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A VIDEO has been released which shows dozens of the girls who were abducted in Nigeria – bringing new hope they are still alive.

The undated clip shows the calm teenagers sitting in a rural clearing, wearing hijabs and singing songs.

Boko Haram, the group of Islamic extremists behind the mass kidnap, has said it would be willing to free the girls in exchange for prisoners.

Its leader, Abubakar Shekau, said: ‘It is five years since you arrested our brothers and they are still in your prisons. You are doing many things to them. And now, you are talking about these girls.

‘We will never release them until after you release our brethren.’

The footage was released by the militants yesterday – four weeks after the group abducted nearly 300 girls from a secondary school in the north-eastern village of Chibok.

In the 17-minute video, the 100 or so girls appear unharmed. But two nervous-looking youngsters were shown being quizzed by a man off camera. They tell him they have converted from Christianity to Islam.

Earlier this month, Shekau had threatened to sell the girls ‘in the market’ – sparking fears they may be forced into marriage, slavery or prostitution.

But this video could lead to negotiations beginning with Boko Haram, which translates in English as ‘western education is forbidden’.

Video: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau speaks at an unknown location during footage of some of the missing girls singing and praying Britain and the US have already sent counter-terrorism experts to provide advice and support in the hunt.

It is not clear why only half of the missing girls feature in the video, prompting speculation they have

been split into smaller groups in an attempt to avoid detection.

There are no clues as to when the footage was shot.

The families’ spokesman, Pogu Bitrus, said: ‘There’s an atmosphere

of hope – hope that these girls are alive, whether they have been forced to convert to Islam or not.’

An international summit to discuss security in the region is set to take place in Paris on Saturday.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 METRO HERALD

He had 99 Problems and now Jay Z’s got another as Solange attacks him at hotel

Crazy in lift: Bey’s sister lays into Jay Z

YOU have to tough it out in the world by JEnni McknigHT of rap but Jay Z looks to have met his match ... in the unlikely shape of his point does 44-year-old Jay Z attempt to retaliate. sister-in-law, Solange Knowles.

The trio were partying at the Met The 99 Problems star was attacked when his wife Beyoncé’s sibling Gala before the row last week.

‘Solange flipped out over something went for him with fists and feet flying Jay had said, that she took the wrong in a hotel lift.

Security footage shows singer way,’ a source told US Weekly. ‘She Solange, 27, begin her attack by took it too hard or too far.

‘Not sure what it was but she greatly screaming at Jay Z before throwing overreacted.’ herself at him while Smartly dressed wildly swinging her Jay Z was later seen arms. leaving the hotel in a Beyoncé watches as separate car to Drunk Solange lashes out In Love singer with a leg despite Beyoncé and Solange. being held back by Beyoncé and Jay Z a bodyguard at The seem to have put the Standard Hotel in New incident behind them York City. as they looked happy Solange lands three while enjoying front blows on Jay Z, who row seats at the defends himself by Barclays Center for grabbing her foot as the Brooklyn Nets she goes in for another vs Miami Heat playkick. Only then does off in New York Beyoncé, 32, step in to Ruffled: Jay Z adjusts his on Saturday. defend her man. At no trousers after the attack

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Criticism of rent allowance filter is Daft, says website by jOAnnE AHERn

ACCOMMODATION website Daft.ie has insisted it has kept a button on its site allowing landlords to indicate that they will not accept rent allowance because of demand from renters.

Dublin Labour TD Aodhán Ó Riordáin, who criticised the move, said he was disappointed with the decision and said he wants the company to explain itself before the Oireachtas Social Protection Committee.

He added: ‘It is becoming increasingly difficult for people to find suitable accommodation in the rental market and adding additional barriers for social welfare recipients is causing low-income families unnecessary distress.

‘In my view Daft.ie are encouraging landlords to discriminate against social welfare recipients and need to be taken to task for their actions.’

However, a spokesman for Daft.ie said that after being contacted by the Department of Social Protection, it agreed to remove the filter as a trial to see if it had any impact.

He said Daft.ie reinstated it after getting feedback from people receiving rent supplement, who complained that removing the filter made it harder for them to find accommodation as they had to contact the landlord before be-

Council turnaround over housing cuts Filters: In the Advanced Search on the website there is a tick box (below) for accommodation where rent supplement is accepted

A PROPOSAL to cut funding for housing in Dublin was last night rejected at a Dublin City Council meeting.

Despite some 20,000 applicants on the Dublin City housing list, the Government had planned to reduce funding by almost 50 per cent in 2015 and 2016, meaning that just 35 new homes would be built over the next three years.

Councillor Mary FitzPatrick of Fianna Fáil tabled a motion to reverse the plan and instead increase funding, with the decision to scrap the initial cut agreed. ing told they were not eligible.

He added that the problem is the lack of supply in the market and ‘hiding a button is not going to solve that’.

A spokesman for the Department of Social Protection said it had contacted Daft.ie to remove the filter ‘in response to concerns from some agencies in the housing and homelessness sectors’.

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EIGHT derelict sites in the inner city area are owned by Dublin City Council, a Green Party local election candidate has said.

Ciaran Cuffe found the details as part of an information request on Environment Regulations.

The sites include locations along Aungier Street, Smithfield Terrace and Church Street.

One site on Henrietta Street lies within a designated architectural conservation area which identifies areas of special character and architectural interest.

Mr Cuffe said: ‘Dublin City Council should get its house in order, and if they can’t come up with uses for these sites, they should put them on the market.’

He added: ‘Many of the sites could provide affordable homes.’

A spokesperson for Dublin City Council said the matter is being reviewed and declined to comment further.

Man who abused child avoids jail users, he said the department would continue to work with the site to ‘encourage landlords to accept tenants who are receiving Rent Supplement’.

Some 29,000 Dubliners are in receipt of rent supplement, which provides short-term support to people in the private rented sector who can’t pay full rent.

Approximately 77,000 people na-

tionwide benefit from the scheme, which cost the Government €344million this year.

The Department of Social Protection also contacted MyHome.ie on the matter.

A spokesman for the site said its filter was a landlord facility and it was removed because fewer than 20 per cent used it.

Abuse watchdog: Religious orders slow to act A CATHOLIC Church watchdog has hit out at some religious orders in Ireland for being slow to enforce child protection measures.

In the latest series of investigations launched after numerous paedophile scandals, it was found some priests evaded new protocols – despite admitting to abusing children.

Teresa Devlin, chief executive of the National Board for Safeguarding

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Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland, commended church dioceses for improving protection but warned about a lack of progress in orders.

‘There has been a sea change in that all are now conscious of their obligations around reporting, [but] unfortunately in two cases we saw that priests continued in ministry even though admissions were made and in another order cases against deceased brothers,

former brothers and lay teachers were not always notified to the Gardaí,’ she said.

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A LIMERICK man who repeatedly sexually abused a child 21 years ago has avoided jail.

The accused, who cannot be named, was given a three-year suspended sentence at the Central Criminal Court.

Counsel for the accused said he is now married and living in America and any conviction could prevent him returning.

Mr Justice Paul Carney yesterday said he refused to ‘massage’ the sentence in such as way as to deceive the US authorities.

He ordered the man to enter a bond of €1,000 and keep away from the victim. He also declared the man a registered sex offender.

The 37-year-old man pleaded guilty to attempted rape in the summer of 1993. His victim was between six and seven years old at the time.

The judge said the accused was not likely to re-offend.

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Trump will pump €45m into golf links

No jail for man who hit friend in literary row

by ED cARTy

US TYCOON Donald Trump has said he will invest up to €45million in a storm-ravaged golf course he bought in the west of Ireland.

The property mogul, who is currently on a three-day visit to inspect the Doonbeg links in Co Clare, said he would redevelop the dunes in an environmentally sensitive way amid concerns for a microscopic snail.

Mr Trump said he would double or triple his initial €15million investment in Doonbeg – secured earlier this year at a knockdown price after financial trouble and severe erosion saw the asking price slump.

After initially being served with a stop work order, Trump last week got the go-ahead for protective works on dunes on the course, now known as the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Ireland.

Doonbeg, a renowned beauty spot, is protected by strict environmental

Golf project: Donald Trump concerns for a microscopic snail that has been around since the Ice Age – the narrow-mouthed whorl snail, or vertigo angustior, which measures about 1.8mm in height.

Mr Trump has said he will work with environmental experts in any redevelopment: ‘The snail issue is an issue that will roll on and one that we will be very protective of,’ he said.

‘It’s a special piece of land and we are going to do it in a very, very special way and we are going to do it in a very environmentally sensitive way.

It’s very important to us.’

The billionaire New Yorker said hundreds of jobs will be created through his investment in Ireland.

Ballsology: Artist Frank O’Dea sent us in a photo of these golf balls, his own creation, which he plans to send as a gift to Donald Trump to mark his purchase of Doonbeg. They are a reference to the €200,000 Anglo reportedly spent on a set of golf balls at the height of the boom

A POLISH man has avoided jail after he assaulted a friend following a drunken argument over the nationality of a famous poet.

Wojciech Wolny, 31, was convicted of assault causing harm at a birthday party in his north Dublin home on January 15, 2012.

He had denied the charge but was found guilty by a jury after a two-day trial in January.

Wolny, with an address at Bremore Pastures Way, Balbriggan, was given a suspended sentence of two-and-a-half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Judge Martin Nolan ordered that Wolny produce a further sum of €1,500 to be given to the victim in compensation, on top of the €3,000 he had already brought to court.

The court heard that both Wolny and the victim had consumed a large amount of alcohol on the night. An argument began between the two men about whether the famous poet Adam Mickiewicz was Lithuanian or Polish. The row escalated into a fight and Wolny hit Mr Miskevich in the face.

Wolny was arrested and told gardaí that Mr Miskevich had been behaving ‘crazy’.

The court heard that Mr Miskevich suffered a fractured eye socket.

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‘glorifying torture’

Martial arts maestro ScOTT ADkinS, 37, has worked with Jackie Chan and the Expendables cast but remains one of Hollywood’s unsung action heroes

Your latest film, Ninja: Shadow Of A Tear, has some very cool fight scenes. Which is your favourite? None of it’s

favourable when you’re doing it, because it’s all quite painful…

Did you get any injuries?

Unfortunately, yes – I hurt my back quite badly. It’s because of all the fight scenes. You can’t say: ‘Look, let’s stop,’ because it’s a low-budget film. You have to plough on through.

I couldn’t actually kick with my right leg for about a week. I needed a back brace and physio every day, and I tried to rearrange the fights so that I wasn’t using my right leg.

You speak lots of Japanese in it – was that tricky? It was very

What’s the craziest thing you’ve been asked to do on camera? I do all my fights and as

many stunts as they’ll let me. The craziest thing is when you’ve completed the movie and have to do ADR [dubbing] again. For action films, you’re in a sound-proofed room and you’re mic’d up, watching the replay of a fight sequence and you have to re-enact the sounds of your voice when you’re fighting – not the dialogue but the ‘hyur, hurs’.

Someone should film that because it is absurd. The next time I do that, I think I’ll wear a straitjacket.

Your training kicked into gear when you were mugged on a bus aged 14. Has anyone tried to mug you since? Luckily for

tricky and I’m sure it’s quite bad. I them, they haven’t. That was a lifedid my best. The funny thing about changing experience because, after making a movie is, a year later, you that, I turned my dad’s garage into a have to do the additional voice dojo and would live there every recording in a studio and I’d night, training to make sure I could forgotten the whole thing but protect myself.

I had to redo a lot of the What’s your Japanese because of favourite martial sound issues. I had to relearn it in a arts film? Enter Fighting in a couple of hours.

The Dragon, because it’s the skirt and sandals is You were in first film I ever very uncomfortable. saw The ExpenBruce Lee in and he’s so I probably won’t do dables 2 – are ferocious in it. But you going to it again The Way Of The watch The ExpDragon is the real endables 3? Yeah, of Bruce Lee – he directed it, course. It’s a must-watch. he wrote it. He was more For someone who has grown up on charming in that, more kooky, and all of those films, obviously to meet put more of his philosophy into it. I them was a big thing. It was a don’t think he was that mean. humongous opportunity – you never Tell us about your role in forget that.

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Who’s the toughest Expendable? Stallone is really tough and

can be very intimidating. He’s not the biggest of guys but from watching him do his thing, he is really tough. Look at something like Rocky – he’s getting hit for real with those punches. And Dolph Lundgren is a good martial artist.

And obviously Randy Couture, because he’s a UFC champion.

You’ve worked with some legendary stunt men and action directors. Who have you learned the most from?

I worked with Jackie Chan early on in my career, on The Medallion, and he’s probably the most legendary of all – the pain he’s put his own body through for his audience is phenomenal. To watch him perform 38 takes of the same movement – it showed me what a perfectionist he was.

forthcoming film The Legend Of Hercules. I play King

Amphitryon, who we find out is only the stepfather to Hercules because Zeus had it off with his wife. He’s not a happy man. It’s the first film in that genre I’ve done. I probably won’t do it again because fighting in a skirt and sandals is very uncomfortable. It was a great character – he was quite dastardly.

Lots of people have called you one of the most underrated action stars in Hollywood. Do you agree? Yes. I want to be given

a chance to shine in a big-budget film. I feel like luck hasn’t been on my side: I’m still waiting for someone to give me that shot. If I get my chance to shine and I blow it, fair enough. But I wouldn’t…

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Ninja: Shadow Of A Tear is out now on DVD and Blu-ray.

THE popularity of TV shows such as Homeland and Spooks has led to an increase in the number of people who believe torture can be justified, human rights campaigners have said.

A poll by Amnesty International found a quarter of people think torture is sometimes acceptable to protect the public.

‘Governments around the world

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are two-faced on torture – prohibiting it in law, but facilitating it in practice,’ said Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty International Ireland.

‘Torture is not just alive and well – it is flourishing as more governments seek to justify torture in the name of national security,’ he said.

Kate Allen, director of Amnesty

International UK, said: ‘Programmes like 24, Homeland and Spooks have glorified tor- Fiction: Damian ture but there’s Lewis in Homeland a massive difference between a dramatic depiction by screenwriters, and its real-life use.’

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Man was left scarred after tattoo removal A DUBLIN man suffered burns and a severe infection to his right forearm after ‘excessively intense laser treatment’ was used to remove a tattoo.

The Circuit Civil Court heard that in March 2012, Darren Pugh, 29, of Cherryfield Lawn, Hartstown, went to laser tattoo clinic Dublin Ink Ltd in Temple Bar to have a tattoo removed.

He said he developed a severe infection in his forearm after the ‘excessive’ treatment which has left scarring.

Judge Matthew Deery awarded him €8,000 damages.

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Pregnancy increases risk of being in a car accident by jOHn vOn RADOwiTz

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Publican not entitled to State cost payout THE State will not pay the legal costs of a publican accused of threatening another pub owner to close their premises.

All charges were dropped against John Stokes, 57, with an address in England, who owned the Players Lounge in Fairview and was accused of threatening Castle Inn owner Shane Simpson, after his trial collapsed following legal argument.

Judge Carmel Stewart said there is no ruling stating that an accused is entitled to costs when charges against them have been dropped.

GREAT BRITTEN: Cast members (l-r) Ross Scanlan, Rory Musgrave, Christopher Cull and Gyula Nagy got in character to launch Irish Youth Opera (IYO), whose inaugural production will be Benjamin Britten’s The Rape Of Lucrece, opening at Wexford Opera House in September before touring to Dublin

BEING pregnant significantly increases a woman driver’s chances of having a serious car crash.

A Canadian study of 500,000 pregnant women found that during the second month of pregnancy the risk of being involved in a road accident rose by 42 per cent.

In the three years before getting pregnant, the women between them had 177 crashes per month. The crash rate rose to 252 per month in the second trimester, or middle period, of pregnancy.

One in 50 pregnant women can expect to be involved in a serious car crash while at the wheel, say the scientists in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Lead researcher Dr Donald Redelmeier, from the University of Toronto, said: ‘These findings are not a reason to stop driving; the findings primarily emphasise the need to drive more carefully.’

The study looked at whether nausea, fatigue and distraction might increase the risk of traffic accidents.

The researchers also mention ‘baby brain’ – a mental ‘fog’ associated with pregnancy – but stopped short of linking it directly to a heightened risk of accidents.

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eorge Clooney used tequila and karaoke to welcome British fiancée Amal Alamuddin into the Hollywood set after throwing her a star-studded engagement bash.

The 53-year-old – who popped the question to the human rights lawyer last month – was joined by superstar friends Cindy Crawford, 48, her husband rande gerber, 52, U2’s Bono, 54, and The edge, 52, at Café Habana in Malibu on Sunday.

Bono led the crowd in a rendition of oasis’

by JENNI McKNIGHT Wonderwall, before toasting Clooney and Alamuddin with tequila, a source revealed.

‘After the toast, george and his fiancée were all over each other,’ the insider told People magazine. ‘There was lots of hugging.’

Alamuddin, 36, also flashed her €550,000 diamond engagement ring before leaving in a limo with Clooney, who is said to have wooed her with a string of flirty emails.

‘He has found someone who is as smart as

Old and young stars: Patrick Stewart, James McAvoy, Ian McKellan and Michael Fassbender at the X-Men Days of Future Past premiere in London

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he is and who is her own independent woman,’ a friend of The Monuments Men director said.

‘Amal seems to be the best fit for him he’s ever had.’

Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam, 55, from 1989 to 1993 but, after a string of girlfriends, said never again.

‘I keep saying I’ll never get married again or have children but people just don’t want to believe me,’ he said in a previous interview after claiming he ‘wasn’t very good’ at marriage.

Fassbender charms all the other X-Men X-Men touched base with its feminine side last night when Michael Fassbender sang a love song to woo co-star James McAvoy at the premiere of Days of Future Past in London.

The ladies’ man, most recently linked to supermodel Naomi Campbell, regaled him with Sometimes When We Touch when asked if he would pucker up to his Scottish co-star.

Fassy seemed game after McAvoy said he’d enjoy a snog with his handsome co-star after working so closely with the Irish/ German actor.

When the challenge was put to Fassy he went doe-eyed and sang: ‘And sometimes when we touch, the honesty’s too much.’

Meanwhile, it’s not just his co-stars that are falling under the Magneto actor’s spell.

X-Men fame has won him fans in unlikely places around the globe.

‘I was in Bruges a few weeks ago and a few people went “Magneto!” and then you do realise it’s worldwide,’ he said at a rain-soaked premiere in Leicester Square. ‘Thai people recognise me. It’s pretty special – it’s phenomenal,’ he added.

Fassbender remained coy about when the next flick in the franchise would start filming.

Ian McKellen was also cracking on to Fassy.

The veteran actor said: ‘For me the best thing about this film is cementing my friendship with Patrick Stewart, but tonight he’s with his wife.

James McAvoy is with his wife, so I’m with Michael!’

Actress Dakota Blue Richards was on the guest list

Engaged: George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin

Niall will take no hostages at match

Managers Niall Horan and Piers Morgan have announced their teams for the inaugural Niall Horan Charity Football Challenge.

The charity event will see the One Direction singer go head-to-head with the former newspaper editor at the King Power Stadium, home of Leicester City Football Club on May 26.

All proceeds will go to Mullingar-based charity Irish Autism Action, UK charity Heart and Minds Challenge and Leicester City Foxes Foundation. ‘I have no doubt that my extremely youthful team will beat Piers’s slightly older team,’ laughed Niall.

‘This event is all about raising as much money as possible for Irish Autism Action, which is based in my home town of Mullingar and for the other charities’.

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criticising his dear old mum. He raps: ‘I don’t hate you, cos Ma you’re still beautiful to me, dad f***** us both, you think that’d make us close... I love you Debbie Mathers, Oh what a tangled web we have.’

Harnett left down

by Black Hawk Josh Hartnett said witnessing poverty whilst making Black Hawk Down led to him getting back with his high school ex.

The 35-year-old American ditched Hollywood and returned to his roots in Minnesota after witnessing poverty and maimed child beggars while filming the Somalian war flick in 2001.

Hartnett, who now dates British star Tamsin Egerton, 25, told UTV’s This Morning: ‘I went back and wrote a screenplay and I got back together with my high-school girlfriend and just spent time with my friends and family back home.’ The star was on the red carpet last night at the St Pancras Renaissance hotel in London to promote his Sky Atlantic TV series Penny Dreadful, co-starring Billie Piper and Eva Green.

Pharrell’s Happy in his slippers If you think Pharrell Williams’s taste in hats is odd, wait until you hear what he wears around the house.

The Happy hitmaker, 41, says he prances about in SpongeBob SquarePants socks – and finds them so comfortable he had a pair made in cashmere. ‘I also wear Mickey Mouse slippers,’ he told Us Weekly.

I should Noah better, tweets Gervais

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All white on the night: Victoria Beckham proves her worth as a classy designer as she wears a white silk dress with feather trim to show off her new fashion collection in Singapore. The ex-Spice Girl, 40, also displayed her fun side on the trip by singing sprawled across a piano Picture: AP

Ricky Gervais woke up with a sore head after enjoying a boozy session with Russell Crowe. The TV comic and the Aussie actor fell into a foulmouthed drunken stupor after meeting in Newcastle over the weekend.

‘Who am I getting drunk with at the moment?’

Gervais posted on Twitter, with Crowe suggesting ‘Rodger Moore’ as they shared a snap of themselves huddled together.

Gervais also took a cheeky swipe at the Noah star – saying: ‘I honestly haven’t been this drunk for ages. Russell Crowe is a f***ing terrible influence.

Not just on me but on the world.’

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Murder trial told Pistorius ‘suffers anxiety disorder’ THE chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has said the athlete should be placed under psychiatric observation after an expert called by the defence said Pistorius has an anxiety disorder.

Judge Thokozile Masipa has not yet ruled on the request.

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said he had no other option but to ask for a study

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of Pistorius’s mental health following testimony by a psychiatrist who said the double-amputee athlete’s anxiety could have shaped the way he responded to perceived threats.

Pistorius has said he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake last year, fearing that there was an intrud-

er in his home when he fired through a closed toilet door in the early hours of February 14, 2013.

The prosecution says he killed her intentionally after an argument.

Psychiatrist Dr Merryll Vorster told the court that events during Pistorius’s life, including the amputation of his lower legs as a baby and his late mother’s habit of sleeping with a gun

under her pillow, contributed to his ‘increasing stress’.

‘Overall, Mr Pistorius appears to be a mistrustful and guarded person,’ Dr Vorster said.

She said the athlete displayed ‘escalating levels of anxiety’ through his life when she interviewed him. She said she also spoke to members of his family and some of his friends.

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Kayaks blamed for deaths of 3 men in same family Recovery operation: Marine police remove a body from the River Tyne, above; left, one of the kayaks found at the scene yesterday Pictures: North News

THREE experienced kayakers found drowned in a fast-flowing river were from the same family.

The two unnamed brothers, aged 41 and 40, and their cousin of 36, died on Sunday.

All were from South Shields, and died on the River Tyne in Northumberland.

Police said water levels were faster flowing and higher than normal on Sunday because of heavy rain.

The flat design of their kayaks may have been a direct cause of

their deaths, an expert suggested yesterday.

Allen Wearmouth, a canoe coach, said photos of the kayaks recovered by police showed they were like surfboards, where the user sits on top.

‘If you get rough water, you are going to fall off,’ he said.

Mr Wearmouth added that the stretch of the river where the tragedy occurred was very dangerous. He did not know the circumstances of the tragedy, but said: ‘If a sit-on-top kayak gets

into that weir, they are going to capsize, the probability is 100 per cent. This news has taken me aback, it’s so sad,’ he added.

Chief superintendent Gordon Milward said: ‘They would be challenging conditions for anybody. Part of the thrill of kayaking is that element of risk.

What I would say to anyone is balance that against personal safety. If you are in any doubt about how well equipped you feel you are to go into the water, come back another day.’

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NBA race row owner sorry 26 hurt in nightclub blast

AMERIcA: LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling has apologised for racist remarks that saw him banned from basketball for life. The billionaire told CNN he made ‘a terrible mistake’ after telling a female friend not to associate with black people.

voting reaches final day INDIA: Millions turned out for the final day of voting in the world’s biggest general election yesterday. Crowds gathered in Varanasi, where Narendra Modi, the leading Hindu nationalist candidate for prime minister, is seeking election. Results from up to 814million voters are expected on Friday.

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BOSNIA-HERzEgOvINA: A disgruntled customer threw a hand grenade into a nightclub injuring 26 people. He had been ejected from the venue in Velika Kladusa and returned with the explosive. He was arrested when he called police claiming bouncers had attacked him.

Bus boy roams the roads

RuSSIA: Pupil Andrey Grimov livened up his lunch break by driving the school bus.

Seeing the keys in the ignition, the eightyear-old drove 2km before police found him in Veliky Novgorod. ‘I didn’t think anyone would mind if I was careful with it,’ he said.

RuSSIA: A performer in the ‘Titan’ costume created by Briton Nik Fielding visits a market ahead of a Moscow robotics show Picture: ePA

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Harris ‘abused teen friend of his daughter on holiday’ ROLF Harris carried out a string of indecent assaults on a teenage friend of his daughter – on one occasion even abusing her while the pair shared a bedroom, a court heard yesterday.

The woman, who claims the entertainer began abusing her when she was 13, said he appeared to get ‘a thrill’ out of carrying out assaults while his own daughter was present.

She told London’s Southwark Crown Court that she kept the alleged abuse secret for years, frightened that nobody would

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believe her, but confessed to her parents in her 20s.

She later told Harris’s daughter Bindi when Trial: Rolf Harris the star’s daughter asked her: ‘has he touched you?’, the court was told.

Harris is accused of 12 counts of indecent assault, seven relating to the woman, between 1968 and

1986. Giving evidence from behind a curtain, the woman outlined a series of alleged indecent assaults carried out by the star in his home, and in hers – even when her parents were downstairs.

Harris remained impassive as the alleged victim gave evidence.

The jury has already been told Harris wrote to the woman’s father admitting a consensual adult affair, but denying that he had abused her as a child.

The trial was adjourned until the following day.

cHINA: Twenty men agreed to electric shock treatment to share the pain felt by women in childbirth.

The human guinea pigs were filmed writhing in agony for a TV show to mark mother’s day in Nanchang City. ‘I couldn’t stand much of it at all,’ said volunteer Lee Hao.

A ‘yes’ vote for independence, yet Putin leaves Donetsk in cold

by DANIEL BINNS A REQUEST by two Ukrainian regions to join Russia has been rejected by prime minister Vladimir Putin.

Voters in Donetsk and Luhansk chose overwhelmingly to become independent states, according to election organisers.

But the Kremlin has suggested there is no intention to annex the regions – with Mr Putin urging the Ukrainian president to engage in talks with insurgents.

Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said he ‘hopes the practical implementation of the referendum results will take place in a civilised way without violence’.

Organisers of Sunday’s ballot said 89 per cent of Donetsk voters wanted their region to become a people’s republic – increasing to 96 per cent in Luhansk.

But Oleksandr Turchynov, Ukraine’s acting president, said: ‘The farce, which terrorists call a referendum, will have no legal consequences – except the criminal reponsibility for its organisers.’

UK foreign minister William Hague

added: ‘These attempts at referendums have zero credibility in the world’s eyes.

‘They are illegal by any standards and they don’t meet a single standard of objectivity, fairElection: Pushilin ness, transparency or being properly conducted.’

After counting the votes, self-declared leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, said: ‘Our people have always been part of the Russian world.

The history of Russia is our history.’

Both referendums have been labelled as a hastily arranged sham by Ukraine and other western nations.

Mr Putin’s request for separatists and Ukraine’s government to talk has been perceived as cautious and a reflection of how the crisis has escalated.

In contrast, Russia was quick to annex Crimea after it voted on independence.

Cameron: Tax-dodging Take That star should not have to return OBE UK PRIME Minister David Cameron has dismissed calls for Gary Barlow to return his OBE after the star was ordered to pay millions of pounds in tax dodged through an avoidance scheme.

Mr Cameron said it was not necessary to remove Barlow’s honour because he had ‘done a huge amount for the country’ and ‘raised money for charity’. The

defence came despite the PM having previously condemned Jimmy Carr for investing in a similar tax scheme.

Barlow and two other Take That members have refused to comment on reports over the weekend that they are in line for tax bills totalling tens of millions of pounds after a court ruled a partnership in which they invested was a tax avoidance scheme.

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hat has happened to our once fine sport of Eurovision? time was when it was about class, dignity and honour. But now it has been reduced to nothing more than a perverted freak show with more block voting than a Lego election. the perversion I am referring to is not Conchita – who is a fine winner – but the other acts. the bland acts.

For example, the Dutch entry could not have been more middle of the road if it was sung from a roundabout. that is not what the Eurovision is about, a show that made its name on pomp and ceremony that united a continent. this is our Superbowl. this is our Wrestlemania. this our Darts World Championships final.

It’s time to reclaim Eurovision from the monotonous bile of ‘real’ music and take it back to a hedonistic world of camp pageantry. Conchita is our queen, our beacon of hope. With a great beard.

Eamonn

■ to tina and the rest of the Russophobes who booed Russia at Eurovision – well done for showing your cluelessness at what IS happening in that Ukraine crisis. You easily absorbed the Western propaganda. and to make your day even brighter, I bet on Ukraine and Russia to be in the top ten in the Eurovision – and won.

Tatyana ■ the naivety of Kevin in blaming the EU for our woes is a sight to behold (Mailbox, Mon). Does he not know that this country was bankrupted by the decisions of a small number of its own most powerful citizens?

Does he not know that it was the EU institutions that kept the holes in the wall open when this country went bankrupt? Does he not know the EU is a union of democracies, the elected representatives of which signed a treaty to co-operate in matters of mutual concern? Does he not know that this democratic union replaces a situation 75 years ago in which two dictators reduced Europe to rubble in a row over who would rule? Kevin needs to bone up on reality.

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A humble admirer ● To the man on the 8.40am Dart on Friday. Your ripe, manly musk reminded me it was time to clean out that cupboard under the stairs I never use. Annette Curtain

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unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop—forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again… and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.

To win just answer this question: Edge of Tomorrow is directed and produced by the same filmmaker behind the Bourne trilogy and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Name the director.

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A feast from the East Sabrina Ghayour is the foodie’s princess of Persia

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With her debut cookbook, Sabrina Ghayour is feeding a trend for Persian cooking, writes Chloe Scott

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nterest in Persian food is on the rise, with Iranianstyle eateries popping up all around europe proving there’s more to it than the 3am kebab (tasty though that may be), and chef sally Butcher’s two successful books – Veggiestan and snackistan – struggling to stay on the shelves. the latest doyenne of its cuisine is sabrina Ghayour, who has just released her debut book, Persiana.

Ghayour has long been a culinary star in the making. she launched her highly-successful supper club French Laundrette in London in 2011 as a spoof answer to American thomas Keller’s €300-a-head French Laundry pop-up at Harrods.

Ghayour’s was a fraction of the price and made headline news as the place to go for affordable but exciting food with an eastern twist. since then, the Iranian-born chef has become well- known for her Persian supper clubs around the english capital.

Her 100 recipes in Persiana cover everything from sunny-flavoured salads perfect for cooling down in the summer to bulging, bejewelled rices and aromatic meat dishes.

If you like puds, there are witty twists such as the eton Mess-inspired eastern Mess, a tower of cloudy meringues flecked with raspberries drenched in sweet rose water and spring-coloured pistachios. Don’t expect everything to be ‘authentic’. now that would be dull. Instead, there’s a dashing Ghayour stamp on classic combos, making it all the more vibrant.

YOgHuRT, CuCuMbER & MinT/ MAAsT O KHiAR

Fish mple!

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Donal Skehan

What better way to use fish than in a delicious, hearty risotto. To save you some time and also make things easier for you when preparing this dish, ask your fishmonger to bone, fillet and skin the fish for you.

DONAL’S FISH TIPS Storing and Freezing Fish If the fish is packed in special foil wrapping by the fish retailer do not remove the fish from packaging. Simply refrigerate as soon as possible.

Remember to freeze fish as you intend to use it. For example, don’t freeze an entire salmon if you intend to use portions on an ongoing basis.

Instead, cut the salmon into individual pieces and then freeze.

Cooking Fish Fish is a wonderfully versatile food and in most recipes a similar species can be substituted for another. Hake, haddock and whiting are great examples of this.

bordbia.ie/fish Ghayour says: ‘For Iranians, this dish serves the purpose of cooling you down in the sweltering summers. As in Turkey, Greece and India, a yoghurt dish of this sort is a staple on the table during every family meal. Iranians love to vary the content, often using beetroot or spinach in place of the cucumber.

‘In the height of summer, this dish is virtually treated as a soup, so perhaps it is Iran’s answer to the Spanish gazpacho. It should be served chilled and, on the hottest of occasions, with ice cubes to help it stay cool.’

ingREDiEnTs serves 6 as part of a meze

1 large cucumber, coarsely grated ♦ 2tsp dried mint ♦ generous handful of golden raisins ♦ 500ml Greek yogurt ♦ sea salt ♦ freshly ground black pepper

To serve (optional): olive oil ♦ chopped walnuts ♦ finely chopped fresh mint leaves ♦ dried edible rose petals

METHOD

step 1: Carefully squeeze out and discard the excess water from the grated cucumber – you can do this by hand or in a sieve. Put the drained pulp into a mixing bowl. step 2: Add the dried mint and golden raisins to the bowl, followed by the yoghurt, and mix well.

Season to taste with sea salt and black pepper. Cover with clingfilm and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve. To serve, drizzle with a little olive oil and scatter with chopped walnuts, finely chopped mint leaves and dried rose petals, if desired.

Variation: Try adding chopped fresh dill or mint, as well as walnut pieces for a different take.

PuY LEnTiL AnD QuinOA sALAD

Ghayour says: ‘Quinoa is my cupboard staple and I embrace it for its health benefits. But flavourwise it doesn’t have a lot going for it. If you combine it with herbs, citrus and Puy lentil, it goes from bland to brilliant.

‘This salad is a meal in itself, although a little grilled chicken or grilled haloumi on the side makes a brilliant accompaniment.’

ingREDiEnTs side dish (6-8)

200g quinoa ♦ 250g Puy lentils ♦ 500g baby tomatoes (I use Pomodorinos or baby plum), halved ♦ 100g flat leaf parsley, stalks and leaves finely chopped ♦ 2 x 20g packets of mint, leaves picked and finely chopped ♦ 1 x 20g packet of coriander, stalks and leaves finely chopped ♦ 1 bunch of spring

onions, thinly sliced ♦ 3-4tbsp olive oil ♦ juice of 2-3 lemons ♦ 1 heaped tbsp sumac ♦ sea salt ♦ freshly ground black pepper

METHOD

step 1: Cook the quinoa and Puy lentils separately as per packet instructions. Rinse well in cold water, drain and set aside. step 2: Put the tomatoes, chopped herbs, spring onions, olive oil and lemon juice into a large mixing bowl along with the sumac. Add several generous pinches of crushed sea salt and a generous amount of black pepper and mix the ingredients well. step 3: Add the quinoa and Puy lentils and mix well to ensure the ingredients are evenly mixed

through the salad and that the dressing coats all the quinoa and Puy lentils. Taste the salad and adjust the seasoning if required. step 4: I like to refrigerate this salad for 1-2hr before serving to allow the flavours to work their way into the quinoa and lentils.

Serve with grilled fish, chicken or haloumi, or, if you are feeling lazy, just crumble in some feta cheese to make a meal of it.

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Risotto with Hake and Basil TIME 40 MINUTES SERVES 4

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4, 180°C (150°F).

700g hake, skinned, boned and cut into chunks and seasoned A knob of butter ½ tablesp. olive oil 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped 300g carnaroli or arborio risotto rice 100ml white wine 800ml stock, heated to simmering point A little salt and black pepper 200g of vegetables – a mixture of frozen peas and broad beans works well Handful basil leaves, lightly torn

Melt a knob of butter with a dash of olive oil in a wide, shallow ovenproof saucepan over a gentle heat. Add the onion and cook until softened, but not browned.

This will take about 5 minutes. Add in the rice and stir for 1-2 minutes until it starts to look translucent.

Add the wine and stir until it evaporates.

Pour in enough of the heated stock to just cover the rice and simmer gently, stirring now and again. Season. As the stock evaporates add more and stir intermittently until all the stock is used. This will take about 15 minutes. Taste regularly and add a little more salt if necessary.

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Stir in the frozen vegetables and basil leaves. Place the fish in a single layer on top of the risotto. Cover and place in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes until the fish flakes easily. Serve immediately with a side salad.

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FOOD NEWS 2014 CAMPO VIEJO TAPAS TRAIL It’s already an established date on the Dublin foodie diary but if you’re a newcomer to the Campo Viejo Tapas Trail be warned: tickets have a tendency to sell out quickly. Running from June 4 to June 29, the annual event will see guests guided around the capital from one Spanish restaurant to the next, taking in a selection of authentic tapas washed down with smooth Campo Viejo Reserva, the feted Rioja, en route. Restaurants participating this year include Drury Buildings, The Market Bar, Baggots Hutton and Zaragoza – each of which will be sporting artwork by illustrator Steve Simpson celebrating the Spanish way of life.

Tickets priced €25 per person are available from www.campoviejotapastrail.ie

DYLAN BRUNCH With summer on the way – no, really – our thoughts are turning to al fresco dining and it’s hard to imagine a cheerier spot for a bite than the sunsoaked terrace at the Dylan hotel.

Highlights on its new weekend brunch menu include brioche French toast, served with crispy bacon and maple syrup (€5.80), and lemon ricotta pancakes garnished with crème fraîche, strawberries and maple syrup (€6.50).

If you’re not sweet of tooth, try eggs benedict served on a toasted muffin topped with Serrano ham and hollandaise sauce (€8.50) or baked eggs served in a spicy tomato sauce with chorizo, red peppers and goat’s cheese (€9.00).

Dylan Hotel, Eastmoreland Place D4. www.dylan.ie

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★ Must see

Drama happy vaLLey

ben FogLe’s animaL CLiniC

BBC1, 9pm

Channel 5, 8pm

Opening with chirpy banter on the police radio between Sergeant Catherine Cawood and the young PC she’s taken under her wing can only mean one thing – we’re headed for a shocking change of mood as Sally Wainwright’s drama shows its true colours. Out on those moors, nothing good ever happens.

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History, 10pm

JaCKie’s story: my LiFe, my LegaCy Tv3, 9PM Jackie Crowe was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a year to live last August. This documentary charts the emotional journey from diagnosis through financial problems, mortgage arrears, HSE cuts and a struggle to stay alive to see her daughter through college. From chemotherapy to the impact of cutbacks on the health service, Jackie, her daughter and two of her siblings tell their stories taking on the banking system, insurance companies and the health service.

Jackie’s grace, humour and positivity shine through in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

NEW ON

The Ancient Romans and The Tudors have had the period drama romp scene to themselves for too long.

After all, there’s plenty of dramatic potential in the world of the vikings, though this 8th-century saga is less about the pillaging side of things and more about the sense of adventure that stirred the blood of our Norse cousins. Travis Fimmel is Ragnar, a farmer determined to broaden his horizons, which brings him into conflict with his chieftain, a grizzledlooking Gabriel Byrne.

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This big-budget B-movie wuxia fares well as small-screen diversion: it’s certainly ravishing to look at. Keanu Reeves (above) is the ‘half-breed’ leading a group of ronin (leaderless samurai) in avenging the death of their master, facing witches, demons, ghosts and monsters along the way.

birth oF the Living dead

The fascinating story of Night Of The Living Dead, the revolutionary 1968 guerrilla horror flick by college dropout George A Romero that shocked America by bleakly chiming with the era’s anger over racism and the Vietnam war – and spawned our obsession with zombies.

Live tennis

Sky Sports 3 & BT Sport 2, 10am

★ Live FootbaLL League

Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm

Andy Murray, still searching for a coach to replace Ivan Lendl, is among the leading players likely to figure in today’s second round Italian Open matches in Rome.

Murray has had a sticky time on clay courts thus far this season. Can he recapture the form which swept him to Wimbledon glory last year?

After coming from behind to

Live internationaL force a 1-1 draw in the away FootbaLL leg, Leyton Orient will start BT Sport 1, 7.45pm

With the World Cup in Brazil a month away, the leading contenders are squeezing in friendlies to sharpen their form. There’s a chance to assess how the highly fancied Germans are shaping up as Schweinsteiger, Lahm and co have a runout against neighbours Poland in Hamburg. Metro Herald predicts: 3-0.

favourites to finish the job against Peterborough in tonight’s second leg at the Matchroom Stadium. A win would keep alive Orient’s dream of a return to the club’s glory years of half a century ago – the O’s spent one season in the top flight in 1961/2. Defeat for the Posh could mean trouble for boss Darren Ferguson (above) – his old dad is a lot to live up to.

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Sky Living, 10pm An inspired mix of Grand Guignol horror and In Treatment-style verbal sparring, Hannibal requires a strong constitution. Tonight we open with last week’s final image, the human eyeball, the fleshy fallout from which makes it hard to slow the pulse rate as we get back to Will (Hugh Dancy) suffering in his cell.

the big aLLotment ChaLLenge BBC2, 8pm

A pedestal created from chrysanthemums and a trio of perfectly symmetrical onions are just two of the horticultural challenges facing the five remaining pairs as they bid to make it to Thursday’s grand final. But toughest of all is making a perfect fruit butter. After all, what is fruit butter?

Film

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Fresh from his exploits seeing off muggers, Ben Fogle returns to less violent but more emotionally charged duty as host of this natural successor to Rolf Harris’s Animal Hospital. Ben looks suitably concerned at the equine hospital as vet Neil struggles to save a horse at risk of dying from colic.

mr dreW’s sChooL For boys Channel 4, 9pm

Lemony sniCKet’s a series oF unFortunate events Film4, 7pm

Jim Carrey stars in this first (tellingly, only) adaptation of a best-selling series of dark children’s books. He’s the evil Count Olaf, who is scheming to get his mitts on the fortunes of the three plucky Baudelaire orphans, led by a young Emily Browning.

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Given the propensity for diving and sneaky elbows in the modern game, you might question football’s fitness to teach troubled boys life lessons. Undaunted, Mr Drew feels a match is just the thing to teach his charges a thing or two about team spirit. That’s if they’re not all sent off for bad language.

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With new album 48.13, their first for three years, due for release next month, Kasabian (above) are back to bring a much needed shot of rowdiness to the music scene. They’ll be ripping up the studio with new tracks while, on a more ambient note, there’s new material from 10,000 Maniacs legend Natalie Merchant and a chance to see what persona influential producer Brian Eno will adopt as he emerges from behind the console as a solo artist.

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A wizard instalment of the magical schoolboy franchise.

This is the ‘political’ one, where orphaned Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, above) insists his nemesis, Lord voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), is back from the dead. He finds himself victimised by a Ministry of Magic smear campaign and a new teacher making Hogwarts life hell: Imelda Staunton as the kittenobsessed Dolores Umbridge.

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columnist Richard Herring (pictured) and David Baddiel discover, pretty flipping hard.

Admittedly there are some restraints on their spending – we all know how we could blow it in five minutes – but the pair have to resort to some inventive measures to get rid of their surplus How hard can it be to spend readies. It’s the first in a £8,000 in 24 hours in the series with different duos Armenian capital Yerevan? taking in a selection of As the comic pairing of Metro Europe’s hotspots.

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Although most seem a perfect fit for interactive stardom, it’s only the non-super-powered Batman that has ever enjoyed a consistently good run of games.

The original spider-Man 2 from 2004 is still considered both the best spidey game and one of the best superhero tie-ins of any kind. subsequent titles remained in its shadow, in most cases removing all the nuance that made it interesting.

Fast forward to 2012, a new film franchise and the inclusion of ‘Amazing’ in the title. The accompanying game offered the best simulation of web-swinging for several years, so basing its sequel, The Amazing spider-Man 2, on the same mechanic is a great starting point. Zipping around New York

Along came a spider: But Peter Parker’s latest outing lacks innovation and fun requires real skill and while you’re back-flipping around the open world city it does seem as if all your spider-Man dreams are about to come true.

That is until you land on solid ground to find the game provides absolutely nothing of interest to do with your powers. The combat is

repetitive and artless, and almost as boring as the peter parker sections that see you engaged in pointless investigations and consequence-free dialogue decisions. At the same time, the storytelling is almost nonexistent, as supervillains appear and disappear with little explanation.

The game is also full of bugs and

PHOTO APP: it’s easy to get great snaps with your smartphone, writes ‘Phoneographer’ Patrick Walsh

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ociAl media is now ingrained in our daily lives in ireland. We love posting photos that cover every part of our day to a wide range of social networking sites, with Facebook, Twitter and instagram being amongst the most popular.

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n collage – Tell a better story by simply combining a number of images into a single snapshot. This is a really simple technique that allows you to impress your connections by giving a better insight into the kind of day you are having.

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Eat, pray, love it spain: The Camino de Santiago caters for all travellers, from pleasureseekers to pilgrims and foodies. By Daragh Reddin

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’M standing inside the monumental Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, marvelling at its Romanesque interior, when I suddenly find myself surrounded by a band of pilgrims – the staffs and sandals are a giveaway – who drop to their knees and begin chanting in French. I haven’t an inkling what they are singing about but the sound is so beautiful and the performers so patently sincere that, incorrigible heathen though I am, I find a lump rising in my throat and a blanket of goose-bumps spreading along my arms.

The pious group, as I later discover, has spent several gruelling weeks trekking more than 800km from the Pyrenees to this holy of holies in the heart of the Galician capital.

The reason for their expedition: to pay homage at the shrine of the apostle St James.

Legend has it that the body of the country’s patron saint was ferried from Jerusalem to Spain following his execution, but the exact location remained lost until 813 when a shepherd was led to a burial site in the Northwest of the country by a beacon of divine light; the enterprising local bishop – absence of carbon dating notwithstanding – declared the remains discovered there were those of St James and, under the aegis of King Alfonso II, a cathedral was built on that spot in his honour. In the Middle Ages, Santiago became one of the world’s leading pilgrimage

Journey’s end: The Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, the city at the end of the Camino pilgrimage sites and remains so to this day, albeit with countless non-believers and outdoorsy types belatedly getting in on the act.

Those who tackle the Camino for religious reasons tend to travel with a special ‘passport’, which is stamped at regular intervals in hostels along the way and ensures its holder will receive a certificate of completion known as the ‘compostela’.

However, my aforementioned French pals – or suckers as I like to call them – have covered a truly extravagant distance, well in excess of the 100km minimum required to attain this prized document. By contrast, we’ve just hobbled into Santiago after completing the final, more economical stretch of the ‘French way’, beginning in Sarria in the nearby region of Lugo (a distance that qualifies us for a compostela, with just kilometres to spare).

While self-respecting pilgrims, or ‘peregrinos’, stay in frill-free hostels,

the idea of communal sleeping quarters, complete with wheezing roommates and smelly-sock fug, is a bridge too far for this admittedly wussy adventurer. As such, we’ve travelled with excellent Dublin-based walking holiday specialists Camino Ways, who not only arrange accommodation in a selection of very pleasant three-star hotels en route but ensure our luggage is transported – the shame! – from one destination to the next. Expect to be mocked ferociously should you choose to share this information with selfrighteous, bunion-sporting fellow travellers who’ve hauled their kit about for weeks or months on end.

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oLLoWING a particularly peaceful night’s sleep in a lovely modern hotel in Sarria, our expedition begins when we make our way up the town’s pretty, sun-dappled main

Walking the French way: The Camino de Santiago is not only popular with pilgrims – outdoorsy types love the trail just as much; above, a traditional milestone marks the Way of St James with the cockle shell device

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Spicy: Pulpo a feira – aka boiled octopus – is a tasty local delicacy, livened up with olive oil and a sprinking of pimenton street, Calle Mayor. From here we ford a picture-postcard little bridge through a landscape so verdant it feels uncannily reminiscent of Co. Wicklow; there’s a good reason why Galicia, with its generous annual rainfall, is often referred to as ‘Green Spain’.

Not even a nasty encounter with an aggressive ostrich – the ‘no-petting’ sign caught my eye only after I’d attempted to snuggle – can detract from the new-found sense of wellbeing I experience as we near the 15km mark and descend into a valley of coniferous woodland; a white-knuckle walk over a wind-swept bridge marks the final stage of our first leg before we arrive at the well-appointed Pousada hotel in sleepy Portomarín. Following a restorative swim in the outdoor pool, we’re ready to explore the town before sipping crisp San Miguels in the main square as the sun sets over the town’s Templar church.

We continue in a similar vein for four more days, wending our way through breathtakingly beautiful oak forests and meadows, with wellearned pit stops in sleepy hamlets en route, where we alternate between refreshing local beers and dense cortados (the Spanish version of caffè macchiato). Galician seafood is invariably delicious but the region’s signature dish, pulpo a feira (boiled octopus), which we gorge on in our halfway point, Melide, is a particular highlight; it mightn’t sound terribly appetising but the white meat, gussied up with a little olive oil and a sprinkling of pimenton (a sweet Spanish variant of paprika), is sublime. By contrast, the rubbery pigs’ ears – I’m sure I saw them wiggle on the plate – we try in a wine-fuelled, devil-may-care moment in Santiago have since become a motif in my nightmares.

Santiago is the Catholic Church’s holiest site outside the Vatican but anyone expecting a reverential atmosphere couldn’t be more wrong.

It’s a gem of a city, teeming not only with Christian wayfarers but pleasure-seekers taking advantage of its excellent, affordably priced restaurants and lively bar scene.

We stay in the atmospheric, 16th-century monastery Hospedería San Martín Pinario – its central location means some of the city’s best eateries and watering holes, most notably on the tapas-mecca Rúa do Franco, are in spitting distance. Two days of overindulgence later and we’re quite possibly the only pilgrims who’ve ever finished the Camino weighing significantly more than when we started.

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getting there A classic seven-day Camino de Santiago experience with Camino Ways covering the last 100km of the French Way to Santiago de Compostela, starting in the town of Sarria, in Galicia, starts at €565pp sharing (high season) for six nights. Self-guided packages include accommodation, half-board meals and luggage transfers. Additional nights and hotel upgrades can also be arranged. See www. caminoways.com, or tel: (01) 525 2886. Fly directly from Dublin to Santiago with Aer Lingus.

Ireland’s first Malaria Museum has just opened on the top floor of the Tropical Medical Bureau in Grafton Street. The museum combines scientific information with unique visual displays, and aims to highlight the work of organisations that advocate and educate the public on the dangers of this deadly disease. Admission is free, and the museum is open 11am to 7pm, Monday to Friday. For more, see www.malariamuseum.com

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You can be great company, especially when you’re with people you feel comfortable with. This side of your personality may show up today. But you might need it for real if you get stuck in a tricky situation in which witty repartee could help bring out a positive outcome.

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BOgAERTs pOsTs sTROng kELLy TEAM fOR RÁs Selecting a team that he believes can chase both stage wins and the overall classification, An Post chain Reaction Sean Kelly manager Kurt Bogaerts has named a strong line-up for An Post Rás in advance of Sunday’s start.

Bogaerts named two irish riders, another with strong irish connections, a Briton and a new Zealand competitor to the team. the irish riders selected are Jack Wilson, the national under-23 champion, and the 2010 commonwealth games team pursuit bronze medallist Sean Downey. Also included is the talented young rider Robert Jon Mccarthy, who grew up in ireland but changed to Australian nationality after moving there with his family. the team is completed by two riders who have already had success in the race; the

Briton Owain Doull and the Kiwi Shane Archbold. Doull won the points classification 12 months ago while Archbold was first on stage two and third on the final stage to Skerries. ‘the team will start with similar goals to last year,’ said Bogaerts. ‘i have looked at the route and i think it is a tougher one than last year. You have three category-one climbs close to the finale of stages, and so i don’t think we will have many bunch sprints. ‘the riders i have selected should ride well on the course. We will start with the aim of winning stages. i think we have guys who can also take the overall, but things need to fall into place for that to happen. i’m not going to say which guys i think can ride for general classification as then they’ll simply be marked by the other teams – but i know who they are.’

Chain reaction: Veteran team member Sean Downey hopes to lead the way for his new team mates and try match last years Rás stage success

Martin KayMer admitted his Players Championship victory felt like another major title following a dramatic triumph in near-darkness at Sawgrass on Sunday.

Kaymer became just the fourth european to win the event in 41 years after carding a final round of 71 to finish 13 under par, one shot ahead of Jim Furyk. the former world number one had looked to be cruising to victory when he held a three-shot lead on the 14th hole, only for an approaching thunderstorm to force the players off.

Furyk was facing a par putt on the 18th when play was suspended, the american biting his putter in frustration as thunder sounded. the former US Open champion duly holed out to complete a superb 66 when play resumed, and

then watched as Kaymer ran up his first double bogey of the week on the 15th after pulling his drive into the trees and fluffing his third shot into a greenside bunker. after surprisingly opting not to chip from off the 16th green and three-putting for par, Kaymer looked certain to drop another shot when his tee shot on the famous par-three 17th caught the bank of a bunker and span back to within inches of the water.

However, the man who holed the putt which ensured europe retained the ryder Cup in 2012 produced another brilliant stroke under pressure, holing a curling par attempt from 29 feet to remain one ahead. a par on the last therefore secured the win and

Forsyth defends decision to play on gOLf Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth has

defended the decision to finish the Madeira Islands Open after his caddie died on the course on Sunday. Forsyth was playing the last hole of his round when 52-year-old Zimbabwean Iain McGregor collapsed on the fairway and suffered a fatal heart attack. An indefinite suspension of play was initially announced, but the decision was later taken to resume play at 6pm.

‘Myself and [my] playing partners met officials before taking the decision to play on, because we felt that was what Mac would have wanted,’ Forsyth said.

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Storming to victory: Martin Kaymer celebrates with his caddie after returning from a thunder-led break in play to win the Players Championship picture: ap

meant Kaymer followed in the footsteps of european winners Sandy Lyle (1987), Sergio Garcia (2008) and Henrik Stenson (2009). Garcia birdied the last to finish outright third on 11 under with Justin rose and overnight joint leader Jordan Spieth sharing fourth on ten under.

Kaymer, who won the US PGa Championship in 2010 and became world number one for eight weeks the following February, said: ‘it’s always

spORT DigEsT Opening stage joy for Cavendish Mark Cavendish prevailed in a photo finish to win stage one of the Tour of California, with Bradley Wiggins finishing 10 seconds behind his compatriot.

Cavendish edged out German rider John Degenkolb on the 193.3km race into Sacramento. But it was by the slimmest of margins, with the 28-year-old able to claw back a four-second advantage Degenkolb had built up in the closing stages to pip his rival at the finish line.

Moreno Hofland rounded out the podium places. Wiggins, meanwhile, comfortably finished in the pack, with the Tour de France winner showing his pedigree in an attacking display.

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difficult to come back after a little break, you see the leaderboard, you see where you are. i played really really well and you are really disappointed when they called it (off). Obviously there was a reason for it. it feels like a major win.’ earlier in the week ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley walked a few holes in practice with Kaymer, who added: ‘i’m a few points behind but i will do everything i can to make the team.’

team principal Christian Horner has suggested Lewis Hamilton is experiencing a feeling akin to walking on water in the wake of his winning run.

Hamilton’s victory in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix means he has won the last four races. Comparing Sebastian Vettel’s performances to those of Hamilton at present, Horner said: ‘With Sebastian… he was on the crest of a wave.… Lewis probably also now feels he can walk on water. He’s doing a super job. But if [Nico] Rosberg can get his qualifying together then he is going to give Lewis a hard time.’

All Mo for Glasgow ATHLETics Olympic champion Mo Farah has confirmed he will compete in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. He made the announcement on Twitter on Monday. The 31-year-old will decide closer to the time which events he will compete in at Hampden Park. It is possible he could attempt the same double as he achieved in the Olympic Stadium in London 2012 in the 5,000m and 10,000m. It is almost certain he will not run the marathon.

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Flag happy: Uliana A BrAZILIAn football chief showed sexism in the game is alive and well all over the world with a charming reaction to Fernanda colombo Uliana’s debut as an assistant referee.

Uliana denied Brazil serie A side cruzeiro a chance to level against derby rivals Atletico Mineiro with an offside call on sunday. cruzeiro were 2-1 down when Allison was put through in the last minute but Uliana raised her flag, a decision replays suggested was incorrect. cruzeiro director of football Alexandre Mattos said: ‘That assistant is pretty but she’s not prepared for this. If she is pretty, she should go and pose for Playboy.’ Mattos’ words were a likely reference to Paula Oliveira, a former Brazilian referee who retired in 2007 after posing for the magazine.

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In transition: Aaron O’Brien from the Under23 elite Irish Triathlon squad and athlete Donna Lyons got ready for action at the announcement of Vodafone’s threeyear sponsorship

TRiATHLOn spOnsOR ExTEnsiOn MINISTER for Sport Leo Varadkar has announced Vodafone Ireland’s renewal of its sponsorship of Triathlon Ireland for a new three-year term.

The tele_ communications company has sponsored Triathlon Ireland since 2009 and became its main sponsor in 2011, during which time the organisation’s membership and participation numbers grow by 120 per cent.

The new deal means it is set to continue in this role and will have the naming rights of Triathlon Ireland’s national series, now called The Vodafone National Series.

This is the top tier of Triathlon racing in Ireland, consisting of 20 of the most competitive and prestigious races in the country.

Mr Varadkar said: ‘Triathlon Ireland is doing a really good job in promoting the sport and this announcement should persuade more people to take up this great activity.’

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Ferdinand bids farewell after 12 years at United by pAUL HiRsT DEFENDER Rio Ferdinand will leave Manchester United this summer after 12 years at the club.

Ferdinand, who has lost his place in the United first team over the last couple of years because of a series of injuries and the emergence of Phil Jones, Jonny Evans and Chris Smalling, has revealed he won’t be signing an extension on his contract which expires this summe.

The 35-year-old former England

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which also made him the world’s most expensive defender.

He won the Premier League title in his first season at the club and went on to lift the trophy five more times in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013.

Ferdinand also won the Champions League in 2008 as the Reds beat Chelsea on penalties in the final in Moscow, as well as two League Cups and a Club World Cup. His statement continued: ‘I joined Manchester United in the hope of winning trophies, and never in my

‘Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined how successful we would be’ End of an era: Ferdinand has played his last game for United after revealing his contract won’t be extended after this summer

captain will therefore leave Old Trafford although he has no desire to retire and is now looking for a new club.

In a statement on his website, Ferdinand said: ‘I have thought long and hard over the last few months about my future, and after 12 fantastic years playing for what I regard as the best club in the world, I have decided the time is right for me to move on.’

Ferdinand moved to Old Trafford from Leeds in 2002 for a then British record transfer fee of £29.1million,

wildest dreams could I have imagined how successful we would be during my time here.

‘Circumstances didn’t allow me to say goodbye the way I would have liked but I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my team-mates, staff, the club and the fans for an unbelievable 12 years that I’ll never forget.

Winning trophies I dreamed about as a kid came true at this great club.

I am feeling fit, ready for a new challenge and looking forward to whatever the future holds for me.’

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Time for change: Lerner

James milner admits he felt for his england captain steven Gerrard at the moment the title race swung decisively in manchester City’s favour.

Gerrard’s liverpool looked on course to pip City to the Premier league before the reds skipper slipped to allow Chelsea to score a crucial goal at anfield last month.

Chelsea’s victory proved fatal to his team’s title chances as City then seized a chance to snatch the trophy.

They wrapped up the title with a routine win over West Ham on sunday and, speaking ahead of last night’s victory parade, milner said: ‘i am disappointed for him as an england team-mate – he’s had a great season, liverpool have had a great season.

Villa on the market as Lerner confirms he wants to sell up AsTon Villa owner Randy Lerner has declared his intention to put the club up for sale. The American entrepreneur, who bought Villa from long-time owner Doug Ellis in 2006, said it is time for the club to look for ‘fresh, invigorated leadership’. Lerner’s future had been in doubt for much of an acrimonious campaign which ended in a lowly 15thplace finish after sunday’s 3-0 defeat at Tottenham. Lerner said in a statement: ‘I feel now is the time for me to look for new ownership. I have asked the world of (manager) Paul Lambert and (chief executive) Paul Faulkner and they have both delivered selflessly. on a personal level it is time for me to get on with other aspects of my career. I owe it to Villa to move on, and look for fresh, invigorated leadership if in my heart I feel I can no longer do the job.’

‘It was close. To come out on top is amazing’ ‘i think it shows the competitiveness of the league, it was so close. it wasn’t a two-horse race, there were three or four teams until the end.

‘To come out on top is amazing. You can’t put into words how difficult it is to win the Premier league.’

Things might have been lost for City as they were beaten at anfield last month and then held to a draw at home by struggling sunderland.

But milner feels the team deserves credit for refusing to give up.

The 28-year-old added: ‘You can see this team – and not only this year – we never give in.

‘We had a bit of luck with the liverpool results but to go and win the last four games, under severe pressure, shows the character in the team and the manager’s determination.’

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Parking the bus: Milner, at front, and his City team-mates were greeted by a sea of fans as the Premier League champions enjored a victory parade through the streets of Manchester last night pictuRe: pA

Sorry Sturridge says Reds fans deserve more Daniel SturriDge has apologised to liverpool fans for the reds’ failed title bid.

Sunday’s 2-1 win over

newcastle wasn’t enough to catch Manchester City and the england striker said: ‘i am gutted. We’re all hungry

for success and the fans deserve success. i apologise to them for not winning the Premier league.’

Hodgson offers Cole a brazil lifeline

Open door: Hodgson could yet call on Cole to play a part, inset

englanD manager roy Hodgson has not ruled out a shock return for ashley Cole and insists the ball will be in his court if leighton Baines gets injured before the World Cup. Cole announced his retirement from international football on Sunday after being left out of Hodgson’s 23-man squad for Brazil next month.

However, Hodgson last night admitted he could still pick the Chelsea left-back if Baines gets injured against Peru in a Wembley friendly on May 31. the 33-year-old is not one of seven players to go on standby but, when asked if the player could be called up if there was an injury to his firstchoice left back, Hodgson replied: ‘You’d have to ask ashley that one. ‘it would have to be after June 2 [when Hodgson confirms his final

squad and only injured players can be replaced]. if Baines gets injured against Peru, then yes ashley would be the right answer. He’s not really a cover player, he’s a no.1, but i decided Baines was no.1 for now and then Shaw. Circumstances will show whether that decision is a very good one or a very bad one. ‘a 23-man squad didn’t give me the luxury of three left-backs.’

Cole’s decision, announced via twitter, appeared to be final but he may yet be required, in an emergency, with Hodgson – who yesterday successfully side-stepped questions about sponsors Vauxhall, who hosted the squad announcement at their incongruous luton HQ – not comfortable with taking Southampton’s Shaw to Brazil as his only left-back.

between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid for striker Diego Costa, according to reports last night

Sherwood claims Bale exit was key TIM sHERWooD believes Tottenham’s chances of securing a top-four finish this season were wiped out the moment the club sold Gareth Bale (pictured) to Real Madrid last summer. spurs finished sixth in the Premier League and missed out on Champions League football for a fourth consecutive campaign. sherwood said: ‘We’re taking out one of the best players in the world and replacing him with seven players who have never played in this competition before. How on earth did people think we would be title challengers or even make the top four?’

Oscar quits ‘Gulls BRIGHTon have accepted boss oscar Garcia’s resignation. The seagulls’ Premier League promotion hopes were dashed by a 6-2 aggregate defeat to Derby in the play-offs with Garcia, who is thought to have been unhappy for some time, offering to stand down.

‘Although I do not have any plans, I have decided to move on,’ he said.

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Glamour home ties for cricketers in busy 2015

by RyAn bAiLEy

LESS than a week after the 2014 international season was brought to a halt on the back of just two games, Cricket Ireland has moved to ensure next summer’s schedule is less threadbare with the announcement of One-Day Internationals against England and Australia.

The RSA Insurance series against Sri Lanka in Clontarf last week, during which one of the games was washed out, represented Ireland’s only fixtures of a quiet summer and the lack of game time nine months out from a third World Cup has generated widespread condemnation.

Phil Simmons’ squad will next assemble in 11 weeks’ time for outings against Sri Lanka A and fellow associates Scotland in early September, but the bulk of their frontline players are likely to be absent on the basis that their counties aren’t obliged to release them for fixtures not involving Full Member opposition.

Although a date and venue is yet to be set for the visit of neighbours England, William Porterfield and his side will face Australia on August 27, with a location to be confirmed.

‘We are thrilled to welcome both Australia and England’ The two glamour fixtures follow involvement in the World Cup during February and March in Australia/New Zealand and the co-hosting, alongside Scotland, of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers in July.

‘We are thrilled to welcome both England and Australia to Ireland once again,’ Warren Deutrom, Cricket Ireland CEO, said. ‘2015 promises to be a landmark year for Irish cricket with the World Cup, home ODI’s against two of the world’s top teams, and co-hosting the World Twenty20 Qualifiers.’

It’s likely Malahide – which hosted its first international game last year with a sell-out crowd of 10,000 – and Stormont will be given a match each but the details have yet to be ironed out. Much depends on England’s 2015 schedule, with June seen as a probable date.

Ready to face big guns next year: Ireland coach Phil Simmons

LOWRy HOPinG FOR THiRD biG Win sEEs CORK As A FOTA OPPORTuniTy GOlFeR shane lowry is hoping to make it a hat-trick of wins in the Rebel County when he tees it up at the Irish Open at Fota Island next month, writes Gareth Makim. the Offaly star, who stunned european golf by winning the title as an amateur back in 2009, has never played professionally in Cork, but has fond memories of a pair of amateur victories.

‘I won the Irish Close, my first big win as an amateur, in 2007 and then a scratch cup just a few weeks before I won the Irish Open in 2009,’ lowry said at the launch of this year’s tournament, which tees off on June 19.

‘I think it’s a bit of a coincidence but obviously I have good memories down here, and if I can make it a trio of wins I’d be happy.’ lowry joins fellow Irish stars Rory mcIlroy, Graeme mcDowell, Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington in headlining what is hoped will be a top class field at Fota. england’s Paul Casey will defend the title won at Carton House last year, and with rising star matteo manassero of Italy and Us showman John Daly already committed to play, and advance ticket sales already ahead of recent stagings at Killarney and Carton House, organisers are confident of hitting their 100,000 spectator target for the tournament.

Irish Open tickets are on sale now, starting at €30, with Under-16s free with a paying adult. For more information, visit www. irishopen.ie or www. europeantour.com/tickets

Cruising to victory: Shane Lowry was on board the Brilliance Of The Seas in Cobh harbour, Cork, yesterday to launch the Irish Open at Fota Island Resort, which tees off on June 19

Released: Joey O’Brien

O’Brien out of squad for summer’s friendlies West Ham defender Joey O’Brien has been released from the Republic of Ireland squad for their end-of-season friendlies.

O’Brien was included in the provisional 32-man party for the games against turkey, Italy, Costa Rica and Portugal when manager martin O’Neill named it last week.

However, he will now not join up and concentrate instead on his own fitness programme. a spokesman for the Football association of Ireland said: ‘the Football association of Ireland confirmed that following discussions between the FaI and West Ham’s medical teams, Joey O’Brien has been released from martin O’Neill’s provisional squad to manage his off season medical programme.’

O’Brien will not be replaced in the initial party for the clashes with turkey in Dublin on may 25, Italy at Craven Cottage on may 31, Costa Rica in Philadelphia on June 6 and Portugal in New Jersey on June 10.

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