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School nearby adds €26k to house price by brian huTTon

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Families can be forced to pay tens of thousands of euro more for their home if it is close to a school, a new study suggests. a trawl of asking prices for homes around the country over the last eight years found huge differences in the premiums heaped on parents to live near both primary and post-primary schools. in south Dublin, for example, it can cost nearly €26,000 more to be within 200 metres of a school, compared to a mark-up of just €780 on homes in Co laois. Ronan lyons, report author and assistant professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin, said while it would be expected to pay more to be near a school, the findings threw up some surprises. ‘What we have found here is that, once the characteristics of an area are allowed for, such

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Doesn’t matter if school is fee-paying or not as adults’ average education level and the unemployment rate, the premium is not bigger for secondary schools with greater rates of progression to university or indeed to fee-paying schools,’ he said. in south Co Dublin, families can expect to pay €25,540 more to be within 200 metres of a primary school, compared to similar homes more than 500 metres away. Being near a post-primary school heaps an extra €2,725 onto house prices. in west Dublin, the premium for living close to a primary school is €11,850, and €1,265 for a nearby post-primary school.

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I saw this on a flying visit to the Arctic

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Natural beauty: A walrus relaxes on an ice floe

Playtime: A polar bear frolics in the snow for the cameras

A POLAR bear frolics in the snow, almost playing up for the cameras. Meanwhile, a walrus relaxes on an ice floe – seemingly unaware it is being watched closely. These are just some of the images captured on video by photographer Peter Cox, who spent two weeks documenting his 1,800-mile journey in the Arctic. The 39-year-old partly shot the natural beauty of the Svalbard archipelago with a drone. Accompanied by a group of photography tourists, Peter controlled his flying camera from the ground to capture the remote wilderness. The

Polar pose: The bear stands up

by JAMEs TEgERDInE wildlife animals were filmed on headmounted and handheld cameras. Mr Cox, from Killarney, said: ‘The video shows the beauty of the Arctic environment from the standpoint of a group of photographers. ‘There were some difficulties with the drone used to capture the aerial footage – it didn’t like being that far north and ended up nearly crashing a couple of times because of compass problems.’ His video has since received rave reviews online. ‘I think people enjoy seeing such a remote and beautiful environment from a different perspective,’ Mr Cox added.

Breath of fresh air: Peter Cox (above) used a drone to film Arctic scenery Pictures: Peter cox/ caters

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Ulster Bank fined €3.5m for IT crash UlsTer BaNk has been fined €3.5million after an IT failure prevented thousands of customers from using their accounts for over a month. The fine is the highest imposed by the Central Bank and has been accepted by rBsowned Ulster Bank. about 600,000 customers were unable to access cash at aTMs or make payments, and many saw delays in getting money into their accounts during 28 days in June and July 2012. The fine was handed down after the Central Bank found Ulster Bank failed to put in place ‘robust governance arrangements’ to prevent and deal with the IT failure.

Bailey admits to ‘shame’ at assaulting his partner

A former journalist who claims he was framed for the unsolved murder of a french film-maker in Cork has admitted assaulting his partner. Ian Bailey, an english reporter who moved to west Cork more than 23 years ago, is suing the State after being arrested twice over the killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

by ED cARTy The 39-year-old film producer was found beaten to death outside her holiday home in west Cork two days before Christmas 1996. mr Bailey, 57, denies any involvement in the death and was never charged. The High Court heard details of

Witness: Ian Bailey outside the High Court in Dublin picture: pa

No new tax if you return to the nest reVeNUe has denied the forthcoming Financial Bill would see adult children living with their parents being taxed on maintenance costs like heating and food. Under the bill proposals, the Capital acquisitions Tax act 2003 will be amended to tighten gift and inheritance rules. a move which revenue officials say will ‘counter abuse’. some tax advisors warned that adults living with their parents for financial reasons could be required to return for tax on room rental or electricity. But revenue dismissed the idea and said the alteration was to ‘protect the exemption from spurious claims’.

a litany of injuries suffered by his partner Jules Thomas, an artist originally from Wales but who has lived in west Cork for at least two decades. ‘It’s common knowledge to my eternal shame that in the past when I used to drink spirits I was involved in incidents of domestic violence with ms Thomas,’ mr Bailey said. ‘I don’t know what I can say about that other than to say it’s to my eternal shame.’ mr Bailey revealed it was known in the locality of Liscaha, Schull, in west Cork, where he had been living with ms Thomas, that he had beaten her. ‘People would have been aware,’ he told the court. ‘I don’t know if it was plain for people to see it. It was common knowledge.’ mr Bailey was shown four photos of

‘What I see in the photos is shameful’

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NIDgE’s TIME wAs Up – BUT sHOw MUsT gO ON

LOVE/HatE can survive the departure of Nidge, if writer Stuart Carolan wants to carry on, actor tom Vaughan-Lawlor has said. Speaking on the Pat Kenny show on Newstalk, he revealed that he watched his final episode on his own ‘to process it a bit’. Confirming that Nidge is dead, he said that the final moments of the season finale are about parents and

children, pointing out that Siobhán doesn’t say goodbye to her child and Nidge’s final moments are exchanged looks with his young son, Warren. Describing Stuart Carolan as ‘an incredible writer’, Vaughan-Lawlor said he did not ask to be written out of the hit show. But he added that Nidge’s survival couldn’t be justified within the story arc.

injuries ms Thomas sustained but refused to detail them to the jury. ‘I’m not going to describe it. What I see in the photographs is shameful and disgraceful of me and I’m not going to describe that,’ he said. Pressed on the injuries from may 1996 by senior counsel for the State Luán Ó Braonáin, mr Bailey agreed with a series of descriptions. ms Thomas had a closed, blackened right eye. Another picture showed a bandage over her eye, in another bruises could be seen on her hand and she had a 4cm clump of hair pulled from her head. Almost 20 years on from the killing of ms Toscan du Plantier, mr Bailey is suing the Garda Commissioner, the minister for Justice and the Attorney General for wrongful arrest. ms Thomas has been at mr Bailey’s side throughout the first week of the civil action. The hearing continues.

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More severe weather to hit today IT LOOKS like commuters may be facing another day of travel misery after Met Éireann issued an orange weather warning for Dublin, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath and Monaghan for today. Meteorologist Gerry Murphy said: ‘It will be a very wet day in Dublin with a westerly rain front bringing between 25 and 40mm of rain. ‘This will clear off during the evening but another band of heavy rain will come up from the south tonight bringing with it an additional 20mm of rain.’ With the possibility of up to

Questions: Gerry Adams was asked to name IRA abusers picture: ap

More IRA abuse victims ‘ready to come forward’ Dozens of victims who were abused as part of an alleged IRA sex abuse cover-up are poised to come forward, the Dáil has heard. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said he understood 28 people were planning to expose their alleged abuse at the hands of the Provisional IRA. ‘Many more remain scared,’ he said. Mr Martin said in a debate on alleged abuse by republicans, he spoke last week with a man who said he and his brother were raped by an IRA man in 1992. After an internal sinn Féin investigation, the victims were given a choice as to whether the abuser be beaten, executed or exiled from the Republic, it is claimed, and he was later ordered to leave the country. The allegations were made during a heated three-hour debate, sparked by the high-profile case of Mairia Cahill, a west Belfast woman who has accused the republican movement of covering up her alleged rape by an IRA man. Urging sinn Féin to tell the legitimate authorities the whereabouts of other alleged abusers sent to the republic, Taoi-

by BRIAN HUTTON seach enda Kenny added: ‘Down here you “buried” the dangerous living along with the discarded dead.’ Tánaiste and labour leader Joan Burton said the parliamentary debate was about providing justice for people who have been abused in the past. Accusing sF leader Gerry Adams of protecting the IRA by saying the events were of their time, she said it was even more sinister when ‘considered alongside his own inaction in protecting children from his own brother’, liam Adams, who abused his own daughter Áine. ‘For ten years he allowed his brother to work with children in Belfast and Dundalk,’ Ms Burton said, under Dáil privilege. Mr Adams said amid a ‘tsunami of accusations’ the alleged abuser had been forgotten and accused some of subverting due process in favour of trial by media. ‘I am sorry to say that the Taoiseach, the Fianna Fáil leader and others have no interest in due process or in truth when it comes to attacking me personally or sinn Féin generally,’ he said.

Concern at sex abuse by children AlMosT a quarter of sex abuse survivors who were attacked when they were under 13 were targeted by another child, a new study has found. Rape Crisis network Ireland (RCnI) revealed the startling statistic applied to 23 per cent of child abuse victims it supported as it launched its annual review of work. The report revealed 91

per cent of sex abusers knew the person they targeted; 14 per cent of perpetrators were under 18; and 61 per cent of survivors aged 13 to 17 had been raped. The network said 32,026 contacts were made to its helplines in 2013 and 2,467 people took up counselling and support services. The review also

revealed that 7 per cent of survivors attending the network’s 15 centres were children. While the RCnI called for an urgent, satisfactory response to address the needs of survivors of sexual violence, it also noted 57 per cent of abuse survivors who reported to the Gardaí said they had been treated sensitively.

65mm of rain tomorrow motorists are advised to be extra vigilant. ‘Flooding is very likely in many areas of the city so motorists need to be careful and slow down. Visibility will be poor so

‘Flooding is likely in areas of the city’ people need to make sure they have their lights on.’ Mr Murphy also added that windows of cars may become fogged up and it is important they are defogged to ensure the

maximum visibility in the wet conditions. AA Roadwatch also advised, when driving in bad weather drivers should slow down and allow more time for their journeys. There is a yellow weather warning in place for the remainder of the country so all motorists are advised to take care. Mr Murphy also said it is predicted to remain wet and mild in Dublin over the next few days ‘but there is no significant cold on the way’ and the weather should improve over the weekend.

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Door-knocking TDs – KEN ROGAN will counter your wishy-washy whinging about waste and water by arguing for the good of the nation. So there

rue story: Once upon a time, a then-Fine Gael Lucinda Creighton knocked on my door opposing the Poolbeg incinerator. That was fine, but I had my own ideas, and a little bit of knowledge (yes, a dangerous thing), so once she saw that, she changed tack: ‘Oh I’m not against incineration per se – just this incinerator…’ That annoyed me. It felt disingenuous. I have this crazy, possibly naïve idea that a government should act in our national interest at the expense of local concerns and for me, this typified the absence of leadership in Irish politics. There is no national waste policy. Waste management gets pushed onto the local authorities who, restricted by eu directives on landfill, inevitably go for incineration. And out come the

placards and ‘save our food/tourism industries’ (even though France has more tourism and more food despite being peppered with incinerators). And nothing happens. But that’s waste. Water has a national policy, and it isn’t just a glossy report with a stupid, ambiguous name, it’s a happening thing – you can see the footpaths dug up, and the political turmoil, and ladies and gentlemen, hold onto your hats, the Government isn’t doing what’s wanted but what’s needed, and the whole thing is beginning to look like… well like… leadership! Now I know what you’re thinking: ‘Woah, Nelly! This was the Troika’s idea.’ And you’re right, but at least this time we actually get something – an improved water system with an incentive to conserve. result! usually when the Government takes

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unpopular action – Troika-led or consonant please, Carol. Fix the not, we lose public services – and system first? That’s what they need take-home pay. the money for – but this does bring And so what if they’re not us to the only ‘argument’ against necessarily doing ‘right’ for the water charges, such as there is one, right reasons – the 100,000 or so which is that it’s a double tax. So marchers, justifiably incensed after why not keep paying it through six years of austerity and €64bn of general taxation, and indeed raise private banking debt, are the money needed for upgrading finally on the streets – through increased but for the wrong taxation (of the rich, I reason, so maybe need hardly add). I have this crazy idea these things There’s nothing cancel each wrong with this a government should other out. either idea. It runs to the act in our national way, while all heart of an (or most) of us argument that we interest at the expense and most other agree that of local concerns ‘something needs democratic to be done’, vast countries have numbers of us are periodically nevertheless, à la Lucinda, through elections. ‘not against water charges per se, But that being the it’s just that… well…’ What? It’s just that what? Bonuses and ‘consultancy’ fees? Scuffs of mud on a political football. Privatisation? Actually this is a marvellous example of us talking out both sides of our mouth. If you want to enshrine water in the Constitution, fine – but no moaning about 4,000 permanent, pensionable council jobs getting transferred to Irish Water on long-term contracts. You can’t be super-lefty nationaliser one minute, and neoliberal downsizer the next. PPS numbers? Please. edward Snowden showed us they can access our inboxes, bank accounts and phone records – but we’re still soiling ourselves in a simian rage over a seven-digit number with a

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case, your solution to the problem can’t be ‘change the game’ when you’re halfway through playing it, having lost the last round. If you’re so right, you’ll win the next time, won’t you? You’ll have my vote too – just not on this issue. And I won’t be seeing you on December 10 either, for ‘D-Day’, or ‘W-Day’ (or Wee-Day? Or bidet?) Water charges will pay for an upgraded system, while discouraging obscene wastes such as the infamous running of taps to stop pipes freezing. enough of ‘per se’ and ‘in principle’ – sometimes what we need is not what we want. And if nothing else, enjoy the ultra-rare moment of an Irish government doing a bit of ‘leading’. It might be horrid and shambolic, but that’s only because they’ve never done it before. @kenrogan

No way, hose hay: Sometimes, argues Ken Rogan, what we need in this country is not necessarily what we want

Irish workers are short on holidays IrISH workers are hard done by when it comes to annual leave, getting on average five fewer days per year than european counterparts. The 2014 expedia Vacation Deprivation Study found Irish workers get an average 22 days. However, the european average is 28, with the global average 25 per year. And workers in Denmark, France, Germany, and Spain get an average 30 days – and take every one. Despite being entitled to fewer days off, 8 per cent of us leave holidays untaken, amounting to 3.3million unused annual leave days. Some 17 per cent do not take their full number of holidays because their ‘work schedule does not allow’. It’s the second most common reason given, with the most common being a lack of money (27 per cent). The global study also found the

by jOANNE AHERN countries attracting most Irish workers offer even fewer holidays, with uS workers getting an average of 15 and Canadian workers getting 16. Australian workers get an average of 20 days, but only take 15. Meanwhile, 77 per cent of Irish workers would take a pay cut for extra holidays, compared to 65 per cent globally. And 12 per cent said they’d forego a shower for a week to get just one extra day off. Despite citing work pressure as a reason not to take holidays, Irish workers are the least likely to cancel holiday plans because of work. There was good news for Irish bosses – 71 per cent said their boss is in favour of employees taking holidays. French and South Korean ones were the most disapproving.

When it comes to holiday preferences, only 23 per cent of Irish workers take one long holiday, favouring several short breaks. The French, Danes and Austrians also share this preference, but Italians, Norwegians and the Swedes tend to take one long holiday and several short breaks. expedia uK and Ireland managing director, Andy Washington said: ‘While habits differ, the emotional impact of holidays does not. Somewhere between 80 and 90 per cent of people worldwide say holidays make them feel happier, better rested, closer to their family, less stressed, and more relaxed. These are all emotions that correlate to a productive employee. So it’s almost paradoxical: spend more time away from work, and you might just be a better performing employee.’

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LITTLE DRUMMER BOY ERIC ‘BOUND FOR 1D’ PROUD father Simon Cowell claims his son Eric is heading for pop stardom in One Direction. The 55-year-old shared a video on Facebook of the seven-month-old banging a drum, and joked: ‘One Direction have just hired Eric as their new drummer.’ Cowell’s close pal Sinitta said that fatherhood has had a big impact on the music mogul. ‘Becoming a father has been the making of Simon, it’s changed him,’ she said. ‘Baby Eric is a mini Simon and so adorable.’

Beat: Cowell’s son, Eric

Some Might Say Brand criticism is a little rich, Noel Millionaire moans about fans who choose to buy coffee over albums

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oel GallaGher has ridiculed best mate russell Brand’s rallying cry for a revolution after accusing him of chatting out of his arse. The former oasis star says 39-year-old Brand’s diatribe on anti-capitalism and politics is laughable. ‘I love russell but he doesn’t half talk out his arse sometimes. he does talk a lot of s***,’ said Gallagher, 47. ‘I couldn’t see him overthrowing a table full of drinks. I was out with him the other night and he said with a straight face: “There is going to be a revolution”. ‘I’m like, “F***ing hell, give us a shout mate when you’re going down the mall with your pitchforks and that. I’ll come and serenade you in on my lute before we go and eat the queen”,’ the star told Vice magazine.

Cynical: Star says Brand, inset, talks ‘s***’ Pictures: getty

‘he said, “Come on man, back us”. and I said, “Tell you what I’ll do, you f**king make me the Duke of Manchester and I’m in”.’ however, he appears to share a similar inability to detect irony as the millionaire went on to blast music fans for spending money on coffee rather than albums. ‘It infuriates me that people are more willing to sit in a coffee shop and spend a tenner on two coffees, talking about the weather with their friends, and that coffee will last 45 minutes. Yet, they will physically get angry at you for asking them to buy an album for a tenner that will last a lifetime,’ the Some Might Say singer added.

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his ‘weird crush’. The married 36-year-old hosted the Glamour Women of the Year presidential hopeful sitting in the audience. Suggesting that Clinton, 67, had been you’re my weird crush. i want to be your minister of romance.’

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Shiny: Rihanna takes to the stage

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Mission completed as probe lands on comet

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But after a bumpy landing on the space rock – which is zooming around the sun at 72,000kph – it beamed its first signal back to mission control in Germany. ‘Philae is talking to us,’ announced Stephan Ulamec, of the european Space Agency. ‘It’s done its job – we’re on the comet.’ Philae is thought to have landed with a bounce on the comet 67P/ Chuyumov-Gerasimenko, after harpoons that were supposed to lash it to the surface failed to fire. There are fears it may have been damaged by the impact – but it has already been sending back the first pictures ever taken from the surface of a comet. experts hope the washing machine-sized probe – launched

from mother ship Rosetta – can help us unlock the secrets of how earth came into being. It is equipped with ten scientific instruments to take samples from a 2.5mile-wide relic of the solar system’s formation. They include the Ptolemy tool, built to analyse chemicals from the comet’s nucleus. ‘This is a big step for human civilisation,’ said eSA directorgeneral Jean-Jacques Dordain. ‘We have demonstrated today that the european expertise is the best in the world because we’re the first to have done this and that will stay for ever.’ The UK Space Agency’s Dave Parker paid tribute to the role played by scientist Colin Pillinger, who led a failed bid land a probe on Mars in 2003.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED 2004

Rosetta is launched aboard Ariane rocket

Rosetta Rosetta space mission mission budget budget €1.3bn £1bn

Aug 6, 2014 Rosetta arrives in orbit around the comet

Nov 11

Sept 14 Identifies landing site

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7pm – Correct orbit is confirmed Philae weighs 220lb and is the size of a fridge

Landing date fixed

Comet is more than 2.5 miles wide. It orbits the sun at

Nov 12 2.35am – Landing gets go-ahead 7.35am – Rosetta steers towards the comet 9.03am – Philae landing craft released 9.43am – Rosetta manoeuvres back into orbit 3.30pm – Philae lands on the comet 4pm – First pictures sent back

34,000 mph

Celebrations at mission control

Students Killers still Crèche sued ‘in limbo’ on the run in burn case

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MORe than a thousand thirdlevel students are at risk of dropping out next month as many have been left in ‘limbo’ over their SUSI grant applications, said the country’s biggest student union. The University College Dublin SU said it believed hundreds of students at the university had yet to be paid their grants, with many unaware of their status. ‘We’re two weeks away from the beginning of exams and we’ve still got hundreds of people not knowing if their grants have even been accepted,’ said a spokesperson for the union.

Four convicted killers are amongst 428 prisoners currently on the run from Irish jails, according to figures revealed by the Minister for Justice. The number of prisoners unlawfully at large also includes 23 serving time for attempts or threats to murder, and 16 convicted of weapons and explosives offences. Thirty-two of the prisoners, including three convicted of homicide offences, have been on the run since 2009. The information was provided by Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald in a written response to a parliamentary question this week. Ms Fitzgerald confirmed that 428 persons who were granted temporary release from prison have failed to return.

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A FOUR-year-old schoolgirl, who was left scarred after she was burnt on the chest by hot soup in a crèche, has been awarded €50,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court. Barrister Justin McQuade told the court that Priscilla Tchokoualeu Tola was still a baby in 2011 when she attended the Little Harvard Crèche in Leixlip, Co Kildare. Mr McQuade told Mr Justice Raymond Groarke the soup had been left within Priscilla’s reach. Through her mother Charlene Tola, Priscilla sued Little Harvard Childcare Ltd for negligence and breach of duty. She claimed that the crèche had failed to supervise her adequately and to take reasonable care.

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Mother has brain surgery after singer’s music triggers seizures

Ne-Yo is doing my head in! A MOTHER has had surgery to remove part of her brain in a bid to stop seizures triggered by the sound of pop star Ne-Yo’s voice. Zoe Fennessy has an epileptic fit within seconds of hearing the chart-topper’s songs. And she has to wear earphones when she goes shopping in case the Let’s Go singer’s tunes are played in stores. The 26-year-old has been diagnosed with ‘musicogenic seizures’– caused by the tone of Ne-Yo’s (pictured below) voice. Surgeons removed part of her left frontal lobe in June to stop the seizures – but it didn’t work and they fear she will have the condition forever. ‘I don’t dislike NeYo or his music, it just dislikes me,’ Miss Fennessy said. The healthcare assistant says she stares into space

by DANiEL biNNs and vomits if she hears just a few bars of Ne-Yo’s hits. ‘People might think it’s funny, and I can laugh at it myself, but it has ruined my life,’ she added. She was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2008 but it wasn’t until she kept passing out when Ne-Yo’s 2011 hit Give Me Everything featuring Pitbull, was played that she realised she was having music-induced fits. ‘I have had to go up to DJs in places and say, “Can you not play NeYo.” They look at me like I’m an alien,’ said Ms Fennessy of Retford, Nottinghamshire.

Frustrated: Zoe Fennessy suffers fits caused by Ne-Yo’s voice Picture: SWNS

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A Beautiful Day for broadcaster RADIO presenter Paula MacSweeney received the Sweetest Thing yesterday from none other than U2. The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show broadcaster reported the band had sent fellow musician Slash booze to mark his visit to Dublin. During the showbiz segment she joked, as it was her birthday, they could send her a little present, too. Little did Ms MacSweeney know that Bono et al were actually listening and a bunch of roses soon turned up at Today FM offices. The flowers even came with a hand-written card, ensuring that the birthday girl had a Beautiful Day. Paula tweeted: ‘U2 sent me flowers for my birthday. I can’t stop laughing/shaking! Thanks lads!’ We bet she couldn’t feel The Ground Beneath Her Feet.

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At times, i think killing bin Laden was worst thing i have ever done A FORMER US Navy Seal who claims he shot dead Osama bin Laden says he is still unsure if it was ‘the best or worst thing I’ve ever done’. Robert O’Neill said he did not realise the repercussions when he shot dead the

by DOMinic yEATMAn al-Qaeda leader in 2011. He said killing bin Laden was a heavy burden and ‘something I have to live with every day’. But when he aimed his rifle at the ter-

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‘Trigger happy’ cops cementing ties with kill 6 people a day two nuclear reactors bRAziL: Police have killed more than 11,000 people over the past five years, averaging six killings a day, a group that monitors violence claims. By comparison, officers in the US killed a similar number over 30 years. The Brazilian Forum on Public Safety accused police of making ‘abusive use of lethal force.’ It said 50,806 people were killed in all homicides last year, about one every 10 minutes.

iRAn: Russia has agreed to build two more nuclear reactors as it ramps up efforts to strengthen ties with Tehran. They will be installed in Bushehr and monitored by an international nuclear body. It comes weeks before Iran is set to discuss a deal with the West to cut its uranium enrichment to a level below that needed to build a bomb. The move could see sanctions lifted against the Gulf state.

fRAncE: Items from the Napoleon collection go under the hammer on Saturday in Paris. The leader’s hat is expected to fetch €500,000 picture: Ap

Tram offers relief from desert heat

Mosque burned out as tensions run high

DUbAi: The car-loving Mideast commercial hub has opened its first tram line, enticing would-be riders with air-conditioned stations and a premium section on its sleek cars for big-spending commuters. The 10.6km street-level line opened to the public yesterday following a fireworks-studded inauguration the previous day.

isRAEL: An attack on a mosque yesterday caused a fire that destroyed the ground floor. The blaze was blamed on ‘Jewish settlers’ by Faraj alNassan, mayor of Mughayer village in the West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli police said a Molotov cocktail thrown at a synagogue in the town of Shfaram on Tuesday caused slight damage.

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Unmasked: Mr O’Neill has spoken of the mission

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fRAncE: An artist is taking on a nearly impossible task... looking for a needle in a haystack. Sven Sachsalber, 27, will spend two days staging the search at the Palais de Tokyo, a contemporary art gallery in Paris.

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Ex-chef tastes success at poker’s top table

Stockholm stack star: Martin Jacobson celebrates his win

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A FORMER trainee chef found the right recipe as he claimed the main event at the World Series of Poker after being served up three tens to claim the $10million (€8million) top prize. Martin Jacobson made history by becoming the first Swede to triumph at the sport’s top table, seeing off Norway’s Felix Stephensen in Las Vegas. The 27-year-old, who honed his poker skills while planning a culinary career in Barcelona, came into the nineman finale with the second fewest chips. H ow ev e r, the Londonbased star

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kept his neck above the water on Monday before showing steely determination to beat Stephensen and Dutchman Jorryt van Hoof to claim the €8million pot. ‘There’s no such thing as a “perfect tournament” but this was close to perfect,’ the Stockholm native said of his win at the Penn & Teller Theatre at the Rio hotel.

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Following a tense 16-hour struggle, the Swede forced his opponent’s hand after going all-in on his pair of pocket tens to Stephensen’s suited Ace-9. The flop revealed a third ten for Jacobson and two cards later, the title was his. A runner’s-up cheque for €4million softened the blow for Stephensen, 24, who said: ‘It’s disappointing to be so close, but I got really lucky, it was a tough table.’

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her since we started shooting the final series – I was very sentimental about it every day. I cried so much it became a joke on set. It was such an amazing experience.

Was Pam misunderstood? Yes.

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Do you miss working with Alexander Skarsgård? Yes, and

I still cry talking about missing him because I leaned on him so much. Half of the day is hanging out on set with nothing to do – we spent 40 hours a week together and most of that time was doing night shoots, which seems to bond you at a deeper level, so we got to know each other very well. People don’t realise how funny he is. It would be nice if people could see him in a comedy.

Are you carving out a niche as a villain? I guess so

and I couldn’t be happier about it. If that’s my typecasting then awesome. Villains are such fun to play. I love how unapologetic they are. I like finding the thread that makes them likeable.

You’re playing Maleficent in TV series Once Upon A Time after the Angelina Jolie film has come out. Will that affect your performance? I haven’t seen the film and I did the same with True Blood – I didn’t read the books because I didn’t want to

Quick pic RAINBOW ELATION: OK, so half of the city sent us rainbow pictures yesterday so choosing just one for our illustrious Quick Pic box was tough. Nicola Walsh had the edge, however, as she manages to make O’Connell Street look pretty.

What inspired you to become an actress? I was going to be an

artist and thought acting would be a better day job than washing dishes. I went to an acting teacher and said: ‘I don’t think I’ll be great but I think I could make a living at it.’ eventually I got more and more into acting and my art over the past ten years has suffered but it will always be there.

What were the most memorable roles? There are a

billion guest roles on those cSI-type shows and I did all of them. You’re crying about your mother, brother, sister, aunt being dead. I’d spend eight days crying on one show, then go to another show and cry for another eight days. I was a damsel in distress for three years, then a hard-ass fBI agent/lawyer type for three years, then spent three years as a sex worker. now I’m in my villain phase.

What’s the worst?

Being a waitress in a comedy club. I lasted one night. You’d take 20 drinks orders, go to the bar where you’d pay the bartender for the ingredients to make them then take them to the customers and collect their money. I got all the orders wrong so sat in the corner and drank them.

Tell us about your documentary Out For Africa. It’s about elephant

ivory and rhino horn poaching. I’ve been to Kenya – they’re doing a good job with conservation but two species of rhino have gone extinct this year. A lot of African animals are in trouble, even lions. We need to do something right now. andrew Williams

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We got to understand her much better. She started as sarcastic but by the final season we saw she had a heart. She was What was your first honest, had a lot of integrity, was true paid role? I can’t to herself and remember. I seemed Villains are everything she to have guest starred such fun to play. said – although on every show at harsh – was some point. Most I love how truthful, which were great but some unapologetic made her so weren’t, which is enjoyable to play. why I treasured being they are She said what we all on the True Blood set wish we can say in life because I know how rare it but never can. is for a set to get along so well.

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n reference to your article on the state of daily Garda practices, I have experienced first-hand how useless they are. I have been ‘hopped’ and beaten up three times for absolutely no reason in my relatively short life. not once has anything been done by the guards. The most recent attack occurred around two weeks ago, and during the incident my friend was severely injured (broken bones) and required surgery. The gardaí failed to catch the people who attacked us on the night, and whoever is the first respondent to the scene is the one who has to follow the case through. The garda who first talked to us has been off duty since the night we were attacked, so nothing has been done. We’ve called up multiple times and got the same

excuses with every call. Our statements haven’t even been taken. It’s the exact same thing that happened last year when I was hopped, except this time someone was seriously hurt. The worst part is that the scum who beat us down are walking around without a care in the world, while my friend still can’t leave his home as he recovers from the surgery. The whole situation honestly makes me so livid. Justice Is Not Served In Ireland ■ It is delightfully liberating to see that frottage has been accepted on Irish rail. On the Maynooth line, I see many who beg for illicit frisson by leaning on the handpole forcing others to touch them or fall over. This rub-me-or-fall approach is so dominating and exciting! And then there are the swinging bag-

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The scent of something new Want your fragrance to stand out? Claire Coleman finds bespoke perfumes needn’t break the bank

blended with others in the range. ‘Fragrance combining allows you to experiment,’ says Chris Wyatt, the company’s fragrance ambassador. ‘It’s about creating something that reflects who you are and the impression you want to create.’ Other brands are catching on. This year, Christian Dior launched Les Élixirs Précieux, a collection of single-note perfume oils designed to be layered over other Dior perfumes, while Donna Karan’s essence collection of four fragrances can be worn alone or in combination. But by far the most accessible opportunity is The Library of Fragrance, available from Boots (€20 or two for €30). The US brand – known over there as Demeter – is known for its unusual scents: think Play-Doh, Gin and Tonic and Dirt. And at four for €64, the price of an average fragrance could get you four scents that work together in 15 different combinations. But don’t you need to be a trained nose to make a perfume that smells nice? no, says Mark Crames, CeO of The Library Of Fragrance, who argues it’s common sense. ‘The simple rule of thumb is that if things smell good together in real life, they will work together on you,’ he says. never one to follow the rules, I blend the smoky Fireplace with Grass, or the earthy, almost metallic

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hen it comes to fragrance, we all love the idea of having a signature scent. But buy your perfume from a department store and chances are a lot of other people are going to smell like you. Little wonder last year’s Mintel report into the UK fragrance market highlighted an increased interest in bespoke perfumery, suggesting 16 per cent of us would be interested in layering fragrance to obtain a unique result. Of course, bespoke perfume is nothing new. expert perfumers such as Roja Dove and Lyn harris of Miller harris will create a scent for you after extensive consultation – but with price tags of four figures and more, that’s beyond the reach of most. however, brands are increasingly letting us be our own perfumers. Jo Malone introduced the concept of fragrance combining more than a decade ago and every fragrance the company produces is designed to be

On OuR RADAR Bag yourself a bargain at the Kilkenny Shop six-day November sale. It runs until Sunday and there’s up to 50 per cent off everything. We think these Ashwood Leather Gloves (pictured, now €19.97) will keep us just toasty on the commute into work.

We also have our eye on this fab looking All Day Chic Colour Collection from Elizabeth Arden. The red leather vanity case includes lipsticks, lipglosses, lip and eye pencils, mascara, a brush set, shimmer wheel and make-up remover. Elizabeth Arden say it’s worth €412 but is now available for €65 with any €45 purchase. Go on, you deserve it. Available from Debenhams.

Your own aroma: Brands such as The Library Of Fragrance (far left) mean you can achieve a personalised perfume by combining different scents scent of Thunderstorm with Summer. I’m delighted with the results. I like the way the heavier, more masculine smells give an edge to the fresher, ones, blunting

their sharpness or sweetness. It’s like throwing a battered leather biker jacket over a floaty, summer dress. Best of all, I know no one else will be wearing it…

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2 The Knick Clive Owen finds himself in a tight spot in this tense period medical drama

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BBC1, 9pm Darwinism in action tonight as David Attenborough’s wildlife series examines power in the animal kingdom: it’ll get you food, drink and a mate. But if you’re a kangaroo, that means beating the dominant male in a boxing match first: forget the Rumble In The Jungle, this is the Thwack In The Outback.

2. The Knick

Sky Atlantic, 9pm It’s a tough call as to who’s in the tightest spot: Thackery (Clive Owen) forced to operate on one of Collier’s men, or Algernon (André Holland), still stuck in the grotty basement. Steven Soderbergh’s gruesomely compelling period medical drama reaches its halfway point with no letup on either viscera or tension. Our own Eve Hewson co-stars.

5 Neil Diamond: One Night Only The singer-songwriter performs at the London Palladium

Monty Python: The Meaning Of Live A touching documentary as the curtain comes down a final time

3. The Fall

BBC2, 9pm With Belfast serial killer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) getting antsy about loose ends and DSI Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) coming under increasing pressure to find him, the long, slow dance between these two equals/opposites recommences. You’ll be jumping at shadows until this skin-crawlingly sinister crime thriller reaches its climax in six weeks’ time.

3 The Fall Gillian Anderson comes under pressure in this skin-crawling crime trhriller

4. Monty Python: The Meaning Of Live

Gold, 9pm One final wafer-thin mint before we all explode from an autumn of gorging on Messrs Palin, Cleese, Idle, Jones and Gilliam, this behindthe-scenes documentary about the reunion gigs of the surviving quintet is both bracingly frank and surprisingly touching. After this, Monty Python really will cease to be, so treasure this curtain call.

5. Neil Diamond: One Night Only

UTV, 9pm Blending An Audience With… and an odd-couple travelogue, the ‘Sweet Caroline’ singer-songwriter – will we ever be free – performs some of his hits in front of a whooping audience at the London Palladium and travels back to his hometown of

YOUR GUIDE TO THIS EvENING’S ESSENTIAL vIEWING New York with superfan Rob Brydon, who may or may not bust out an impression or two.

6. Babylon

C4, 10pm Surer in tone and less frenetic than February’s pilot episode, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong’s London Met police comedy drama returns with James Nesbitt’s flawed coppers facing a prison riot and hostility from press and politicians. The satire is acute, the drama absorbing and the performances (especially from Nesbitt and his asinine assistant, Jonny Sweet) just so.

7. Guess Who’s Dead

RTÉ1, 10.15pm Ardal O’Hanlon fronts this peculiar show that deals with that most Irish of preoccupations – death notices. How the passing of individuals is transmuted to the wider world is examined by O’Hanlon (who will probably relate anecdotes of catch-up calls with his parents being taken up with ‘did you hear who died’ conversations). Could go either way.

8. Puppy Love

BBC4, 10pm With the pulse of their superb, sad NHS sitcom Getting On getting ever

fainter, Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine return to both write and star in this rather less bleak but still very funny series about dog trainers. Expect plenty of gags about poo, dogging, humping legs etc.

9. Kitchen Hero: Donal’s Irish Feast

RTÉ1, 7pm He may be excruciatingly chipper and wholesome but there’s no denying Donal Skehan knows his grub. In his county-by-county tour of the nation, he sets out to visit local producers to find the very best this country has to offer. Tonight, in Co

Galway, he meets the teams at the reknowned Connemara Smokehouse and Connemara Hill Lamb.

10. Today’s Film: Planet Of The Apes Film4, 6.40pm

Great ape make-up, a humdinger of an ending and Chuck Heston at his jutting-jawed, defiant best – ‘Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!’– this classic late-1960s allegory, in which Heston and his astronaut chums crash-land on the titular world, is as entertaining as it is preposterous. Parodied, remade, rebooted – Apes really do rule.

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if i KneW You Were GoinG to Be this BeautifuL i neVer WouLD haVe Let You Go BY JUDY CHICUREL

‘Bittersweet’ is too vanilla a term to describe the giddily unravelling young lives evoked with such salt-smarting poignancy here. Judy Chicurel’s debut is less a novel than a series of interwoven vignettes that build up a compellingly vivid portrait of its early 1970s setting, Elephant Beach, a Long Island commuter town that has been on the skids since its pre-war heyday. You feel at first on familiarly American terrain with the narrator Katie, who has just graduated from high school and is determined to find love on the beach that summer. But the object of her affection, the golden Luke, is haunted by a tour of Vietnam. Everyone else seems dogged by their own bleak future: knocking back booze and pills, or getting knocked up. It all felt so true I Googled Elephant Beach. Patricia Nicol Tinder Press, out now

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aCaDemY street BY MARY COSTELLO

In her much-praised short-story collection The China Factory, Mary Costello wrote elegantly and shrewdly about ordinary lives either unmoored or reanimated by extraordinary events, from terminal illness to adultery. In her deceptively easygoing debut novel, Costello has refined her already spare style so that scarcely a word or phrase feels extraneous. Academy Street follows the story of Tess, whom we first encounter as a young girl attending the funeral of her mother in the west of Ireland, through to her adult life in Manhattan where she falls in love and has a child. The caprices of history, from the Cuban missile crisis to the attack on the Twin Towers, mark not just the passing of the years but a direct threat to Tess’s happiness in a novel where the interior life of a very ordinary woman is delineated with admirable grace and artistry. Daragh Reddin Canongate, out now

the arChiteCt’s aPPrentiCe BY ELIF SHAFAK

It’s a pity this novel is so sloppily written because the story it tells is a good one. Twelve-year-old Jahan’s best friend is a white baby elephant, Chota, so when the elephant is gifted to the sultan of Istanbul, Jahan ensures that he goes too. At the sultan’s palace he both falls in love with the sultan’s daughter and dreams of becoming an apprentice to the great 16th century Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan (whose 300 buildings include Istanbul’s Suleiman mosque). Jahan’s increasing involvement in Sinan’s projects and the metaphorical implications of Sinan’s abiding search for harmony in architecture provide Shafak with the imaginative means with which to explore the multifaceted life of Istanbul itself, from its lowliest slums to its highest echelons of power. Yet this sprawling, crammed, untidy novel too often mistakes incident for plot while Shafak’s sentences can feel as gaudy as cheap jewellery LH Viking, out now

Dublin Book Festival...

The Dublin Book Festival, which kicks off today to little fanfare, mightn’t be as well-renowned as some of its literary cousins – particularly Dun Laoghaire’s Mountains To Sea festival and the Dublin Writers Festival – but it’s certainly a must for anyone with an interest in contemporary Irish literature and publishing. Daragh Reddin chooses some highlights

the fires of autumn BY IRÈNE NÉMIROVSKY another némirovsky novel? Where are they all coming from? Némirovsky, who died in Auschwitz in 1942, fell into obscurity before her incomplete masterpiece, Suite Française, was published, prompting global interest in her work. That book, you may remember, was found by her daughter in a suitcase long after the war and published in 2004. This latest novel, published in France in 1957 and newly translated into English, serves as a prequel to Suite Française. Once again it takes Némirovksy’s two favourite subjects – money and war – as it follows a family’s fluctuating fortunes in the years leading up to the German occupation of France in 1940. how does it compare with suite française? Némirovksy is fascinated by the impact of war on human behaviour and, just as she did in Suite Française, illuminates personal stories within the great sweep of history in ways that put you in mind of Tolstoy, whom she particularly admired. Two teenage boys head to the front in 1914: Martial, a doctor, dies trying to save a patient; his friend Bernard survives and after the war marries

Martial’s widow. Yet the nightmare of trench warfare has made Bernard, like much of France, hungry for money and pleasure. His reckless business dealings and infidelity prove ruinous for his family.

any good? Némirovsky paints an F Scott Fitzgerald-like portrait of 1920s French society blinded by the dazzle of cheap sex and easy cash. Yet her writing is harder and more vicious, not least since she never lets you forget the psychological legacy of World War I. On occasion she veers precariously between sentiment and melodrama, and poor Thérèse, Bernard’s long-suffering wife, is one of those virtuous twodimensional figures who interests Némirovsky for what she represents rather than for who she is. But Némirovsky always forces you flat up against her subject, be it men lying ‘like dead flies’ in the mud or Bernard’s restless boredom with domestic life. That the plot is similar to that of an Arthur Miller play published in 1947 can only be coincidental. Louise Hughes The Fires Of Autumn (Chatto & Windus) is out now

Lines Of Vision

Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the National Gallery of Ireland, Lines Of Vision is a new book which brings together the responses of more than 50 homegrown authors to various works in the museum’s permanent collection. The wide-ranging anthology includes poems, short stories and prose from many of our finest writers, including the late poets Seamus Heaney and Denis O’Driscoll, alongside reproductions of the paintings that inspired them. Tonight four of the contributors – Alex Barclay (pictured), Kevin Barry, John Boyne and Donal Ryan – will talk about their contributions to broadcaster Sean Rocks. Tonight, National Gallery, 6.30pm, €7/€10

Goff – has already enjoyed a banner year. Not only did the tiny publishing house score a hit with Oona Frawley’s Irish Book Awardnominated Flight, but it created quite a buzz with the warmlyreceived Dubliners 100, wherein Irish writers responded to the stories in James Joyce’s Dubliners with their own freewheeling, contemporary ‘cover versions’. The book’s editor Thomas Morris will join contributors Belinda McKeon, Peter Murphy (pictured) and Donal Ryan this weekend to discuss the project. Meanwhile, Tramp Press’s latest publication, a reissue of Charlotte Riddell’s forgotten classic A Struggle For Fame, will be launched on Sat at The Gutter Bookshop. Sat, Smock Alley Theatre, 4.30pm, €3/€5

Dubliners 100

The O’Brien Press

DUBLIN’S newly-minted Tramp Press – the brainchild of literature lovers Lisa Coen and Sarah Davis-

Storied Dublin publishing house The O’Brien Press celebrates its 40th anniversary this month with

the publication of Surge, a collection of short stories that sees many of the country’s most-talented emerging authors rub shoulders with some of our established greats. The book will be launched as part of the festival by playwright Frank McGuinness in a free launch at Smock Alley (Sat, 7pm). Given The O’Brien Press is at the forefront of children’s book publishing in Ireland, it’s little wonder that many of its authors, including Ian Somers, Chris Judge (pictured), Sarah Webb and Oisín McGann, will be taking part in the many events aimed at younger readers during the festival.

AND ANOTHER THING...

The Winter Garden, a pop-up oasis for book lovers in Smock Alley’s Banquet Hall, is free and open to all throughout the festival and contains a shop, cafe and chill-out area. For a full list of events see www.dublinbooksfestival.com

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Rhys ready for georgia joust by DAnny HOgAn Rhys Ruddock is relishing another physical battle with Georgia after his starring role in Ireland’s victory over south Africa. The Leinster back-row, who is 24 today, learned he would be starting at openside flanker last saturday morning after chris henry suffered a severe migraine. Ruddock seized his opportunity, scoring his first Ireland try on his fourth appearance, and now is looking ahead to taking on a pedigree Georgia pack with most experienced in France’s Top 14. ‘They want to get up, meet you head on and win the physical battle,’ Ruddock said. ‘you have to meet it head on in the early stages of the game, don’t let them build confidence in their perceived strength and after that hopefully have some ways to work outside those lines and try to create a bit of space elsewhere.’ Ireland head coach Joe schmidt found plenty to improve on after the springboks display to ensure there will be no complacency on sunday. ‘Everyone’s got a lot of respect for them,’ Ruddock added. ‘Everyone’s got a bit more confidence after a good win, but Joe’s brought us back down to earth and the reality is we didn’t perform to the best of our ability. ‘It was a good win, but there’s a lot more left in the tank. The focus now is on getting all that out this weekend. We’re hoping to improve our performance on last weekend.’ Ruddock was thrust into the starting line-up after some time on the periphery with Ireland and Leinster. he is the son of former Wales head coach Mike Ruddock but was born in dublin and pledged his allegiance to Ireland. he made his Test debut in Australia in 2010 and had to wait nearly four years for his next opportunity, coming off the bench against Italy in the 2014 six Nations, before a first start in Argentina in June. ‘I had to take a good hard look and work out what was best for me, in terms of my career, and whether or not staying at Leinster would allow me to develop,’ he said. ‘After weighing up all the options I decided what I could learn at the club and within the Irish system was more beneficial than me going elsewhere and maybe getting a bit more game time.’ Among the experiences was captaining Emerging Ireland in the 2013 Tbilisi cup, including against Georgia. ‘It was a real physical encounter and probably our toughest game of the tournament, against a Georgian team who have a lot of pride in playing for their country and a lot of pride in being a physical outfit who can take anyone on, especially up front,’ he added.

Ruddy good show: Flanker Rhys Ruddock says Georgia will be a physical battle against a team ‘with a lot of pride’ pIcture: Inpho

Garcia pays tribute to McIlroy for ‘extraordinary’ year golf turkish open Jamie DonalDson, sergio Garcia and marcel siem will have to achieve something only Rory mcilroy himself has done this season to deny the world no.1 a second Race to Dubai title in three years. mcilroy did not play in either of the first two Final series events in China as he prepares for his court case with a former management company, and will again be absent from this week’s Turkish airlines open. However, the 25-year-old’s four victories this season –

including his third and fourth major titles in the open and Us PGa Championship – mean he still has an almost insurmountable lead at the top of the standings. one of his three nearest challengers has to win both in Turkey and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai to have a chance of

Aim high: Garcia seeks victory in Turkey

overhauling the northern irishman, who is the only player to win back-to-back titles on the european Tour in 2014. american Billy Horschel took advantage of the reset points system to win the last two events of the Fedex Cup play-offs and the overall title this year, but Garcia believes there would be nothing wrong with mcilroy wrapping

up the title with an event to spare. ‘i’m a big believer that if you have done something extraordinary to be able to achieve that, to win [the Race to Dubai] before the last tournament happens, why shouldn’t you be the winner,’ Garcia said. ‘i think Rory did something quite extraordinary this season and this summer more than anything, and maybe he deserves to be the Race to Dubai champion, even before we play the Dubai World Championship next week.’

spORT DigEsT Time for England to deliver – Robshaw Rugby Chris Robshaw (right) has demanded England react to a frustrating start to their Autumn Test series by registering a first victory over South Africa under head coach Stuart Lancaster. New Zealand recorded a 24-21 victory at Twickenham to inflict a fourth successive defeat on England, with a loss on Saturday equalling their worst sequence of results since 2006. Robshaw knows England are under pressure to produce the type of result that will signal they are genuine World Cup contenders. ‘The guys all know Twickenham is our place and with the World Cup coming up in a year’s time we need to deliver,’ Robshaw said.

Cabrera leads the field in Mexico gOLf The OHL Classic offers a total prize fund of $6.1million, with almost $1.1million of it to the winner, but none of the world’s top 50 players will be battling it out in Playa del Carmen this week. Former US Open and Masters champion Angel Cabrera is the top ranked player in the field at 60th, while five players who have the joint lowest ranking possible – 1,547th – are competing at El Camaleon. Defending champion Harris English is currently 66th in the world after struggling to rediscover the form which brought him a second PGA Tour title in five months.

Hamilton focused on title decider fORMuLA1 Lewis Hamilton believes he is now perfectly equipped to handle the pressure that will come with his latest Formula One titledecider. Hamilton heads into the all-or-nothing clash with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in Abu Dhabi on November 23 with a 17point advantage. The introduction this season of double points for the final race has offered Rosberg a more significant lifeline. Hamilton (above) won’t, however, let issues overshadow his judgement going into the clash. ‘In the past I let tension take over,’ he said. ‘It is different now and I hope that experience counts for something.’

‘Dirty’ Fury warned bOxing Tyson Fury has been

warned to cut out ‘dirtiness’ when he takes on Dereck Chisora at London’s ExCel on November 29. Chisora was beaten by Fury when the heavyweights met in July 2011. The Londoner’s trainer Don Charles thinks Fury got away with underhand tactics that night and said: ‘All I said to [promoter] Frank [Warren] was: “Get us a referee who’s not gonna allow any nonsense.” Because he brings a lot of dirtiness into his game.’

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Auld Enemy: Brown can’t wait for England game, but Irish more important

Scots have better team, says Brown Craig Brown believes Scotland’s encounter with England will be ‘momentous’ but would gladly swap victory against the Three Lions for three European Championship qualifying points against republic of ireland tomorrow night. Celtic Park is preparing to host an exciting double-header with gordon Strachan’s side hoping to move level on seven points with the irish in group D before facing their old rivals in a challenge match the following Tuesday. nothing would please former Scotland boss Brown more than to see the Scots beat roy Hodgson’s side but he knows the Euro qualifier is crucial to

‘We are in a great position to qualify’ hopes of getting to France in 2016 and is confident Strachan has more at his disposal than republic boss Martin o’neill. ‘The auld Enemy remains to be competed against and beaten, we hope, whenever we get the opportunity,’ he said. ‘But the irish game is far more important. ‘if you said you were to win one or the other, you would take, without doubt, a victory over ireland because that would set us up brilliantly,’ he said. ‘we finish the campaign with two home games and if we can beat ireland at home – i am sure we will win the two final matches – then we are in a great position for qualification. ‘if you look at man for man, i would say we have a better squad than

by pAuRic MORgAn ireland. i am not seeing these guys playing regularly for their clubs, i am seeing them on TV. ‘if i were the national manager and watching games i would be able to make a better comparison. But if you look at ireland’s players and our players, i think we have the edge. in the management arena it is pretty even,’ he said. Brown concedes that the match against England means more to the ‘underdog’ Scots but believes Strachan’s side should not feel inferior to the current England side. ‘we are the underdog and we have this persecution complex that they are the big brothers and we are going to knock them off their pedestal,’ he said. ‘genuinely, the English have a superiority which they deserve because they have been more successful but we are not going to be made to feel inferior. ‘i would like to see Scotland get a resounding victory which would confirm that we are probably the better of the two home nations at the moment. i think we could prove that on Tuesday. we are certainly not weaker than England. ‘it is a delight to watch Scotland play these days. if we were in England’s group i think it would be guaranteed qualification but we are in a more difficult group. ‘But that is no disrespect to the England team. i have the highest regard for their manager roy Hodgson and you can never discount England,’ he added.

Scotland forward Steven naismith will have no problem renewing his rivalry with newfound friend aiden McGeady when the latter lines up for the Republic of Ireland tomorrow night. McGeady’s return to celtic Park is one of the intriguing aspects of the Euro 2016 qualifier. the former Hoops player lined up against naismith in old Firm derbies but their rivalry stretches back even further to the days when the players, both of whom are 28, faced each other in boys’ football. Both players’ will to win makes them spiky characters on the pitch – naismith is not shy of moaning to referees and opponents while McGeady once had a physical disagreement with celtic teammate neil lennon on the park.

Both of the players are spiky characters But naismith’s character off the pitch could not be more pleasant – he spent yesterday lunchtime promoting an initiative in Glasgow that helps injured war veterans return to civilian life and employment. naismith and McGeady have struck up a friendship off the park after the latter joined him at Everton earlier this year, but they will revert to fierce opponents tomorrow. naismith said: ‘We have renewed that for the last year when we spoke about old times when we have played against each other, and in training as well. It will just be another one to add to the collection of bragging rights. ‘Even guys that I have probably not played much against, they have an idea of what you are meant to be like and they form an opinion. all friendship goes out the window until the end of the game,’ he said.

Big night: Steven Naismith and Aiden McGeady have been rivals for years – and more recently have become friends

Fletcher eager to lock horns with O’Shea SCoTLanD striker Steven Fletcher is relishing the opportunity of taking on club-mate John o’Shea for real as the pair prepare to go head-to-head with precious Euro 2016 qualifying points at stake. The 27-year-old frontman and the republic of ireland defender spend much of their time on the training pitch at Sunderland trying to get the better of each other, but they are in line to lock horns in earnest at Celtic Park tomorrow evening as the two nations meet in group D. Fletcher heads into the game in good form after scoring twice in the Black Cats’ 3-1 Barclays

Premier League victory at Crystal Palace last Monday night and playing his part in a hard-fought 11 draw with Everton on Sunday, and he has warned 33-year-old o’Shea (pictured) he will be doing him few favours with national pride at stake. ‘i’m looking forward to it, to be fair. i have been running rings around him in training, so if i could do it in the game, it would be fine. ‘i was pleased with my performances with Scotland [last month]. i was unlucky not to get a goal, but i was happy the way i played, and hopefully i can keep my place for the next game.’

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O’Neill warns Bhoy wonder Martin O’neill has warned re- by sAM cOsTELLO public of ireland skipper robbie Keane has, however, started each of Keane his familiarity with Celtic Park will count for little as he looks to take the three qualifiers for which O’neill a further step towards euro 2016 has been at the helm to date, a 2-1 victory over Georgia in tbilisi, the rout qualification in Scotland. the 34-year-old striker will return of the Gibraltarians and a creditable to the Glasgow venue where he spent 1-1 draw in Germany last month. that last result, which was secured four months wearing the famous green and white hoops on loan from by defender John O’Shea’s injuryformer club tottenham in 2010, hav- time strike, in particular sent spirits ing taken his senior international goal soaring within the ireland camp, and tally to 65 with a hat-trick in the 7-0 while nobody is underestimating just demolition of Group D minnows how difficult it will be to find a way past a rejuvenated Scotland, there is Gibraltar last month. However O’neill, who spent five no fear either. O’neill, who was without regular years in charge at Celtic, insists neistarters Seamus Coleman and ther that record, nor the fact that James McCarthy in GelsenKeane found the back of the kirchen, said: ‘like any anynet 16 times in 19 appearthing, if you get a result ances for the Bhoys, against the world will be in his mind as The result in on their he attempts to select Germany has given champions own pitch, then it’s the team best suited the players great got to be a big moto claim another three confidence, we can rale-booster. points at the expense ‘i think we are capaof Gordon Strachan’s build on that ble of coming and atmen. tomorrow tacking more than we He said: ‘if you are a did against Germany, in goalscorer and you happen that sense. We had a few probto visit a ground you have scored a lot of goals in, i think that must help lems, of course, with a number of whether you are playing in the Pre- players who were injured. We had to mier league or whether you are play- shift things around, playing a miding in the Bundesliga or whether you fielder [David Meyler] at full-back, so it wasn’t exactly ideal in terms of are playing anywhere. ‘i think there are some players who preparation for it. ‘the players did wonderfully well will say that they have got favourite grounds to visit, and robbie has to get a result there, a fantastic result, really fantastic. it’s given us played up at Celtic. ‘But that is not entering my head, let confidence to go and try to beat me put it this way. that’s not my Scotland.’ Victory in Glasgow would thought, because somebody might have actually frequented there a wee represent the perfect end to an encouraging first year at the bit more often than other people.’

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helm for O’neill and assistant roy Keane – with their team currently joint top of the group with Poland with both currently three points better off than world champions Germany and the Scots. Much of the talk this week, seemingly to the irritation of the ireland manager, has surrounded the reception Scottish-born players aiden McGeady and James McCarthy might receive on their return, although in McCarthy’s case, the speculation could yet prove to be moot. the everton midfielder, who celebrated his 24th birthday yesterday, did so with a gentle stroll around the training pitch under the watchful gaze of doctor alan Byrne as he continued to nurse the hamstring problem he arrived with.

On the offence: Martin O’Neill says the Republic of Ireland will attack more against Scotland tomorrow

Long relishing Celtic Park test – but a win is all that matters

Dream tie: Shane Long

CeltiC fan Shane long is hoping to go some of the way towards fulfilling two dreams if he gets the chance to line up against Scotland tomorrow. the striker, who reminded international boss Martin O’Neill of his ability with a matchwinning double in Southampton’s 2-0 Barclays Premier league victory over leicester on Saturday, will make his first visit to Celtic Park as the Republic of ireland attempt to maintain a fine start to their euro 2016 qualifying campaign. indeed, long admits the result in Glasgow could play a major part in determining how Group D finally pans out with the irish

currently three points better off than this week’s hosts. the 27-year-old said: ‘it is massive. We have kind of been unlucky with the draws we have been getting with groups – we have a very tough group. ‘Going to Celtic Park to play

‘It’s going to be a massive occasion’ Scotland is going to be a massive occasion, and one i am really eager to be a part of. it is going to be a tough game. Scotland have really upped their game the last couple of years and they will see this as a chance to get three

points as well. it could – and i might be overreacting here – really make or break how we get on in this campaign. if we don’t lose there, it will go a long way towards us qualifying.’ like many of his compatriots, long has a soft spot for Celtic and is thrilled at the prospect of being involved at a stadium which was home to Republic manager Martin O’Neill for five years and provided winger Aiden McGeady with his big chance in football. However, while he admits his excitement at the prospect of playing there, he is adamant that neither he nor any of his teammates will allow the occasion to get to them.

long said: ‘it will be amazing. i’ve never been to Celtic Park, but i am a big Celtic fan. i couldn’t afford it when i was a kid, so it has always been a dream of mine to go and play there. ‘Hopefully i will get some time on the pitch, and coming away from there with three points would go a long way in us qualifying. i won’t let the whole atmosphere of it overshadow what a very important game it is for ireland as a whole. Getting three points there could set us up. ‘We have a good week’s training ahead of us. We’re in a good place at the moment in irish football, so hopefully that can continue on the pitch,’ he added.

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sexton sole European to make IRB shortlist IReland abd Racing Metro flyhalf Jonathan Sexton has been nominated for the 2014 International Rugby Board world player of the year award. Sexton, who played an instrumental role when Ireland beat South africa last weekend, is among five nominations announced by the IRB. The 29-year-old has been joined on the shortlist by South africa’s full-back Willie le Roux and number eight duane Vermeulen as well as the new Zealand pair of wing Julian Savea and lock Brodie Retallick. Players were chosen by an eightman panel, with nominated candidates selected following their

Johnny be good: Ireland No.10 Jonathan Sexton has been nominated for IRB world player of the year picture: getty

Test match performances this year. Previous winners include england 2003 World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson, ex-Wales wing Shane Williams and current new Zealand captain Richie McCaw, who was the recipient a record three times. McCaw’s all Blacks team-mate Kieran Read won the 2013 award. ‘all of these nominees have enjoyed stellar years, and the focus on who will claim this accolade will add an extra dimension to the remaining november Tests,’ IRB chairman Bernard lapasset said.

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Keogh proud to run out for fatherland

RichaRd Keogh is ready to answer his country’s call tomorrow night with no regrets over his decision to declare for the Republic of ireland. The Republic will meet Scotland in glasgow at the end of a week which has seen a debate over players opting to represent countries other than that of their birth grow increasingly tetchy, with aiden Mcgeady and James Mccarthy both preparing to return to their native country in the green of ireland. But 28-year-old derby defender

‘I don’t think they’ve taken much notice’ Keogh, who was born in the essex town of harlow, had no decision to make when his time came. he said: ‘For me, it was a nobrainer. My dad was born in carlow and moved over to england when he was a bit older, but my nan and grandad lived there all their lives. ‘i played for the Under-19s and to me, the natural progression was to play for the Under-21s and hope-

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Green machine: fully the seniors. That was my aim, Richard Keogh so for me it was a very proud mo- says his Ireland decision was a ment when i got the call to play for ‘no-brainer’ ireland – and it was the best decision i ever made.’ Keogh could well line up against the Scots at celtic Park with Stoke’s Marc Wilson having been ruled out through injury, and the atmosphere is certain to be intense with Mcgeady and Mccarthy seemingly certain to be given a hostile reception. however, full-back Stephen Ward is convinced neither will be affected if that proves to be the case. Ward said: ‘i don’t think they have really taken much notice of it. There are a lot of things said coming up to the games in the press, heat-of-the-moment stuff. ‘They are just training – obvi-

ously James is looking to get himself right and aiden has just trained away. We tend to just concentrate on ourselves and get ready for the game in our own way. ‘i’m sure they have been booed before. aiden has played in old Firm games, James has played in derby games, so it will be nothing new to any player. ‘But it will be a special occasion, a special atmosphere and i am sure they will savour it as much as anyone else. ‘it’s one to look forward to. The two sets of fans are up there with some of the best in the world, so i am sure it will be a really special night.’ it will be particularly special for Keogh (pictured) if he is asked to partner John o’Shea at the heart of Martin o’Neill’s defence, and far from fearing the mission, he insists he would relish the chance to test himself against strikers he knows well. Keogh said: ‘it would be something i would really enjoy and really relish. i would relish

the challenge of playing – that’s why you are in football, to play big games, and they don’t come much bigger than this. if i am called upon, then i will be ready, and not just me, but the whole group. ‘They [Scotland] have obviously got good players. [Steven] Fletcher is in good form and scoring goals, but obviously knowing chris Martin and Jonny Russell from derby, i know what threat they possess. ‘But it’s built up to be an exciting game and it should be a great atmosphere.’ That atmosphere is something Ward has experienced once before, and he is looking forward to revisiting a stadium which holds a special place in the hearts of many of his compatriots. he said: ‘i have played there once, in a pre-season friendly. i think there were about 30,000 people there. it’s a very special place and i think any irish person going there will tell you how special it is to them, so it’s a game we are all really looking forward to.’

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