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Longest night for Pistorius Cleared of murder… but he could still get 15 years

by NICOLE LE MARIE RELIEF: Oscar Pistorius reacts in the Pretoria High Court as murder charges are ruled out Picture: Getty

A SOBBING Oscar Pistorius was sensationally cleared of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp yesterday – but faced an agonising overnight wait to find out if he would serve a lengthy jail term.

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Cleared of murder... but jail beckons for Pistorius

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Close to the end: oscar Pistorius, left, arrives in court and, right, Judge thokozile Masipa reads part of her verdict watched by Reeva Steenkamp’s parents

utah author Rachel ann Nunes has sued another writer for allegedly copying her Christian romance novel, a Bid for Love, adding ‘graphic sex scenes’, and then selling the story, court records have revelaed.

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Tears streamed down the Paralympian’s face as Judge Thokozile Masipa found him not guilty of premeditated and second-degree murder – before adjourning proceedings just ten minutes into the afternoon session.

The abrupt halt came before she reached a decision as to whether the 27-year-old was guilty of culpable homicide, South Africa’s equivalent of manslaughter. It carries a five-year term if a gun is used but Pistorius also faces up to 15 years on just one of

by NICOLE LE MARIE three gun-related charges.

Judge Masipa called the athlete a ‘very poor witness’ who ‘lost his composure’ during cross-examination.

But that did not mean he was guilty of murder, she said, telling Pretoria’s High Court: ‘There are just not enough facts to support such a finding.’ However, he had been ‘negligent’ when he reached for his 9mm pistol rather than raise the alarm, she added.

‘All the accused had to do was pick up his cell phone and ring security.’

Pistorius, who is accused of deliberately shooting the 29-year-old model after a row at his Pretoria home

Killed: Reeva was shot by the athlete

on Valentine’s Day last year, has always claimed he shot her in self-defence after mistaking her for an intruder.

Pistorius also faces a charge of illegally possessing ammunition, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years, and two further charges of illegally discharging a firearm in a public place.

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Northern lights to put in surprise appearance THE NORTH could be in store for a beautiful display of the Northern Lights. The bright dancing lights, known as the aurora borealis, could be on display tonight.

This is because there have been two large explosions on the Sun and huge amounts of magnetically charged particles have been hurled into space towards Earth.

Known as coronal mass ejection (CME), they can produce different colours, with green, pink, red and yellow all possible. The first CME should arrive tonight and the second on Saturday.

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Boost for economy as tourist numbers soar

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€17,000 bill for parking car in disabled spaces HAVING clocked up more than 140 tickets for parking in disabled spaces, David Lee has become one of the worst serial offenders in the UK. His total bill of €17,200 even beats Mario Balotelli, but Mr Lee has done it in just one year.

Balotelli notched up a mere €12,500 in his time with Manchester City Costly: David Lee parked FC, driving his across two bays Picture: nti wrapped up Bentley Continental. Mr Lee, 37, has done it in a silver Ford Mondeo.

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A RISe in the number of tourists has generated an extra €123million for the Irish economy, according to new figures.

Overseas visitors spent about €1.5billion this year between June and January, representing a rise of almost nine per cent on the same period last year, the Central Office of Statistics (CSO) found.

The CSO also revealed the number of holidays to Ireland increased by 7.8 per cent over the first six months of this year, with a 13 per cent jump in tourists from Great Britain and a nine per cent rise in travellers from America.

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Paschal Donohoe said high-profile promotion campaigns and major events like the Giro d’Italia had paid off. ‘It must be remembered that 2013 was the year of the Gathering and overall expenditure from overseas visitors (excluding fares) grew by 11.9 per cent to €3.26billion for the year.

‘Despite fears in some quarters that it would be difficult to achieve similar results in 2014, today’s data shows that the positive momentum has been maintained, which is tremendous news for everybody in our tourism sector.’

The CSO figures were based on surveys of overseas visitors and detailed information on expenditure, purpose of visit and bed nights.

Niall Gibbons, CeO of Tourism Ireland, described the results as ‘good news’.

He said: ‘Given that overseas tourism business accounts for almost 60 per cent of all tourism revenue, this is good news indeed, with the increase in overseas holidaymakers and revenue helping to boost employment around the country.’

TWO men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Christopher ‘Git’ Zambra.

The 38-year-old – who was a suspected major drug dealer in the capital – was killed when he was ambushed while visiting a relative on the Cooley Road, Drimnagh, on May 4 this year.

A number of bullets were reportedly fired while Zambra sat in his car. He collapsed outside a house as he tried to flee and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Nissan Qashqai used in the shooting was later found burnt

out on the Bedmadigan Road, along with a handgun.

It is believed Zambra was involved in a feud with a number of Dublin criminal gangs. In 2008 an attempt on his life was made when shots were fired at him in Crumlin by men linked to a rival illegal organisation.

Investigating gardaí say they arrested two men – one in his 40s and a 27-year-old, this morning.

They are being detained at Sundrive Road and Kevin Street Garda Stations and can be held for up to seven days.

THE issue of homelessness and addiction continues to be a growing problem in Ireland, according to a leading rehabilitation centre.

Merchants Quay Ireland yesterday launched its annual review, highlighting the ‘continued growth of homelessness and drug use and the increasing hardship and vulnerability experienced by many men and women’.

The review shows that the organisation supplied 85,000 free meals in 2013, an increase

of more than 11 per cent, and recorded a total of 4,500 healthcare interventions.

Meanwhile, more than 25,000 client visits were made to their needle exchange service in Dublin – a one quarter rise on 2013 levels.

Increases in rehabilitation services are not unique to the capital, however.

Out of the admissions to the St Francis Farm detox centre, 58 per cent of patients came from outside of Dublin.

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Incincerator ‘never going to happen’ THE Green Party leader has said if Minister Alan Kelly delivers on his promises, there will be no need for the planned Poolbeg incinerator.

Yesterday the Minister told a conference the waste industry is ‘unprofessional’ and ‘in a race to the bottom’. He also said the sector would have to take on board regulatory reform or face new legislation next year.

Referring to his comments about a pay-by-weight system for waste disposal, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said the incinerator ‘is never going to happen’. ‘He promised a pay-byweight system… that means no demand for the incinerator.’

Nine staff disciplined in wake of Savita tragedy

Fancy dance too ‘risqué’ for TV show THE Broadcasting Authority of Ireland rejected six public complaints in July, but upheld one in part – a risqué dance routine on the Voice of Ireland.

The complainant had argued the dancing that accompanied singer Danica Holland’s performance on March 23 was ‘unsuitable’ for younger viewers and was ‘appalled’ while watching it with her children.

While two complaints were made about the portrayal of transgender people in RTÉ2’s The Centre, another complainant was outraged by George Hook’s ‘tongue in cheek’ view of cyclists and accused the broadcaster of ‘inciting hatred’.

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For a night out, 3’s the magic number Steve Reddy and MayKay, of Fight Like Apes, at the launch event for the 3Arena hosted by Three and Live Nation PIcture: Anthony Woods

NINE staff at the hospital where an Indian dentist died after suffering a miscarriage have been disciplined, it has been confirmed.

Although an independent review panel found most of those who treated Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital in Galway had ‘no case to answer’, written warnings and other sanctions were imposed against a number of workers.

The West/North West Hospitals Group said: ‘The disciplinary process in respect of most of the other nine staff is now complete.

‘In some cases, pre-procedural informal counselling with training and mentoring was applied, in others written warnings were issued.

‘The process is still under way for a small number of staff.’

Mrs Halappanavar, 31, was 17 weeks pregnant when she was admitted to hospital in October 2012.

Her death, five days after she was refused a termination, sparked widespread public debate which eventually forced a controversial change in abortion legislation.

A number of different reports into the care Mrs Halappanavar received, particularly as her condition worsened, identified multiple shortcomings.

The hospital said 21 staff members were informed ‘some months ago’ that they would not face disciplinary action and were not brought into the formal process.

by LESLIE-ANNE McKEOWN But, it claimed to have drafted in an external oversight panel in a bid to restore public confidence in the maternity services.

Under the HSE’s disciplinary rules, written warnings, which form the second stage of disciplinary procedures, are issued for a period of nine months ‘if the employee fails to make the necessary improvements, or if the nature of the unsatisfactory performance/conduct is more serious’.

Pre-procedure counselling is a less formal method of addressing issues without invoking the disciplinary procedure.

According to the HSE guidelines, the purpose of counselling is to ensure that employees understand what is expected from them and to provide an opportunity to discuss any aspects of the job which may be causing difficulties in achieving the required standards.

A Group spokesman said: ‘The purpose of this disciplinary procedure is to ensure that all employees adhere to the required standards by making them aware of any shortcomings and identifying how the necessary improvements can be achieved.

The key objective is to assist the employee to maintain the required standards, rather than impose penalties.’

The Irish Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Board Ireland are also considering some cases.

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Baz ashmawy is back on TV putting his mum Nancy through the mill in Sky1’s 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy.

He’s also the face of Ireland’s Takeaway Awards, The Eaties my mom so I can’t even look at Asian food at the minute.

The Eaties sound like an appetising set of awards to be involved in. Tell us more…

Having fronted Baz’s Culture Clash, Extreme Worlds and How Low Can You Go? you have racked up your fair share of miles. What’s the strangest situation you’ve found yourself in abroad?

So it’s the first online takeaway awards organised by JustEat.ie.

Basically it’s the Oscars for nuggets and Pad Thai chicken.

Myself and Vogue Williams will be presenting it on October 22. What we want people to do is vote for their local takeaway and they could win free takeaway for a year.

I was filming at a prison in Oklahoma for a rodeo once and I had to interview a prisoner who had just been hit by a 250lb bull.

He had a slight concussion and I was the one to break it to him that he was doing 25 years in state prison.

With six children in your household to feed, are you the cook or the one who insists on ordering in? I’m the

one who orders in. You see I’m useless in the kitchen and my missus is a great chef. I could actually do with free takeaway for a year – we have to re-mortgage the gaff each time we order.

50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy is now on our screens, a series of near-death adventures with your mother.

What possessed the two of you to take this idea on?

And what type of takeaway takes your fancy? I’m pretty old

I wanted to make something that was funny, inspiring and that had a mother and son dynamic. I think comedy is a great tool for making

school, so I like battered sausages, chips and pizza. I also like Pad Thai and Chinese, but I just came back from a trip to Cambodia with

people receptive to the more poignant side of that relationship.

Mum initially wanted to do a sky dive and I sort of dismissed her thinking that she was too old. That led her to flying the flag for older people on TV and is why she is the star of the show.

She’s an amazing person and she did nearly everything – like white water rafting and muay Thai.

up – did she surprise you or has she always been a tough cookie? Ah she’s a tough woman.

She hit me with the Yellow Pages when I was about 14. But she’s an Irish mammy, sweet and kind. I knew people would love her I could actually do because she is with free takeaway for funny and that

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really translates on camera.

She tased you out in the desert… is that payback for causing hassle as a kid?

Probably. I was calling her bluff with the taser but she got me good.

She shot me once in the spine and in the backside. Fair dues to her.

You’ve had a bit of a reputation for being a ‘tearaway’.

Is that still the case? I wish I

could still be a tearaway. No, that’s a different stage of my life. Now I’m quite boring, which is why I like to try some crazy stuff.

So what takeaway food do you think the Irish will plump for at the awards?

I think it is going to be Chinese. Luke holohan

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The 28-year-old Twilight hunk said he was excited by 31-year-old Lizzy’s singing on the show.

‘She’s going quite far already.

I’m just amazed that she’s doing it. It takes so much balls.’

But he admitted he would never consider going on the show himself.

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JENNIFER ANISTON says her relationship with fiancé Justin Theroux is a laugh a minute.

The actress, 45, hints that the secret to success with her squeeze, 43, is to keep the giggles coming thick and fast. ‘My life is a happy life.

Justin is one of the funniest human beings that I’ve ever encountered,’ she said at a press conference for her new film, Cake, at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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The 36-year-old hit hard times when he first broke Hollywood with a Star Trek film in 2002 and went on a well-documented period of alcohol and substance abuse.

But he has turned things around and now spends his nights looking after his beloved dogs or watching his friends get drunk.

‘I don’t drink. Just the e-cigarette.

It’s hardly f***ing rock ‘n’ roll. I sit out till four in the morning watching

everybody else get drunk,’ he said.

Clean since 2003, Hardy is now addicted to taking in dogs.

‘Wherever I go, I get a dog, pretty much. I’m the finder of dogs, you know what I mean?’ he told Vulture, adding that his fiancée Charlotte Riley is beginning to complain.

‘She’s like, “You’re not allowed to bring another dog back from a job”. But I’ll always find one.

‘On every job we go on, I’ll either find someone’s dog and look after it, or I’ll take my own dog, or I find a dog and we home it,’ he said.

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The 29-year-old said she didn’t know what else to do with the unwanted gift.

The jewellery was accompanied by a letter saying how the stalker ‘really felt like we should be together’, she added. ‘and i was just like, these have to go into the trash. i can’t. i cannot. i cannot wear them. i can’t give them to someone. it’s too weird,’ the Pitch Perfect star said.

‘So, i had to throw them away. if you send something to my house, it’s going in the trash.’

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blasted a reporter for mentioning his rape conviction: ‘That was a piece of s***, that comment. F*** you.’

Liv’s bun in oven with Becks’ footie chum...

LIV TYLER is said to be expecting a baby with David Beckham’s best friend, Dave Gardner.

She is reportedly pregnant after a whirlwind romance with the British football agent.

Sources close to the couple confirmed the news to E! News after actress Tyler, 37, was spotted covering her stomach with a sweater in New York City.

Tyler recently said she was ‘100 per cent planning’ on having more children. ‘If the stork could just drop it off on my roof, I’d be so happy – I’d have, like, 20,’ the actress revealed

Life is sweet for Chris and Jen

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spotted ‘laughing a lot’ while having pizza at La’s La Dolce Vita.

‘Jennifer was acting all goofy,’ a witness said.

porcelain dolls. The G.I. Joe star, 34, told Ellen DeGeneres: ‘I imagine when I walk by their heads turn.’

Keith Urban on a tight leash. The actress, 47, told a radio show: ‘We’re crazy. We will speak ten times a day.’

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Totes Sos to see you go!

So long, Sostenes, and thanks for everything!

Today it’s with a heavy heart that we bid farewell to our colleague Sostenes Barros De Melo. After an incredible seven years with Metro Herald, the Dart north merchandising team leader is moving on to pastures new.

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Nama to fund the building of up to 4,500 new homes

UP TO 4,500 new houses and apartments will be funded by the National Assets Management Agency (Nama) in the next 18 months, it was announced yesterday.

While the body highlighted the potential for more than 25,000 residential spaces in its sites linked with Nama debtors, construction is to begin on up 1,000 new units in Dublin.

At the National Housing Supply

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Conference, which was attended by national and local government heads to discuss the Irish housing market, Nama revealed it could deliver on up to 40 per cent of the demand for houses in the city.

More than 1,000 new residential units are now ‘ready to commence’, according to Nama chief Brendan

Speaking at the conference, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said that the Government was ‘firmly committed’ to the recovery of the construction and property sectors, and highlighted that Nama was supporting up to 25,000 construction workers across the country.

He said that this number was expected to grow as developments improved nationwide.

McDonagh: 101 units in Skerries; 74 in Malahide, 119 in Castleknock, 25 in Ballsbridge, 25 in Sandymount, 78 in Churchtown, 23 in Blackrock, 205 in Baldoyle, 220 in Ashtown, 17 in Clontarf, 33 in Dundrum and 52 in Stillorgan.

Savills Ireland economist Dr John McCartney welcomed the news: ‘The current shortage of stock in Dublin is continuing to force up prices.

Peekaboo... I see you Horse whisperer Martin Tata looks through the legs of his horse as he performs a demonstration of ‘Indian taming’ in Buenos Aires Picture: reuters

Lenders report continued drop in residential mortgage arrears Figures released yesterday by the Department of Finance show that the number of mortgages in arrears continues to fall.

The total number of residential mortgages in arrears fell by 1,018 in July this year and by 8,845 since the end of the first quarter.

The number of split mortgages continues to rise, with some 15,248 split mortgages in place at the end of July –, an increase of 1,090 on the end of June.

And the number of PDH (principal dwelling house) accounts in arrears of greater than 90 days and not restructured, has fallen from 62,210

accounts at the end of August 2013, to 50,823 accounts at the end of July this year. engagements between lenders and consumers has led to 75,605 permanent mortgage restructures, according to the new Central Bank report, which is an increase of 2,786 accounts on the end of this June and 13,540 accounts on the end of the first quarter of this year.

The information on mortgage debt came from AiB, Bank of ireland, PTsB, ACC, KBC ireland and ulster Bank.

These six lenders account for 90 per cent of the irish market.

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Desperate: A man flees the flooded areas in Jhang, Punjab province, Pakistan Picture: ePA

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Rescue efforts mount as death toll from floods hits 461 Pakistani troops used helicopters and boats to evacuate thousands of marooned people from the country’s plains where

Relief as al-Qaeda release soldiers

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DEFENCE Minister Simon Coveney welcomed the release of 45 UN Fijian peacekeepers who had been held captive by al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels for two weeks.

The United Nations confirmed the news, bringing an end to a crisis that had pulled the UN monitoring force into the chaos of Syria’s civil war.

‘This marks an important development in the context of the review by the UN of the UN Disengagement Observer Force and Ireland’s participation in it,’ said Mr Coveney.

He added: ‘While peacekeeping is not without risk, the safety of our troops is my priority and I have personally discussed the review with the under secretary general in the UN Department of PeackeepReleased: A Fijian UN ing Operations. peacekeeper Picture: reuterS Fighters from the Nusra Front captured the Fijian troops late last month in the Golan Heights, where a 1,200-strong UN force patrols the buffer zone between Syria and Israel. The area along the frontier has been engulfed in heavy clashes since then between the rebels and the Syrian military.

‘We can confirm they have been released,’ UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said yesterday.

He added that they were freed at the Quneitra crossing point in the Syrian-controlled part of the Golan Heights.

All were said to be in good health.

raging monsoon floods inundated more villages yesterday, as the indian military dropped food for hundreds of thousands

of people marooned in flood-hit kashmir.

Pakistani and indian officials said the death toll had reached 461.

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Player power league Pelé hails first pitch running on teamwork

by DAniEL binns IT WAS enough to reduce Brazil’s favourite footballing son to tears – a pitch in a Rio slum where floodlights are powered by the players.

And as Pelé joined the countdown in Morro da Mineira, there was a buzz not only from the 200 tiles capturing the energy of a youth team, but also from those witnessing a world first.

British start-up company Pavegen built the tiles that use a system of cogs which, when stepped on, act like generators to feed electricity to the lights. Solar panels can boost the effect in case the players weary.

An emotional Pelé said: ‘My father named me Edson after Thomas Edison. This shows the extraordinary things possible when science and sport come together.’

A gAMbLer’s decision to stay or fold in a game of cards could be influenced by a chemical in the brain linked to addiction.

The rise and fall of dopamine plays a key role in decisions involving risk and reward, researchers said. Dopamine signals increase when risky choices pay off, which could be why a winning hand makes you stay longer.

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IDeNTICAL twins steven and Paul Costello achieved the remarkable by becoming fathers on the same day.

Paul’s fiancée, Lavinia Knowles, 22, delivered son William at Warrington hospital, Cheshire, hours before, steven’s partner Jess rigby, 22, gave birth to daughter Lucy-Mai at Wigan hospital. steven, 33, said: ‘We hope they grow up to be really close cousins.’

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Ben’s Batmobile

Affleck’s fearsome car for new superhero mash-up is revealed

by SHAROn MARRiS IT’S not even out until 2016 – but excitement at the prospect of Batman and Superman squaring up on the big screen has already hit top gear.

Fans were left salivating as director Zack Snyder tweeted a snap of the seriously sinister set of wheels the caped crusader will be driving.

He had already given a glimpse of the car when he released a picture of a bat-suited and booted leading man, Ben Affleck, in May. With a cockpit-like wind screen and guns on the bonnet, the Batmobile could almost pass for a fighter craft from Star Wars. ‘It looks like it should be advancing on peaceful protesters,’ suggested one observer on Twitter.

Snyder, who also has Henry Cavill and Amy Adams in his cast for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, tweeted the photo a day after a grainy unauthorised image of the car appeared online.

Menacing: Affleck, left, will drive this mean machine

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Clooney goes old school as he joins Downton Hollywood superstar George Clooney is to take a guest role in TV hit downton Abbey – for a charity sketch.

The oscar-winning heartthrob, soon to marry British fiancée Amal Alamuddin, will appear in a one-off special film to be screened in december.

He has previously worked with George: For Abbey downton star Hugh Bonneville – who plays lord Grantham – on the film The Monuments Men. Clooney was spotted at Highclere Castle, the location used for filming of the series, earlier this year alongside lawyer Alamuddin.

His appearance will feature in a downton Abbey sketch which will be part of the ITV charity extravaganza Text Santa to be screened later this year.

A programme insider confirmed his involvement in the project. But the other actors appearing alongside him and the storyline are being kept under wraps.

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Catalonia wants an independence vote spAin: A week before Scotland votes on whether to leave the UK, separatists in Catalonia are urging the region’s 7.6million people to take part in their own referendum. The Spanish government says it is illegal but Catalonia’s leader Artur Mas is determined to hold it on November 9. They hope a Yes result in Scotland will create an unstoppable precedent.

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digest Crack mayor has tumour treatment

CAnADA: The mayor who admitted smoking crack cocaine while drunk is in hospital being treated for a stomach tumour.

Toronto’s Rob Ford, 45, became famous last year after he admitted using crack in a ‘drunken stupor’. Yesterday his doctor said Mr Ford had suffered worsening pain for three months. He is running for re-election on October 27.

kyRgyZsTAn: A flaming stuntman performs during the first World Nomad Games in the Kyrchin gorge Picture: Getty

nFL shown video of Audi fined €31m shamed footballer over price fixing AMERiCA: A police official claims he sent a video of disgraced NFL star Ray Rice knocking out his future wife to a league executive five months ago. Despite the NFL insisting they had not seen the footage until this week, the unnamed officer played the Associated Press a voicemail of a female employee acknowledging receipt and saying: ‘You’re right, it’s terrible’.

CHinA: Car giants Audi and Chrysler are being hit by multimillion euro fines for price-fixing the market. The state fines of €31million for Audi and €4million for Chrysler are part of a sweeping anti-monopoly probe.

Dealerships in Shanghai have also been fined for service charges.

America’s chamber of commerce said Beijing might be violating free-trade agreements.

and finally... spAin: A hard-of-hearing porn enthusiast was caught out after police were called to reports of loud screams at his home. He was asked to turn down his explicit films in Rubi, near Barcelona.

RUssiA: cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov gives a thumbs-up as his rescue team helps him out of his Soyuz capsule Picture: reuterS

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ObAMA’s MEssAgE TO THE Us On AnnivERsARy Of ATTAcks

Never forget: The Tribute In Light illuminates the sky over New York PICTUREs: REUTERs

13 years after 9/11, we are standing tall Barack OBama yesterday honoured the victims of the 9/11 attacks – 13 years after four hijacked planes plunged the United States into a lengthy war against terrorism.

Speaking at the Pentagon, where 184 people were killed on that fateful day, the president said: ‘Thirteen years after small, hateful minds conspired to break us, america stands tall and america stands proud.’ mr Obama paid tribute to the 3,000 people killed in al-Qaeda’s attacks just hours after he announced that US forces would expand military operations against Islamic State extremists, who have beheaded two US journalists in Syria in the last month. ‘as americans, we do not give into fear – ever,’ he said at the 9/11 memorial in Washington Dc. In New York, relatives of those who died when the twin towers of the World Trade centre fell held a ceremony at the new National September 11 museum for the first time.

The services began at 8.46am – the moment the first hijacked plane hit the

by AiDAn RADnEDgE first manhattan skyscraper in 2001.

In what has become an annual ritual, relatives slowly recited the names of the victims, from Gordon aamoth to Igor Zukelman.

New York governor andrew cuomo was among the mourners, as was the city’s mayor Bill de Blasio. many people held up posters with photographs of their dead relatives.

The only ceremony open to the public was at the Flight 93 National memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where one of the hijacked airliners crashed. n mr Obama yesterday authorised air strikes to ‘destroy’ Islamic State militants that will extend inside Syria for the first time.

The president also ordered an expansion of US military action in Iraq to help the country’s besieged security forces.

In his televised address, mr Obama outlined a programme to arm rebels in Syria who are fighting both IS and Syrian president Bashar al-assad.

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Horror: Médecins Sans Frontières staff carry body bags, disinfected with chlorine to prevent contamination, to be incinerated. Above, balloons with messages of hope are tied to the fence of the treatment centre Picture: caroline Van nesPen/MsF

Volunteers overwhelmed at frontline of ebola horror AS the international community continues to try to prevent the spread of the ebola virus in west Africa, medical staff on the ground are overwhelmed.

According to the World health Organisation more than 2,288 people have died from the deadly disease, while thousands have been diagnosed with it since the outbreak began earlier this year.

Direct contact with infected blood and bodily fluids spreads the virus and symptoms include fever, vomitting, sore throat, diarrhoea, internal and external bleeding and decreased functioning of organs.

One volunteer, working at the frontline of services in Monrovia, the Liberian capital, said he became emotionally overwhelmed after his arrival to the ebola stricken region.

In an account after he arrived home, he said: ‘Families just pulled up in cars, let the sick person out and then drove off, abandoning them.

‘One mother tried to leave her baby on a chair, hoping that if she did, we would have no choice but to care for the child,’ said Pierre trbovic, a volunteer with Médecins Sans Frontières.

A Belgian anthropologist, Mr trbovic

by AiLEEn DOnEgAn travelled to the city to help manage the treatment centre there, which was overflowing with ebola victims. his job: to turn people away – one of the hardest posts at centre, but something that had to be done to prevent the spread of the outbreak. Facilities are in short supply.

‘After a week, people told me I needed to stop. they could see the emotional toll that it was taking on me,’ he said.

Mr trbovic detailed the routine procedure taken in the high-risk zones of the centre; one safety precaution overlooked and it could mean another life on the line.

‘It can take 15 minutes to dress in the personal protective equipment and, once inside, you can only stay an hour before you are exhausted and covered in sweat.

‘You can’t overstay or it gets dangerous. the patients are really unwell and it’s a lot of work to keep the tents clean of human excrement, blood and vomit, and to remove the dead bodies,’ he added. elsewhere, Australia breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when a miner, suspected of having the virus at a beachside tourist area, turned out to be a false alarm.

Nurse found dead after royal baby prank ‘blamed herself’ A NURSE found dead after answering a prank call thought it was ‘her fault’ that details of the Duchess of Cambridge’s treatment for morning sickness were leaked, an inquest heard.

Jacintha Saldanha unknowingly passed on a call by Australian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who pretended to be the Queen and Prince Charles, to a nurse who was

caring for the duchess at London’s King Edward VII Hospital.

She sent an email to her colleague which read: ‘It’s all my fault. I feel very bad about this. If there was anything I could do to mend this I would do it.’

The 46-year-old was found dead in her staff quarters three days after taking the radio station’s call.

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RTÉ2 unveils ‘risky but fresh’ schedule

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gion, sexual morality and alcohol.

Comedy slot regulars The Savage Eye, Republic Of Telly and Damo & Ivor are back, while Darren Kennedy takes the reins of RTÉ’s new fashion series #Trending.

Vikings makes a dramatic return, along with season four of Homeland

and the final series of Mad Men. RTÉ2 channel controller Bill Malone said: ‘We take a non-judgemental, warts-and-all look at Ireland today – the good, the bad, the beautiful and at times the uncomfortable.

‘We have a remit to be brave, to take risks, to experiment, to entertain and stimulate debate.’

Two big ride: Andy Quirke, AKA Damo from Damo & Ivor; Kelly McDonagh Mongan from meet the McDonaghs; Darren Kennedy and Jennifer Maguire pictured at the RTÉ2 New Season Launch in Gateway House, Capel Street Pictures: Andres PovedA

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Cheers when he lived, tears now he’s died

Tributes to Bond villain we loved

Fearsome: Richard Kiel, who died yesterday, as James Bond baddie Jaws

Friends, not foes: Richard Kiel with James Bond star Sir Roger Moore in 2007, and left, the pair starring in Moonraker in 1979

by niCOLE LE MARiE HE played the most feared Bond villain of them all – a towering henchman who killed his foes with a bite of his steel teeth.

But actor Richard Kiel, who died yesterday aged 74, played the part of ‘over-the-top, monster’ assassin Jaws with such warmth that he won fans all over the world.

Film bosses intended to kill the character at the end of The Spy Who Loved Me, but he was so popular that Kiel was brought back to reprise the role in Moonraker.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4 show The Reunion just last week, Kiel said: ‘The original script had me

being killed by a shark… but they also filmed an ending where I survive and pop out of the ocean.’

When audiences saw that ending at a test screening, there were ‘hoots, howling and applause’, he said.

‘That was a big moment for me. I couldn’t believe it.’

As news of the 7ft 2in star’s death in hospital in Fresno, California, fil-

tered through, tributes poured in for the actor, who also appeared in TV shows The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Longest Yard, and Adam Sandler movie Happy Gilmore.

Sir Roger Moore, 84, said of his former James Bond co-star’s death: ‘I am totally distraught. We were on a radio programme together just a week ago. I can’t take it in.’ Sandro

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Monetti, director at Bafta in Los Angeles and a former showbiz reporter, described Kiel as having ‘teeth of steel, but a heart of gold’.

Luis Fairman, the British dentist who made the famous teeth worn by Kiel in the Bond films, said: ‘He was a super guy, very friendly… a largerthan-life character who would always make time to talk with his fans.’

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’m sick of hearing all the moaners on this… banks this, corporations that, taxed for breathing…

The current Government is trying to fix issues the last one made and ignored. Everyone’s too quick to forget.

But seriously can you not find something to be happy about?

Guaranteed clean water on tap for your kids? Big corporation jobs for your kids in years to come? Yes, the system has flaws, but why all of a sudden the complaints?

Surely there should have been a solid structure in place beforehand. Am I wrong?

What annoys me the most is that I’m 22 and couldn’t finish college, so I got out and got myself a job straight away. I’m working my ass off to get taxed, but even I can see it’s not the current Government’s fault. more importantly, we can’t keep focusing on the doom and gloom! Life is too short.

Glass half full, Wicklow ■ New album is return to form from the biggest rock band on the planet and people moan about getting it free. Unbelievable. @daviddougan81 ■ Just read in @metroHNews that Nicole Scherzinger hints at love life woes on her new album. Hope she’s OK. @Gerlad007

■ my mum received a phone call to the landline phone in her house yesterday from someone calling themselves a ‘microsoft Technician’ about a problem with her computer.

She was told to look in a certain file as the computer had been sending out spam email, and that she was responsible for this.

She was instructed to visit a website (teamviewer.com), but thankfully she got too flustered to login properly.

She told them she would ring them back when she was able to login and thankfully checked with me about getting help to log in.

This seems to be a well documented scam – ‘microsoft Technician’ ringing about a non-existent problem.

The end result for those conned is losing control of your computer, identity theft and/or credit card fraud, based on the payment made for the so-called repair service. my mother was very upset and shaken up by this experience, so it might be worth us all getting the word out that this is going on. Be warned and be wary of these kinds of scams folks. Pass the word on to those less experienced computer users.

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Stylish in the saddle: A model wears a summer chapeau, and, below, the Dubliner and Bostinian hat covers Pictures: rex

Bike safety, keep it under your hat

Designer on a mission to make dorky cycle helmets look chic YES, cycle helmets can save your life but, well, they look kind of dorky, don’t they?

Horrified by how bad the headgear made her look on a cycling trip to France, Cheryl Allen-Munley returned home to create covers that make riders look chic.

Her Bandbox Helmets business sells hat-style covers, from panamas to berets, for those who want to look ‘good as they ride’.

by DOMINIC YEATMAN ‘You don’t have to sacrifice safety for fashion, or fashion for safety,’ said the traffic engineer from New Jersey.

She reckons cyclist and London mayor Boris Johnson might like a veiled Charleston, costing €70, while Channel 4 News host Jon Snow would look good in her version of a newsboy’s cap, the Ascot, which costs €40..

Helping hand: The Boris 2 robot holding a plate Picture: university of Birmingham/Pa Wire

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C4, 10pm British TV’s sauciest chat-show host is having a night in with the boys to celebrate the opening of his 13th series.

Jack Whitehall, Jon Richardson and Piers Morgan, all with new series to talk up, are the guests and there’s ladrock from Kasabian.

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UTV, 9pm Expect the world ‘pedalo’ to swim into view as reformed cricketing bad boy Freddie Flintoff bats back verbal googlies from Piers Morgan. Mind you, Morgan is such a sporting wannabe, he’ll probably go easy on Freddie – shame, it would be nice to see Freddie knock Piers’ trademark smirk for six.

Tyrant Adam Rayner stars in this intriguing political thriller

2 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories It’s Freddie Flintoff’s turn for a grilling

4 Lorraine Pascale: How To Be A Better Cook The TV chef takes amateurs under her wing

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Fox, 9pm Casting former Mistresses hunk Adam Rayner as the alienated son of an Arab dictator is certainly off the wall, but it works in this intriguing political thriller. Having escaped his despotic dad’s clutches as a teenager, Bassam – reinvented in the US as a doctor called Barry – reluctantly returns to his violent homeland for a family wedding.

Once there, the family ties put him in a bind all over again.

3 Veep Julia LouisDreyfus plays vicepresident Selina Mayer

4. LORRAinE pAscALE: HOw TO bE A bETTER cOOk

BBC2, 8.30pm There’s a simple recipe to this series: Lorraine Pascale, a late starter with pots and pans herself, takes kitchen virgins by the whisk and turns them into something approaching competent cooks. First up is builder Tony, 52, whose signature dish at the start is cheese on toast. Nothing wrong with that…

5. wOuLD i LiE TO YOu?

BBC1, 8.30pm Deception be thy name in this stalwart quiz which returns for an eighth series with Rob Brydon at the helm once again. In fact, the only thing that’s changed is the density of David Mitchell’ beard. Is he hiding a family of tiny birds in there? No, that’s not a teaser… Claudia Winkleman and Steve Jones are among the guest fibbers.

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Who Do You Would I Lie To You? Rob Brydon Think You Are? returns with fibbing funnymen It’s Mary Berry’s turn David Mitchell and Lee Mack

YOuR guiDE TO THis EvEning’s EssEnTiAL viEwing 6. THE LAsT sHip Sky1, 8pm

Eric Dane, otherwise known as the supremely handsome McSteamy of Grey’s Anatomy’s, is the squarejawed hero in this all action postapocalyptic drama from Michael (Transformers) Bay. Dane’s the skipper of a US Navy destroyer, out on manoeuvres, which turns into a latter-day ark when news breaks that a mystery virus has wiped out a fair chunk of the Earth’s population. But can the skipper keep the crew alive until a cure is somehow found?

7. THE sEcRETs: THE RETuRn BBC1, 10.35pm

This brief set of bittersweet short dramas closes with a twist on the love triangle. Lorna and Ray (Pippa Bennett-Warner and Ashley Walters) are a happy couple for whom everything is rosy – until his brother, who just happens to be Lorna’s ex, makes a surprise reappearance in their lives.

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UTV, 7.30pm & 8.30pm Now here’s a storyline that should

come with a ‘don’t try this at home’ warning: Kylie Platt has taken a shine to son Max’s ADHD medication. Who knew that could be addictive? At least she won’t be bouncing off the walls.

9. THE wALking DEAD

RTÉ2, 11.50pm Special effects abound in this penultimate episode as the fourth series heads towards next week’s climax. Tonight we see Glenn and Tara on the way to Terminus, but Abraham is reluctant.

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Sky Movies Drama & Romance, 8pm A typically sweet-toothed romance from writer-director Richard Curtis, with Domhnall Gleeson giving a boyishly charming performance as the shy, trainee barrister Tim, a likeable dope who has a killer trick up his sleeve – he can travel back in time. Now, that’s definitely got to impress the ladies. With Bill Nighy and Rachel McAdams.

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SEE wizARD Of Oz 3D We’re off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard Of Oz. Because, because, because, because, because... it’s back in town in gloriously immersive 3D Imax format.

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HEAR HARvEsT: A TRiBuTE

Neil Young has remained a cherished, if mercurial, talent on the music scene for more than 50 years. If you want to hear such early masterpieces as Cinnamon Girl, Southern Man and Down By The River live, check out respected, Dublinbased, Young tribute band Harvest who play The Sugar Club tonight.

Tonight, The Sugar Club, 8 Leeson Street Lower, D2, 7.30pm, €15. Tickets from www.entertainment.ie

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HEAR TOny BEnnETT The legendary crooner and lounge lizard plays one night in Dublin on the back of a forthcoming duets album with Lady Gaga. Expect seven decades of hits – including signature tune I Left My Heart In San Francisco – from the 17-time Grammy Award-winning musician, once dubbed ‘the best in the business’ by Frank Sinatra.

And he should know...

Tonight, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Grand Canal Square, Docklands, D2, 8pm, €64.50 (sold out). Tel: 0818 719 377. www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie

tRY Music in MOnksTOwn

Navarra String Quartet, the renowned Ang one of the acts performing in Dublin this lo-Dutch ensemble, are but inaugural Music In Monkstown festival. weekend as part of the The three-day celebration of classical music will see superlative hom egrown acts, including pianist Finghin Collins and soprano Claudia Boy le, composers such as Chopin, Mozart, Brah celebrate the work of ms and Verdi in the leafy south Dublin suburb.

Today until Sun, Church Of Ireland Pari sh Church, Monkstown Village, from €20. See www.paviliontheatre.ie for tickets

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He might have nabbed the name from another animated feline, but when it comes to music, he’s indisputably Top Cat. The man otherwise known as Felix Stallings Jnr, has been at the forefront of Chicago’s house scene since the mid-1980s.

Spending time cutting tracks with Wild Pitch pioneer DJ Pierre didn’t help his spelling, but it taught him how to rock.

Tonight, Button Factory, Curved Street, D2, 11pm, €15. Tel: (01) 670 9202. www.buttonfactory.ie

If the post-Electric Picnic blues haven’t yet abated, there’s still one last hurrah on the festival circuit that’s guaranteed to warm the cockles.

Spirit Of Folk 2014 will see some of the country’s finest folk artists converge on Dunderry Park in Co Meath next weekend for a three-day music and story-filled blowout. Bluechip, alt-trad ensemble Kila (right) will join Dublin folk rock ensemble Tupelo (always a cracking live proposition), and acoustic five-piece The Emerald Armada, among many other homegrown heroes. From across the pond, check out English banjo player Dan Walsh and celebrated bilingual Welsh singer/songwriter Dan Amor.

Elsewhere, there’s storytelling, poetry readings, African song, dance workshops and much more.

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This documentary profiles the life of African musical sensation Fela Kuti, the creator of Afrobeat who was as political as he was talented. It charts his influence on music and Nigeria, with contributions from those who were there.

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Marching across the great divide: Faye Marsay (Steph), George MacKay (Joe), Ben Schnetzer (Mark), Joseph Gilgun (Mike) and Paddy Considine (Dai)

Culture-clash comedy is a riot Welsh coal miners bond with gay londoners in this heartwarming crowd pleaser based on a true story. It’s 1984 and Joe (George MacKay) is shy, young and not quite ready to come out of the closet. hesitantly joining a gay rights march, he falls in with a group of friendly, vaguely organised activists.

Passionate, charismatic Mark

An uplifting and witty watch with a familiar cast and broad appeal, this deserves to be a big hit

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(Ben schnetzer) comes up with an idea: why not support the striking miners, another group falling foul of Thatcher’s government? his comrades are unsure but a small band decides to approach a random mining town to offer fundraising support from lGsM: lesbians and Gays support the Miners.

It’s the perfect recipe for a rousing culture-clash comedy: two disparate groups, worlds

apart, united in a common cause but with plenty of prejudice to break down first.

There are lovable actors on both sides: the Welsh include Bill Nighy, Imelda staunton and Paddy Considine while the lGsM group features Dominic West, Joseph Gilgun (Misfits), Faye Marsay (Fresh Meat) and Andrew scott (sherlock).

There’s a terrific scene when the latter gang shuffles into a drab village hall, sporting pastels and piercings, comforted by an equally nervous group of Welsh villagers. It’s a tense moment that – like all in Pride – is

quickly dissolved by a sharp one-liner or three.

Pride is sentimental but it works. It’s the kind of film that only comes along every few years. Billy elliot, The Full Monty, Brassed Off… all those had it, and Pride has it too.

It has a serious side, of course: Aids is looming, homophobia continues and mining families struggle to survive. But Pride is as much about the party as the politics: it’s about hope, progress, relationships and people’s power to surprise and surpass expectations. Definitely bring that hanky. Anna Smith

Subtle take on the war on terror A Most WAnted MAn (15) HHH✩✩ Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a German anti-terrorist agent in this adaptation of John le Carré’s novel.

Gunter is world-weary but dedicated, obsessively following local leads while trying to keep an interfering American agent (Robin Wright) at arm’s length. His latest case is illegal immigrant Issa (Grigoriy Dobrygin), Nuanced: Philip who may or may not have terrorist Seymour Hoffman intentions. Post-9/11, it’s better to be safe than sorry, so a complex plot is put in motion regarding both Issa and another suspect.

It’s an interesting insight into Intelligence and international politics that feels more credible than sensational – this is a thoughtful thriller, not a nail-biting one. Director Anton Corbijn (Control) has assembled a talented cast: Hoffman is spot on, while Rachel McAdams is sympathetic as a human rights lawyer trying to help Issa. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe puts in a measured, suitably ambiguous turn as a banker who manages to get in the middle of it all.

There are no good guys or bad guys, it’s a rumination on human nature, the fluidity of allegiances and the almost impossible decisions required by those on every side. AS

His aim is true: Vengeful Stellan Skarsgård hunts down a drugs gang

A Nordic noir with laughs Vigilante justice goes haywire in this darkly comic Norwegian thriller. Nils (Stellan Skarsgård) is a hard-working snow plougher who has just won a Citizen Of The Year award. We sense quickly that this title will soon become ironic.

Quiet and law-abiding, he seems like the last person to go on a murderous rampage – but this is before his beloved son is found dead from an apparent drug overdose.

In order of dIsAppeArAnce (15) HHH✩✩ Refusing to believe his son was a drug addict, Nils uncovers a murky plot and tracks down the men responsible for his death, stopping at nothing in his bid for vengeful bloodshed.

It’s way over the top in parts but still a solid watch for fans of Nordic noir, with the emphasis on the noir. AS

A group of trash-collecting trolls live peacefully under the streets of the cheese-obsessed town of Cheesebridge – but an evil exterminator (voiced by Ben Kingsley, pictured) is out to get them. Elle Fanning, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg also provide voices for this cheerful stopmotion animation based on the book Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow.

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Through sustained effort and creativity, one project can be shaping up well for you. Yet, that doesn’t mean to say that you wouldn’t benefit from a break from this. Even if you fear this will see you lose focus, it really can be a case of a change being as good as a rest.

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Kevin Freeney & Sean Cooley, aKa ClU Innercity Hum

by Morgan Buckley A hidden gem on the Irish music scene. His recent release, Shout Out To All The Weirdos In Rathmines, on Rush Hour’s No Label, is key.

Enlightening: Emma Fitzgerald and Áine Stapleton present Lurky! Lurky!

Eva O’Connor: Bringing My Name Is Saoirse to The New Theatre

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Hello Metro Herald readers!

I’m deep in preparation to bring My Name Is Saoirse to Tiger Dublin Fringe in just a few days’ time with my company Sunday’s Child.

The show has just finished a hugely successful run at the edinburgh Fringe Festival – picking up five-star reviews and even an award for writing.

I’m really excited to finally share the piece with an Irish audience because at the heart of this show is an Irish story.

The show follows a young girl growing up in rural Ireland from adolescence through to travel-

ling to london to seek an abortion. I hope it gives some kind of a voice oice to the thousands of Irish women who have travelled abroad over the years for an abortion.

The show w is not a polemic, it is simply the story of an ordinary, extraordinary girl growing wing up in Ireland in the 1980s. I hope the play will get people talking and thinking about the parallels between Ireland then and now. A lot has changed. But not enough.

My Name Is Saoirse runs at The New Theatre from Sep 15 to o 20 as part of Tiger Dublin Fringe 2014. www.fringefest.com

Telling the untold tales of our bodies

ÁINe and I made lurky! lurky! to amplify the untold stories of our bodies. It’s a celebration of our diverse and epic flesh and a refusal to bow to the cultural dictates that would portray us as small and harmless and hairless and smiling. our bodies are presented on stage and on an enormous scale projected onto a screen – they are moving, breathing landscapes. Footage of our bodies is edited live by Ian Cudmore. We wrote a blue-print for him to follow but each performance is very different as he brings his own judgement and eye to our work while responding to our live

performance in the space. We also see lurky! lurky! as a horror show and a wake for ourselves, where we die a little more each day. We have one of Ireland’s top scratch DJs, DJackulate, on stage with us too, mixing live sound and music for each show. The playlist includes Frances Black, Neil Young, a song we wrote ourselves about sex offenders, poetry and a letter to a much loved but sadly deceased guinea pig by the name of lady Peanut.

Lurky! Lurky! runs at the Samuel Beckett Theatre until Sep 14 as part of Tiger Dublin Fringe. www.fringefest.com

CLuBS SheD/mathew jonSon/SounDStream Rene pawlowitz (pictured) isn’t a typical electronic music artist. tist. he rarely does interviews – almost never in english – and seems almost pathologically disinterested in promoting his talents. maybe he feels thatt he doesn’t have to. working rking under a variety iety of guises – take your pick from wax, head high, eQD and wK7 among others – Pawlowitz has delivered idiosyncratic takes on rave, piano house and break beat techno. the producer’s most impressive projectt is Shed, where all of these strands coalesce and

which has yielded a trilogy of artist albums that mark him out as one of contemporary electronic cont music’s music real inno innovators.

Tomorrow, Pogo/Subject, Tomor The TTwisted Pepper, Middle Abbe Abbey Street, D1, 10.30pm, €10 10.3 Mathew Jons Jonson follows in a pr proud tradition of Canadian ttechno artists that goes all the way tha back tto the early 1990s.

Building on the w work of Plus 8 and its o owners, richie ha hawtin and jon acquaviva, the ac garrulous jonson made gar his name dur during the middle of the noughties, with a series of records on the

homegrown wagon repair label that brought together abstract electronics, trance and minimal techno. jonson is also part of the Cobblestone jazz trio, but for this rare Irish appearance he’ll be flying solo.

Tomorrow, Abstract, Opium Rooms, Liberty Lane, D2, 11pm, €10 to €15 Frank Timm is a true underground artist. the German producer has close links to Berlin’s hardwax store and distribution operation and has been steadily releasing killer underground records since the late 1990s. working as Soundhack and SSoL, it’s his work as Soundstream that impresses the most and he’s sure to bring the project’s sample-heavy, house and disco records to Dublin this weekend.

Richard Brophy Tonight, Subject, Opium Rooms, Liberty Lane, D2, 11pm, €8/€12

Never Catch Me [Feat Kendrick Lamar] by Flying Lotus Some serious deep jazz vibes on this. Looking forward to Fly Lo’s new AV show, another game changer.

Ganzfeld

by Objekt This is a perfect example of how to leave everyone behind and go off on an intricate journey; everything about it I feel.

Brandy Flip

by MssingNo This is nothing unless it’s played so so loud – dropped it in our set at EP and it went off; those vocals will have you hooked.

Gone Too Soon

by Darkside It’s the little things with this song.

Every time I hear it I can picture some slick cowboy bopping about to it.

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French software firm to create 90 jobs in Dublin

A FReNCh software company is to create 90 jobs in Dublin. Sidetrade is to take on staff in the fields of accountancy and finance as well as marketing and customer support roles in a number of languages over the next two years.

The company’s new Dublin office was opened yesterday.

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said: ‘A key part of our plan to attract multinational investment is to pursue opportunities outside of our strongest market in the US. ‘We have put extra IDA staff in growth markets and increased the number of trade missions to allow us to include new destinations.

‘Today’s announcement that Sidetrade, a leading French software company, is opening a new

by cOn DOHERTy office in Dublin with the creation of 90 jobs is a great boost for this strategy.’

Sidetrade said the new Irish operation would be a platform to bolster its capacity to service customers in europe and worldwide.

Welcoming the announcement, the chief executive of the Industrial Development Agency Ireland (IDA) Martin Shanahan said: ‘As part of our worldwide efforts to attract businesses to Ireland, IDA Ireland targets european companies through our offices in London, Paris and Frankfurt.’

Founded in 2000, Sidetrade offers companies the opportunity to digitise the management of their

financial relationships with customers through cash and credit management services, and debt collection software. With sales in 65 countries and 69,500 users, the company generated sales of €13.6million in 2013.

Mr Shanahan added: ‘As a French company based in Paris and Listed on NYSe, Sidetrade is a particularly welcome addition to the increasing number of fast growth companies basing their business services operations in Ireland. IDA Ireland looks forward to more investment from the european market.’

Sidetrade boss Olivier Novasque said the firm’s aim is ‘to get closer to our clients in terms of culture and time zones’.

Prices of goods and services on rise again PRICES on goods and services are on average 0.4 per cent higher than they were one year ago, according to the latest release by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

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The most notable spike in consumer costs was recorded in education, which saw prices rise by 4.5 per cent – with factors contributing to this largely down to the increase of third and second level education prices.

Alcoholic beverages and tobacco prices went up by 3.9 per cent as well, while hotel and restaurant visits are costing 2.8 per cent more.

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UNLUCKY for some, but Ireland has just been ranked in 13th place for reputation out of 55 countries. In a survey of the general public across all G8 nations, the Swiss came at the top of the Country Reptrak prestige pile.

But while Ireland may have dropped down a place from 12th in the reputation table, its annual score has actually improved, increasing from 67.6 in 2013 to 68.5 out of 100 this year.

Ireland was even ranked ahead of the UK, France, Spain and the US. Out of the core attributes used for measuring a good rep, Ireland did particularly well in the friendliness stakes, ranking ninth. Meanwhile, our fair isle was perceived to be the eighth most beautiful on the list.

Niamh Boyle, managing director at the Reputations Agency, said: ‘Country reputation is vital for building strong

international relations, attracting tourism, foreign direct investment and providing much-needed support to domestic companies.’

She added: ‘This year, Ireland has again shown some small improvements across a number of key attributes including: “Is it run by an effective government”, “Is it a responsible participant in the global community”, “Is it a safe place” and “Does it offer a favourable environment for doing business”.’

While Switzerland may have gained top marks, the countries which could do with a bit of a boost are Nigeria, Pakistan and Iran.

According to the data, and perhaps unsurprisingly, there is also a close correlation between a country’s reputation and the perceived levels of happiness, safety and transparency.

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‘State must act to slash costs for businesses’

CAREER zOO nOT TO bE MissED

CArEEr Zoo – Ireland’s keynote professional careers event – will take place this Saturday in the Convention Centre, Dublin. Some of the world’s most innovative companies and institutes will meet with Ireland’s finest talent, in a bid to fill thousands of high-tech jobs.

Added to the bill for this Saturday’s event is a Speaker Series talk with Liam Casey, chief executive of PCH, on jobs of the future, as well as a session on ‘How to add 20k to your pay cheque’ with executive coach, Gráinne Carroll.

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Talent: Willie Hamilton, MD Liberty IT; Adrian Mullett, head of technology, BoI; Jackie Slattery, director Career Zoo; Minister Richard Bruton; Leonora Harty, Irish Research Council; David Dempsey, MD Salesforce.com

THE State can take steps to cut rising costs for business and ensure the survival of Irish firms, the president of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland has said.

Cormac Fitzgerald said rising costs are ‘threatening competitiveness and the viability of businesses’. Speaking at the CPA Annual President’s Dinner in Trinity College yesterday evening, which was attended by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton, Mr Fitzgerald said: ‘Many business costs, such as energy and commercial rates, are within the scope of the State to make a difference, and improvements to the public finances offer some room for the Government to take action in this regard.’

And he attacked income tax too, saying: ‘The high marginal rates of tax on work are another issue which will result in further cost pressures if not addressed.’

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spORT DigEsT Rugby World Cup tickets go on sale Rugby Tickets for next year’s Rugby World Cup go on sale this morning with high-demand games to be decided via a ballot. Prices for adults range from €19 for low-profile group games up to €898 for the best seats at the final at Twickenham. The cheapest adult ticket to watch an England group game at Twickenham will be €95, and €63 for their match against a play-off winner in Manchester. The cheapest seats for Wales and Ireland matches are €63, but Scotland fans will only have to pay €32 for the category D tickets against Japan and the USA. Tickets for children start at €9.

England Rugby 2015 have to raise €314million from tickets to cover the cost of the tournament and pay the International Rugby Board €100million under the hosting agreement.

Froome maintains slim Vuelta hopes cycLing Chris Froome maintained

his slim hopes of claiming the Vuelta a Espana title despite missing out on victory on stage 18 atop Monte Castrove yesterday. The conclusion of the 157km route from A Estrada featured two ascents of Monte Castrove and one of the final opportunities to accrue time. Italian Fabio Aru (Astana) beat Froome (right) to the line, but the Team Sky leader stole crucial seconds from Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) to move second behind overall leader Alberto Contador.

Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) now leads Froome by one minute 19 seconds after the Spaniard finished fifth.

Ding delights home crowd with victory snOOkER Ding Junhui overcame a

slow start to delight the home crowd by reaching the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals. World number three Ding was 2-0 down to Martin Gould in round two but came back to win 5-3, turning the game around with breaks of 96, 60 and 67 in successive frames. He extended his lead to 4-2, and although Gould pulled one back with a 97 break, the home favourite wrapped up victory.

Ding’s compatriot Zhao Xintong made the early running against Fergal O’Brien but could not sustain it as the Irishman came back to win 5-3.

UCD on a mission cycLing UCD’s cycling team will be out in force this Saturday and Sunday.

The Leinster Cycling Championships will be staged in Newbridge on Saturday, and Eoin Morton is the defending champion and looks the likely winner.

But on Sunday the troops will again be in action in the Friends First Classic In Laragh, Co Wicklow. This event is significant as UCD’s Sean McKenna is locked in a titanic battle with Osborne Meats/The Edge Sports Paidi O’Brien.

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DubLin MusT LEARn fROM DOnEgAL DEbAcLE – MAgEE Former midfielder Darren magee says Dublin must learn from their disaster against Donegal or risk losing in similar fashion again next year.

Jim Gavin’s players were surprisingly overcome by a determined Donegal side in the recent All-Ireland semi-finals, relinquishing their title and ending their campaign in tame fashion.

Since then, manager Jim Gavin has been criticised for naive defending and committing too many men to attack.

‘Donegal just knew what they were doing and they had a belief, they stuck to their game plan,’ said magee. ‘Dublin will have to learn from it. If they don’t learn from it, they will be caught again and other teams will start to play like that against Dublin. They have to be a little bit more flexible in future.’ magee, 32, bemoaned the lack of tight, tense battles up to then for Dublin. They’d beaten all their Championship opponents by double digit margins before coming up against Donegal’s well-oiled machine.

‘Being tested a little bit more in

defence would have been better for them, they’d have been a little bit more prepared,’ he said.

‘But the word coming from the camp was that the As and Bs matches were going well and all the emphasis was being placed on that.

‘It’s just unfortunate that the lads came up against a different animal completely. And having the preparation of tighter games would have definitely stood to them. Definitely for the younger lads, having harder opposition would have stood to them.’ magee rejected the suggestion that All-Ireland medal-winning players ultimately panicked against Donegal.

‘I wouldn’t say panicked,’ he said. ‘They just didn’t seem to have an answer. They were running into cul de sacs. It wasn’t what we were expecting from some lads.

‘Donegal were just sewing up our lads. They just took them in.

Like, for Dublin, carrying the ball from deep, taking it into contact, that didn’t work.

‘It’s a collective thing, it wasn’t one individual. There was no regrouping at any stage.’

Lacking belief: Darren Magee says Dublin need a more flexible system

McHugh agonised over decision to quit Donegal by pAuL kEAnE

Mark McHugH has revealed how he agonised over his decision to quit Donegal and weighed up the prospect of walking away from an all-Ireland medal.

The 2012 medallist and all-Star shocked Donegal by departing the panel just days after coming on as a substitute in the Division 2 league decider.

He spent the summer in america but is back in Donegal now, prompting suggestions he could rejoin the panel ahead of the final.

Sevens heaven: a host of Kilmacud Crokes stars past and present were on hand as the 2014 FBD Football 7s was launched in Stillorgan yesterday.

The event is now entering its 42nd year

‘I knew I just needed a break from it all’ But the older brother of semi-final star ryan said that simply wouldn’t be right after walking away mid-season.

He says no-nonsense manager Jim Mcguinness wouldn’t have allowed it anyhow though maintained there is no tension between the pair. rather, the kilcar man, 24,

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maintained that his decision to quit was down to not enjoying football any more.

The talented half-forward insisted it wasn’t a snap decision and that he considered exactly what he may miss out on but has no regrets.

‘When I made this decision I said to myself, “make sure there’s no regrets” and I thought about it for long enough,’ said McHugh.

‘I said to myself, “what happens if Donegal get to an all-Ireland final or win an all-Ireland?”. But where I was at the time, I knew I

just needed a break as I wasn’t going to enjoy anything for the next number of months.

‘Maybe in that sort of mood, I’d have affected the morale of the whole team so I needed to get out of there for myself and for the rest of the team.’

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Rory defends comments on Mickelson and Woods by pHiL cASEY

World number one rory McIlroy has defended his comments about Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson being in ‘the last few holes of their careers’.

McIlroy first addressed the issue during his pre-tournament press conference at the Tour Championship in Atlanta, which will not feature either Woods or Mickelson for the first time since 1992.

The 25-year-old was asked if that represented a changing of the guard in golf and said: ‘Not really. I mean, Phil has played well in parts this year. He came really close to winning the PGA (finishing second behind McIlroy). I feel like he’s gotten a little better as the year has went on.

‘But it’s a lot of golf for him to play in such a short space of time. So you could see he was getting a little tired the last couple of weeks. And, I mean, Tiger’s not here just because he’s been injured or he is injured. He hasn’t had the opportunity to play.

‘So they’re getting into the sort of last few holes of their career. And that’s what happens. You get injured.

So it obviously just gets harder as you get older. I’ll be able to tell you in 20 years how it feels.’

He later wrote on his Twitter account: ‘Got a question today about Tiger and Phil... Gave an honest answer, was very complimentary about the two best golfers of this generation.

‘Golfers on average have a 20-25 year career, both into the back nine of their careers... don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying that.’

Hungry for more: Rory McIlroy

Third award this season for McIlroy

Scare: Zanotti receives treatment on the course as Kaleka (in the red top) looks on

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unDER pAR AfTER A DiREcT HiT Fabrizio zanotti was discharged from hospital yesterday after being struck on the head by a ball at the KLM open. the Paraguayan was hit by alexandre Kaleka’s shot from the 14th tee.

Fellow players Felipe aguilar and ricardo Gonzalez accompanied zanotti to hospital and

have withdrawn from the Dutch event to stay with him. zanotti tweeted: ‘thanks a lot for the messages... now i will have to take a couple of weeks off.’

Dutchman Joost Luiten shot 65 to end the day as first-round leader.

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rory MciLroy has won the race to Dubai European tour Golfer of the Month award for the third time this year following his triumph at the US PGa Championship. the 25-year-old clinched the fourth major championship of his career at Valhalla, where he won by one shot from Phil Mickelson. it followed his open Championship victory in July, and his bMW PGa Championship win in May, both of which were followed by Mcilroy being handed the monthly European tour award recognition.

World number one Mcilroy earns an alms dish and jeroboam of champagne for winning his third such award in the last four months, a run which has been achieved just twice before, by Henrik Stenson last year and by ian Woosnam in 1987.

Mcilroy said: ‘it’s always an honour to win the Golfer of the Month award. the award is important to me, and to have won it three times this year shows i’m having a really special season. but hopefully i’m not done yet – there’s still plenty of golf to be played, so it’d be great to add a fourth before the season is over.’

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Gaal-axy of stars doesn’t worry Louis LOUIS VAN GAAL insists he won’t find it difficult to accommodate his galaxy of stars in Manchester United’s new dream team.

Radamel Falcao, Angel di Maria, Daley Blind, Luke Shaw and Marcos Rojo could all make their Old Trafford debuts against QPR in Sunday’s Premier League battle.

But questions have been raised as to how the likes of Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie, Juan Mata and Ander Herrera will also feature in a top-quality starting XI. ‘We bought five players and one is on loan here who we can maybe buy next season, and we let 14 players go,’ said Van Gaal.

‘So how to fit in these players is not so difficult I think.

‘Then, also, we need the youth education and that is the policy of Manchester United.

‘We give youth players a chance,’ the new

by DAnny GRiffiTHs United boss added. ‘The question is if they take the chance.’

Van Gaal has already been impressed by Falcao in training and said: ‘When you can hire or buy a player like him, then I don’t have doubts because he is for me one of the best strikers in the world, and when you see his record it is unbelievable.

‘Today in training he got one ball and it was in the goal. So he confirmed it in his first training session with me.’

Falcao, loaned from Monaco, is excited by the prospect of staying with United for the long haul. ‘When I was in Porto, Atletico Madrid, I always wanted to improve and dream of playing in a team like this,’ he said.

‘Now I want to stay here for many years.’

New Trafford: Van Gaal shows Falcao (left) and Blind around Old Trafford

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‘i’M HAppY TO BE MR VERSATiLE’ DALEY BLiND is looking forward to continuing his development under Louis van Gaal – no matter what position the Manchester United manager plays him in. the versatile holland star arrived on deadline day from Ajax for £14million and was officially unveiled at Old trafford yesterday ahead of a possible debut at home to QPR on Sunday. the 24-year-old knows Van Gaal’s methods well after working under his compatriot during the World Cup and said: ‘he [Van Gaal] was really important for me. he gave me a lot of trust during the World Cup and during the qualification games for the Dutch team. ‘i’m happy to work again with the coach. i learned a lot from him and i hope i learn more. i’m getting better every day.

‘For me i can play in both positions, as a defender and as a midfielder and i want to play. if it’s on the left and if it’s as a defender or if it’s a midfielder then it’s up to the coach – i’ll try to do my best in the position where i play.’

wEEkEnD fixTuRES Tonight’s fixtures (7.45 unless stated) FAI Ford Cup (Quarter-finals) Drogheda United v Derry City St. Patrick’s Athletic v Bohemians Shamrock rovers v Dundalk (live on rTe Two, 7.05) SATURDAY Women’s World Cup Qualifier Poland v N Ireland ................................

Scotland v Faroe Islands .......................

Slovakia v rep of Ire .............................

Barclays Premier League Arsenal v man City................................

(12.45pm) TVBT Sport 1 Chelsea v Swansea ................................

Crystal Palace v Burnley........................ liverpool v Aston villa..........................

(5.30pm) TVSky Sports 1 Southampton v Newcastle ...................

Stoke v leicester ...................................

Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur ........

West Brom v everton ............................

Sky Bet Championship Birmingham v leeds(12.15pm) TV Blackburn v Wigan ...............................

Blackpool v Wolverhampton ................

Bolton v Sheff Wed ...............................

Bournemouth v rotherham .................

Brentford v Brighton.............................

Cardiff v Norwich ..................................

Charlton v Watford ...............................

Huddersfield v middlesbrough ............

Ipswich v millwall ................................. reading v Fulham .................................

Sky Bet League 1 Barnsley v milton Keynes Dons ............

Bradford v Swindon ..............................

Bristol City v Doncaster ........................

Chesterfield v Scunthorpe ....................

Coventry v yeovil ..................................

Crawley Town v Fleetwood Town.........

Crewe v Port vale.................................. leyton orient v Colchester ................... oldham v Gillingham ...........................

Peterborough v Notts County ..............

Sheff Utd v rochdale ............................

Walsall v Preston ..................................

Sky Bet League 2 Accrington Stanley v AFC Wimbledon .

Burton Albion v york ............................

Carlisle v Bury .......................................

Dag & red v Cambridge Utd exeter v oxford Utd Hartlepool v Tranmere ......................... luton v Cheltenham ............................. morecambe v Plymouth .......................

Newport County v Northampton .........

ST pAT’S SEEk REDEMpTiOn in cup AfTER pOOR SEASOn

With their league title all but having slipped from their grasp, St Patrick’s Athletic’s Brendan Clarke insists his side will gladly accept finally winning the FAi Ford Cup again as ample compensation this season, writes Paul Buttner.

St Pat’s have lost a staggering seven finals since last winning the Blue Riband in 1961. tonight at Richmond Park Dublin rivals Bohemians stand in the way of a semi-final berth as the Saints search for their ‘holy Grail’. ‘this is the obvious one to win as i think the league is a little out of our reach now,’ said goalkeeper Clarke. ‘i can see Dundalk doing it, and with that gone, this is the biggest trophy.

‘After winning the league last year, a lot of fans would have accepted winning the cup this year. From our point of view,

we’ve been disappointed with the league and we’ve dropped a lot of points that we shouldn’t have. ‘this is the next biggest competition and we’ve a good chance of winning it. it’s another route into Europe.’

Securing Europe is also very much on Shamrock Rovers’ agenda as they look to win the cup for the first time in 27 years.

‘At the start of the season, everybody always remembers the last game of the previous season which was the cup final,’ said Rovers’ right-back Simon Madden ahead of facing leaders Dundalk at tallaght Stadium.

‘You don’t want to be watching it on tV. You want to be there. it’s a great day out.’ ‘it’s a long time since they won it,’ adds Madden on Rovers’ cup famine. ‘the players want to win it for the club and for the fans.’

Southend v Portsmouth Stevenage v Shrewsbury ......................

Wycombe v mansfield ..........................

Scottish Premiership ............................

Celtic v Aberdeen..................................

(12.45pm) TV Sky Sports 3 Dundee Utd v Hamilton........................

Kilmarnock v St mirren .........................

Partick v Inverness CT ........................... ross County v motherwell....................

St Johnstone v Dundee SUnDAY Barclays Premier League man Utd v QPr(4pm) TV Sky Bet Championship Nottm Forest v Derby ...........................

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Cleverley out to prove a point Tom Cleverley aims to prove the doubters wrong as he begins a new chapter at Aston villa.

The england midfielder joined the villans from manchester United in a last-ditch loan deal.

His departure was welcomed by some United fans but the 25-year-old is keen to silence his critics. ‘I’m motivated to prove a few people wrong,’ said Cleverley (pictured), who is set make his debut against liverpool at Anfield tomorrow.

‘I probably wasn’t the only player to get it [abuse] last year. you don’t turn into a bad player just because somebody says so on Twitter.’

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‘I like to see a player who stops to sign autographs for two-and-a-half hours – it’s a sign of respect towards the fans.’

AC Milan boss Filippo Inzaghi says new striker Fernando Torres, signed on loan from Chelsea, is making a good impression off the pitch

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players have been battling for fitness ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Everton – but boss Alan Irvine is refusing to rule any of them out. New boy Georgios Samaras (pictured) is one who could feature.

Monk prays for peace with Jose SWANSeA boss Garry monk insists there is no problem between him and Chelsea boss Jose mourinho ahead of tomorrow’s Premier league showdown. mourinho stormed off the pitch and failed to shake hands after a 1-0 defeat in South Wales back in April but monk said: ‘It’s not a big deal for myself.’

Pearson liking Esteban impact leICeSTer manager Nigel Pearson has praised new signing esteban Cambiasso’s effect on the club, even though he has yet to play for them.

The former Argentina star (pictured) joined the Foxes on a one-year deal from

Inter milan. The 34-year-old sat on the bench against Arsenal but could make his debut against Stoke.

Pearson said: ‘He’s had nothing but a positive effect and that is testament to his own ability and character as a person.’

fai ford cup Ready for battle: Pictured ahead of the FAI Ford Cup quarter-final fixtures are Bohemians manager Eoin Heary, left, and St Patrick’s Athletic manager ley Liam Buckley.

The St Pat’s boss sees the cup as an ideal route back into European football for his side after a poor league campaign picture: SpOrtSFiLe

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Dan’s not the man Van Gaal does not want Welbeck... and Wenger wasn’t too sure either

LOuIS vAn GAAL let danny Welbeck join Arsenal because he felt the striker was just not good enough.

The Manchester united manager’s damning verdict came on a day which could have left the 23-year-old feeling unwanted after Gunners boss Arsene Wenger revealed had he been in London when the reported £16million move was agreed it would not have gone through. united youth product Welbeck was england’s two-goal hero in their euro 2016 qualifying win over Switzerland this week but has netted just 24 times in the last three seasons for his former club. van Gaal, who brought in striker Radamel Falcao last month, said: ‘I gave all the players the chance to convince me.

‘With danny, he does not have the record of [Robin] van Persie or [Wayne] Rooney, and that is the standard.

That is why we let him go. Also because of Falcao, and the young-

by jAMEs bOyLAn sters who can fit in.’ earlier, Wenger, who was in Rome on deadline day, said: ‘If I had not travelled that day, Welbeck would not be here. I will tell you that story one day but that is the truth.’

Asked if he would have preferred a loan deal, the Frenchman (pictured below with Welbeck) said: ‘With an option to buy, yes.’ He added: ‘He can first of all make himself a better player because I can help him.’

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The Rad Devils: Falcao and Van Gaal get acquainted during United training

Another major blow for Dubs as Mannion jets off WOunded dublin have suffered another major blow with the apparent loss of forward Paul Mannion for the next year, writes Paul Keane.

Fresh from their All-Ireland semifinal defeat to donegal it’s been confirmed that the rising star forward has jetted out to China as part of his college course.

It’s understood that the International Commerce student at uCd will be in Beijing for a year and will be unavailable to dublin.

It’s a significant loss for boss Jim Gavin as he considers the 2015 season

and how he can change things around to get the dubs back to the top.

Mannion (rioght) played a surprisingly small role in this year’s Championship, starting just the Leinster semi-final and final having broken onto the scene in 2013 with a Young Player of the Year nomination. But the Kilmacud Crokes man, who possesses All-Ireland medals at u-21 and senior level, was injured earlier in the year and remains a highly rated corner-forward.

Club boss Conor deegan confirmed that Mannion has already left the country and won’t be available to club or county.

Meanwhile, dublin county board chairman Andy Kettle says the ‘mourning period’ is over following Anthony daly’s departure as county hurling manager.

Capital chiefs are in the process of finding a replacement with under-age guru Shay Boland touted as an early contender.

‘We had a farewell night with Anthony and his selectors last Monday night,’ said Kettle. ‘I suppose the mourning period has passed and we are now into the job of finding the next dublin manager.

‘The approach is that we have sat down and identified some people who we will be contacting. We have also been contacted by some people, not very many. It’s a cat and mouse game, who wants to put their head above the parapet looking for the job and who is sitting there hoping they will be approached.’

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