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A MOTHER who claimed a pharmacy allowed her husband to watch CCTV footage of her buying a pregnancy testing kit has settled a damages claim for an undisclosed sum.

The woman, who cannot be named by order of the judge, said her marriage had been highly dysfunctional and difficult for a number of years before the October 2010 incident which had worsened her relationship with her now deceased husband.

She told her barrister, Martina O’Neill, she had bought the pregnancy test for a friend, but her husband found the receipt in their home and had gone to the pharmacy with it.

The court heard the husband was very possessive and displayed abusive and violent behaviour towards his wife.

When he arrived at the Co Wicklow pharmacy he pretended to be very

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distressed and had ‘tricked’ one of the employees into showing him CCTV coverage of the actual purchase.

The husband told the pharmacy employee he had found the receipt in his teenage daughter’s bedroom waste bin and was seriously concerned that she was sexually active.

When asked by Shane English, counsel for the pharmacy, if her husband could have played ‘a low trick’ on the employee, the woman said she could see him playing such a role as he would have been very good at it.

The woman had sued for €38,000 in damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Following a brief adjournment to allow talks outside the court between the parties, Ms O’Neill said the matter had been resolved.

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Pandemonium: Fans surge through barrier PictureS: rex

Star rushed to safety in security scare as fans break down barrier JENNIFER LAWRENCE was rushed to safety after fans tried to get close to the Hunger Games star.

The actress, 24, was mobbed by fans outside the of the Late Show With David Letterman studios in New York on Wednesday night.

Oscar-winner Lawrence was happily signing autographs for admirers when some surged forward and knocked over a barrier separating them from

Let’s get outta here: J-Law is whisked to safety by her security guard

by SEAMuS Duff the star. Panicked security guards pushed Lawrence to safety, while keeping fans at bay.

On the show things were a lot calmer, however.

The actress told how she had a hard time singing on set in her latest role.

‘It’s like my biggest fear,’ she said.

‘I cried on set that day.’

‘Sex gave men better sense of direction’ MEN are better at map-reading than women because it helped them to sow their wild oats, a new US study suggests.

Scientists reckon our randy fore-fathers wanted to breed with different women to spread their genes further afield, to reduce inbreeding or simply because their culture allowed it.

As a result, they developed better navigational skills.

Academics at the University of Utah have come with the theory after studying the traditions of the Twe and Tjimba tribes in Namibia, southern Africa The tribesmen there regularly roam across 200km of terrain a year to couple with women from other regions.

Men who did better in mapreading tests set by anthropologists had not only travelled further – they also had children with more women, according to the study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour.

‘Navigation ability facilitates travelling longer distances... and the farther you travel, the more likely you are to encounter new mating opportunities,’ said researcher Layne Vashro ‘It looks like men who travel more also have children from more women – what you would expect if mating was the pay-off for travel,’ he added.

Speaking about the two tribes, Prof Elizabeth Cashdan said: ‘They have a lot of affairs with people they’re not married to, and this is accepted in the culture. Many men have children by women other than their wives.’

grand plan to get viewers drunk March season of the penguins GRAND Designs host Kevin McCloud made an episode of the architecture show ‘deliberately designed to get people as drunk as possible’ after discovering its fans had invented a drinking game based on it.

The long-running Channel 4 show follows families designing and building their dream homes and the rules of the game mean viewers have a drink when regular occurrences happen on screen, including the owners running out of money or quitting their job to manage the project.

McCloud said: ‘We even actually wrote an entire programme around the drinking and it’s covert so one of the programmes is deliberately designed to get people as drunk as possible.

‘There are all kinds of rules like

every time I used the word “bespoke” it’s a double shot, the wife gets pregnant half way through, that’s a treble.’

Other rules include having a drink if the owners ignore planning permission or their windows end up not fitting.

McCloud, who has been presenting the show for more than 15 years, was awarded an MBE last year.

He set up his own lighting design firm and appeared on BBC makeover show Home Front before launching Grand Designs, which he writes and presents. It has led to a spin-off magazine, books and a live show.

He is currently filming a new show for Channel 4 about people who have chosen to live in isolation from the modern world.

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The Orange Order is using This year’s greetings penguins to help spread its festive cards also show the message. The institution claimed its Twaddell Avenue latest set of Christmas cards – protest camp set up which feature sash-wearing last year after penguins waving a ‘Let Them home’ banner and stopped at Orangemen were prevented from police lines – was a light-hearted parading up a section attempt to highlight the longof the Crumlin Road running dispute over a on their way home controversial north Belfast parade. from July 12 events.

In previous years, cards bearing Dr hume added: the tidings ‘Snow Surrender’ and ‘This year we wanted ‘Ulster Says Snow’ have sold out. Snow joke: Card Dr David hume, director of services to remind people that the lodges from Ligoniel are still being prevented from with the Grand Lodge, said: ‘Last year, walking home and we expect that these the protest penguins were a major success, with cards featuring them being cards will be dropping through many doors both at home and abroad. snapped up.

‘One thing which Northern Ireland ‘The protest penguins, you might say, people share is a sense of humour and have become something of an institution we know that these cards are bought not in their own right and they clearly have only by Orangemen and their families.’ a big following within the Orange

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Admission of killing ‘just a joke’

A former journalist who claims he was framed for the unsolved murder of a filmmaker in Cork has claimed there is a french connection to the killing.

Ian Bailey (pictured), who moved to Cork 23 years ago, is suing the State after being arrested twice over the killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

The 39-year-old was found beaten to death outside her holiday home on a remote hillside on December 23, 1996.

‘I became aware as an investigative journalist, that I was receiving information from a french journalist that it seemed to me that you follow this back to france,’ mr Bailey.

He revealed he invited two gardaí to his home to discuss this along with Yvonne Ungerer, who saw the victim the day before she was found.

‘We did tell them, and I believe to this day, that there was a french connection,’ he said. ‘It was a long time

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ago, so I can’t remember exactly but I can tell you this, it was very, very strange. It was weird.’ mr Bailey denied writing part of a story for the Sunday Tribune where it commented on ms Toscan du Plantier’s husband Daniel for not coming to Ireland after the killing. He went on to claim the victim had been in a ‘cat fight’with her husband’s mistress in a bar in Paris days before her murder.

The court heard mr Bailey was arrested for the first time ten days after a news editor with the now defunct Sunday Tribune, Helen Callanan, contacted detectives over an admission he made during a phone call. ‘The DPP looked at it and said it was the antithesis of an admission and that it was an example of my black humour,’ he said.

The hearing continues.

Lighting up Grafton Street Children watch excitedly as the Grafton Street Christmas lights were ast night, with appearances appe an (Elmo from fr turned on last byy LLaurence Kinlan Love/Hate) and the Original Rudeboys. See dublinatchristmas.ie for a full programme of events in the city over Christmas Picture: Photocall

Sinn FÉin has accused the speaker of the Dáil of acting as a ‘shield’ to government scrutiny after staging a sit-in that shut the chamber down.

Deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald (below) sparked the demonstration after refusing to leave over a row about questions not being answered.

After the protest, which forced the closure of the Dáil until Tuesday, Ms McDonald said the Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett was ‘aiding’ government leaders.

‘They are there to run the house, to oversee the debates, with no favouritism and no political agenda, and we expect that the Ceann Comhairle would do that,’ she said.

Ms McDonald was asking Tánaiste Joan Burton if social welfare payments would be deducted for those who did not pay the controversial water charges. When she refused to take her seat, the speaker ruled her out of order.

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O’Neill backs Keane after row at hotel Republic of iReland manager Martin o’neill has moved to scotch claims of disruption within his ranks over an alleged row involving Roy Keane and a fan at the team hotel in dublin. o’neill said he was aware of the facts of the incident and remains fully supportive of his right-hand man.

‘The fai and i have been fully briefed about the circumstances about what happened at the team hotel last night,’ said o’neill.

‘Roy asked that the Gardaí be called and he has notified them of what happened.

‘While this process is ongoing we are unable to say more at this point. However, i can say that Roy has both my full support and the full support of the fai.’ Ireland v Scotland: P24

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Fury as Fifa clears itself of all corruption charges

by AiDAn RADnEDgE A FRESH Fifa farce broke out yesterday with football’s world governing body clearing itself of corruption – only to be accused of lying by the investigator they hired.

Sepp Blatter’s organisation declared the Russia and Qatar World Cups above-board with losers England branded the worst rule-breakers.

The controversial 2018 and 2022 World Cups are now set to go ahead as planned despite concerns about their suitability, and how the two host nations won the tournaments.

But Mr Blatter’s hopes of achieving ‘closure’ were dashed as investigator Michael Garcia accused Fifa of misrepresenting his findings and launched an appeal.

England’s FA expressed fury yester-

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Sepp too far: fifa president blatter announces Qatar as hosts of 2022 World cup picture: epa

day after they were accused of trying to buy hosting rights for the 2018 event. Russia were apparently absolved of any wrongdoing, despite, or perhaps due to, their failure to hand over emails from the bidding process. Russia claimed they had been lost.

Six members of Fifa’s executive committee, which voted in favour of the Russia and Qatar tournaments, refused to co-operate with New York lawyer Michael Garcia’s investigation.

His 430-page report is likely to remain unpublished, but was summarised over 42 pages

yesterday by Fifa-paid judge HansJoachim Eckert.

He criticised the English bid for lavishing favourable treatment on disgraced former Fifa powerbroker Jack Warner, including a lucrative friendly match in Trinidad and a €50,000 gala dinner.

And he rejected as ‘unreliable’ two female whistleblowers – one from Qatar, the other from Australia – who alleged that Fifa votes for 2022 were bought.

Mr Garcia himself disowned the Eckert summary, accusing Fifa of misrepresent-

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ing his findings – and launching an appeal to the governing body’s appeals committee.

The FA hit back, saying: ‘We do not accept any criticism regarding the integrity of England’s bid or any of the individuals involved.’

Former England captain Gary Lineker said: ‘The FA being slammed for its ethics by Fifa is like being chastised by Gordon Ramsay for bad language after uttering the word “bloody”.’

The 2022 World Cup was awarded to Qatar despite worries about the tiny Middle Eastern state’s treatment of migrant workers including stadium labourers, more than 1,200 of whom have died.

The intense heat in Qatar during the summer also means the tournament is likely to be switched to the winter instead.

desert classic: a delighted Qatar fan after Wc news picture: ama

With a face like that Rooney had to score – well, according to scientists anyway...

WaYne RooneY scores goals because his face is the right shape, new research has revealed.

The Manchester united star (pictured), nicknamed Shrek because of his wide head, has the features that mark out the best strikers from the rest. a study of World cup players found those with higher facial-width-toheight ratios (fWHRs) were Wayne: Hotshot picture: pa more likely to score goals, set up goals and commit fouls.

The study, by scientists at the university of colorado, uS, was said to be the first to compare fWHRs of athletic performance globally.

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REaLiTY star Kim Kardashian We st she is the gift that keeps on givi has proved ng – except with a no refunds policy. a day after she exposed her oile d-up buttocks on the cover of Paper magazine , the 33-year-old leaked further photos of herself star She left little to the imagination kers. after the full frontal snaps were plastered ove r social media.

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I’m desperate to head to Westeros, says Goulding Singer reveals Game of Thrones love

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he’s cracked America but ellie Goulding has a new goal in her sights – to appear in Game Of Thrones.

The singer admitted she was a huge fan of the hBO fantasy drama. ‘I could talk about this for such a long time,’ she said.

‘I would be there if they asked me,’ she said, reaching out to show bosses for a part. ‘I would be right there.’

And she might be barking up the right tree as the show often features a music star guest in each series, with Coldplay’s Will Champion and snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody both previously appearing. On why she loves the show so much, 27year-old Goulding enthused: ‘It’s such a brilliant story line.

The casting is perfect. They are so good at casting. It’s the most

important thing.

‘You can have the best script but not the right casting. It’s perfect.’

Meanwhile, the hitmaker also revealed she was back in the studio with Calvin harris.

‘We do write really well together,’ she said. ‘It helps if you are friends because you feel really comfortable.

‘I’m really excited. I’m not sure I should say that so soon.’

Fan: Ellie with Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie PicTure: GeTTy

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I see Jamie nude in my mind, says Gillian

GiLLian anDERSOn has confessed she’s started undressing her co-star Jamie Dornan with her eyes ahead of his saucy new role in Fifty Shades Of Grey. ‘i could only see him naked from the moment he walked in,’ the former X Files star said after the pair reunited on the set of BBC2 drama The Fall. ‘it was really distracting. The movie hasn’t even come out – he might suck.’ Sadly, Dornan, 32, has said there will be no full frontal scenes.

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LORDE mocked the manhood of Katy Perry’s boyfriend Diplo in an online spat.

The Royals hitmaker hit back at the 36-year-old DJ after he urged fans to raise money to get her BFF Taylor Swift ‘a booty’. in reply, Lorde, 18, tweeted: ‘@diplo should we do something about your tiny penis while we’re at it hm.’

Earlier, Diplo – who is rumoured to be dating Perry, 30 – shared a link to a fan’s account on fundraising website Fundly called ‘Get Taylor Swift a Booty.’

So far the campaign, set up by Eric Spivak, has raised around €30 from 25 supporters.

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Factor bosses are braced for an awkward Sunday night, as cheryl Fernandez-Versini will have to sit through a live performance by old rival Nicole Scherzinger. the 31-year-old judge famously slated Scherzy, 36, in her autobiography after she was usurped on the X Factor USa by her, after one week of filming.

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described their first ever encounter as ‘really awkward’. and now X Factor organisers are working to ensure the two are kept at arm’s length when Scherzy takes to the stage to sing new song run.

‘Nicole will be in an artist trailer at the front of the building – like all guest artists are,’ a show source confirmed.

Meanwhile, former Sugababe amelle Berrabah took a pop at cheryl’s recent X Factor performance ‘X Factor... still hiring peeps who can’t sing to judge others singing,’ the 30-year-old tweeted.

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Sarah-Jane Crawford has Simon Cowell quaking and tells fans not to focus on contestants’ pasts.

We are halfway through the live shows and having the judges move d r Crawfo up into my studio Xtr Factor is for Xtra working really well, as it makes it easier to control Simon! And I can tell him off for making bad decisions as he is closer to me – so he is a bit more scared of me now.

The remaining eight stars are all going on The X Factor Live Arena tour next year – and like Mel B, I would like to see Paul Akister added. But I don’t know if that’ll happen.

He told me on WhatsApp he’s started writing already.

I’ll present BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra with his material and they‘ll have a listen. When I think someone is good I have to help.

People might be critical that some in the final eight have had a past. Fleur East has performed with artists like DJ Fresh and Jay James had a record deal, while Lauren Platt auditioned for EastEnders – but even Leona Lewis released demos before The X Factor. It doesn’t matter, as long as they are good. I tried out for a girl band about ten years ago. I can hold a tune but I don’t need to audition for Simon! I prefer presenting now… but maybe I’ll surprise him one day.

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uploaded a snap of himself with the 54-year-old Simply Red singer with the caption ‘Alright dad’. Sheeran is currently travelling Europe on his current X World tour – taking to the stage in Berlin tonight.

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Ahern backed an amnesty for on-the-run republicans Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern urged Tony Blair to halt the pursuit of named republican on-the-run (oTr) suspects, a letter has revealed.

The co-architect of the Good Friday peace agreement said there was a strong case for not proceeding on outstanding warrants relating to conflict offences.

Those covered would have been released from prison, had they already been convicted, under the 1998 accord which ended IrA and loyalist violence.

The revelation follows remarks by

former justice minister and attorney general michael mcDowell that an effective amnesty from prosecution was in place in the republic at the time. mr Ahern wrote in December 1999: ‘The named persons are very strong supporters of the agreement and with full freedom of movement will be able to play an even more effective role in persuading and leading those who might otherwise be sceptical towards an unqualified embrace of democratic politics and of exclusively peaceful means of promoting progress towards political objectives.’

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The future of the €1.25billion rosetta mission hangs in the balance after the Philae lander came to rest next to a cliff on the comet surface, rendering its solar panels useless. one of its three feet is sticking in the air, and scientists are now furiously calculating what experiments they have time to complete before its batteries run out tomorrow.

But the first pictures have already been sent back to mission control in Germany, and eight of the ten scientific instruments on board have started working.

‘It was very exciting when the first image came through because it proved we were alive which wasn’t trivial,’ said lander scientist Jean-Pierre Bibring.

by DOMINIC YEATMAN ‘We are in the shadow of a cliff and that is part of the problem, but a lot of science is getting covered now.’

The fridge-sized lander weighs 100kg on earth, but less than a gramme on the 2.5mile-wide comet, and is only held on by its own tiny weight after its harpoons failed to fire on impact.

It emerged yesterday that it bounced half-a-mile back into space after touching down on Wednesday, and could be several hundred yards from its planned landing spot.

The mission is designed to discover whether comets contain the building blocks of life – but controllers fear a key experiment to drill 21cm under the surface could push the untethered probe back into space.

Woman jailed for ‘revenge rape’ four-and-a-half years in a A TEENAGER who orchesyoung offenders’ institute for trated a ‘revenge rape’ on her role in a crime the judge another girl after telling her: called ‘truly wicked’. Her ‘Snitches get stitches’ has brother, Lacquan, 18, was been jailed. given five years for rape.

Aliyah Weekes, 19, of Sentencing, Judge Jeremy Harlesden, north-west Donne said: ‘This was no London, ordered her younger ‘Wicked’: brother to attack the 15-year- Aliyah Weeks game. This was no childish folly. This was a revenge rape old victim, whom she accused and this poor girl was being punof spreading rumours. ished. This was truly wicked.’

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Young tiger on the Friday another prowl – but it’s no washout but Disney fairytale weekend better A young tiger is on the loose near Disneyland Paris. The town of Montevrain sent a news alert saying the young tiger was spotted behind a football pitch about five-and-a-half miles from the popular theme park.

Authorities said in a statement that police and rescue squads are on the scene and had roped off a security perimeter. They urged everyone nearby to avoid the area.

EuroDisney, the operator of Disneyland Paris, said it has no tigers in the theme park.

DUBLIN is bracing itself for another soaking after heavy rain swept through the capital yesterday.

Last night Met Éireann warned its orange alert, its second most serious category for rainfall, would remain in effect until at least 9am, and said after clearing up more heavy rain would come from the south later this evening. ‘We’re advising road users to expect localised flooding in many parts of the country,’ said forecaster Gerry Murphy, adding the weather would improve over the weekend.

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hat was a nice little stunt Sinn Féin pulled yesterday in Dáil Éireann with Mary Lou’s sit-in.

What an effective way to deflect attention from the Mairia Cahill storm by making a lot of noise from a different place about water (something that is bound to appeal to the fears and prejudices of the common man).

Sinn Féin are now the most cunning, ruthless and devious (sorry, Bertie) because they have managed to top opinion polls with not only the dirt of sectarian violence on their bib but also now sexual abuse. I believe the expression is ‘teflon-coated’.

I for one, however, will never support them until they come clean about their past and drop adams (who should be more of a political liability than he has emerged to be during all this). Perhaps only we are to blame...

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a GOVErNMENt website commemorating the 1916 rising has been labelled ‘insulting’ after it emerged Google translate was used to translate it into Irish.

Speaking to rtÉ, the Department of arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht confirmed Google translate was used on the new website. a spokesman later insisted: ‘a very limited amount of formatting text, which had been used on the test site while translation was being carried out, was published temporarily on the Ireland.ie website. ‘this matter has been addressed and the correct Irish language translation has gone live.’

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Granny Rule ■ News sites yesterday reported about Bono being involved in an air mishap when the door to the band’s aircraft came away midflight. I just want to say that responses to this story in the comments sections of these sites were disgusting. to wish that Bono had died in such an accident or that he had been seriously injured is beyond messed-up. anyone whose begrudging resentment of a celebrity manifests itself as a wish to see them hurt or dead should be ashamed of themselves and seek help. the venom spat out at Bono – never at U2, just Bono – in this country is tiresome and weird. Irish society has much bigger enemies facing us than a rock star in a band who pay a portion of their publishing taxes abroad. (I very much doubt any of the antiBono brigade would turn down the chance to pay less taxes if they could...).

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by LukE HOLOHAn Conradh na Gaeilge criticised the Government’s ‘laziness’.

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Texting in car the Man blasted in fault of dopamine late-night attack A ‘DIGITAL Drug’ has now been identified as the reason people are addicted to texting while driving, a US study has revealed.

The neurochemical dopamine kicks in to give an individual a feeling of pleasure every time good news is received by text, email or social media and the brain is conditioned to seek that positive hit.

GarDaí are appealing for witnesses after a Wicklow man was shot in the early hours of yesterday morning. the 39-year-old is still believed to be in a serious condition after three shots were fired into a house at heatherwood in Bray. the man was in the house with a 41-year-old woman when he was hit in the back by one of the shots.

IRIsH rock star Dolores O’Riordan recently split from her husband of 20 years, former Duran Duran tour manager Don Burton, and is having psychiatric treatment to help her cope, her mother has revealed. Eileen O’Riordan said her daughter was in a ‘very vulnerable’ place, in the wake of her ‘air rage’ arrest.

Rail service to get €15m boost A REVAMP of the Belfast to Dublin rail service has begun.

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Charming: Jessica Paré (left) with Gleeson in Standby

BRIAN IAN Brian Gleeson’s new film Standby is a rom-com about ‘time slipping by’, he skittishly tells Pavel Barter

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father, Brendan Gleeson, is CTORS work in many renowned for playing archetypal locations, so Brian characters – stoic priests and corrupt Gleeson was not cops – and his brother Domnhall surprised when he xudes plays quirky outsiders, Brian exudes ended up in the Middle a skittish energy. This could be due East to make mercenary drama w to his discomfort with the interview Tiger Raid a few weeks ago. process. On the other hand, it Gleeson was in Jordan, returning to his hotel from the desert, when he benefits his characters such as erratic loon Hughie, from the first passed a road sign pointing to series of Love/Hate. neighbouring Iraq. At that moment, ardness feeds into His nervy awkwardness he realised his proximity to a Irish romantic comedy Standby. country that is descending into Alan (Gleeson) is a musician whose anarchy. dreams are coming to nothing and ‘It was strange running around a whose love life is a disaster. While desert with a gun, knowing how fice in Dublin working at a tourist office close you are to all that,’ he says.

Airport, he meets old flame Alice ‘Not to be facetious, but it kind of (Jessica Paré). Alan convinces helped. You’re in that part of her to stay for a night the world and the before she returns to characters we were ll hna m o America, although the playing weren’t very D t I me eat in o prospect of reigniting nice, so it helped – t e it b for a ’s e their relationship as opposed to H .

London crecy seems like another shooting in Spain e s o sworn t r Wars. I futile dream. ‘I was or somewhere ta drawn to the idea of else.’ about S g to dig time slipping by,’ says Next door, was tryin mation r o Gleeson.

‘The better fundamentalists were f in for they are getting on, the killing western closer she is to going home. journalists and aid There’s a melancholic strain.’ workers. Was he anxious? ‘A Gleeson’s performance is bit. I was like, “If [the film-makers] charming and funny, and his think it’s safe, I’m going”. Jordan unlikely pairing with Paré, who was doubling for Iraq. The Hurt plays Don Draper’s wife in Mad Locker was shot there. It’s beside Men, works well. The actors first Israel, underneath Syria, but the met in Luxembourg, where directors monarchy keeps a lid on things.’

Ronan and Rob Burke shot the Gleeson is now back in Dublin, film’s interior scenes. ‘Jessica is crossing then uncrossing his legs, really laid back,’ says Gleeson. ruffling his mop of red hair, and ‘She’s a Montreal girl. They’re quite looking uncomfortable. While his

similar to the Irish – a mischievous sense of humour.’

Most of the film was shot on location in Dublin. ‘It was tough getting clearance making the film in Dublin Airport. Doing night shoots cycling around on a Friday night was even more problematic. There were people trying to jump on the back of our bikes in Temple Bar.’ One scene sees the characters jumping out of a second floor window. Did Gleeson do his own stunts? ‘Absolutely not. I’m no Tom Cruise.’

Gleeson, who turns 27 today, has been in the family business since John Boorman’s The Tiger’s Tail (2006). Over the years, he worked in television (Quirke), film (The Stag), and on stage (Druid’s production of The Silver Tassie). On occasion, he

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collaborated with his family; Domnhall cast him and his father as idiotic policemen in the short film Noreen.

A new production of Enda Walsh’s The Walworth Farce marks the first time all three have acted together.

‘This will be a new experience for all of us,’ says Gleeson. ‘We’re all different actors – Domnhall and I even look different – so we all bring something to the table.’ The story is about a father and two sons holed up in a tiny flat in London. ‘I play the youngest son, who wants to learn the truth about why their dad brought them to London. Domnhall’s character is more set in his ways. I think they’re both great actors. I’m excited about working with my family.’

Rehearsals start in early December, when Domnhall finishes making The Revenant with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy in Canada.

‘I met

Domnhall [earlier this year] for a bite to eat in London when he was doing Star Wars,’ says his brother. ‘He’s sworn to secrecy about Star Wars. I was trying to dig for information.’

Gleeson has only been in the business a few years, but he has experienced projects large and small. Tiger Raid was budgeted at half a million. Snow White And The Huntsman, in which he played a dwarf opposite Kirsten Stewart, cost $170m. Could Gleeson handle the level of attention that Domnhall now faces? ‘Look, everyone wants recognition, but fame is different.

Star Wars is movie history, so it’s all good.’

The actor wants to keep plugging away at his craft. At the moment, he is working on Stonemouth, a BBC adaptation of an Iain Banks novel.

History’s Future, a film with Irish actor Mark O’Halloran, is out next year. ‘As long as I’m working, I’ll be happy. It’s a tough old game,’ he says.

The world of film and theatre might not need another Gleeson, but it would be much poorer without Brian.

Standby is in cinemas today.

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An old-fashioned period drama with an inspiring tale – it may not tell the full story but it’s a fun watch with a cast on fine form.

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The ImITaTIon Game (12A) HHHH✩ Despite knowing the outcome of this true story, this remains a tense watch and an entertaining one. turing’s project is almost derailed in its infancy but he’s convinced he can crack it with more time.

Cumberbatch is perfect for this role. Mathematically gifted yet socially challenged, his turing is a likeable, gently comic figure, unwittingly insulting everyone from his colleagues to his bosses (nowadays they’d say he was ‘on the spectrum’). Much mirth is made from his social ineptitude and his habit of taking everything literally, something that visibly frustrates his cavalier colleague Hugh (Matthew Goode). Also well

cast is Keira Knightley, who is in her element as Joan, a crossword whizz who surprises the gents by responding to a newspaper ad.

Given the propriety of the times, she must lodge separately to avoid scandalous gossip. Her late-night code-breaking scenes with Cumberbatch are a highlight, as are those in which she tries to school him in social etiquette.

Less effective are the episodes in the 1950s, when turing was arrested for ‘gross indecency with a male’ (he was given a posthumous royal pardon last year). this plays it relatively safe on the subject of his sexuality, shying away from details and leaving questions unanswered.

It may be aiming at the polite, middlebrow market but it’s a good bet to clean up at this year’s Oscars come February. Anna smith

naTIvITy 3: dude, Where’s my donkey?! (U)

Oscar favourite: Benedict Cumberbatch is perfect as Alan Turing, the maths genius who found people harder to understand than complex calculations

Martin Clunes joins Marc Wootton and co in another helping of festive family-friendly mayhem. Clunes’s character Mr Shepherd loses his memory and must be reunited with his fiancée (Catherine Tate) in New York. If your kids start singing the theme tune, you’ll look back wistfully at Frozen.

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This documentary charts the rise of the US film critic Roger Ebert, cutting between archive footage and hospital scenes towards the end of his life last year. As the title suggests, it’s a touching portrait of a life as well as an informative look at his work.

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t’s World War II and England is intercepting German coded messages.

Breaking the Enigma code could win them the war: the country needs a genius.

Enter Alan turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), a bright brain who tackles the code in the top-secret halls of Bletchley Park. He’d rather be working solo but the boss (Charles Dance) orders him to assemble a team. And so turing builds the machine that could bring an end to the war – as well as form the basis of the modern computer.

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most involving segment, a standout Mila Kunis plays a mother accused of mistreating her son trying to win a court case Director Paul Haggis won two brought by his father (James Oscars for Crash but he’s more likely Franco). Apart from a cameo from to be looking at a Razzie for this Kim Basinger, hers is the only mish-mash of three love stories. sympathetic character, the rest Liam Neeson is Michael, a writer seeming like mere creations of an having an affair in Paris with Anna overwrought screenplay. Monika, (Olivia Wilde), whose troubled especially, is the kind of exotic character might have been fantasy figure Woody Allen might interesting in a longer version of have dreamt up. the screenplay. Adrien Brody is There are nuggets of interest in Scott, a fashion design thief who each tale but sadly none of them falls for a Romanian, Monika come together to make anything (Moran Atias), in Italy and takes Get a room: Liam Neeson and Olivia Wilde like a satisfying whole. unlikely risks to protect her. In the

Tom Hardy is a strong, silent type who adopts an injured puppy: that’s probably enough to sell this film to many women but it’s actually a fairly gritty affair.

Based on a Dennis Lehane short story, it’s a crime drama set in Brooklyn’s underworld. Hardy’s sullen barman, Bob, takes in the pitbull after finding it in a neighbour’s dustbin. Said neighbour is Nadia (Noomi Rapace), who might just have more of a role in Bob’s life than playing pet nurse.

Meanwhile, Bob and his boss (the late James Gandolfini) try to avoid the wrath of the local crime

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lord, whose laundered cash has been stolen from their bar.

It’s an unusual mix of drama, romance and thriller whose uncertain tone may give it a rambling quality but there’s plenty of twists and tension.

Hardy is well cast as the gruff guy with the soft side, while Rapace is on top form. Look out for a strong turn from Matthias Schoenaerts, who bears a noticeable resemblance to Hardy in this film. Two for the price of one, there, ladies.

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1. Children in need 2014

BBC1, 7.30pm & 10.35pm, BBC2, 10pm Doctor Who, S Club 7 and Tom and Jerry all make appearances during tonight’s fundraising extravaganza, alongside the usual songs from the musicals and clowning around in Albert Square. Nick Grimshaw joins Limerick’s finest Terry Wogan on hosting duties.

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2. Euro 2016 Qualifier: scotland v Republic of ireland RTÉ2, 7pm

Tension has been mounting ahead of this crunch Group D clash at Celtic Park in Glasgow with kick-off at 7.45pm. Presented

by Darragh Maloney, with commentary by George Hamilton and Ronnie Whelan, and studio analysis by Eamon Dunphy.

Here’s hoping Robbie Keane and the boys can get the right result and set us on our way to another major championship.

3. Today’s Film: goldeneye

UTV, 11.10pm Amid all the hoo-hah about Daniel Craig, it’s easy to forget what a fine James Bond Pierce Brosnan was before the invisible car came along. Introducing Judi Dench as M was just one of a number of brilliant coups in this cracking thriller – watch out too for a spectacular pre-credits sequence and luxuriate in that post-Cold War ambience.

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4. The Home That Two Built

BBC2, 7pm There’ll be shivers of nostalgia whatever your age in Mel Giedroyc’s entertaining trawl through 50 years of lifestyle programming on BBC2, from deeply peculiar chef Fanny Cradock to the throw cushions and decking of Titchmarsh and Co.

5. David Bowie: serious Moonlight

Sky Arts 1, 9pm Shortly before Bowie’s 1980s went down the dumper, he recorded this energetic concert which, while promoting Let’s Dance, also featured classics from his glorious past, including Station To Station and Space Oddity.

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YOUR gUiDE TO THis EvEning’s EssEnTiAL viEWing 6. Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music

BBC4, 9pm The mighty Man in Black steps centre stage in this gripping 1969 documentary that captures him duetting with Bob Dylan and performing with wife June Carter Cash. For more Nashville nirvana, stay tuned for ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris’s story of country music’s capital in My Nashville at 10pm.

7. Masters of sex

RTÉ2, 11.35pm

After Masters (Michael Sheen) discovers Johnson continued to have relationships, he ends her participation in the study. He also analyses 10,000 sex acts for a publication, all while scraping and scrounging to keep the new clinic afloat. Fine drama.

8. Coronation street TV3, 7.30pm & 8.30pm

Peter finally clears off tonight in

spite of Simon’s desperate pleas for him to stay. And if that isn’t enough drama for one night on the Street, Leanne spots something that sets her on the warpath. Never a dull moment, is there?

9. Lewis

UTV, 9pm With Graham Lawrie back on the loose, Lewis and Hathaway need to get their collective act together or risk besmirching their reputations for

good. Kevin Whately, incidentally, has survived this revived series just about intact.

10. Unreported World

C4, 7.35pm While the world’s attention continues to drift away from post-Gaddafi Libya and over to IS and Syria, Seyi Rhodes finds the capital, Tripoli, in a state of near-anarchy and discovers how the West is failing to deliver on its promises.

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May 04, 2015, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street, D2, 8pm, €27. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.mcd.ie

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cLubs Luke Abbott The Industrialyzer Funkineven & Marco Zenker This month’s prize for most unusual electronic music event goes to hidden Agenda. in the first of a series of events called higher Ground, which aim to have international artists perform in unusual venues, the promoters have booked UK artist Luke Abbott to perform in the Pepper

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Booze and misdemeanours have featured heavily in the yarns Canadian Tom Stade has spun on the circuit since his arrival in Europe in 2002, along with the vicissitudes of married life and more general observational humour. Drugs have too, and for his forthcoming Decisions Decision tour the laid-back charmer with the distinctive drawl will hone in on his offbeat, devil-may-care attitude to life Tomorrow, Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, D2, 8pm, €18. Tel: 1890 200 078. www.whelanslive.com

HEaR LYkkE Li

From the feral indie stylings of Ida Maria to Robyn’s intelligent sugar-pop, Sweden has produced a fine line of alternative female popsters, and Stockholm’s Lykke Li is no exception.

Real name Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson, the twenty-something offers a beguiling combination of electronica and pop, a sound that she dubs ‘melancholy meets superpowers’. This year’s I Never Learn LP was the final part in a loose trilogy and contains some of her finest maudlin musings on heartbreak thus far.

Sun, Vicar Street, 58-59 Thomas Street, D8, 8pm, €40. Tel: 0818 719 300. www.vicarstreet.ie

Canister church. signed to James holden’s Border Community label, Abbott has released two albums – including this year’s Wysing Forest – full of the kind of warm analogue electronics that have echoes of holden and label mate Nathan Fake’s psychedelic music. it’s sure to sound at its spellbinding best in the atmospheric surrounds of the Pepper Canister.

Tomorrow, Higher Ground 001, The Pepper Canister Church, 2 Mount St Crescent, D2, €15.

Rodrigues, this Portuguese producer is a frequent collaborator with The Advent, but has also released solo material on Codeworks and Naked Lunch. As the event’s title suggests, this is no-frills, heads-down, high octane techno for those who are uninterested in the latest trendy tape-saturated releases from Berlin. support comes from Jon hussey and stuey Lyons.

Tomorrow, Techno Bash!, The Pint, Eden Quay, D1, 10pm, €10/€15.

TeChNo doesn’t get much heavier than industrialyzer. Real name Ricardo

This weekend sees Twisted Pepper host two DJs who have risen to

prominence in the past few years. in the house corner it’s Funkineven, aka London DJ/producer steven Julien, who has released a series of records for eglo and Apron, and who also sometimes collaborates with another house protege, Kyle hall. in the techno corner, it’s Munich’s Marco Zenker. Together with his brother Dario, Marco runs the acclaimed ilian Tape label, which has been releasing deep, dark dub techno for the best part of a decade.

Tomorrow, Archetype/Pogo, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street, Richard brophy D1, 10.30pm, €15.

by Scott Walker I had heard lots of interviews about the last Walker Brothers Album Nite Flights (especially the first four Scott Walker-written songs) so, I downloaded it the other day and this song stood out as a truly mesmerising piece of music.

Cool Water

by Jimmie F Rodgers I’ve been playing this for the past few months and every time I do I hear something new. An amazing vocalist who is still alive but unfortunately lost his voice due to illness.

The Sprawl II (Mountains

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by Arcade Fire This is a favourite of ours at home or in the car. Although the lyrics are dark the music is so upbeat and full of glorious synthesizers.

In some ways it reminds me of Bowie’s LOW which I love.

You’re Gonna Need Someone On Your Side

by Morrissey I have been a fan of Morrissey for a long time and I’m saddened to hear of his current battle with cancer. This is such a brilliant slice of twangy guitar, superb voice and not forgetting that tongue-incheek delivery to die for.

Hallogallo by Neu

I don’t know what it is that always draws me to 1970s krautrock but I just love the drum sound on this track and the way the synths come in near the end.

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by Vampire Weekend From the quiet darkness to the shouting ending, this track from the Vampires Of New York LP really stood out for me. It’s so well produced in a minimalist fashion.

It moves along really beautifully.

Brendan McCahey’s debut album, To Where I Begin (Universal), is out today. For tour dates see www.brendanmccahey.com

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Business&Careers Mortgage rules unfair, bank claims

NEW mortgage lending criteria will force first-time buyers out of the housing market, Ulster Bank’s chief executive has warned.

It follows steps by the Central Bank to limit the amount financial institutions can pledge to intending buyers.

Speaking at the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, Jim Brown acknowledged the need to guard against ‘overheating’ in the financial sector.

However, he said incoming rules would result in many being unable to buy a home, adding: ‘Hopeful first-time buyers would struggle to save a higher deposit while paying increasing rents.’

He told the Oireachtas committee an estimated 68 per cent of Ulster Bank first-time buyer customers would not qualify for a mortgage under the proposed loan-to-income criteria.

From January, measures proposed by the independent regulator will require banks to restrict lending above 80 per cent of the value of a home. They will also limit lending to below 3.5 times a borrower’s income.

Prospective buyers will have to have a 20 per cent deposit when applying for a loan, something experts believe could

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exclude many from getting on the property ladder.

Earlier this week, governor of the Central Bank Patrick Honohan indicated that the ‘20 per cent rule’ could be eased through mortgage insurance.

However, he defended the restrictions, telling delegates at a National Management Forum on Saturday: ‘We will not shirk our responsibility to do what is in our power to deliver on our mandate to protect the new generation establishing households.’

Ross Maguire of New Beginning – a free legal service for mortgage holders – said the measures should not punish first-time buyers but agreed that a restriction was necessary.

‘I think the 20 per cent figure is at the high end but is not unreasonable in comparison to other nations. But there has to be some restrictions,’ he told Metro Herald. He said the Central Bank was in a difficult situation to stop another housing bubble whilst coming under increasing political pressure.

Meanwhile, AIB chief David Duffy revealed the bank has turned a €437million pre-tax profit so far this year.

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Going it alone: Taylor Swift has taken her music off Spotify picture: ap

youTube dancing to its own beat as it adds subscription service for music fans GooGle is remixing the music on its YouTube video site with the addition of ad-free subscription service Music Key and a new format designed to make it easier to find millions of songs that can still be played for free.

The subscription service is part of Google’s effort to mine more revenue from YouTube as the video site approaches its 10th anniversary.

Music Key has been speculated about for months while

Career Doctor Jane Downes wnes

Which seat will you take at the workplace negotiation table?

My work as a career coach continues to fascinate me. A lot of my private client coaching work these days seems to be working with senior people who are trying to negotiate with their employers.

Just last week I worked with an interesting client who is learning the art of how to win at his negotiations at work. He wants a bigger salary and needs more resources put into the division he is responsible for. This morning I entered my own delicate negotiations with my little girl which needed to be handled with care. So here it is, negotiation is part and parcel of life. we know that workplace negotiation usually helps resolve differences. we also know that when negotiating we need to be aware that each party or individual at the negotiation table has an agenda and this is what makes it

Google wrangled over the licensing terms with record labels. For the subscription service it’s a beta invite only roll-out to begin with. For those invited it will be free for the first six months and then followed by a promotional lifetime price of €7.99 (discounted from €9.99).

The service is comparable in cost to other digital music subscription services sold by Spotify, Apple’s Beats and Google’s own 18-month-old

streaming service tied to its Android Play store.

But Music Key subscribers will be able to stream through the Google Play service at no additional charge. last week Taylor Swift pulled all her music off streaming service Spotify as sales of her new album 1989 went stratospheric.

However, Spotify responded, warning the US singer people would just get her music for free illegally elsewhere.

tricky. what I want to convey this Now it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know which seat we week is how we can sabotage need to choose for effective ourselves by how we handle workplace negotiations. Usually workplace negotiations and how we don’t have the luxury of the we react to these situations in first – unless you are happy to terms of the behaviour we deploy damage your relationship with when negotiating. those who control your career and I see it all too often in my work, pay your salary. However, if this is a clients coming to me postzero-tolerance situation and you negotiation trying to pick up the are willing to put up with the pieces of a negotiation gone wrong and damaged relationships. repercussions in order to win, then you will likely take the rocky road There are two fundamental to negotiation – the winways in which we choose lose approach which of to negotiate what we course may allow you need and ultimately to win in the short two seats we can sit We can term but may have in at the negotiation sabotage long-term lose effects. table. Meet seat ourselves in Now, nobody wants number one: the us to be a wallflower ‘win-lose’ approach workplace and delude ourselves which is ‘driving a hard into thinking we don’t bargain’ or what I call the have the power to assert ‘die hard’ approach to ourselves in these situations. negotiation where we will try to win at all costs. Meet seat number But when it comes to two: the seat of the ‘win-win’ negotiations within the approach to negotiation which is workplace adopt some common where we set out to win but sense when it comes to choosing ensure we maintain a strong which seat at the negotiation interpersonal dynamic and don’t table you will take. ‘fall out’. So ultimately we mediate Career coach Jane Downes is the author of through our negotiation with each The Career Book (thecareerbook.ie) and principal coach of Clearview Coaching party compromising at times to Group, clearviewcoachgroup.com find a solution.

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Munch bunch: Screenshots from Planet Munchie, a new game aimed at tackling childhood obesity

Healthy eating app whets appetites Creator Mick Rochford tells us about his new Irish mobile game app, Planet Munchie, which is hoping to combat obesity amongst children Planet Munchie was developed to encourage children to become more active and healthy. The game uses the phone’s motion sensors to record movement and rewards players with virtual currency to use in a fun virtual world called Planet Munchie.

The game was developed to help combat the global epidemic of childhood obesity and is aimed at boys and girls between four and nine. Planet Munchie even rewards activities a child does outside the game such as football or swimming.

My first involvement in gaming was in 2012 with a company called Affinity Technology Group. I was delighted to be project manager of this start-up and it gave me a huge insight into what making a game was all about. We produced three games: Joe Vs Banker, a recession-themed platform game; Santa Sprint; and Santa Vs Banker, for which we signed a global distribution agreement with BigFish Games from America.

Even though that game has since been played more than a million times, we only got paid on converted players who went on to purchase the full game outright.

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In 2013 I started up my own studio, MickRock Productions. The game I planned to make was called Planet Munchie. I have four young children and I always wanted to make a kids’ game. I decided to make my game for mobile, to be simple to play, with a strong, unique selling point, which was to make it a tool to combat childhood obesity.

I pitched the game to the Enterprise Ireland-backed New Frontiers programme and was accepted on to an intensive six-month programme to start developing the game.

We began testing in schools in October and now we have 50 schools lined up to demonstrate the benefits of Planet Munchie.

The reaction has just been phenomenal and

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Planet Munchie is endorsed by the Nutrition and Health Foundation and is available for Android and Windows phones, with an iOS version on the way.

Planet Munchie has just this week been shortlisted for an Appy award, going up against global giants such as Toca Pet Doctor, and yesterday Mick learnt he had made it into the last 25 of the GSK App Challenge for apps related to fitness, medicine and wellbeing. MickRock Productions, is based in the Docklands Innovation Park. mickrock-productions.com facebook.com/planet-munchie

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Few of us enjoy having limited options, but in part this comes down to expectations, and some people rail against living a more mundane existence. If you are one of them, any frustrations that have been bubbling under could burst to the fore.

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METROKU Easy, Moderate and Challenging

The moon can aid your personal expression today – if you can stay attuned to the feelings side of situations. But your depth of comprehension is set to be assisted by the growing angle between Mercury and Pluto. Use this to resist being too impulsive.

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People can influence us in positive and negative ways, but today the former is possible, when a strongminded person can challenge you to challenge yourself. At first, you might feel that they’re being rather direct, but they could motivate you.

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With the moon in your sign, you can be more in touch with your own perspectives, but do stay mindful of those of others. With the current astral shake-up between Mars and Uranus, you may find yourself more orientated towards your own needs.

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However attractive somebody is, try to think in terms of how comfortable you are with them. Yet, if your heart is all of a flutter, but in truth the attraction is mainly physical, ask yourself if this tie would have a real chance of prospering.

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Mars, in its ongoing link to Uranus, can find you restless or less tolerant of others. Ironically, Pluto, in its angle with Mercury, gives you some penetrative insights and a passionate way of expressing yourself.

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Quick deal: Kearney’s deal is part of a new strategy on IRFU contracts picture: inpho

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Sign when you’re winging: Ulster wing Bowe has signed a new deal with the IRFU picture: inpho

TOMMY BOWE has signed a new three-year deal to keep him at Ulster until June 2018.

The 30-year-old wing has signed a joint contract with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), just two days after in-demand full-back Rob Kearney committed his long-term future to Leinster and some months after it was confirmed Johnny Sexton would be returning to Leinster next summer after two years in France.

Kearney and now Bowe completing new deals without fuss further boosts boss Joe Schmidt’s preparations for Rugby World Cup 2015.

‘I am delighted to have signed a new contract with the IRFU and Ulster,’ said Bowe, who has won 55 caps.

‘It is an exciting time for both the province and the national team and I hope to play a part in achieving success on both fronts in the years to come.’

Performance director David Nucifora has exerted pivotal influence over the IRFU’s new policy of fuss-free contract negotiations with a new approach to keeping top stars in the Irish system.

‘We are delighted that Tommy has committed his future to Ulster and Ireland for the next three years,’ said Nucifora. ‘Tommy has proven his value to Irish rugby over the years with stand-out performances for both Ulster and Ireland.’

Ulster underwent widespread offfield changes in the summer, with coaches David Humphreys and Mark Anscombe both departing Ravenhill.

British and Irish Lions wing Bowe committing to a long-term deal proves a welcome endorsement for head coach Neil Doak, with Les Kiss poised to become Ulster’s full-time rugby director after the World Cup. ‘It is a great boost to the province that Tommy has signed a new IRFU contract which keeps him at Ulster,’ said Ulster CEO Shane Logan.

spORT DigEsT Mig’s big round is one for the ages 12 Shots off the

gOLf Miguel Angel Jimenez carded a flawless 63

to claim the first-round lead at the €5.6million Turkish Airlines Open and give himself a chance of breaking his own record as the oldest winner on the European Tour. The 50-year-old (right) carded a final round of 88 in the first event of the Final Series, the BMW Masters, and also struggled in the following week’s HSBC Champions event. However, the Spaniard bounced back brilliantly in Antalya to lead Ian Poulter by a shot. ‘It’s nice making a low score, it’s been a while,’ said Jimenez, who holed out from 96m for an eagle on the tenth. ‘It’s special because I’ve been struggling a little bit the last few months and [when] you shoot under par, you feel good. I like the golf course with the trees on it. I feel comfortable on this course.’

lead for Sergio Garcia after an opening-round 75.

Garcia must win in Turkey and next week’s seasonending DP World Tour Championship to have any hope of catching Rory McIlroy at the top of the Race to Dubai standings.

RFU looks into rugby fans’ taunts Rugby The

England Rugby Football Union is investigating claims of homophobic abuse aimed at referee Nigel Owens in England’s loss to New Zealand. Owens – who is gay – claimed to have been subjected to fans’ discriminatory taunts.

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Rob KeaRney took just 40 minutes to negotiate the new Ireland contract he signed this week, writes Nick Purewal.

The simplicity of the statement must not diminish its importance: where once new contract talks in Ireland assumed an unhealthy element of espionage, now there appears clarity and vision.

Top stars and rugby bosses alike had traded bluff and counter-bluff in protracted discussions beset by rancour and recrimination in a testing last two years.

Johnny Sexton’s strained Racing Metro experience has eased the battle for the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), but only in part. and rather than seize the emotional currency of his misadventure, Irish bosses instead moved to plug a vital gap.

Celebrated head coach Joe Schmidt’s tactical mastery cannot extend to all corners of the union, so in parachuted David nucifora. The former Wallabies hooker’s title of performance director does little to explain a now crucial part of his remit.

Instrumental in ushering through Sexton’s return next summer, nucifora now fills the void between coaching staff and board executives. In essence, part of his role now mirrors a director at provincial level.

In-demand full-back Kearney’s new three-year deal only serves to underscore further the need to bridge politics and player power.

‘I can only speak on my behalf, but the process has changed hugely,’ said Kearney. ‘It was done very quickly over two meetings lasting about 15 or 20 minutes each. The whole process from start to finish took ten days or two weeks. I think if that can happen for all the players throughout the country it can only benefit both the provinces and the national team.’

The union’s battle to retain the hottest talents naturally collides with agents and players seeking a market value skewed by cash-rich French aristocrats.

Sexton decamped to Paris last summer after seemingly washing his hands of the whole process, with the IRFU ‘disappointed’ and forced to admit it could not compete with the French mega bucks.

Jamie Heaslip and Sean o’brien both endured months of talks last season, the two stalwarts only persuaded out of moves to France at the 11th hour.

Sexton’s cautionary tale of Parisian unrest caught those seeking similar bumper paydays cold though, and thus far no top Ireland star has followed suit.

The 29-year-old fly-half, nominated for the IRb player of the year award this week, has not tried to hide his struggles to settle at Racing Metro. at first glance the harsh reality of his situation seemed the ideal bargaining chip for the IRFU. However, Irish bosses installed nucifora with a renewed determination to combat the lure of France.

Tommy bowe quickly followed Kearney’s lead in signing a new three-year deal this week, so the union will next turn attention to Leinster prop Mike Ross and Munster captain Peter o’Mahony. If this week is any indicator, signing them may be hassle-free.

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big match battles: ireland v Scotland David Meyler v Scott brown Scotland captain Brown has endured a tough start to the new Scottish Premiership campaign as Ronny Deila has struggled to get the best out of Celtic – and the midfielder was sent off in his most recent outing against Aberdeen. His Hull City midfield counterpart has struggled for game-time this season but has been a key part of Ireland’s campaign so far, having started each game – including their battling draw away in Germany.

Aiden Mcgeady v Steven Whittaker The experienced Norwich defender will have the crowd on his side as he looks to control the threat of the Everton winger. McGeady can expect boos after opting to play for the Republic of Ireland rather than his country of birth, Scotland – but he has impressed for Roberto Martinez’s side this season and has shone for his country, scoring the two goals that earned victory in Georgia.

Steven Fletcher v John O’Shea

Fletcher has netted four goals so far in this campaign for the Black Cats but has failed to score in any of his country’s qualifying matches, despite

showing signs he is returning to his best form. Sunderland teammate O’Shea has been at the heart of a shaky defence that was humiliated last month

by an 8-0 defeat to Southampton, but the defender did score the vital equaliser in his country’s draw against the world champions in that same week.

‘It’s like a Champions League game’ Scott Brown will be bursting with pride and emotion as he leads out Scotland tonight.

Around 60,000 fans, most of them tartan Army, will congregate in the east end of Glasgow as Gordon Strachan’s side look to draw level on points with the visitors as they continue their quest to reach the France finals in 2016.

Speaking at Mar Hall, the Scots’ base on the outskirts of Glasgow, the 29-year-old celtic skipper revealed just how much the national team’s armband means to him.

‘It’s the proudest moment of your career to be perfectly honest,’ he said. ‘to captain your country and to walk out to hear the national anthem being sung by 60,000 tartan Army fans means a lot.

‘It’s emotional to hear everyone up singing their heart out and knowing it’s for you to go out on that park and try to win it. It’s going to be like a champions League night and hopefully it’s going to be entertaining.

Proud moment: Scott Brown

‘the crowd gets you through the hard times. when you are defending and you think you’re not going to get out, the crowd just spurs you on that little bit. ‘the tartan Army have been doing that for years and they are always behind us, home and away.’

Despite his vast experience, Brown admits pre-match nerves still play a part on ‘great occasions’.

‘Yeah, that’s what makes it exciting,’ said the former Hibernian midfielder. ‘when you go out there you feel the hairs standing up on the back of your neck. no matter where we are, the tartan Army will follow us.

‘Both teams want to play football and it will be a great game to watch. It would be nice if we could come out on top. ‘we’re all looking forward to it in that dressing room. that is what all the lads have been speaking about. we can’t wait,’ he added.

Keane to conquer Paradise

Robbie Keane will return to Celtic Park hoping the familiar surroundings will help him fire the Republic of ireland to a priceless euro 2016 victory over Scotland.

The 34-year-old ireland skipper scored 16 times in 19 appearances for Celtic during a loan spell from Tottenham in 2010, and is hoping his touch in Glasgow has not deserted him on his return tonight. asked if it was a help returning to a stadium he knows so well, Keane said: ‘in the past, it has helped me, so i am hoping if i get the opportunity tomorrow that that will be the case as well.

‘These are the games players want to play in’ ‘You certainly don’t go into games thinking that, but in the past, i have been very, very lucky that i have scored a few on certain grounds i have been at before, so i am certainly hoping that would be the case tomorrow if i get the opportunity.’

Keane is not alone in the irish squad in knowing Celtic Park well – manager Martin o’neill was in charge there for five hugely-successful seasons, while winger aiden McGeady cut his teeth with the bhoys.

However, the striker is not convinced that is necessarily an advantage: ‘i don’t know, it’s clearly the same for both teams. There are a lot of players who have played here on numerous occasions, and obviously

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the Scottish players have, so i am not too sure to be honest with you. i think it’s fairly equal for both teams. ‘one thing i can say, i know there are players who haven’t played here before and it’s about keeping players’ feet firmly on ground and not get too excited.

‘We know exactly what we have to do and the job we have to do, and certainly everybody is looking forward to it. These are the games that players want to be involved in. We haven’t had a competitive game like this against a rival for a while, so it’s certainly exciting.’

The much-travelled Keane admits his brief spell in Glasgow was a high point of his career and he retains fond memories of it. ‘Coming from London and getting off that plane and coming to Celtic Park and there were 5,000 people here was one of the best feelings you could ever get as a player, and just walking out at Celtic Park and putting on that jersey...

‘From start to finish for me, the experience was great and i enjoyed every minute of it.’

He enjoyed too getting to know combative midfielder Scott brown, who will line up in the Scotland engine room tonight.

Keane said: ‘When i was here, he was brilliant. He wears his heart on his sleeve. He gives everything he has for Celtic and his country, and that’s clear to see when you see him playing.’

Like old times: Keane chats to boss Martin O’Neill during training at Celtic Park

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Focused: Aiden McGeady says the off-field furore this week hasn’t bothered him in the slightest picture: inpho

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by SAM cOSTELLO Republic of iReland winger aiden McGeady has insisted he will not be swayed by the furore surrounding his return to celtic park.

The paisley-born 28-year-old and fellow native Scot James Mccarthy have been warned to expect a hostile reaction from some sections of the home crowd when they run out for ireland against Scotland in tonight’s euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland in Glasgow.

‘For me it’s just another game’ but McGeady, who spent his formative years as a player at celtic, is adamant he will take whatever comes his way in his stride.

He told fai TV: ‘if you just break it down and think about it, it’s just another game of football, isn’t it?

That’s kind of the way i look at it. ‘i know obviously you’ve got all the other things, the other side of it, the people coming out in the press and stuff and saying their bit on myself and James getting booed or whatever. it’s part and parcel of football, it’s going to happen. ‘all i have to do is just go into the game and try to play the way i can and help the team to try to get a

positive result. like i said, at the end of the day, it’s another game of football.

‘To be honest, i have just tried to distance myself from that and not get too caught up in that and just treat it like it’s another game.’

That said, McGeady is relishing the prospect of playing once again at a stadium in which he took his first steps as a professional footballer.

The everton man said: ‘celtic park is where i grew up playing. i played the majority of my career there, so it’s a place i have obviously got a big emotional bond with. i loved playing there, so hopefully it can carry on on friday. ‘it’s going to be good going back and playing for ireland against Scotland. it should be a great atmosphere, i think.

‘When i was at Spartak [Moscow], we played celtic in the champions league, so i kind of know what it’s like to be on the away team at celtic park. ‘it will be different because obviously it’s going to be a Scottish home game and the majority of the crowd are going to be Scottish because there are not that many tickets going for the away section, but i think it will be a really good atmosphere.’

Past meetings in ‘celtic Derby’

Big Jack: His Irish team beat Scotland to a Euro 88 spot

ScoTland take on the Republic of ireland tonight in a crunch euro 2016 qualifier. Here, Metro Herald looks at five previous meetings between the two countries. scotland 4 republic of Ireland 1 (May 3, 1961) The two countries first met in a 1962 World cup qualifier at Hampden park. in front of a crowd of just under 47,000 ian Mccoll’s Scotland side got their campaign off to a flyer with a with a 4-1 win. four days later, Scotland won 3-0 in dublin in the return game but ultimately missed out on the finals in chile. republic of Ireland 1 scotland 0 (June 9, 1963) The irish recorded their

first win over Scotland in a home friendly two years later. Skipper noel cantwell scored the only goal of the game after six minutes at dalymount park against liverpool goalkeeper Tommy lawrence, who was making his debut for the visitors. republic of Ireland 0 scotland 0 (october 15, 1986) The nations were drawn together in the 1988 european championship qualifiers. Their first clash took place in front of 48,000 fans at lansdowne Road, dublin, where Jack charlton’s side were held to a goalless draw. Scotland manager Gordon Strachan, then a Manchester united

midfielder, played for the visitors, whose keeper Jim leighton was far the busier of the two number ones. scotland 0 republic of Ireland 1 (February 18, 1987) Scotland went into the return qualifier at Hampden park believing they were in the box seat following their point in dublin. However, that good work was undone when Mark lawrenson scored the only goal of the game for the irish. republic of Ireland 1 scotland 0 (May 29, 2011) The most recent meeting between the two teams took place three years ago in the inaugural carling nations cup. Robbie Keane scored the winner that day.

Houghton: knows pressure

houghton: Jeers will just inspire McGeady GlasGow-born republic of Ireland hero ray Houghton has warned that scottish jeers for aiden McGeady could inspire the former Celtic winger against the land of his birth.

Houghton helped Ireland to a crucial 1-0 European Championship qualifying victory over scotland at Hampden in 1987 after being overlooked by his native land.

The former liverpool midfielder admitted it was strange playing against scotland but he was driven on by the jeers from the terraces that he used to frequent as a boy watching the national team and Celtic.

The win, courtesy of a Mark lawrenson goal, sent the Irish well on their way to the 1988 European Championship finals and helped launch a golden era for Irish football.

Houghton, who later netted famous winners against England and Italy at major finals, was not put off his stride by the type of reception Paisley-born McGeady is likely to face tonight with the focus now all on him after his Everton team-mate James McCarthy pulled out with a hamstring injury.

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Hostile crowd: Gordon Strachan

Celtic Park is ‘home turf’ says Strachan GORdOn STRachan has reminded the Republic of Ireland they will be entering Scotland ‘territory’ tonight.

With hampden Park still out of commission due to its use in the commonwealth Games, the Scots played their first Group d game against Georgia at Ibrox, with Parkhead hosting the Irish match and next Tuesday night’s friendly with England.

Much has been made of Irish boss Martin O’neill being a former hoops manager with his assistant Roy Keane, skipper Robbie Keane, aiden McGeady, Shay Given, daryl Murphy having

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Keane saga won’t hurt the team by sAM cOsTELLO

‘You’re entering Scottish territory’ played for the club and anthony Stokes currently a striker with the Scottish champions.

There has also been much speculation as to how many travelling fans over and above the 3,200 or so official supporters will be among the crowd, which is edging towards its 60,000 capacity. however, Strachan, a former celtic manager himself, said: ‘I thought the Scottish fans turned Ibrox into the home of Scotland for the day and we will do that tomorrow.

‘We will turn celtic Park into the home of Scottish football and you will know fine well you are in Scotland tomorrow night.

‘We are quite familiar with celtic Park as well (as some of the Irish), most of our players have played there. But as I say, it is not going to be celtic Park, tomorrow it is Scotland’s park.

‘There will be 50,000 plus Scotland fans in there. That is Scotland’s territory and they are coming into Scotland’s territory,’ he added.

Bowe signs three-year deal to stay with Ulster

A man alone: Roy Keane finds himself the centre of attention for the wrong reasons again

Martin O’neill is refusing to allow the latest episode in the roy Keane saga to distract him from his mission to guide the republic of ireland to the finals of euro 2016. the two men touched down in Glasgow ahead of tonight’s showdown with Group D rivals Scotland at Celtic Park after a tumultuous 24 hours with the assistant manager at the centre of it.

Questions on the alleged incident which prompted Keane to ask for Gardaí to be called to the team hotel in Portmarnock were understandably to the fore as O’neill and skipper robbie Keane spoke to the press yesterday evening, but the message from the manager was unequivocal.

He said: ‘it’s only a distraction, that’s all it was. i made a statement earlier on today and there’s not really much more i can talk about. But i think we are fine, i think the players are fine, i think the man in question is fine too and we are ready to go.’

Quizzed further about his number two, O’neill replied: ‘He’s okay – he’s actually here with us now, so if we could end the press conference right now it would be great because you will catch him.’ the manager was briefly nonplussed when asked if the former ireland captain had addressed the squad on the matter, and moved swiftly on.

He said: ‘Why would he do that? no, no, he spoke to me. i don’t think robbie as captain was particularly interested in hearing what had happened at that time – i don’t

think so, anyway. ‘listen, the incident is over and i think that’s it. You mentioned it being a distraction, and that’s really it.’ if events in Dublin had dominated the pre-match agenda outside the republic camp, there is little danger of it doing so as the countdown to an eagerly-anticipated qualifier nears its conclusion.

O’neill was more concerned about the loss of central midfielders Glenn Whelan and one of the men fuelling the other major talking point this week, James McCarthy, to injury.

Darron Gibson and Jeff Hendrick are seemingly the main candidates to plug the sizeable gap left in the heart of O’neill’s team, although he has also handed a key role to Stephen Quinn in the recent past.

But whichever 11 men eventually run out ahead of kick-off, they will

‘The incident is over, it was just a distraction’ be sent on their way by a manager determined to emerge with a positive result at a stadium where he did that more often than not during his five years as Celtic boss.

O’neill’s side claimed three league titles, three Scottish Cups and one league Cup, as well as reaching the UeFa Cup final, during his tenure to establish himself firmly in the affections of the locals.

However, he is determine to send those same fans home this time wearing frowns.

O’neill said: ‘i must admit, it will be really strange to walk into the club and walk right to the away dressing room rather than left.’

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