to his game, Robbie, he’s got a very good width and a really flat, wide pass – and the ability to make the subtle passes as well.’

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Pep pops in to see ‘surprised’ Pope Bayern Munich celebrated their 7-1 thumping of roma on Tuesday night by catching up with holy football fan the Pope before they boarded their flight back home. Pep Guardiola’s boys met Pope Francis at his place in Vatican City after their demolition of Giallorossi in the Champions League the previous evening. The

club presented the footy-mad pontiff with a signed shirt with his name on the back and a football and revealed he congratulated them on ‘playing a wonderful game’, although he admitted he was ‘surprised’ by the result. Bayern’s CeO Karl Heinz rummenigge said it was ‘a real honour’ for the club.

Honour: Bayern players Philipp Lahm and Manuel neuer meet the Pope

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Emmanuel can lead Spurs home TOTTENHAM caught the eye in last Saturday’s 4-1 defeat at Manchester City, playing some attractive football. At least that was the case when they were going forward. Unfortunately, Spurs resembled City’s neighbours bAcking when wEbb AnD kucH United it came to Webb Simpson and defending Matt Kuchar (both 14/1), as their Harris English (30/1) back four and Hudson Swafford was at (66s) are our McGladrey sixes and

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sevens. Manager Mauricio Pochettino will make several changes for tonight’s Europa League tie at home to Asteras Tripolis and if Emmanuel Adebayor (left) returns, back him to score at 21/20 with the Betfair sportsbook. Both teams to find the net is 16/13 with 888sport, while Bet Victor offer 17/2 on a 2-1 home win. Everton to win in Lille is 23/10 with Coral, who offer 21/20 both teams score. Samuel Eto’o is 11/4 with Paddy Power to stick away a chance.

Luk who’s won the game: Podolski and man-of-thematch Sanchez toast the Gunners’ last-gasp winner

Uefa says ‘less than three per cent’ of the Khimki Arena was open for City’s visit on tuesday.

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BAtE Borisov have been charged by Uefa after fans racially abused Shakhtar Donetsk’s Luiz Adriano. the referee suspended the game, which Shakhtar went on to win 7-0.

Platini’s stance softens

CLUBS may be told to let only women and children into European ties as punishment for racist behaviour. Uefa revealed the idea on the day it confirmed no action would be taken against CSKA Moscow for apparently having 300 fans at Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Manchester City, a match supposedly being played behind closed doors. Skipper Vincent Kompany called it ‘unacceptable’ – particularly since City fans were not allowed to attend the 2-2 draw even though it was the Russian side being punished for repeated cases of racist chanting. Uefa press officer Pedro Pinto said the ‘supporters’ were guests of sponsors, staff or parents of ball boys not covered from the stadium ban and revealed Michel Platini, president of European football’s ruling body,

was putting forward an alternative scheme. ‘Mr Platini is open to discussing it inside Uefa to see if it is better overall for fans and the image of football,’ said Pinto. ‘The women and children would not have to pay so the club would still incur a financial penalty.’ The ‘women and children only’ scheme, previously imposed at Turkish side Fenerbahce to combat hooliganism, is likely to cut little ice with the City fans not allowed into the Khimki Arena. Tuesday’s draw leaves City facing an uphill task to reach the last 16 after collecting just two points from three group games. However, Kompany insisted: ‘I’m 100 per cent convinced we’ll overturn it. People forget we had a strong group stage last year. ‘This year we’ve made it more difficult than it has to be.’

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ARSENAL gave Arsene Wenger a 65th birthday present he will never forget after turning a miserable performance into a sensational victory last night. The Gunners were in the depths of despair with just a minute to go until Kieran Gibbs produced a delightful finish from Calum Chambers’ deep cross. Then Lukas Podolski swooped on a loose ball to fire a stoppage-time winner after man-of-the-match Alexis Sanchez had kept the play alive. Wenger had said ahead of the game that, despite reaching retirement age, he was hungrier than ever to win the Champions League for the first time. For most of the night that looked little more than a pipedream and neither side managed a single attempt on target

Leveller: Gibbs and Nacho Monreal celebrate during a dismal first half. Arsenal were woken into life after Ibrahima Conte’s shot was deflected wide at the start of the second half and Sanchez, Aaron Ramsey and Santi Cazorla wasted gilt-edged chances. But disaster struck in the 71st-minute when Andy Najar powerfully headed the Belgian champions in front. The Gunners looked more likely to implode than fight back as Anthony Vanden Borre hit the bar and stand-in keeper Emiliano Martinez saved well from Matias Suarez. But Gibbs and Podolski struck late to hand Wenger a birthday boost.

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Mad for it: Ronaldo, left, and Benzema, right, celebrate

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LiveRpooL. ..........0 ReaL madRid ...... 3 by Danny griffiths CRISTIANO RONALDO inspired Real Madrid to a crushing victory as they outclassed Liverpool. The former Manchester United star had never scored at Anfield in five previous visits but he opened the floodgates in the 23rd minute of a one-sided encounter. James Rodriguez floated a glorious pass into the Liverpool area and Ronaldo ran past three defenders to whip a divine finish past the stranded Simon Mignolet. The Reds had started at a fast tempo in a bid to unsettle the Champions League holders but could not cope as Real turned the screw to put the game out of sight before the interval. They went further ahead when the home side failed to clear a corner on the half-hour and Karim Benzema headed in a Toni Kroos cross at the far post. The France international then grabbed his second four minutes before the break when he flicked in from a couple of yards after sloppy defending at another corner. Philippe Coutinho’s 25-yard blast hit the far post with the last kick of the half but this was already a lost cause. Ineffective Mario Balotelli was replaced by Adam Lallana and the Reds were better in the second half as Real, without the injured Gareth Bale and Sergio Ramos, stepped off the gas with one eye on Saturday’s trip to Barcelona. Ronaldo and the impressive Rodriguez could have added more goals and, such was Real’s dominance, the former was withdrawn with 15 minutes remaining.

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BIRMINGHAM have received permission from Burton to talk to Gary Rowett about their managerial vacancy. A Blues player from 1998 to 2000, Rowett has since led the Brewers to the League Two play-offs twice after taking charge in 2012. After Tuesday’s 4-3 win at Carlisle lifted Burton to second, Rowett said: ‘I had a fantastic time at Birmingham as a player. It’s flattering to be linked with the job and a feather in the cap for everyone at Burton.’ MK Dons boss Karl Robinson was also sounded out in the wake of Lee Clark’s sacking but the League One side have not allowed the Blues to approach the 34-year-old. Malcolm Crosby and Richard Beale took caretaker charge for Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat at Blackburn.

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on loan for Melbourne City. The Spaniard has been recalled by New York City, where he will link up with Frank Lampard next year, to fulfil commercial obligations in New York.

Leeds chief backs accused defender LEEDS owner Massimo Cellino will support Giuseppe Bellusci after Cameron Jerome accused the defender of racial abuse. The Football Association is investigating after the Norwich striker alerted referee Mark Clattenburg during Tuesday’s 1-1 draw. Cellino said: ‘Bellusci (pictured) says he spoke in Italian. I don’t know if he [Jerome] speaks Italian too but Bellusci swears to me he said nothing racist. I believe him. If any Leeds player was shown to be a racist, he’d be out.’ Meanwhile, Jerome wrote on Twitter: ‘On what was actually said would not be fair for me to say at this point but it will be a matter for the governing body to deal with.’

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Liverpool outclassed but late strikes seal dramatic Arsenal win

Out of reach: Ronaldo guides Real’s opener past the diving Simon Mignolet

REAL Madrid showed the world their brilliance once again last night as the European champions proved a class apart against Liverpool. The Reds now face an uphill battle to reach the last 16 of the Champions

by nick METcALfE League after suffering a humbling 3-0 defeat at Anfield. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring with a fabulous first-time finish. Karim

Benzema added two fine goals before the break as Real took total command. Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, who was again hugely ineffectual for the hosts, swapped shirts with Real’s Pepe as the pair walked down the tunnel at half-time,

and the former Manchester City player was replaced by Adam Lallana. However, Arsenal were celebrating after two late goals from Kieran Gibbs and Lukas Podolski saw them come from behind to beat Anderlecht 2-1 in Belgium.

A tale of two Ians as Schmidt picks Keatley alongside Madigan IRELAND head coach Joe Schmidt has said that he is looking forward to having uncapped flyhalf Ian Keatley in the Ireland camp ahead of this November’s autumn Test series. Keatley, who played a starring role in Munster’s last-gasp win over Sale Sharks at the weekend, was selected along with Leinster’s Ian Madigan to understudy firstchoice out-half Johnny Sexton. Keatley’s gain is Paddy Jackson’s loss, however, with the Ulster No.10 missing the cut over concerns of match-fitness. ‘The best springboard for someone like Ian Keatley, who hasn’t been in our camp before, is to demonstrate a level of performance and progress,’ said Schmidt. ‘Let’s find out a little bit more

about Ian in a match squad, or at least in a wider squad, how he trains with us, what are the elements of his game he needs to do a bit of work on and how they’re going.’ Despite the Munster kicker missing out on Ireland’s tour to

‘Let’s find out more about Ian in a squad’ Argentina during the summer, Schmidt has been impressed by the way the Leinster-born Keatley has conducted himself. ‘I think he did really well in [Munster’s Heineken Cup semifinal defeat to] Toulon last year, that almost got him onto the tour. We went with Ian Madigan because, at that stage, it was a

very tight time frame. ‘Ian Keatley has been there for a great length of time. He did very well [on the Emerging Ireland tour] in Georgia. And the feedback from the coaching staff there is that he leaded and performed very well. ‘There was a couple of hiccups early on in the season that he broke out of with the last kick of the

game, how he kicked during the game, and those are the things that we want to get him in to camp to have a good look at, what he’s doing and all those aspects of his game rather than saying “that aspect is not good enough” and he doesn’t get selected. ‘That’s part of opportunities rather than just on the pitch, it’s us getting to know him a little more and trying to help in some of the areas he needs some progression in.

Ian with a chance: Joe Schmidt has been impressed with Keatley’s recent form

‘I thought in the lead-up to Conor Murray scoring at the weekend, he took the ball square and really fought his way forward. There’s just little snippets that he did pretty impressively. He kicked well out of hand but then there was that one where he kicked it out on the full and they had to come back. ‘[It’s important] they know all those little snippets of the game. We don’t need to talk about all of the snippets. We talk mostly about the specifics of where they’re going and what they’re looking to improve, and what they’re working hard on and what they’re good at because that’s how they get picked, by being good at things.’

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