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Shatter’s apology to whistleblowers

JUSTICE Minister Alan Shatter by joanne ahern has buckled under pressure to apologise to two whistleblowers Last night, Mr Wilson said: ‘I’m who exposed abuse of the penalty glad that the record has been points system. finally corrected about how we The minister had claimed former reported our concerns about tens Garda John Wilson and serving of thousands of penalty notices.’

Sergeant Maurice McCabe did Meanwhile, Taoiseach Enda not co-operate with an internal Kenny was forced to deny he inquiry. sacked the Commissioner over In the Dáil yesterday, Mr Shatter the surveillance operation. said: ‘It was never my intention to Asked by Fianna Fáil leader mislead the House and I believe it Micheál Martin whether the pois appropriate that I apollice chief stepped down ogise to both and withor was pushed, Mr Kendraw the statements.’ ny said: ‘I deplore what The belated apology you are suggesting.’ came a day after Martin The revelations about Callinan was forced to Garda phone tapping resign as Garda Comhave led to the first admissioner over the phone journment of a trial. line taping scandal.

Lawyers for two The Minister denies men accused of IRA any knowledge of the Shatter: Apology membership successroutine recording of thousands of fully applied to the Special non-emergency phonecalls in and Criminal Court yesterday to have out of Garda stations from the their trial adjourned ‘in light of 1980s, saying he was only briefed recent events’. on the scandal on Monday.

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YOU’RE A SCRUM: Brian O’Driscoll shares a joke with his team-mates during a reception at Farmleigh House held to honour the Six Nations champions.

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Thursday, March 27, 2014 METRO HERALD

Uncoupling tickles public consciousness

SYMPATHY for Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin was in short supply on the internet.

Fans mocked the clean-living couple for referring to their split as a ‘conscious uncoupling’.

Erin Schulte wrote on Twitter:

‘Gwyneth Paltrow can’t even break up in a non-annoying way.

“Conscious uncoupling”. Ugh.’ Another named Mary posted: ‘Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin.. conscious uncoupling..

WTF is that... these people make

me gag.’ Hollywood Reporter editor Debbie Emery said the phrasing was typical of 41-year-old Paltrow. ‘The “conscious uncoupling” is very, very much like the way she speaks in normal life,’ she added.

Parting superstars had final night on island of the free

by ANDREI HARMSWORTH and JENNI MCKNIGHT

I’M KIND OF A BIG DEAL: Actor Kristian Nairn was on the red carpet at the Light House Cinema in Dublin last night with co-stars Liam Cunningham, Michael McElhatton and Ian McElhinney for a special premiere screening of the first episode of the new series of Game Of Thrones which returns on Monday week on Sky Atlantic Picture: kieran harnett

GWYNETH PALTROW and Chris Martin were enjoying one last hurrah together on the beaches of the Bahamas as the ‘conscious uncoupling’ of their ten-year marriage was announced.

They were away on the island of Eleuthera with their children Apple, nine, and seven-year-old son Moses.

The island’s name is from the Greek word eleutheros, meaning ‘free’ or ‘unshackled’.

Coldplay’s frontman now faces a lengthy commute to see his children in LA when he moves back to Britain.

The couple relocated to LA last year ‘temporarily’ to appease homesick Gwyn but she decided to stay to be near her 71-year-old mother Blythe Danner.

‘The plan now is for Gwyneth to remain in California, with their children,’ said a source.

‘Chris will absolutely be moving back to London, but will commute back and forth to see the kids.

‘Chris doesn’t have any family or friends in Los Angeles. His Coldplay bandmates are based in London, and that is where his world is.’ But another

HAUNTED BY HER VIEWS ON FIDELITY

Happy: At a charity gala in January source said: ‘It’s not a sad thing, they’re grown-ups. They’re best friends. Most important are the kids and they will continue to co-parent.

‘They’re in a great place. They tried, but know this is a better way for them to be. They still love each other, but they realise it’s best not to be a couple.

‘They both really believed in the sanctity of marriage and the role model it provided for their kids. Both of their parents were married their entire lives, and they really wanted the same.’

GWYNETH PALTROW may regret airing her views on cheating in the wake of her split from Chris Martin. The 41-year-old, who previously admitted she was ‘flawed’ and would hope to be forgiven if she did the dirty, was forced to deny she had strayed from the Coldplay frontman only a month ago.

Her publicist shot down rumours, aired on secretsharing app Whisper, that the Iron Man actress was linked to entertainment lawyer Kevin Yorn. He also rubbished claims made in Vanity Fair she had cheated on Martin, 37, with Elle Macpherson’s husband, Jeffrey Soffer.

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Man charged with stepson’s death A MAN has been charged with the murder of his partner’s son, who died following a stabbing last year. Dean Fitzpatrick, 23, was the brother of Amy, who was 15 when she went missing in Spain six years ago. Dave Mahon, 43, who has been living in Spain with Audrey Fitzpatrick, Dean’s mother, was remanded in custody yesterday. Father-of-one, Dean, was rushed to Beaumont Hospital after being found at an apartment at Burnell Square on the Malahide Road, Dublin 5 on May 26, 2013. The next hearing is at Cloverhill on April 2.

Candy Crush maker plunges in stock opener

Thumbs up: Zacconio

THE Irish-registered company behind Candy Crush Saga opened 11 per cent down when the mobile game floated on the New York stock exchange yesterday. after a final initial public offering price of $22.50 (€16.30) was set, the stock opened at $20.50 and continued to fall, closing at $19.

King.com, the development studio behind the popular game, had been

valued at €5billion, and includes British entrepreneur Melvyn Morris among its directors. The former board member at derby County Football Club could earn more than €600million from his 12.2 per cent stake in King after this flotation.

Candy Crush Saga is free to download but uses the ‘freemium’ model where users pay extra for more moves to improve their score. Having

€50k for ‘hand in till’ rumours

50 Shades teaser trailer was ‘tame’ THE first footage from Fifty Shades of Grey is ‘surprisingly tame’, according to movie website The Wrap. The adaptation of EL James’ hit erotic novel, directed by Sam TaylorJohnson, stars Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan as sexy billionaire Christian Grey, and Melanie Griffiths’ daughter Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele, the college student he seduces. The teaser trailer included a brief glimpse of a whip and a shot of Fanning wearing a blindfold, but focused on romance rather than erotica.

Drug stash in van at petrol station A TRADESMEN was caught with more than €26,000 worth of drugs in his van after he filled the engine with too much diesel and was unable to pay for it.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard gardaí came to the petrol station forecourt after Christopher O’Toole, 39, had accidentally taken €100 of fuel instead of the €10 he intended to buy, and found controlled drug PVP and cannabis resin in various places in his van.

O’Toole of Castlegrange Avenue, Swords, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in October.

Papal Belfast trip to be considered POPE Francis is set to be invited to Belfast. City councillors are due to debate a motion asking the pontiff to travel north of the border if he visits the Republic.

SDLP councillor Pat McCarthy, who tabled the proposal ahead of next week’s meeting at Belfast City Hall, said it could send out a positive message. Mr McCarthy wants the Stormont Assembly to extend a similar invitation. Last month the Seanad agreed to invite Pope Francis to Ireland.

Independent senator David Norris said a visit by the pontiff would ‘lift the spirits’ of the country.

started out on social network Facebook, it moved on to mobile devices in 2012, and is now played more than one billion times a day, according to the company. Players have to match different-coloured sweets and complete increasingly difficult levels.

Industry experts had warned King, whose CEO is riccardo Zacconio, that a reliance on a single game might impact on share price.

BRRR..: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Cathaoirleach Councillor Carrie Smyth, left, joins bathers Mary Connolly, Danielle Francois, Paula Murphy and Bernadette McNamee for a hot cuppa at the newlyconstructed unisex changing facility at the Forty Foot, Sandycove Picture: jason clarke

A TeACheR in Loretto College, Foxrock, has been told by a judge to pay €50,000 damages to a jeweller he made defamatory remarks about.

Judge Jacqueline Linnane heard what former friend Michael O’Flaherty had said about Breasal O’Caollai could have ruined his business.

Mr O’Caollai, of Royal Terrace West, Dún Laoghaire, told the Circuit Civil Court that O’Flaherty had asked Bianca Drumm and Linda Carroll, who worked in the National Maritime Museum in Dún Laoghaire, of which he was a director, ‘does Breasal take money from the coffee shop takings’ and ‘does he take cash from the tills?’ he had also suggested to another staff member that he ‘supposed Breasal had taken the proceeds’ of an art exhibition.

Mr O’Caollai told the court he was elected treasurer at an annual general meeting after O’Flaherty had asked him to help with the museum. They had been friends but O’Flaherty had developed a grudge against him.

Denying there was any basis for claims he has his hand in the till, Mr O’Caollai said ‘mere rumour’ could have put him out of business.

Data commissioner ‘knew nothing of Garda tapings’ The Data Protection Commission ‘knew nothing’ about the Garda taping thousands of phone calls despite completing an audit on the force a month before the recording was stopped.

Commissioner Billy hawkes, whose report on the review of Garda handling of sensitive information was published last week, revealed his office was not informed about the surveillance until March 19, when the force sought advice on how to dispose of the recordings.

by eD carty The watchdog said callers to Garda stations should have been told they were being taped and people being called by officers should also have been alerted. And it said anyone who believes they were recorded by gardaí has the right to get an audio copy or transcript of the conversation.

The Data Protection Commission said its audit did not include telephone surveillance and a decision on

whether to investigate further will not be taken until the terms of reference for a commission of inquiry are finalised.

A spokeswoman for the agency – tasked with protecting the public’s right to privacy – said the scope of its review of the Garda’s data protection policy was based on complaints it had received and queries for advice.

She said the issue of phonecalls and surveillance on telephones was not raised as an issue prior to the audit.

The report on the review was completed at the end of February but only published by the Garda last Friday as demands intensified for former commissioner Martin Callinan to withdraw his ‘disgusting’ remark about whistleblowers.

The force also confirmed the taping of non-999 phonecalls stopped last autumn. Officials spoke with senior officers in Garda headquarters to say material should be kept only if it is needed for legal reasons.

€500,000 cost of digital recording system

Callinan: Recording costs

Garda chiefs shelled out more than €500,000 for a digital recording system to be placed in 21 stations around the country six years ago.

Official records reveal Finglas-based company Sigma Wireless Ltd was awarded the contract to install the 24-hours, seven-days-a-week system, which includes recording, playback and archive capabilities. It was to be connected into existing telephone

networks at the Garda headquarters in the Phoenix Park as well as its HQ in Harcourt Street – home to elite units, including the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Criminal assets Bureau.

Tender notices required the technology to be compatible with traditional analogue and modern digital systems and allow recordings to be played back at designated workstations.

Justice Minister alan Shatter said the dictaphone recorders used at Garda stations during the 1990s were replaced in 2008 by a system developed by Israeli company NICE. Training of 30 people to operate the system was part of the three-year deal. Sigma, founded by Tony Boyle and Michael McGinley, was awarded the contract in april 2008 at a cost of €537,173.45 before VaT.

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Satellite spots 122 pieces of debris ‘from Flight 370’

DOZENS of pieces of debris have been spotted floating in the sea by a French satellite searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

A total of 122 objects were discovered in a scan of the southern Indian Ocean that Malaysian defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein called: ‘The most credible lead that we have.’

Clouds obscured the latest satellite images, but dozens of objects could be seen in the gaps that ranged in length from one to 25 metres.

Mr Hishammuddin said some of them ‘appeared to be bright, possibly indicating solid materials’. The images were taken on Sunday and relayed by Frenchbased Airbus Defence and Space, a

by SHAROn MARRiS division of Europe’s Airbus Group.

They come after an Australian satellite detected two large objects and a Chinese satellite detected one in the same area.

A data analysis by experts showed the doomed Beijing-bound flight was lost about 2,500km west of Perth, Australia.

About a dozen planes and five ships from the US, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand were searching in rough seas but – as of last night – no wreckage has been found.

Australian prime minister Tony Abbott said: ‘We’re throwing every-

thing we have at this search. This is about the most inaccessible spot imaginable. It’s thousands of kilometres from anywhere.’

Meanwhile, relatives of the 239 passengers on board the plane met Malaysian government officials and airline officials with scepticism and ridicule during a briefing in Beijing.

Mr Hishammuddin appeared to contradict a text message from Malayasian authorities that said everyone on board the March 8 flight had died.

‘If the debris is confirmed to be from MH370, then we can move on to deep sea surveillance search and rescue, hopefully, hoping against hope,’ added Mr Hishammuddin.

Sightings: Satellite imagery appears to show debris in the Indian Ocean Picture: AP

GARDAÍ in Clondalkin are appealing for witnesses to a shooting in a local churchyard.

Gardaí were alerted to the incident after the victim walked into Clondalkin Garda Station at around 6.15pm yesterday were he collapsed.

The man, who is in his 30s, had sustained gun shot wounds to the neck and upper body. He was taken to Tallaght Hospital and was last night in a critical condition.

The incident happened in the car park of the Church of the Transfiguration on Bawnogue Road.

GARDAÍ in Ballymun are seeking help to trace the whereabouts of Erica Phillips, missing since yesterday morning. The 31-yearold was last seen in Barnwall Drive, Ballymun, at around 11.53am. She is described as being 5ft 6in in height, of slim build, with shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes, wearing grey jeans and a black and white jumper. She was driving a blue Ford Focus, registration NJ54 ERS. Tel: (01) 666 4400 with information.

Relatives of passengers get payouts LLOYD’S of London has begun settling claims from relatives of passengers on Flight MH370. Chairman John Nelson said it was hard to predict the final bill insurers would face until efforts to find out the cause of the crash were complete. Even if the wreckage is found, final conclusions could be years away.

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North Korea’s dictator orders all men to have unkindest cut of all... just like his

Make mine a Wrong-un

by HAyDEN SMiTH

Get real, study tells parents of Pooh lovers ONCE upon a time, there was a bear who lived in the woods and piglets, owls and donkeys were not his friends. Being unable to talk he had no way of telling anyone about his adventures. The end.

It’s a bedtime story that would have children asking ‘is that all?’ But it might be a healthier choice of tale for your offspring than Winnie the Pooh. Traditional stories hinder children’s learning by making them think animals wear clothes and interact like people, a new study claims.

Parents don’t need to stop reading children books like The Gruffalo or Watership Down, but should ensure they are also exposed to factual animal books, the journal Frontiers in Psychology reports.

HE HAS committed crimes against humanity and now a crime against good taste.

North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un has ordered the country’s 10million men to get the same haircut as him. The bizarre decree was introduced in state-sanctioned guidelines in the capital Pyongyang two weeks ago.

A cheeky barber would probably call it the ‘Wrong-un’. In North Korea such talk can cost your life.

But if anything can stir his long-suffering people into revolt, surely this will. With its buzz-cut sides and slick centre parting his hairdo is never going to earn admirers.

It is now being rolled out across the country and grumblings of discontent are surfacing.

One source told Radio Free Asia: ‘Our leader’s haircut is very particular, if you will. It doesn’t always go with everyone since everyone has different face and head shapes.’

Until the latest restrictive poli-

On the red carpet Pat Kenny with wife Kathy and daughter Nicole at the opening night of War Horse at The Bord Gáis Energy Theatre last night Picture: briaN mcevoy

Hair-brained idea: Kim cy, women were allowed to choose from 18 styles and men could pick from ten.

In 2005 it emerged that North Korea launched an offensive on the ‘wrong’ haircuts that included a series on state TV entitled Let Us Trim Our Hair In Accordance With Socialist Lifestyle.

Mark Coray, of the National Hairdressers’ Federation, said Kim’s haircut is ‘not very fashionable’.

‘It’s not very nice but I’m sure he likes it,’ he said. ‘If the Queen said all women have to have the same hairstyle as her we would get very bored.’

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With the demise of the human race now imminent, KEN ROGAN wonders why most of you don’t seem all that bothered

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he world is ending. It’s all gone pear-shaped. Ebola in Guinea. Robots in the job market. Even planes are disappearing again.

That used to be called the Bermuda Triangle not 20 years ago, when the world still had mysteries: The Loch Ness Monster. The Jesus Christ. All major tourist attractions, all utterly ruined by the certainty of science.

And so it is with the world, which is definitely going to end. Nasa said so – and they would never lie to us, those priests of science in their brilliantly white space-angel suits, floating bovinely about the heavens. They’re the best of us. The brightest. The calmest. The safest.

If we were all astronauts the world would be sorted.

Sadly, when you consider our risk-taking profile, we’re more like teenage James Bonds. All we want to do is screw things and kill things, and look nice, and damn the consequences. Live and let die, because diamonds are forever, and tomorrow never dies, so die another day. Interestingly, Die Another Day pitted Bond against 24million North Koreans who face the prospect of dying every day.

We won’t be far behind them. In spite of the mounting mathematical certainty of catastrophic disaster, we seem largely content to play Russian roulette with the future of civilization. I submit that this is down to a psychopathically callous streak that runs through the developed world, whereby we

causes the total collapse of the accept that millions of people will global system – it’s the surely die while remaining quietly subsequent nosedive in ‘wealth confident we won’t number creation’. Which is what exactly? among them.

Well, like most people I got two The sick and twisted beauty of pages into the Communist this solution is that all we have to Manifesto before the inbuilt do is nothing (or rather keep doing narcolepsy took me down, so too much of everything) and let instead of Marx on capitalism, ‘nature take its course’. And a here’s the Flight of the Conchords: glance at KPMG’s water report ‘They’re turning kids into (40 per cent shortfall by slaves / just to make 2030) would seem to cheaper sneakers / support this. Virtually but what’s the real none of the cost? Cause countries facing We’re doomed. those sneakers water shortages Never mind climate don’t seem that are developed much cheaper… / ones. change denial, we’re Why are we still Thankfully the in regular denial paying so much Nasa report skewers for sneakers when this cold-blooded you got them made by folly by asserting that little slave kids / what are if we don’t share the your overheads?’ wealth more evenly, we’ll suffer Famine = no more slave kids = no an ‘L-type’ (labour) collapse, massive profits = global economic which is a removed way of saying collapse. So we really are all in this millions of poor people will die together. from famine. Similarly, if the rich Next question. Are we utterly (us) keep consuming resources in doomed? The Nasa report says: such an unsustainable way, we’ll suffer an ‘N-type’ (nature) collapse ‘Collapse can be avoided and population can reach equilibrium if – which means famine, and the per capita rate of depletion of millions of dead poor people. nature is reduced to a sustainable But it’s not famine itself that

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level and if resources are distributed in a reasonably equitable fashion.’

So yes. We’re doomed. Never mind climate change denial, we’re in regular denial. We’re looking every which way but right down the barrel of famine – and/or fascism, when people get pissed off with the failures of democracy and go looking for a ‘strong leader’.

Or who is to say that Mother Earth won’t take direct action herself and burp us off the surface somehow, before taking a #nohumanselfie to share with friends who all say, ‘hey you look super-good without all that manmade gunk on!’ You couldn’t blame her. In one sense we’re just a really highly developed form of planet cancer that will destroy our host organism, and ourselves, by continuing to multiply uncontrollably.

Unless those legends in Nasa can get us off this rock and into another system. And I’m sure the universe would be only delighted to hear that humanity is spreading.

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oSe LeSLIe has fond memories of her Game of Thrones sex scenes with co-star Kit Harington.

The 27-year-old beauty’s character Ygritte romped with Harington’s Jon Snow last season.

‘That was my first ever sex scene.

You have no idea how many takes that took,’ she told Guilty Pleasures. She insisted, however, any love scene had to be justified.

‘I felt certainly within that scene with Jon Snow and Ygritte that it needed to happen,’ she said.

‘They finally got together and got to show their love to one another. There was no political ploy or tactical play. It was pure romantics.’ Having developed something of a catchphrase for herself on the show – she often

Rose Leslie talks to SEAMUS DUFF about the new season of Game Of Thrones and how as Ygritte her sex scene with Jon Snow was inevitable...

shouts ‘You know nothing, Jon Snow!’ – the Scottish actress said some fans were shocked to realise she did not share her character’s thick northern accent in real life.

‘When I get asked to do the catchphrase by fans, several times they have said, “No, no, no… it’s not you! I need to go and find the real person”,’ she laughed.

Before her Thrones role, Leslie starred in international smash Downton Abbey but insisted it was luck she landed roles in such major TV shows.

‘I just look for characters that I can resonate with and female

Naomi’s dig at Kimye Naomi Campbell struggled to maintain a poker face as she reacted to the news that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had landed a US Vogue cover.

The British supermodel, 43, at first insisted she didn’t want to comment as she was grilled on Aussie TV. ‘I am a fashion model and I’ve been working for 28 years,’ she said. ‘When you get a Vogue cover, it’s a build in your career, it’s a stepping stone to achieve that.’

When This Morning host Kylie Gillies asked if she was saying the reality TV star and rapper had not earned the right to a front cover, she replied: ‘Those are your words. I’m being politically correct.’

Nicole draws veil over grief for chat show in US

Awkward! Harry runs into two old flames...

Harry Styles’s past came back to haunt him when he ran into not one but two of his previous conquests at a book launch.

The One Direction heartthrob found himself partying alongside former lover Caroline Flack, 33, and rumoured ex-flame, 23-year-old model Kara Rose Marshall, to celebrate his hairdresser Lou Teasdale’s new beauty book The Craft.

With good pal Ed Sheeran also at the bash, all eyes were on 20-year-old Styles as he entered the Ace hotel in east London on Tuesday.

While they all managed to avoid

characters who are strong and determined and passionate,’ she explained.

However, she will be hoping lightning can strike thrice when she teams up with fellow Thrones star Charles Dance for her next TV project. ‘I am currently filming The Great Fire for ITV which is a mini-series we’re shooting in London – with Charles. So we will be on screen together,’ she gushed.

Game of Thrones season four begins on Sky Atlantic on Monday, April 7.

being photographed together, Marshall – who Styles was rumoured to be ‘hooking up’ with last summer – uploaded a snap of herself standing next to Styles on her Instagram page.

While they are said to be on speaking terms, Flack and Styles left the venue separately.

Teasdale’s book gives advice on how to do rock and pop star hair and make-up at home.

Fellow 1D member Liam Payne, 20, and his girlfriend Sophia Smith, 20, DJ Sara Cox, 39, and Jordan, 22, from singers Rizzle Kicks also turned out for the launch.

Katy now seeing any old Texan Riff Raff Katy Perry looks to have altered her taste in men since splitting from John Mayer after she was spotted on an unlikely date with Texan rapper Riff Raff. The 29-year-old enjoyed some sushi and bowling in Miami – leaving Riff Raff hoping for more. ‘We went on a date it was fun,’ said the 32year-old, whose real name is Horst Christian Simco. As for date No.2, he said: ‘I think she’s in Belgium right now, so probably next week. Who knows where things might go?

Just got to see where things lead. We’ve got a song on the way, maybe an album.’

It was business as usual for Nicole Kidman who plugged her new film on a chat show a few hours after attending the funeral of her good pal L’Wren Scott.

The actress had a fixed smile as she arrived on set for the Jimmy Kimmel Live show in LA on Tuesday. Dressed in the same black outfit she wore

to the service, she discussed her movie role in The Railway Men. Kidman, 46, didn’t mention the funeral but told Kimmel her movie is all about ‘forgiveness’.

Earlier, she and husband Keith Urban, 46, joined Mick Jagger and 70 guests to pay their respects to the designer, who killed herself, aged 49, last week.

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Madonna is making a movie comeback – by trying her hand at directing a rom-com. She will be calling the shots on Ade, an adaptation of Rebecca Walker’s novel Ade: A Love Story.

You’re past your peak, ex-producer warns Gaga

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ady Gaga has been dealt a kicking by her former musical partnerin-crime akon after he declared the pop shocker has ‘nowhere left to go but down’. akon has ‘cashed out’ of his musical partnership with Gaga after his company KonLive distributed her first three hit albums The Fame, The Fame Monster, and Born This Way. ‘I got out while the goin’ was good.

‘It’s like a business; you build it to sell it,’ the 40year-old told radio show Sway In The Morning.

Sharing no loyalty with his former cash cow, the R‘n’B star warned Gaga that he reckons she’s a spent force in the charts.

‘When I got it to the peak of where I felt it couldn’t go nowhere, and there was nowhere left to go but down, I cashed out. I sold my share and got out,’ he said. akon said the ruthless decision to pull the plug on Gaga was just business. He added: ‘I know how the business works.

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tanding on top of a snowy mountain holding an eagle about half the size of her, ashol Pan represents the changing face of a centuries-old tradition. the 13-year-old is the only girl in Mongolia to be trained in hunting with eagles. in the past, this sight would have been unthinkable, but she is being taught to control these magnificent birds of prey in place of her brother who has been drafted into the army.

Usually, fathers teach their sons to hunt when they are aged 13 and deemed strong enough to carry a fully-grown eagle. ashol’s father, Han, said it was unlikely her brother would return.

But, despite her training, he added he would never think of making her take up the role full-time unless she specifically asked.

Her training was captured by asher Svidensky, who chose to focus on the next generation of hunters keeping this dying part of their culture alive. the israeli-Russian photogra-

Studious: Ashol pictured at school pher took the images on a four-month trek made mostly on horseback in the west of the country. during that time, he also met the proclaimed ‘Youngest Eagle Hunter in Mongolia’, Bahak Birgen, now 14, who began training aged eight.

Svidensky said: ‘i decided to focus myself; stop looking for a portrait of a centuries-old image of a Kazakh eagle hunter, and instead represent the future of this ancient Mongolian tradition.’

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Majestic: Ashol Pan stands on top of a mountain holding an eagle Pictures: Asher svidensky/ cAters

‘Still hope’ of survivors as mudslide deaths reach 24

by AiDAn RADnEDgE

RESCUERS using bulldozers and their bare hands found ten more bodies in the debris of the Washington state mudslide, bringing the death toll to 24.

Emergency workers made the grim discoveries as they battled their way through sludge strewn with splintered homes and twisted cars.

With 176 people still unaccounted for as the search entered its fifth day yesterday, the authorities said the list of fatalities could rise but the rescue operation would continue.

‘We haven’t lost hope that there is a possibility that we can find somebody alive in some pocket area,’ said county fire chief Travis Hots yesterday.

Two bodies were recovered on Tuesday while eight were located in the debris from Saturday’s slide 88km (55 miles) north-east of Seattle.

Yesterday, hundreds of rescuers and heavy equipment operators continued to push through the wreckage and muck which has engulfed the community of Oso. Owing to safety concerns they followed search dogs over the unstable surface. ‘Going on the last three days, our most effective tool has been dogs and just our bare hands and shovels uncovering people,’ said Mr Hots.

Al-Qaeda’s voice faces life in jail OSAMA bIn LAden’s sonin-law faces life in prison after he was convicted of three terrorism-related charges at a new York court yesterday. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was found guilty of conspiring to kill Americans in his role as an al-Qaeda spokesman after the 9/11 attacks, as well as counts of proving support and conspiring to provide support to the organisation.

The Kuwaiti clergyman argued his role was purely religious.

Terror strike by ‘jihadist’ foiled

In the mire: A rescuer stands by a boat amid sludge and debris from the collapsed hillside in Washington state Picture: ePA Meanwhile a row over landslide fears in the area continued to escalate. It emerged that, in 2000, engineers warned

lives would be at risk if the hillside collapsed and, in 1999, experts questioned why houses had ever been built there.

The last major landslide in the area, known as the ‘Hazel Landslide’, was in 2006.

A TeRRORIST plot led by a ‘jihadist’ recently back from fighting in Syria has been foiled, it was revealed yesterday. The ‘imminent’ strike on the south of France was unearthed when 900g (2lbs) of explosives were found in a flat used by Ibrahim b, who is believed to be a member of the CannesTorcy cell. A source close to the case said that the 23year-old was arrested last month in Mandelieu-lanapoule and jailed.

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Worker’s last-gasp escape from burning building is captured on a mobile phone

Just hang on: The helmeted construction worker holds on to a balcony, top left, before climbing down to a firefighter’s ladder and being helped away as the walls collapse in flames Pictures: AP

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A LONE figure desperately hangs on to a balcony as flames rip through the top floor of an unfinished apartment block.

The trapped construction worker waves to a firefighter who crawls towards him on a ladder... and plucks him to safety seconds before the burning walls collapse.

This dramatic sequence of events was captured on a mobile phone by Texas office worker Karen Jones.

Watching from a nearby campus, she uploaded the footage to YouTube where it received more than 570,000 views in 16 hours.

The fire could be seen from miles away on Tuesday when it engulfed the €36million high-rise block under construction in Houston.

As more than 200 firefighters battled the blaze, the helmeted worker jumped down

by SHAROn MARRiS on to a lower balcony to escape the searing heat.

Seconds later the room behind where he had been standing turned into a fireball, the windows shattering and exploding outwards.

He appeared impressively calm as his rescuers moved the ladder into place.

Coolly and professionally, they helped him to safety before the building was almost completely swallowed up by the blaze.

Authorities said the fire may have been sparked by workers welding on the roof.

There were no injuries, although Captain Ruy Lozano told a TV station that the construction worker had been ‘at the point of jumping’ when he was rescued.

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vATicAn ciTy: A German bishop who spent €30million fitting out his residence has been removed from his post by Pope Francis.

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst – nicknamed the ‘bishop of bling’ – sparked outrage in his Limburg diocese and triggered a church inquiry last year. The Vatican said he could no longer practice his ministry and his resignation had been accepted by the pope.

inDiA: Guards inspect the corpse of a female rhino slain by a gang of poachers in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam yesterday. Two of the killers were shot dead during a stand-off with rangers picture: epa

Twitter back online Tiger that attacked after ‘unlawful’ ban illusionist Roy dies

TURKEy: Access to Twitter is set to be restored to the nation after a court labelled the government’s ban ‘unconstitutional’. The social network was blocked by prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan after it refused to remove allegations of corruption within his party.

‘There are all kinds of lies there,’ the premier warned. Many Turks found ways to circumvent the ban which was introduced on Friday.

AMERicA: The white tiger that mauled a Siegfried & Roy star during a Las Vegas show has died.

Mantecore went to ‘tiger heaven’ last week, said Roy Horn, who famously forgave the big cat for the attack at the Mirage Hotel Casino in 2003. Horn said the animal sensed he was having a ministroke and was trying to drag him away out of concern for his safety.

Experts disagree with his theory.

and finally... cHinA: With five classrooms, there is lots of space for Tianjingbao School’s only pupil, Wang Wenqiang. But the seven-year-old admits it can get lonely in the remote Xuan’en region, saying: ‘I’d like somebody to play with.’

by AiDAn RADnEDGE

RUSSIAN oligarch Boris Berezovsky became a ‘broken man’ and spoke of suicide after losing a multibillion-pound legal battle with Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich, his inquest has heard.

The tycoon’s lifeless body was discovered by his bodyguard at his ex-wife’s home in Ascot, Berkshire, on March 23 last year.

Months earlier, his £3billion (€3.6bn) litigation case with Mr Abramovich ended in defeat – ‘ruining him’ financially and altering his personality, the hearing was told. Police previously confirmed the Russian exile’s cause of death was ‘consistent with hanging’.

Avi Navama, Mr Berezovsky’s

bodyguard of six years, told the Windsor inquest that his boss was ‘very low’ in the last months of his life. Speaking of when he last saw him, the Boris Berezovsky night before finding him dead, Mr Navama said: ‘He looked at me with very low, tired eyes – like he doesn’t know what to do.’

The bodyguard said that, ahead of losing the court battle with Mr Abramovich, Mr Berezovsky was a ‘very dynamic’ person. But he went on: ‘After the verdict, Mr Berezovsky was very depressed. He

used to stay inside all the time in his room.’

Mr Navama said his boss had talked frankly and openly about killing himself – including once brandishing a knife.

Asked by the coroner whether Mr Berezovsky’s mental health was a consequence of the case, Mr Navama said: ‘It was the trigger of the change. He told me he was in minus £200million that he can’t pay to people.’

Det Insp Mark Bissell, of Thames Valley Police, said the death was initially treated as ‘unexplained’.

He told the hearing the Atomic Weapons Establishment examined the scene owing to radiation concerns but nothing was detected. The inquest continues.

Space trio enduring a 50-hour commute IT’S the space traveller’s version of sitting down on the train to find your best friend’s ex in the next seat – only for the driver to announce a lengthy hold-up.

With their countries at loggerheads over Ukraine, US and Russian astronauts blasted off from Kazakhstan at 9.17pm on Tuesday for an awkward

Up and away: The Soyuz TMA-12M takes off – but a glitch has delayed it picture: ap

journey to the International Space Station.

They were due to dock six hours later – but a failure of burners that would have adjusted the path of the Russian Soyuz

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Ebola spread by bats ‘Bling bishop’ who takes death toll to 63 spent €30m sacked

GUinEA: The death toll from a rare virus linked to eating bats has risen to 63. Quarantine centres have been set up to isolate patients with ebola as it emerged yesterday that three more people had died.

Bats are said to be the ‘main agent’ behind the outbreak – the first in west Africa for 20 years. A ban on eating the animals has been introduced. There is no vaccine for the infection.

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Non-parent employees have lives outside the office too

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ame Changer, I hope you didn’t mean to exclude non-parents from flexible working hours.

We have lives and families outside the office too, you know.

I’ve never once grumbled about my taxes subsidising child benefit, or while picking up the slack for colleagues’ maternity leave, or when they’re looking after a sick kid or it’s their turn for the creche run, etc.

However, I don’t see why only parents should have a monopoly on flexi-time. While I do agree that supported families make for a happier, more productive nation in the

long-term, it mustn’t be at the expense of the rest of us who are also working our asses off.

Equality monger ■ Who pays for maternity leave?

Yes, the employer, who passes the costs onto customers. Our kids, our choice. We bring our kids up with: you can have the chocolate bar OR the icecream – not both. as a struggling and working parent, I can still see the huge cons of so-called more flexibility.

Working dad ■ Respect the Grieving, with the announcement by the prime minister imminent they needed to let the

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families of the mH370 victims know before the world knew. Having a representative from the airline contact each family personally would have been better but with the number of families, SmS was the best option.

Richard ■ It sounds callous, but what would be worse: being told by an impersonal news network at the same time as everyone else, or finding out

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The crop is back on top That dreaded ’90s fleshflasher is all over the catwalk – but this time it’s all about subtlety, writes Naomi Mdudu

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long with the wardrobe-friendly trends that emerge from the runway, each season ushers in trends of the more challenging variety too.

Thanks to their shapeless silhouettes, maxi skirts have long sat in that camp along with peplum pieces and playsuits. But one of the most striking recent examples is Birkenstock-type sandals. once universally accepted as among the least appealing footwear, it took months for them to catch on after Phoebe Philo thrust them back into the spotlight when she sent models down the runway in fur-lined versions at Celine’s spring 2013 show.

Joining that group this spring is the crop top. Designers have been flirting with them for a while but this season they’re everywhere and played a big part in the 1990s revival that’s dominating the fashion agenda right now.

‘The decade was huge on the runway but in a clean, pared-back way,’ says ShopBop style director Elle Strauss. ‘The return of dungarees gives a nod to that and with it comes the crop top.’

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Before you go writing it off altogether, the charm of the crop top’s latest incarnation is that it’s shaken off its girl-band connotations. ‘It doesn’t feel clubby or Spice Girls any more,’ says Strauss. The new versions are infinitely more grown up and don’t require washboard abs to pull them off. The secret to nailing the look lies in subtlety.

‘Experimenting with a crop top doesn’t mean exposing your midriff,’ explains Matches Fashion.com buying manager Suzanne Pendlebury. ‘But it can be the perfect way to show off high-waisted jeans or skirts to achieve an ultra-feminine, nipped-in silhouette.’ Gone are the slashed T-shirt styles of yesteryear and

“The perfect way to show off highwaisted jeans or skirts” in their place are crop tops that are less about the stomach and more about the waist.

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At Dolce & Gabbana and Michael Kors, for example, crop tops were teamed with ladylike A-line skirts that felt like a modern twist on the summer two-piece. At Diane von Furstenberg, they were styled with skirts that emphasised the female form and oozed glamour. ‘The silhouettes now are more sophisticated,’ adds Strauss.

‘It’s all about knowing your figure and drawing attention to the best bits.’

It hasn’t gone unnoticed.

From luxury online retailers such as FarFetch and Avenue 32, to high-street stores Topshop and H&M, everyone is getting in on the action.

But no one taps into the zeitgeist quite like Zara and this season it has covered all bases. From bold embroidery and lace details to some of the more sporty varieties, the choice there is endless, and with prices averaging around the £19.99 mark, they won’t break the budget. If you’re thinking of investing, Net-APorter offers every style you can imagine, from easy daywear versions from Kenzo to more eveningwear options from Tibi.

Back w with a bang: Actresses es Diane Kruger (above left) and Zoe oe Saldana (abo (above ( right) ight) rrock ock the 1990s crop-top look, championed all over the spring/summer summer catwalks by designers including Dolcee & Gabbana (above)

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summer vay-cay I think it’s safe to talk about summer holidays now that we are in spring and whether you are hitting the European hot spots, or planning a stay-cation we still need to protect ourselves from the damaging rays of the sun. Global Babe is a hat and fashion brand, which has just launched its chic range of sun hats in Brown Thomas. A wide rim hat, that shades your face and décolletage from the sun, can be folded up for travelling and will adjust to its original shape each time.

Red Sun Hat, Global Babe at Brown Thomas, €65

Get the catwalk look The sports luxe trend might be the latest fashion fad to inject into our wardrobe but we can also translate it to our hairstyles. Beauty brand Aveda created the sport-chic look worn by models at the Adidas by Stella McCartney Spring Summer 2014 show in Paris, focusing on ponytails and low-set braided buns sitting at the nape of the neck. Each look from Aveda is easy to recreate and perfect for everyday wear. The brand also launched products to keep your hair healthy, with my particular favourite being Smooth Infusion Style Prep, which tackles humidity and keeps hair smooth and sleek.

A name synonymous with fashion is Gok Wan and I popped to London last week to chat to him about his latest range of glasses for Specsavers. ‘I wanted to create a collection with everything from metal to acrylic frames, colour blocks, all the things I love about glasses. I wanted to have some freedom with it, some fun with it,’ Gok told me. He says your choice of frame depends on who you are as a person and he likes his glasses to be bold and to make a statement, which is embodied in all the styles across the collection. Gok’s new styles are available from Specsavers nationwide, who also offer brands like Roxy, Cheap Monday and Firetrap.

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There is nothing like some colour to get you in the mood for a new season, and with ASOS launching their high summer collection this week, I am just hoping we get the weather to wear some their feminine trends. The popular online shopping destination showcased their new collection in the Westbury last week, offering a delightful selection of dresses for summer weddings, easy to style separates and festival-appropriate looks. The full collection will launch on the site (asos.com) over the next month.

Turquoise skirt, €105; metallic pleated top, €56 both from asos.com

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I like my jewellery to mean something, whether it expresses an emotion or sentiment. Thankfully the designers at Thomas Sabo agree and have come up with a Spring Summer range which embodies karma. The karma beads collection includes stones which symbolise optimism, hope and energy and allow you to create a very personal piece of jewellery, as worn by Georgia May Jagger in the brand’s latest campaign. Karma beads start at €19, necklaces at €69 and bracelets at €59 available at Arnotts and House of Fraser, Dundrum.

leadinG ladies Marks and Spencer’s latest instalment in their leading ladies campaign features faces from the worlds of showbiz, music, fashion and commerce. The campaign was shot against idyllic backgrounds such as the Cotswolds, taken by world famous photographer Annie Leibovitz. The collections launch a promising season for the store, focusing on a fresh and feminine take on current trends.

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Michael Kors brilliance bead bracelet, €89 from Fields

Genesis mother’s love, €29.95 from Kilkenny

Mother’s Day mugs, €1.49 from Dealz

Sarah Bird scarf, €9 from Boohoo.com

Grey Rose by Jane Packer, €78 from Debenhams Sweet mother sterling silver dangle, €59 from Pandora

Collection hobo bag, €47 from M&S

Paul Flynn’s family food, €12.99 from Lidl Missoma gold vermeil earrings, €94 from Weir & Sons

Olivia Burton hummingbird watch, €88 from Harvey Nichols Orla Kiely Home, €42.99 from Eason

Strawberry and champagne truffles, €7 from Skelligs Chocolate Emma Manley collection, €8.95 each from Sally Hansen Pearl hair curling wand, €29.99 from Remington Heart karma beads, €79 from Thomas Sabo

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Life television eastenders rté1, 7pm It’s a dark dawn for Poor Dot Cotton, who wakes in mourning beside her son’s coffin in the first of tonight’s brace of visits to the Square, a trip that promises crocodile tears at Nick’s funeral and ructions in the wake of the wake. June Brown shines as the grieving mother tormented by a desire to believe the best in everybody, despite all evidence to the contrary. Does nobody understand? It was the drugs that made her boy turn bad.

sean saves the day rté2, 7pm This new NBC series sees Sean Hayes – who we last saw as Jack in Will & Grace – now play a divorced dad who finds himself juggling a lot in his life: a demanding career, his pushy mom, Lorna, and weekends with his 14-yearold daughter, Ellie. Never one to do things by half, Sean’s intent on being the best dad ever, so he loads up on parenting how-to books and plans Pinterest-worthy family dinners. But it seems his company’s new owner has decided Sean and his team should work longer hours, putting a damper on his homemaking plans and throwing a kink in his perfectly constructed work-life balance…

This perfect-for-telly movie finds Robert Downey Jr in romcom mode. When Faith (Marisa Tomei) was a little girl, she once played with an ouiji board that told her she would one day marry a man called Damon Bradley. Fast forward 15 years and Damon is yet to arrive, so Faith has decided to settle for a nice-but-boring someone else instead. She’s all set to be married when she gets a call from one of the groom’s pals to say he’s sorry he can’t make the wedding but he’s going to be in Italy. His name? You guessed it.

Sensing destiny, Faith hops on a plane to a gorgeously picturesque Venice where she bumps into a rather charming stranger (Downey Jr, right with Tomei). Untaxing and cute with downright adorable turns from both leads.

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Coaching advice is given from fully fledged Irish comedians (Katherine Lynch, David McSavage) and a judging panel will put forward eight wannabes to compete in a national final in Killarney. Anchraic ar fad!

for the record: seamus mallon rté1, 10.15pm Mixing in-depth interview with compelling archive, this promises to take a revealing look at the man behind the pivotal political figure who was deputy leader of the SDlP throughout the worst days of the northern troubles and a lifelong advocate of reform, civil rights and non-violence. It also provides a snapshot of Mallon’s view of northern history, including his hopes for the part of Ireland he’s called home for over 77 years. Presented by John Bowman.

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Bombshells laced with poetry

TAkE 3 Recent IRISh FIctIon

Ireland’s turbulent history is traced via a life-long journey tainted by alcohol in Sebastian Barry’s The Temporary Gentleman writes Siobhan Murphy

The Black Snow

by Paul Lynch (Quercus) Following his muchpraised debut, Red Sky In Morning, Lynch gives us an unrelentingly grim portrait of 1945 rural Ireland, hewed from granite-like, starkly poetic prose. Farmer Barnabas Kane, who returns to Carnarvan from the US with a wife and child, is slowly torn asunder when his byre and cattle burn to the ground and his farmhand dies in the fire.

A tough and sinewy tragedy.

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ovelist, poet and playwright sebastian Barry has been embarked upon a monumental fictional journey since the 1990s – looking to map an alternative history of 20th-century ireland by using the stories of his relatives. these are ordinary men and women often caught up in the maelstrom of events and dumped on the peripheries of official accounts: ‘scraps of people, blown off the road of life by history’s hungry breezes,’ as he has described it. so the story of Jack McNulty, the narrator of the temporary Gentleman, fits into a rich tapestry: it’s a fictionalised imagining of Barry’s maternal grandfather, and a character we’ve met before, in his 1998 novel, the Whereabouts of eneas McNulty (about his great-uncle, Jack’s elder brother), and his 1998 play our lady of sligo.

Here, ensconced in a newly independent Ghana in 1957, McNulty feels compelled to grapple with a personal history that up to now he has left firmly wrapped in a fog; he wants to write an account of his life to serve as a reckoning before he returns to ireland and starts a new chapter. there is, it slowly becomes clear, much to be reckoned with, in a life of failed dreams, squandered promise and grievous loss, which extend ominously into his current activities.

A blithe young man in sligo, McNulty woos and wins the lovely, mercurial Mai Kirwan, despite her father’s stern disapproval of ‘the buveur of sligo’, as he names him – a first hint of horrors to come. McNulty’s engineering work takes him far from ireland, to the Gold Coast at

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by Hugo Hamilton (Fourth Estate) This is Hamilton’s fictionalised account of the trip he took with celebrated journalist and author Nuala O’Faolain, who was dying of cancer and wished for one last adventure.

As Una and Liam, the pair tussle with painful memories – O’Faolain’s unforgiving memoirs brought her fame – and clash over notions of forgiveness as Berlin’s sights flash by. Hamilton’s warm attentiveness makes this a loving homage to an indomitable woman.

The love oBjecT: SelecTed STorieS

The Temporary GenTleman

by Sebastian Barry Faber & Faber HHHHI one point, with Mai in tow, then leads him to take up a temporary commission (hence the book’s title) in the British Army during World War ii and to work in bomb disposal.

Barry handles the slow, painful coming to terms with an appalling truth with a dramatist’s measured

skill, and the fierce eye of a poet who finds beauty in the most shabby occurrences.

McNulty is a man revealed to have failed on many counts, and to have deeply hurt those closest to him, but Barry reaches beyond opprobrium to search out the humanity in this damaged man. in so doing, he adds another vivid chapter to his revised history of the nation.

by Edna O’Brien (Faber & Faber) Collected for the first time, O’Brien’s enchanting short stories – written across five decades – shimmer with vitality and shiver with empathy for her varied characters, particularly the ‘strange sacrificial women’ who suffer myriad injustices in the world of men but soldier on. She can summon a life in a phrase: the woman forced to do ‘a flit in the night’, for instance, who ‘did not even have time to get her shoes back from the cobblers’.

fEsTivAL changIng LIveS: FRanco-IRISh LIteRaRy FeStIvaL 2014

Spinning heart: author donal ryan is featured in this year’s Franco-irish literary Festival

The 15th annual Franco-irish literary Festival begins next month (april 46) and what’s particularly heartening, given the calibre of the participating authors, is that every event is free and open to all.

This year, the three-day, dualvenue festival (George’s hall at dublin castle and alliance Française on kildare Street) poses the question: ‘can lives be changed?’ as such, expect themes of exile, metamorphosis and rebirth to be potential motifs in readings, discussions and workshops featuring a smorgasbord of top homegrown and Gallic literary talents.

organised jointly by the alliance Française dublin and the cultural Section of the French embassy, this year’s event will play host to such esteemed authors as laura alcoba, whose celebrated memoir The rabbit house offers a childeyed account of argentina’s dirty war, during which statesponsored death squads were to ‘disappear’ an estimated 30,000 people.

She’ll be joined by esteemed French writers including philippe vasset whose high-concept satire ScriptGenerator©ÆTm imagines a world where a computer software program renders human authors

redundant. irish writers on this year’s programme include donal ryan, whose novels The Spinning heart and The Thing about december have seen him acquire ‘national treasure’ status; eimear mcBride who, thanks to her critically-adored debut a Girl is a half Formed Thing, was the only irish author to be nominated for this year’s inaugural Folio prize; and poets john montague and Theo dorgan, among many others.

Daragh Reddin For full list of particpating writers and events see

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by LiAM cOsTELLO It’s 20 years since Carrick-on-suir man sean Kelly competed in his last professional road race.

Often regarded as the finest Classics rider of all time, the former world No.1 has not lost his spark for racing.

Kelly became a household name in the 1980s and had most of his success then. In all he achieved 193 professional victories – which include a record eight Paris-Nice wins, having won his first in 1982. the highlight of his career was winning one of the three grand tours, taking the winners Red Jersey in the Vuelta a Espana in 1988. speaking about the Giro d’Italia, which will have three stages in Ireland, starting on May 9, Kelly said: ‘I can’t see any of the Irish riders stealing a stage here, it’s to flat and will be raced at a very fast pace, it will suit the team sprinters.

‘I fancy Alberto Contador to do well this year,’ he added.

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King Kelly Former World number one is still very involved with cycling, taking young Irish riders to professional level with the Sean Kelly – An Post – Chain Reaction Team

‘If you look at biking in Ireland, it has exploded’ the Giro’s Grande Partenza (Big start) rolls across the startline in Belfast with a time-trial, the second stage will see the riders tackle the Glens of Antrim coastline, before a third stage from Armagh to Dublin brings the Irish leg to a finish.

However, Kelly says: ‘It could be promoted more’, with people on the streets not really aware the event is coming to town.

‘Organisers should use riders like Dan Martin, Nicolas Roche, stephen Roche and myself – the guys of the past – I think there should be more done with those guys,’ he said. ‘It’s going to be a long time before we get to host a big stage race again in Ireland.

‘If you look at biking in Ireland at the moment, it has just exploded, it’s the new golf.

Everyone is doing it.

‘Its great to see so many take part in the An Post Cycle series – I’ve seen fellas in a GAA jersey on a starter bike one year and the next time you see them they have all the gear and are riding a carbon fibre bike.’

Blazing saddles: Sean works as a cycle race commentator for Eurosport and is a director of the Sean Kelly – An Post – Chain Reaction Team. He is also an ambassador for Vitus bikes – a brand on which he had great success

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spORT DigEsT best foot forward for ulster’s rory Rugby Rory Best is urging Ulster to pick up where Ireland left off as he sets his sights on European Cup glory. The hooker helped Ireland get 2014 off to a fantastic start and is now back with Ulster for the RaboDirect PRO12 end of season run-in – the club currently occupying third in the table. Best is focused on helping Ulster shine on the European stage as they prepare to host Saracens at Ravenhill in their quarter-final clash.

And he believes Ireland’s success can help them do exactly that, with confidence flowing through the province once again. ‘We need to bring that confidence back in with us and harness it,’ Best said.

Froome favourite for a tour victory cycLing Five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault has backed Chris Froome to repeat his 2013 Tour de France triumph this summer. With the Tour beginning in July with two stages in Yorkshire, Hinault got back on his bike yesterday to ride a short stretch of the route through Cragg Vale, near Halifax. And he reckons Froome is ‘No.1 favourite’ to repeat his victory of last year. But he said that as well as Froome and 2012 winner Bradley Wiggins, another star on home soil in England will feature. ‘We mustn’t forget about [Mark] Cavendish,’ he added.

gran plan is just a shoe in for Vettel f1 Sebastian Vettel is

hoping two lucky coins will help him get his Formula One title defence back on track. The German spoke of his lucky charms at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur, where he was crowned sportsman of the year. ‘The coins are from my grandma and I put them in my shoes when driving,’ said Vettel, who will be in action again at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. ‘I have one in the right and one in the left. I also step into the car from the left, I don’t know why.’

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spot on: noble, left, celebrates his opening goal with Andy carroll

Striker edin Dzeko says the derby demolition at Old trafford proved once again just ‘who is boss’ in Manchester.

Dzeko scored two goals – the first after just 43 seconds – and Yaya toure also found the net late on in a comfortable 3-0 Premier League win over bitter rivals United. ‘it’s always good to win in a derby, especially when you win it like we did,’ Dzeko said. ‘it was great for the fans to be here and to celebrate again. We are happy for them because a derby is something special and we showed them again who is the boss in the city.’

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Hull see red as Hammers get another victory taste

‘We scored early then it was all about us’ the win, the Blues’ third straight victory at the home of their neighbours, leaves City just three points behind league leaders Chelsea, with two games in hand, and 15 clear of United. ‘it was an amazing game for us from the first to the last minute,’ said the Bosnian, whose well taken brace took his total for the season to 20.

‘We were amazing. We just wanted to start playing our game from the first minute, playing them high and trying to score an early goal, which we did. then it was all about us.

‘We could have scored another two in the first 30 minutes but we controlled the game. it could have been more but we were happy with 3-0.’ edin for trouble: Dzeko netted a brace against united PICTURE: AP

Kompany hails ‘historic’ night in manchester VINCeNt KOMPANY insists every victory on their travels at Old trafford is a huge coup for his Manchester City side.

Manuel Pellegrini’s men strengthened their claims for the Premier League title with a straightforward 3-0 win against Manchester United on tuesday night.

It may have been easy at times for the visitors but skipper Kompany knows the

Derby delight: kompany value of beating United cannot be underestimated. ‘every single win at Old trafford is one of those things that goes down in history,’ he

said. ‘so when you win them it’s special.’

Kompany also says success against David Moyes’ team is merely ‘one little step’ towards the championship. ‘As long as we don’t have the points, I don’t consider ourselves there yet,’ added the Belgian.

‘We have momentum but who doesn’t at the moment?

Liverpool have momentum, and Chelsea too.’

It’s the frozen one as Old Trafford banner stays

tHe ‘Chosen One’ banner displaying Manchester United fans’ backing for the appointment of David Moyes is set to stay on display at Old trafford, despite calls for it to be removed.

After a brief respite last week, United’s miserable season resumed with a 3-0 defeat to Manchester City on tuesday. Fans vented their fury at Moyes – one had to be escorted away after approaching the dugout – and there were reports of abuse being

the misread Devils: some fans want the banner removed

aimed at sir Alex Ferguson in the directors’ box. the 72-year-old hand-picked Moyes as his successor and, for that reason, a banner has hung in the stretford end featuring the former everton manager’s face with the words

‘the Chosen One’.

Fans called on the group which made the banner – stretford end Flags (seF) – to remove it following the 3-0 loss to Liverpool and, after the derby defeat, similar noises were made.

However, it is understood seF has no intention of taking the banner down ahead of saturday’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa. Meanwhile, the Manchester United supporters trust (MUst) thinks the Red Devils’ troubles are not solely down to Moyes.

MUst spokesperson sean Bones said: ‘the problems lie deeper than David Moyes. they sit at the table of [owners] the Glazers. ‘the Glazers have not invested correctly at the critical times.’

West Ham took another step towards Premier League safety last night as they returned to winning ways at Upton Park.

A Mark Noble penalty set the Hammers on their way to a win which ended a three-match losing streak and left them 11th, nine points above the drop zone. the result was harsh on Hull who had keeper Allan McGregor controversially sent off for fouling Mohamed Diame, leading to Noble’s 26th-minute opener. the visitors’ hopes of a share of the spoils were boosted when Nikica Jelavic levelled from a free-kick shortly after the break but their joy proved short-lived as James Chester diverted Guy Demel’s hopeful cross into his own net minutes later.

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Cellino to appeal after Leeds snub MassiMo Cellino will lodge an appeal against the Football league’s decision to block his proposed £25million takeover of leeds, his uK lawyers have confirmed. The Football league announced its decision to disqualify Cellino from becoming a director at elland road on Monday and his london-based lawyers Mishcon de reya will challenge the ruling. Cellino’s conviction last week for a tax offence in italy constituted ‘a disqualifying condition under [the league’s] owners’ and directors’ test’. Current owners GFh Capital exchanged contracts to sell 75 per cent of the club’s shares to Cellino’s company, eleonora sport, in February.

Cagliari owner Cellino has 14 days to appeal the league’s decision.

liverpool .........................2 sunDerlanD .....................1 by jAMEs bOyLAn LIVERPOOL moved second in the table, just a point behind leaders Chelsea as the Reds continue to dream of their first title in 24 years.

Goals from Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge earned a seventh straight league win but the laboured hosts were a shadow of their recent selves, a late Ki Sung-Yueng header ensuring an anxious finish.

The Black Cats’ 3-5-2 formation had stifled the Reds in the opening exchanges, with the fabled Luis Suarez-Sturridge ‘telepathy’ non-existent. However, six minutes before the break defender Santiago Vergini hauled down Suarez as he wiggled to-

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out against each other for the Fifa vice-presidency after the Scottish FA signalled it will put forward a candidate next year

32 Years since Liverpool played Shamrock Rovers, who they have announced a May 14 friendly against at the Aviva Stadium

Nations League set to get green light ueFa’s new ‘league of nations’ tournament will see some countries win qualifying places for the World Cup and european Championships, it has emerged. The new tournament, which would be played biennially in oddnumbered years on the dates currently reserved for friendlies, is expected to be given the go-ahead by uefa’s Congress in Kazakhstan today. The exact format has still to be confirmed but uefa sources said european countries would be split into four divisions, with england in a top tier of 14 teams along with spain, Germany, italy and holland.

The nations league would begin after the 2018 World Cup finals in russia.

Dan’s the man: Sturridge gets a hug from Jordan Henderson after scoring the crucial second

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Lambert felt the fourth was with Saints this term

RICKIE LAMBERT insists Southampton always set out to finish fourth this season, despite that target now seeming a remote prospect.

Saints started the season with a bang, sitting second in the Premier League in September and making many critics eat their words in Mauricio Pochettino’s

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wards goal. Vergini was lucky to just be shown a yellow card but Gerrard made up for Kevin Friend’s leniency by powering home the free-kick.

It was 2-0 in the 48th minute when Sturridge’s left-foot curler nestled in the far corner after taking a slight deflection off Wes Brown.

A Lee Cattermole piledriver rattled the woodwork for the visitors before a post denied Sturridge his second.

Liverpool, though, failed to kill the relegation-battling visitors off and their defensive frailties were again exposed when Adam Johnson’s corner was bundled in by Ki four minutes from time.

Johnson should have nodded in a leveller but Gus Poyet’s men can take plenty of positives from a gutsy effort as they look to avoid the drop.

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‘Our ambition is to crack the top four’ first full campaign in charge.

However, they have fallen away since then and currently sit ninth ahead of this weekend’s game with Newcastle. England striker

Lambert said: ‘We aimed for fourth this season and people laughed at us but they didn’t laugh when we were second.

They waited until we dropped off a bit.

‘Our desire is to get into the top four and that’s the way the club has been run in the past four years and the vision the players have.’

Lofty ambition: Lambert

Diarra’s Ful return FulhaM have re-signed Mahamadou Diarra on a short-term deal. The former real Madrid midfielder (pictured), 32, was released following a long-term knee injury but has now returned to Craven Cottage until the end of the season. a club statement said Diarra had ‘worked relentlessly to regain full fitness’.

Fulham are currently at the foot of the premier league four points from safety.

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End in sight: The Heineken Cup

clubs closing in on a deal for european competition

by nick METcALfE LIVERPOOL kept their campaign to win a first league title since 1990 on track last night with victory over struggling Sunderland at Anfield.

The Merseysiders won 2-1 to move up to second place, just a point behind leaders Chelsea and two clear of Manchester City, although Manuel Pellegrini’s men have two games in hand.

Much will now depend on Liverpool’s remaining matches at Anfield – Spurs visit on Sunday, with huge games next month against both City and Chelsea.

Steven Gerrard curled Liverpool in front with a superb free-kick, after Santiago Vergini brought Luis Suarez down just outside the Sunderland penalty area.

The lead was doubled after the break when Daniel Sturridge’s shot from distance took a deflection off Wes Brown and flew into the net. But a header from Ki Sung-Yeung set up a nervous finale.

Elsewhere, West Ham beat Hull 2-1, thanks to a Mark Noble penalty and James Chester’s own goal, with the Hammers moving nine points clear of the bottom three. FA Cup semi-finalists Hull had goalkeeper Allan McGregor sent off.

Grapple fans: Steven Gerrard wrestles with Luis Suarez last night after the Liverpool captain scored the first goal picture: Ap

Van Gaal the ideal man for united, says De Boer LOUIS VAN GAAL has been touted as the perfect Manchester United manager should David Moyes be sacked.

A 3-0 derby defeat to neighbours Manchester City at a stunned Old Trafford on Tuesday was the latest blow in a season of turmoil for the champions.

Despite Sir Bobby Charlton’s insistence Moyes will not be replaced, his future is under scrutiny as his reign stumbles from one calamity to another.

Van Gaal (pictured) has an impeccable track record and has suggested he will either work in England or retire after leading Holland at the World Cup this year.

Former Holland midfielder Ronald de Boer, who played for Van Gaal at Ajax and Barcelona, is confident his

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old boss would enjoy enormous success in the Premier League.

‘He is one of the best coaches in the world and can really prepare a team,’ said De Boer, now an Ajax youth coach. ‘He can find weakness in any opponent. He has so much quality he would be successful in England, especially if he is given time to set out his team.’

Van Gaal has also been linked with Tottenham and De Boer believes the 62-year-old’s knack for unearthing young talent would be invaluable at White Hart Lane or Old Trafford.

‘At Bayern he won the Bundesliga and got to the final of the Champions League with young players like Thomas Muller, Holger Badstuber and others,’ he said.

‘No one had heard of them but now Frustration: Moyes during makes his feelings known as United slip to a 3-0 defeat against neighbours City picture: pA everyone is talking about them.’

EUROPEAN rugby bosses are close to reaching an agreement on the elite club tournament to replace the Heineken Cup and an announcement could come as early as today.

The 20-team competition is expected to see six Aviva Premiership teams, six clubs from France’s Top 14 competition and seven of the RaboDirect PRO12 sides qualify.

The final place would be taken by the winner of a playoff involving clubs from several competitions, including the second-tier touranment that is to replace the Amlin Challenge Cup. There is also expected to be a new third-tier competition in September, from which two qualifiers would then take part in the second-tier tournament, opening it up to clubs from outside the Six Nations countries such as Georgia, Russia, Spain, Romania, Portugal and Belgium.

Once an agreement is reached, all parties can then chase a resolution between broadcasters BT Sport and Sky, both of whom have indicated a willingness to agree a TV rights deal.

Sky Sports managing director Barney Francis said earlier this month: ‘We are absolutely willing to take part in conversations that lead to a solution that is in the best interests of the game and the fans. But it will take compromise between all parties.’

European Rugby Cup, the governing body of the Heineken Cup, will be wound up in the summer to be replaced with a new name based on the new tournament.

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