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ON PAGE 10 of yesterday’s edition, we ran a report under the headline ‘North Korea doesn’t deny cyber attack on Sony’. This report suggested that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures that crippled its computers and leaked unreleased films online, costing the firm millions. We now accept this story was without foundation and wish to apologise to Mr Kim for any distress or embarrassment caused to him. A growing number of web security experts are casting doubt on the theory North Korea was behind the hacking attack, even after Mr Kim warned the US the release of Sony film The Interview – in which Seth Rogen and James Franco play journalists assigned by the CIA to assassinate the North Korean leader – would be an ‘act of war’. One such cyber-security expert, Lucas Zaichkowsky, said: ‘State-sponsored attackers don’t create cool names for themselves like Guardians of Peace and promote their activity to the public.’ He said the details he had seen point instead to ‘hacktivists’, who break into computers to make a political point. Metro Herald wishes to set the record straight regarding the Sony hacking and to thank Mr Kim for the non-adversarial way in which he dealt with this matter.

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Sheeran in top Spot Enjoy the view: Ed played the Victoria’s Secret Show in London this week, along with Hozier, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande getty

ED ShEEran is on top of the world after he became the most-played artist on music-streaming service Spotify globally, beating the likes of Katy Perry and Coldplay. The singer and guitarist, who has extensive Irish family connections, this week passed the million UK sales barrier for his second album x, and was the top act in an analysis of in excess of 7billion hours of listening by 50million users. Sheeran – heard 860million times on the service this year – said: ‘It’s a great thing to be above so many amazing artists who I’d assumed would be streamed more than me.’ The album x – which has been accessed

by LukE HOLOHAn 430million times – is the most-streamed album in the world. Eminem is the second most-played artist internationally while Coldplay are ranked third. Coldplay are also the top group globally, with One Direction in fifth position. Wicklow man hozier also ranks highly in the Spotify charts. The Bray-born singer, who was named as one of the up-and-coming acts of the year, takes the title for the most viral track. his single Take Me To Church, from his self-titled debut album, was released in 2013. The track’s

promotional video quickly spread online and was praised for its equality message for samesex relationships. Meanwhile, the most listenedto track in the world for Spotify users was happy by Pharrell Williams, which has achieved more than 260million plays. Katy Perry was the top female act globally, succeeding rihanna who had held the position for two years but who has now slipped from the top five. a spokeswoman for Spotify said Taylor Swift, who pulled her music from the site last month, would not have featured on the top five lists regardless of her decision.

Journalist asked not to quiz VS girls on feminism A journAlist at tuesday night’s Victoria’s secret catwalk show in Earls Court, london, was apparently asked not to ask the models questions about feminism. According to British newspaper the independent, the request was made by one of the American lingerie firms’ Prs when one of its journalists was interviewing Dutch model romee strijd. While the writer was allowed to ask questions such as ‘do you have a favourite outfit from the show?’ and ‘how does it feel to be a Victoria’s secret model?’, when she posed the questions ‘some critics would say that the show objectifies women – what would you say to that?’ and ‘are you a feminist?’, the Pr allegedly stepped in saying: ‘Can we maybe not ask that question’. the controversy comes just weeks after the company was forced to change a bra campaign featuring the slogan ‘the Perfect “Body”’ after 28,000 people signed a Change.org petition.

U2 reveal tour plans but Dublin dates to come U2 HAVE announced details of their upcoming world tour, but Irish fans will have to wait for details of a confirmed Dublin date. ‘Special’ hometown shows are being planned for the end of next year to benefit the U2-initiated Music Generation project. However, dates have yet to be revealed. The tour will see U2 play more intimate sets indoors for the first

time in a decade. It follows the release of their 13th studio album Songs Of Innocence, which Apple gifted to half a billion iTunes customers to a mixed reaction. It was written with the band looking to return to their roots, which go back more than 30 years. Recently injured frontman Bono said: ‘We are going to try to have a completely different feeling from

night one to night two and have some fun playing with the idea of innocence and experience.’ The band will play 19 cities in 2015 with tickets going on general sale on Monday. The tour will kick off in Vancouver on May 14, taking in a number of North American cities before their first European date in Turin, September 4.

Four London dates have been pencilled in for the O2 from October 25. Fans were this week treated to Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay sin ger Chris Martin filling in for a badly injured Bono at a World Aids Day concert in New York City. Bono is expected to make a full recovery despite needing three plates and 18 screws in his elbow.

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McDonald in firing line after her Dáil bombshell

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MEMBERS of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) rounded on Sinn Féin TD Mary Lou McDonald after she named under Dáil privilege five former ministers as alleged holders of Ansbacher accounts. Referring to names included in a dossier sent to the Public Accounts

by jOAnnE AHERn Committee by a senior civil servant whistleblower, she said: ‘I emphasise these are allegations but they come from a very credible source.’ All five – former Progressive Democrat leader Dessie O’Malley,

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former Fianna Fáil TDs Ray McSharry, Gerry Collins and Máire Geoghegan Quinn, and former Fine Gael TD Richie Ryan – have denied having the tax evasion accounts. Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett stated in the Dáil that he is not the ‘S Barrett’ Ms McDonald also named. Labour PAC member Joe Costello described Ms McDonald’s revelations as a ‘stunt’ and said it is ‘damaging to the work of the committee for a member to name people mentioned in the dossier against whom nothing has been proved’. He added: ‘In such circumstances, Sinn Féin should consider whether Ms McDonald is now a suitable person to continue to represent the party on the PAC.’ Another Labour PAC member Robert Dowds said that while he ‘agrees with Deputy McDonald that much more needs to be done to investigate the very serious claims’ and he ‘shares her frustration with the pace of events to date’, yesterday’s move is ‘reckless political grandstanding’. The Public Accounts Committee was told this week that it cannot investigate the whistleblower’s allegations. Speaking on RTÉ News last night,

Named names: McDonald Ms McDonald said her intention was to ‘break the pattern of political obstruction in relation to issues pertaining to tax evasion in relation to Ansbacher accounts’. She added that Dáil privilege is afforded for such circumstances and she does not believe her action was an abuse of that privilege. She denied it was equivalent to Tánaiste Joan Burton’s use of Dáil privilege to raise the issue of paedophilia within the republican movement, over which Sinn Féin has made an official complaint.

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Growth doubt sees Dublin slip in global business city ranking

Resigned: The late Jonathan Corrie told the interviewer he had been homeless since he was 18 years old

DUBLIN’S ranking as a top business capital has slipped several places among the world’s most reputable cities. Dublin has been ranked 27th on The City Reptrak index, a drop of seven on last year’s ratings, as its potential for future growth was questioned by the study. The report – compiled by The Reputations Agency and Reputation Institute – found Dublin was strong in areas

such as the beauty of the city. But it performed less well across economic and business attributes such as in potential for growth and the respectability of its leaders. While still categorised as ‘a city with a strong reputation’, and ranked above Berlin and San Francisco, the Capital ‘needs to develop a unique brand’, Niamh Boyle of The Reputations Agency said. She added that ‘identifying

competitive strengths’ and ‘points of difference’ were keys to ‘reputation’ strategy. ‘We need to understand the perceptions of Dublin… as the good reputation of a city strongly correlates with an increase in the support shown towards a city, such as visiting the city, living or working in the city or deciding to invest in the city,’ she said. This year, Vienna was No.1.

A RADIo interview has emerged of the homeless man who died on Molesworth Street, just metres away from Dáil Éireann Jonathan Corrie, who was found dead earlier this week in a doorway, spoke recently about how homelessness had become a ‘way of life’ for him. In the interview given to Dublin City FM reporter Hannah Parkes and reproduced on TheJournal.ie, the 43-year-old said he was reluctant to go into emergency accommodation. Speaking just a few months ago, Jonathan said he had been homeless for most of his life, beginning shortly

after he turned 18-years-old. Although he admitted he had grown used to living rough, he said everyone should be ‘given a chance’ to prove they could move out of homelessness. The 43-year-old said he could only remember having one flat for two days in his entire adult life. Speaking about whether things would improve for him, Mr Corrie said: ‘To get a job, you need a base and you need a good three square meals a day as well, to be honest, and you need some good sleep and you won’t get it on the street so you can’t just grab a job on the street when you’re in a sleeping bag.’

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instances of customer abuse, he added. It follows a recent RAI-commissioned survey in which 58 per cent said they felt intimidated by beggers. The RAI said the survey reveals the effect begging is having on the quality of life and on restaurants in the Capital, and called for a more visible Garda presence. Meanwhile, the LVA’s Deirdre Devitt said: ‘Our members understand that this issue cannot be solved overnight but at the least people would like to see more gardaí on the street.’ In 2011, the Criminal Justice Act was amended to target hostile begging. While it does not criminalise it, it allows gardaí to move on or arrest those involved if viewed a public nuisance, intimidating, or conducted by an organised group. However, Dublin Town CEO Richard Guiney criticised the legislation, saying that it ‘isn’t working’. He said: ‘We need to strengthen the hand of the guards against aggressive begging. I don’t believe in sending people to prison, but people engaged in certain persistent anti-social behaviour should be barred from certain streets.’

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Call for more anti-begging gardaí in city

DUBLIN business leaders have appealed to the Government to combat ‘aggressive begging’ which they say is prevalent in certain areas of the city. The Restaurant Association of Ireland (RAI), the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) and Dublin Town business group were all before the Oireachtas Justice Committee yesterday on the matter. Speaking to Metro Herald, RAI chief executive Adrian Cummins said the current situation is out of hand. He added while the group understands the complexities of begging, homelessness and addiction, a balance needs to be struck to ensure the rights of everyone, including residents and visitors to Dublin. He said: ‘The reality is that aggressive begging has intensified over the past 12 months while Garda man power levels in Dublin city centre have slipped back to 2009 levels.’ The issue is not, he said, with people begging passively, but those aggressively asking for money continually. Often restaurant owners have to deal with

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I was too much soldier in Vegas, not enough prince Harry bares all about naked snap in Sin City By AnDREI HARMswORTH PRINCE HARRY has finally offered an explanation for his naked Las Vegas hotel shame. The 30-year-old lifted the lid on the embarrassing incident, which saw him snapped in the nude during a boozy night in Sin City in 2012. ‘It was probably a classic case of me being too much Army and not enough prince. It’s a simple case of that,’ said the UK royal as he posed for his first menswear cover magazine in America. He re-

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vealed that being sent on a tour of duty in Afghanistan shortly after the scandal gave him a wake-up call. ‘I saw some horrendous things. The tragic injuries and deaths of local people from roadside bombs, some of whom were children; coalition forces lying on the battlefield,’ he told the December issue of Man Of The World magazine. Meanwhile, the British prince showed his charitable side yesterday. He joined Helen Mirren, Damian Lewis and Jamie Oliver in answering the phones at London broking firm ICAP to raise funds for England Rugby’s All Schools, of which he is a patron.

Big bird Buerk so relieved to escape jungle VETERAN broadcaster Michael Buerk was last night evicted from the jungle. The 68-year-old was the third contestant kicked off I’m A Celeb, following Irish model Nadia Forde, with the least audience votes. He told hosts Ant and Dec: ‘You wouldn’t believe the relief. It’s not exactly a garden of Eden.’ When asked if it had been what he expected, he joked: ‘I thought they’d all be tossers, but not all of them were.’ He endeared himself to campmates on Monday by dressing as a giant bird in a bushtucker trial.

Felipe fails Judge sugar genius test LAWYER and Apprentice wannabe Felipe Alviar-Baquero (pictured) lost his most highprofile case last night. The 33-year-old was fired by Lord Sugar because his team failed to buy items cheaply. ‘Felipe, this task was a kind of attempt to try and prove some tactical piece of genius,’ Lord Sugar said. ‘It’s a mixture between what you think you are, an entrepreneur, and a lawyer. You fought your corner but Judge Sugar here says ‘‘it’s failed”.’ The teams had £1,000 to hunt down items ranging from a skeleton to kosher chickens.

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Forget Jolie – Judi Dench is my crush: Jack i think she fancies me back, adds

ack O’cONNELL may have spent months working with angelina Jolie – but he developed a crush on Judi Dench. The 24-year-old, who stars in Jolie’s film Unbroken, confessed he has even shared a kiss with the 79-year-old actress. ‘I fancy her. I really fancy her,’ said O’connell, who stars alongside Dench in next year’s Tulip Fever. ‘I think she fancies me. I bought her a bottle of Moët and she kissed me on my cheek. She turned to me and went, “Sock it to ’em, Jack”.’ But that

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doesn’t mean the actor is any less in awe of Jolie, 39, admitting his respect for her is ‘through the roof’. The former Skins star plays war hero Louis Zamperini in Unbroken, which Jolie directed. He also revealed his mother alison is best buds with Jolie’s husband Brad Pitt, 50. ‘angie invited us all for some dinner, and Brad was there,’ O’connell tells January’s Glamour

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magazine. ‘I had a word with angie, and said, “D’you reckon Brad would say hello to my mum?” and she said, “Yeah! and the rest”. My mum was talking to him as if he was one of our lot [his family] and he must have warmed to her. Twenty minutes later, they’d become pals.’

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IT seems there ain’t no party like an Oprah party... the former talk show queen throws the best kneesup in the business, says a pal. ‘There’s a lot of gangster rap and throw downs and barefoot dancing and pot luck,’ co-star Lorraine Toussaint told the New York Post. The 54-year-old actress, who is filming civil rights drama Selma with Oprah, 60, (pictured), added: ‘What happened on location, stays on location. But Oprah is very fun.’

ROBBIE WILLIAMS came over all festive as he sprang a surprise on Covent Garden shoppers. The 40-year-old led fans in an impromptu singalong of Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day. The performance, on Tuesday, was for Michael McIntyre’s Very Christmassy Christmas Show, airing Early present: on BBC1 on Robbie Williams Christmas Day. picture: getty

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ady GaGa revealed she has been hitting the bottle to cope with depression. The singer, who claimed this week that she had been raped at 19 by a man 20 years her senior, told a US radio interviewer: ior ‘I do believe that people are triggered, that their depression is triggered by situations. ‘I believe that all depression stems back to anxiety and an inability to relax during tough situations. ‘When my life got more and more stressful, it was like I was just smoking and drinking and popping anything I could do to just chill out.’ asked by US jock Howard Stern if she will ever be sober,

the 28-year-old conceded: ‘I think I will be at some point.’ She still holds out for a bright future, which includes marrying actor boyfriend Taylor Kinney, 33. ‘I have that feeling with him,’ she said about Kinney being Mr Right. ‘I just know it.’ However, fans hoping to see the wacky wardrobe queen dress up to the nines for her wedding day may be disappointed. Refusing to confirm whether she is engaged already, the G.U.y. singer said: ‘you don’t know me very well if you think I’m gonna have a big wedding. ‘If I get married I’m gonna be like hanging out of a pick-up truck in a david’s Bridal gown while my stylist is screaming at me, trying to put a blonde wig on my head.’

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We can reach out and A SYSTEM that uses soundwaves to project ‘haptic holograms’ into the air – letting you touch 3D objects with your hands – is poised to bring virtual reality to the physical world. The system, developed by Bristol University, could help doctors examine a lump detected by a CT

scan or allow museum visitors to handle replicas of priceless exhibits. It builds on a previous version which projected 2D outlines of map contours above a screen. Now, high-frequency sound waves emitted by tiny speakers create the sensation of touching an invisible, floating object. When the sound hits the hand, the force of the waves exerts pressure on the skin. Stuart Cupit, technical director at Londonbased design studio Inition, said: ‘Touch is a missing element in virtual interfaces today.’

Super-smart mouse has half a human brain WHAT would Stuart Little think? Super-smart mice have been created with half-human brains. They still have mouse neurons – the ‘thinking’ cells – but they are supported by human glial cells. ‘It’s still a mouse brain,’ said Prof Steve Goldman of the University of Rochester Medical Centre, New York. ‘But all the non-neuronal cells are human.’ Prof Goldman’s team took immature glial cells from donated human foetuses and injected them into mouse pups. The cells developed into

astrocytes – star-shaped glial cells with long tendrils. Within a year, the mouse glial cells had been usurped by the interlopers. ‘We could see the human cells taking over the space,’ said Prof Goldman. ‘It seemed like the mouse cells were fleeing to the margins.’ Astrocytes are vital for conscious thought because their tendrils help to co-ordinate the transmission of electrical impulses. Because human astrocytes are up to 20 times the size of those in mice and carry 100 times as many tendrils,

they can co-ordinate the impulses more effectively. ‘It’s like ramping up the power of your computer,’ said Prof Goldman. Tests showed that the mice with human cells had memories four times better than their normal siblings. ‘These were whopping effects,’ said Prof Goldman. ‘We can say they were statistically and significantly smarter than control mice.’ The idea is not to mimic fiction, but to advance our understanding of human brain diseases by studying them in mice rather than in lab dishes.

Big Apple’s tiny rubbish collectors IN NEW YORK, junk food is a staple – and not just for busy commuters. Armies of ants do a very important job, cleaning up food litter left by messy eaters of hot dogs, cookies and crisps. In fact, ants and other arthropods on Broadway and West Street in Manhattan can remove food litter equivalent to the weight of about 60,000 hot dogs or 600,000 crisps in a year. Elsa Youngsteadt and other researchers at North Carolina State

University in Raleigh placed crisps, cookies and hot dogs at dozens of sites in Manhattan’s parks and on islands of greenery between lanes of traffic. Arthropods removed as much as 59 per cent within a day. More food was eaten at traffic islands than in parks, even though parks were more biodiverse. This may be down to the pavement ant, which lives in big colonies and likes these islands.

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Blast them: Leaves cause train delays

Zap leaves on the line with lasers TRAIN companies are testing lasers as a way of clearing leaves from the paths of high-speed trains. Trials to zap slippery foliage were started last month on railways in Holland. The lasers, fitted just in front of the wheel and angled downwards, vaporise residue as the train passes. They also dry the rails to prevent new leaves from piling up, giving the trains better traction and allowing faster acceleration and braking. Using lasers to clear leaves was first proposed by a UK company called LaserThor in 1999. It developed a laser with a temperature of 5,000ºC (9,032ºF) that was strong enough to zap leaves 25,000 times per second. ‘This worked really well in the lab,’ said Network Rail, which racked up 4.5million hours of passenger delays because of leaves last year. However, the operator opted for high-powered water jets because vibrations from moving trains made it hard to keep the laser focused on the rails. The Dutch team has been working on the problem.

A boot to the Miss BumBum face gave me finalist critical my smell back after surgery to fix bum lift by MATT ROpER

Blood injury: Edward Baker is treated during the match Picture: bnPs through it,’ said the marketing director. ‘Last year they drilled into my nose to make me breathe better, but it didn’t work. ‘So where the surgeons failed, this bloke’s size 12 boot worked.’ Mr Baker put his new-found powers to good use just days later when he smelled the leak near his office. ‘As I walked up the road, I could smell gas – something I’d never been able to detect before but I still recognised the pungent smell straight away,’ he said. ‘The leak was in a built-up area with a school and nursery just yards away so the guy who kicked me in the face potentially saved a serious situation.’

AN AMATEUR rugby player whose repeated broken noses left him without a sense of smell sniffed out a gas leak after a boot to the face cured him. Edward Baker (pictured) escaped the reek of changing room mustiness for decades having first suffered a break at 14. Just last year he had surgery to try to correct his affliction – but to no avail. However, in a recent match for English club New Milton III, the 41-year-old was kicked in the nose – and a week later, he was breathing and smelling properly. ‘I’ve broken my nose a number of times. It gradually got worse and worse until I couldn’t breathe through it or smell

A BRAZILIAN model who came second in the country’s ‘Miss BumBum’ contest is in intensive care following complications from surgery to fix a botched bottom-lift operation. Andressa Urach has gone into septic shock following surgery to drain hydrogel used to inflate her thighs and buttocks in the run-up to the competition, doctors said yesterday. The 28-year-old, who once claimed to have had an affair with footballer Christiano Ronaldo, discovered the gel and PMMA used as fillers were leaking in July. ‘The hydrogel was not absorbed by my body and started to harm me,’ she said. She was taken to hospital in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, at the weekend with an advanced infection of the leg and reportedly had two unsuccessful drainage procedures. A friend of Ms Urach said the TV presenter had been unable to exercise for four months. ‘She was always in a lot of pain. She

Alleged fling: Ronaldo knew the liquid was dripping inside of her and didn’t want to wear shorts or a mini-skirt,’ she added. Fellow Miss BumBum contestant Jessica Lopes said: ‘Everyone is in a state of shock. Andressa and I would go to the plastic surgeon as if we were going shopping.’ Her agent, Cacau Oliver, the contest’s creator, said: ‘We are all praying for her.’

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Forget the feeding frenzy that is the Christmas sales rush, KEN ROGAN has found the gift that keeps on giving: teaching someone how to whistle

he best things in life are free. It may not feel like that when the high street clobbers us with Oscarcontending movietisements, but it’s true. So this Christmas: teach a boy how to whistle. Loud. With his fingers. he’ll be king of the playground and the envy of his friends and it will stay that way for life. For free. But you have to show him how – otherwise he might grow up thinking (like I did) that some people can just whistle, while others can’t – the same way you thought some people were just cool, and others weren’t, until you realise that a lot of self-defeating effort goes into looking like you just don’t care. This was a big epiphany for me. Life might have dealt me an uncool hand, but I was allowed to shuffle the deck and deal myself another. Plus I understood the game a little better, so when I met new people in college, I ruthlessly stole all my old friends’ jokes until everyone thought I was hilarious. Or bearable. That might seem ‘phoney’ but as the logline to every undercover cop movie ever said: I wasn’t a cop

pretending to be a gangster, I was a loser pretending to be cool – and I was winning! And I’d like to tell you that all of this happened at an impressionable age, but it seems to me that every age I have is impressionable. Which is why, right now, I’m learning how

to whistle, because I read a line in a whistling noise about 70 per cent of book where the writer described the time. Progress is constant, if being taught how to whistle by his slightly mystical. Don’t know how uncle as one of the greatest life gifts it works, it just does. Dogs bark he ever received. That’s how distantly. impressionable I am. Day 2, hour 6: By now I’m So pucker up! If I can whistle, you making a consistent loud whistle can too. And while initially we like a hurricane passing over a glass might sound like geese going bottle, but it’s clear now that half through puberty, we’ll get there, the thing is being able to shift pitch because the Gospel-grade good up and down, which connotes news is wolf-whistling is control. martial arts you Day 2, hour 14: Just master in minutes. got my first threeThe journal of tone climber, a Whistling says a events below was solid whip-owhole lot more recorded so that wheeeeep, but future screw up the about the whistler generations will repeat attempt than the person being and gush a big believe I was a self-taught gozzy down my whistled at whistler (checks front which makes euphemism me burst out laughing. dictionary, and… clear). There really is no downside Day 1, hour 17: Make ‘A-frame’ to this. with four fingers. Jam in gob. Blow. Day 2, hour 18: Just nailed one. There’s definitely some sweet spot Could have sold it as a sample. It of ‘loud whistle’ amid all the was a beaut. There’s a definite Zen huffing and puffing and spitting and quality to this – my best ones you get to look like a greedy child happen straight off the bat with a mouth full of chips. without thinking. Day 2, hour 5: I’m making a Day 2, hour 18, again: Whip-o-

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wheeeping like a boss. Attempting the stone-cold classic of sexism that is the steeply modulating ‘twittwoo’. I’d give myself 40 per cent for the first foray. The future seems impossibly bright. Day 2, hour 21.45: Absolute corker of a twit-twoo. The word ‘drawers’, once used to describe women’s generous, frilly 1950s knickers, is literally ringing in my head, because that’s the last time the world heard a twit-twoo this primal. I see the world in black and white now. Scratch that – ‘noir’. Women aren’t women – they’re dames. Broads. Sweethearts. Tootses. Knockouts. That might be rabidly sexist, but with great power comes great responsibility, because whistling says a whole lot more about the whistler than the whistled-at. Just Google the six Fermanagh men who competed in a wolf-whistling contest in 2010 in something that was very seriously close to real life Father Ted-like events. And ask not for whom the whistle whistles. Or something. Clearly I’m making an ocean of sense here.

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She claims he invited them to sit in BILL COSBY is being sued by a his director’s chair before asking woman who claims the comedian them their ages and if they would like sexually assaulted her at the Playboy to join him at his tennis club in LA Mansion when she was 15. County the following week. The comedian, 77, is facing a raft of Cosby, then 37, then allegedly took allegations from a dozen ‘victims’ but the girls to Hugh Hefner’s the lawsuit brought by Playboy Mansion, telling Judy Huth is the first them to say they were 19. to involve a child. While there, Cosby is said Ms Huth says she and to have put his hand a 16-year-old friend down Ms Huth’s trousers first met Cosby when before taking her hand they wandered on to Friends: Bill Cosby with the set of a film he was Hugh Hefner at a Playboy and performing a sex act pageant in 1974 on himself. working on in 1974.

A rAnge of Harris Tweed imbued with the scent of whisky is being launched today. The fabric has been created by Harris Tweed Hebrides and Johnnie Walker Black Label with the help of textile experts at Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University. The scent – inspired by the blended whisky’s ‘nose’– is said to feature rich malt and dark chocolate tones with golden vanilla. A range of products featuring the grey fabric with blue, pink and yellow highlights has been created by Milan-based designer Angelos Bratis and will be marketed in germany, greece and Belgium. The chairman of Harris Tweed Hebrides, Brian Wilson, said: ‘This is a very natural partnership of two great Scottish brands.’

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A US MiLiTAry plane which the government denied on four occasions was at Shannon in September and October of this year has been found to have visited the airport on those dates. Foreign Affairs Minister Charles Flanagan had told Dublin north TD Clare Daly on four occasions, in reply to parliamentary questions, that a specific US Hercules C130 she had inquired about was not at Shannon when she claimed it was. Mr Flanagan has now apologised to Ms Daly, while Shannon Airport has apologised to him following what he called an ‘administrative error’. The KC130J Hercules, with the registration 16/8073, is an aerial refuelling aircraft attached to the United States Marine Corps. The plane arrived in Shannon on September 30 and departed the following day. Ms Daly had asked Mr Flanagan to confirm the plane was at Shannon and whether it was involved in refuelling US military aircraft in irish airspace.

Mr Flanagan told her that the Shannon Airport Authority had confirmed to his department that no aircraft with the registration number 16/8073 was at the airport on the dates in question. This week, however, Mr Flanagan corrected his previous statements in relation to the specific aircraft and has apologised. He said: ‘i can confirm to the House that the aircraft identified by Deputy Clare Daly in the four parliamentary questions was in fact granted permission to land at Shannon Airport on September 30.’ ‘i replied to the questions on the basis of information provided by Shannon Airport Authority. Shannon Airport Authority has now informed my department that it has identified an error in its recording.’ The US military’s use of Shannon has long angered peace campaigners. Ms Daly and fellow TD Mick Wallace yesterday said they would contest charges for trespassing at the airport in July in order to ‘inspect’ US military planes there for weapons or illegally held prisoners, something they say the irish government is failing to do.

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One in ten of us is still out of work More than one in ten people remains out of work despite a modest drop in the rate of unemployment, the latest figures have shown. Last month, there were 352,647 people signing on the Live register, putting the unemployment rate at 10.7 per cent for the month. According to the Central Statistics office (CSo), the rate is down 0.2 per cent on october and represents a fall of 38,860 on the same time last year. Minister for Jobs, enterprise and Innovation richard Bruton said: ‘Many people are not yet feeling the effects, and with unemployment still close to 11 per cent we have a long way to go. However, today’s figures can give people further confidence that if we continue implementing our plan, we can continue to grow the economy, create jobs, reduce unemployment and ultimately create a better country for people to live in.’ The CSo also found that men still represented the majority of those on the Live register.

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Women miss out on top posts at colleges NEW data revealing women’s under-representation among senior academics in Irish universities is cause for concern, the country’s biggest union has said. A study by the Higher Education Authority showing the extent of the staff divide in higher education found males significantly outnumbered females in senior posts. ‘The HEA has clearly identified an issue of discrimination with regard to female academics accessing promotion which is a matter of concern, though not surprise,’

Among the measures are: a ban on interest only mortgages and using priDUBLIN MEP Brian Hayes has pro- vate residences or family homes as posed a nine-point plan as an alterna- collateral; restrictions on lending petive to the Central Bank’s impending riods exceeding 25 years; a fixed 15year interest mortgage rate for first20 per cent mortgage deposit rule. The banking authority plans to push time buyers based on government ahead with the new rule despite some bonds; and using German banks to opposition. Ulster Bank recently said loan to Irish banks and passing the that, had the restriction applied last cheaper rates on to the public. Meanwhile, new figures show that year, nearly 70 per cent of its firsttime buyers would have been refused more than 37,000 Irish homeowners are two years or more in arrears on a mortgage. Voicing his own resistance, Mr their mortgages. The Government’s refusal to tackle Hayes said the 20 per cent deposit requirement should only apply to high variable interest rates was to those buying to let as it would blame for many of the arrears cases, ‘have unintended consequences said Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty. which would help no one. He accused Fi‘With average nance Minister prices in Dublin Michael Noonan of now at €350,000, a ‘Pontius Pilate act’ saving €70,000 is an by ‘washing his impossible task for hands’ of the rates many young people Irish banks are given current wage charging variable and rent levels,’ mortgage holders. he said. ‘It has become eviThe Fine Gael dent that Irish people MEP made his comon variable mortgagments as he seeks to es are paying over introduce an alternathe odds,’ he said. ‘It tive nine-point plan is not good enough to address the Cenfor a minister who tral Bank’s tighter owns 99 per cent of restrictions on mortAIB and PTSB.’ Loan ranger: Brian Hayes gage lending.

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‘Get your own name,’ Kim Jong-il told the rest of North Korea’s Kim Jong-uns

In nORTH KOREA, there can be only one Kim Jong-un, it seems. A South Korean official has said that Pyongyang forbids its people from using the same name as the young absolute leader. The measure appears meant to bolster a personality cult surrounding Kim, who took over after the death of his dictator father Kim Jong-il in late 2011. Seoul officials have said Pyongyang also banned the use of the names of Kim Jong-il and the country’s founder, Kim Il-sung.

The official said that in 2011, Kim Jong-il ordered those with the same name as his son to get new names and demanded the rejection of birth registrations of newborn babies with the name. Kim Jong-un made his international debut in late 2010 when he was awarded a slew of top political jobs. His father, who reportedly suffered a stroke in 2008, was seen as moving fast to hand over power so his family could rule for a third generation. Kim Jong-il inherited power in

1994 when father Kim Il-sung died. north Korea enforces strict, state-organised public reverence of the Kim family, which serves as the backbone of the family’s authoritarian rule of the impoverished country. All north Koreans are required to wear lapel pins bearing the images of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il and to put the leaders’ portraits up on their walls. Their birthdays are considered the most important holidays in north Korea.

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ow high would you go... regarding the age of a man?’ breathes the latest addition to Psychobitches, the acclaimed Sky Arts sketch show in which women from history make a date with their therapist. ‘100..? 90…? 80…?’ This is Anna Nicole Smith, as played by Morgana Robinson – and it looks like the 32-year-old comic actress, stretching like a cat and peroxided up to the nines as the latest series of Psychobitches returns, is having a ball. ‘when I first got told I was Dressed to impress: Morgana Robinson as Anna Nicole Smith and herself (right) doing her I was a bit underwhelmed – I they write. No one else writes thought, “oh, she’s just a blonde bimbo.” doesn’t get very girly. Generally, female like them, no one else thinks But when I watched her reality show, she comedians aren’t anyway – you really blew me away. I thought it would be a have to bring your balls with you, haven’t like them.’ House of Fools’ next series load of old trash, but – I’m not joking – it you, to stand up to the men. There was sees Julie open a bistro, which presented the most entertaining, no bulls***.’ multifaceted woman I have ever Robinson also had to bring the balls suits Robinson. The former sculpture student worked in experienced. She’s just n for her turn as nymphomaniac the restaurant biz for eight amazing: so clever, so silly, neighbour Julie in Vic years from the age of 19, and so manipulative, so Ree and Bob Reeves ended up signed by one of the to dramatic. I would’ve Mortimer’ Mortimer’s bonkers d e v lo regulars at the high-end Japanese I would’ve Anna loved to have been F comedy House of Fools, joint that she worked at – someone friends with her. She’s which returns next year. have been h’s who also managed Russell Brand. 100 per cent ‘You’re just Nicole Smit ’s ‘He watched my showreel and entertainment.’ surrounded by e friend. Sh signed me. It was quite amazing America’s most these huge comedy t notorious Playboy po powerhouses. Like Matt really. I was the “door whore” at the 100 per cen t n e m model is just one of a Berry Berry, Vic and Bob – you restaurant – I’d take your coats, look in ta r ente after the bookings, show you to your cast of colourful characters have to try and make as on Robinson’s Psychobitches possible, says table. So in the first week of filming in big a splash as possible,’ the House of Fools bistro it was palette – she’ss also taking on Robinson of an old-school amazing – we’d be swanning around Daphne du Maurier, Mary Magdalene studio sitcom that sits at the opposite laying the table, pouring fake drinks. and even Little Bo Peep (‘I had real end of the spectrum to the stylish and It’s like our Central Perk.’ sheep’) as part of an awesome female sophisticated Psychobitches. That fateful meeting with her soonensemble cast that includes Kathy Burke ‘It’s absolutely crazy – you’ll be to-be career champion swiftly as a slumming-it queen mum, Michelle rehearsing a scene all week, then two catapulted her to her own show on Gomez as an ice-cold Margaret Thatcher minutes before you go on someone will Channel 4. In 2012, she bagged the and Frances Barber’s punkish Elizabeth I, say something like, “Actually, Morgana, Best Newcomer gong at the British all baring their souls to Rebecca Front’s why don’t you scrap that and just crawl Comedy Awards. Rather than adding comforting, strait-laced doctor. like a chicken, lay an egg and leave?” pressure, though, it gave her ‘I have a mindblowing cast on And you’re like, oK… they’re nuts. confidence. ‘It made me feel like I was Psychobitches,’ agrees Robinson. ‘But it But Vic and Bob are genius in the way justified to be there,’ she says. ‘And also beating the boys was a big thing for me! MORgAnA’s MAkEOvERs Robinson in chaRactER It was the only award that combined male and female nominees. I beat Cardinal Burns, and the little boy out of Moone Boy – which I felt a bit bad about. But I got over that quickly! Ha ha ha!’ Charlie Brooker has asked her to do a few characters for his new series of Screenwipe, she says, plus there’s a pilot for a BBC impressions show in the offing. Next up, Hollywood? ‘If it happens, it happens,’ she says, ‘but I’d love to do British movies, to be honest. I love our British film industry, and I just wish people would stay here and get involved more rather than running off to America. I love being in England at the moment.’ The comic actress has portrayed a host of people, including (clockwise from bottom left)

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University loses 100 Teacher killed by brains kept in jars attacker in a burka

AMERicA: About 100 brains held by a university have gone missing. The organs, including that of clock tower sniper Charles Whitman, who killed 16 people and wounded 32 others in 1966, were being kept in jars of formaldehyde by the University of Texas for the Austin State Hospital. Prof Lawrence Cormack said students could be ‘swiping them for living rooms or Halloween pranks’.

UAE: An American school teacher has been stabbed to death in a toilet at a shopping mall in Abu Dhabi. The woman, who is the mother of 11-year-old twins, was attacked with a sharp tool in a fight with a person wearing a burka on Monday. Col Rashid Borshid said police were looking at motives for the killing of the 37-year-old, but would ‘spare no effort to bring the culprit to justice’.

inDiA: A tourist kisses the tattooed face of a Konyak Naga tribesman at the Hornbill festival in Kisama Heritage Village, Nagaland. The festival shows the cultural traditions of the Naga people picture: epA

Hong Kong protest leaders surrender

HOng KOng Three founders of a civil disobedience group Occupy Central, which helped spark prodemocracy protests, have turned themselves in after calling for an end to demonstrations. Professors Benny Tai Yiu-ting and Chan Kinman and the Rev Chu Yiu-ming have not been charged but authorities say protests that have blocked streets in the financial centre for more than two months are illegal.

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Revenge: A car bomb wrecked the front of the Iranian ambassador’s residence in Yemen picture: Afp

IRAN has bombed Islamic State targets close to its borders, British and American analysts are reporting. The Iranian air force used F-4 Phantom fighters to attack Diyala province on Iraq’s eastern border. Footage on the Al Jazeera TV news channel of a Phantom striking a target ten days ago is the first visual evidence of Iran’s involvement in the war. Diyala is where the Iraqi army drove IS from several towns and villages last month. A senior Iranian official denied his country’s involvement. But Gareth Jennings, of IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly, said: ‘Iran and Turkey are the only regional operators of the F-4. With the location of the incident not far from the Iranian border and Turkey’s unwillingness to get involved militarily, indicators point to this being an Iran Air Force aircraft.’ Meanwhile, a security guard and his son died when a car bomb exploded outside the residence of Iran’s ambassador in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. It was planted by al-Qaeda with support from IS. Ambassador Hossein Niknam was not at home.

pAKisTAn: A pop star turned preacher dubbed the ‘disco mullah’ is being investigated by police over alleged blasphemy charges. Junaid Jamshed was accused of using a wife of the Prophet Muhammad in a video as an example of women’s failings. The complaint was made by a religious political party after his remarks went viral. Jamshed, 50, has released a video apology blaming his ‘lack of knowledge’.

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Woman arrested in Lebanon ‘is not terror chief’s wife’ A womAn detained in Lebanon is not a wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (below), according to an Iraqi official. The denial comes the day after Lebanese authorities said they were holding a woman believed to be one of al-Baghdadi’s wives. They said she was detained for travelling with a fake ID and she had claimed to be the reclusive extremist leader’s spouse. Iraq’s Interior ministry said the woman is Saja Abdul Hamid al-Dulaimi, an Iraqi national who travelled to Syria before arriving in Lebanon. Spokesman Saad maan Ibrahim said she is the sister of omar Abdul Hamid al-Dulaimi, who is held in Iraq as a terror suspect. mr Ibrahim said al-Baghdadi has two wives but neither is named Saja al-Dulaimi.

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‘Disco mullah’ faces blasphemy charges

jApAn: An artist who distributed scans of her genitals has been arrested for a second time on obscenity charges in Tokyo. Megumi Igarashi, 42, sent fans the image she had used to make a vagina-shaped kayak.

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ver the past few days, I’ve been hearing a lot of people talking a plethora of rubbish about homelessness and how there aren’t enough beds in homeless services and the economy is bad, etc. As a social care worker in a homeless service, I can tell you this is all true. However, everyone from the taxi driver to the TD is pushing the idea of filling ghost estates with homeless people as the magic solution. What these well-meaning folk don’t understand is that the housing crisis is not in itself the homeless crisis. Sure, we need more social housing for those with only a housing need, and maybe that’s where ghost estates could come in handy. However, filling them with a homeless population with complex issues like addiction and men-

tal health is just going to create ghettos and set people up to fail. The moral panic of recent days scares me. I would urge people not to spout nonsense about solving problems they don’t understand. It will lead the government to have to be seen to be doing something quickly and that’s not what we need. We need them to listen to experts, professionals and service users and do something that shows some insight for once. Instead of pumping money into more beds for homeless services, it would make a hell of a lot more sense to raise rent allowance to something that would allow a decent standard of living, make it quicker and more efficient, make it illegal for landlords to discriminate against those in receipt of it and put some money into better addressing the root causes of homelessness by creating an easily ac-

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cessible infrastructure of support services (which don’t close at 5pm on a Friday until Monday morning). This means funding prison education and sentence management, youth residential services, mental health and addiction services. It means planning ahead for those leaving care, prison or hospitals. I could go on, but the bottom line is that there is no point in trying to fix the symptom. enough of reactionary policy making. That’s right, it STILL doesn’t work! Judy McAvoy ■ Fed Up With Small Talk, I have to agree with you. Comfortable silence is not awkward – meaningless, stop-start chatter over nothing is awkward. Plato said: ‘Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools speak because they have to say something.’ Bob, Bray

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cape crusaders They are taking the red carpets by storm, so cast off your cape fear and wrap yourself in something special, writes Vicki-Marie Cossar

Sweeping: Kate Moss in a teal cape designed by Samantha Crankshaw

he cape has been adopted by the fash-pack as the wardrobe essential of the season. And we’re not talking about the winter coat variety – for party season, it’ss all about looking chic and sexy in an evening cape. Take Angelina Jolie, who led the caped crusade by stealing the red carpet limelight in this minimal white number at the recent Unbroken premiere. Style icon Kate Moss has been papped looking at her boho best in both a decadent teal velvet et cape and a short leopard print version, and risqué model Daisy Lowe dared to bare all in silver bra and sheer cape urs combo. Gwyneth, meanwhile, favours a chic dress/cape combo. And, as if we need any more convincing, Solange Knowles (Beyoncé’s sister) just got married in one. ays to here’s our pick of the best ways join the gang.

Cape Town: Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow have a different take on the trend Hollisi embellished collar cape, €343, www.tedbaker.com

Gunmetal gemstone jewelled cape, €77, www.riverisland.com

Goddess cape embellished with sequins and leather, €320, Samantha Crankshaw, 07872 444 590

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HAVE A VERY VINTAGE CHRISTMAS! On Sunday 7th the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, hosts the last Antiques & Vintage fair of 2014, so make the most of this opportunity to get all of your Christmas shopping done, whether you are buying gifts or preparing your house for the festive season. An Aladdin’s Cave of treasures awaits, with antique furniture & retro décor, fine linen, pretty tableware and fine crystal, gorgeous designer jewellery from the golden age of glamour, quirky collectibles, vintage fashion, old coins, rare books, fine paintings and fun bric a brac. Come for the day! take a walk on the pier or drop by the farmer’s market for some festive gourmet treats.

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1. Capes go with mos better when elev t outfits but look ated with heels. 2. If your cape ha and folds, counte s plenty of fabric rb with a pencil skir alance the volume t or cigarette pant s. 3. The longer the cape, the more yo u ne to streamline wit h skinny trousers ed or a figure-huggi ng dress. 4. Follow in the fo Gwyneth Paltrow otsteps of and a bolder statemen make t with a cape dress.

trend tracker Stella and Dot SS15 It may still be winter but I think we can give a mention to Spring Summer 2015, especially when it’s to do with accessories brand Stella and Dot. The new pre-Spring collection, which is now available, includes statement and delicate layering necklaces, chandelier and ‘ear jacket’ earrings, cuffs and bracelets, cocktail rings and a selection of eye-catching printed bags, pouches and scarves. The collection starts at €19, making it an affordable accessories option for every occasion. Check out stelladot.ie for the current collections! Simone Rocha and J Brand Simone Rocha is on a roll at the moment, with the success of her label and receiving the New Establishment award at this week’s British Fashion Awards. To add to her list of endeavours is her collaboration with jeans brand J Brand. ‘It is an exciting prospect to work on this project, as I have never

worked with denim before. It has been a great opportunity to combine my aesthetic with J Brand’s denim expertise and refinement of fit,’ says Simone. The collection offers various denim styles, including slim and boy-fit jeans, a jacket, dress and skirt with each piece embellished with modern feminine ruffle details. The collection is now available at Havana, Donnybrook.

GROOMING SOS Declan Leavy tackles men’s grooming woes The party season is upon us, and with all those late nights and early mornings ahead, it’s important we look after your money maker. Invest in some professional grooming treatments to keep you looking your best – even if you don’t feel it! Here’s my pick of the best in Dublin. Best facial Beauty guru Elaine Butler Doolin treats countless wellknown faces at her salon in Donnybrook. Quite simply she has magical, healing hands! Her Optimum Hydration Facial (€85) leaves skin looking bright, lively and lifted. www.bespokebeauty.ie Best hot towel shave Gmale in Ranelagh is a cross between a sleek man cave and a luxury barbers, and they provide beer and video games! The hot towel shave (€28) is as traditional as they come and the ultimate in laidback grooming. www. gmale.ie Best haircut New to the Dublin hairdressing scene is Davey Davey Men on Lower

Stephen’s Street in Dublin 2. Ross King is your man for trendy styles or a simple short back and sides. A cut will set you back €35 and includes a beer, hot towel facial and a complimentary beard trim if required. www.daveydaveymens.com Best intense treatment When skin is feeling particularly worn out, head to River Medical on Lower Baggot Street for the incredible Vit-illume Lift treatment. One session will set you back €150 but the combination of deep cleansing, exfoliation and all sorts of super duper tools and potions will take years off you! www.rivermedical.ie Best for eyes For matters of the eyes, head to Hyde Grooming in Johnson’s Court, Dublin 2. Easily the best eyebrow threading (€12) and eyelash tinting (€15) services for men in the city centre. ww.hydegrooming.com @declanleavy

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Philosophy Skincare I have incredibly temperamental skin. But I have recently discovered Philosophy skincare which bases itself on a cleanse, peel and treat routine. From the Purity Made Simple cleanser to the Hope in a Jar moisturiser, my skin has settled. Philosophy is available at Arnotts and Debenhams.

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1. The Fall

BBC2, 9pm The mind games between Jamie Dornan’s twisted killer Paul Spector and Gillian Anderson’s detective Stella are going up a notch. Stella’s feeling violated – ‘he read my dream diary’ – so she needs a distraction. Cue Colin ‘Merlin’ Morgan as a young detective Stella’s got her eye on. Watch yourself, son.

3 Who will be next to talk to Ant and Dec on the outside I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

Police PR Liz is under attack tonight in Babylon

2. Babylon

Daragh McCullough and co C4, 10pm look at our water quality in Ear Anyone who’s suffered at the sharp To The Ground end of office politics will spare a thought for under-fire police PR Liz as she faces a twin-pronged attack from both the media and bitter Finn, the rival sidelined by her arrival and who just won’t let it lie. This darkhearted satire has ditched much of the laughs as the weeks have gone by – it’s now a full-on thriller.

3. I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

3e & UTV, 8.30pm The exit of our beautiful Nadia Forde and the crash and burn of bantering wimp Jimmy Bullard in the space of a few well-chosen clips shows how unpredictable this year’s jungle fest is turning out to be. So no predictions, save that Ant and Dec will be ushering another evictee to their rooftop lair for a light grilling.

Can Colin Morgan resist Stella’s charms in The Fall?

4 Fame and why it remains the dream is under examination by Maia Dunphy

4. Maia Dunphy’s What Women Want RTÉ2, 10pm

Tonight, the ever-determined Dunphy sets out to get to the bottom of why fame is still such an attractive prospect for women, even when the trappings and pitfalls of it are so well documented. People can now achieve fame without seemingly having to do a whole lot – can that story ever have a happy ending, she investigates.

5. Ear To The Ground

RTÉ1, 8.30pm The rural magazine show tonight shines an inquisitive light on Ireland’s water quality, which is of course quite a hot political potato at the moment. Daragh McCullough looks at the role of well owners in fighting against pollution, while Ella McSweeney speaks to the HSE about VTEC, a nasty water virus that is harmful to children and the elderly.

YOUR GUIDE TO THIs EvEnInG’s EssEnTIAL vIEWInG 6. The Big Bang Theory E4, 8.30pm

When you’re one of the biggest shows currently on television, you can pull in the biggest guest stars. Tonight, we’re treated to Billy Bob Thornton doing a dry line in one-liners as a urologist who’s taken a shine to Penny – Leonard’s not going to like that. Tomorrow is also a good night for Thornton fans – his chilling turn in Fargo starts a re-run on More 4 (2.20am).

7. Arrow

Sky1, 8pm Comic book fantasy for a Thursday night in the latest adventure for Stephen Amell’s quivering hero involves the discovery of a dead body in the local Starling City gym, a turn of events that leads to some mystical stuff involving a performance-enhancing drug called Mirakuru, Japanese for ‘Miracle’.

8. EastEnders RTÉ1, 7.30pm

It’s quite disconcerting watching

Jake Wood in Albert Square as walking scowl Max Branning, knowing that come Saturday he’ll be gunslinging his hips around the dancefloor on Strictly. Back to the business in hand: tonight Max has a heart to heart with Lauren.

9. puppy Love

BBC4, 10pm It’s not quite Best In Show, but this canine-friendly comedy starring Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan, unsung heroines of UK comedy, has some pedigree

moments. The duo’s characters, Naomi and Nana V, are from different sides of the tracks, but the threat of losing a loved one has a way of breaking down barriers.

10. Today’s Film: Das Boot

Film4, 11.05pm The nerve-jangling claustrophobia of wartime submarine life is caught in all its intensity in Wolfgang Petersen’s epic 1981 account of a German U-boat during World War II. The periods of eerie, echoing silence are even more terrifying. A classic.

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DVDs, special editions and merchandise are a good bet for Christmas – but if you’re not a film buff, it can be hard to know where to start. Anna Smith offers her advice

s stocking fillers go, a DVD is always a winner. But how to choose the right one? if you’ve got a cult film fan in the family and a bit of money to spend, start by looking at special editions of classics such as the 30th Anniversary Ultimate collector’s Edition of Blade Runner, out now on Blu-ray. the commemorative gift set includes all ten-plus hours of bonus content from the Ultimate collector’s Edition from 2007, with the addition of a new photo gallery of sketches from director Ridley scott, photos from the set and more. there’s also a 72-page production art book and the DVD includes all five feature film versions: the Final cut, ’92 Director’s cut, domestic and international theatrical versions and the rare ‘work print’. Your Blade Runner completist will not be disappointed. For a more recent cult watch,

Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For will be out on DVD and Blu-ray on December 15, available as a twin pack with the first film. A limitededition deluxe box set will also include new merchandise and collector’s items. A future cult classic arrived earlier this year when Lenny Abrahamson (garage, Adam & Paul) – a Dubliner with a thoughtful eye for the poignant and absurd – gave us Frank, an offbeat riff on the tortured artist theme with Michael Fassbender (disguised by a papier-mâchè head), Domhnall gleeson and Maggie gyllenhaal. Meanwhile, Brendan gleeson has been tipped for an oscar for his committed turn as a good priest in troubled times in Calvary, John Martin McDonagh’s bleakly funny ‘who will do it’ murder-mystery-cum-lament for ireland’s lost faith. Yes, it was a golden year for the irish in cinema (even if Brendan o’carroll’s potty-mouthed matriarch Mrs Brown dominated). nonfictional fare such as One Million Dubliners, Aoife kelleher’s moving documentary about glasnevin cemetery and the people above and below its surface, also caused ripples, an example of documentary making at its top level and a real film achievement. For kids (or big kids), The Lego Movie is a safe bet if they don’t have it already – the Minifigure edition comes with a free toy. And of course, there’s always something available to feed that Frozen passion. the singalong edition is out now and there’s no shortage of merchandise, from dolls to pyjamas and duvet sets – there’s even a Frozen bowling bag. of course...

Fans of Uk teen comedy The Inbetweeners 2 will be fully satisfied with its recent Blu-ray release (along with the first movie) on December 1, while the Us comedy Bad Neighbours is rather good for a giggle. there are far more sharp, lyrical and politically incorrect musings from the notorious tommy tiernan in Stray Sod, a new live DVD recorded during an outdoor performance in Baltimore, co cork earlier this year. the incorrigible navan funnyman wonders how these straitened times have affected our sense of self, explores Dubai economics, parenthood and explains ‘why ugly newsreaders help viewers concentrate’. And what of that cinefile friend who likes discovering cinema’s lesser known gems? i’d recommend the swedish comedy-drama We Are The Best!, the original Us thriller Blue Ruin, or the classy Uk period drama Belle. Happy shopping.

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Gemini May 22 – Jun 21

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Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

Currently, putting your creative abilities to work might not only be fulfilling, but could help to showcase your talents. If one close relationship has grown a little stale, look to refresh it with a frank heart to heart, Leo.

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sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 21

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Not this time: Welbeck went close with this backheel

arsenal ...............1 southamPton..0 by Jack Fox aLEXIS SancHEZ was again the arsenal hero as the chilean struck late on to hand arsenal the points at the Emirates Stadium. Sanchez claimed his 14th goal of the season a minute from time just as arsenal looked to be heading for another frustrating stalemate in north London. the win, just the third for the Gunners at home in the Premier League this season, was tough on Southampton who looked set to claim a share of the spoils thanks to a fine display from Fraser Forster. the England goalkeeper had been in inspired form as he twice

Danger man: Sanchez denied Danny Welbeck and also substitute olivier Giroud. after a less-than-inspired opening half, it was the introduction of Giroud for alex oxlade-chamberlain that added a spark to what had, until then, been a less than threatening home attack. Within minutes of taking the field, the France international forced a fine save from Forster before setting up Welbeck, whose shot was pushed away by the keeper. When the goal came, it was Giroud whose presence caused mayhem and aaron Ramsey cut the ball back for Sanchez to fire in. Saints finished the match with ten men due to some late injuries.

Petit angered by indifference to henry EmmanuEl PEtit has condemned apathy in France towards thierry Henry and claimed the country would be better under German rule. Henry (pictured) has been linked with a return to arsenal in a non-playing role after

leaving the new York Red Bulls. it has been suggested he should be afforded one last outing for France – as a farewell match – and Petit, 44, a former team-mate, can see the merit but suspects he is in a minority. ‘Why not, but

people don’t like thierry Henry,’ Petit said. ‘in England, he has a statue. that says a lot. He is revered over there. ‘France is hypocritical and cowardly – having been invaded by the Germans, we would be better led today.’

Everton denied by Aluko leveller

sonE ALUKo’s goal helped ease the pressure on Hull boss steve Bruce as the everton........................1 tigers ended a wretched run with a wellhull ...............................1 earned point at Goodison Park. Everton made a slow start, while Hull began brightly, but Roberto on terms 14 minutes into the second Martinez’s side grew into the half when substitute Aluko game and took the lead after escaped the attentions of 34 minutes. sylvain Distin and beat Kevin Mirallas’ rightEverton goalkeeper tim wing cross found fellow Run of defeats ended Howard at his near post. Belgian Romelu Lukaku 12 Minutes later, former by Hull, who have no yards out and he smashed toffees striker nikica Jelavic wins since they beat the ball past helpless Hull headed inches wide from a Crystal Palace on keeper Alan McGregor. corner as Hull finished the Rom the scoresheet: October 4 Sone goal: Aluko salutes his strike steve Bruce’s side got back stronger of the two sides. Lukaku, right, celebrates

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He’s got the Ben-tekkers to become a huge star Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke could become one of the world’s best players, according to his manager Paul Lambert. Benteke (pictured), returning after a three-match suspension, scored a fabulous solo goal at Crystal Palace on tuesday night as Villa claimed a crucial 1-0 win. It was the 24-year-old’s first goal since March and an indication he could finally be rediscovering top form since returning in october from a seven-month lay-off with an Achilles injury. After watching Benteke’s fine match-winning performance in just his fifth game of the season, Villa boss Lambert insisted the striker had a big future. ‘Christian scored a fantastic goal,’ Lambert said. ‘I have been fortunate in my own career to play with some of the best in the world and, if he keeps progressing like this and learning, hopefully he’ll hit those heights. He is certainly a terrific footballer.’ Villa’s win at Palace was their first victory since mid-september, but they haven’t lost in their last four league games and entertain rock bottom Leicester on sunday.

Call-up talk is let Dann by vital slip Scott Dann feels he undermined his hopes of winning an England call-up with his gift to christian Benteke on tuesday. the crystal Palace defender’s blunder allowed the Belgium international to seal a 1-0 victory for aston Villa at Selhurst Park. Dann, touted for a call-up to Roy Hodgson’s squad, said: ‘It’s nice for people to talk about you in that way but you just get on with your job. ‘I am disappointed to give the ball away there, it is uncharacteristic for me. ninety-nine times out of 100 I would clear that down the line but things like that happen in football.’

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spurs can’t shake pREMiER LEAguE

chelsea .............. 3 tottenhaM ......0 by James boylan Chelsea flexed their muscles in the title race to bounce back convincingly from their blip at sunderland. Goals from eden hazard, Didier Drogba and loic Remy kept Jose Mourinho’s men six points clear at the top of the table and extended Tottenham’s embarrassing winless run at stamford Bridge to 28 games. The Blues’ 0-0 draw on Wearside and the absence of suspended star striker Diego Costa must have given spurs hope they could end their hoodoo – but it was a game that only underlined the hosts’ vast technical, tactical and physical superiority. The visitors had started brightly, with harry Kane heading onto the bar and flashing wide moments later, but

Double trouble: Hazard fires Chelsea in front, above, and celebrates with the Chelsea faithful three minutes before Drogba, below, made it 2-0 pictures: pa/reuters

Near miss: Kane that was to be the best they would muster in attack. after a one-two with Drogba, hazard fired through hugo lloris’ body in the 19th minute. a dreadful lloris clearance was punished three minutes later, with Oscar eventually feeding Drogba and the veteran Ivorian coolly picked his spot in a resounding reminder of his enduring class in front of goal. after the break, the inexperienced defender Kurt Zouma replaced headinjury victim Gary Cahill but Chelsea’s stranglehold was undiminished. substitute loic Remy then outmuscled and outwitted Jan Vertonghen before blasting home to wrap up the win in the 73rd minute.

Games without defeat for Chelsea, their joint-longest unbeaten run

Ki Sung-yueng

‘It was for my wife who was in the crowd. She comes to every game, so she’s been waiting a while.’

The Swansea man says his strike against QPR has been rather a long time coming (four months in all, to be exact)

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Green seeking home comforts 36 Age of Emile

roB Green admits QPr’s miserable away form is putting pressure on them to perform and pick up points at home. Harry redknapp’s side have lost all seven of their Premier league away games since promotion and slipped into the bottom two following a 2-0 defeat at Swansea. rangers host fellow strugglers Burnley on Saturday in a classic six-point shoot-out and Green (pictured), who made a series of saves in

Wales, said: ‘This is the difficulty with not picking up points away from home, the home games become much more critical.’

Heskey, who is training with Bolton, managed by his former Leicester teammate Neil Lennon. The Trotters are also keeping tabs on another 36year-old striker, Eidur Gudjohnsen.

Barca take Messi to the next level Barcelona are to make a second appeal against lionel Messi’s yellow card on Sunday. Messi was booked for time-wasting after he was apparently hit on the head by a plastic bottle in Sunday’s la liga game at Valencia. Barca’s initial appeal was rejected by the Spanish federation’s competition committee yesterday and the club responded by saying they would lodge a second challenge with a higher committee.

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City set fair as deficit is cut in half

Letting fly: Jovetic puts City in front after Aguero cancelled out Wickham’s opener (inset, top and bottom)

A huge reduction in losses should mean Manchester City will comply with uefa’s financial fair-play rules this season. The club’s annual report shows City had record revenues of £346.5million for the year up to May 31 2014, a 28 per cent increase, while overall losses were halved to £23m. Of that, £16m was the fine imposed by uefa for FFP breaches and does not count towards this year’s calculation. The results also show City no

59 Per cent of City’s turn-

over made up of wages – it was 86 per cent a year ago

Shirt number Jose Pozo wore for his City league debut as a late substitute

longer have the biggest wage bill in the Premier League – their £204m lagging behind neighbours Manchester united’s £214.8m. City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said: ‘We have moved beyond the period of heavy investment that was required to make the club competitive. ‘It is commercial growth of the kind we are seeing today that will underpin and support our operations in the future.’

Sergio slays demons at stadium of fright

SERGIO AGUERO gave a striking masterclass as Manchester City laid their Stadium of Light hoodoo to rest in emphatic style. Connor Wickham briefly raised Sunderland’s hopes of recording a fifth successive home win over the champions when he raced through a static defence to flick home a 19thminute opener. But that merely served to spark Aguero into life. The Argentinian still had it all to do when he received

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sunderland ....1 man city...........4 by John payne the ball from Stevan Jovetic three minutes later but he beat Sebastian Coates for skill on the edge of the box before blasting an unstoppable

shot past Costel Pantilimon. The roles were reversed seven minutes before the break when a tremendous passing move climaxed with Yaya Toure firing a pass in to Aguero, who provided a sublime first-time lay-off for Jovetic to thunder the ball into the net. Jack Rodwell did his best to prove he should have been given more of a chance at City, almost levelling before the break only for Fernandinho to block his powerful header

on the line. But City’s first win at the Stadium of Light since August 2008 was put beyond doubt nine minutes after the restart. Pablo Zabaleta took a superb return ball from Samir Nasri before cleverly lifting the ball over Pantilimon for an exquisite third. Aguero capped a sparkling City performance 19 minutes from time when he lashed home James Milner’s cross for his 16th goal in his last 14 appearances.

table Chelsea Man City Southampton Man Utd West Ham Arsenal Swansea Liverpool Newcastle Tottenham Everton Aston Villa Stoke Sunderland Crystal Palace West Brom Hull Burnley QPR Leicester

P 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

W 11 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 2

D 3 3 2 4 3 5 4 2 5 2 6 4 3 8 4 4 6 6 2 4

L 0 2 4 3 4 3 4 6 4 6 4 6 7 4 7 7 6 6 9 8

F 33 31 24 24 23 22 19 19 15 18 24 8 14 13 18 14 15 10 14 14

A Pts 11 36 14 30 10 26 16 25 17 24 15 23 14 22 19 20 17 20 21 20 22 18 18 16 18 15 23 14 23 13 20 13 21 12 22 12 27 11 24 10

results Arsenal ........................ 1 Chelsea ........................3 Everton ........................ 1 Sunderland ................. 1

Southampton .......... 0 Tottenham ............... 0 Hull ............................ 1 Man City ...................4

SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Celtic ............................ 1 Partick ...................... 0

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Dominant Chelsea see off spurs as gunners grab late win by nick METcALfE CHELSEA kept their six-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a convincing 3-0 derby win over Tottenham at Stamford Bridge last night. The Blues, chasing their first league title since 2010, scored two first-half goals in quick succession through Eden Hazard and Didier Drogba to take complete charge. Loic Remy added a third after the break as Tottenham’s miserable run at Stamford Bridge – where they haven’t won since 1990 – goes on. Manchester City kept up the pressure in second place with a 4-1 victory at Sunderland. Meanwhile, an 89th-minute goal from Alexis Sanchez gave Arsenal a hard-fought 1-0 win over high-flying Southampton at the Emirates, moving the Gunners up above Swansea and into sixth place.

Leading the way: Drogba celebrates his goal with Branislav Ivanovic

Foley says good deal on cards to keep O’Mahony at Munster MunSTeR boss Anthony Foley has admitted he will push for a ‘good deal’ to ensure Ireland flanker Peter O’Mahony commits his future to Thomond Park. O’Mahony’s two-year joint deal with Munster and the Irish Rugby Football union (IRFu) expires this summer and the 25-year-old is locked in talks over an extension.

‘It’s important that we look after our players’ Combative Munster captain O’Mahony’s influence has soared with both club and country in the past two years, to the point where interest from French Top 14 sides is inevitable. Head coach Foley revealed he is taking an active part in joint

discussions between Munster and IRFu bosses to ensure O’Mahony is offered competitive terms to stay in Ireland. ‘We’re all involved in that and the rigmarole ole that goes on with it,’ it, said Foley. ‘It’ss important that we look after our players, that we make sure they get good deals and they also have the stability of ensuring they stay with Munster. It’s important to push for a good deal for every important player.’ Munster’s Ireland quartet Felix Jones, Dave Foley, Stephen Archer and Dave Kilcoyne signed new dual-level deals with the IRFu this week. Head coach Foley said the timing

of the new contracts could prove a boost in nudging the fresh deal for O’Mahony over the line. O’Mahony himself has admitted he expects to make progress on the contract front in the next few weeks, with all the signs pointing to a renewal with r Munster. Munster Johnny Sexton’s summer return to Leinster from Racing Metro has proved a huge shot in the arm for fo Irish bosses aiming to keep all their top k talents in the domestic set-up. Ireland’s Ireland’ head coach Joe Schmidt has made no secret of his delight at that move and he will no doubt keep a keen eye on developments with O’Mahony.

Red dawn: Peter O’Mahony is in talks with the IRFU over a new deal. Anthony Foley (inset left) is keen to see a deal done pictures: inphO

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