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Tens of thousands of people defied biting cold yesterday to throng central Dublin in protest at the imminent water charges.

Despite the biting cold winter weather and forecast high winds, protesters arrived from all over the country for a national day of demonstration outside Leinster House.

Right2Water, an umbrella group of trade unions and left-leaning political parties who organised the rally, claimed the crowd numbered up to 100,000 at one stage.

The Gardaí said the official figure was ‘in excess of 30,000’.

There were two arrests for public order offences close to where the Kildare street entrance to Leinster House was barricaded.

But with musicians, singers, activists and politicians entertaining and addressing the rally from a main stage,

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the demonstration was overwhelmingly peaceful and good-natured.

The only sour note was for commuters, with evening rush-hour traffic at a standstill for several hours. This was compounded by a car parked on the green Luas line near Beechwood.

Oscar winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard was among a number of celebrities who turned up.

‘I think there’s something happening in the world, and I feel this is our version of it,’ he said.

‘The water charge is the straw that’s breaking our backs – people are essentially very dissatisfied with how we are being governed.’

He added: ‘I’m not political, but the Irish nation has now been forced to be (political) and to come out on the streets.’

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Made a boo-boo: The polar bear finds it’s on thin ice

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O G T S U J L L ’ I K N I TH . . .

E O L F E H T H T I W A POLAR bear seems to have taken a chance a bit too early on the first ice before winter – and got stuck on his own on a melting floe.

Photographed by Marco Gaiotti in the Arctic, the bear appears to be looking around for an escape.

Thankfully he managed to make it off the wobbly ice island in Svalbard and take shelter on the shore.

Through the summer, polar bears struggle to find food on dry land and have to live off their fat reserves. Once

the ice comes back they can explore further and move from island to island to fish and hunt for seals.

This bear was spotted by Mr Gaiotti on the first ice of autumn on the Norwegian archipelago.

‘I like polar bears because of their incredible environment, with six months of light and six months of darkness,’ said the 31-year-old Italian.

‘The extreme temperatures make life impossible for most other animals — but polar bears thrive.’

Christmas trees set to be chucked NoT sure what to do with the Christmas tree come January?

How about using it to practise for the fourth annual Irish Christmas Tree Throwing Championship next month?

The event, which is commonplace across Germany and Austria, sees contestants attempt to achieve the longest distance by throwing a standard 1.5metre tree. organised by Clare County Council, in conjunction with Active Ennis Sports and Leisure Facilities, all proceeds will go towards ISPCC Childline, which is trying to raise €2.1 million to keep its night services open.

The Championship takes place on Sunday, January 4, at 1pm at Active Ennis Tim Smyth Park.

O’Driscoll gets better by degree

Bearing up: Let’s hope I make landfall before this ice melts... Pictures: caters

IrISH rugby legend Brian o’Driscoll etched another entry on his glittering CV yesterday when he was awarded an honorary degree in Belfast.

It was gown and mortar board instead of boots and gumshield for the retired star as he was recognised for services to sport

by Queen’s University.

Former Irish captain o’Driscoll, who was capped 133 times for his country and eight times for the British and Irish Lions, was delighted with the accolade.

Ireland’s highest ever try scorer, who has swapped playing for TV punditry since his retirement, said: ‘To receive this recognition from such a prestigious university is a considerable honour.’

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ON WHAT was a wintry day in the capital, fair-weather dissenters might have spurned the ‘wind of change’ for the warmth of indoors.

But as gales swept through Dublin, the streets flooded with demonstrators in protest over impending water bills.

‘Enda Kenny, not a penny’ came the cries, as tens of thousands marched – toting flags and placards – along a Gardamonitored route. Beginning at the Garden of Remembrance, and moving past the General Post Office, the masses converged at the gates of Leinster House at Merrion Square.

Earlier, Environment Minister Alan Kelly had announced no further concessions would be forthcoming.

Rory O’Connor took the day off work to march with the Leitrim Against Irish Water group. He said

nothing less than scrapping the charge would be acceptable. ‘Concessions are no good to us, it’s abolition,’ he said. ‘At this stage I think it is time Enda Kenny took his crew and left.’

John Dolan came up to Dublin on the morning train from Cork to voice his opinion. ‘It’s not just water charges – that’s just the straw that broke the camel’s back,’ he said. ‘It’s everything from the prescription charges right up to the household charges. There are too many taxes. Down the road you’re going to have to pay for every pint of water.’

People of all ages gathered adjacent to the leafy Merrion Square to watch speakers from the Right2Water campaign and the Detroit Water Brigade. Organisers said the number of protesters reached 100,000 while Gardaí claimed the number was closer to 30,000.

Fronting an Anti-Austerity Alliance petition stall, Socialist TD Ruth Coppinger said: ‘If the Government ignores this, they do so at their peril.’

Country unites in anger conTinueD from p1« ‘We’ve gone through a lot as a nation. It feels like there is more and more screws being put on the people. A lot of money that went out of the country in different directions and it is not up to the people to pay it back.’

Hansard, who won an Academy Award for his song Falling Slowly, took to the stage with

musician Damien Dempsey.

‘You can see the rebellion in people’s eyes – you can see the spirit coming back into the Irish people,’ Dempsey said.

Originally, the Government had signalled the water levy would be up to €600 a year for some families.

But mounting dissent and increasingly rowdy protests forced a U-turn.

Householders will now be liable for charges of €60 for single adult homes and €160 for all other homes, a flat rate set for four years.

Controversy has also surrounded the setting up of Irish Water, the utility company that will administer and charge for water.

Bonuses have been suspended at the company while a review is ordered into salaries.

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By JOEL TAyLOR BRAVE student and education activist Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday.

The 17-year-old Pakistani girl, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ rights to education, was handed a gold medal and diploma at the official ceremony in Oslo, Norway.

Referring to her heroic campaign, she said: ‘I am here to stand up for their rights, to raise their voice.

‘It is not time to pity them. It is time to take action, so it becomes the last time that we see a child deprived of education.’ The UK-based teenager was jointly awarded the peace prize with Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.

Malala began fighting for girls’ rights at the age of 11 and survived an assassination attempt in October 2012. She was airlifted to Birmingham, where she was treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Unable to return to her homeland because of threats to her life, she is now a student at Edgbaston High School in the city.

‘I tell my story not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls,’ said Malala.

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Prize: Malala aims to become Pakistan’s prime minister picture: ap

Police shut Pirate Bay

SweDiSh police have raided a server room in Stockholm in an action targeting the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. The raid took place after Rights Alliance, a Swedish internet anti-piracy group, reported Pirate Bay for alleged copyright violations.

The website went down shortly after the raid.

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Walking in their shoes

a woman and child view a display of shoes ‘in their Footsteps – set the truth Free’, with each pair of shoes representing a person killed or injured during the north’s troubles, in London picture: pa

Diplomats guardian editor steps down smoked out

A gAng led by gambian diplomats who turned their London embassy into a tax-free tobacconist, cheating the British taxpayer out of €7million, have been jailed. Yusupha Bojang, the deputy head of the gambian Diplomatic Mission, ordered 29 tonnes of tobacco in three years.

AlAn RusbRidgeR is stepping down as editor in chief of the guardian next year after two decades in the top job.

He is taking over as chairman of the scott Trust which owns guardian Media group.

Mr Rusbridger, who joined the paper as a reporter in 1979 and became editor in 1995, succeeding Peter Preston, told staff his time in

charge had ‘been quite an extraordinary period in the life of the guardian’. in his time as editor, he steered the guardian through the online revolution which has seen it commit itself to the principle of open access and attempt to become an international brand with offices in Australia and the united states.

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Appeal: Pistorius could face a longer jail term

Blade Runner could face 15 years in jail Oscar PistOrius could face a murder conviction after a judge agreed to an appeal against his lesser charge of culpable homicide.

Judge thokozile Masipa, who sentenced the Olympian to five years for killing girlfriend reeva steenkamp last year, agreed that prosecutor Gerrie Nel had raised valid ‘questions’ which should be assessed by the south african appeals court.

Nel argued the judge wrongly interpreted a law, saying someone is guilty of murder only if they foresaw their actions ending in death. under his current sentence, Pistorius could be placed under house arrest after serving just a sixth of his sentence. But he could face a minimum of 15 years behind bars if found guilty of murder.

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Hollande: Stay away Women ordered to from kidnap zones swap hats for veils

fRANCE: Travellers were warned to ‘avoid areas at risk’ by the president yesterday. François Hollande spoke as he welcomed ex-hostage Serge Lazarevic back to the country after three years in captivity. Lazarevic was held in north-east Mali after being kidnapped by al-Qaeda in 2011 while on a business trip. French media suspect the 50-year-old was freed in a prisoner exchange.

IRAN: Women have been banned from wearing hats this winter by the Islamic regime’s ‘moral police’.

Hats are not a substitute for a veil and any woman caught wearing one faces arrest, authorities said.

Col Mohammad Massoud Zahedian said: ‘Wearing a hat is an affront to public chastity.’

The threat comes despite the president’s promise to loosen strict dress code standards last year.

WEST BANK: As he confronts Israeli border soldiers, Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein, 55, has only minutes to live. Soon after this was taken, he was held around the throat, had a heart attack and died epa

State torturers may World’s longest train face justice after all journey ends at last

BRAZIL: Investigators looking into atrocities committed during military rule are calling for the perpetrators to be prosecuted. The National Truth Commission said ‘repression and the elimination of political opposition became the policy of the state’ between 1964 to 1985. Members spoke to hundreds of victims of torture and want a 1979 amnesty lifted that shields former officials from the law.

SPAIN: The world’s longest train journey has arrived at the end of the line – after an 8,000-mile, 20day trip. The train, packed with toys, left Yiwu, China, on November 18 and arrived in Madrid. It ran through eight countries and had to be unloaded three times to change track gauges. A regular service could start next year. The train will return to China with wine, olive oil and cured ham.

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Dáil votes to recognise palestinian state – but Government not bound tHE Dáil has voted in favour of recognising the state of Palestine.

While largely a symbolic gesture, as the private members bill was not binding on the Government, the initiative drew cross-party support. the vote was cast last night following a motion from sinn Féin to recognise ‘a Palestine state based on its 1967 borders’. the motion came after israel refused to allow

Gerry adams to enter the Gaza strip during a threeday visit to the Middle East last week.

All parties in the Dáil supported the move all parties in the Dáil supported the move, with the Government saying it backed the motion because its members favoured a

two-state solution for israel and Palestine.

Last month, Foreign affairs Minister charlie Flanagan said ireland would recognise a Palestinian state if it helped to ‘advance the peace process’ in the Middle East. after last night’s vote, ireland joins eight other European union countries in recognising Palestine as a state, with sweden being the first – and biggest – Eu member state to do so.

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‘Went to see the Cats musical for the first time last night, and my lady @nicolescherzy blew me away! Such an incredible talent she is,’ the F1 champ, 29, wrote on Instagram.

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reg James says his biggest fear is being remembered only for his relationship with ellie goulding instead of his TV and radio career.

But the BBC radio 1 presenter, who ended his 18-month relationship with goulding three years ago, says that it hasn’t put him off dating another celebrity.

‘I would never be put off by anyone’s level of fame. I don’t hide from the showbiz world, I’ve just worked out what I like,’ James, 28, told guilty Pleasures ahead of the BBC music awards tonight.

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will ask me about ellie and it doesn’t matter to me at all. I am very loose-lipped. ‘as long as people don’t know me just for showbizzy stuff. a few years ago that was my biggest fear. I don’t want to be remembered for doing anything else than my job.’

James says the maturity he has achieved helped him get though his awkward interview with goulding, 27, at the Invictus games in september.

‘I’ve grown up in the last couple of years and realised you shouldn’t take anything too seriously,’ he said.

‘Whatever the situation, I think I’d be fine, whether [interviewing] an ex or someone I went on a date with and it didn’t work out.

‘Life goes on. People get off with each other all the time, that’s life.’ singer goulding confirmed earlier in the year that she is now in a relationship with bassist Dougie Poynter from the band mcFly.

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RIHANNA has put the world on surprise baby-bump watch after leaking details about her forthcoming album. The rumours come amid claims that she sings about being pregnant on the album, tipped to be called R8. The pop vixen, thought to be currently single, is expecting her first child after writing a ballad about ‘the baby growing inside me’, Media Take Out proclaims.

I always feel like Sexy Spice... even wearing a onesie Black and white babe: Mel B rocks a 1960s look in a new photoshoot for Ponystep magazine Picture: POnYsteP/nathan JenKins

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Factor judge Mel B says her newfound sex symbol status doesn’t faze her as she has always felt like Sexy Spice on the inside. the 39-year-old’s womanly curves, revealed in a series of figure-hugging outfits, have proved a hit with viewers during her X Factor run.

‘I’ve always felt inside like a sexy woman, no matter what I am wearing. Even if I am wearing a onesie I feel like a sexy woman,’ she told Guilty Pleasures in an exclusive chat.

‘I’ve had a really good stylist who has planned out each look, even though I change my mind last-minute all the time.’

Having made headlines recently with revelations of lesbian trysts, Scary Spice tells us she doesn’t care that her time on the show means she is back in the tabloids after years of living across

the pond. ‘I don’t pay too much attention – I mean I look, but I don’t pay attention unless something really bad is written about me,’ she said.

‘I think I’ve always been in the papers and I have had way worse written about me.’ and she confesses that being on the X Factor has renewed her own lust for singing live. ‘there is no point doing it until I am back in the studio with a killer song,’ she said.

‘But I just haven’t found that song yet.’

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City drivers fear for safety NEARLY half of drivers in Dublin feared for their safety while on the road last month, a new survey has found. The capital has been named as the ultimate black spot for ‘boy-racer behaviour’ in a poll carried out by AA Ireland. Some 31 per cent of participants said they’d encountered firsthand dangerous driving in Dublin at some point.

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Weather causes chaos on ‘Black Wednesday’

THE wild weather wreaked havoc along the north and west coasts yesterday. Gusts of up to 130kph were recorded by Met Éireann as a 52ft wave – the height of four stacked doubled-decker buses – crashed off the coast of Donegal.

The so-called ‘weather bomb’ landed mainly in parts of northern Britain and Iceland, but record waves hit the north and north-west of Ireland as well.

An orange weather warning was in place for much of the day with counties Mayo, Donegal, Leitrim, Galway, Sligo and

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Clare the worst affected. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in Northern Ireland dubbed the day ‘Black Wednesday’ due to the treacherous storms faced by its crews.

At the same time, the Irish Coast Guard recorded 13m swells along the shoreline of Mayo.

One the country’s top visitor centres had to be evacuated due to the severe weather. Workers at the Cliffs of Moher centre battened down the hatches as winds

of over 130kph swept through the area.

‘It wasn’t safe for staff or visitors to remain onsite so everyone was evacuated during the morning. Under no circumstances should anyone proceed with a visit to the cliffs under these conditions,’ the management team warned last night.

Staff have advised people planning to visit the site today to check social media and the facility’s website for updates or to call the visitor centre prior to travelling.

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InTernaTIonal health and life insurer allianz has announced the creation of 100 jobs in Dublin. The positions will be based at its newly purchased offices in Park West Business Campus, Dublin 12. and lidl has also confirmed two new stores for Dublin and Westmeath with 63 jobs being created.

If You’RE away from home this Christmas then you’re in good company, as new figures reveal that almost half of Europe will be doing the same. Research by travel site Hotels.com shows 48 per cent of us are looking to celebrate Christmas Day away from home this year.

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‘A minimally talented spoiled brat’... movie producer’s email over Angelina Jolie leaked ANGELINA JOLIE was dubbed a ‘spoiled brat’ in emails between two Hollywood bigwigs.

The actress became a target after the pair reportedly messaged each other about the upcoming film about Apple mogul Steve Jobs.

The emails, allegedly exchanged between Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal and producer Scott Rudin, were leaked and published by US news website Gawker.

It had been claimed Jolie, 39, wanted The Social Network’s David Fincher to leave the biopic, called Jobs, and direct her film about Cleopatra instead.

‘She is upset about us giving David Jobs. She wants to talk,’ Pascal purportedly wrote to Rudin. He is said to have replied: ‘She’ll survive it…

I don’t want to waste my time on this.’

Rudin then continued to comment on Jolie’s Cleopatra project, writing that he had ‘zero appetite for the indulgence of spoiled brats’.

He is then alleged to have ranted: ‘I have told you exactly how I want to do this material.

‘It’s the ONLY way I want to do this material.

‘I’m not remotely interested in presiding over a $180million ego bath that we both know will be the careerdefining debacle for us both.’

Rudin then allegedly refused to work with Jolie.

‘I’m not destroying my career over a minimally talented spoiled brat who thought nothing of shoving this off her plate for 18 months so she could go direct a movie. I have no desire to be making a movie with her, or anybody, that she runs and we don’t.

‘She’s a camp event and a celebrity and that’s all and the last thing anybody needs is to make a giant bomb with her that any fool could

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Rowling moves from wizardry to crime in new series for BBC

A TV series based on the crime novels written by JK Rowling under the name Robert Galbraith is in the pipeline.

The Cuckoo’s Calling – featuring the character Cormoran Strike – became a huge best-seller after the Harry Potter writer was unmasked as its author.

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A MOTHER of five has revealed she eats an entire roll of toilet paper every day.

Jade Sylvester developed the unusual craving while expecting her last child, 15-month-old Jaxon.

‘I like the feeling of the texture in my mouth, rather than the taste,’ the 25-year-old of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, said. ‘I know it’s silly – and my family tell me it isn’t good for me – but I can’t help it.’

She chews on eight sheets of paper each loo visit, she said.

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see coming. We will end up being the laughing stock of our industry and we will deserve it.’

We contacted Jolie’s rep for a comment, but our call was not returned.

Universal Studios has since purchased the biopic from Sony Pictures.

Television, said: ‘It’s a wonderful coup to be bringing JK Rowling’s latest books to the screen.

‘With the rich character of Cormoran Strike at their heart, these dramas will be event television across the world.’

The shows will be produced by Bronte Film and TV and shown on BBC One.

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With Christmas in full swing, ken rogan examines the real-life games and political pantos being played out across the country

ErrY YulETIdE “never goes broke”. If the bank runs loggins compatriots. out of money, the bank may issue as It might be cold out much as needed by writing on any ordinary paper.’ don’t worry if that there but already the oven is warming sounds a little light-touch; there are for the Christmas turkey, which strict rules about how many houses leaves us plenty of time for a nice, and hotels can be sold – and if seasonal board game. they’re all sold, you’re not allowed As such, it’s great to see the nation to build more. enjoying an angry game of liveThey really thought this through. action Monopoly. we just landed on However, if you’re too much of a ‘water utility’ (coincidentally a Grinch for board games, there’s mere two squares away from ‘go to always the Christmas Panto, which jail’) but we simply won’t pay kicks off with the Banking Inquiry because the bank already has all our next week. Altogether now: it’s way money. True to form, the behind us! Still, the cast looks good out-of-step government is playing a – FF will play AIB, FG will play BoI, labour are the credit unions completely different game – extreme Cluedo-less – where and Sinn Féin are the loan sharks everyone gets mass-murdered at the who hang around the dole queues. next election, and Shane ross gets Also featured is Mary lou Mcdonald as the wicked witch of to play Hercule Poirot. west Belfast.

Back on the streets though it’s our intrepid heroes, walking the much more hands on, with some player-protesters even tempted to gold bullion road, can only defeat the witch by melting her with – yes, play Crossbows & Catapults (now there was a game) while you’ve guessed it – water. or, you know, dropping reinventing the classic Escape From Colditz a house on her. But as Escape From they have to move We just landed on Joan Burton’s fast before she Toyota Corolla. a spell on ‘water utility’ which is, casts There’s a board them using her coincidentally, only two evil powers of game for every dáil privilege. political issue, squares away from you know. right And if panto ‘go to jail’ now in the grid-like isn’t your thing, streets of America, catch the latest the black community homegrown movie: rise of The Planet of The and the police are playing a deadly game of othello, where the Independents. I couldn’t tell you if object is to turn the white pieces this came before or after (or is, in fact, the same as) dawn of The black, or the black pieces white, Planet of The Independents, but until the whole board is one colour.

The original game was supposed to essentially it’s about this dystopian be called ‘Moors vs. Christians’ but future where super-evolved I think we can all agree that journalists are in charge, having ‘othello’ is way less racist and I, for talked themselves into thinking they one, welcome the forthcoming know how to run a country. I don’t politically correct edition of the want to spoil the ending, but it game called ‘Michael Jackson’. might feature Charlton Heston But if it’s othello in America, or beating his fists into the sand in russian roulette in the ukraine, it’s front of a half-buried statue of rTÉ’s famously flip-flopping, toedefinitely Monopoly for us, with a few local twists, of course: you only dipping reporter-cum-politicianget €188 for passing go, Community comeback-reporter, George lee.

Chest is now Community ChestAnyway, hope you enjoyed the beating and Jail has been changed to Monopoly protest, send us your selfies with russell Brand – and the Public Accounts Committee.

And if the worst happens, and the make sure you always march with a soggy ceiling of Irish society sense of humour. God knows how collapses, we can just transpose the many gallons we wasted on the icerules of Monopoly directly into bucket challenge not three months our Constitution. Check out these ago, so thankfully someone had the actual quotes from the board wit to throw a water bottle game’s rulebook: yesterday.

‘The object of the game is to It has been too long since we’ve become the wealthiest player by had some ‘No To Foreign Games’/ buying, renting or selling property.’

Celtic jersey-grade irony.

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would like to congratulate the many thousands of people who thronged the streets of dublin yesterday to protest against the water charges and the brutal regime of austerity that we’ve been subjected to.

I met people from every corner of Ireland and it made me realise that we are the real power in this country and we can send Enda Kenny and his ilk packing if they don’t listen to our demands. And let’s hope whoever replaces them has learnt that lesson too.

Tomás, Swords ■ So Mr Cranky, what’s your problem with the name Aoibheann?

I was given this name 30 years ago and to this day have only come across a handful of others.

Get over it! Aoibheann (Surprise!)

■ olive, I missed Metro Herald’s information on a pro-abortion website. However, I very much doubt that there is any such thing as a pro-abortion website. It’s not like it’s a fun procedure. I would imagine that it was information about women terminating their own pregnancies... You know, giving a woman the right to do what she likes with her own body. Hardly the ideology of a ‘radical group’.

Should a woman lose all rights to her uterus for the term of her pregnancy? who are we to force anybody to stay pregnant?

If you had a 12-month-old who needed a transplant and you were the only suitable donor, should it be legal to force you to donate? of course not. why is a foetus given extra rights? we are discarding women’s rights.

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Bernie and Nicola ● While everyone else is gearing up for a season of fun and frolics, spare a thought for us college students who have to study for exams in January – so getting a break on our project deadline was a big help, Professor M.

■ Paul, drogheda, I’m at a total loss to understand how you pay an effective tax rate, including uSC, of 47 per cent on an income of €50,000. do you not receive any tax credits at all? And do you not understand that, for a single person, the first €32,800 is taxed at 20 per cent? Maybe you need a better accountant, or to get your facts right rather than have a good rant.

Keith, Wicklow ■ A Pedestrian, would you be the ignorant lady who made me crack two ribs and wreck my front wheel after crossing on a red light at the Ha’penny Bridge?

I have a few bills for you. My fellow cyclists are not great at rules of the road but pedestrians are even worse when it comes to red lights.

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HSE rules out secret fliming despite care home exposé

PRIMARY Care Minister Kathleen Lynch has said she is ‘shocked and distressed’ by revelations of standards of care at a Mayo care home.

Abusive behaviour by staff at the HSE-run Áras Attracta in Swinford was highlighted in Tuesday’s Inside Bungalow 3 Prime Time investigation.

It showed a number of residents being slapped, kicked, physically restrained,

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ards of care and mistreatment of vulnerable residents in Áras Attracta.

‘Every person who uses disability services is entitled to expect and receive supports of the highest standard and to live in an atmosphere of safety and care.

‘This is particularly important for vul-

demns’ the practices shown on the RTÉ programme.

INMO general secretary Liam Doran said: ‘These unacceptable, objectionable and abhorrent practices occur when individuals fail those they are caring for, management bureaucracies lose sight of the core values and objectives of a health service and when independ-

ent inspectorates are not equipped to carry out their duties.’

Speaking on RTÉ radio, HSE chief Tony O’Brien ruled out covert filming in such facilities but said that the HSE will consider random checks by undercover staff.

It will hold a meeting on Tuesday to examine whether similar conditions exist in other care facilities.

Poisonous widow JAPANESE prosecutors have charged a 68-year-old woman with murder, weeks after she was arrested on suspicion of poisoning her husband, one of at least six men who have died while in a relationship with her over the past 20 years. Chisako Kakehi has denied responsibility for the deaths. Kyoto district prosecutors indicted Kakehi in the death of her 75-year-old husband, Isao. He died in December 2013, a month after they married. Police found cyanide in his body and arrested Kakehi last month.

‘Every person who uses these services is entitled to live in an atmosphere of safety’ force-fed and otherwise mistreated.

Eleven employees have been taken off duty pending the outcome of a HSE investigation.

Minister Lynch said: ‘I am shocked and distressed by the revelations of extremely poor and unacceptable stand-

nerable people in residential care whose families have entrusted them to the care of professional staff.’

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, which represents more than 2,250 Registered Nurses in Intellectual Disability, said it ‘unreservedly con-

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1. The Fall

BBC2, 9pm Just how much longer are the Belfast police going to let suspected killer Paul Spector wander loose on the streets? The tension – and the credibility – of this claustrophobic thriller is stretched to the brink in tonight’s penultimate episode, but the combination of Gillian Anderson’s chic style and Jamie Dornan’s brooding beard are hard to resist.

2. BBC Music Awards

BBC1, 8pm Does the world really need another awards show? The BBC clearly think so, because they’ve come up with a kind of budget version of the Brits, with just three gongs – British Artist of the Year, International Artist of the Year and Song of the Year – dished out in between turns from Coldplay, Paloma Faith and, inevitably, One Direction. Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton lead the back-slapping.

The Knick’s penultimate episode sees Clive Owen’s surgeon struggle with a growing addiction

2 Fearne Cotton and Chris Evans give out the gongs at the BBC Music Awards

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Sky Atlantic, 9pm

He’s undoubtedly a gifted surgeon but Thackery (a raddled-looking Clive Owen) is increasingly enslaved by his drug addiction. And it’s leading him into dangerous territory as Steven Soderbergh’s medical drama builds to next week’s climax.

5 4 Wrongly accused: The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jefferies follows his quiet quest for justice

4. The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jefferies

UTV, 9pm No longer a suspect in the Joanna Yeates murder case, Christopher Jefferies (Jason Watkins) seeks a return to his quiet life. But his reputation is in tatters and the reality slowly dawns on this private man that his only way forward lies in fighting back. Steve Coogan supplies a priceless cameo – playing himself – while the much-wronged Jefferies seeks a very civilised form of justice.

5. The Big Bang Theory

E4, 8pm Prom night, as anyone who has watched too much American TV well knows, is no time to be a geek.

So tonight it’s payback time as Leonard, Sheldon and the gang concoct their own version of prom fun, an escapade that brings out a side of Sheldon no one has ever glimpsed before...

It’s prom night on The Big Bang Theory but the geeks have a plan...

YOUR gUiDE TO THis EvEning’s EssEnTiAL viEWing 6. Question Time

BBC1, 11.10pm Now here’s a potentially explosive combination: Nigel Farage wrestling Russell ‘Revolutionary’ Brand on the issues of the day, with David Dimbleby handed the unenviable task of keeping best of order as the crowd in Canterbury turn into a seething bearpit of rampant prejudice and incandescent outrage. Well, that’s what we’re hoping for.

7. The naked village More4, 9pm

Hidden among the neatly trimmed

bushes of suburban Hertfordshire lurks Spielplatz, a genteel naturist community who have been letting it all hang out for decades. But with property prices soaring and members drooping, the Spielplatz set are under mounting pressure to sell up. A delicious slice of pinkcheeked eccentricity.

8. naked And Afraid

Discovery, 9pm What better way to warm the cockles on a chilly winter’s night than by watching a pair of exhibitionists show off their, ahem, survival skills in the Bahamas?

Tonight they face a scary swarm of tiny predators — though just how hard it is to survive on a paradise island with a coconut on every corner and yachts in the harbour is somewhat questionable.

9. Maia Dunphy’s What Women Want

RTÉ 2, 10pm What makes the perfect beauty queen? Do people ever really look like they do on their social media profiles? Was the no-make-up selfie phenomenon just one big scam?

All these and other burning questions are addressed in this

evening’s edition of the show, which ultimately asks whether it’s possible for women, in our youthobessed culture, to age gracefully.

10. Today’s Films: Lord Of The Rings Day

Sky Greats, from 12pm Working on the basis that you can never have too much Tolkien, Sky Greats is screening Peter Jackson’s acclaimed 2001-2003 trilogy back to back – that’s over 12 hours of top-notch fantasy, Ian McKellen in a flowing grey beard and Andy Serkis elevating the word ‘precious’ to the stuff of movie legend.

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exigent fashion demands? that enviable term, normcore, is addressed through a minimalist, clean story called main street which focuses on foundation pieces like a pewter trench coat, ribbed sweaters and polo neck t-shirts. the collection then ups its tempo with Rave Camper, a vibrant, chaotic storyline full of metallics and citrus-infused shades. No spring summer 2015 collection is complete without a nod to the seventies, and Nomadic Glamour does just that with a predilection to the catwalk trend of fringing and gypsy glamour. this story is all about detail; it’s full of embroidery,

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RJ Mitte, 22, played Walter White Jr on hit TV show Breaking Bad. He suffers from cerebral palsy and discusses beating discrimination as well as his big break You were at a comic convention in Birmingham recently – was it good?

a couple of shoots. I’m always working.

Is it difficult to get seen for roles that aren’t playing disabled characters? It is and it

It was an amazing turnout and an incredible experience to see how many people in the UK love Breaking Bad. I went to one in Stockholm and it was the same response.

isn’t. For a long time people thought I couldn’t walk or talk because of the show. That’s not the case. I try to create opportunities and make connections so that I’m not just cast in disabled roles.

No one seemed bothered about the show for the first few series – why did it suddenly become popular?

You work with a charity for

disabled actors. Are there When we first started no one really any offensive examples of watched the show – I think it was because of non-disabled people the content. It was playing disabled too real for a lot of roles? For a long people. They People are afraid time there were so didn’t get it at many stigmas of what they don’t the time but I about casting guess things understand. A disability disabled actors – have loosened you were either scares people if they up and now playing the angry people love it. haven’t been cripple or the hero We’re lucky – we who wants to save the around it keep getting new day, but can’t. I work viewers and we’ve been with several organisations off the air for almost two for performers with disabilities. years now.

Our goal is to show people you can What was the turning point? have characters with disabilities I’m not really sure what changed to and face the challenges that go be honest, but it started around along with that but the story doesn’t Season Four. People just started have to be about it. watching the show, basically, and they loved it, and that’s How’s it going, changing just amazing. It’s great for those perceptions? Well – the longevity of an actor’s when I started out, there were career for a show to have an only to per cent of actors with afterlife. disabilities on screen and that’s gone up to around Are you still in four per cent. I’m talking contact with about speaking roles on other people major television roles – from the cast? not just people in the Yes, we’re all background. working, which is Are people’s great. A lot of people don’t attitudes to realise how hard it disability is to work in this improving? industry and how There’s a lot of many years bigotry and you it takes to get have people in the going as an actor. world who are just Everyone is stupid. You can’t fix growing in their that. People are afraid of different directions. what they don’t understand. A physical Is it more challenging disability sometimes to find roles for scares people if they disabled characters? haven’t been around it. I I do other roles – I just just want people to see that finished playing a manager of disability is normal. a strip club and that character Andrew Williams wasn’t written as being disabled. I’ll do anything Breaking Bad: The Complete that hires me. I’m in London Series Collector’s Edition Tin meeting with people for is out now on Blu-ray & DVD modelling work. I’ve done

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Ian Packham, musical director with Gloria (Dublin’s Lesbian and Gay Choir) on his festive favourites Being the musical director with Gloria I thought this would be difficult as there are so many pieces that I love at this time of year, but when I started thinking about it, it actually became very easy to choose.

Christmas just hasn’t started for me until I’ve heard these songs...

O Holy Night To be fair, this is an obvious classic but it just isn’t Christmas until you have heard this belted out. I will always remember this song giving me goosebumps the first time I heard it – in fact it continues to do so.

There is a lovely version on our new Christmas album, The Sound Of Christmas. *shameless plug* The Power Of Love by Gabriel Alpin While this is not a Christmas song per se, you may remember it was included on the John Lewis Christmas ad a few years ago. I just loved the snowman out looking for love and the melody now always make me think of snowy places.

Candlelight Carol by John Rutter I find Rutter’s arrangements amazing and this one just makes me feel so Christmassy. I’m delighted that we are performing this in our concert on Friday – it’s the choirs first time to perform it in public and I can’t wait... No pressure guys!

War is Over by John Lennon This is a real classic but it’s one that will never lose its appeal. I jut love the melody and of course there’s nothing like a big choir belting it out in the background.

All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey What can I say?! This makes every Christmas list... no gay man can say he’s not danced around the room to this one at some point! One of these days I’ll have to do it with the choir. God. Help. Them.

O Magnum Mysterium – Morten Laurisden This is my all time favourite piece of choral music. It happens to be on our new album Our Kind of Music – nudge, nudge – and melody and harmonies in this just make me tingle. It’s nearly killed us learning it but it was worth it as it’s now one of our most popular.

Gloria’s sold-out Christmas concert takes place in St Patrick’s Cathedral tomorrow. If you missed out take heart: the choir has released a series of new albums this year, including The Sound of Christmas, available from www.gloria.ie

Away In A Manger This is such an oldie but it’s great. I’m a primary school principal and every Christmas I really look forward to hearing all our infants singing this – it’s such a treat and always brings a smile to my face.

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Nas-ly done as City Picture: BPi

in with a shout: Zabaleta enjoys his goal while, inset, Dzeko and Jose Holebas have a tangle

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by Danny griffiths SAMIR NASRI’S bolt out of the blue helped Manchester City towards the knockout phase of the Champions League in Rome last night.

Former France midfielder Nasri stunned Roma with a thunderous blast from more around 20 yards out on the hour.

The scorching shot cracked in off the near post, giving goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis no chance.

Then, with time ticking away and Bayern Munich beating CSKA Moscow at the Allianz Arena, City right-back Pablo Zabaleta nipped in to finish the job.

The Premier League champions had not been at their best early on, which was hardly a surprise.

Injuries to stars Vincent Kompany and

Luis AT HOME

LUiS SUAREZ scored his first goal at the Nou Camp as Barcelona beat Paris Saintop spot in Germain 3-1 to seal top Group F. Earlier, Lionel Messi and Neymar (both pictured) pic ed) goals had cancelled out PSG’s opener by Zlatan ibrahimovic. group E

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Bayern Man City Roma CSKA

champions LEaguE GROUP E Bayern Mun............ 3 CSKA .....................0 Roma ......................0 Man City ............... 2

PW 6 5 6 2 6 1 6 1

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L F A 1 16 4 2 9 8 3 8 14 3 6 13

Pts 15 8 5 5

Glovin’ it: Hart, left, punches clear

GROUP F Ajax ........................ 4 Apoel Nicosia .......0 Barcelona ............... 3 Paris St G ...............1 GROUP G Chelsea ................... 3 Sporting ................1 Maribor ..................0 Schalke ..................1 GROUP H Ath Bilbao .............. 2 BATE Borisov ........0 Porto........................1 Shakhtar Don’sk ....1

JohnstonE’s paint trophy SOUTHERN SECTiON SEMi-FiNAL Bristol City .............. 2 Coventry ...............0

fixTuREs (7.45pm unless stated) Europa League Group C (6pm) Besiktas v Tottenham................................. TV iTV4 Partizan Belgrade v Asteras Tripoli ................

Group D (6pm) Dinamo Zagreb v Celtic ............................. TV BT Sport 1 SV RB Salzburg v FC Astra Giurgiu..................

Group H (8.05pm) Everton v Krasnodar .................................. TV iTV4 Lille v Wolfsburg .............................................

Screamer: Nasri lets fly to net his sensational strike at the Olympic Stadium

Picture: BPi

Sergio Aguero, a suspension for Yaya Toure and David Silva only able to start on the bench meant City began with something of a shadow side.

Joe Hart needed to be alert to deny Jose Holebas and later dived at full stretch to tip an angled drive from Gervinho around his far post before keeping out a longrange attempt from Miralem Pjanic.

But City kept plugging away and clawed their way into contention with James Milner twice unfortunate not to break the deadlock.

Roma were close to equalising in the 71st minute when Kostas Manolas struck the woodwork before Hart made a great save to foil the Greek midfielder.

But City, who appeared to have blown their chances after poor results against CSKA, finished the stronger to go into Monday’s draw for the last 16.

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Urging caution: Arbeloa

Easy street: Schurrle fires home his goal after Fabregas had put the Blues ahead from the penalty spot, below

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Goals for Chelsea in this season’s Champions League

Chelsea Schalke Sporting Maribor

Arbeloa: Our Real incentive is silver ALVARO ARBELOA insists Real Madrid cannot allow their record-breaking run to distract from a push for silverware.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side set a new Spanish record of 19 straight wins in Tuesday’s 4-0 victory over Ludogorets. They top La Liga and boast a 100 per cent record in their Champions League group but former Liverpool full-back Arbeloa said: ‘It is important to keep this run going and we have some difficult matches ahead. We are relaxed about these records and we know at the end of the season people may or may not remember them depending on what we achieve.’ Ex-Chelsea boss Ancelotti added: ‘It is a result we have achieved with extraordinary seriousness and an incredible amount of professionalism.’

PW 6 4 6 2 6 2 6 0

D 2 2 1 3

L 0 2 3 3

F A 17 3 9 14 12 12 4 13

Pts 14 8 7 3

19,000 Estimated crowd

for Rangers’ league game with Cowdenbeath on Saturday.

Chairman David Somers has admitted the 28,137 figure that was announced included absent season-ticket holders.

Sidelined Smalling adds to LVG’s woes

Jose’s table toppers enjoy a blues cruise chelsea barely got out of second gear as they wrapped up their champions league group campaign with a comfortable victory over sporting at stamford Bridge.

With top spot in Group G already secured it was an unfamiliar Blues side which lined up in west london. Jose Mourinho made six changes to the team that suffered a first defeat of the season at Newcastle on saturday. however, it was the regular boot of cesc Fabregas that gave the hosts the lead. The former arsenal man cooly converted from

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by Jack fox the spot after Ricardo esgaio’s heavy challenge on Filipe luis on eight minutes. andre schurrle made it two, just after a

quarter of an hour, collecting Nemanja Matic’s pass before stroking the ball beyond Rui Patricio from 18 yards.

The German handed sporting – who missed out on second place to schalke – a lifeline shortly after the break as his weak headed clearance fell to Jonathan silva allowing the left-back to pull one back for the visitors. however, sporting’s joy lasted just six minutes before John Obi Mikel restored chelsea’s two goal advantage when he poked home a Blues corner from close range.

CHRIS SMALLING will be out of action for two weeks after suffering a groin tear during Manchester United’s clash with Southampton on Monday. Smalling (pictured) joins Luke Shaw and Phil Jones on the sidelines, while Paddy McNair was so ragged against the Saints, manager Louis van Gaal replaced him after 39 minutes. It may be Michael Carrick again plays in defence in United’s showdown with old rivals Liverpool on Sunday.

Hereford banned THE future of Hereford United looks bleak after the club was suspended ‘from all football activity’ by the Football Association. The club ‘failed to comply’ with a deadline to answer questions posed by the Independent Regulatory Commission’s owners’ and directors’ test. Majority shareholder Alan McCarthy has also been suspended. The Bulls were expelled from the Conference Premier in June over unpaid football debts.

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Home boy Suarez scores his first goal at the Nou Camp

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scHuRR THings Sporting chance: Schurrle celebrates his goal last night

chelsea bounce back as city take their last chance by nick METcALfE

CHELSEA recovered from their first defeat of the season with a comfortable Champions League win over Sporting at Stamford Bridge last night.

Jose Mourinho’s men finally came unstuck at Newcastle last weekend, but were soon back to winning ways as they claimed a 3-1 victory over the Portuguese outfit.

An early Cesc Fabregas penalty, a terrific strike from Andre Schurrle and a second-half tap-in from John

Obi Mikel made it a routine night at the office. Chelsea finished their Group G campaign six points clear of Schalke, to go into Monday’s draw for the last 16 in confident mood.

Elsewhere, a fabulous strike from Samir Nasri and a late goal from Pablo Zabaleta gave Manchester City a 2-0 win at Roma, sending them into the knockout stages.

City go through in second place behind Bayern Munich in Group E, meaning they could face one of the giants in the last 16.

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