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Ireland’s true crime rate has been cast into doubt as a damning two-year investigation of the Gardaí found it does not record all criminal activity and wrongly classifies significant numbers of offences. In a 500-page exposé – which paints a poor picture of management and daily practices – the Garda Inspectorate, the force’s official watchdog, said the shortcomings were unacceptable. after an epic trawl of records, the watchdog said it was difficult to determine the scale of unrecorded crime, but suggested it could be around a quarter of all offences, based on evidence from other jurisdictions. The report found nearly a third (30 per cent) of all incidents on the force’s official record system Pulse – based on a sampling of 500 records – were not correctly classified. There was insufficient detail in another 16 per cent of the examined cases to determine whether or not the crime was properly recorded. a ‘significant’ number of crimes were wrongly recorded as non-crimes, it found, and therefore not handed over to the Central statistics Office, which produces official crime figures. The inspectorate said it reviewed 158 specific investigations. Of these, only 114 were recorded on the Pulse system and just 90 were designated as a crime. The watchdog said it disagreed with

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the classifications on a third (32 per cent) of the cases, while there was not enough detail to decide on another 6 per cent. It has blamed ‘systemic failures’ in the Garda for the misrecording of crimes. also, crime detection rates – convictions for offences, or the number of solved cases – are lower than those claimed, it was found in the report, which includes more than 200 recommendations. Furthermore, the investigation found particular problems with attitudes towards domestic violence within the force, finding some complaints were treated as a waste of time. It was found that recorded levels of racist and homophobic crimes are very low. It also criticised the investigation of serious crimes, including rape, child abuse, threats to life and aggravated burglaries by regular rank and file gardaí. ‘In other policing jurisdictions these types of crimes are usually investigated by trained detectives or officers assigned to specialist investigative units,’ the report states. Heaping further embarrassment on Garda top brass, the watchdog said some detectives are investigating complex crimes without any training.

LET’S HUG IT OUT: Dr Craig Spencer (right) – who was yesterday declared free of the Ebola virus and discharged from care – smiles as he receives a hug from head physician Dr Laura Evans at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He is America’s last known Ebola case

‘Systemic failures’ throughout force

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early bird catches the turkey, study finds CHRISTMAS comes but once a year – but we’re thinking about it earlier and earlier every year, To be exact, August 19, was the day we started to think about the turkey, tinsel and tree. That was the day internet searches for terms such as ‘Santa Claus’, ‘elf’ and ‘presents’ increased markedly,

shows a study by the UK’s Royal Statistical Society. It means we now think of Christmas three months earlier than in 2007, say experts. Analyst Nathan Cunningham looked at the volume of Christmasrelated Google searches in the past six years. In doing so he managed to work out the probability of each

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week being defined as ‘Christmas’ or ‘not Christmas’ using an algorithm originally created for research into fossil pollen. He found that from a relatively late start of November 11 in 2007, we have turned our minds to Christmas in August for the last two years.

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Claim to fame: BBC newsreader and war reporter Age: 68 He says: I’m a frightful snob and perhaps it’s time for me to take myself less seriously

Claim to fame: Retired Wigan footballer Age: 36 He says: Call me the joker, the prankster or the boy who doesn’t sit still. I am always looking for attention

Claim to fame: ’Allo ’Allo! actress Age: 63 She says: Rice and beans is going to be bloody boring but it’s great to be paid to lose weight

Kendra Wilkinson Claim to fame: Former Playboy model/reality TV star Age: 29 She says: I can entertain. I am a party girl. I am a free spirit. I cannot be bored and I always want to have fun. Tinchy Stryder Claim to fame: Rapper Age: 28 He says: I know people will go ‘you are cool’. But doing this doesn’t mean you are not cool – you have to live and you only live once

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Nadia looks Forde to call of the jungle IRISH model Nadia Forde will duke it out against nine other ‘celebs’ in this year’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. The Dublin-born beauty – rumoured to have dated golfing ace Rory McIlroy – will join journalist Michael Buerk; presenter Melanie Sykes; soap actor Craig Charles and rapper Tinchy Stryder in a bid to become Queen of the Jungle. Superbike champion Carl Fogarty, Allo Allo’s Vicki Michelle, as well as reality TV stars Gemma Collins and Kendra Wilkinson will also join the Z-list set-up. Former footballer Jimmy Bullard is regarded as the surprise pick this year. Forde said she was excited about viewers getting to

Craig Charles Claim to fame: Coronation Street actor Age: 50 He says: Aside from my wife, Jackie, and my two daughters, I am going to really miss my funk and soul music Melanie Sykes Claim to fame: TV presenter Age: 44 She says: I am not going to wash naked and so I have to wear something. I will be wearing a bikini for washing

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know her better in the Australian jungle. ‘In terms of people’s perceptions of me, I think that it is easy to judge somebody if you see them in a lingerie set-up. They don’t see the person behind it, or what their passions are outside of that job. ‘So, I’m looking forward to people being able to judge me on what they see, just me.’ I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here starts November 16 at 9pm on UTV.

Gemma Collins Claim to fame: Reality TV star Age: 33 She says: The one good thing about going in the jungle is I will hopefully lose some weight

Nadia Forde Occupation: Golfer Rory McIlroy’s exgirlfriend/model Age: 25 She says: I just hope people like me. I don’t want to be the person where I disappoint everyone.

Carl Fogarty Claim to fame: Retired superbike racer Age: 49 He says: I am not a people’s person. I like my own company and I like my own space

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Luas booked out in time for festival SOME Luas commuters got a nice surprise yesterday as books were left on their seats as part of a campaign kicking off the Dublin Book Festival. The books are there for passengers to avail of as they see fit, with the idea being that they will take the book and read it before returning it for someone else to pick up. The book-sharing initiative continues today. The Dublin Book Festival itself will run from tomorrow to Sunday and will feature a host of events for adults and children, many of them free. For more information check out the full programme at www.dublinbookfestival.com.

Council rails against ‘cash for car’ signs CASH-for-cars signs are illegal and pose a risk to motorists, according to the City Council. Litter officer Bernie Lillis said: ‘Cash for cars signs have blighted the streets of Dublin over the last number of years ... We are also passing these phone numbers onto the Gardaí and have been liaising with them on the possibility of disconnecting the phone numbers in question. Dublin City Council would strongly advise motorists not to respond to these signs.’ The signs are illegal under the Litter Pollution Act 1999 and each is subject to a fine of €150 each or €4,000 if convicted in court. Some 5,000 have been removed in the last 18 months.

More homes struggling to pay the bills THE number of Irish homes struggling to cover their essential bills has risen, according to figures from by the Irish League of Credit Unions. Publishing results of its ‘What’s Left’ tracker, the group said it had recorded a rise every month this year. In addition to this, the ILCU’s study shows that the number of people in a position to save has actually decreased over the last three months. Since its inception in 2011, the group’s tracker has followed how ordinary people around the country have been impacted by austerity and recession.

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There are around 700 untrained detectives operating within the force, a problem that needs to be addressed, it warns. Such are the variances in workload from district to district, detectives in some areas investigate 100 crimes a year while others have a caseload of fewer than ten.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said the unsparing report raises ‘serious concerns’ about the need for a ‘sea change’ in policing in Ireland. ‘Whatever the difficulties that have given rise to it, we now have a once-in-a-generation chance to modernise fundamentally An Garda Síochána to ensure we have a policing service equipped and

ready to meet all the challenges of 21st Century policing and which puts victims first,’ she said. Admitting ‘weaknesses’ in the running of the force, acting Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan was moved to reassure the public about reporting crime. ‘I want to reassure all victims of crime that we will support them, take their complaints seriously,

and that all complaints will be investigated,’ she said. Around 1,500 Pulse records were examined in detail as part of the Garda Inspectorate’s latest investigation into practices and management of the force. More than 1,000 Garda officers were interviewed while investigators also spoke with police services overseas.

Wheels in motion for city to get new cycle officer

DUBLIN City Council is to appoint a new ‘cycle officer’ for the city on a salary of €43,000 a year. The move was welcomed by Green Party Councillor Ciarán Cuffe who said: ‘Having a single person dedicated to improving the city for cyclists means major change can now be driven forward. all current and future cyclists will benefit from this move.’ The position of cycle liaison officer was a recommendation of the 2009 National Cycle Policy Framework, a document which drew on international best practice for designing community cycle schemes.

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Cycling officer Ciarán Fallon left the post in 2012 following uncertainty about funding and it has remained unfilled ever since.

‘Major change can be driven forward’ The CeO of DublinTown, richard Guiney, also welcomed the move: ‘a lot more people are coming into town on bicycles, whether for health or en-

vironmental reasons – the challenge is now for the business community to engage with cyclists.’ He added that although proposed 1 per cent cuts to city centre commercial rates were reduced to 0.5 per cent in the council’s Monday night budget meeting, it is still a ‘win’. The 0.5 per cent retained is worth €1.7million to the city and will be shared out between a number of services and initiatives, including street cleaning, the appointment of a cycle officer and increased funding in preparation for the 1916 easter rising commemorations next year.

n A project dubbed SolaRoad will test road surfaces this week in Amsterdam as a potential canvas to collect solar energy. The path is built of large modules of solar panels, each with heavy-duty glass protecting them and rough translucent plastic coating on top ensures cyclists do not slip. Sten de Wit, of engineering firm TNO, said each square metre generates 50-70 kilowatt hours of energy per year. The three-year test project will cost €3million.

A little ele-fun never hurt anyone A babyy elephan elephant plays in its enclosure in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Elephants are seen as sacred signs of good fortune in the countryy which will this week host US President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang for a summit Picture: reuters

Misery for city commuters as downpours halt traffic Freak flooding held up most of the traffic passing through the capital yesterday as people struggled to get home from work. The scenes echoed those from earlier in the day when many motorists were left standing still for long periods as Dublin’s roads and streets struggled to deal

with the level of traffic. Social media was alight with reaction from people, with many unable to grasp why the capital’s roads had ground to a halt. ‘Mad traffic on the green this morning,’ tweeted one frustrated lady, while another driver vented with, ‘anybody know what’s happening with

the N4? It’s bloody slow!!!’ Yesterday evening saw much the same, with many complaining about the flooding causing accidents. Lanes in and out of the Dublin Port Tunnel were put out of action twice as the Dublin Fire Brigade was called to clear breakdowns at both ends.

There were collisions going north and south on the M50, while commuters faced numerous problems heading home via Naas road and Finglas road. Major delays were also seen at the North Circular coming into Dorset Street and at essex Quay. Those brave few opting to

take their chances with Irish rail, considering their ongoing signal issues, fared a little better. a spokesperson for aa roadwatch said it was likely that many people had decided to use their cars yesterday, given Met eireann’s yellow weather alert on Monday night.

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As bullets ricochet off the dust of this Syrian street, a boy launches a daring, and ice-cool, rescue mission. Seeing a girl trapped by a sniper behind a wrecked car, he lies down and plays dead...

His amazing ploy works and the firing stops... then he stands up and dashes to her. Grabbing his friend by the hand, he pulls her to safety as witnesses shout ‘God is great!’ PictureS: Youtube/ruckaS

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Boy, 8, dies after family hit by a car A BOy of 8, died after being knocked down while walking to school, after his mother had repeatedly pleaded for a school bus to pick them up. Adam Gilmour was with his mother Sarah Hanna and five siblings when they were hit on a country road. An 18-year-old driver was arrested. The mother and other children are stable or were been discharged from hospita. The accident happened on the outskirts of the village of Cloughmills, Co Antrim. Jim Allister, a North Antrim Assembly Member, said Ms Hanna again warned of the road danger weeks ago.

‘Bullying in our prisons is rampant’

Football ‘tinkermen’ only making things worse for team Football managers who tinker with their team to avoid a shock defeat tend to make things worse, according to new research. academics looked at 12 seasons in the English Premier league and the German bundesliga and discovered that throwing subs on when teams were heading for an upset loss had negative consequences. bookies’ favourites that made offensive changes after falling behind worsened their goal difference on

average by 0.3 and were also 0.3 points down. teams failing to live up to their billing were 85 per cent more likely to receive a card for violent conduct and 43 per cent more likely to be booked for dissenting with the referee. Meanwhile, cards for time wasting by the team with its back to the wall fell by 75 per cent. the study was seeking to test a ‘reference dependent behaviour’ model which states that people do not

always act rationally when an expected outcome fails to come true. Dr leif brandes, one of the authors, said: ‘this is exactly what we see with football teams when they are the favourites to win. our research shows in real life how people are affected by expectations. after all, these players and coaches are paid huge sums of money to play each week in front of a massive audience, and this shows they can experience psychological distress and act irrationally.’

Benedict’s war thriller could be family affair by sEAMus Duff

HE has brought the Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing to life on the big screen, but film star Benedict Cumberbatch is much closer to the man he plays. Researchers have found the two men are distant cousins on the paternal side. To be precise, they are 17th cousins. The actor, who plays the tragic maths genius in The Imitation Game, can trace a common ancestry back to John Beaufort, The Earl of Somerset, in the 14th century. Turing was prosecuted for being gay after World War 2 and opted for chemical castration, but subsequently took his own life. Ancestry UK carried out the research using some of its 14billion digitised records. Spokesman Miriam Silverman said: ‘It’s amazing to think that when stepping into the role of Alan Turing, he would not only be playing a world class codebreaker but a real relation.’ Computer pioneer Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, Britain’s codebreaking centre, in World War II. Its work cracking Nazi codes is said to have shortened the war by four years. The actor has other relatives who helped Britain in the war. His third cousin twice removed Noel Carlisle Rees was posted to Greece with British Military Intelligence and helped smuggle thousands of allied soldiers out of the country after the Nazi invasion.

BULLyING in prison is rampant and is the worst form of it in society, according to former Mountjoy Prison governor John Lonergan. Mr Lonergan, who spent 42 years in the service, 24 of them as the most senior prison officer in the country, opened up about bullying in the prison system at the launch of a book on the subject. Speaking at the launch of The Bullies’ Predatory Footprint, by author Terry Ryan, in Galway, Mr Lonergan said the unspoken vow of silence by those behind bars made it all the more difficult to deal with the situation in any decisive manner.

Ming put in his place by RTÉ retort LUKE MING FLANAGAN MEP (pictured) went up against RTÉ Radio 1’s flagship radio documentary programme over the issue of public funding. Documentary on One tweeted: ‘Welcome to our 9,000 new listeners who’ve joined us since last year. Huge thanks to all our listeners who tune in each Sat@2pm’. To which Mr Flanagan replied: ‘and us suckers who fund ye.’ However, RTÉ got the last laugh with a simple reply: ‘@ lukeming Ditto’ – referencing that the Roscommon politician is also on the public payroll.

Rodgers: Liverpool coach

A potion combination Sarah Reddin, eddin, Maria Mar Kelly, y, John Molloy, LLaura Murphy, phy, Dominice Williams and Maria McGrann ann all get into character to mark the launch of classic comedy The Elixir Of Love by Opera Theatre Company. The nationwide tour kicks off at Dún Laoghaire’s Pavilion Theatre, November 21-23 Picture: Photocall

More people urged to consider becoming foster parents THE Child and Family Agency has launched a campaign to encourage Dubliners from all walks of life to consider fostering. Tusla – the independent State body charged with improving family support and child protection services – says there is a shortage in foster carers around Dublin. As a result, it sometimes has to place children outside the Capital, away from the ‘support of their own friends, school, sports club and extended family’.

Chief executive of Tusla Gordon Jeyes said: ‘Tusla places great emphasis on minimising the distress which a child being taken into care naturally feels when leaving home. In the majority of cases, the best place for a child in care is in a foster placement in their own community.’ Currently one-fifth of placement requests in Dublin come from foreign families, a statistic the agency hopes to improve. Mr Jeyes added: ‘From our work with New

disability status of whether some is Communities Partnership, we know already a parent. The only criteria for that people with migrant backapplying are that you are grounds are often unaware willing and able to care that they could foster or for vulnerable child.’ presume that they would not meet the requirement for Junior Minister at the becoming a foster carer. Department of Justice, ‘We want to make people Aodhán Ó Ríordáin aware that anyone can apply yesterday said: ‘It is to be assessed as a foster imperative that every effort carer regardless of nationalis made to engage those ity, race, religion, sexual from new communities in orientation, marital status, Minister: Ó Ríordáin the care of our children.’

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Disaster ship World captain gets 36yrs in jail

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8 die after botched sterilisation surgery

Capsized: The Sewol picture: rex THE shamed captain of the Sewol passenger ferry is set to die behind bars after receiving a 36-year prison sentence yesterday. Relatives of his 304 victims had called for the death sentence but Lee Joon-seok was acquitted of murder. Instead, judges at the court in Gwangju city convicted the 69-year-old of gross negligence. Lee (pictured) apologised to relatives for abandoning his passengers, most of whom were teenagers on a school trip. Nine bodies are still missing. His chief

by jOEL TAYLOR engineer, identified only as Park, was jailed for 30 years. Thirteen other crew members were given 20 years each for abandonment and violating maritime law. Lee and his crew told passengers to remain inside the vessel as it began listing on April 16. They abandoned ship in lifeboats. The verdict has infuriated the bereaved. Min Dong-im, 36, the wife of a teacher on board, said: ‘As our loved ones remain trapped in the cold waters, this decision is unbearably painful.’

InDIA: Eight women died and 20 more are critically ill after being paid around €9 to be sterilised by the state. A total of 83 village women had surgery on Saturday in a hospital outside the city of Bilaspur. But dozens were later taken to hospital, with some apparently suffering from blood poisoning. The ‘negligent’ surgeon has been suspended. India has the world’s highest rate of sterilisation among women, with 37 per cent undergoing the operation for the equivalent of a week’s wages.

Pot luck for tokers as nYc relaxes law AMERIcA: Thousands of people caught carrying less than 25g of marijuana in New York City will no longer be arrested or face criminal charges. Instead of a potential punishment of up to three months in jail, they will be summonsed and fined $100 (€80). Mayor Bill de Blasio said it would give police time to pursue more serious crimes. Under the new policy, set to take effect from Wednesday next week, those caught smoking pot in public will still be arrested.

HAWAII: Smoke rises from the first doomed house in the path of the Kilauea volcano lava flow on Big Island yesterday. Minutes later, it burst into flames. Its occupants had already left picture: ap

Un envoy pushes for ceasefire SYRIA: A public call for a ceasefire in Aleppo has been made by a visiting UN envoy. A truce would be a ‘building block for a political process’, Staffan de Mistura (pictured) said yesterday. President Bashar Assad said the suggestion was ‘worth studying’. But rebels, who control parts of the city, fear an advance on it by the Islamic State if troops withdraw.

and finally... cHInA: One student may want to avoid living by Shakespeare. Standing under a fellow student’s balcony, Guo Kung shouted lines to her from Romeo And Juliet. But, not only was he ignored, the 22-year-old was expelled from Shangqiu University, Henan Province, over the noise.

Thief who faked pregnancy to dodge prison is finally jailed A THIEF who stole almost €19,000 before pretending to be pregnant to avoid prison was yesterday jailed for five months for perverting the course of justice. Lisa Philips was originally handed a suspended sentence for fleecing her aunt Tracy Sedgewick after she told the judge she was seven months

pregnant. The 37-year-old even clutched her bogus baby bump as she left court and later showed probation staff fake pictures of her ‘newborn’. Her web of deceit unravelled, however, when she eventually told the suspicious probation team she had miscarried, before finally admitting she had lied to police.

Paul Cleasby, prosecuting, told Teesside crown court in the UK: ‘She claimed she had panicked, she had not set out to improve her situation. Once the lie had been told, she simply could not retract.’ Philips, who has a 16-year-old son, took €19,000 from Ms Sedgewick because she was concerned her aunt’s partner was going to take the money out of the country. When police investigated, she showed them a false bank statement she had created, having spent the money. Judge Peter Armstrong, who handed out the earlier suspended sentence, said he had been duped into leniency even though he felt a prison sentence was ‘richly deserved’ at the time. He told Philips, of Newton Aycliffe, Durham, UK: ‘You avoided jail because of your bogus mitigation. It would be wholly unjust... if that was to happen again.’

Thieving liar: Lisa Philips arrives at court yesterday picture: pa

Fear: Hostel owner Mandy Miles came face to face with cannibal killer Matthew Williams picture: wn

Landlady recalls how she burst in on cannibal while he was eating his victim A HOSTEL owner has recalled the moment she found cannibal killer Matthew Williams eating his victim’s lifeless body. Mandy Miles tapped in a key code to open the freed prisoner’s locked door after guests heard the screams of Cerys Yemm. She could see at a glance that Ms Yemm, 22, was beyond help – so she retreated to the corridor and blockaded Williams, 34, in his room until police arrived. ‘The amount of blood and the stillness of her, there were no signs of life at that point,’ said Mrs Miles. ‘I said to Matthew, “Do you know what you’re doing to that girl?” He said, “That’s no girl”.’ The 48-year-old said the killer’s eyes looked black when she

confronted him at the Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed, south Wales. ‘I rang 999 and I made damn well sure he couldn’t get out of that room,’ she said. ‘I was holding on to the door knob. I couldn’t let him flee the scene.’

Black eyes: Killer Williams

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I lost 20stone after I had a shower... and bath broke under me

Music pirate cost industry €300m AN INTERNET pirate who shared thousands of songs ahead of their release was jailed for 32 months yesterday for costing the music industry €306million. Briton Kane Robinson was hunted down with the help of US Homeland Security after tracks by stars including Adele, Jay Z and Kanye West were uploaded to Dancing.Jesus.com the site he started from his bedroom as a teenager in 2006. It comes as Spotify boss Daniel Ek hit back at Taylor Swift’s decision to remove her songs from the site, claiming fans can listen for free elsewhere. ‘Even though Taylor can pull her music off Spotify... her songs are all over services and sites like YouTube and Soundcloud.’

The best years: Brianan McEnteggart after her bathroom wake-up call Picture: NNP

Gone girl: Taylor Swift recently pulled her songs off Spotify

AN OBESE Irish woman who was told she might not see her 30th birthday has lost 20 stone – and told of the ‘mortifying’ moment when she realised her size was killing her. At 27, Brianan McEnteggart weighed 32st 11lb and wore a dress size 34. Her GP had warned her she was heading for a heart attack, but it was another wake-up call which convinced her to take action. ‘I was taking a shower as usual when I heard a noise and realised the bath had cracked,’ said Ms McEnteggart. ‘I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t want to have to come out and tell my parents I’d broken the bath. I knew then I really had to do something.’ After losing 20st 5lb – nearly two thirds of her body weight – Ms McEnteggart, now 31, has a new job, has set up home with her

by cATHERInE wyLIE boyfriend and has been named the UK and Ireland’s Slimming World Woman of the Year. ‘If it wasn’t for my Slimming World group I would be 6ft under and my parents would be visiting my grave,’ said Ms McEnteggart, from Dundalk. Her first move was to ditch the super-size bags of crisps and jumbo bars of chocolate. She then took over the cooking at home, whipping up healthy recipes such as turkey stir-frys. As she slimmed down, Ms McEnteggart, who suffered from painful knees as a result of her size, began walking more and is now up to 5km a day. She recently reached her target weight, managing to drop down to 12st 6lb. ‘These past three years have been the best of my life,’ she said.

Pre-diet: Ms McEnteggart was size 34 Picture: PA

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UNGER GAMES star Jennifer Lawrence has vowed she will never sign up to social networking sites after nude pictures of her were leaked online. The actress said the internet had caused her so much grief she wanted to fight it – but would need to take her earrings off first in case her savage opponent tore them out. ‘I will never get Twitter,’ the 24-year-old said. ‘The internet has scorned me so much.

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JENNIFER ANISTON says she finds rumours surrounding her engagement to Justin Theroux ‘comical’. She joked that she wasn’t sure if they’d wed yet ‘because I haven’t read this week what’s happening with us’. The 45-year-old laughed off claims that she’d eloped with her actor beau. ‘I think we’re just so uninteresting,’ she told Access Hollywood. ‘We don’t do anything. There’s no real narrative other than that to slap on to us.’ She couldn’t help but gush over her 43-year-old fiancé. ‘He’s a really beautiful partner,’ she said.

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GERI HALLIWELL followed in Benedict Cumberbatch’s footsteps by announcing her engagement in The Times. The 42-year-old is to wed F1 team boss Christian Horner, 40, although a date was not revealed. The pair have been dating since March but have been friends since 2009.

long-term boyfriend Alan Ferguson near her New Orleans home this weekend. Beyoncé’s younger sister, 28, who famously attacked her sister’s hubby Jay-Z in May, will wed the 51-year-old in front of friends and family after a weekend of celebrations, starting with a movie night on Friday. A rehearsal dinner will follow before the nuptials on Sunday, Us Weekly said. Solange was first married, at 17, to Daniel Smith, the father of her ten-year-old son Julez.

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I feel like it’s that girl in high school that I’m like, “Oh you want to talk about her? Yeah I’ll do that”. Take my hoops off, I’m ready to go.’ The Oscar winner, who was at the premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 in London on Monday, added: ‘I’m not very good on phone or technology. If you ever see a Facebook or Twitter account that says it’s me, it’s not me.’ J-Law, who revealed her dislike of social media on BBC radio, has admitted she also dislikes interviews. ‘If I had a choice you wouldn’t hear me express myself except in movies,’ she told French magazine Madame Figaro.

NICKI MINAJ has apologised after a music video laced with apparent Nazi imagery caused an online storm. ‘I’d never condone Nazism in my art,’ said the singer, 31.

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REDFOO has defended his latest music video, Literally I Can’t, after it was branded sexist. ‘I made a comical party song to satirise the cliché. Some get it, some don’t,’ he tweeted.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ has vowed to ‘take her time’ to find love following her split from toyboy Casper Smart. ‘I’m going to make sure it’s the right person,’ J-Lo, 45, told HollywoodLife.

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Louis flies off handle after misreading story LOUIS TOMLINSON made a knee-jerk reaction after mistakenly believing a newspaper article had insinuated he was gay. The 22-year-old One Direction heartthrob hit out at The Independent’s Jenn Selby, who speculated about him showing support for Apple’s CEO Tim Cook by wearing a Tshirt with the company’s old rainbow logo. Calling the piece ‘laughable’, Tomlinson said in a tweet to his followers: ‘I am in fact straight. F***ing

Cara’s all art as she backs animal action

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CARA DELEVINGNE has teamed up with New Hope Animal Rescue to help launch #Art4animals, a campaign reminding people that a pet is for life and not just for Christmas.

ridiculous I even have to tweet that s***!’ Ms Selby claims that 1D fans have since sent her death threats. Ms Selby calmly responded that Tomlinson had more than likely misread her piece. ‘At no point did we insinuate anything about your sexuality…,’ the journalist said. ‘We were speculating whether you’d shown support to a brave man facing some persecution for his decision to come out in public.’

Eminem rap sparks a tit-for-tat battle

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60 seconds Mailbox Harlem Gospel Choir founder ALLEn bAiLEy has been its driving force since they first performed in New York’s Cotton Club in the late 1980s. They bring their spiritually uplifting and soaring vocals to Dublin this month

The Harlem Gospel Choir has been going strong for almost 30 years. What prompted you to set up the ensemble? The

group was formed in 1986 on Dr Martin luther King’s birthday and I guess we wanted to bring about a better understanding of the africanamerican culture – in particular the black church. The church in Harlem is a very important institution for the community because not only does it serve spiritual needs but social functions as well. Everybody, religious or not, seems to love gospel music so we wanted to spread that around the world as well.

So gospel music has been a big part of your life from a very young age? Growing up in

You’ve attained worldwide success but the heart of the choir is still very much in Harlem... Oh yeah, we travel

around with about 15 singers but if you visit us in Harlem you’ll see about 115 at the church. We still practise every Saturday to get ready for services on Sunday. Harlem gospel churches are one of the most popular tourist attractions for people when they come to New York.

The choir debuted at the New York Cotton Club. How was it starting out where Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday performed? It’s important to

You play Dublin later this month. What can people expect? The Irish are great fun to

perform to and there are a number of really good gospel choirs there now. For anyone coming to see us for the first time, they are going to understand that it’s just impossible to sit in your seat and be quiet. The audience almost joins us on stage and everyone becomes part of the atmosphere. It’s not just a show, it’s a feeling – so I’d say get your rest the night before. Luke Holohan

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with people like that. Madonna used to spend a lot of time in Harlem when she started out and was always interested in coming down to perform with us. I mean, they didn’t have the attitude of superstars – they just came and were themselves. Of course no one is bigger than God and they knew when they came to perform with us that there were no ego trips here. There’s only one ego and that’s the person upstairs.

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remember all those stars had their beginnings in gospel music so there’s an affinity there. But the Cotton Club performances were great. It’s down the road from our church and you could get what they called a ‘gospel brunch’ – all the macaroni you can eat.

Harlem and going to church means you’re involved in gospel whether you can sing or not. If you can’t sing you just jump up and down. an australian reporter once asked me: ‘Don’t you ever run out of What’s been your gospel singers?’ favourite tour and I said: ‘No Madonna used moment? We more than you to spend a lot of time were asked to run out of perform at a Kangaroos’. in Harlem and was festival in Yankee always coming down Stadium for When you Nelson Mandela were growing to perform just after his release up in Harlem, with us from prison. To share was gospel a way the stage with and honour for people to escape such a great man, who had certain hardships? My just spent 27 years in solitary parents didn’t have a lot of money confinement, was wonderful. so going to church was a way to get And you spent Christmas Eve out of a rat and ‘roach infested house. It was a way to meet with Pope John Paul II at the everybody and it would make us Vatican. He wanted to thank us feel so much better. It’s very for our work with children’s difficult to feel bad when you’re charities. I didn’t know whether to singing and dancing all day. But shake his hand or bow. I was those days are gone; nowadays you thinking: ‘This man is a friend of have to have a million dollars to God’. He was so down to earth and have an apartment in Harlem. kind but I didn’t know what to do.

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aul G, regarding the Dublin Bikes increase from €10 to €20 a year, there was an email sent out by Dublin Bikes advising this and giving the option of not renewing (which I received). For 18.25 cent a day, I think this is a wonderful service that Dublin Bikes provides. The bikes are free for the first bit of time and most journeys are taken for free. The bikes are also well serviced and easy to access. This service has brought me and a lot of people back to the mindset of getting fit again and personally I hadn’t used a bike in years. This has been one of the more successful ventures in Ireland and I think this should be praised rather than criticised for an extra tenner a year. It’s wonderful to see the stream

of cyclists on Dublin Bikes around the city in the mornings, it adds energy to the city. Enthusiastic Dublin Bikes User ■ Dear Metro herald, I’m glad you decided to propose again an Italian recipe, the ‘Tagliatelle with asparagus, lemon and pangritata’. However, next time you decide to do so, make sure that the Italian names are spelled correctly. It’s ‘Pangrattato’ rather than ‘Pangritata’. The Italian community in Ireland would be grateful if you do so. an Italian guy annoyed by all the fake Italian food in the country... Dario That’s how James Martin spells it, but then he’s not Italian. – Ed. ■ Such a shame about Dolores O’Riordan losing the plot on that plane the other day. Was a huge fan

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back in the day of The Cranberries. Showing my age now. BH ■ There was a lovely large black dog with white markings outside Balbriggan train station yesterday morning, he was following me back over the bridge and then headed off in the town direction. He seemed lost and had no collar or tag. He was really friendly. Does anyone know who might own him? I had to get the train and am worried now. also, does anyone know who you ring in Balbriggan if you find a lost dog? CW ■ Those politically correct, easily offended internet dwellers are now giving out about the ads for e-cigarettes being ‘too sexy’. I for one am happy if an attractive finish is put on a product that offers a way out of tobacco addiction. Smokey

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The end is inescapable, say Röyksopp as they deliver their last album. By Hazel Sheffield

ergen in norway is sometimes called the ‘city of rain’, but it’s so wet the day we go there to visit röyksopp, even that feels like an understatement. The producer duo dash through their hometown’s central square – Svein Berge’s head down in a rYXP-branded snapback; Torbjørn Brundtland’ss Helly Hansen wellies splashing through puddles the size of small lakes – into Röyksopp on norway’s answer to their sound Pizza Hut. ‘The We want to maket weather is like this music that doesn’ two-thirds of the exist already... year,’ Brundtland pretentious says. ‘It’s good for creativity – you just but true want to stay inside.’ There are plenty of dark skies on The Inevitable end, röyksopp’s fifth and, they say, final album. At a time when most electronic artists are scooping pop collaborations and souping up their music with big club beats, röyksopp have made 12 roomy, glistening tracks that recount an illicit affair. The track titles alone – Sordid Affair, You Know I Have To go, Compulsion – hint that this isn’t an album of party bangers. röyksopp have never been the kind to embrace the status quo. In 2001, while everyone was listening to The White Stripes and The Strokes, röyksopp came along with their glitchy debut Melody A.M. even if you don’t think you know this album, you do: bits of it were borrowed by everyone from Apple, which used eple as start-up any vocals. That’s because music, to T-Mobile and Channel 4, röyksopp, unlike that other which both sampled from So easy producer duo, Daft Punk, have no on adverts. interest in courting red carpets and Shunning their newfound fame, awards, says Brundtland. röyksopp returned to Bergen and They might have as many guest mapped out three more albums vocalists on The Inevitable end as that defied expectations. Their last Daft Punk did on random Access one, 2010’s Senior, didn’t even have Memories, but only one, robyn, is a

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On deck: Röyskopp onstage; main picture, Svein Berge, left, and Torbjørn Bruntland

household name. even she said in a recent interview that röyksopp don’t get the credit they deserve. ‘Daft Punk had the right collaborators and the timing was right for Americans, who were reacting to electronic dance music: “Oh, this is the real stuff!”’ Berge says. ‘Whereas we only want to

make music that doesn’t exist already. That sounds pretentious but it’s true.’ All pretentiousness disappears when Berge orders an ice cream with sprinkles and a cocktail umbrella. Brundtland, older by a year, goes for a black coffee. now these lifelong friends are approaching 40, they’ve decided to do something radical: ditch the album. ‘We have five albums that we’re happy with and we want to quit while we have something to say,’ Berge adds. But don’t get out the tissues just yet – even if the album is dead to them, röyksopp still plan on making and releasing music the way they want to, whether that’s one ten-minute single or a five-track mini album. After a career turning convention on its head, you’d expect nothing less.

Röyksopp on... playing live Röyksopp have consistently stretched their shows beyond the nodding-DJ-behind-a-laptop standard with blockbuster global tours. ‘The experience of playing live is magical,’ says Svein Berge. ‘We feel we’ve made electronic music more accessible to people who don’t come from that kind of background. It’s part of our mission.’ ‘We’ve always tried to show that playing electronic music live doesn’t have to mean jerking your body around behind a Mac,’ says Torbjørn Brundtland. ‘We always wanted to shape that experience. And we’re not ready to quit playing live yet.’

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Dark and unsettling drama is all part of the day job for Noomi Rapace. Matt Mueller meets ‘Mrs Bird of Prey’

ince she is the original girl with the dragon tattoo, it seems fitting to ask noomi Rapace whether she has any of her own, particularly since minutes earlier we had seen her admiring the multitude that grace the skin of Tom Hardy, her co-star in The Drop. ‘i tried to tattoo myself a couple of times,’ says Rapace, starting to fidget and giggle (the Swedish actress is fond of doing both). ‘it just started to bleed a lot. it was black and red and a mess, and then it disappeared about a month later. So no, i don’t have any.’ We’re meeting at the Toronto Film Festival, in a fusty, oldfashioned hotel. Rapace is anything but old-fashioned, having transposed her role as punk hacker Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s Dragon Tattoo trilogy into a bust-out international career. Salander’s stylings were, in fact, inspired by the actress’s own, and her look today would get an approving nod from 1980s-era Madonna: thick eye make-up, black lace top, peroxide hair and lots of dangling jewellery, including a gold crucifix and a gold chain that spells out Mood – a gift from a

Sweden’s girl on film

designer friend ‘which i wear for, like, protection’. Protection is what Rapace is after in The Drop, a gritty Brooklyn-set thriller adapted by crime author Dennis Lehane from his own short story, Animal Rescue, and directed by Belgian film-maker Michaël Roskam. The 34-year-old stars as nadia, a fragile waitress whose abusive ex eric (Matthias Schoenaerts) threateningly dumps a puppy into her rubbish bin. When it’s saved by Hardy’s taciturn barman Bob, a man concealing his own dark past, these two broken souls set out to save each other amid the menacing realities of a criminal world. ‘The deeper you get into a character, you stop seeing them from an outside perspective,’ she muses. ‘With nadia, i needed to understand her love for eric, even though he’s part of that destructive world. it seems black and white but when you look into it you start to see colours.’ The Drop is the latest englishlanguage project for Rapace, following Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes sequel, Brian DePalma’s misfiring Passion and Ridley Scott’s space adventure Prometheus, in which she appeared to be the only human survivor (she and Michael Fassbender are signed up for the sequel). The actress seems to thrive on playing damaged or downtrodden

The Drop: With Tom Hardy

Passion: with Paul Anderson

Dragon Tattoo: beginning

like ‘a loser’ when she’s out characters; even her brave, capable of employment. To keep that scientist in Prometheus ends up beset by emotional turmoil. ‘i like occurrence rare, she has decided to live up to her predatory surname, playing people on the edge,’ she observes. ‘People that are not keeping a beady eye on so successful and life projects in development isn’t so happy-goand targeting actors lucky for them.’ she admires, like Hardy, to find That may well ff o s y a d projects derive from n te d a Ih t n together. Rapace’s own e sp I t u b r this summe The British tumultuous g up with actor praises youth. The the time comin s that lm Rapace’s daughter of a two ideas for fi now. ‘exocet-like’ Swedish n e are being writt is just ability at actress and finding scripts, Spanish I think my brain rk and the pair flamenco singer, o w to d e wir will also appear she moved to iceland when she together in the was five, didn’t really Soviet-era thriller child 44 next year. know her father and once ‘My heart is wherever i am – i’ve admitted she never felt like she belonged in her native Sweden. always been like that – and to be in Her ten-year marriage to fellow the room with another actor, that’s actor Ola Rapace (they jointly chose magic and pure joy for me,’ says Rapace, adding, ‘i always do things the surname, which means ‘bird of prey’ in French) resulted in a son – 100 per cent.’ Lev, now 11 – but they divorced in Which begs the question again 2011 and Rapace now pours most of about her tattoos, or lack thereof. her energy into her career, even to Despite that early failed attempt, the point of obsession. isn’t Rapace still tempted? She erupts in giggles. ‘i know if i ‘For me, work and life go started, i would go crazy,’ together,’ she says. ‘i had ten days off this summer but i spent the time she says. ‘i would end up covered top to toe. i never do things the coming up with two ideas for films that are being written now. i think middle way.’ my brain is just wired to work.’ The Drop is out on Friday Rapace even confesses to feeling

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Mads Mikkelsen Denmark’s biggest screen star overseas continues devouring his wa way through TV’s Hannibal.

Nikolaj CosterWaldau The Game Of Thrones star is set to give Gerard Butler almighty hell in fantasy adventure Gods Of Egypt.

Sidse Babett Knudsen Borgen’s idealistic prime minister will soon be seen in erotic mystery The Duke Of Burgundy.

Alexander Skarsgård The True Blood star is buffing up his pecs for a live-action bigscreen version of Tarzan.

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2 The Newsroom Emily Mortimer’s nuptials are derailed

1. Coronation Street

TV3/UTV, 7.30pm Peter’s return to the street hasn’t gone as swimmingly as he might have hoped and things get even worse for him tonight when his boozing is (re)discovered and Carla makes her feelings for him crystal clear. How much longer can he put up with his richly deserved exile?

3 The Apprentice Things get dicey as James and co sell board games

Coronation Street Carla makes her feelings for Peter crystal clear

2. The Newsroom Sky Atlantic, 10pm

While falling far short of The West Wing or The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin’s current affairs drama has improved since shedding the glutinous moralising of its early episodes. This third and final season begins with Will (Jeff Daniels) and Mac’s (Emily Mortimer) nuptials derailed by breaking news at the Boston Marathon.

4 All Sweet Things Rachel Allen tickles taste buds with a coffee meringue

3. The Apprentice

BBC1, 9pm How much longer can James last? Clinging on after a series of calamities (not least needing a lyric sheet to sing ‘One Man Went to Mow’), he and his fellow hopefuls must devise and sell board games. Needless to say, Alan Sugar grasps every opportunity for a bad pun. Rest assured, though – he doesn’t have a monopoly on them.

4. Rachel Allen: All Things Sweet

Posh Pawn A jet pack is among the goodies at Prestige Pawnbrokers

RTÉ1, 8.30pm

It’s that time of the week again where the sweet-toothed among us have to try our utmost to show some restraint. Tonight, Rachel prepares a date and stem ginger pudding, a layered mocha mousse coffee meringue and a coconut chocolate cake.

5. Posh Pawn

C4, 8pm Prestige Pawnbrokers opens its doors for the cameras once again with a new store in London, where the usual array of bling and junk keeps on coming in. Very much in the latter camp is a selection of hopeless paintings by the Kray twins, while a jet pack and some fake watches also come before their gaze.

6. Liberty Of London

C4, 9pm It takes something big to overshadow

YOUR GUIDE TO THIS EvENING’S ESSENTIAL vIEWING Pharrell Williams, his hats and his fragrance line (‘paint for the nose’, apparently), but the London department store’s Dragon’s Denstyle Open Design Call manages it. The fun, frivolous docusoap returns for a second series as the buyers consider public pitches for everything from nail varnish to canine raincoats. A long day is quite literally in store.

7. Opry An Iúir TG4, 10.30pm

Donegal country and western kingpin Daniel O’Donnell joins hosts

Marc Roberts and Lynette Fay for a special show filmed in front of a live audience. Mixing archive film, testimonials from fans and chat, the stars perform country favourites as Opry an Iúir brings Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry to Newry.

making detours to Vesuvius, the Spanish Steps and the place where Keats died. The backdrop’s lovely but Portillo’s Michael Caine impression isn’t a patch on Rob Brydon’s. We presume.

8. Great Continental Railway Journeys

UTV, 9pm As unlikely as it sounds, given some of its higher profile personnel, some of Broadmoor’s patients harbour genuine hopes of eventual release, even if only to a medium security unit. This gripping, sensitive documentary spends time with

BBC2, 9pm

‘Has anyone pinched your bottom?’ Michael Portillo gets saucy (try and keep your dinner down) on his latest travels, following the spine of Italy from Rome to Sicily by rail and

9. Broadmoor

some of them as they undergo counselling and discuss their traumatic pasts.

10. Today’s Film: X-Men

Sky1, 8pm The film whose critical and commercial success made superheroes on the big screen a viable proposition again, Bryan Singer’s terrific action thriller has a pulsating intelligence to go with the biff-offs, and a starmaking turn from Hugh Jackman as the adamantium-clawed vigilante Wolverine.

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Sleater-Kinney: Start Together 1994-2006

Completist heaven: reissues, rarities and rearrangements. By Sharon O’Connell

Holland Dozier Holland: Rare 45s Box Set (Harmless Records)

A bumper soul swag of acetates, test pressings and remixes from the legendary Motown in-house songwriting team, brothers Eddie and Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier – all issued on seven-inch vinyl for the first time.

€74, amazon.com

(Sub Pop) A deluxe vinyl box set of all seven albums by the acclaimed all-gal trio featuring Carrie Brownstein, who went on to co-write and star in the cult US TV series Portlandia. The set includes a 44-page hardcover book and art print, and is also available as a download. It’s on sale direct from Sub Pop. $125 (€100), megamart.subpop.com

Björk: Biophilia Live

(One Little Indian) A triple disc (two CDs and a DVD) set that captures the audio-visual wow factor of Björk’s eighth studio album, as performed live at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2013. The concert, filmed by Nick Fenton and Peter Strickland, is available as a download package and on Blu-ray. From €20, indian.co.uk

Sparks: Kimono My House 40th Anniversary Edition (Universal Music)

A reissue of Ron and Russell Mael’s infectiously bonkers pop record of 1974. The double LP is pressed on heavyweight vinyl, and the second disc includes seven previously unreleased demos.

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Joni Mitchell: Love Has Many Faces – A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced (Rhino Records)

This 53-track, four-disc set of songs was curated by Ms M herself and is drawn from 40 years of recording. Included is a book featuring poems and new paintings.

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Dear chokers, for around five years now we have tolerated the nineties revival – the skorts, the scrunchies, the dungarees, which only make us feel old. But nothing so screams ‘1996’ quite like the choker, once adorning many a celeb-neck from the Spice Girls to Drew

I introduced a workmate of mine to my sister, and they’ve been going out together for a few months. I was in the office toilet and overheard him telling a colleague how he’d had a one-night stand during the Web Summit. He said he’d ‘feel really bad about it had the sex not been so mind-blowing’. I should’ve punched him in the face but I just froze. Do I confront him, or tell her what I know? I.M. Fuming

Ouch. Likely you feel somewhat responsible for matchmaking your sister with a gobsheen, however, you were never to know that he’d stray at the first sign of geek-skirt. Given his braggadocio and total lack of remorse, I would tell your workmate that you know what he’s been up to, and that if he doesn’t tell your sister then you will. It’s early days of their relationship and she deserves to know now what she’s dealing with rather than further down the line when emotions are deepened.

My other half has already started dusting off the festive tinsel and decorations. Last year she made me wear a snowman onesie to her parents’ house, on which she’d put a sprig of mistletoe on its ‘genitals’.

Everyone thought it was hilarious (especially when Aunty Attracta threatened to get down on her knees). Enough is enough. How can I assert my authority this year?

Objectified

Unless your families live on opposite sides of the globe, yes, it’s much too early to be making firm plans – Christmas really is just for Christmas. That said, may I suggest that you insist on visiting your parents this year instead, and that she wears a Christmas pudding onesie with mistletoe on each breast. Introduce her then to the eternal bachelor, Uncle Fintan, and see how she likes being treated like a piece of chipolata meat. She’ll soon change her tune.

fREE ADvicE fOR…

chokers

Barrymore to the Beverly Hills 90210 cast. Bordello chic never looked quite so weird as when accompanied by brown lipstick and round sunglasses, and now Kate Beckinsale (pictured), Rihanna and Rita Ora are garrotting themselves with throat bling. Chokers, you were horrible then and you’re horrible now. All is forgiven, ‘statement’ necklaces!

LAsT TiME:

OvER TO YOU:

My mum just came back from a holiday in Eastern Europe with a completely new face. She claims that she’s had no work done but I’m rather dubious. I’m afraid that she’s trying to dress mutton as lamb in order to keep my dad interested, although all he wants to do these days is play golf. What should I do here, then?

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

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YOU sAiD: Your dad sounds like a boring old fart, so she should go find herself a younger model to practise her cougar looks on. I hear Gambia is lovely this time of year...

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film

Jude takes things deep

Anna Smith talks to director Kevin Macdonald about the challenges of making submarine movie Black sea, starring Jude Law

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t’s Jude Law as you’ve never see him before,’ says director Kevin Macdonald on the star of his upcoming submarine thriller Black sea. ‘He’s playing a very macho part. He’s put on a lot of muscle, a lot of weight, he shaved his head, he’s playing a working man. It’s a very different Jude, an amazing, transformative performance.’ seen here in our exclusive picture (opposite), Law plays a rogue submarine captain who gathers a crew to search for sunken treasure believed to be lost in the Black sea. Naturally, things get tense in the suffocating atmosphere of the sub. ‘I had the original idea to do something after the Kursk submarine disaster, where all these Russian sailors were trapped at the bottom of the sea,’ says Macdonald. ‘that must have been one of the most horrible things that can happen to you.’ the director hired dennis Kelly (utopia) to write the script and achieved his dream of filming on a real submarine. ‘we filmed it partly in a real Russian submarine from exactly the right period, sitting in a river in the Medway near the thames estuary,’ he says. ‘It was bought by a collector who wanted to turn it into a tourist attraction in the 1990s, when you could buy almost anything, and he’s never

Black Sea was partly filmed on a real Russian submarine situated near the Thames

really done anything with it. It’s seen in the last ten years has been just sitting there, rusting on the shot in that very small space – outside, but on the inside it’s a it’s amazing what you can do when you’re shooting pristine 1964 submarine exactly as it would darkness and light in have been. the right place and D AL n O ‘we filmed a add CGI D MAc Is sTAR extensions. couple of On H there’s a big weeks there, a very g in y la n sequence when then we Jude’s p rt. He’s put o pa of they have to go filmed at a set macho muscle, a lot is out of the at Pinewood a lot of , he shaved h studios where submarine – it’s weight e’s playing a y like a moonwalk we built head, h an. It’s a ver gm but it’s various workin erent Jude iff underwater.’ chambers of the d submarine. then we did the cast get claustrophobic? ‘well, shot for a few weeks in a tank at Pinewood. almost we had a wonderful actor called Ben Mendelsohn, who was in every underwater shot you’ve

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By the book: Jude gets his instruction manual out

starred up and animal Kingdom. He plays a diver in the film. But it turns out that Ben gets claustrophobia and he needs to have a cigarette every ten minutes. ‘In order to do these diving scenes he had to put on one of those huge helmets and go down to the bottom of the tank. Once you get down there you have to stay for two hours and he would just be getting grumpier and grumpier and grumpier. I said, you can’t just pop up and have a fag!’ Macdonald, whose previous films include the Last King Of scotland and state Of Play, says Black sea will be one of his more mainstream movies, ‘an adventure story’ – though he hints that it will bring out Jude Law’s dark side. ‘the Jude I’ve loved the best is the one where he goes to quite far extremes of character,’ he says. ‘He’s fantastic. You’ll be surprised…’

Black Sea is in cinemas Dec 5

trailer of the week

into the woods

Meryl Streep Based on the award-winning musical, fairy tale mash-up movie Into The Woods promises to be a curious mix of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Jack And The Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone) and Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy). The new trailer sees a baker (James Corden) and his wife (Emily Blunt) wishing for a curse to be reversed by a witch (Meryl Streep, in gothic black garb). We see Jack climbing the beanstalk and a creepy Johnny Depp asking Red Riding Hood what’s in her basket. Cut to Cinderella asking her handsome prince (Chris Pine): ‘If you love me, why did you stray?’ ‘I was raised to be charming, not sincere,’ he deadpans. Featuring a score from Stephen Sondheim, it looks like a solid bet for fans of stage shows such as Wicked. Into The Woods is in cinemas on January 9

James Corden and Lilla Crawford

body matters

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nCE upon a time, the term ‘green juice’ was a phrase heard in only the healthiest of kitchens. It was vegetable-based, low in sugar and, therefore, possibly rather more of – let’s say – an acquired taste than its brightly coloured, fruity counterparts. Fast forward a few years and the consumer backlash against drinks with a high-sugar content – not only carbonated drinks and cordials but fruit juices and smoothies – has meant shoppers are looking for something more healthy to have with their breakfast or as an afternoon snack. And what have we all been offered? Green juices. They’re in every supermarket, in every chain sandwich store and smoothie bar. Indeed, the number of mainstream brands launching these products has exploded in 2014. As an advocate of low-sugar living, you’d imagine at Metro Life we’d be jumping for joy at the surge in popularity of these things. Actually, not so much. And we’re not the only ones. James Duigan, founder of the the Clean and Lean diet, which promotes low-sugar living, calls many of these new products ‘green sugar-water’ and says they’re little better for you than drinking a glass of fruit juice. Many supermarket ‘veggie’ juices are less healthy than they might first appear. The majority of that juice is often apple or pear, which explains why such drinks frequently contain a hefty ten teaspoons of sugar; certain smoothie labels will boast of their vegetable content but take a deeper look and you’ll find the quantity of greens used is only a fraction ket of its sugary Many supermar ss le e ar fruit ‘veggie’ juices ey counterpart. healthy than th e Smoothies ear. Th manufacturer might first app juice Innocent has a majority of that new Easy is often apple Greens juice or pear sold at Starbucks, the main ingredient marketing term for some of which appears, mainstream brands,’ Duigan says. intake, lose weight, improve ‘The vast majority of these new again, to be apple (according your skin or protect your teeth, to the website). juices are made from these aren’t going to help at all. While it’s true these are probably predominantly very sweet fruit – ‘It’s such a shame that something lower in sugar than an entire bottle they’ll be apple, pineapple, kiwi so healthy and wonderful [green of fruit smoothie, if you are trying and banana, with maybe a few to significantly decrease your sugar juices] has now just become a leaves of spinach thrown in there. But just because something is green doesn’t mean it’s good for you. If you want to nourish your body, look for a juice that doesn’t have any fruit, or has a very small quantity of fruit in it.’ But there are drinks available out there that match Duigan’s lowsugar brief. Pure Green is an Irish company set up earlier this year by two friends, Karl Mulvee and Ronan Murphy, who wanted to bring natural vegetable juices to the health-conscious masses. They

Easy being green: Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio enjoys a green health shake on her way out of a gym session in England picture: splash news

already have more than 30 Dublin stockists – including Centra, EuroSpar and Fresh – and also do home deliveries (see www. puregreen.ie for details). ‘We’re very, very careful to keep the fruit content low in our juices,’ says Mulvee. ‘There’s a minimum ratio of 80 to 20 per cent vegetable to fruit so they’re exceptionally healthy. We use just a very small amount of fruit juice and have a large-scale cold press for our vegetables which retains more nutrients than any other form of extraction.’ This means the drinks are rich in phytonutrients to boost your immunity and rich in antioxidants to nourish your cells. If you’re keen to ensure you get as many nutrients as possible from a green

juice, plump for a bottle with only a dash of apple juice. The moral of the juicing story is that if something tastes very sweet, it probably contains a high percentage of fruit juice. As ingredients are listed in quantity order (biggest first), the only juices that are seriously ‘green’, in the traditional sense of the term, are those containing more than 50 per cent vegetable juice. Nicole’s book Sweet Nothing: Why I Gave Up Sugar And How You Can Too, is out now.

puzzles

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ENIGMA This perky little type of auk (The virtual opposite of hawk), Is also, when it’s not a bird, A type of penguin. How absurd!

United teammate Kieron Dyer in 2005.

WHO AM I? A footballer, I was born in London in 1977. I was fined £4,500 for throwing chairs in a McDonald’s in 1996. I was sent off for fighting with Newcastle

WHERE... is the river Xingu?

WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? WHO... ruled England 1135-54? WHAT... is amatol? WHEN... did Brigadier Murtala Mohammed become head of Nigeria following a military coup?

QUIZ ANSWERS: ENIGMA: Puffin. WHO AM I? Lee Bowyer. WHO, WHAT, WHERE & WHEN? Stephen; An explosive; Brazil; 1975.

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In general, your circle is set to expand, and will continue to do so through to the middle of next year.

This may see you getting to know lots of new people, but someone you’re drawn to could have a rather unsettling, if exciting impact on you just now.

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rugby guinness autumn series Kearn’t we glad he’s staying: Rob Kearney after Saturday’s win over South Africa pIcture: reuterS

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 METRO HERALD

Kearney: ‘I’ve got georgia on my mind...’ by DAnny HOgAn Rob KeaRney has cautioned against complacency as Ireland look to maintain form against Georgia this weekend. Ireland claimed a surprise 29-15 win over the Springboks, who had beaten world champions new Zealand in their prior Test a month earlier. but Georgia proved challenging opposition at the 2007 World Cup – Ireland eventually prevailing 14-10 – and that bordeaux contest has been spoken about this week. Kearney, who yesterday signed a three-year extension to his Irish Rugby Football Union contract until June 2018, said: ‘Confidence is a brilliant thing and sometimes over-confidence can be a detrimental thing. ‘It is key we find the balance there between the two and by no means we get carried away with one victory over a South african team

‘I’m very happy here. I’m part of two fantastic teams’ who played poorly on the day and didn’t really seem that the defeat hurt them after the game. ‘The scalp of getting a southern hemisphere team and the confidence it’ll bring to our team as a whole is probably the biggest benefit of the whole thing. ‘We are very aware of just what was achieved on the day but by no means losing the run of ourselves and getting ahead of our station. ‘I think South africa played poorly enough and certainly there’s a lot of work-ons from our performance too.’ Changes may be required to the squad following the Springboks victory, with centre Jared Payne to undergo further assessment on a sprained foot today. Team manager Michael Kearney said: ‘We’ll know a little bit better after that. at the moment there’s no detail on his chances of being fit for either Georgia or australia.’

It may be Payne is kept in reserve even if he is fit to play Georgia on Sunday. Hooker Rory best (calf) and flanker Chris Henry (severe migraine) are unlikely to feature against the Lelos and four players have been added to the Ireland training group – Ulster centre Darren Cave, Munster back andrew Conway, Leinster tighthead Tadhg Furlong and Robin Copeland, the Munster back row. best has resumed running and could be back to face the Wallabies. Michael Kearney added: ‘It might be more prudent to give him a few more days to recover just to make sure he is right. ‘a more realistic target might be australia but he hasn’t been ruled out of Sunday.’ Ireland are determined to carry the momentum from the victory over the Springboks and full-back Kearney expects head coach Joe Schmidt to make tactical alterations to front up to a Georgia side reliant on a fearsome pack. ‘We have an ability as players to play lots of different types of game plans and we’ve got a fantastic coaching squad who are able to manipulate a specific type of game plan based on the opposition we are playing,’ Rob Kearney added. ‘South africa and Georgia are two very different teams so I would imagine our game plan will vary a little bit. ‘They’re a good team and they have a huge pack. a lot, if not all of them, are playing Top 14 and Premiership rugby. okay, a lot of their backs are homegrown players, but they do have the potential to be dangerous players.’ Similarly, Schmidt will not be satisfied with the ’boks win. ‘He’s trying to make us winners every single week, to improve our performance on a weekly basis,’ Kearney added. ‘He’s trying to make us that 80-minute plus team, which is something we probably haven’t been a lot over the last decade or so. The 29-year-old committed his future to Leinster on Tuesday, but had no intention of leaving to play elsewhere. ‘I’ve no reason to leave,’ the Leinster fullback said. ‘I’m very happy here, I’m part of two fantastic teams.’

Vermeulen admits Springboks took Ireland test for granted DuAne VeRMeuLen admitted complacency was a factor in south Africa’s defeat in Ireland but vowed intensity levels will return for saturday’s test with england at twickenham. the springboks were downed 29-15 in Dublin last weekend, little more than a month after they memorably ended the All Blacks’ 22-match unbeaten run. Vermeulen admitted: ‘After beating new Zealand you kind of

feel like, “Hey this is where we’re supposed to be”. ‘[But] you’ve got to pitch up every single weekend. You can’t beat the world no.1 and then think you’re invincible. ‘Hopefully we can come back, play the rugby we want to play and to produce.’ Back-row Vermeulen admits his own performance against Ireland was below-par too, adding: ‘I wasn’t great. It’s nice

to learn how you get knocked off your high horse and you’ve got to fight back. ‘every single game is a learning curve for each and every single player. there’s always stuff to work on. ‘When you’re up there you’ve got to bloody work hard to stay there. I still have a lot of goals that I want to reach, but I think we’re on the right track. I’ve just Bouncing back: Vermeulen trains yesterday got to keep working.’

formula one

McLaren yet to decide if they give Button up Jenson Button’s future at McLaren will be decided this week, with the team’s two key powerbrokers reportedly divided on the issue. Racing director eric Boullier and chief executive Ron Dennis will hold a final round of talks in a bid to resolve who will partner Fernando Alonso, whose return to the team will be confirmed by the end of next week. Paddock sources claim the Frenchman favours Button, while Dennis is reluctant to lose the potential of 22-yearold Dane Kevin Magnussen. Dennis, who has promised to deliver an answer by the end of the campaign in Abu Dhabi, ultimately has the final call,

106 Points for Button

(pictured) this season – Magnussen has just 55

and Button’s fourth place in Brazil last week has done his cause no harm. Boullier refused to be drawn on whether anything could be read into the result, other than to state it was ‘a great weekend for the team’. ‘In two of the last three races now we have clearly shown we are capable of putting cars in the top five,’ he said. ‘the performance levels are rising, we’re closing the gap, and for me it is important to seize this momentum at the end of the season. ‘everything we have done through the season is starting to pay off, and we are building for the future, so it’s good. ‘this weekend specifically, and this race specifically, Jenson did really great.’

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football

picture: pA

A Van-load of ego is not missed by Bayern

Moyes tipped to get Basque in the swing

DaviD Moyes’ old Trafford successor Louis van Gaal has been branded a high-maintenance coach with a huge ego by Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Rummenigge hired the current Manchester United manager in 2009 and van Gaal led Bayern to a league and cup double in his first year in charge, as well as the Champions League final – where his men were beaten by inter Milan. He was axed in his second season in charge with Munich fourth in the Bundesliga. and Rummenigge said: ‘as soon as he presented his autobiography in a snobby restaurant, i knew hard times were ahead. ‘Louis van Gaal was not always easycare. He wanted to “vangaalise” our club. ‘He has a huge ego.’ Rummenigge claimed current boss Pep Guardiola is a much better fit. ‘Pep’s a British managers have genius,’ added previously bossed the 59-year-old. Sociedad – Harry Lowe, ‘He has many John Toshack and Chris ideas, sometimes Coleman (pictured unusual ones, left-right) but never crazy.’

JOHn ALDRIDgE believes Real Sociedad supporters will give David Moyes ‘every chance’ to succeed. Moyes (pictured) has signed an 18month deal with the La Liga strugglers, marking his return to management after his disastrous ten-month Manchester United reign ended in April. Aldridge scored 33 league goals in two seasons at the club and said: ‘I see the Basque people as lovely people,

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very proud people. They will give him [Moyes] every chance. ‘When I went there was a bit of scepticism, but when I scored a few goals, there were no problems. It’s a great place to live.’ There are conflicting reports as to when Moyes will begin his new job but the Scot’s first game in charge is set to be a trip to Deportivo La Coruna on november 22. The club’s captain Xabi Prieto last night described the ex-Everton boss as a ‘great coach, very prestigious’, and said the team were ‘looking Moyes takes over a squad forward to meeting him and workfeaturing two players with ing under him’. Premier League experience – Praising Moyes’ time at goodione-time QPR midfielder son Park, Prieto added: ‘We hope Esteban Granero and that with La Real something simiformer Arsenal striker lar can happen, to help us Carlos Vela grow and give us stability and improve us.’ A 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid last Sunday was just John Aldridge became Sociedad’s second Sociedad’s first nonvictory in 11 Basque player of the league games this modern era when term – Antoine arriving from griezmann’s sale to Liverpool Atletico a major factor in 1989 in the slump which led to Jagoba Arrasate’s dismissal. Former Blackburn boss Steve Kean was Chris Coleman’s assistant at Sociedad, and backed Moyes to be a hit at the San Sebastian club, saying: ‘Basque players like to work hard and that’s the way David coaches. ‘The only challenge he’ll have when he does really well – which I’m sure he will – is hanging on to the better players because they tend to sell.’

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DiD yOu knOw?

‘Holding on to Real’s better players will be a challenge’

Di Maria ‘makes a ’lotti mistakes’ REAL MADRID boss Carlo Ancelotti has hit back at critics of his decision to sell Angel Di Maria to Manchester United, pointing to the Argentine star’s wayward passing as a factor in letting him go. Di Maria moved to Old Trafford for a British record £60million fee in August, just months after he played a key role in Real Madrid’s record tenth European Cup triumph. Ancelotti said the midfielder’s habit of ‘losing control’ at times, when in possession, justified the sale. And he added that Real’s

£63m signing James Rodriguez (pictured), who starred for Colombia at this year’s World Cup, should not be seen as a direct replacement for Di Maria as they have different playing styles.

‘He used to lose control sometimes’ Speaking to Spanish radio station Onda Cero, Ancelotti said: ‘Di Maria could take matches by storm with his energy, but he also used to lose control sometimes, misplacing

important passes. People should think twice before saying that James can fill Di Maria’s boots, because they’re very different players. ‘[James] has surprised me more with his sacrifice for the team, than with his quality. He cannot just play as a forward, but also as a midfielder.’ Di Maria made a fabulous start at United, scoring three goals in his first five matches. His form has tailed off in recent games however, and he was ordinary as United laboured to a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace at Old Trafford last weekend.

On the run: Di Maria in action against Palace

football internationals

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beware of lightning fletch, ireland told

Former republic of Ireland manager mick mcCarthy has warned they will face a striker who could play for any team in the english top flight when they travel to Celtic Park. mcCarthy managed Scotland striker Steven Fletcher at Wolves and tipped him for the very top. The Sunderland forward has yet to find his range at international level, scoring only once in 17 games for his country, but mcCarthy is wary of the centre-forward ahead of his former team’s european Championship qualifier in Glasgow on Friday night. ‘I was his manager when he wasn’t playing for Scotland,’ said mcCarthy.

‘He could play in the top four English teams’ ‘I could never understand that to be honest. Well I can and I can’t but it was just a shame because he was playing well then. ‘When I was asked about Fletch by other managers I said he could play in the top four teams in england. If it was a Champions League team looking for a centre-forward, I would have hung my hat on him. Without any doubt. I think he’s that good.’ Fletcher has struggled to rediscover his goalscoring form since suffering an ankle injury while playing for Scotland against Wales on march 22 last year. But mcCarthy is in little doubt that the former Hibernian player remains a potent force. ‘I don’t think it’s taken its toll,’ the Ipswich manager said. ‘He’s still a young man, he’s only 27 and should be at his peak. Unfortunately some of the injuries have restricted him from

by sAM cOsTELLO playing. Fletcher did not play for Scotland for more than two years amid a stand-off with Levein, the disagreement stemming from the manager’s decision to play a 4-6-0 formation while the striker sat in the stand in Prague. ‘I don’t think it affected him in terms of his club career, not at all. I wanted him to play (for Scotland) but bizarrely I was getting more out of him by him not playing. You want them to play for their country but then they come back injured. meanwhile, mcCarthy batted off questions about Irish assistant roy Keane, whose rant at his former national team manager saw him sent home from the 2002 World Cup. When asked if Keane’s big-game experience would help the Irish squad this week, mcCarthy said: ‘Well, not if I was there.’ When questioned over Keane’s influence as assistant to martin o’Neill, the former Celtic defender said: ‘I don’t know because I only ever had him as a player, I have never come across him as a manager or a coach. ‘I would think he would be learning a fair bit off martin because he’s the guy who finished in the top six with Aston Villa three years on the bounce. That’s a good place to be working.’ mcCarthy admits the game is too close to call but feels Scotland are under more pressure given they are at home and sitting three points behind their opponents in the table.

ODDbALLs IN oNE of football’s more unorthodox set-pieces, players from Czech side Pribram danced around in a circle on the edge of the area as they awaited a corner. But as they then all rushed goalwards, the cross was hopelessly overcooked and sailed out for a goal-kick.

Morocco thrown out of Africa over stance on Ebola MOROCCO has been stripped of hosting the Africa Cup of Nations and banned from taking part after refusing to hold the event in January and February next year because of the Ebola outbreak. The Confederation of African Football will decide between several bids from other nations keen to host the finals on

1988 The only time Morocco

has hosted the tournament, their only win coming in 1976

the scheduled dates. A statement from the confederation said: ‘Following the refusal of the Moroccan party, the executive committee has decided that the national team of Morocco is automatically disqualified.’

emmanuel adebayor ‘I have NEVER criticised Tottenham fans. I just suggested it would be more positive if they got behind the team more. I love the club, as do all the players. But like most people, we respond better to praise than criticism.’

Spain in the leg rules out Cesc

Big Mac: McCarthyy (left) feels Fletcher ‘is that good’

Great Scot: In-form Steven Fletcher is ready to strike against Ireland

Strange stories from the world of sport

set-piece moves fall flat

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Fiddler Mae not race again VIolINIST Vanessa-Mae has been on the proverbial fiddle, it seems, after a four-year race-fixing ban exposed her skiing career as a sham. An International Ski Federation panel found the results of four races in Slovenia in January were manipulated to help the British citizen qualify for this year’s Winter olympics in Sochi. The 36-year-old, who raced for Thailand as Vanessa Vanakorn in

Russia, where she finished last in the giant slalom, made the cut for the Games just days before the deadline. Some of the tricks employed to rig the results included listing a competitor who was not actually present at the race and adjusting another racer’s time. Without the cheating, VanessaMae ‘would not have been eligible to participate in the Winter Games’. Five officials were also banned.

CESC FABREGAS has been ruled out of ties for Spain with Belarus and Germany with a hamstring injury. The Chelsea midfielder returned to London yesterday after having tests in Madrid. Jose Mourinho admitted he’d taken a ‘gamble’ on 27-yearold Fabregas (pictured), who had played the whole of Chelsea’s 2-1 Premier League victory against Liverpool. Tests carried out for the Spanish team revealed the extent of the injury. A statement said: ‘Although the MRI discards a hamstring tear, the player continues to have discomfort and the medical team considers his involvement in the next games would not be advisable for his complete recovery.’

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Given slams ‘unfair’ Scot taunts to players by SAM cOSTELLO REPUBLIC of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given has warned Scotland booing Aiden McGeady and James McCarthy at Celtic Park will only spur them on. The two midfielders have been told to expect to run the gauntlet at Celtic Park on Friday evening after opting to represent the country of their forebears rather than that of their birth. Given, who had a spell at Celtic early in his career, denounced some of the rhetoric surrounding

‘The atmosphere will be spicy’ the Scotland camp but backed the Everton duo to respond positively. He said: ‘They are very good players in their own right and they are both really on top of their game at the minute as well. ‘You could go around every country in Europe and say there are players born in different countries who are playing for them, so I did think it was unfair. ‘You can go through the Scottish squad as well and see some of their players not being born in Scotland – that’s not having a go at them, they are the rules of

FIFA – so I did think it was unfair on Aiden and James. But they are great players and that’s probably why we are standing here talking about them, because they [the Scots] probably wish they were playing for Scotland.’ McGeady, of course, emerged from the ranks at Celtic, where he became used to the white heat of the Old Firm derby, and that experience is likely to arm him for Friday. Given said: ‘He’s well used to it with Celtic, obviously, the Old Firm as well. Aiden is a hugely talented player and right on top of his game. We saw in Georgia in recent times as well, he’s a fantastic player and hard to deal with. ‘I have not really spoken to them [McGeady and McCarthy] about it, to be honest. But I know they are very talented players and they will be looking forward to going back to Glasgow as well and putting in a performance. ‘It’s not about them personally, it’s about us getting a result, of course. The atmosphere will be spicy and they will maybe get a bit of a reaction from the fans, but it’s what we do on the pitch that matters and I am sure they are well aware of that.’

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Injury forces Doyle out of squad STRIkER kevin Doyle has withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland squad for the Euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland at Celtic Park on Friday. Doyle (right), who is on loan at Crystal Palace from Wolves, was unable to train with his Ireland team-mates at Gannon Park in Malahide yesterday because of a groin injury, and is to return to

his club for treatment. Manager Martin O’Neill has no immediate plans to call up a replacement as he prepares for the Group D clash in Glasgow and the friendly against the US which follows it next Tuesday. Midfielder James McCarthy and

defender Stephen Ward also sat out the session with the Everton man’s hamstring problem a concern, but Stoke counterpart Glenn Whelan was able to train just weeks after breaking a bone in his leg during last month’s 1-1 draw in Germany.

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Game matters: Shay Given has faith in McGeady and McCarthy to weather Scottish storm picture: inpho

Kearney inks three-year Leinster deal Rob KeaRney has signed a three-year contract extension with the Irish Rugby Football Union, tying him to Leinster until June 2018. With numerous world stars heading to France’s Top 14, retaining the 28-year-old british and Irish Lions fullback in Ireland is something of a coup and follows on from his involvement in last Saturday’s 29-15 defeat of South africa. ‘I am happy to have signed a new contract that will keep me at Leinster for another three years,’ Kearney said. ‘I made my debut for Leinster almost 10 years ago and it is a great honour to be in a position to extend my contract and hopefully play a part in future success at both provincial and national level.’ Kearney made his debut for Leinster against the ospreys in September 2005 and he has made a total of 155 appearances, scoring 38 tries.

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Trimble: Player of the Year prize

Trimble is honoured by journos

ULSTER and Ireland winger Andrew Trimble has been named Player of the Year at the annual Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Awards. He was honoured at the awards dinner last night in the Guinness Storehouse. Trimble said he was delighted to receive the accolade, which was voted for by the Irish rugby media. ‘It’s a huge honour for me to receive the Guinness Rugby Writers Award. ‘It’s always nice picking up an individual award like this, but I have to put it down to being part of such a successful Ireland team last season.’