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Kenny fumes over ‘kidnapping’ of burton in protest

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has hit out at the treatment meted out to Tánaiste Joan Burton on Saturday, saying it ‘amounted almost to a kidnapping’, and condemned the protest actions as ‘beyond the democratic norm’.

He said it was ‘absolutely disgraceful’ that she was trapped in her car in Tallaght while anti-water charge protesters banged on the windows.

He also criticised the actions of Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy – who he claimed played a role in Saturday’s Jobstown protest – calling him ‘immature’.

He accused Mr Murphy of urging people to behave in a ‘nondemocratic fashion’, adding if the situation was reversed and gardaí were to detain the newlyelected TD in his car for two hours, ‘he would have a very different story to tell’.

Mr Kenny said ‘sinister agendas’ had taken over the water protests.

However, Mr Murphy defended the protest in Jobstown, saying it ‘had

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been peaceful’.

Public tension remains high and Mr Kenny was met with scuffles at an event in Sligo last night, and Finance Minister Michael Noonan was targeted by protesters as they gathered outside a hotel in Limerick earlier. This came hours after Environment Minister Alan Kelly’s constituency office was evacuated after a bomb threat was called in.

Meanwhile, An Garda is advising anyone who has a complaint about Garda conduct to report it to the Garda Ombudsman.

A spokesman said he could not comment on an incident in which a female protester appears to have been roughly pushed away by a garda from the Taoiseach’s car at an event on Sunday towards a bollard. The Government is to reveal its charging plan tomorrow, amid reports bills will be put back to after Christmas.

Public tension remains high

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MAN’S BEST FRIEND: John Duggan and Sean Nason of the Cork Prison Officers Choir were in fine voice at the launch of You’ll Never Walk Alone, a Christmas CD in aid of Irish Guide Dogs PICTURE: PRovIsIon

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Good cop: TV favourite Idris Elba as Luther

‘Luther was a great Elba in dark days’

Never mind the ‘b******s,’ it’s Geldof on Sky BOB GELDOF let rip with swear words on live TV as Band Aid stormed back into the charts yesterday. The veteran rocker brought a Sky News interview to an abrupt halt after Jayne Secker challenged his line-up.

‘If they all paid their taxes in the right way, we wouldn’t need these fundraising singles – what would you say to that?’ the interviewer asked. Geldof, 63, replied: ‘I think they are all talking bollocks.’

‘That’s pretty colourful language,’ she told him – before suggesting Band Aid 30 (which raised €1.2million in five minutes) was ‘trite’ and would raise a ‘comparative pittance’.

‘Complete load of bollocks,’ replied a smiling Geldof, before his microphone was cut.

by JENNI MCKNIGHT IDRIS ELBA credits his role as Luther for exorcising his demons.

The 42-year-old said that playing the tortured detective in the BBC drama was like therapy after a string of movie flops.

‘Luther reinvented me, massively. It came after a string of movies like The Losers and Obsessed and whatnot,’ he said.

‘I put my heart and soul into it. I love John Luther. I played John at a very dark time in my life. And I so love John because I get to exorcise; it’s so cathartic, it’s therapy.’

Elba added: ‘He’s got so much going on, but he lives with it. He makes decisions and he does things that Idris Elba is not allowed to do.’

The English actor is desperately trying to make a Luther film happen. But fans of the show don’t have to wait too long to see Elba reprise the role. He is working on bringing the detective back to the small screen in what is likely to be a one-off special.

‘There’s a story idea but no script yet. But we’re going to do it at the end of this year.

There’s a lot of pressure from everyone to make it, so we’re gonna do it,’ he said.

Bean set for Frankenstein crime drama A CRIME drama which re-works Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is to be filmed in the North.

Game of Thrones actor Sean Bean will star as Inspector John Marlott in The Frankenstein Chronicles, a six-part series commissioned by ITV. The production has been created by Emmy-nominated director and writer Benjamin Ross and is set in 1827. Filming begins in January. Mr Ross said: ‘Marlott’s investigation takes him into the dark corners of Regency London. He discovers an underworld of prostitution, drug smuggling, bodysnatching and murder for profit.’ Based on the tale of a scientist who creates a grotesque creature, it will combine a detective drama with a horror thriller.

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SMEs turn to Employers can help staff to get healthier social media for advice MORE than a quarter of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are reaching out to social media for business advice and support, a survey has shown.

Of that number, 59 per cent admit that they now look to social media like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn first, as opposed to traditional means, such as meetings with their accountant or lawyer.

The figures were taken from the Close Brothers Business Barometer. Managing director of Close Brothers Commercial Finance Harry Parkinson said: ‘Our research suggests the evolution of social media has had a significant impact on how SMEs seek advice.’

TWO-THIRDS of Irish employees want to get healthier, and believe their employers can assist in helping them do so.

Some 66 per cent of people who answered a poll by the Nutrition and Health Foundation admitted they need to consume healthier food. But just 15 per cent said their employers provide healthy food choices in canteens or vending machines.

The research found only one-third of employees take the recommended weekly amount of exercise and four in ten office workers said they are not physically active at all during their working day.

One-fifth of those inactive workers cited a lack of facilities as a cause and 11 per cent highlighted a lack of showers in their workplace.

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Hayes action on ‘excessive’ interest rates MEP Brian HayEs is to raise mortgage rates with the European Central Bank, claiming they are too high.

He said that irish Central Bank data is ‘distorted’ and irish mortgage-holders are ‘not paying a fair price’ compared to current eurozone market levels.

‘The Central Bank says the rate for new mortgages is 3.47 per cent but it is clear irish banks are charging closer to 4.5 per cent,’ he said.

‘Mortgage lenders across the eurozone have reduced their rates to an average of 2.6 per cent. yet in ireland, banks have gone in a different direction by charging excessive standard variable rates,’ he said.

Nephew of O’Hara pays damages A NEPHEw of Hollywood screen legend Maureen O’Hara has apologised and paid undisclosed damages to her former personal assistant over allegations about the handling of her financial affairs.

Carolyn Murphy, who developed a 30-year friendship with the actress during her time living in Ireland, sued for defamation over emails sent by Charlie Fitzsimons.

The High Court in Dublin has been told the action has been settled. Ms Murphy said she was still extremely upset by the allegations, the exact nature or detail of which has not been revealed.

Business and Employers’ Confederation, said March 27 is National Workplace Wellbeing Day and explained: ‘Employee wellbeing is a high priority for companies because of its positive impact on productivity and absenteeism. With 11million days lost through absenteeism every year at a cost of €1.5billion, improving employee wellbeing is in everyone’s best interest.’

Irish teens ‘too poor to live with dignity’

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Pretty in pink Katie Montgomery, tg y, 3,, is all smiles at a the launch of Earlyy Childhood ireland’s Pyjama Day, which takes place on Friday, March 6, 2015, and will be raising funds for irish autism action PicTure: colm mahady/Fennells

Healthy food: Workers missing out

IRELAND’S youth consider themselves among Europe’s poorest, according to new research.

In a European study carried out by credit management company Intrum Justitia, 41 per cent of 15-24-yearolds from Ireland admitted they were struggling to make ends meet and said they do not have enough money for a dignified existence.

Only more youngsters in Estonia (44 per cent) reported not having sufficient control of their finances.

In a wider poll, when asked to what extent certain issues contributed to money problems in the country, 69 per cent blamed the loss of employment; 53 per cent said mortgage repayments, while 49 per cent indicated energy costs as a factor.

Due to the lack of financial certainty 21 per cent of Irish respondents said they were considering leaving the country.

In total, 35 per cent of European households were noted as saying that a lack of money had resulted in them not being able to pay a bill. At the same time, as many as one in four families’ funds are completely exhausted after all bills have been paid.

People living in Greece and Portugal are reportedly broke the most often.

Meanwhile, separate research from Focus Ireland suggests that rising rents and stagnating rent supplements are pushing young people towards homelessness.

Entitled Young People, Homelessness and Housing Exclusion, the report outlines that 45 families, including more than 100 children, were made homeless and living without permanent accommodation last month.

Factors causing many young people to lose their homes are family break-

‘21% were considering leaving the country’ down, leaving State care, early school leaving and lack of access to employment and affordable housing, the charity said.

It added in a statement: ‘The main reason many are becoming homeless is that rent supplement payments have not kept pace with rising rents and people are being forced into homelessness.’

Recommendations by the report to alleviate youth homelessness include: A State-funded parent and child mediation service and a full aftercare programme for young adults who are leaving Government care.

Train bosses’ WiFi proposals leave users all railed up IRISH RAIL has been criticised over new plans to ‘monetise’ its WiFi service at a time when many customers are complaining about the quality of the service.

Mark Gleeson of Rail Users Ireland said the company must first make sure its WiFi works properly and is reliable before it starts talking about commercialising it.

Irish Rail is seeking feedback from interested parties for an appropriate business model for a monetised WiFi system but it does not intend to charge customers for the existing service.

Mr Gleeson said that while the market consultation is progressive and a step in the right direction, the first thing Irish Rail ‘must provide is that when you are

logged on to the system, any delays to your service are updated automatically which is something that is not happening at present’.

An Irish Rail spokesman said: ‘We will continue to provide free WiFi to our customers. We provide over 26million WiFi sessions annually and we want to go to the market to find out what revenue opportunities may exist.’

Change coming down the tracks?: irish rail wants to monetise its current WiFi system

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Facial hair’s for movember – and not for life IT’S the month of Movember – and despite many taking on the task of growing a cookie duster, women still prefer to lock lips with a shaven man.

In a report by Gillette, six out of ten women claim to prefer their men’s upper lip to be smooth.

Forty per cent of those surveyed said they would be more inclined to kiss a clean-shaven hunk.

Meanwhile, just one in ten noted their preference for the feel of a few bristles. But all is not lost for gentlemen cultivating some lip lawn. According to the report, if guys want to keep in with the ladies then all they have to do is keep their tache well-groomed.

Some 25 per cent of Irish women think a moustache can make a man more attractive but only if it’s trimmed good and proper.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Tom Selleck’s facial hair is considered to be the best celebrity moustache of all time.

€238m spent on HSE’s HR SIPTU has called on the Cabinet to implement a policy of replacing agency workers with directly recruited staff after it emerged the HSE paid €238million to recruitment agencies in 2013. Siptu’s Paul Bell, said this was ‘despite an instruction to all managers throughout the HSE and related agencies not to use agency staff’.

New bid to protect staff

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Transport anspor Minister Paschal aschal Donohoe (centre) (c e) joins Lucy McCaffrey and Eamonn E O’Reillyy of Dublin Port P Company to launch its first sustainability report into economic, environmental and social achievements in 2013 Picture: conor mccabe

Fair City star settles injury case with RTÉ

by SAuRyA CHERFi A former fair City actress, who suffered whiplash injuries while filming a dangerous scene for the show, has settled a €38,000 damages claim against rTÉ for an undisclosed sum. rebecca Smith, who played alcoholic solicitor Annette Daly on the soap, claimed she was injured on November 24, 2008, while filming a scene for the programme. ms Smith, of Killiney Towers, Killiney, Co Dublin, had alleged the ac-

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ms Smith claimed she felt immediate pain in her neck and upper back which later extended to her right arm and fingers. She had been taken to a VHI Swiftcare Clinic.

She stated in court documents at the Circuit Civil Court that she had difficulty afterwards moving her cervical spine. She felt numbness and tingling on an ongoing basis. ms Smith claimed rTÉ, which had

entered a defence to the claim, had failed to provide her with a stunt double to film what she described as a dangerous scene and had failed to ensure her safety.

Barrister Brendan Hennessy, counsel for ms Smith, told Circuit Court President mr Justice raymond Groarke yesterday that the court could strike out ms Smith’s claim which had been settled.

These are called low pathogenic (LPAI) and highly pathogenic (HPAI), depending on the severity of the disease they cause in birds.

‘H5N8 is the causative agent in Germany and the Netherlands.

While the disease has not yet been typed in the UK, it has been confirmed as highly pathogenic.

He explained: ‘This is an animal health disease, which normally

results in high mortality rates in flocks and its spread is normally controlled by the killing of the affected flocks and the destruction of the carcases.’

It was not clear how the farm became infected, but the likely source of the outbreak of the disease in Europe is wild migratory birds, the Department of Agriculture said.

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Coveney: Avian flu not a food safety risk

THERE is ‘no known food safety risk’ associated with the strain of avian flu discovered in Europe, the Minister for Agriculture has said.

Simon Coveney was commenting yesterday on reports of confirmed outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Mr Coveney said: ‘There are two types of avian influenza virus.

GovErNmENT plans to protect workers on zero-hour contracts is long overdue, workers’ union mandate has said.

Welcoming news that Employment minister Gerald Nash is investigating if the law needs to be changed to guarantee fixed weekly hours, it added that zero-hour contracts have had ‘detrimental impacts on staff.’

Drama: Rebecca Smith in a scene from the RTÉ soap opera

‘RTÉ should have used stunt double’ cident happened in the area of mount merrion Church in Dublin when she was a passenger in a car driven by a stuntman employed by rTÉ.

She had not been aware that the scene, which was filmed several times, would require the driver to brake violently and she had been forcefully thrown forward and then backward. She claimed rTÉ should have provided a stunt double.

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I’M A CELEbOTTY!

FORMER Playboy bunny Kendra Wilkinson, 29, delighted viewers when she became the first celeb to show some serious skin. She flashed her behind while changing after a shower. Carl Fogarty, 49, also needed a cold blast after he enjoyed a spanking from Vicki Michelle, 63.

Reality check: Carl cools off after his spanking (left)

Nadia in the cooler as jungle action heats up THE jungle’s really bugging Dublin model Nadia Forde – or at least the creepycrawlies are.

Singer Nadia, 25, who has been exiled to the jungle’s slammer with her teammates, said: ‘It’s so tough living here with all the bugs because we are sleeping on the floor and getting bitten alive.

‘It’s like the jungle is hard but we’re get-

by CON DOHERTY ting a harder time living in the slammer.’

But if Nadia, who spent much of the day fashioning a bikini from bark, thought the slammer was hard, she hadn’t reckoned with Kendra, free outside.

Former Playboy bunny Kendra was pleased Allo Allo! Star Vicki Michelle was

There, there: Nadia Forde comforts Gemma Collins who wants to quit

freed from the slammer, saying: ‘I’m glad we voted in Vicki because to me she’s beautiful but a little less threatening than Nadia.

‘I’m not ready to compete in bodies right now. I already have Mel. Stop throwing these models in my face. God, it’s not fair.’

And she added: ‘If that Nadia comes walking in with a grass skirt and little fruit top . . . I’m going to start doing my sit ups before she comes.’

However tough poor Nadia finds the jail, it looked last night like Towie star Gemma Collins would be the first celebrity to quit the jungle – having convinced herself she has contracted malaria.

The reality TV star woke from her first night in the I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here ‘slammer’ to discover she was suffering from a bad case of the runs – and immediately jumped to the conclusion she had the life-threatening disease.

‘I feel like I’ve got malaria. I’ve had the worse diarrhoea,’ she told campmates Craig Charles, Vicki Michelle and Nadia Forde.

Collins, 33, continued to overshare as she added: ‘I’m dying to go but if I sit in that toilet I can’t bear the smell of it.’

Cheeky: Kendra shows off her bum Pictures: rex

Rearing snake makes hard-man Bullard shake

HE USED to be good at finding a way past opponents – but Jimmy Bullard met his match when he found himself being man-marked by a water python.

The ex footballer, who swore every step of the way along the I’m A Celebrity’s tunnel of terror, curled up in a ball when the snake reared up at him.

He was unable to finish his bush tucker trial but won four out of a possible six stars. Instead of using them to get food, the 36-year-old opted to buy the freedom of one of the celebs who had been put in the ‘slammer’.

Fiancé found dead after bride called it off

was it. I tried to ring him as soon as A TALENTED UK rugby league I could but couldn’t get hold of player hanged himself four days him.’ after his bride-to-be broke off their The couple began a trial engagement. separation in May and, by July 6, Anthony Hughes, 30, was due to Ms Thompson decided they marry Charlotte Thompson after a couldn’t continue. four-year relationship but it Mr Hughes had been struggling crumbled because of his battle with with depression since 2005 but was depression, an inquest heard. not prescribed anti-depressants Ms Thompson ended the until 2011. relationship on July 6 and on the In 2013, he was found by police morning of July 10 he sent a text preparing to jump from a message to Ms Thompson reading: motorway bridge, but was talked ‘I’m sorry for everything.’ down and taken to hospital. He had He then rang her at work, ending their short call with the word ‘bye’. Loving: The couple posted this image played rugby league for England schoolboys and worked as a sports The father-of-one was found dead but their happiness was not to last youth development officer. on July 10 at his home in Wigan, After the inquest, Ms Thompson urged men not to England by his mother after he sent her a text urging be embarrassed by depression. ‘It’s not something to her not to go to his house. be ashamed of and men who feel as though they are Recalling their last words, Ms Thompson told the inquest in Bolton: ‘We spoke for about a minute and I suffering should go forward and get help as soon as they recognise they have a problem,’ she said. said I would ring him back later.

A suicide verdict was recorded.

‘He paused for a while and said: “Bye.” And that

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Cream beauty: The bride arrives Picture: fameflynet

IT was all going so well. The rift in the Carter-Knowles family seemed fully mended as Beyoncé and Jay Z helped celebrate her sister solange’s wedding on sunday.

But then the whole event turned sour. solange, 28, was later spotted leaving the shindig with a nasty case of hives after breaking out in red lumps all over her face and neck.

Her 33-year-old sister helped shield her with a jacket as they sat in the back seat of a car, while rapper Jay Z sat upfront with a driver. solange and alan Ferguson, 51, said ‘I do’ at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans around 2pm, arriving on whitepainted vintage bicycles. The bride’s bike was decorated with beautiful flowers draped around the handlebars.

Meanwhile, Bey and her 44-year-old hubby looked like they were enjoying their wedding day all over again as they seemed unable to keep their hands off each other throughout the ceremony.

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Swell girl: Solange suffers a case of hives Picture: Vantage news

Sister act: Beyoncé covers her erupted face Picture: Vantage news

Joyride: The singer chose to travel by bike Picture: wireimage

Irish are still among the most generous

The Irish are among the most generous people in the world, a new charity study reveals.

Ireland has come in fourth on the World Giving Index 2014, the only global league table measuring generosity by country.

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Source: Charities Aid Foundation

In terms of giving money to charity, 74 per cent of Irish people said they donate every month.

The index is compiled by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), an international charity organiGlobal acts of generosity sation which BEST AT BEST AT WORLD BEST AT promotes givVOLUNTEERING DONATING GIVING HELPING A ing and generTIME MONEY INDEX STRANGER osity. =1 Myanmar 1 United States 1 Turkmenistan 1 Myanmar ‘It’s great to 2 Myanmar =1 United States 2 Malta =2 Iraq 3 Sri Lanka 3 Canada 3 Thailand see Ireland con=2 Trinidad 4 Uzbekistan and Tobago 4 Ireland =4 Ireland tinuing to lead =5 Canada 5 New Zealand =4 United =4 Jamaica the way when it Kingdom New Zealand =5 6 Australia =4 Liberia comes to supCanada 6 =5 Tajikistan =7 Malaysia 6 Zambia =7 Iceland porting others =5 United States =7 United =7 New Zealand Kingdom =7 Netherlands 9 Bhutan and the volun=7 Saudi Arabia 9 Sri Lanka 9 United States =10 Ireland tary organisa9 Uganda 10 Trinidad =10 Australia =10 Malaysia tions which and Tobago 10 Kenya =10 Nigeria =10 Indonesia

form the backbone of our society,’ said John Low, chief executive of CAF. There are 135 countries involved in the report, ranked based on the proportion of the population who volunteer, help a stranger or give money to charities.

Overall, the report showed that more people across the world are giving their time to good causes and performing acts of kindness.

Globally, the number of people who helped a stranger in 2013 rose by 226million – and 132million more people are volunteering.

Overall, the index found that the United States and Myanmar drew as the most generous countries in the world, with Canada third, Ireland fourth and New Zealand in fifth.

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The music mogul also hinted that he’s planning to hand some of this year’s also-rans record deals regardless of where they come.

The confession came as he revealed he was still bitter his worldbeating stars one Direction didn’t win the show before their global domination.

‘Certain years you could argue it is better not to win,’ Cowell told Guilty Pleasures in his personal dressing room on Sunday night. ‘it is a pride thing, though. even though one Direction didn’t win, whenever we talk about it, we are still p***** off. ‘it still hurts that we didn’t win the competition; you want to be known as The X Factor winner. ‘it is a badge of honour. i think this year is going to be important to win,’ he said.

He insisted last year’s winner, Sam Bailey, was the rightful victor and that she was the only one to have achieved some level of success.

Despite Jay James Picton becoming Cowell’s first act to be lost from this year, the new dad signalled that the singer already had one foot in the door at his SyCo label.

In charge: Cowell opens up on life on The X Factor Picture: sPlash

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ED SIMONS of The Chemical Brothers is quitting live shows. The 44-year-old said the duo are not splitting up but he’s too busy with ‘academic work’ to tour.

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dio, start writing some songs and putting down some demos”. we are going to be interested,’ he went on.

Following 31-year-old Picton’s shock exit after a sing off with ‘comedy act’ Stevi Ritchie, Cowell thinks the welshman will still go far.

‘ella Henderson was at a similar stage in the competition when she went – a big surprise where everyone was p***** off,’ he said.

‘But she used that pain to make herself more determined. when you get a chance to perform in

CARA DELEVINGNE plans to tackle the charts in the new year.

The model, 22, told Vogue that she wants to spend ‘more time to be creative and to write music’.

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Tickets go on sale this Thursday for the event taking place on June 12.

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KATY PERRY’S new squeeze Diplo has become a baby daddy again after his ex, Kathryn Lockhart, gave birth to their second son, Lazer Lee Louis, on Sunday.

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I’M NO BULLY, JAY INSISTS AFTER HIS X FACTOR EXIT JAY JAMES has hit back at claims that he was a backstage bully during his time on The X Factor.

The outgoing family man – booted off the show on Sunday after a singoff with Stevi Ritchie – dismissed the stories as ‘a load of bollocks’.

‘I was devastated to read it. I really was,’ the Welshman said. ‘The people in the house mean so much and we’ve become very close mates. I don’t know why it was written.’ The former

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S CLUB 7 say their rebirth in the Twitter age has been full of surprises – including a baby who became a fan of their ditties in the womb.

And the super seven have hinted it could be time to deliver some new tunes to go with their walk down memory lane after announcing tour dates.

‘It’s the first time we’ve had a chance to talk to all our fans and they are really cool. And they are

all over the world. It’s been overwhelming,’ said Tina Barrett. And she revealed: ‘I remember that one lady tweeted that her baby’s first words were “I love S Club” – so that’s a fan and a smart kid.’

But the early noughties superstars, who last week made their hotly anticipated return for Children In Need, have also been learning to combat trolls.

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It’s always constructive. If someone says certain things you go, “Maybe that’s a good idea”.’

As for what the second time round holds in store for fans, the group admit their former manager, Simon Fuller, has been badgering them to record.

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ROMANIA: New president Klaus Iohannis said yesterday his surprise victory signals ‘a deep change’ in the country. The ethnic German, who pledged to tackle corruption, said: ‘I will change the way politics is done in Romania.’ His rival, prime minister Victor Ponta, conceded defeat on Sunday.

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AMERICA: A tourist has been arrested after climbing the Brooklyn Bridge in New York to take photos. Yonathan Souid scaled a fence on the walkway to reach a cable beam on the Manhattan side of the bridge. Police charged the 23-year-old, from La Rochelle, France, with reckless endangerment and criminal trespass.

Killer elephant’s terror trek Ebola surgeon dies on ward

THAILAND: An elephant trampled its handler to death before bolting with tourists clinging to its back. The animal attacked the 60-year-old as he led a Russian woman and her daughter, nine, on a trek near a waterfall in Phang Nga. Rescuers tracked the animal for two miles and had to tranquillise it to rescue the pair.

AMERICA: A surgeon who contracted ebola while working in Sierra Leone died yesterday in hospital. Dr Martin Salia, a native of the African country, was receiving treatment at the Omaha hospital in Nebraska. The 44-year-old had ‘extremely advanced’ symptoms when he was admitted on Saturday, the hospital said.

AMERICA: A copy of ET, considered the worst videogame ever made, fetched €1,200 in a charity auction of 100 Atari games that raised €30,000. The cartridge was among 800 dug out of a New Mexico landfill site in April. Picture: AP

CHINA: Sassy panda Si Jia thwarted zoo bosses’ attempts to weigh her – by eating the scales. The eightyear-old’s weight gain has caused concerns.

So, using an apple, keepers enticed her on to scales at Yunnan animal park.

But she ate the device – and then stuck her tongue out at vets.

US tourist pair flee Thailand after ‘trying to post body parts’

by THANYARAT DOKSONE TWO American tourists have fled Thailand after stealing body parts – among them a baby’s head – from a hospital, police announced yesterday.

Filmmaker Ryen McPherson, 31, and a 33-year-old man are thought to have travelled to Cambodia after trying to post three parcels containing the human remains at the weekend.

They were questioned by police but freed after claiming they bought the five body parts, which also included a baby’s foot and an adult heart, at a market to give to friends as a joke.

But authorities later received information indicating the remains were stolen from Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital, deputy national police chief Ruangsak Jaritake said. ‘We are still looking for clearer evidence,’ he added.

He showed reporters graphic images of the parts, including two sheets of tattooed adult skin – one bearing a jumping tiger and the other an ancient

Grim: Police and experts show a tattoo Asian script. A close-up photo of the baby’s foot showed it had been cut into three sections.

They are believed to have been stolen from the hospital’s medical museum – nicknamed the museum of death – which exhibits preserved human remains, many from murder victims.

The body parts – preserved in formaldehyde and wrapped in packages labelled as children’s toys – were discovered by DHL staff during a routine X-ray check. They were bound for Las Vegas, with one said to be destined for Mr McPherson’s home.

Dewani murder case should be dismissed, argue lawyers LAWYERS for Shrien Dewani, accused of killing his wife on their honeymoon, are asking a South African court to throw out the case.

Representatives for the 34-year-old businessman (pictured) will argue before a judge that the

claim he plotted to have Anni Dewani, 28, killed on their honeymoon should be dismissed due to a lack of evidence.

Dewani, from Bristol, UK, denies arranging in 2010 for their taxi to be hijacked and Mrs Dewani shot in Cape Town.

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We’ll keep legacy of slaughtered son alive PETER KASSIG’S parents yesterday said they were heartbroken after the murder of their son by Islamic State.

Ed and Paula Kassig said the American aid worker, 26, ‘lost his life as a result of his love for the Syrian people and his desire to ease their suffering.

We will work every day to keep his legacy alive as best we can’.

The Kassigs said their hearts also went out to ‘the families of the Syrians who lost their lives, along with our son.’ They also grieve ‘for the families of the other captives who did not make it home safely’.

The White House confirmed the death of Mr Kassig after IS released a video showing he had been beheaded on Sunday.

President Barack Obama called it ‘an act of pure evil’.

Mr Kassig, a former US Army Ranger, had appeared in the video that showed the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning in October.

Is it him? (l-r) Nasser Muthana as a schoolboy, just before leaving Britain, in a video from June and the man in the latest IS beheading video THE hunt has been stepped up for ‘Jihadi John’ and other Europeans suspected of carrying out the latest slaughter by Islamic State.

Fears that two British citizens may have taken part in the latest beheading video came as UK prime minister David Cameron called a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee yesterday.

US aid worker Peter Kassig’s severed head was shown in the video along with a parade of militants and their victims.

The narrator and lead executioner was the Londonaccented man known as ‘Jihadi John’, who was reportedly joined by former student Nasser Muthana,

by AIDAn RADnEDgE 20, from Cardiff. Last night, his father Ahmed Muthana revised his earlier opinion that one of the killers looked like his son. ‘That is not my son, the nose is different, it does not look like my son,’ he said.

Mr Muthana had said his son should be executed if proved to have taken part in the latest killings. ‘If that’s what he has done to someone then that is what should be done to him,’ he told reporters.

Meanwhile, there was a ‘strong presumption’ that French national Maxime Hauchard, 23, was one of the other killers in Sunday’s video. A former friend

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said: ‘It’s not the Maxime we knew. He got on with everyone. He drank alcohol, and liked to party, but was never any trouble to his parents. He was just an ordinary French lad from a Catholic family.’

Another Frenchman is also believed to be among the militants. Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve urged French citizens, especially the young, ‘to open your eyes to the terrible reality’ of IS. The latest murder follows the killings of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning.

‘Jihadi John’ also warns of slaughter in Britain and the US.

Brave: Peter Kassig

‘Bomb manual’ student guilty in secret terror trial

Device: Erol Incedal was convicted Picture: PA

A LAW student accused of plotting terrorist attacks in London has been found guilty in a secret trial of possessing a bomb-making manual.

Erol Incedal, 26, was convicted last Tuesday but the details can only now be reported after the judge lifted restrictions.

During the trial, the court heard claims Incedal was considering a Mumbai-style attack and had

plans to target former prime minister Tony Blair.

The Old Bailey jury rejected his argument that he had a ‘reasonable excuse’ for having the document on how to make an explosive device.

The court heard that Incedal, from south London, was arrested in his car near London Bridge in October last year. Police found a micro SD memory card containing the bomb-

Seven held in North on terror charges

Seven men have been remanded in custody in the north charged in connection with a series of dissident republican terrorist offences.

The men, aged between 30 and 75, appeared in newry Magistrates’ Court in Co Down after being arrested last week by heavily armed police investigating the activities of the Continuity IRA. Four of the accused are from the Republic and three from the north. All have been charged with membership of a proscribed

organisation, while six face charges of conspiracy to possess explosives with intent to endanger life, conspiracy to possess firearms and ammunition with intent to endanger life and preparation for acts of terrorism. Five of the men have also been charged with directing terrorism.

Five other men detained in the swoop on the property in Ardcarn Park in newry were subsequently released pending police files being sent to prosecutors for assessment.

The five men facing a count of directing terrorism along with the four other charges are: Patrick Joseph Blair, 59, from villas Park, Dundalk; Liam James Hannaway, 44, from White Rise, Dunmurry; Joseph Matthew Lynch, 73, from Beechgrove Avenue, Limerick; Sean O’neill, 75, from Quinn’s Cottages, Limerick; and Colin Patrick Winters, 43, from Ardcarn Park, newry. The man facing four charges is John Sheehy, 30, from Clounmacon, Listowel, Co Kerry.

making document and another file, on car bombs, tucked into the cover of his iPhone.

Incedal also denied preparing an act of terrorism with others. He will face a retrial on that charge after jurors failed to reach a verdict.

Co-defendant Mounir Rarmoul-Bouhadjar, 26, pleaded guilty before the trial started to having a bomb-making document.

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60 seconds Mailbox Why did you want to do How To Train Your Dragon 2? They

said watch the first one and see what you think. i watched it with apprehension – animated movies were never a great passion of mine. it changed my opinion of the genre.

At the premiere, a ‘prankster’ stuck his head up America Ferrera’s dress. That must have been a shock. Yes, but i don’t want to give him the time of day and hope he just disappears. it’s a despicable thing to do.

Is that an example of people thinking it’s acceptable to invade an actor’s privacy? Yes.

it’s shameless self-promotion on his part. and i know that america felt that she didn’t want to discuss it and that he should just go away.

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and that’s a nice way of doing things because you’re not needed for the rest of the time. So i’ve got six weeks off and i’m going to la to try to find movies to do next year.

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What inspired you to go into acting? My parents were very into

theatre so i went to a lot of plays as a child. acting entered me by osmosis. i got the bug quite early on and did extracurricular drama at school and enjoyed it, so i decided to take the risk of going to drama school. it paid off.

Did you set yourself a target, like, ‘If I’m not making a living in five years I’ll stop acting’?

You can’t think like that. You have to

Yes, it’s know if your character other hand it can completely be very dispiriting is going to pop their and different. We had send people three weeks to do clogs or not into deep lows. i’ve it so it was quite been lucky, i enjoy it intense. it’s also and i’m working. if it about World War i with doesn’t pan out later in life, young men going off and i’ll do something else. dying – i really enjoyed it but at the You took your top off for same time it was a strain.

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sign up to these things for however many years and then pray you like the people you’re around and that the show is good – not something mediocre that keeps going because it makes money. Thrones has a great cast and we’re all good friends, and i get six months or so to do other stuff, which is the best of both worlds.

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was very lucky in that it all worked out timing-wise, and brilliant work by my agent to get it all lined up like that. i’m a young actor and want to work as much as i can.

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Pompeii – how did you find the experience of being sexually objectified? There’s a

lot of discussion – as there should be – on women being objectified and encouraged to strip off but actually there’s a lot of pressure on men as well. i can see why that would be used to sell that film. i justified it because i was playing a gladiator, who would wear an outfit like that and who would be very fit. i was playing someone who was supposed to be fighting for his life – so that was a reason for getting my top off.

What’s been your most extravagant purchase? My

BMW. i bought it earlier this year. it sits there doing nothing most of the year because i don’t get to drive it much. But when i can, i go on driving trips with my brother. i love driving. andrew Williams

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how dare that Colin farrell have a view!

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olin Farrell, a serial womaniser who has two kids with different women, has zero respect for the institution of marriage – he is the worst person possible to wade into any marriage debate.

Having a gay brother doesn’t give him any credibility in this matter – he has no credibility when it comes to talking about marriage. KQuinn ■ Has anyone else seen the elite Singles dating website ads on TV? i just noticed the ‘18 plus’ notice on the ad.

Can elite Singles tell me what an 18-year-old would possibly be doing on a dating website that advertises for so-called high-profile professionals (lawyer, solicitors, architects etc)? How many years do these people have to study be-

fore they are qualified? Certainly they don’t have their qualifications GK at 18 years of age.

■ irish rail wants an extra €100million a year to increase the frequency of Darts from every 15minutes to every 10minutes?

What about us commuters too far out to get a Dart who have to wait more than an hour at a time between services that have mostly been delayed due to ‘poor rail conditions’. Why not fix these problems before just deciding ‘ah sure we’ll add a few Darts to the timetable’? Frustrated (Late) Commuter (The €100k is to avoid bankruptcy, not solely Dart investment – ed) ■ To the idiot standing with their suitcase, taking up the whole top step at Pearse St Station – good on

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you for not moving a step out of the way. i am nicely cut and bruised thanks to you, but somehow managed to make my train. Cheers. Del ■ There really needs to be a decision made over water charges and very soon. i’m sick of the speculation each day. it’s an absolute farce that it has taken until December to potentially sort it out. it’s been plain from the start that this mumbo-jumbo was just not going to be accepted without question.

KB ■ We already pay for water and maybe it isn’t enough. Would it not have avoided all this carry on if they just asked us to pay a bit more instead of trying to charge us again? also, i assume we’ve had to pay for the meters to be installed and checked again by Bord Gáis as irish Water messed it up? James, Artane

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● Dylan from Concern, thanks for stopping me on the streets even if you thought I was over 18! Hope to meet you again.

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grapes very quickly. This controls the fermentation process so the wine tastes fruity but doesn’t develop the tannins that make other red wines so rich and smooth (tannins are so mouth-puckeringly sharp, they take a few years to mellow, hence the lag between production and drinking). hink of the ultimate But it makes for a fruity, fun tipple, autumn wine and thoughts as Sue Daniels, winemaker at Marks probably go to a heavy & Spencer, explains.

‘Because the style of the Beaujolais drop, perhaps even in a dusty bottle from the best nouveau is light and fruity, as soon as the grapes are ready the wine can corner of the cellar.

But for those in the know (which be blended and bottled straight away,’ now includes you, you lucky things), she says. ‘Some test bottles are so it’s the wonders of Beaujolais nou- young at the blending stage, they are veau that should be tempting your still fermenting, popping their corks palate this Thursday as France, and off.’

The release of the wine is traditionindeed the world, pays homage to the ally accompanied by a race to light, fruity wine. distribute the bottles to Landing on the third wine shops across Thursday of nono France, so it can be vember, BeaujoIt’s all about a wine sold on Beaujolais lais nouveau that is made fast, nouveau Day. Day is a celedelivered fast and best in western bration of a France, wineconsumed fast. We’re unique wine makers have that’s had not talking glugging been creating something of but you shouldn’t Beaujolais noua revival after really still have a veau for centuries being put on and, when it arthe trend back bottle around rives, tradition dicburner in decades

by Christmas. tates that parties break gone by. out in city centres as loAnd it’s all about a cals revel in the start of the wine that is made fast, new wine season. delivered fast and best consumed in Lyon, France’s second city and fast. We’re not talking glugging but you shouldn’t really still have a bot- nearest to the vineyards that produce the wine, they hold the ‘Beaujolymtle around by Christmas.

Beaujolais nouveau gets its ‘fast’ piades’, with fireworks and two days reputation because it’s the first wine of sampling the new vintage.

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(Searing locks in the flavours). Leave to rest for a while. step 3 Lay out two big pieces of baking

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What a corker: Barrels of Beaujolais Nouveau are rolled by wine-growers in Lyon in the annual race to distribute the wine worldwide. A consignment arrives in Japan (below), where the wine is highly sought-after has dropped off the calendar.

The wine remains popular in France and in the East Asian market, with Japan buying roughly a quarter of each year’s vintage, nearly equalling the French demand for the wine.

But thanks to a bumper crop, this year’s vintage is expected to be superb. M&S is even creating a Beaujolais nouveau rosé for the first time.

Dublin’s Alliance Français celebrates Beaujolais nouveau annually and this year is no different.

Fruity: Traditionally, the wine is served at 00.01am on the third Thursday of November

RECIPE: Lamb with herbs

paper on your work surface – at right angles to each other. Lay out the herbs and half the garlic on it, and drizzle on a little olive oil. then pop the lamb on the herbs and add a few garlic cloves in the centre of the wax/parchment paper (your parcel will be taking shape). step 4 Add a little more salt and pepper, place the remaining herbs, cinnamon, cloves of garlic, lemon juice and more olive oil over the top of and around the lamb.

Leave the squeezed lemon in there, too. step 5 Wrap the parcel up relatively tightly by joining the (two sets of) opposite sides

On Thursday, Patrick Thévenet, wine producer from the Domaine des Gandelins, will guide guests through a tasting (6.30pm, €12/€15) of the first wine of the season, accompanied by a plate of cheese and charcuterie in a typically Gallic atmosphere. To register visit www.alliance-francaise. ie. Meanwhile, on the same date, La Maison on Castle Market Street will be inviting oenophiles to sample a glass of Beaujolais nouveau for just €5 with complimentary French nibbles.

of the paper, and scrunch the join together, leaving a small gap between the meat and the top of the paper. this helps to make it so tender and allows the flavour to work its way into the meat. step 6 Place the lamb into the oven for around five hours. step 7 Once cooked, allow it to rest for ten minutes. It will be a delight to scrape off the bone – like that dude in the Chinese does with the duck.

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Don’t be deceived into thinking that the savoury options at Queen Of Tarts play second fiddle to its sweet treats, however. Brunch staples include tarts boasting rich fillings such as potato, pesto and bacon, and butternut with Gorgonzola.

My thick bacon and leek potato cakes with poached eggs and roasted cherry tomatoes are a winner, the cakes salty and succulent, the egg yolks just the right side of runny. An excellent scone – so pillowy soft I can’t help put caress it with my fingers – baked with feta cheese and sun-dried tomatoes is an excellent makeshift mop for the eggy residue.

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To celebrate the launch of a new à la carte menu from head chef Mark Anderson, Howth’s seafood haven Aqua is offering customers a three-course meal for two, with prosecco, a bottle of house wine and Irish coffees for €99.

The deal – which includes such dishes as fresh crab spring roll and grilled sea bream – is valid until the end of November and must be booked online. www.aqua.ie

My companion’s spinach, roasted butternut squash and feta cheese frittata is also a corker. Admittedly, it’s not the most exciting dish to ever grace a menu but when it’s done badly can be a stodgy mess; this was a perfectly assembled dish, however, with an on-the-money blend of pliable textures and flavours.

We order a couple of strong Lavazza Americanos to wash it all down but it’s a shame filter coffee isn’t available – Sunday just isn’t Sunday as far

as I’m concerned without a plunger pot for company.

We finish with two madeleines – decent, if somewhat lacking in lemony zing – piled high with jam and clotted cream.

Our bill, with friendly and efficient service, comes to a mere €35. I leave, altogether reluctantly, but not before hazarding a howyoudoin’? leer at the pear and almond tartlet I’ve eyed up for my next visit.

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The Middle Neil Flynn reveals a protective streak as Mike Heck

International Football Live Martin O’Neill hopes to bounce back against USA

The Leftovers Justin Theroux plays put-upon cop Kevin Garvey

Sky Atlantic, 9pm

There is going to be a second season of this baffling mystery drama so don’t expect too much in the way of clarity in tonight’s season finale. We still don’t know why (or how) so many folk suddenly disappeared from a small town in New York state but if the plot has you tied in knots, there’s always Justin Theroux, the town’s put-upon cop, as a distraction.

2. International Football Live: Ireland v USA

Setanta Ireland, 7pm Fresh from their miserable defeat against Scotland on Friday night (ouch, that still hurts), the Republic of Ireland return to the Aviva Stadium for this friendly fixture against the United States. Jürgen Klinsmann’s charges impressed at the World Cup in Brazil and currently sit at No.23 in Fifa’s world rankings – 38 places ahead of the Irish. Manager Martin O’Neill will be running the rule over the fringe players before the Euro 2016 qualifiers resume next March.

4 Imagine… German artist Anselm Kiefer’s studio proves size does matter

5 Elementary Lucy Liu puts the kick into sidekick with Kitty (Ophelia Lovibond)

3. The Middle

Comedy Central, 9pm

The second-best sitcom set in Indiana – nothing beats Parks and Recreation, after all – The Middle is an unsung gem of US comedy. And much of the joy is in the supporting characters, not least Sue Heck’s endearing knucklehead of a boyfriend Darrin (John Gammon), whose efforts to get fresh with his sweetheart bring out the protective dad in Mike. And you really don’t want to cross the guy who was the janitor in Scrubs.

4. Imagine…

BBC1, 11.05pm German artist Anselm Kiefer is a man who thinks big, the overarching theme of his monumental works is an attempt to confront the demons of Germany’s past. Set against a major retrospective of Kiefer’s career at London’s Royal Academy, Alan Yentob meets the man at work in his sprawling studio in France.

YOUR GUIDE TO THIS EVENING’S ESSENTIAL VIEWING 5. Elementary

Sky Living, 9pm It’s getting mighty crowded chez Sherlock Holmes now that his new protégé Kitty Winter (Mr Sloane’s Ophelia Lovibond) has joined the party. But Kitty has a lot to learn – not least that she’s got a long way to go before she can challenge Lucy Liu’s Watson in the sidekick stakes.

6. The Missing

BBC1, 9pm James Nesbitt is giving a masterclass in anguish in this cleverly constructed mystery, which strikes a fine balance between emotional tearjerker and sophisticated crime drama as it charts the fallout from the

disappearance of a family’s young son. Eight years on and the trail has run cold – colder than the grave – but French detective Julien (Tcheky Karyo) is certain the murder of a key witness holds a vital clue to the boy’s disappearance.

7. The Taste of Success RTÉ1, 8.30pm

The remaining 16 candidates from the regional heats in the food product competition battle to go through to the next round, with half of the hopefuls being sent home.

8. The Great Interior Design Challenge

BBC2, 7pm Decorating a bedroom with straight

walls is one thing but tackling the curvy interior of a Kentish coast house is the altogether trickier challenge facing the amateur designers in round two, with just three days and €1,250 to play with.

It’s a shame this show doesn’t have a viewer vote – the choices of judges Sophie Robinson and Daniel Hopwood border on the bizarre.

9. The Flash

Sky1, 8pm Here’s a warning: tonight’s episode of this lively and refreshingly uncomplicated superhero adventure contains flashing images. Well, it is called The Flash. Our hero (Grant Gustin) gets the icy treatment from a diamond thief who gets his hands on

a deep-freeze gun, a slippery character by the name of Captain Cold. Yes, that is Prison Break’s Wentworth Miller.

10. Today’s Film: In A World…

Sky Comedy, 6.20pm

It’s a man’s world in the booming universe of the Hollywood voice-over but one woman is determined to change all that – step forward Lake Bell, the writer, director and star of this offbeat 2013 comedy. She’s determined to make her voice heard amid the cacophony of machismo over-the-topness (including her own dad’s) and you’ll be cheering her on every step of the way.

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● World Of Warcraft: Warlords Of Draenor (PC) is a fifth expansion pack (above) for a game celebrating its tenth anniversary, a series celebrating its 20th, and a universe that inspired one of the greatest South Park episodes ever: ‘Make Love, Not Warcraft’. ● It’s a third outing (below) for the plastic Caped Crusader in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (360/PS3/Wii U/XO/PS4/PC/3DS/ PSV). DC Comics’ roster of superheroes is on hand, too, as The Dark Knight rises into the blackness of space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth. ● Bandai Namco’s cartoon series Tales still has a western fanbase and gets a new entry in Tales Of Hearts R (PSV). The Japanese role-player keeps its original voice-acting intact and uses English subtitles instead. ● Also from Bandai comes Digimon All-Star Rumble (360/PS3), a fighting game that features favourite characters from the series. ● There’s arcade action from Tetris Ultimate (3DS) for Nintendo’s handheld, while Shape Up (XO) is a Guitar Hero-style keep-fit game using Microsoft’s Kinect controller.

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Keezy Drummer (iOS, free)

Tappy touchscreens have spawned some fantastic music-creation apps, and we could have an instant (drum) hit on our hands here. Keezy Drummer is designed to be a digital drum kit for spontaneous jamming sessions. It’s easy-peasy percussion at your fingertips, with 12 drum sounds to choose from.

Keezy Drummer’s developers hail from Brooklyn, New York, and rather than the app requiring top musical skills, it’s more a case of ‘hear the drummer, get wicked’ thanks to the clean, colourful controls. JD

he handy thing about history is that it keeps being made and, for the makers of Assassin’s Creed, that means the enviable task of cherry-picking a poignant period in time for each chapter.

While last year’s Black Flag was a rather jolly (Roger) journey into the golden age of piracy, Unity is an altogether darker one set around the French Revolution – but that’s only half the story.

Though much of Unity takes place during the radical decade of political upheaval at the turn of the 19th Century, the full storyline stretches from the 14th to the 20th Century, from the time of the Knights Templar to the Nazi occupation of France in World War II. That’s because new time anomalies give you a

THe BiG ReLeASe assassin’s Creed unity (18) XO/pS4/pC portal into different Parisian periods – and with it the chance to climb the eiffel Tower and shoot down some Luftwaffe.

The French capital has been faithfully recreated to a near-1:1 scale in this latest Assassin’s instalment that’s exclusive to next-gen consoles and the PC. It’s an impressive sight, even if parity between platforms means developer Ubisoft opted for 30 frames per second across both consoles rather than the full-hD 60fps you can get on the PS4.

In other words, it’s not quite a resolution revolution. (Xbox 360 and PS3 owners got different games altogether with Assassin’s Creed Rogue, set during the Seven Years’ War.)

In Unity, you take up arms as Arno Dorian, the son of a dead assassin, on a single-player adventure of sabotage, heists

Pes 2015: Pro evolution soCCer XO/pS4/360/pS3/pC Pro Evo, or PES as it’s affectionately known, has been demoted to the subs bench in recent years, as EA’s FIFA held the top spot for most football fans. However, Konami’s rival soccer sim is vying for selection once again with its best offering in years. There’s a distinct difference between the two: FIFA’s drama and player detail against PES’s subtle footballing realism (such as the importance of home advantage). The same graphics engine from Metal Gear Solid V is

employed and, if proper kits are important to you, Konami can count on Manchester United, England, Scotland, Wales, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and Eredivisie, among others, for their officially licensed support while the likes of Arsenal remain regionally labelled as north London, etc. Picking between PES and FIFA is partly down to personal preference and partly which one your mates bought. To steal a footballing cliché, it’s just nice to have the selection dilemma. JD

and loots, bumping into historical figures such as Napoleon, King Louis XVI and the Marquis de Sade as you go.

Parkour moves, stealth and combat have all been refined but the main change is that this is the first Creed to offer a multiplayer co-op mode for four assassins. Character customisation should ensure no two assassins appear the same – though their hoods may be similar – plus jumping between two- and four-player missions is as easy as un, deux, trois, quatre.

We never fail to be impressed by the scale and sense of romance achieved in Assassin’s games. We just hope there’s enough history left for Ubisoft to call upon before resorting to a virtual Russell Brand rampaging through the streets of London. James Day

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or an Winter holidays aren’t just about snow all-inclusive beach deal. Check out these places festivals in magical locations – and the Scott Lisa By to stay when the music’s stopped.

Wonderfruit, Thailand

Partyy pl planet: Dance and chill at Wonderfruit (left), flock to Mexico for BPM on the Mayan Riviera (below), or join Indonesia’s biggest dance music festival, the Djakarta Warehouse Project (bottom)

If you like the idea of partying in Thailand but bucket cocktails, neon body paint and sweaty teenagers have lost their appeal, you’re in luck: the Wonderfruit festival in Chonburi offers an alternative to the country’s notorious full moon parties. The stellar line-up includes Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler, Damian Lazarus, De La Soul and Fat Freddy’s Drop, who bring together techno, world and local music. And when you’re in need of recovery, head to the Lotus Garden and indulge in a massage, salt bath or a session with a Shaolin monk.

December 19 to 21, around €120 for a three-day ticket including camping, wonderfruitfestival.com The holiday: Jump on a plane to Chiang Rai. ‘Wat Rong Khun temple is an architectural feat,’ says Champ Donavanik, who works in Wonderfruit’s hospitality sector.

‘Then make your way to the Golden Triangle, where Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet. East of this lies Huay Xai, a quiet but lovely town. It is close to the Gibbon Experience Tour (from €120 for three-nights, gibbon experience.org), where you can zipline through the mountains with rivers zig-zagging hundreds of metres below, shower in waterfalls and stay in tree-houses.’

Sunburn, India

The largest stage in Asia can be found at Sunburn Goa, a three-day festival on Vagator Beach. The mindboggling Dance Temple, one of eight stages that will host 150 acts, towers 60m above the crowd and depicts a replica of Nataraja, the Dancing God. Now in its eighth year, Sunburn Goa pulls in crowds of 160,000 people from more than 40 countries and is attracting large numbers from Europe. Asia’s biggest electronic dance music party will stay true to its roots with a stage devoted to psy-trance. Cosmic.

December 27 to 29, around €120 for a three-day ticket, sunburn.in; accommodation starts at €45 per night, roomnhouse.com/ sunburngoa2014 The holiday: After all the madness, organiser Shailendra Singh suggests taking a step back.

‘My father taught me that the energies you spread on the first day of the year will be given back to you.

So if you have a hangover and sleep until evening, you can imagine what you’ll get back in 2015,’

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she says. ‘I suggest hopping on a flight to Jaipur and staying at the Rambagh Palace (from around €630 per night, tajhotels.com). It will surround you with traditional energies and you get to have breakfast with peacocks at your feet.’

Busara, Africa

For something different, head to Tanzania’s beautiful Stone Town on the island of Zanzibar for four nights of African music. Sauti za Busara is also known as ‘the friendliest festival on the planet’ and as well as performances from African trailblazers Bi Kidude, Lady Jaydee and Black Roots, there will be African films, a festival marketplace and events from fashion shows to open-mic sessions.

February 12 to 15, €64, busaramusic.org The holiday: Take a 50-minute bus trip to the north coast for more partying, says Busara organiser Journey Ramadhan. ‘We will put on traditional dances, acrobatics during the evening and then a disco,’ he says. ‘There are also plenty of options for Dhow and sunset cruises and diving and snorkelling during the day.’ For more information on Tanzania, visit sallyandalice. com/tanzania

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Djakarta Warehouse Project, Indonesia

Stick two fingers up to your January detox and embark on an epic ten-day rave in Playa Del Carmen, on the east of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Some 50,000 people head to the Mayan Riviera during the festival (left) to dance on the edge of the Caribbean sea. The line-up includes Art Department, Green Velvet, Danny Tenaglia, Tale Of Us and Stimming.

Jan 9 to 18, from €200 to €600, thebpmfestival.com; accommodation starts from €44 per night; travel. thebpmfestival.com

Indonesia’s biggest dance music festival has expanded to two days this year. The party, barely two years old, brings Maya Jane Coles, Damian Lazarus and Skrillex to an expo centre with three indoor and outdoor stages in Jakarta. Life In Colour, the world’s largest paint party, will also be there.

Sounds messy.

Dec 12 and 13, from around €9 for a two-night ticket and hotel accommodation, travel.bobobobo. com; djakartawarehouse.com

The holiday: Maria Azanza Cervantes, BPM’s marketing PR, suggests heading to the chilled-out island of Holbox, about a three-hour drive from Playa del Carmen. ‘It has dirt roads and eco-resorts where people travel by golf carts and bikes.’ holboxtravel.com

The holiday: ‘Head to Bali and enjoy the island’s vibrant culture,’ says festival promoter Christian Rijanto. ‘I like Batu Belig, which has restaurants, bars, cafés and cool beaches. Bali has plenty of affordable stylish hotels, too.’ experiencetravelgroup.com offers bespoke breaks to Bali.

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f there is a group of people who should be smugly happy with their lot, it’s probably the residents of Western Australia’s state capital, Perth. home to 19 white-sand beaches, 3,000 sunshine hours a year and a much-celebrated January fringe festival, Perth has got its groove on. And it’s the perfect base from which to embark on a trip around the state. the mining and petroleum has created fat wallets too. In and around Perth, truckers can earn €125k a year and average household incomes have risen 35 per cent in five years. fast wealth normally equals flashy restaurants but this is

Australia, where foodies come first, and chefs have been quick to cash in on the boom with their inventive bars and eateries.

Case in point, local restaurateur Nic trimboli has just opened the new Bread In Common (breadincommon.com.au), a kitchen and bakery housed in a converted warehouse in trendy fremantle, where it is more about sharing plates than fine dining. there’s the Leederville food Safari’s rickshaw food, while new outfit foodie Adventures promises to help guests discover some of the best culinary experiences in the city.

You can choose from an International food Adventure, an Asian Affair roving Dinner or a private tour. tickets cost from €28 per person (foodloosetours.com.au).

With all that in my tummy, it’s time to hit the road for liquid refreshment in the Margaret river area, home to 200 or so vineyards.

It has a Mediterranean climate and is home to the impending annual Margaret river Gourmet escape (Nov 21-23, gourmetescape.com.au), which draws the likes of heston Blumenthal (left) and rick Stein.

Savour Australia (clockwise from above): Perth’s skyline, Bridgefield guest hous house, local chocolate, Bread In Common My tour guide, Chad, and I cruise 210km south, our car dwarfed by giant belts of 260ft-tall karri trees.

Just over four hours later, we stop for lunch at the Leeuwin estate winery (leeuwinestate.com.au). One of the five founding wineries of the area, its wines are among the finest in the southern hemisphere – with prices to match – but owners Denis and tricia horgan are still down-toearth enough to join us for lunch.

We bag a couple of bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon and then move on to Gabriel Chocolate (gabriel chocolate.com.au), a 30-minute drive away in Yallingup. the first ‘bean to bar’ chocolate maker in Western Australia, Gabriel Myburgh is a self-taught roaring success.

the judges at the royal Melbourne fine food awards described his Madagascar dark milk confection as ‘a ripper’ and in Oz it doesn’t get much better than that.

Gabriel leads us through the back rooms of his chocolate factory. the beans are selected by hand here with little going to waste – ‘sometimes, the shells go to the local Cheeky Monkey Brewery (cheekymonkeybrewery.com.au) for their chocolate stout,’ Gabriel says proudly.

As I pop one chocolate after another into my mouth, it’s pretty clear that I’ve developed the Western Australia smug face too.

western oz plan your trip Caroline stayed at Bridgefield Guesthouse in Margaret River (bridgefield.com.au) where double rooms cost from €80 a night. Return Qatar Airways flights from London to Perth cost from €980, qatarairways.com. Visit experienceperth.com and westernaustralia.com for more information. Fringe World takes place from Jan 23 to Feb 22, 2015, www.fringeworld.com.au

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Stubborn vibes abound but try to avoid power struggles due to this week’s Sun/Saturn connection. If you don’t, you’ll end up frustrated. If someone’s uncooperative, you may be better off focusing on the things you can affect personally.

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The day may be packed full of deadlines you’ll need to attend to. If so, give yourself plenty of leeway and cut out any unnecessary activity.

Fortunately, Jupiter inspires you to see the humorous side of a situation that might otherwise be a bit too intense.

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Are you set to try too hard to impress a love interest? If so, it could have the opposite effect. The current Sun/Saturn tie-up puts a solemn spin on things, which might not help romance flourish. You may be better off pampering yourself.

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Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

There may be no way to put off dealing with urgent responsibilities any longer, as you can find out today.

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Today’s Libra Moon suggests a need to create harmony. And her links to Uranus and Pluto suggest your best laid plans could be disrupted. However, with tact and patience, you should be able to overcome such niggles. For now, count to ten!

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Mercury’s angle to Mars hints that action may be needed to offset feelings of complacency. In addition, the Sun’s link with Saturn can find you feeling overwhelmed. However, you’re nothing if not durable and some brain power could work wonders.

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Though Jupiter is urging you to explore new horizons, an intense alignment in your spiritual zone can throw up a number of doubts. Analysing them may help you decide whether they’re for real or simply worrisome.

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Mars in your sign suggests you know what you want and you’re determined to get it. However, for this to happen it helps to liaise with people. A very practical influence brings an opportunity to get advice and take action.

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Henry’s migraine was ‘blood vessel blockage’ Same focus: Quade Cooper

Quade made up to have Kurtley come back into fold

A worry: Ulster and Ireland flanker Chris Henry

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Quade Cooper believes australia must find a new ‘identity’ under Michael Cheika to move on from the Kurtley Beale saga.

The Queensland reds fly-half said utility back Beale has been welcomed back into the Wallabies squad with open arms after his much-publicised absence. Beale’s clashes with di patston led to the Wallabies business manager quitting her post, before coach ewen McKenzie followed last month.

New boss Cheika has drafted Beale back in following a hefty fine for sending patston a lewd text, and the 25-year-old could line up against Ireland in dublin on Saturday.

Cooper admitted sympathy for McKenzie’s plight, but challenged the Wallabies to complete a bout of soul searching on their northern hemisphere tour.

‘From a team point of view he (Beale) offers a lot, everyone’s happy to have him here,’ said Cooper.

‘Cheiks speaks highly of him and

chRiS heNRy suffered ‘a temporary blockage of a small blood vessel in his brain’ on the morning of ireland’s clash with the Springboks, team bosses have confirmed. ireland medics initially diagnosed a virus on the morning of the November 8 clash before suspecting a severe migraine, but specialists have since determined the Ulster flanker suffered a more unusual condition. the 30-year-old missed ireland’s 2915 Springboks victory and now ‘needs further investigation and specialist opinion,’ according to an irish Rugby Football Union (iRFU) statement. ‘chris henry suffered some weakness on the morning of the South Africa game and a viral illness was suspected, he recovered quickly and the initial diagnosis was of severe migraine,’ read the iRFU statement.

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‘He is well but needs further investigation’ suffered a temporary blockage of a small blood vessel in his brain. ‘he is at home now and is well but needs further investigation and specialist opinion.’ henry impressed as ireland’s regular openside flanker through last term’s Six Nations-winning run, replacing the long-term injured Leinster back-rower Sean o’Brien.

With o’Brien again sidelined this term, the dogged Ulsterman was in line to continue his blossoming looseforward partnership with Jamie

G’day mate, good to see you again Australia head coach Michael Cheika and Leinster forwards coach Leo Cullen catch up during a Wallabies training session in Donnybrook yesterday Picture: inPho heaslip and Peter o’mahony.

Rhys Ruddock claimed his first ireland try against the Springboks, stepping in for henry at the last minute two weeks ago. the Leinster flanker – son of former Wales international mike Ruddock – could now come back into contention to face Australia in dublin this Saturday.

ireland’s injury update bulletin also confirmed mike mccarthy suffered a concussion in Sunday’s 49-7 victory over Georgia in dublin, and the Leinster lock will now undergo the return to play protocols. centre Jared Payne tested out the progress on his foot sprain by running under observation yesterday afternoon

– further evidence the Ulster back remains in contention to face the Wallabies. hooker Rory Best is now back to full fitness after calf trouble that sidelined him from the Springboks match, and the experienced front-rower could well now start from the off against Australia this weekend.

Rankings talk ‘a distraction’, says Schmidt

Rank indifference: Joe Schmidt

Joe Schmidt has branded ireland rising to third in the international Rugby Board rankings ‘a distraction’. the ireland head coach vowed his squad will not discuss overtaking england as the northern hemisphere’s highest-ranked nation. ireland sunk as low as ninth in the rankings when Schmidt was confirmed as the new boss in April 2013. the ex-Leinster boss did however admit the national side’s steady rise has been ‘fantastic’, following Sunday’s 49-7 win over Georgia.

‘i think it’s a distraction. i don’t think we can win anything by saying we’re third in the world,’ he said.

‘We just have to tidy up our scrum a bit, get our set-piece right and just try to get those practical things right. ‘i think it’s fantastic, and a feather in the cap of the lads who have rolled their sleeves up for the last 12 months, but i can’t say it’s something we’d be talking about or even aware of.’ ireland have lost just twice in Schmidt’s tenure, to Australia last autumn and at twickenham against

england en route to claiming the 2014 Six Nations crown.

Rather than toast the global league tables, Schmidt preferred to pinpoint Australia’s ‘workaholic defence’ as ireland gear up to face the Wallabies on Saturday. he made 13 changes from the Springboks victory to face Georgia, and the majority can be expected to be return for this battle. ‘if you don’t shut the Wallabies down, they are very, very dangerous,’ said Schmidt. ‘i think they’ve got a workaholic defence.’

‘We know Ireland will be a tough encounter’ knows his ability as a player. None of us are here to play politicians, or politics, we’re all here with the same focus of improving as a rugby team, and improving as rugby players.

‘From a professional point of view we’re focusing on beating Ireland this week – we know it’s going to be a tough encounter.

‘This is an interesting tour, we had a good start against the Barbarians and a tough game against France, so we’re just aiming to improve.’

Cooper is back in the fold after a protracted absence, teaming up with Will Genia in the half-back cordon for the first time in a year against the Barbarians.

Cooper said former Leinster coach Cheika is excited to be back on Irish soil, while at the same time demanding a new ‘mental edge’ from his Wallabies. ‘Mental preparation, each individual making sure we cover everything in the week, leaving nothing to chance.

So when we get into tight situations, we won’t give opponents the opportunity to win the game.’

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fOOTbALL DigEsT Draw: Dylan Connolly delight after scoring ing Ireland’s second goal

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Russia keep on top of Ireland U-21s The Republic of Ireland were held to a 2-2 draw with Russia in their under-21 friendly in Marbella, Spain.

Ireland took a fifth-minute lead through Brighton’s Glen Rea at the Marbella Football Center.

Shelbourne’s Dylan Connolly scored Ireland’s second after 47 minutes, but Russia responded.

It was a second game without a win for the Irish in Spain after their defeat to the United States on Saturday.

£20,000 FA fines for QPR

and Sunderland. Rangers were punished for their behaviour against Manchester City on November 8, while the Black Cats admitted an FA misconduct charge against Everton.

Kovac sorry after disorder in Milan

CRoaTIa coach Niko Kovac has apologised for the ugly scenes in the crowd that marred his side’s 1-1 draw with Italy on Sunday. Uefa is expected to charge Croatia following the disturbances at the Euro 2016 qualifier in Milan which was temporarily stopped in both halves by referee Bjorn Kuipers after visiting fans threw fireworks and smoke bombs onto the pitch. at one point, the players were taken off for ten minutes. ‘I apologise to everyone, especially the Italians, for our supporters’ behaviour,’ Kovac (pictured) said. ‘I was disappointed and helpless, there are no right words for this.’

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‘Robbie is Jur only man,’ says Klinsmann... by sAM cOsTELLO United StateS manager Jurgen Klinsmann has held up Republic of ireland skipper Robbie Keane as a role model for the nation’s future professionals. the 34-year-old La Galaxy striker will be back on the other side of the atlantic preparing for Sunday’s MLS play-offs showdown with the Seattle Sounders when his international team-mates run out to face the americans in a friendly at the aviva Stadium this evening.

However, Klinsmann admits he repeatedly uses Keane, who has scored 65 international goals in 138 senior appearances for ireland, as an example of what it takes to succeed as a player at the highest level.

He said: ‘i often say that in the United States, Robbie Keane is a role model for all the american players growing up in this beautiful game. ‘that’s what he has done since he came overseas, he shows to the young players what it takes to become a professional, how much dedication you need, how much commitment you need.

‘Robbie is the same Robbie in training as in the game, so he is huge for MLS because these are the type of players that you need to have in your environment to make the league grow and to make younger players understand what the real big players are doing. ‘at the same time, he continues to play for ireland at the highest level, scoring goals, going back and forth, so i definitely use him a lot as an ex-

“He will leave a huge mark, hopefully a long time down the road”

Roy bites back at press questions about

Capello facing axe RUSSIaN sports minister Vitaly Mutko has promised widespread changes after Fabio Capello’s team lost 1-0 to austria in Saturday’s Euro 2016 Group qualifier.

‘We need to deeply analyse and weigh up the complexity of the situation. I think this will happen within the next few days and we will announce the decisions we have come to,’ Mutko said.

Russia play a friendly against Hungary tonight, which some believe could be Capello’s final match in charge.

ample how to do it.

‘He will leave a huge mark, hopefully a long time down the road, when he leaves the game, with what he has done for MLS over the years.’

Klinsmann’s team, who were only denied a quarter-final berth at last summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil by a heart-breaking extra-time defeat by Belgium, are currently on a mission to steepen the learning curve which has seen them emerge as an international force to be reckoned with. they lost 2-1 to Colombia at Craven Cottage in London on Friday evening, although Klinsmann makes no apologies for pitching his players into battle with such quality.

He said: ‘What we are trying in our process is to realise how the best teams in the world play the game and how we can one day really compete with them and beat them, so what does it take to beat a Germany?

What does it take to beat a Spain or a Brazil or argentina one day and go eye-to-eye with them? ‘they set the tone. the tone is set also coming out of the Champions League, the european Champions League sets the tone in terms of tactical changes you see in the game or how certain teams are put together by the best coaches... the trip to ireland has also brought back memories for Klinsmann, who scored his first goal for tottenham in a pre-season friendly against Shelbourne in dublin in 1994.

He said: ‘Yes, i have memories about that. Obviously i was at Spurs a few times last week and saw my old team-mates. they are nice memories. i was surprised how many Spurs fans lived in ireland – i think there were 12,000 people and 11,000 were Spurs, so good memories.’

Injured: James McCarthy

Roy Keane was involved in a row with journalists after being asked if he was becoming a distraction from the Republic of Ireland cause.

Keane, Martin o’neill’s assistant, spoke to the media at the team hotel in Portmarnock on Sunday morning and initially played a straight bat to questions about an incident in which he was allegedly involved at the same venue in the run-up to Friday night’s euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland.

But when asked about the publicity surrounding Celtic’s approach at the start of the season, his biography and

the hotel incident, Keane replied: ‘you think I’ve got to justify all that to you? and you all sit there and think I’ve got to answer everything.

‘Who the hell do you think you are?

I’ve got to answer to you? I answer to the FaI (Football association of Ireland) and Martin, and if we don’t get the results, I’ll be gone and you won’t lose a minute’s sleep, so don’t worry about distractions. you are the ones who write about distractions.’ o’neill admitted in his pre-match press conference at Celtic Park the incident at the hotel, when the FaI

called gardaí at Keane’s request, had been a minor distraction. no arrest nor complaint was made, but when it was put to Keane people were talking about it, he replied: ‘Talking about what? Talking about something you don’t have a clue about. and everyone writing lies, the usual nonsense, “this happened” and “that happened”.’

Those exchanges came after Keane had taken everton boss Roberto Martinez to task over his handling of injuries to

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O’Neill insists ‘terrific’ Keano is no distraction by sAM cOsTELLO

Martin O’neill has leapt to the defence of assistant roy Keane after the fall out from the hotel incident. the outspoken 43-year-old, who hit headlines last week after an alleged incident at the republic of ireland’s team hotel, took a scatter-gun approach with media on Sunday.

Keane criticised everton for their handling of injuries to Seamus Coleman and James McCarthy, urged teenage aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish to make up his mind over which country he wants to represent and rounded on reporters for suggesting he has become a distraction. the comments prompted a swift and withering response from everton chairman Bill Kenwright, who accused him of saying ‘some stupid things sometimes’.

However, manager O’neill, who asked the younger man to join him in the ireland set-up following his appointment in november last year, insists he has no regrets about doing so

‘Let me tell you – I’m delighted to have him’ despite the attention Keane attracts with his pursuit by Celtic, his updated autobiography and the events of the last few days having dominated the agenda in recent months. the ex-northern ireland star said: ‘every single time that you mention roy, it either seems to be a distraction or another issue. let me tell you straight: i’m delighted to have him. ‘i chose in the first place to bring him in here, he’s been terrific... He has been terrific around the lads, he has been great. He has been everything that i wanted him to be. ‘all the distractions – some things have materialised that actually aren’t of his doing to begin with, so i haven’t a problem.

‘He’s got a mind of his own, he can say what he wants. again, unless it’s

bad publicity Seamus Coleman and James McCarthy.

Keane said: ‘I worry that [McCarthy] is under lots of pressure, particularly from Everton’s point of view, because every time there is an international match it does seem to be Seamus and James under lots of pressure ... You always get the impression from Everton that Seamus and James are both barely able to walk, that type of thing. So when they actually turn up and they are walking through the reception, “Praise the Lord, it’s a miracle”.’

As a result, Keane wants Martinez and O’Neill to meet.

absolutely and utterly in contradiction with what i am saying to you, then i do not have a problem with it. it is not an issue all the time.’

O’neill’s defence was backed wholeheartedly by defender John O’Shea, a former Manchester United team-mate of Keane’s.

O’Shea said: ‘as the manager says, it’s brilliant having him on board and i’d definitely echo those sentiments, without a doubt.’

O’Shea added: ‘Well obviously, along with the rest of Martin’s coaching team, roy’s experience playing at such a high level, just his passion for the job – all those factors combined are very helpful.’

Keane insisted the publicity surrounding him had not been a distraction in the build-up to the euro 2016 qualifier in Glasgow, which ireland lost 1-0, and O’Shea agreed.

He said: ‘look it doesn’t bother us one bit, honestly. We don’t see it either way. it’s more yourselves that really enjoy those facts. We just have our jobs to do on the pitch.

‘Ultimately we train great, everything is prepared for us great and it’s up to us to do the job on the pitch.’

O’neill will hope the focus will now return to exactly that, with a muchchanged side due to face the United States at the aviva Stadium tonight in a friendly which will bring an end to the republic’s 2014 fixtures.

Derby full-back Cyrus Christie and ipswich striker David McGoldrick will both be handed first caps, but there will be no place for 19-year-old Grealish as he continues to keep his options open with england on his trail.

Keane’s frustration may be clear, but O’neill has been adamant from the start he would not involve himself in a lengthy courtship. He said: ‘i’ve spoken to Jack Grealish’s father, i spoke to him at the time a way back some time ago. i spoke to the two of them and Jack’s father and Jack were not in any great hurry at that particular time to make their minds up – fine, absolutely. i left it entirely up to them.’

Reaction: Keano snaps at the press picture: inpho

Cap it off: Dubliner Jeff Henderick is presented with his senior international cap

by Martin O’Neill

‘You do say some stupid things, Roy’ eVertOn chairman Bill Kenwright has accused roy Keane of ‘saying stupid things’ following the republic of ireland assistant’s comments about toffees boss roberto Martinez.

Keane took Martinez to task over his handling of injuries to key ireland players Seamus Coleman and James McCarthy, who both missed last

month’s euro 2016 qualifiers.

Kenwright said: ‘i’m a big fan of roy Keane’s but he does say some stupid things. ‘that is just totally unfair, we absolutely love our players going on international duty and we never ever get in the way of them. roberto Martinez will be as shocked as everyone at everton.’

Out of order: Keane has come under fire from Everton chairman Kenwright

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