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there has been mixed reaction to the news that Nóirín O’Sullivan has been confirmed as the new Garda Commissioner. She succeeds Martin Callinan who stood down in March as a wave of controversies engulfed An Garda Síochána. her appointment was made after an internationally advertised recruitment drive – the first ever open competition for the Garda Commissioner role. Congratulating Ms O’Sullivan yesterday, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said she believed the new Garda chief was exceptionally well

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placed to overhaul and modernise the force. ‘the focus must now be to ensure public confidence in policing in Ireland and to support the men and women of An Garda Síochána in their day-to-day work of keeping our communities and country safe,’ she said. however, retired Garda officer John Wilson, a whistleblower who was central to exposing the penalty points scandal, said the appointment was a missed opportunity to bring in an

outsider to change a ‘poisonous and hateful culture’ within the force. Independent tD Mick Wallace, an outspoken advocate of Garda reforms who helped bring whistleblower allegations into the public arena, also expressed his disappointment. ‘Ms O’Sullivan is part of the old brigade, she’s part of the hierarchy,’ he said. ‘this is too bad from the Government, I haven’t been as disappointed since I was elected. this is just more of the same, the taoiseach doesn’t want reform, Minister Fitzgerald doesn’t want reform.’

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New Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan at the launch of White Ribbon Day, y, at EU Housee in Dublin yyesterday. y. The male-led led global campaign against violence against women is fronted in Ireland by Tom Meagher, whose wife Jill was raped and murdered on her way home in Melbourne in 2012 picture: pa

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When the spoon hits your eye...

Spoonman: Anupam Pathak shows off the Liftware Spoon PICTURE: aP

Google scoops up ‘steady spoon’ tech wizardry by MARTHA MEnDOzA GooGle is throwing its money, brain power and technology at the humble spoon. of course these spoons (please don’t call them ‘spoogles’) are more than your basic utensil: Using hundreds of algorithms, they allow people with essential tremors and Parkinson’s disease to eat without spilling. The technology senses how a hand is shaking and makes instant adjustments to stay balanced. In clinical trials, the liftware Spoons reduced shaking of the spoon bowl by an average of 76 per cent. ‘We want to help people in their daily lives today and hopefully increase understanding of

‘It doesn’t cure the disease but it’s a positive change’ disease in the long run,’ said Google spokesperson Katelin Jabbari. other adaptive devices have been developed to help people with tremors – rocker knives, weighted utensils, pen grips. But until now, experts say, technology has not been used in this way. ‘It’s totally novel,’ said UC San Francisco Medical Center neurologist Dr Jill ostrem

Shake it off: The Liftware Spoon who specialises in movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease and essential tremors. She helped advise the inventors, and says the device has been a remarkable asset for some of her patients. ‘I have some patients who couldn’t eat independently, they had to be fed, and now they can eat on their own,’ she said. ‘It doesn’t cure

the disease, they still have tremor, but it’s a very positive change.’ Google got into the no-shake utensil business in September, acquiring a small startup called lift labs for an undisclosed sum. Joining Google has been motivating, said lift lab founder Anupam Pathak, but his focus remains on people who are now able to eat independently with his device. ‘If you build something with your hands and it has that sort of an impact, it’s the greatest feeling ever,’ he said. ‘As an engineer who likes to build things, that’s the most validating thing that can happen.’ Mr Pathak said they also hope to add sensors to the spoons to help medical researchers and providers better understand, measure and alleviate tremors. Shirin Vala, 65, has had an essential tremor for about a decade and gave feedback on the device. Without the spoon, Ms Vala said eating was a challenge. ‘I was shaking and I had a hard time to keep the food on a spoon, especially soup or something like an olive or tomatoes or something. It is very embarrassing. It’s very frustrating,’ she said. The spoon definitely improved her situation. ‘I was surprised that I held the food in there so much better. It makes eating much easier, especially if I’m out at a restaurant,’ she said.

Put ’em up! – €2.5m for lion suit from Oz CHILDREN from every generation will know the Cowardly Lion’s phrase is ‘Put ’em up, put ’em up’. And that’s exactly what bidders did when this original Wizard Of Oz costume was auctioned – an unnamed buyer paid some €2.5million for the suit at Bonhams in New York yesterday. Made from two real lion hides stitched together, it was worn by

actor and comedian Bert Lahr in the 1939 film. It weighed almost 23kg and was so unbearably hot under studio lights that Lahr had to take it off after each take. Two Cowardly Lion costumes are known to exist, but only this one was used in the film. The other was kept for publicity shots.

The well-worn outfit was bought by James Comisar for his Museum of Television in Los Angeles about 20 years ago. Mr Comisar, 49, explained: ‘Most costumes that sell for millions are worn in one iconic scene, or perhaps two. ‘But this one was worn in 16 scenes, an unprecedented

Costume made from two real lion hides

amount of time. ‘You can match this up precisely with the most memorable scenes of the film. It is the lion’s time to continue his yellow brick journey and for us to finance our developing television museum.’

Takes courage age to wear: The original suit as worn by Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz PICTURE: aP

METRO HERALD Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Wages lag far behind GDP growth AVERAGE earnings for Irish workers fell by 1.9 per cent in the three months to September from the previous quarter, the State statistics agency said yesterday, a sign that the improving economy is not translating into higher incomes. The Government is forecasting gross domestic product growth of 4.7 per cent this year, which would make Ireland the fastest growing economy in the eurozone. ‘Even with our growth levels, the level of the downturn has resulted in a lot of spare capacity in the economy, keeping wages down,’ said Alan McQuaid, chief economist at Merrion Stockbrokers.

tiger raid victim, 11, in €17,000 settlement with bank An 11-yeAr-old schoolboy who was held hostage during a tiger kidnapping five years ago and took a case for damages to the Circuit Civil Court reached a settlement with Bank of Ireland yesterday. Barrister Justin McQuade told Circuit Court President Mr Justice raymond Groarke that Stephen Smith was only five when kidnapped by armed criminals who

stole almost €8million from the bank’s branch at College Green, dublin, on February 26, 2009. Mr McQuade said Stephen’s parents, Stuart and elaine Smith, had been in Spain at the time and the boy had been staying for a few days with his aunt Stephanie. Stephanie and her then partner and Bank of Ireland employee Shane Travers were both living

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THe chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has apologised after being recorded singing a ballad about an IrA hunger striker. John delaney was filmed last week singing the song Joe mcdonnell in a dublin pub after Ireland beat the UsA 4-1 at the Aviva stadium in a friendly match. Written by republican balladeers the Wolfe Tones, it chronicles the 1981 hunger strikes in the North through the eyes of the former Provo who died on the prison protest. mr delaney said he was filmed in a ‘sly way’ and would never have sung the song in the Bath pub in sandymount if he had known he was being recorded. ‘Joe mcdonnell is a song that has been sang in my presence and I have chipped in and sang on a number of occasions in the past,’ he told rTÉ radio. ‘I’m not somebody who supports violence at all, in fact over a large number of years I have been working very closely on cross-border

THERE have been fresh calls for a new online system for processing student and re-entry visas for Ireland to prevent hundreds of people from having to queue for hours. One applicant, Tianqi Guo, 22, from China, has been trying to get a re-entry visa. He said it was ‘disgraceful’ how applicants were being treated; queuing for long periods at the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service office – often without even seeing staff. Chief executive of the Immigrant Council, Denise Charlton, said: ‘We would like to see the use of new technology to introduce online processes for applications.’

THREE former workers at the home of the United Arab Emirates ambassador have been awarded €80,000 each by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. The compensation was granted to Myra Calderon, Laylanie Lapanga and Jennifer Vilaranda – from the Philippines – after the tribunal heard they were forced to work 15 hours a day, seven days a week, for as little as €170 a month, cleaning and minding children. UAE Ambassador Khalid Nasser Rashed Lootah have said they will invoke diplomatic immunity and were not at the hearing, so it is unclear if the money will be paid.

Stephanie and Joan had been bundled into the back of a van. After the raid they were freed. Mr McQuade said Stephen had developed post-traumatic stress disorder and had trouble sleeping. Mr McQuade told Judge Groarke a settlement offer of €17,250 had been made by the bank without admission of liability and he was recommending acceptance of it.

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with Stephen’s grandparents Kevin and Joan Smith in Kill, Co Kildare. The court heard Stephanie and her mother Joan were returning home when they were approached by a gang of men wearing balaclavas and pointing guns. Mr Travers had been inside the house babysitting Stephen. The next morning, Mr Travers had been taken to the bank while Stephen,

‘I am not somebody who supports violence at all’ initiatives in football to break down barriers.’ mr delaney added that he did not believe in every word of the song. ‘There are many songs we all sing that we don’t believe in every lyric on. I don’t believe in many lyrics that are in that song.’ Joe mcdonnell was the fifth hunger striker to die during the H-block protest, after joining the fast to replace his close friend Bobby sands. He had been sentenced to 14 years in prison in 1977 for firearms offences. mr delaney said: ‘What I will say is if the song offended anybody, of course I am sorry.’ The FAI boss was recorded singing the song as others looked on in the pub, the same night england manager roy Hodgson apologised for english fans singing anti-IrA songs during their match with scotland.

Shake on it: FAI boss John Delaney, right, after Martin O’Neill was appointed Ireland manager picture: getty

I didn’t call unionists ‘bastards’ – Adams Gerry AdAms has apologised after using colourful language at a public meeting – but insisted he was not referring to unionists. The sinn Féin president used the term ‘bastards’ while answering a question at a gathering in the North but said it was aimed at bigots. He has come under fire from the dUP and UUP who interpreted the remark as being directed at them.

mr Adams tweeted: ‘I shudn’t call bigots, racists or homophobes bastards. mea culpa. But equality Is the only way 2 break them. & education & end 2 sectarianism.’ sinn Féin’s martin mcGuinness has criticised the dUP after a senior member poked fun at the Irish language amid sensitive peace process legacy negotiations. mr Adams was apparently

answering a question about his party’s relationship with its powersharing partners during a meeting in enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. He said he was often asked by republicans ‘what’s the point?’ ‘They weren’t blaming sinn Féin, in fact they were making the point that sinn Féin were doing their best. The point is to actually break these bastards – that’s the point,’ he said.

Mix-up: Gerry Adams said he was referring to bigots picture: pa

Wednesday, November 26, 2014 METRO HERALD

Hero catches baby thrown from burning building A YOUNG man is being hailed a hero after he saved a baby girl thrown from a burning house. Mark Furlong caught the toddler in his arms as her father tossed her from the top window after a blaze broke out at their home in Gloucester Place, just off Sean McDermott Street. Three-month-old baby Mila was thrown by her desperate father Derek Healy, 26, to the 20-year-old as the fire swept through their three-storey home, trapping them within. The baby’s mother, Charlene Murphy, 26, was badly injured in her jump

‘She started smiling when she came down’ to safety, suffering an injured leg and broken teeth in the fall. ‘I was just out with my cousin having a bit of fresh air and heard this screaming up the road,’ Mark told the Ray D’Arcy Show on Today FM. ‘I ran down with my cousin and… I saw a baby outside the window and I looked up through the smoke. He said: “Catch the baby.” So I just dived over

By DAviD KEARns the wall and caught her. I just put my arms out like getting a rugby ball. She started smiling at me when she came down. She just started giggling.’ Mark and his cousin Aaron, 17, ran around the back of the house where they helped get another child out. In total six people were taken to hospital following the fire, which Dublin Fire Brigade said they were called to shortly after 5am. Six fire engines and three ambulances attended the scene. The two children were taken to Temple Street Children’s Hospital, while the four adults were treated at the Mater Hospital. The fire broke out on the third floor of the house and that those inside were all asleep when it started. Gardaí from Store Street station said they would be carrying out a technical examination to determine if further investigation is necessary. Lord mayor of Dublin Christy Burke, who was at the scene, said he had been in contact with the Dublin City Manager to see what could be done to make life comfortable for the family.

Rescue: Mark Furlong, who saved baby Mila picture: Gareth chaney

Storyful to create 30 new jobs

IRISH news agency Storyful has announced the creation of 30 new jobs at its Dublin HQ. The ‘social news’ agency verifies and buys up online video content it considers newsworthy and sells licences for its use to other outlets. The new positions are to be based in tech and research and development. Recruitment for the technology roles will begin immediately. Speaking about the job announcement, Storyful chief executive officer Mark Little said: ‘We have ambitious plans for growth and innovation across platforms, and these roles are critical to achieving our vision over the coming years. Dublin is our home, and we are excited at what’s to come.’ Former RTÉ journalist Mr Little, 46, founded Storyful in 2010 after taking a leave of absence. Last December, he sold it to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp for €18million, with Mr Little continuing to work at Storyful, which has offices in New York and Dublin.

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Howcomeyouneversaurus: An artist’s impression of the new Pentaceratops piCture: pa

ALAn CuMMing, 49, is a regular on stage and screen – he’s currently in Cabaret on Broadway. But, as he reveals in his new memoir, the actor’s life wasn’t always rosy

What’s your book about? In

2010, I was asked to do the TV show Who Do You Think You Are? While finding out the mystery of my maternal grandfather, who died playing Russian roulette, my estranged father, who was a very violent man and made our childhood very unhappy and painful, came out of the woodwork to tell me that I wasn’t his son. And hilarity ensued...

Kathy Bates and we were doing a big song number in a backlot in Warner Bros. There was pretend snow everywhere, a big crane, they were blasting music and we were dancing along. I remember saying to Kathy Bates: ‘This is like a big Hollywood musical.’ And she said: ‘It is a big Hollywood musical.’ And I was like: ‘Oh, yeah, it is!’

What’s your ideal night out?

Right now, it’s staying in my dressing room after performing in You’ve said this wouldn’t Cabaret – I call it Club Cumming. I have happened if you can have people I know weren’t famous... and trust and it’s not in Yes, because I a public place so you wouldn’t have done don’t have to worry Sometimes, if the TV show, the about that. reporter wouldn’t people say: ‘Where What’s your have gone to his do I know you house. My dad average day said that he was like? It varies. I from?’ I say: ‘Do you just going to had a day watch a lot of porn?’ offhaven’t leave a letter in his since September will. It was a huge 22 and I won’t until thing and also it Thanksgiving. But it changed my position in will definitely end at Club my family. I was always the baby Cumming unless it’s a Monday. and suddenly I took control of all our narratives, as it were. You’re obviously social, but

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What made you write it? To

show that you can overcome things. If there’s anyone out there who thinks: ‘How am I going to get out of this situation?’, especially as a young kid, this shows you can be all right.

Have you always been selfaware? Not as self-aware as

I am now. I think years of therapy will do that for you, also years of reading stuff about you. Hearing what people think of you, what message people get from what you do – that makes you selfaware.

How do you describe your job?

Sometimes I say: ‘Oh, I’m an artist.’ Then sometimes, if people say: ‘Where do I know you from?’ I always say: ‘Do you watch a lot of porn?’

When did your success really hit home? The first movie I

did in Hollywood, Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion. I couldn’t believe that they cast me. Then I did a TV remake of Annie with

do you enjoy your own company? I crave it because I get so little of it. A couple of weeks ago, I was going to San Francisco, and Grant, my husband, is from there so he’d gone a few days earlier to see his mum. I was on my own in our apartment. I breathed such a sigh of relief.

Do you get the chance to catch up on TV box sets? I really like

Louie, and I watched American Horror Story, the one in the mental hospital. I got really into True Detective, and Breaking Bad. We do watch in a binge way because we don’t watch it every week.

You must know actors in those shows... It’s hard to find

something to watch where you don’t know someone. It’s a bit like watching your friends playing dress-up.

Anna Smith

Not My Father’s Son: A Memoir (Dey Street Books) is out now

nEw DinOSAuR fOunD – in MuSEuM

A pAlAeontologist has discovered a new species of dinosaur while studying fossils. Dr nick longrich was examining bones from two-horned dinosaurs which had been kept in the Canadian Museum of nature for 75 years. they had previously been classified as Anchiceratops and Chasmosaurus, species known to be from Canada. But after analysing the fossils, Dr longrich realised they closely resembled dinosaurs from the American southwest. one represents

a new species of pentaceratops, named pentaceratops aquilonius – a plant eater from around 75million years ago. the second seems to be a new species of Kosmoceratops, which had an ornate skull from Utah, though more complete fossils are needed to confirm this. ‘We thought we had discovered most of the species, but it seems there are many undiscovered dinosaurs left,’ Dr longrich – of the Department of Biology & Biochemistry at University of Bath, england – said.

irish workers love a bit of office gossip

WE’RE well-known for having the gift of the gab, and now a new survey has confirmed Irish people chat more about their private lives to colleagues than any other global office worker. According to a survey, more than half of Irish workers are willing to share stories about their partner, compared to just 38 per cent of Americans and 15 per cent of French and Germans. Health is another big topic up for discussion. Some 54 per cent of respondents reported telling fellow workers about their health and well-being. However, there are some topics

by LukE HOLOHAn that are off limits. Irish people appear less willing to open up about leisure time, the survey reveals, with just one in ten broadcasting their holiday plans.

‘Irish staff also share news about partners’ Meanwhile, close to 50 per cent of workers in Ireland refrain from prattling on about previous employers, compared to the 61 per cent of British workers who admit to a good gossip about past jobs.

Karen Lawlor, country manager for workspace provider Regus Ireland, said: ‘It appears that Irish office workers are reasonably open about their private lives, and keen to form personal as well as professional relationships with colleagues. This may stem from the fact that we work more flexibly than previous generations, and boundaries between work and home lives are becoming blurred.’ She added: ‘It is clear that conversation comfort zones vary greatly across the globe. Topics that are seen as a polite safe-haven here may be off limits elsewhere and could potentially cause offence.’

No need for Expendables Boy, 14, stabbed to death as police nab film pirates by friend he met online Two men have been arrested in England on suspicion of leaking action film Expendables 3 online before its official release – costing the studio millions of euro. The Hollywood film, which stars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, illegally appeared on websites in July, a month before it was due to hit the big screen. City of London Police said the leaked film was viewed hundreds of thousands of times online. Detectives from the police intellectual property crime unit arrested a 36-year-old man at his home in Upton, Merseyside and a 33-year-old man at his home in Dewsbury, west Yorkshire.

A TEENAGER has admitted stabbing to death a 14-year-old boy who he met through playing online video games. Computer engineer Lewis Daynes, 19, pleaded guilty to the murder of Breck Bednar who was found with a fatal neck wound at a flat in Grays, Essex, England, on February 17. Daynes had previously denied murder but dramatically changed his plea on the day he was due to stand trial at Chelmsford Crown Court. The victim’s mother and father – oil futures trader Barry Bednar, who is originally from Houston, Texas – were in court to hear Daynes’ guilty plea. Sentencing will take place in January.

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VANESSA HUDGENS has been granted a restraining order against a stalker who flew from Africa to LA to ‘marry her’ after reportedly bombarding her with inappropriate emails. The 25-year-old feared for her safety after Junior Kabongo was seen driving up and down her street on November 1 and 4, TMZ reported. In his missives, Kabongo is said to have claimed he was a budding actor before going into graphic detail about his intentions. He was ordered to stay at least 100yards away from Hudgens, her sister Stella, Fears: Vanessa Hudgens 19, and boyfriend Austin Butler, 23.

Stressed singer seeks sanctuary in roadside hotel

JLaw: Liam’s advice made me stronger s quashed JenniFer Lawrence ha ng up for a ari ge be t rumours she migh nger Games Hu th wi ce an real-life rom . co-star Liam Hemsworth The Oscar winner says the thing is no 24-year-old aussie hunk ’. nd frie st ‘be r he n tha re mo ted hin o als The actress, 24, rage when Hemsworth gave her cou ked na of hackers leaked a string r. yea s thi r lie selfies online ear up a little en gh tou to me ng chi ‘He’s tea d. bit. i need that,’ she sai

Stefani: I wish I could escape my crazy family life

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wen Stefani may appear to have a perfect life but she admits that sometimes she wants to pack it all in and just ‘disappear’. the 45-year-old confessed it can be overwhelming juggling her work with being a wife and a mother to three boys, Kingston, eight, Zuma, six, and nine-month-old apollo. ‘it gets crazy. everybody knows that whole 4-8 at night thing is chaos. it’s like crazy time in our house,’ the no Doubt frontwoman said. ‘the other day, we were driving home and i was thinking, “OK, Motel 6 – if i can just find one and

Playing catchup: Zayn Malik and Harry Styles, below leave LaX Picture: rex

go there and disappear. Disappear from my life.” But no, they’re incredible.’ Stefani also revealed her 12-year marriage to Bush frontman, Gavin Rossdale, 49, is still going strong but they have their ups and downs. ‘well, like everybody else we go through our cycles of being so happy and then being like “Oh My Gosh” and then being so happy, it’s crazy,’ she

Hectic: Multi-tasker Stefani Picture: getty

told US chat show host ellen DeGeneres, 56. ‘i can’t believe that i’ve known him as long as i have and we still have fun together. ‘He left today to go on a week tour and he hasn’t done that for a while,’ she added. ‘it feels weird. Like when i go home, i’m actually going to go right to sleep. it’s crazy to have the little bit of freedom, but i’ll miss him.’

Growing up is hard to do, Cowell tells Arthur JAMES ARTHUR has opened up about the heart-toheart he had with Simon Cowell while visiting The X Factor this month. The former show winner was welcomed into – Cowell’s dressing room to watch the results show label d recor l’s mogu the from ed dropp being te despi after a series of homophobic tweets. ‘Simon was very kind and understanding and said he’s been in dark places himself. It was a very enlightening conversation,’ Arthur, 25, told Heat I magazine. ‘He didn’t really need to tell me where . been I’d d stupi how knew dy alrea I g, wron went ‘You can’t be seen to condone a guy who was doing immature things.’

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LinDSaY LOHan’S father Michael has tied the knot for a second time but snubbed his ing. daughter after failing to invite her to the wedd – r Majo Kate The 54-year-old wed girlfriend who is expecting their second child – at Hillsboro Beach, Florida, last month but didn’t bother to invite LiLo, 28, or any of his other six children, according to TMZ. But the Speed-ThePlow theatre actress reportedly didn’t seem to care about her father’s latest nuptials.

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Mobbed: Styles makes his way on to a plane to Oz

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JENNIFER ANISTON is keeping her cards close to her chest about her upcoming wedding to Justin Theroux. The Friends star, 45, is set to wed actor Theroux, 43, but revealed her friends are convinced they are secretly tying the knot whenever they are invited to visit. ‘Our friends Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher came to four parties about a year ago and would show up in beautiful wedding wear,’ Aniston said.

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On tour: (L-R) Mike Delizo, James Morgan, Ben Gittins and Jack Mercer The Carnabys lead singer Jack Mercer chatted to Guilty Pleasures about booze, women and supporting Blondie. Their debut album No Money On The Moon is out now on Hard Rock Records. How did it feel supporting Blondie? It was great! The gigs were wicked. I remember we had a show with them in Milan and I woke up and my voice had gone. Debbie (Harry) gave me two boxes of her special tea and a canister of this throat spray she uses. Have you experienced any overzealous fans yet? There was this one girl who followed us from Florence all the way to Rome and told us she’d nowhere to stay.

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When we found out she actually had a nice hotel, she was so embarrassed she went home without watching the gig! Do you have girlfriends? No – I don’t think any of us have time for two relationships. The band is the most demanding girlfriend I’ve ever had. Are you worried about being tempted by booze, drugs and women? Do you know of any young men worried about being tempted by women? Nothing gets in the way of us writing and performing. How are you coping with your rising fame? I wouldn’t say we’re after ‘fame’. I think we’ve become more appreciated, and it’s amazing to see new faces at gigs.

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The day Emily saved veteran actress’s life JAMES CORDEN thought Meryl Streep was ‘going to die’ when she fell on the set of new film Into The Woods. The 36-year-old ‘stood their gasping’ as Streep, 65, stepped on her dress and started to fall head-first into a stone floor. Luckily, co-star Emily Blunt, 31, came to the star’s rescue by ‘leaping forward and catching her’, Corden said. ‘The person who saved her was not the men in the room – but a pregnant woman,’ he added.

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sexual revolution is taking place in the book world. It was reported last week that two stars of the us comedy scene were neck and neck in the bestseller lists for first week book sales. lena Dunham’s Not That Kind Of Girl, published here at the end of september, and amy Poehler’s Yes Please, published here this month, had both sold nearly 40,000 copies in their first week. By anyone’s standards, that’s a lot of books. and it’s not the only thing that unites them; both are memoirs that upend the conventional celebrity memoir form. each book (pretty often in Dunham’s case) merrily mentions the word vagina. Most significantly of all, they are both very funny, frank and – yes – inspiring stories Yes Please much more than by women about being a woman. a celebrity memoir. It seems we can’t get enough of ‘There’s a ne new-found this refreshing new w theme. confidence and ‘It’s a really joyous, yous, humour these heartening and Sticking up for days in w women’s exciting time for ourselves in the writing. Women smart, honest same way we are celebrating books by female would one of our friends all of the writers,’ says contradictions is a hard but satisfying Francesca Main, that come with Poehler’s uK thing to do. Sometimes being female editor. ‘It takes it works and it’s great a lot for me to to see that compare someone Amy Poehler: being embraced. embraced.’ with Nora ephron yes PleAse Certainly, Poehler, Certainly [screenwriter for the from TV’ TV’s Parks and Megg Ryan and Billy Recreation, and Dunham, Crystal hit comedy When creator and star of Girls, both Harry Met sally] but it was write with varying degrees of that quality that for me made

says Main. ‘But it’s always easier when there is a proven market for something. Caitlin’s book very clearly opened up an appetite, an enthusiasm and a hunger. I’m not sure something like Yes Please wouldn’t have been possible before Caitlin but it certainly takes the right book to blaze a trail.’ It’s not just that Moran, Dunham and Poehler share stuff about their lives in ways that cast aside the old repressive ideas about what women should and shouldn’t admit to; they do so in a way that is consciously instructive. all offer advice on how to live and how to get what you want. Moran’s book redefined popular feminism in a way not seen since Germaine Greer’s The Female eunuch in 1970. Dunham, meanwhile, talks about modern female sexuality in all its messy, empowering glory in a way that us comedienne Mindy Kaling’s exposes sex and The City as 2012 book, Is everyone Hanging reactionary. Out With th Me? But one of all of it is down do to the the real trailblazers is fact that finally finally, english journalist feminism has gone For a long time Caitlin Moran, mainstream. It’ It’s no I wasn’t sure if I whose 2011 longer a niche liked sex… Sex taboo-busting ideology: it is itself was a mystery. Nothing part of everyday memoircum-essay quite fit. Intercourse felt, conversation. How To Be This is obviously often, like shoving a loofah a Woman fabulous news, into a Mason jar blasted open a even if there is a ev new mainstream huge discussion to lenA DunhAm: territory for be had else elsewhere noT ThAT KInD individualised, about ho how far women oF GIrl sexually xually liberated still have to go. In the female voices. meantime, one thing we can ‘I wouldn’t say publishers were be certain of is that, right now, it’s more wary of this sort of writing,’ sure selling a lot of books.

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eye-popping openness about sex, self-confidence (or lack of), body image and sexism. Dunham talks about her uterus as easily as she describes how her parents fell in love. Poehler is gloriously funny on the astonishingly absurd indignity of childbirth. and readers can’t get enough. Obviously, women have always written truthfully, brilliantly and radically about their lives. What feels new and specific about Dunham and Poehler’s stories is their powerful commercial appeal. Both are clear inheritors of a form of comic confessional writing cultivated by Tina Fey (her 2011 memoir Bossypants has sold more than 2.5million copies) and fellow

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18 die as ‘illegally built’ flats collapse

Paris pollution ‘like room full of smoke’

EGyPT: At least 18 residents were killed yesterday and seven injured when an eight-storey block of flats collapsed. The casualty toll at the site in the Cairo suburb of Matariya is expected to rise as rescue workers hunt through the rubble. Local official Ahmed Fawzi said only four people had escaped unhurt, with the collapse likely to have been caused by illegal extra storeys built on top of the aging block.

FRANCE: Air pollution in Paris can be as bad for your health as being in a room with eight smokers, a damning study has found. It peaked to hazardous levels twice in the past 12 months, according to air quality monitoring network Airparif. On the worst occasion, December 13 last year, a blanket of smog was so dense it hid the Eiffel Tower from view. The smog is caused by car fumes, wood stoves and industrial processes.

Ex-PM is held over First italian to catch €20m bribery claim ebola is flown home PORTUGAL: Former prime minister José Sócrates is being kept in custody over accusations he amassed €20million in bribes. The 57-year-old was held after a judge heard preliminary evidence on the charges, which he denies. The socialist, who held office from 2005 to 2011, is alleged to have taken payments from companies and stashed them in a Swiss bank account. He could face up to 21 years in jail if the case goes to trial.

iTALy: A doctor who contracted ebola while working in Sierra Leone was yesterday in a stable condition after arriving in Rome. The 50-year-old, Italy’s first ebola victim, had a fever but was alert and able to walk, said doctors. His country’s air force earlier flew him home from west Africa, where he had been working for the aid organisation Emergency. He will be treated with an experimental drug not previously used in the country.

and finally... iTALy: A lingerie chain that discounted bras for big-busted women was bursting at the seams with customers – and their partners. The retailer, called Loveable, said men ‘couldn’t keep their eyes off other women’ during the sale in Padua.

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Arson and anger as policeman cleared of killing teenager by jiM sALTER

ENRAGED protesters torched buildings and looted shops as it emerged that a white police officer will avoid prosecution for shooting dead a black teenager in the US. The rioting erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, after a grand jury decided Darren Wilson did not deserve to stand trial for killing Michael Brown during a confrontation. Mr Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, listened as prosecutors announced the verdict. She cried and screamed as supporters carried her away. The destruction that

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We’re a little bit McNervous It’s judgement time for the punk pop supergroup McBusted as they release their debut album, writes Amy Dawson

Do the show commotion: The Busted and McFly supergroup move as one

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ou can imagine me waking up ten years ago and saying: “Guys, I had the weirdest dream. us and Busted did an album together called McBusted, and Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 was singing on one of our songs.” The whole thing is like an insane dream!’ Tom Fletcher has a point. Just over a year ago, pop fans found themselves experiencing a collective moment of WTF?!-infused delight as mid-noughties punk-pop powerhouses McFly and Busted announced that they would be hooking up for a 31-date arena tour – sharing back catalogues and playing together as one huge megaband. Now the boys (apart from Busted’s Charlie Simpson, who left Busted in 2005 to pursue a less commercial musical direction) are back under the same moniker, but with their first album of all-new combined material. Anyone worried that the purveyors of such fine teen classics as Year 3000 and Five Colours In Her Hair might have gone in for some experimentations with Albanian noisecore and recorded street sounds can rest easy at night. New tracks such as Air Guitar and Hate Your Guts are exactly the kind of gloriously silly, high-calibre punk rock that the two bands made their names with. And while with other acts this kind of reboot might seem desperate, McBusted make it

CHIlDlINE CONCErT TO HOST BOyzONE aND JEDWarD A HOST of sheeny homegrown pop acts including Boyzone, Shane Filan, Jedward, and HomeTown (the latest pet project from pop svengali Louis Walsh) will join McBusted and happy chappy X Factor hero Ollie Murs at this year’s Cheerios Childline concert. Childline hopes to receive more than €400,000 from this year’s concert, the proceeds of

NEVER MIND DAVID, WHO’S WHO IN MCBUSTED? seem like the funnest idea in the which have fought well-publicised world – and their uSP has always battles with issues including subbeen that they don’t take themselves stance abuse and mental illness – all too seriously – there’s even a song seem to be in a happy place. With of mock anguish on the album Harry Judd and Danny Jones marcalled What Happened To Your ried, and Willis and Fletcher married with kids, is it strange that their songBand. When I meet them in a writing perspective doesn’t seem to have shifted? London studio, they are in boisterous – indeed ‘I still feel like that MATT On slightly delirious – crazy funny party gROwing up guy, I just don’t beend-of-press-day have in a terrible mood, verbally I still feel like that crazy way any more,’ scrambling all funny party guy, I just protests Willis. over each other don’t behave in a terrible ‘And no-one really and seguing off way any more – and nowants to hear us into umpteen prione wants to hear us sing sing about nappies vate jokes. But about nappies and stuff! and all that stuff!’ they’re also very polite and charming. There’s just one In what must have more fan wish left open felt like an injection of for the supergroup to fulfil. high-grade kudos, they collaboCould they ever entice back Simprated with two of their heroes – Weez- son, with whom they are now on er’s Rivers Cuomo and Hoppus – on good personal terms? the record. Yet they seem more wary The answer, unequivocally, is no. about how it’s going to go down than ‘Seven people in a band,’ says Dougie you might expect. Poynter, ‘would just be ridiculous. ‘I feel a bit anxious at the moment,’ only S Club 7 can manage that.’ says Matt Willis. ‘We were really cocky before but now we’re putting McBusted play The Cheerios Childline something new out it’s judgement Concert, 3Arena, Dublin, on Nov 30, time. We’re nervous.’ Nevertheless, €45. www.ticketmaster.ie Their album the group – various members of McBusted is released Dec 01

Dougie Poynter – Dating Ellie Goulding and an ex of The Saturday’s Frankie Bridge, bassist Dougie beat TOWIE’s Mark Wright to win I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here in 2011.

Matt Willis – Not content with winning IACGMOOH back in 2006 (seriously, what is it with these guys?) Willis has also pursued an acting career and had a short stint on EastEnders last February.

Danny Jones – McBusted’s only northern Englander, Jones married former Miss England Georgia Horsley this August.

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which will be used to expand its much-needed call centre where some 800,000 calls have been received this year alone, many going unanswered due to lack of resources. To date, Childline has benefited to the tune of €5million from previous shows, which have been held annually since 1997 and played host to such acts as Robbie Williams and Enrique Iglesias.

The Boyz are back: Boyzone

Tom Fletcher – McFly’s lead vocalist and guitarist melted hearts when he sung a McFly-themed wedding speech to his childhood sweetheart at their 2012 marriage.

James Bourne – Prolific songwriter James has released music with various bands and solo guises, as well as penning musical theatre pieces such as Loserville: The Musical.

Harry Judd – Drummer Harry won the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing. He is married to violinist Izzy Johnstone.

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Bob Dylan: The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 (Columbia, €130) These 138 tracks comprise every recording from the legendary 1967 sessions Dylan held with The Band following his mysterious motorbike accident. The Holy Grail for Dylanites.

The Art of Paul McCartney (Arctic Poppy, from €12.99) A collection guaranteed to put smiles on faces of Beatles fans across the country this Christmas, The Art Of Paul McCartney sees 42 musicians – including greats such as Brian Wilson and Bob Dylan – tackle classics from Paul’s back catalogue and reinterpret them with help from McCartney’s band. Dylan is on fire with a pleasingly ramshackle Things We Said Today; Wilson takes on Wanderlust to beguiling effect; and there’s sterling work from Chrissie Hynde (Let It Be), Willie nelson (Yesterday) and Roger Daltrey (Helter Skelter) among others. Available in multiple formats including double CD with ‘Making Of’ DVD; and a stunning Deluxe Boxset, featuring 42 tracks across four 12” vinyl LPs along with an illustrated guide to The Art Of McCartney.

Leonard Cohen: Live in Dublin (Sony Music, from €25, various formats). Recorded at the 02 in September 2013, Live In Dublin is a splendid and sprawling 3CD affair covering all facets of Cohen’s career from seventies folk ballads par excellence, through to his eighties incarnation as dystopian humourist, to an outstanding comeback on his Old Ideas LP. Available from Dec 01.

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Wondering who’s who in the hot new Danish family melodrama The Legacy? Keith Watson looks at its colourful protagonists

ren’t we over the whole Scandi-noir thing by now? After all, we’ve got the Missing and the Fall to satisfy our lust for dark mysteries without all the bother of reading those subtitles. time then, to kiss the Danes and the Swedes goodbye? no, not quite. new Danish series the Legacy is a different kind of beast – a family melodrama. But it will grip you as tightly as the Bridge or Borgen. the ten-part drama cunningly combines art house aesthetics with a central family caught up in the rarefied world of contemporary art, with a sense of scheming melodrama that’s

Sibling spats: The show centres on the fallout following the mother’s death

pure dynasty. So you can satisfy your intellectual side while slumming it in soapland. In other words, it’s the perfect tV formula. the Legacy tells the story of the four children of acclaimed artist Veronika, who share three different fathers, and the bitter battle that results from her sudden death. Veronika’s deathbed will throws the lives of all four into turmoil and confusion in an emotional timebomb that can’t help but prompt you to side with one of the parties concerned. Will you see power-dressing elder sister Gro as the baddie of the plot? She’ll do anything to turn the family home into a museum to her mother’s art. But then again, you could

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FreDerik (Carsten Bjornlund) Scarred by the suicide of his father, this upstanding lawyer sees the family mansion as his birthright – and he’ll stop at nothing to get even with Gro, who he believes betrayed his father. say she’s honouring her heritage. there are equally compelling pros and cons for the other three – naïve Signe, conservative Frederik or charmer emil – that will colour how you chart your way through the Legacy. ‘the Legacy is about love, loss, betrayal and sibling rivalry – something most of us are familiar with,’ says Sky Arts acquisitions manager Sophie Judge, who believes borders have been well and truly breached when it comes to tV drama. ‘It doesn’t matter where the drama is set or what language it’s in. It’s the story that counts.’

The Legacy begins on Sky Arts 1 tonight at 10pm.

Gro (Trine Dyrholm) With her swanky haircut and powerful art-world chums, Gro is a go-getter. But her exterior disguises demons: she sacrificed her life to her mother’s art career, now she wants something back.

SiGNe (Marie Bach Hansen) The bohemian background of her halfsiblings comes as an alluring surprise to Signe, who was adopted out of the family as a child. A surprise bequest means their fate lies in her hands.

eMiL (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard) The wild-child brother, Emil hears of his mother’s death while partying in Thailand. He passes himself off as a free spirit, but he’s deep in debt to gangsters; he needs his legacy and fast.

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1. Live At the Apollo

BBC1, 11.05pm A couple of familiar faces hop on to the Apollo boards tonight: you might recognise Chris Ramsey from his cheeky chappy turn in sitcom Hebburn while Doc Brown was last seen playing a cop alongside Bradley Walsh in Law & Order. Both turn in serviceable stand-up performances alongside Jason Manford.

4 Laugh as they whinge all the way to the bank in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

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Fox, 10pm & 10.30pm A kind of companion piece to American Horror Story: Freak Show, here we have former music biz pro Todd Ray introducing curious creatures he’s gathered together in a modern-day version of the old fairground sideshows. Is it exploitative? Mr Ray says he’s using ‘freak’ as a positive term. But then he would.

1 Cheeky chappie Chris Ramsey is Live At The Apollo

3. the Apprentice

BBC1, 9pm The task this week is selling products to country types at the Royal Bath and West Show, but now we’re at the business end of the competition, the contestants seem more intent on stitching each other up than doing any business. As the boardroom turns into Game Of Thrones, it’s time for one controversial contender to wake up and smell the manure…

5 Siblings at war in new Danish drama The Legacy

4. i’m A Celebrity… get Me out of here!

3e & UTV, 9pm The call has gone out for reinforcements as the celebrities fall like flies under the strain of sitting around in hammocks and eating the odd kangaroo testicle or gnat sandwich. Reckon we could stomach it for €50K, but we’ve never had a bit part in a half-arsed reality show. So we’ll just laugh as they whinge all the way to the bank.

5. the Legacy

Sky Arts 1, 10pm ‘From the makers of Borgen and The Killing’ trumpets the trailer for this latest top-notch Danish export but don’t go expecting political intrigue or a murder mystery. This gripping tale is a family saga, concentrating on the secrets and lies that come bubbling to the surface

YoUR gUiDE to this EvEning’s EssEntiAL viEWing when a famous artist dies, her deathbed will stirring up a hornets’ nest of conflicting emotions.

6. Confessions of A Doctor

C4, 10pm On one level this is a bunch of veteran GPs waxing nostalgic about the days when the family doctor was revered as a kind of God and wondering where it’s all gone wrong. But it’s also an interesting snapshot on shifting social attitudes to race, abortion and many more issues besides.

7. Champions League Football

RTÉ2 & Sky Sports 5, 7.30pm/7pm Liverpool – on a run of woeful form at the moment – travel into the less glamorous end of the competition as they try to avoid a slip at Ludogorets Razgrad.

8. surprise surprise

UTV, 8pm Olly Murs, Rio Ferdinand and Dave Berry are among the inspirational figures (OK, it takes all sorts) enlisted by Holly Willoughby to

bring down the curtain on this makea-wish-come-true series. It’s shamelessly sentimental, but one wedding reunion story got us, you know, right there.

9. Rachel Allen: All things sweet

RTÉ1, 8.30pm All of Rachel’s sweet concoctions would have made a great feast, but this week she rustles up dishes perfect for a celebration. As well as nectarine and sloe gin trifle and chocolate meringue cake, she

proves she’s on trend with salted caramel cupcakes.

10. today’s Film: the incredible Journey

Sky Movies Disney, 10.30pm There’s no CGI, no special effects and precious little trickery in this charming animal tale from 1963: just two dogs and a cat, separated from their owners, who face a hazardous journey across the Canadian wilderness, in a bid to find their way home. Brilliantly filmed, it will have any animal lover in pieces.

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My girlfriend had our baby a few weeks ago and I’m starting to wonder if it’s mine. Everyone says – and I agree – that it looks like her gay friend Vincent, who is practically joined at her hip (and I always thought was a bit too over-familiar with her). Shall I just come out with it, or quiz him about their ‘friendship’? Tomas

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Really? My advice would be to stop watching Jeremy Kyle and start changing some nappies. All babies look like babies so it’s impossible that he could resemble Vincent, Tom, Dick or Harry at this point. And if her friend is gay – and you might want to swot up on sexuality, but that means he’s into guys – he’s hardly going to get jiggy with your girlfriend. That they’ve had an affair is as likely as Panti Bliss nipping to the corner shop in Uggs and a onesie. More likely you’re feeling a bit side-lined from their friendship – which will be small fry when you start playing second fiddle to a nursing infant, so man up.

Horrible Bosses 2 stars Charlie Day, Jason Bateman and Jason Sudeikis are just your average dads, finds Anna Smith

wimming lessons. That’s what the time plotting an inevitably inept kidnapping of Rex [Chris Pine] after his father Horrible Bosses 2 men are talking [Christoph waltz] rips their characters off. about when we meet in London. ‘we wanted to make sure it was at least as They may have made another raucous, rude comedy but off-screen good as the first one,’ says Bateman. ‘we tried as hard as we could and got involved the conversation the con goes like this: Charlie Day: ‘i spent half the wrap party with the writing as much as they would let us.’ talking with our first assistant director about Sudeikis says: ‘The last movie was very where to get our son good swim lessons.’ lessons. Hitchcockian, very Strangers On A Train, Jason Bateman: ‘i’ve ‘i’ got the greatest lady, which we reference here. we reference the she’ tropes of kidnapping movies.’ she’s done both the girls.’ Jason Sudeikis: ‘Does she come oover to And what of Jennifer Aniston, back the house?’ playing the sexually aggressive Julia? Bateman: ‘maple can already swim and ‘She’s just this huge global star,’ says she’ Bateman, ‘And for her to take that capital she’ll be three in February.’ Day: ‘whoah, great, i’ i’ll get that number.’ and to risk soiling it by playing such a dirty ‘w Sudeikis: ‘we’re going to throw ours in character is generous of her and she did it so the ocean and see what happens, that’s that’ the well. Twice.’ old-school w b The three actors are building way. Swim, boy.’ it’ xchange from the it’s a typical exchange quite a momentum. ‘i’m just editing something charming – and charmingly Charlie Day o the summer,’ i shot over family-oriented – trio: Bateman and Day fully ensconced in says Bateman. y all tic ‘It’s uncharacteris As for Sudeikis: ‘i worked parenthood, Sudeikis a new ne healthy around here a bunch this year – this is the father with actress wife Oli Olivia wilde. while the latter peppers lik five movies so first of, like, right now. It’s not ’ od professional, analytical the they will all start coming out wo lly Ho very conve ove the next year.’ conversation with deadpan comic over asides, Bateman is the serious, w Day is working on ‘a lot of TV softly spoken spoken one while Day is just as w production’ and all three would jolly, humble and generous as you’d hope. consider a third Horrible Bosses film if the Just your average fathers with swimming script was right. with that, they go off to enjoy London with pools at home, then. ‘There’s nothing i look forward to more their wives. Sudeikis wants to hit the Tate than sitting down and having a conversation and Charlie Peckham Day is considering with these guys because i find them going south of the river. endlessly interesting,’ says Day. ‘it’s nice to ‘with a middle name like Peckham, London feels right to me,’ he says. ‘i should see the guys continue to make great movies and their stars rise and see their home lives go to Peckham. Dig up the family tree.’ become more secure. it’s uncharacteristically watch out, Peckham – an outrageous US healthy around here right now, it’s not very comedian/very nice family man might be Hollywood. This is the modern movie star.’ coming your way soon. And the modern movie stars are back for a Horrible Bosses 2 is in cinemas on Friday second helping of the crime comedy, this

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Last week, I did a big smelly poo at work and was morto when a colleague, who I’m friendly with, was waiting to use the loo after me because the others were full. I wanted to just own up and make a joke about poo particles lingering in the air but I was so befuddled, I scurried out. If that should ever happen again, what Soggy Bottom should I do?

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Dear Ronan. ‘A source’ told a red-top newspaper – so it must be true – that you’ve requested the front row be moved back for your West End theatre debut of the musical Once. ‘Ronan’s female fans may well be into their thirties, but they are known to sometimes get excited and revert back to their teenage years,’ said The Source. The likelihood of an airborne pair of nylon knickers appearing mid-flow through Falling Slowly is as likely as you getting positive reviews from Irish critics. So keep your eyes on the prize (Olivier Awards) and not the non-existent lingerie.

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Ten years ago, I lived in Australia and unrequitedly fancied one boy the whole time I was there. Nothing happened between us and I never told him how I felt. Meanwhile, I’ve been happily in a relationship here since 2012. My former crush came over on a flying visit and he told me he’d fancied me the whole time we were in Oz and we kissed. I’m unlikely to see him any time soon but I just can’t stop thinking about that kiss... I’m racked with guilt. Should I ’fess up to my boyfriend, or enjoy it as a Flustered magical one-off?

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(they don’t even live in Ireland!). She’s no more a practising Catholic than I’m a practising Hindu – I don’t want to be rushed into marriage but I don’t want to break up either because we’re perfect together otherwise. Is there a compromise here? MN What do you think? Lend your words of wisdom to deardolly@metroherald. ie. Best reply published in a fortnight. And remember: Dear Dolly can also be found at gometro.ie

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wheels

Drive safely this winter

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With cold weather and icy roads ahead, Joanne Ahern finds out that it’s more important than ever to service your car – and that applies to all models, regardless of age

N aNNual service is as important for a car that’s not being regularly driven as it is for one that clocks up thousands of kilometres a year, the aa has warned. With Christmas on the horizon, now is the time that many people will be thinking about packing up the car to head off on a long journey. and if your car hasn’t already had its annual service, then that should be on your checklist too. It’s recommended a car is serviced once a year or every 12,000km, whichever comes first. aa also advises that you have your car serviced before winter – and that applies to cars of all ages. aa repair and servicing co-ordinator Pat Murphy said: ‘It doesn’t matter if you drive a spanking new 2014 car or an old run-around, regular car maintenance is a must. Even if you feel the car is running smoothly you still need have some parts looked at routinely, particularly oil.’ He added: ‘Cars which have been inactive for a prolonged length of time are just as important to service as vehicles that are driven quite often. They may have developed issues on account of the engine being left idle, with oil purity a particular concern.’ Mr Murphy said it’s important that cars are taken out for a jaunt on a regular basis to keep them in good condition: ‘If your car doesn’t spend enough time on the road, the engine will not get hot enough to burn off the water vapour produced during combustion. That vapour will then mix with your oil and can seriously damage the engine.’ He added: ‘Having your car serviced

Joanne Ahern headed off to Frankfurt to take the new Opel Corsa for a spin ahead of its Irish launch later this week.

at regular intervals will help reduce engine wear, improve fuel economy, prolong the life of your engine, and will highlight any outstanding safety issues.’ as part of a professional service, the car goes through a myriad of checks. In fact, the aa service has a checklist of 74 aspects that need to be inspected. These include visual checks of the car exterior and seat belts or checking that the horn is working correctly, to the more mechanical end of things, like clutch and handbrake

operation, brake fluid, oil checks, steering, suspension and lights. Mr Murphy said that not all garages will carry out the 74 checks that comprise the aa’s list, so drivers should agree with the mechanic in advance what will be inspected. He advises that a brake inspection in particular should be specified for older cars. ‘Scraping, squeaking or

chirping noises that come from the wheels when the brakes are applied are other signs of potentially excessive brake wear. a car that pulls to the left or right when the brakes are applied could also mean trouble,’ he said. Car service prices vary, depending on the service provider, the level of service, the make and the engine size. Many manufacturers are now offering car service deals.

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What is it: City-friendly supermini. Styling: Corsa fans will notice a new exterior nose, but the biggest visible change is the all-new interior, which chief designer Kurt Beyer believes is ‘the best in its class’. The striking interior of the new Opel Corsa comes in four trims, with personalisation options. Comfort: This car is extremely comfortable. The cabin is spacious and airy and feels like a bigger car. Boot: A decent size. Transmission tested: 1.0-litre 90hp turbo petrol, SE trim, manual. Driveability: Beautiful, feels solid on the road and handles well. It’s peppy in the city and powerful in the mountains. Technology: An ‘intuitive infotainment system’ allows drivers to connect Android and Apple smartphones to the car to stream music as well as access apps such as the BringGo SatNav system. Driver aids include hill start assist (standard on SE trim), a Park and Go self-parking system and speed sign recognition are available as options. Price: From €14,895 for a three-door model. Visit AtTheLights.com to check out the full First Look review

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The all new Suzuki Celerio arrives in Ireland next week, with a starting price tag of €11,995. Suzuki says the new compact car boasts class leading interior space, low CO2 emissions, fuel efficiency and boot space. It said: ‘Celerio makes strong statements in styling, space, driving performance, handling as well as offering low fuel consumption and low emissions.’

everything is routed through the We were turning heads in Wexford digital instrument panel. and then on Friday when we finally got the there’s the sweet, sweet sound and on TT i chance to take the new aud kick of the petrol engine. The TT was the road. and our first impressions one of four new cars audi was were that the 2litre TFSi S-Tronic unveiling, including the a3 e-tron the th (automatic) quattro was wor plug-in hybrid, the audi a6 and the wait. When you finally pull your eyes audi a7. Prices start from €47,550 away from the exterior styling you’ll Visit AtTheLights.com for a First Look notice that there’s no centre console review. as such in the cabin. That’s because

The ‘completely new’ Skoda Fabia arrives in Ireland on December 1, with prices starting from €13,895. This car was originally not due here until next year, but Skoda decided to bring the date forward to meet Irish demand. Skoda says that the new model is not simply a facelift ‘but is entirely new inside and out, utilising the latest engines and technologies to provide the best Fabia ever’. Skoda has also introduced a new entry level Octavia diesel. The new model has a 1.6 TDI 90 bhp diesel engine and prices start from €21,745.

Best in its class: The striking interior of the new Opel Corsa has been designed by Kurt Beyer and comes in four trims

body matters

Stayin’ cold-free This season, it’s all about survival of the fittest as we battle against cold and flu viruses. But help is at hand, as our experts share immunity-boosting tips. By Vicki-Marie Cossar

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Invest in a good herbal remedy

‘Most of us dose up on cold and flu tablets only when we’re knee-deep in mucus,’ says medical nutritionist and author Dr Sarah Brewer. ‘Yet natural remedies such as pelargonium and echinacea can help to prevent a cold progressing if you take it at

the first sign of a sniffle. Potter’s Herbals Elixir of Echinacea Plus (€14, selected pharmacists) contains echinacea augustifolia, fumitory and wild indigo, which all help to stimulate your white blood cells and fight off the dreaded virus.’

A taste of the exotic ‘Coconut oil contains lauric acid, which the body converts to monolaurin, known for its anti-viral and antibacterial properties,’ says nutritionist Christine Bailey. ‘Adding a spoonful of coconut

oil to your breakfast smoothie or stirring it into your morning porridge may be the simplest way to keep sniffles at bay. It’s also one of the best oils to cook with. Holland & Barrett has a very good range to choose from.’

Know your medicine

‘A sore throat is often associated with a virus but some remedies such as aspirin or ibuprofen contain ingredients to dampen the inflammation, which in doing so is negatively interfering with your body’s own natural defences,’ says Dr Mike Smith, an

independent GP. ‘Instead, go for something like Ultra Chloraseptic throat spray (€8, boots.ie). This anaesthetic spray is a locally acting pain-killer that eases the soreness of the throat while your own defences get on with their work fighting it off.’

Germ warfare: Natural remedies can ward off bugs

Add these to your shopping list ‘Certain foods can hike up your defences and help your body swerve bugs and viruses,’ says nutritionist Fiona Kirk. ‘Mushrooms contain beta-glucans, which recognise viral and bacterial threats and help eliminate them.

et leaves, freezing temperatures, limited visibility and rain mean most of us switch to the gym in winter. But training outside still has benefits as long as you know how to do it. ● You need to maintain body temperature when outside. Layers will ensure you stay warm and don’t overheat when the going gets tough. ‘If you wear a cotton tshirt, as soon as you sweat and stop exercising you’re going to get cold very quickly,’ says Garry Kerr of British Military Fitness. ‘train in a moisture wicking base

layer to extract sweat away from the body. then cover with a fleece.’ ● the body takes longer to warm up in winter, so spend extra time on this to prevent strains. Dynamic stretches such as arm swings and lunges will increase heart rate and prep your body. Kerr says: ‘If you don’t prepare physically, this may cause ligaments and tendons to tear. Ideally you want to cool down as soon as you can after the session, so gradually lower the intensity towards the end. then stretch the main muscle groups. Once back indoors, shower and do further stretching.’ ● Use adverse conditions as an

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Berries and cherries are rich in immunity-boosting vitamin C plus flavonoids, which have an antibiotic effect. Watermelon is an excellent source of vitamin A, which is vital to the function of the immune cells in the upper respiratory tract.’

excuse to shake up your routine. Find woods to run or power walk in. And stay off the ground as much as you can. ‘there are hundreds of core exercises that don’t involve sitting on the floor,’ says Kerr. ‘And benches, fences and trees are great to use for tricep dips, step-ups and pressups. Or train with a friend and do pushing and pulling exercises together for strength training.’ ● You need to hydrate in the winter just as much as summer. You’re breathing in drying cold winds which can dehydratee. ‘Make sure your water isn’t too cold,’ adds Kerr. ‘Ice-cold water takes longer for the body to absorb.

You don’t have to stop exercising outside just because winter’s here, says Vicki-Marie Cossar

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Something that is far from sexy may need your attention today. In fact, this might have been the case for quite some time, but if you delay grappling with this any longer it will become totally counterproductive. If you get stuck in, it could prove to be surprisingly satisfying.

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Sign of the times: New world champion Hamilton is greeted by autograph hunters at Media City in Manchester

Shaun rage as heat is turned up on Gatland Shaun EdwardS has hit back angrily at suggestions wales head coach warren Gatland is under pressure due to his dismal record against the southernhemisphere heavyweights. wales’ 34-16 defeat to new Zealand on Saturday was their 26th in 27 games at the hands of either the all Blacks, australia or South africa since Gatland took charge seven years ago. The loss led to Gatland being asked about pressure during a television interview after new

6 Years since Wales last

beat either South Africa, Australia or New Zealand

Lewis: smarten up and Button down

Lewis HamiLton reckons Ron Dennis will make the ‘smart decision’ and retain Jenson Button. Button is still unsure whether his 15-year career in the sport is over or if he will be handed a new contract by his team mcLaren. mcLaren Group Ceo Dennis has confirmed the situation will not be resolved until a board meeting in early December. it leaves Button, 34, and team-mate Kevin magnussen in limbo until

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shareholders decide who should partner the returning Fernando alonso next season. Hamilton – who was fresh from clinching his second F1 world title in abu Dhabi – is sure that former teammate Button should be snapped up by Dennis. Hamilton said: ‘Jenson’s had an exceptional Formula one career, and he’s still young.

‘on sunday, he drove incredibly well to bring a mcLaren up to fifth, and with a great driver [magnussen, who was 11th] alongside him who wasn’t able to do the same with the same car. ‘i’ve known Ron for a long, long time and he is passionate about racing. i’m sure he’ll make the smart decision. Building a team to target being champions you need to have starquality drivers. ‘there are only a handful of those

Zealand’s victory in Cardiff. and when the subject was raised ahead of the match with South africa on Saturday, wales’ defence coach Edwards (pictured) said: ‘what do you mean “under pressure?”’ ‘Being a Test-match rugby coach, every game has pressure. I don’t understand what you mean. do you mean do you think he is going to get sacked? ‘If you coach wigan under-11s, you get pressure. Of course he is under pressure. I don’t understand what you are getting at. ‘So what about if you win three Six nations? next question.’

and Jenson’s one of them.’ meanwhile, Button, the 2009 world champion, believes fellow Briton Hamilton’s triumph this year was something special. He said: ‘one world title is enough for any racing driver but to win two is out of this world. ‘i am very happy for him, i really am. He is a lovely guy and a very straightforward individual, even if it does not always come across like that, and he has done a great job.’

spORT DigEsT

Rowntree knows canny Aussies will be tricky

No Bull as Seb cracks on with new garage conversion

fORMuLA1 Sebastian Vettel wasted no time in meeting his new paymasters after making a surprise visit to the Ferrari garage on the opening day of the post-season Abu Dhabi test. The outgoing Red Bull driver, who will replace Fernando Alonso at the Italian marque next season, isn’t

RugBy FORWARDS coach

taking part in the two days of testing but spent time in the Ferrari garage meeting the team (pictured). Team-mate Kimi Raikkonen said: ‘We were busy today so not much time to talk. ‘We’ll fight against each other, but first we must get the team [Ferrari] where we’re supposed to be.’

Graham Rowntree has warned England to be wary of Australia’s ‘canny’ forwards in Saturday’s Twickenham showdown. England will seek to round-off their autumn series with a victory over their pool rivals at next year’s World Cup. Rowntree laughed off claims the Wallaby setpiece is their Achilles Heel and expects them to prove England with a huge test. ‘I don’t trust

Australia, they’re a canny team. Always have been,’ Rowntree said. ‘They’re one of the most difficult teams to analyse in any week, but particularly in the last game of this series because they’ve lost their last two matches. Rowntree was quick to hail unsung props David Wilson (right) and Joe Marler for their contributions. ‘Our props have done well,’ he said.

66-1 Odds for 2013

Grand National winner Auroras Encore, whose jockey that day at Aintree, Ryan Mania, has quit racing citing a constant battle with his weight. ‘I’m not being fair to myself if I carry on being miserable,’ said the 25-yearold Scot.

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City rescued by late gROup E man city..............3 bayErn munich .2

by Danny griffiths SERGIO AGUERO struck an injurytime winner against ten-man Bayern Munich to keep Manchester City’s Champions League dreams alive. The Argentina striker completed a remarkable hat-trick with a late strike after an error from Jerome Boateng. City were heading for an embarrassing defeat – despite having a man advantage for nearly 70 minutes – when Aguero picked up a poor pass from Xabi Alonso before running 25 yards and sliding an ice-cool finish in off Manuel Neuer’s far post. Aguero, who has now scored 17 times for City this season, had fired the Premier League champions ahead with a 22nd-minute penalty after be-

Seeing red: Benatia is sent packing

Set-piece special: Alonso

No mistake: Aguero slots home

REsuLTs ChAMPiONS LEAGuE GrOuP E CSKA Moscow............1 roma........................ 1 Man City ................... 3 Bayern Munich ........2 GrOuP F Paris Saint-Germain . 3 Ajax.......................... 1 Apoel Nicosia ...........0 Barcelona................ 4

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GrOuP G Schalke .....................0 Chelsea ....................5 Sporting Lisbon ........ 3 Maribor ................... 1

Bayern Roma CSKA Man City

GrOuP h Bate ..........................0 Porto ........................3 Shakhtar Donetsk.....0 Athletic Bilbao ......... 1

PW 5 4 5 1 5 1 5 1

D 0 2 2 2

L 1 2 2 2

F A 13 4 8 12 6 10 7 8

Pts 12 5 5 5

SKy BEt LEAGuE ONE MK Dons ................... 2 rochdale ..................2 jPt NOrthErN SECtiON quArtEr-FiNAL Oldham .................... 2 Preston ....................2 Preston won 10-9 on penalties

One-man band: Aguero celebrates his late winner to keep City’s Euro dream alive

Messi breaks scoring record

fixTuREs (7.45pm unless stated) Champions League Group A Atletico Madrid v Olympiakos............................ Malmo v Juventus ............................................... Group B Ludogorets v Liverpool ................................. TV RTÉ 2/Sky Sports 5 Basle v Real Madrid ....................................... TV Sky Sports 3 Group C Zenit St Petersburg v Benfica ..............(5pm) TV Sky Sports 5 Bayer Leverkusen v Monaco............................... Group D Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund ....................... TV Sky 1/Sky Sports 1 Anderlecht v Galatasaray ...................................

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ing sent crashing to the turf by Mehdi Benatia, who was sent off. But the Bundesliga champions hit back with two goals in five minutes to silence the stunned home fans in the Etihad Stadium. Alonso celebrated his 33rd birthday by whipping in a low free-kick, then Robert Lewandowski scored his first European goal for the Bundesliga champions on the brink of half-time with a header from ten yards. Neuer made an athletic save to keep out Frank Lampard’s long-range shot as City fought to salvage a point but they became increasingly frustrated until Aguero spared their blushes. City are now level on points with Roma and CSKA Moscow and will go through if they win in Italy next month and CSKA lose at Bayern. If both matches end all-square, City will need to score twice to advance.

Magic: Messi scored three

LIONEL MEssI broke Raul’s Champions League scoring record last night as the Argentina superstar scored a superb hat-trick in Barcelona’s comfortable win. Messi, who went into the game level with Raul on 71 goals, struck three times with his right foot in Cyprus. Earlier, Luis suarez scored his first goal for the Catalan giants, the former

gROup f APOeL NiCOSiA .............................0 BARCeLONA ................................... 4 Liverpool striker turning on the edge of the Nicosia penalty area and curling a delightful shot into the net.

Off the mark: Suarez

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Heads up: Terry’s opener beats Schalke keeper Ralf Fahrmann

Terry is the fourth defender to net ten or more Champions League goals

Europa hopes: Distin

Distin tells Toffees to wrap things up syLVAIN DIsTIN believes guaranteeing progress to the knockout phase of the Europa League with a match to spare will help Everton domestically. A point against Wolfsburg in Germany tomorrow – Everton beat the same opposition 4-1 in september – will ensure qualification, while victory will secure top spot in Group H. Defender Distin said: ‘We’ll do everything to win but if we get a point then we can have a bit of rotation and rest some legs. We try to win every game. you need to deal with it [the Europa League] and how to recover as soon as possible because three games a week is really tough. you need to learn about yourself, how to recover, and then move on to the next game.’

5 Years in charge of Chelten-

ham for Mark Yates, who was sacked yesterday, ending his spell as the third longest-serving boss in the top four divisions

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PW 5 3 5 1 4 1 4 0

D 2 2 1 3

L F A 0 14 2 2 8 14 2 8 8 1 3 9

I’d love to rejoin Foxes, says Heskey

Pts 11 5 4 3

Through blues make it painful return for Rob CHELSEA ruthlessly swept aside the meek challenge of Schalke to seal their place in the Champions League knockout stages and spoil Roberto Di Matteo’s reunion with his old club. Efforts from John Terry, Willian, Jan Kirchhoff’s own goal, Didier Drogba and Ramires saw the Blues claim victory in Gelsenkirchen. All the pre-match talk had been about Schalke boss Di Matteo, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, facing his old side but this was a mere footnote after the visitors’ fast start. Jose Mourinho’s side were off to a flier when Terry rose above the Schalke defence

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to head home Cesc Fabregas’ second-minute corner. Despite the setback, Schalke went close when Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s shot deflected off Gary Cahill and struck the crossbar. Chelsea’s second in the 29th minute was beautifully constructed and had a number of

Schalke fans applauding the quality of the goal. Quick, one-touch passing involving Fabregas and Oscar set Willian free and he beat Ralf Fahrmann at his near-post with a low shot. Schalke conceded a third on the stroke of half-time when Kirchhoff beat two of his own team-mates to head the ball in his own net from a corner with not a Chelsea man in sight. The Blues eased off the gas in the second half but the introduction of substitutes Drogba and Ramires paid dividends as the duo scored two quick goals to complete an emphatic win.

EMILE HEskEy has revealed he would be keen on a Leicester comeback to help ease their goal woes. The former Foxes striker is available after leaving Newcastle Jets in the Australian A-League. ‘It goes without saying, I’d love to come,’ said the 36-year-old [pictured], who won two League Cups with Leicester. ‘It is a great club that allowed me to get to the platform that I got to. I was an international when I was there so that was a great achievement.’

De Jong way to go NEWCAsTLE’s siem de Jong is on the comeback trail after resuming light training. The 25-yearold Dutch midfielder (pictured) has been sidelined since september because of a thigh injury. However, the £6million signing from Ajax, who had only played three games for Newcastle before his injury, tweeted yesterday: ‘Finally my boots back on! First session outside.’

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Hooray for Henry ulster star on the mend after he undergoes heart operation by DAnny HOgAn

Flanker Chris Henry has undergone a procedure to repair a defect in his heart wall, the Irish rugby Football Union has announced. The 30-year-old Ireland and Ulster forward suffered ‘a temporary blockage of a small blood vessel in his brain’ on the morning of Ireland’s clash with South africa on november 8. The heart procedure, which took place on Monday, is related to the brain injury. The IrFU, in consultation with the Ulster rugby medical team, said in a statement: ‘Chris is recovering from a procedure yesterday to repair a defect in his heart wall. ‘This was found to be related to his recent episode and has been performed to prevent further issues.’ Ireland medics initially diagnosed a virus on the morning of the Springboks clash before suspecting a severe migraine, but specialists have since determined it to be this more unusual condition. new Ulster manager Bryn Cunningham is hopeful that Henry will make a full recovery and return to the game. ‘We’re waiting for the medical staff to give us an update,’ Cunningham told the BBC.

King Henry: Ireland flanker Chris Henry is recovering picture: inpho

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Aussie sports stars rally round as cricket player left seriously injured AuSTRAliAn sport was reeling yesterday after Phillip Hughes suffered a serious head injury while batting in a domestic cricket match. The 25-year-old remained in a critical condition in a Sydney hospital after undergoing emergency surgery as the sports world rallied around him. ‘Our thoughts and prayers are with phil and his family! He is a great fighter and a great young man!’ tweeted Australia’s national cricket coach Darren lehmann. Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland released a statement, saying all the players in the match had

been shocked by the incident. ‘His welfare is our highest priority,’ Sutherland said. ‘We’re also naturally concerned about all of those involved in today’s game and will be giving them our utmost support.’

‘He is a great fighter and a great man’ That support was welcomed by the Australian Cricketers’ Association, which said: ‘We were obviously shocked to learn of the seriousness of the incident involving Phil. While we have faith that he’s receiving the best available treatment, the

situation will impact his family, friends, and those directly involved on the field. ‘The ACA is therefore working closely with CA to arrange the appropriate counselling for those affected.’ England captain Alastair Cook, preparing for a one-day series in Sri lanka, sent a strong message of support. ‘Fingers crossed he can show the same fight as he has throughout his career and he can pull through,’ Cook said. Hughes also drew support from the Australian rugby team, who are preparing for their final test of the year against England in london.

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