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Three men, believed to be British, were held yesterday after the Navy stormed a yacht suspected of carrying around €80million worth of cocaine.

The 60ft vessel was intercepted some 200 miles off Mizen head in the early hours of Tuesday morning but details have just emerged.

It is understood the men on board put up no resistance to the armed Naval team who had launched on smaller rib boats from the offshore patrol vessel, the Le Niamh. Another major vessel, the Le róisín, provided backup during the operation. early indications have put the suspected one-tonne haul of cocaine at a street value of €80million, with some estimates suggesting it could be even higher. If confirmed, it would be one of biggest such drugs seizures at sea anywhere in europe this year.

The vessel was being towed to haulbowline naval base in Cork last night. The three men were to be arrested by gardaí on shore.

The vessel was identified as the Makayabella.

A joint task force, involving the Irish Navy, revenue and the Garda, said the night-time covert surveillance operation was carried out in challenging conditions.

The interception followed intelligence from the National Crime Agency in the UK and the French custom service, through the Maritime

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Defence Minister Simon Coveney congratulated the agencies involved in what he described as a highly successful drug interdiction operation.

‘I wish to congratulate the Naval Service for its pivotal role in the success of this operation and, in particular, to commend the officers commanding Le Niamh and Le róisín and their respective crews,’ he said.

‘I also wish to acknowledge the role of the Air Corps in providing topcover support during the operation.’

The passage around the south-west coast of Ireland has been well used in recent times by drugs smugglers bringing shipments from South America and Africa into europe.

In 2007, a record €440million worth of cocaine was seized in Dunlough Bay in west Cork when a UK gang botched an attempt to bring the massive haul ashore on a smaller boat that capsized in rough weather.

Most of the group, including two englishmen, were arrested in followup operations and eventually given lengthy prison sentences.

Just a year later, a €400million haul was intercepted on the Dances With Waves yacht about 150 miles off Mizen head. Three British men on board were later jailed for ten years each for their part in the plot.

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Ex-judge makes grand entrance as ‘Bond girl’

FORMER X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos gives Cheryl Fernandez-Versini a run for her money in the glamour stakes when she returns to the show following her drugs trial.

The 26-year-old makes her comeback by emerging from the sea Bond girl-style for the ‘judges’

by SEAMUS DUFF houses’ stage of the competition.

Unfortunately for her it wasn’t 007 waiting for her on the shores of the Atlantic in Bermuda – but 62-yearold Louis Walsh.

Meanwhile Cheryl, 31, had little flesh on show when she wore a

Cheryl and Tinie, above, and Mel B and Emma

floor-length lace number to greet Tinie Tempah, 25, at her French hideaway where they will pick out her final three contestants.

This stage of the show, due to air next week, will also see Mel B, 39, joined by Emma Bunton, 38, as the Spice Girls scrutinise contestants at a retreat in Mexico.

Meanwhile Simon Cowell, 54, succeeded in dragging his ally Sinitta, 45, to his Los Angeles home to help him select his finalists.

Tulisa had a drugdealing case against her thrown out of court earlier this year after being accused of allegedly supplying cocaine to a tabloid journalist.

The bootcamp stage of The X Factor starts tomorrow at 9pm on UTV.

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Gardaí arrest 100 in Europe-wide blitz on criminals MOrE than 100 people have been arrested in Ireland as part of what has been described as the single largest assault on organised crime right across Europe.

Operation Archimedes is targeting almost all kinds of crime, ranging from drug-trafficking to illegal immigration, tax fraud, counterfeiting and theft.

Already 1,027 arrests have been made across the continent and 30 romanian children were saved from being trafficked.

The operation started on September 15. It also netted large amounts of drugs, including cocaine and heroin.

Europol director rob Wainwright said the operation ‘has led, I think, to a very significant attack on the whole criminal infrastructure in Europe’.

by bRiAn HuTTOn He continued: ‘Operation Archimedes is a milestone in attempts by the law-enforcement community to deliver concerted action against organised crime groups in Europe.’

As part of the operation, 106 arrests have been made in Ireland.

30 Romanian children saved from trafficking These include 40 for burglary, 16 for theft and others for handling stolen goods, counterfeiting currency, criminal damage, public order offences, possession of weapons and one arrest for sexual offences.

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34 countries are involved in the continuing operation.

Europol said the operation is focused on the disruption of the activities of the m o s t threatening crimin a l groups across E u rope.

House prices New hospital just keep on team revealed Robinson quit denial IT’S ‘full steam ahead’ on the new increasing National Children’s Hospital, Health

RESIDENTIAL property prices have seen a further increase, according to the latest release by the Central Statistics Office. The figures for August show that in Dublin prices for residential homes grew by 3.5 per cent compared to an overall 2 per cent increase in July.

The statistics mean that house prices are now 24.7 per cent higher than the levels that were recorded in 2013.

Minister Leo Varadkar has said. The design team has been announced.

It will be led by children’s healthcare architect Benedict Zucchi from BDP, with Irish partners O’Connell Mahon Architects.

Mr Varadkar said: ‘I expect the team to finish its work in early summer in order to secure planning permission and begin site-clearance and enabling works next year at St James’s.’

NORTHERN Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has denied he is to stand down before the next Assembly election.

The DUP’s Edwin Poots, who was replaced as health minister yesterday, claimed it was ‘public knowledge’ that Peter Robinson intended to go before 2016.

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Thursday, September 25, 2014 METRO HERALD

Terrorists behead hiker in horrifying new video

Rallying cry: President Obama chairs a meeting of the UN Security Council dealing with international terrorism

Obama calls for unity to tackle terror BARACK Obama called on the world to unite in ‘war’ on the IS ‘network of death’ – just before the UK parliament was recalled to answer his rallying cry.

The US president’s rousing words were delivered to world leaders at the UN as he vowed to ‘declare war on war’. He argued that the only language understood by these ‘killers’ was ‘force’ and there could be ‘no negotiation with this brand of evil.’

Speaking in New York, he said: ‘They have embraced a nightmarish vision that would divide the world into adherence and infidels, killing as many innocent civilians as possible.’

Less than two hours later, David Cameron recalled Britain’s parliament for tomorrow to vote on air strikes against IS in Iraq, but not Syria, as early as the weekend. However, he said that he has no plan to put British troops on the ground in the region.

‘When we are threatened in this way, we should not turn away from what needs to be done,’ said Mr Cameron.

HATE preacher Abu Qatada was cleared of plotting terror attacks by a court in Jordan yesterday – ending an eight-year legal battle.

Once regarded as Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe, he repeatedly foiled British efforts to extradite him.

The 53-year-old cleric returned to his homeland last year and is now free to resume preaching after a judge ruled there was not enough evidence to link him to a bomb plot.

The deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said the Liberal Democrats would be supporting the government motion to destroy ‘this medieval murderous organisation’ and Labour leader Ed Miliband said he would consider any request from Cameron ‘very seriously’.

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WITH the US air force engaged in strikes on militants in Iraq, you would think their commander-in-chief would be keen to stay onside with his own troops.

However, Barack Obama was snapped by his own staff giving a half-hearted salute to Marines – while holding a coffee cup. Yesterday’s faux pas in New York harked back to George W Bush’s 2001 effort as he held his dog Barney.

A VIDEO has been released showing a French hiker being beheaded by a group linked to IS. Herve Gourdel, a mountain guide from Nice, was kidnapped on Sunday by Jund al Khalifa in north-east Algeria.

On Tuesday the militants warned that the 55-year-old (pictured) would be ‘dead within 24 hours’ if France did not halt air strikes in Iraq but president Francois

Hollande refused to back down.

The video of Mr Gourdel’s death shows him flanked by two hooded gunmen and is entitled ‘Message of blood for the French government’. n Three suspected Islamic terrorists escaped when officials in Turkey put them on the wrong plane. French police were waiting to arrest them at Orly airport in Paris. But Turkish police sent them to Marseille.

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KEN ROGAN does not feel any sense of outrage that corporations such as Apple and Google may soon have to pay their fair share of tax in Ireland

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’m thinking we should get off the idea of naming economies after animals and branch out. hurricanes are named after people, so let’s name economies after confidence tricks: the Celtic Switcheroo. the Spanish Prisoner. the Egyptian Pyramid. the italian Job. Or if we’re going to stick with animals, then let’s try the trojan-horse economy. Or the Flying Pig. Or the Lying Bastard Dog. in the meantime, death and taxes (or just death, if you’re an irishbased corporation) remain the wryly observed certainties of this twotrack life. But tell us something we don’t know, right? Because you definitely do know our corporate tax rate is 12.5 per cent – and that this is a fly in the EU’s ointment. And you likely know that ireland has been described as a tax haven, with the likes of Apple, google, and the pharma companies basing themselves here, in part, for tax purposes.

You also probably know that despite the 12.5 per cent rate, most of these companies pay nothing like that amount of tax, if any at all.

And you may or may not know that this can be managed via something called the ‘Double irish’ (not whiskey-related) and/or ‘Dutch sandwich’ (not sex-related) which nevertheless combine to create a tax orgasm for multinationals. And, without a hint of irony, a doubleDutch sandwich. this is where (giant oversimplification) you split your company in two and register in

Dublin, but base one arm in taxpayers – can funnel fortunes through ireland tax-free, or close to Bermuda, then you charge yourself ‘royalties’ which leave the country it, is appallingly unfair and unjust tax-free. Broadly. that’s not when you consider our governments regarded as sneaky or underhanded, took €27+ billion out of our that’s actually the policy we economy over the last five years designed to get corporations to through tax hikes and spending cuts. come here in the first place.

But do we actually care? the government line on actually i’m going to go ahead and say, no, taxing companies to the full (and we don’t, or certainly not in infamously generous) 12.5 per cent sufficient numbers to drive any sort of change. the optimist in is that the big guns will leave with their jobs, me thinks partly this and maybe is down to the (maybe!) that complexity, if not Governments took applies to 7,000+ of over €27billion out of opacity, blue chip internet modern finance, our economy over the but my inner jobs, and about 50,000 pharma pessimist also last five years through recognises and related jobs, that tax hikes and cuts but there are we’ve all seen hundreds if not enough tax haven thousands of entities stories, or heard enough ‘based’ in ireland that are criticism of our corporate really just box files sitting in a law tax rate to know that we’re not firm’s offices and they pay little or playing by the same rules as no tax and create no jobs. everyone else, we’re doing what suits us. true to form.

Did we all know that? And should we even care?

And now the OECD has proposals hell yes, we should. the idea that to put a check on this sort of thing globally. this is a great thing, the wealthiest companies on earth – some of whom were bailed out by philosophically speaking.

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We finally have some sort of concerted political response to corporate tax avoidance, which is about the only positive step you can point to in the aftermath of the crash in 2008. Of course this presents ireland with something of an ethical dilemma, because what’s ‘great’ may not be great for us.

Fortunately, ethics in this fair land are a bit like seasoning – they definitely add something to a meal, but their absence certainly doesn’t preclude dinner being served.

And never mind all that! the government’s next Budget might even see your own ‘quantities eased’ now that we have returned to ‘growth’, and you can’t beat growth (unless you personally are the one with the growth).

We’re back in the good times, riding on the wings of the ‘Celtic Phoenix’, which is probably a more apt moniker than the Celtic tiger, because the Phoenix is a mythical creature that literally goes down in flames, whereas a tiger is something that has actually lived and continues to live and is real.

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SHE’S the poshest shopkeeper in town... but Victoria Beckham has left the opening of her Mayfair boutique today to her underlings. The 40year-old is in New York at the UN General Assembly, where she will be made an Aids goodwill ambassador. Meanwhile, her son Brooklyn’s actress girlfriend Chloe Moretz, 17, is hoping to blag a freebie from her 15-year-old fella’s famous mum. ‘I haven’t tried that yet – but I will,’ she said.

Old boy Becks is set to hang up his kecks

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ntiL now he has been the gift that keeps on giving for women and gay men but David Beckham has warned he is set to retire his Goldenballs for good. the handsome footballer-turned-model feels he’s past his sell-by date and doesn’t want to embarrass his kids anyy more by appearing on billboards in his skimpies. ’m ‘i’m getting older now, i’m not too sure many people want to see me parading around in my underwear much longer,’ admitted Becks, who has posed for Armani and H&M. ‘My body is still oK but it’s only a

lik matter of time before people are like, “really? Again?”’ ‘i’m 39 years old, i’ve got four kids, i’m not sure people are comfortable with that any more.’ the waxed and spraytanned sarong wearer says despite his rugged looks he turns a little wimpy in front of the camera. ‘i might have tattoos and things like that but getting a masculine shot out of me isn’t always easy,’ he told Another Man Magazine. ‘it’s totally nerve-wrack nerve-wracking. not wearing clothes is one way to be really self-conscious.’ self-conscious. read the full interview in the autumn/ winter issue of Another Man, out today.

Franco pleads innocence despite his social media over-exposure

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KEANU’S SKINNY-DIPPING STALKER ARRESTED KEANU REEVES avoided a startling welcome home after a stalker was found skinnydipping in his pool.

The star’s cleaners called the police after the woman was seen swimming in the grounds of his Hollywood Hills home.

It is believed the intruder let herself into the mansion through an unlocked door before she was rumbled.

The Matrix actor has been a magnet for fans of late. Just a day before the latest incident, the 50-year-old called the cops after another woman got into his home as he slept.

She was found in the library, according to TMZ. Both intruders now face a mental health evaluation.

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RISING star MNEK has spilled the beans on his work with Madonna.

The 19-year-old – real name Uzoechi Emenike – shared a studio with the queen of pop last month.

‘I almost get quite scared talking about it. It’s happened, obvious ly.

I did meet Madonna and I did work with her,’ the Londoner told Digital Spy. ‘It was great and amazing. The song sounds wicked – I’m really proud of it.

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VIN DIESEL got sentimental when he shared a still from the upcoming Fast & Furious 7 with late co-star Paul Walker.

The 47-year-old said: ‘We all went above and beyond to make Pablo proud, but man, I wish he could see what we have created and just how far we have come.’

Calvin’s moving on up with €15m place in the Hills

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JEREMY CALVIN HARRIS has dispensed RENNER has let with some of his €60million slip he has married the mother annual earnings by of his little girl – and says he is his up trading fighting for his family’s privacy.

Hollywood mansion.

The 43-year-old says Not happy with he wants to keep his n illio his €6m missus Sonni Pacheco and pad, the 18-month-old daughter, Ava Scottish DJ has Berlin, out of the limelight. out shelled ‘I have tried to protect my €15million on family’s privacy, my wife’s a ten-bed des res privacy.

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Hill in Beverly to get hammered for The 30-year-old’s new abode comes my life,’ the Avengers Assemble star told with 11 bathrooms American magazine and a two-storey Capitol File. guest house.

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Kanye salutes disabled fan

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Alll dolled up: Two T of Kerrie’s ‘babies’ and (right) the mum with her daughters Jade and Karina

A MOTHER-Of-TwO has splashed out €25,000 on seven dolls – but refuses to treat her real children.

Kerrie williams has spent a fortune on clothes, toys and accessories including a €1,200 pram for her collection of seven ‘reborns’ – lifelike vinyl dolls that resemble babies.

The 33-year-old’s hobby has left her with little spare cash to spend on daughters Karina, 13, and Jade, 12.

‘My daughters are always asking me for new clothes. I tell them it’s a waste of money because they will grow out of them,’ she said.

‘Karina wanted a pair of Vans trainers and was furious when I told her I couldn’t afford them.

‘She gets jealous because I bought the reborns the same pair – but they can wear them forever.’ The part-time carer has splashed out on min-

by HADLEy MiDDLETOn iature designer outfits for the dolls including ones by Ralph Lauren and Converse.

She started collecting the figures, which can cost up to €600 each, to cope with a miscarriage in 2012.

Her collection includes twins Corey and Cody, and ‘vampire babies’ Lillith and Lilliana.

Another, called Till, was designed to look like the child she and her expartner Paul, 35, lost.

Ms williams, of Co Durham, UK, often takes her dolls out in their pushchairs.

She said some people were supportive but others ‘taunt the babies and say they look like dead children, but I think my babies are beautiful.’

Designer labels: Kerrie Williams with the collection of expensive outfits

Microlight plane commuter killed

Fatal crash: An investigator at the scene Picture: PA

A FUNERAL director died when the microlight he was travelling to work in collided with a light aircraft at 3,000ft.

Stephen Spavins crashed in a field after the incident with a Cessna plane during his morning commute.

The Cessna pilot managed to regain control of his aircraft at 800ft and made an emergency landing at a nearby airfield.

Fragments of Mr Spavins’ Kitfox are thought to have been found in the Cessna’s tail after the crash in Tempsford, Bedfordshire, on Tuesday.

The 46-year-old used the microlight to fly from his home to G & H Seamer funeral directors in Sandy, Bedfordshire.

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teen ‘inspired by islamic State’

Terror suspect gunned down

A TEENAGE terror suspect was shot dead by police in Australia after stabbing two counter-terrorism officers.

The 18-year-old, identified as Abdul Numan Haider, attacked the men at a Melbourne police station having been asked to answer questions there.

He was then gunned down by one of the officers. The two men are in a stable condition in hospital.

It has emerged that Haider’s passport was cancelled on national security this month. He was thought to have recently been seen waving an Islamic State flag at a shopping centre.

The teenager’s attack followed a call

by IS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani to kill people of various nationalities, including Australian.

Prof Michael Wesley, an expert in

by DAniEL binns national security at the Australian National University, said the ‘fatwa’ from al-Adnani had inspired Haider.

‘It’s an incitement to lone-wolf attacks,’ he stated.

Haider reportedly made threats against Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, who is due to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting about foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq.

‘This [attack in Melbourne] indicates there are people in our community who are capable of very extreme acts,’ Mr Abbott said.

The terror warning in Australia is at its second-highest level. Its military jets are expected to take part in air strikes against IS in Iraq.

Crime scene: A forensics officer and, left, the body is removed Picture: ePA

Litter of the law A DETERMINED street cleaner showed her devotion to duty by making sure a crime scene was given a full forensic sweep.

The woman ducked under a ‘police, do not cross’ cordon around the scene of a brawl and began to pick up litter.

She carried on until an officer interrupted to let her know evidence could not be tided away.

Railway worker James Galbraith,

21, said: ‘She was just tidying up by the bus stop when she wandered through the cordon and carried on.

‘It was a bit of a surprise but she’s a regular at cleaning this part of town.

‘When the police officer came over and had a few words she just left.’

The cordon outside Romford railway station, in north-east London, was to protect evidence after a fight outside a nightclub on Monday.

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Mars mission World places India in top league

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INDIA has become the first Asian country to put a satellite in orbit around Mars – for the bargain price of €50million.

Workers at the Indian Space and Research Organisation broke into wild cheers when the spacecraft completed 24 minutes of engine burn around the Red Planet.

The Mars Orbiter Mission has been hailed a ‘flawless success’ by the space agency.

Indian prime minister Narendra

by NICOLE LE MARIE Modi said: ‘We have gone beyond the boundaries of human enterprise and innovation.’

The orbiter will circle Mars for at least six months, gathering data that could shed light on its weather systems and the water that once existed on the planet.

India’s mission has cost about a tenth of Nasa’s current Maven mission to Mars.

kENyA: A journalist freed after more than two years as a prisoner of pirates in Somalia was receiving medical treatment at germany’s embassy in nairobi yesterday. german-American Michael Scott Moore was ‘doing well’, embassy spokesman Sawsan Chebli said.

She did not directly deny claims that a ransom had been paid to secure Tuesday’s release of the 45year-old, who was captured while researching a book on piracy.

However, she insisted that germany ‘cannot be blackmailed’.

fire rekindles anger over teen’s shooting AMERICA: Racial tensions over the killing of Michael Brown have flared up again after a memorial to the black teenager burned down. Several arrests were made as 200 people gathered in Ferguson, Missouri. The memorial, containing lit candles, probably caught fire by accident, said Mayor James Knowles III. Brown, 18, was shot by white policeman Darren Wilson in August.

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Long hours in a dead-end job can increase the risk of diabetes by almost a third, research has shown. People in low-status, poorly paid jobs who work 55 hours or more a week are 30 per cent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those putting in 35 to 40 hours, scientists found.

Researchers analysed data from more than 222,000 men and women who participated in diabetes studies in the the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia.

Lead scientist Professor Mika Kivimaki, from University College London, said: ‘Health professionals should be aware of a significantly increased risk in people who are doing low socio-economic status jobs.’

SPAIN: Street performers dressed as Mickey and Minnie Mouse talk to a policeman after getting into a bust-up with a heckler in Madrid.

He pestered them during their balloon-bending act PicTure: europics

Carla in ‘gay’ spat with Sarkozy fRANCE: nicolas Sarkozy’s political comeback is off to a shaky start after he came under fire – from his wife.

The former president (pictured) said same-sex unions ‘humiliate families’ as he announced that he is to run for office in 2017. But the comment angered his wife, ex-model Carla Bruni, who said the couple have many gay friends and she is in favour of same-sex marriage.

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AMERICA: A drunken woman who chewed up the back seat of a police car faces five years in jail. Staci Spence gnawed away at the upholstery after being arrested for dousing a couple with pepper spray. The 42-year-old, from Idaho, is accused of malicious damage to property.

Joy for Twink as she is reunited with her beloved dog Teddy Bear

Lost and found: Teddy Bear was rescued at a house after a tip-off

TWINK has been reunited with her missing dog, Teddy Bear.

The entertainer was heartbroken when the miniature Yorkshire Terrier went missing from her Knocklyon, south Dublin, home nearly a week ago and she made a public appeal for his return.

It’s understood that the pup was recovered by gardaí from a house in south Dublin yesterday, following a tip-off from a member of the public.

A man arrested in connection with the incident has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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‘Marketing firm’ claim to be behind Emma images

by JOAnnE AHERn ConFuSIon surrounds the Emma Watson 4chan nude pictures ‘threat’ – after a ‘marketing company’ appeared to claim that it was behind the stunt.

Rantic Marketing said the EmmaYouArenext.com countdown website, which redirects to Rantic’s own homepage, is part of a campaign to bring down 4chan, an anonymous bulletin board which has been hosting nude pictures of a number of other female celebrities.

The Emma Watson threat, made after she delivered a gender-equality speech at the united nations, was originally attributed to 4chan.

But Rantic’s homepage features an open letter to Barack obama, saying it has been ‘hired by celebrity publicists’ to bring the 4chan celebrity nude leaks issue to public attention.

It adds that the leaks are ‘an invasion of privacy and also a clear indication that the internet needs to be

GaDGeT multi-tasking can alter the brain structure of people juggling with smartphones and laptops, research has shown.

Regularly using several devices at the same time reduces nerve cell density in a particular part of the brain, scientists found.

Neuroscientist Kepkee Loh, from University College London, said: ‘Media multitasking is becoming more prevalent in our lives today and there is increasing concern about its impacts on our cognition and social-emotional well-being. Our study was the first to reveal links between media multi-tasking and brain structure.’

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said they are ‘not officially commenting on the speculation’ over the alleged photos.

‘The internet needs to be censored’ Rantic Marketing describes itself on its Twitter page as a ‘viral marketing agency, Social Media Gods, Powering Major Record Labels, YouTube Partners, Entertainers, Corporations, Business Brands,

Gov Federal agencies’.

Its first tweet was on September 17 and all but two of its 12 tweets to date were posted today.

All of its other social media accounts redirect to the homepage.

Emails to the ‘company’ have bounced back.

Who is actually controlling the Rantic.com site remains a mystery at this point in time but the previously abandoned site appears to have been hacked by 4chan last month.

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The garment was discovered in the boys’ section of the store by shopper Karen Kunawicz.

In a Facebook post, she said: ‘Really? In the boys’ section?

SM – the same mall that has the daily Angelus and refused to show Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd in the cinemas?’

The SM Store tweeted that it

had pulled the garment in question and did not ‘support such irresponsible and malicious acts that mock important and sensitive social issues’.

It added that it was investigating why the T-shirt was stocked and that ‘appropriate action will be taken to ensure this does not happen again’.

TeSCO is starting discussions with staff in its Irish stores about possible redundancies, the company has confirmed.

However, the major retailer denied the news had anything to do with this week’s revelations that the company had overstated its profits.

Tesco has not said how many redundancies are likely but added it is in ‘early-stage discussions’ with some store managers with a view to their possible redeployment to other roles or to see if they wish to take voluntary redundancy.

Tesco cut its profit forecast for the third time this year earlier this week after finding a fault in its accounts.

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A SHOP in the Philippines has pulled a T-shirt that described rape as ‘a snuggle with a struggle’.

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The site adds: ‘Join us as we shut down 4chan and prevent more private pictures from being leaked. none of these women deserve this and together we can make a change.’

It claims the EmmaYouArenext. com site has reached more than 48million visitors.

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60 seconds Mailbox WiLLiAM ficHTnER, 57, has appeared in big movies such as The Dark Knight and Black Hawk Down. He’s now starring in the cross-border detective series Crossing Lines.

You play a former NYPD cop who has relocated to Europe and solves crimes in Crossing Lines. What’s in store for him in series two? This series

explores much more about who everyone is and goes a bit more into the backstory, particularly for my character. he’s reconnected with his former partner, professionally and personally. That character is played by Carrie-Anne Moss.

Probably the highlight of my year is the episodes that I do with her.

She’s just great.

Is crime drama the genre you’d watch at home?

Sometimes but my wife watches a lot more TV than I do. If I’ve got a choice between diving into a new series of something or watching the F1 from Monaco, I’d take the F1. That’s my thing.

You’ve popped up in so many huge movies – how often do you get recognised?

I’m that guy that, when I’m walking down the street, someone will go: ‘hey, you’re that dude…’ I never mind

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Which of your films is closest to your heart? I’ve had some real

highlights: Black hawk Down, The Lone Ranger. I did a film a few years ago called Drive Angry that nOBODY saw, except for my four sisters, and I love that movie.

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Ever had to turn down anything that you’ve since regretted? no. I’ve read some

things that I’ve turned down where my agent thought I was absolutely out of my mind. And I’m always crystal clear – it’s OK, it’s not for me.

Aren’t you playing Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

Prague about Drive Angry that eight years ago I can’t exactly say with my wife NOBODY saw, who I play in the and that five-day except for my four film, events trip was change and shift. probably more sisters, and I love I’m happy to say my instrumental to me that movie 12-year-old really doing the show than loves the film – but no anything. I loved it. I more than I do. said to my wife: ‘If you’re not interested in going there, I’m Is it true that your nephew not doing it.’ As much as I like the persuaded you to do it? he show, the experience of living in didn’t persuade me but I did tell my Prague has been equally great. nephew Mikey: ‘hey, I just got These cross-border detective offered Teenage Mutant ninja Turtles, do you think I should do shows are particularly it?’ he said: ‘no, uncle Bill, you popular at the moment, WILL do it.’ aren’t they? I think so – I don’t

know too much about the other shows that are out there but it’s certainly reflective of the world. It’s getting smaller all the time.

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Are you going to be immortalised in toy form? I

don’t know. I do have a couple of toys out there already – I think I have a Butch Cavendish one for The Lone Ranger.

I never got one, tho. It’s crazy, I should have got one of them to put on my desk.

Can you remember the first time that you auditioned for a role?

I remember the first time I auditioned for something on camera, thinking that boom mike has got to be picking up my heartbeat. I really cannot believe how terrified I was.

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hen the three Israeli teen settlers were killed, Israel retaliated immediately, by bombing ‘suspected’ hamas militants’ family homes, leading to the last Gaza conflict with 2,300 Gazans killed, 80 per cent of whom were civilians, including 500 children and four journalists.

These are Un figures.

Israel has since admitted that hamas was not involved in the killing of the three Israeli teens.

So, yesterday, they hunted down and murdered two more Palestinians, without trial, as the world looks on and accepts this as justice. no doubt some Zionist apologist will write in to say how Israel ‘has no choice’ and that I’m an

anti-Semitic hamas supporter. hamas are branded terrorists as they kill people without trial. By that definition, Israel is a terrorist state.

Marc, Wicklow ■ TV3 should be ashamed of its new show about Darndale. The producers managed to hunt down a dramatic few in a predominantly decent community, found them and created more ignorance. It was simply disgraceful.

D ■ The down side of this unseasonably warm weather is the return of the litter louts to our beaches. how hard is it to pick up after yourselves? We should all be able to use these public amenities without ruining them for others.

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Organising a wedding can be a stressful task.

Angharad Williams tries to make it easier with some much-needed advice on choosing the dress, the venue and the honeymoon

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edding dress shopping is one of the most fun and exciting parts of being a bride, but it can become overwhelming given the amount of choice available. stylist and personal shopper Marietta doran says doing some research and having an idea of what you want is key to finding the dress. ‘Bring photos and images from magazines of styles and dresses you like. if there’s a dress you own that you like bring that with you also.’

While some wedding dress styles remain classic and timeless, there are elements that have appeared across bridal design house collections. designers from Oscar de la renta to Vera Wang featured Chantilly lace, embellishments and embroidery, silk organza and tulle in their latest collections of bridal gowns.

The traditional mermaid silhouette and ball gowns continue to prove popular with brides and most collections feature these styles. More daring designers have opted

for short dresses, while a look that has emerged on the bridal scene is colourful wedding gowns in every shade from bright pink to black. ‘styles and trends come and go,’ Marietta says, ‘but there is definitely a return to the traditional and classic bride.

Think romance, lace, flowers and plenty of trains.’ grooms are also veering away from the traditional black morning suit with some subtle variations. The vintage look features heavily, with grey and retro cuts being seen in many 2015 collections. ‘The twopiece single-breasted suit in navy is very popular with grooms. navy works well with all skin tones and colours, but it’s remains simple and chic,’ Marietta says. if you’re a guest at a wedding then Marietta also has some shopping advice.

‘Vintage is very popular at the moment. stay away from bright or loud colours and avoid styles that are too short.

‘Accessories can up-style any outfit, while hats and wraps are a great way to re-invent a look.

Alterations are also a clever way of changing an outfit that you already own.’

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to stay overnight? Lots of venues in HEN planning a wedding, one of Ireland now have areas for on-site the biggest civil ceremonies, so this can save challenges a you money on transport for guests couple will face is and yourselves and cuts the amount of time between the ceremony and where they will have it. Ireland has a huge variety of wedding venues the reception.’ across the country, from castles Rosemarie says she has seen an inand country houses to hotels crease in the number of Irish couples and restaurants. opting to start the honeymoon early Wedding planner and owner of Ro- by marrying abroad. sie The Wedding Planner, Rosemarie ‘There has been an increase in Meleady has been planning wed- people going abroad with an intidings in Ireland and abroad mate group of family and for over 12 years. friends of 20 to 70 guests. They hire a ‘The average number of venues a couple can villa and have a wedbeen s a h e r The in expect to look at is ding holiday and e s a an incre er of four or five,’ she says. then having a big, b more relaxed party ‘At that stage you the num oosing ch when they return.’ have enough to do couples arried When it comes to comparisons and you to get m d budgets, the venue have a better picture abroa will be the biggest exof your list of requirepense a couple can exments for a venue.’ pect. Costs vary between She says couples should venues, so decide on a budget then consider the size of the venue and if is big enough for their number of visit a few venues to compare.

‘If it is a hotel they usually don’t guests, when music can be played until, if there is a minimum booking have a room hire fee but would have requirement and if the venue has a a minimum number of guests required for the reception,’ Rosemarie one wedding per day policy.

‘Couples often don’t consider the says. ‘If it is a manor house or villa distance from the ceremony location that does not have in-house caterers to reception venue and how long it they usually require you to book a will take guests to get there from the minimum amount of guest rooms ceremony,’ Rosie said. ‘Is there for two to seven nights, so the cost parking for guests and is there ac- really depends on the type of venue commodation on site if guests want and its star rating.’

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edding planning is a stressful experience and by the time the big day comes you deserve a holiday. One of the highlights of getting married is the honeymoon and the chance to relax.

But when it comes to choosing your honeymoon destination you can be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of choice. do you blow the budget and head to the sun or do like Kim and Kanye and enjoy the best that ireland has to offer?

According to Weddings Online, the average spend by irish couples on the honeymoon is €3,916, making it the biggest expense after the venue. The same survey found that 89 per cent of couples chose to honeymoon abroad while 11 per cent spend their honeymoon in ireland.

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This is the last we’ll see of TV’s most inventive illusionist for now, so make the most of the elusive Dynamo as he slips from the scene in what’s been a spell-binding final series. He’s at his best in the quick throwaway tricks but floating off the Shard certainly makes for a spectacular stunt. Let’s hope it’s not too long before he reappears again.

2 Your Home In Their Hands Celia Sawyer judges the designs

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BBC1, 8pm Anyone who’s missed the teardrenched interior disasters of Changing Rooms will rub their hands at the prospect of this makeover show, which lets amateur interior designers loose on decor nightmares – with predictably fractious results. The volunteers presumably let the designers in on the basis that ‘it can’t be any worse than this’. They are so, so wrong.

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by South Korea’s Park Chan-wook, he of the deeply weird Oldboy. It’s a stylishly opaque tale of deaths and disappearances with a script (now this is truly weird) by Prison Break star Wentworth Miller.

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BBC2, 9pm This charming feature-length drama is akin to Forrest Gump – without the overdose of saccharine. The true story of Neil Baldwin, played by the wonderful Toby Jones, is a comical celebration of the joy of life, Baldwin possesses a genuine optimism that lifts the spirits of all around him. His catchphrase?

‘That’s life – and we have to make the most of it.’

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wedding day in Shannon, Co Clare.

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UTV, 11.40pm Not everyone would be so moved by the plight of a deaf and blind shih-tzu that they’d want to take it home with them, but it’s the heartfelt empathy Paul O’Grady has for the pets he comes across that makes this programme such an endearing watch. He’s no David Attenborough in the nature stakes, but O’Grady genuinely does care.

8. JungLE ATLAnTis

BBC2, 8pm Angkor Wat, deep in the Cambodian jungle, is the world’s largest religious monument, the centre of an ancient city that 1,000 years ago was home to 750,000 people. This two-part documentary tells of its golden age.

9. THE DEsign DOcTORs

RTE1, 8.30pm Aoife Rhattigan and Gary Cohn once again have their work cut out for them as they meet the Colgan family from Co Offaly. The Colgans want

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a colourful bedroom for their toddler, as well as a modern outdoor living area.

10. cHAsing sHADOws

UTV, 9pm This oddball detective drama starring a mismatched Reece Shearsmith and Alex Kingston draws to a close – probably never to be seen again – with DS Sean Stone unconvinced by the confession of suspected serial killer Leonard Vance. Standby for a scary turn from Friday Night Dinner’s Paul Ritter, otherwise known as Dad.

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Not at all. There is undoubtedly a glut of nonfiction titles dealing with the subject of Dublin’s fluid skyline, but in this intriguing little volume, journalist and academic Karl Whitney really does have something new to offer. Forget hoary old tributes to picturepostcard Dublin with its familiar Georgian gems and leafy parks, because Whitney’s interests lie elsewhere. tell me more.

Ugh. So it’s not aimed at tourists then?

Anyone with an interest, however tenuous, in modern Dublin will find plenty to pique their curiosity here. Even those of us who’ve never so much as broken the spine on Ulysses can enjoy Whitney’s jaundiced account of his ill-fated attempts to visit each of Joyce’s childhood homes on an icy January day. Of the surfeit of inscriptions to the author he finds dotted about the capital, he remarks drily: ‘Joycean Dublin suffered from a needless build-up of plaque.’

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Meticulously researched, this builds slowly into a moving, vividly evocative narrative.

Patricia Nicol Bloomsbury, out now

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by KArl Whitney

In Hidden City, Whitney sets himself a series of offbeat, sometimes onerous challenges – including visiting every one of James Joyce’s 20 Dublin residences in a single day – which are the focus of this meticulously constructed travelogue. As a native of Tallaght, Whitney is far more interested in peripheral urban spaces that are politely skirted over in guide books, including ‘the industrial badlands of the Poolbeg Peninsula’, than he is in the sanitised, soft-focus vision of the capital pedalled by Bord Fáilte. At one point, he even dons a boilersuit for a far-from-salubrious journey under the Liberties to examine its subterranean rivers. Elsewhere, he gets to grips with the city’s sewerage system.

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Indeed, Whitney is the master of the snappy, quick-witted sentence, so Poolbeg ‘is the place where the necessary functions of the city... go to hide’ and discarded furniture he comes across on the Kiltipper Road looks ‘like a post-apocalyptic version of the Argos catalogue’.

Worth a punt, then?

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New boss has to build on Daly’s success: Sutcliffe

Man of conviction: Dublin football boss Jim Gavin with footballer bernard brogan and hurler Danny Sutcliffe

Dublin hurler Danny Sutcliffe has lamented the fact that there is no ‘Jim Gavin there’ waiting in the wings to succeed Anthony Daly as senior manager.

Gavin was an obvious replacement for football boss Pat Gilroy after 2012 having previously guided the county u-21s to two All-ireland titles. ironically, Shay boland has been strongly linked with the hurling vacancy and he managed the county’s u-21s too, having previously guided the minors to All-ireland finals in 2011 and 2012. but former All-Star Sutcliffe indicated that it is going to require a high profile, national figure who has been successful at the top level himself to improve on Daly. ‘i wish there was a Jim Gavin there who had won everything at underage level who you could give it to but i suppose there really isn’t,’ said Sutcliffe. ‘Anthony Daly has been there and won Allirelands and i think that’s something we need from the next candidate, that he has that experience.

‘That’s what you are looking for. it’s either Anthony Daly or higher. You can’t really take a step back, the work that has been put in at ground level by the county board and the work Anthony put in, you couldn’t justify going a step back after the six years that he put in.’

Dublin will keep attacking – Gavin Dublin manager Jim Gavin has held his hands up for the shock Allireland semi-final defeat to Donegal, conceding to a defensive ‘vulnerability’ as a result of their swashbuckling style of play.

Gavin’s hopes of guiding Dublin to back to back All-ireland titles were dashed last month by 7/1 outsiders Donegal who outscored them in an open, attacking encounter.

The Dublin management were criticised for not shoring up their defence with extra bodies when Donegal were getting on top and exploiting large gaps around the half-back line.

Gavin said his core belief in attacking football hasn’t shifted as a result of the defeat or indeed the tactical, tense All-ireland final last weekend between Donegal and Kerry. but he did accept that playing such an attacking game left them exposed at times and that Donegal took full

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by pAuL kEAnE advantage. Asked what he would do differently, Gavin said: “i would get a balance between defence and attack.

We have a core strategy of attacking football. ‘i accept the responsibility (for the fact) that the vulnerability which that expression brings was exploited.

‘it’s about getting a balanced approach’ ‘but i certainly wouldn’t stray away from that philosophy. it’s getting the balance between defence and attack.’

He added: ‘On a personal level, i accept full responsibility for that performance. And i accept full responsibility for the philosophy and the way Dublin play their football, for the attacking style we play and sometimes

for the vulnerability that it brings and the unpredictability of it. ‘i’ve managed Dublin teams for eight years now and i’ve lost more than i’ve won. And with this particular group, the senior squad, they’ve done pretty well.

‘We look at it by competition, so if you go through the national leagues, the leinster competition and the Allireland competition, they’ve won five out of six.

‘So one result doesn’t affect my resolve or the players’ resolve. One result won’t change the core philosophy of how Dublin play football. ‘but it’s been a learning experience, that’s for sure. And it’s about trying to get that balanced approach in the future. The performance wasn’t balanced in relation to the game and we got ruthlessly punished by a very good team who exploited it. That’s for me to go away and learn from.’

Brogan waiting for the call from his country Former Footballer of the Year Bernard Brogan has issued a ‘come and get me’ plea to International rules manager Paul earley, revealing that he’d love to play again but hasn’t been asked.

Brogan didn’t feature in last year’s series following Dublin’s All-Ireland triumph and spent much of the winter nursing a hip issue that required surgery.

‘i haven’t got that call yet – unfortunately’ Ireland will travel to Australia in late November for a single test and with both of the organisations keen to include their top players, Brogan might have been expected to feature. earley convened his Ireland panel for a first session in Ashbourne last weekend but while several of the Dublin players were involved, Brogan wasn’t invited despite the fact that he featured in previous series.

‘I’d love to play. If I was offered it, I’d definitely think about it,’ said Brogan. ‘obviously my circumstances have changed a bit with work and stuff, running my own company, so the time commitment is a big factor for me at the moment.

‘But, no, as I said, if you’re ever called to play for your country, you answer that call – but I haven’t got that call, unfortunately, yet.’

Brogan’s Dublin colleague, michael Darragh macauley, attended the training session but has suffered a thumb injury which will rule him out of any involvement. meanwhile, Brogan confirmed that he will definitely be back next season with Dublin. ‘me personally, I will be coming back,’ he said. ‘The first day we are training I’ll be there putting it in and giving everything.

‘There will be no taking our time this year. I am very keen to get back in and start the ball rolling again and just try to get going.’

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Oscar winner is too Kaikai gets Eagles level SULLAy KAIKAI salvaged extra-time for Crystal Palace with a last-ditch equaliser to force a 2-2 draw with newcastle at Selhurst Park. Dwight Gayle’s first-half penalty gave the Eagles the lead before Emmanuel riviere scored twice, the second a spot-kick, to put the visitors in front.

But debutant Kaikai struck in the last minute.

results Burton..........0 Chelsea ....... 2 Man City ...... 7 Tottenham... 3 C Palace ....... L

Brighton .......3 Bolton............1 Sheff Wed ... 0 nottm Forest 1 newcastle .... L

(Extra-time being played, 2-2 at 90mins)

West Brom .. 3 hull ...............2

Sucker punch: Defender Zouma marked his debut with Chelsea’s opener

Gleneagles diary

by Nick Metcalfe

Woods leaves a void to Phil ThE GrEATEST player on show this week in terms of majors won is on the visiting side – Phil Mickelson. Apparently, he isn’t shy of reminding his fellow players of his success either. I had to smile then when Matt Kuchar (right) took the wind out of five-time major winner Mickelson’s sails somewhat.

‘I think the greatest thing is when Phil throws down the ultimate gauntlet when he doesn’t have a comeback to whatever you’ve said, he just says “Well, I’ve won so many majors, suck on that”. But he can only say that if Tiger [Woods, who has 14] is not around. he has to look over both shoulders and make sure because if [Woods is around] he gives him his number.’

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CHELSEA swept into the last16 of the Capital One Cup thanks to a second-half winner from midfielder Oscar.

Kurt Zouma’s debut goal gave Chelsea a deserved lead. However, Bolton defender Matt Mills equalised soon after, before Oscar popped up with the Blues’ crucial second.

Dougie Freedman’s Championship strugglers acquitted themselves well but were on the back-foot for much of the night and were indebted to a fine performance from their goalkeeper Andy Lonergan, who managed to keep the score respectable.

Andre Schurrle (pictured) seemed to be on a one-man mission early on – the midfielder had eight shots, including a superb free-kick which was acrobatically pushed onto a post by Lonergan.

Chelsea broke the deadlock when centre-back Zouma scored after Bolton’s defence

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by Jon Harvey failed to clear a corner in the 25th minute.

However, Bolton, who had barely threatened the Chelsea goal, equalised when Mills headed past the recalled Petr Cech from a Liam Feeney cross just six minutes later.

Chelsea youngster Nathan Ake brought a fine save from Lonergan towards the end of a first half in which the hosts had 20 attempts.

Jose Mourinho’s side retook the lead ten minutes into the second period when Oscar fizzed a low shot from outside the area into the far corner

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Confusion trains on the buses I’M not surprised to hear fans are rather confused about this week’s transport arrangements. A word to the wise – if you’re coming tomorrow or over the weekend, and you haven’t already booked yourself on a special Ryder Cup train service, you will need to make your way to either Perth, Kinross or Stirling, pass through security and catch special buses from there. Some fans are surprised they can’t roll up and catch a train to the course.

I asked the man on duty at Dundee station whether he noticed people were confused this week. ‘Everybody’s confused,’ he said.

THEY sAiD iT ‘Golf is my girlfriend at the minute and it’s going to be that way for a while.’

Rory McIlroy, who broke up with Caroline Wozniacki earlier this year, is not in a hurry to find love again

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Decisions, decisions: McGinley and vice-captain Padraig Harrington

Prickly pairs a problem

EvEryonE’S still playing a guessing game over ryder which pairs the captains will send out tomorrow.

Cups – the first w as in For the second day running rory McIlroy was in 1927 at Worcester the same group as Martin Kaymer, with Graeme Country Club, McDowell and victor Dubuisson together. The Massachusetts Americans will consider any points scored against McIlroy and Kaymer a huge psychological boost.

Rookie Gallacher reveals his main course of inspiration Stephen Gallacher has admitted this week’s ryder cup venue was just the inspiration he needed to make europe’s team for he first time at the age of 39. the Scot, who lives just 35 miles away from Gleneagles, is expected to receive fanatical support from home crowds this weekend. asked if he had ever thought during his career his chance of playing at a ryder cup had gone, Gallacher (below) replied: ‘I

definitely thought it had. But I made a conscious effort a couple of years ago to get in this one. ‘especially for my generation, it’s never going to be here again. ‘as I’ve been here now, you get a taste for it and you want to play more. But, definitely, I made a very conscious effort to [make the team]. ‘after watching Medinah [in 2012] and speaking to paul lawrie quite a bit – he was on a massive high coming off Medinah – I

thought, you know what, I’m starting to play a bit better now, let’s try.

‘I knew I had to have the best year of my life to get in and I’ve had the best year of my life so far.

‘I can take a lot of pride and I’m happy to be sitting here just now. that’s what the hard work and the sacrifices and everything’s all about.’

Gallacher also paid tribute to his captain paul McGinley, saying he

‘I knew I’d have to have the best year of my life’

had instilled a sense of fun into the team. ‘paul’s been brilliant,’ he added. ‘he’s been very thorough. he’s very articulate, good at speaking, left no stone unturned. I’ve never heard any negative words from anybody. ‘everybody is upbeat and positive. everybody is having fun and that’s what he’s wanting to instil, everybody enjoying themselves.

‘We bond as one and we are all getting on well and as a unit.’

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hot for trotters Lamps is at it again as City wallop Wednesday

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No f-Owl: Toure, under pressure, led City as Lampard, inset, started and finished the rout

Frank Lampard bagged a brace as holders manchester City got the defence of their title off to a winning start at the Etihad Stadium.

Lampard, who scored the equaliser in City’s 1-1 draw with his old club Chelsea on Sunday, made it three in two games as the Sky Blues breezed past Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.

Wednesday boss Stuart Gray, whose team had seen off Burnley in the previous round, looked the happier of the two managers as the game reached the break all-square.

But, any thoughts of another cup upset were soon blown away as City tore into the Owls with a four-goal blitz at the start of the second half.

Lampard led the way, poking home James milner’s cross from close range before Edin dzeko added a second six minutes later, converting Jesus navas’ fine cut-back.

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by Jack Fox Wednesday barely had time to draw breath before navas bagged the third, lashing the ball high into the net.

Things were about to get worse for the Owls as kamil Zayatte was shown a straight red card for a foul on Lampard in the penalty area – Yaya Toure making no mistake with the resulting spot-kick. a thumping header from dzeko header made it five on 77 minutes before navas was again the provider as teenager Jose pozo claimed his first goal for the club. Lampard slid the ball home to completed the rout on 90 minutes.

Soldado helps cut Forest down to size rOBErTO SOLdadO found his goalscoring touch to help spare mauricio pochettino from further woe at White Hart Lane.

The Spanish striker produced an instinctive finish just seven minutes from time, reacting quickly to turn in andros Townsend’s low drive as Spurs fought back from a goal down to beat nottingham Forest. ryan mason had left the bench to equalise from 25 yards with a fizzing shot which wiped out what had been a shock 61st-minute opening goal from Jorge Grant.

Harry kane then rounded off the Tottenham comeback with a crisp goal in the closing moments as Stuart pearce’s Championship leaders ran out of steam.

Townsend and Erik Lamela both

third round tottenham ............3 nottm forest.........1 by danny Griffiths rattled the woodwork but all the Londoners’ best work came after they had fallen behind.

Until mason handed them a lifeline, Spurs – without a win in four and seeking a boost after Sunday’s 1-0 defeat at home to West Brom – lacked sparkle and were fortunate not to fall behind in the first half when Ben Osborn hit the bar.

Ryan mighty: Mason celebrates his long-range leveller for Spurs

Football diGeSt

Guzan gushes over ‘top-class’ thibaut BRaD GUzaN has hailed Thibaut Courtois as one of the world’s best goalkeepers ahead of aston Villa’s game at Chelsea on Saturday.

The Villa keeper (pictured) believes Belgium international Courtois deserves to be picked ahead of Petr Cech this season. Courtois, 22, spent three years on loan at atletico Madrid, where he won the Europa League, Super Cup, Copa del Rey and La Liga. ‘He’s someone who I believe is one of the top five goalkeepers in the world,’ Guzan said. ‘His resume is outstanding. His accolades for the seasons at atletico and with Belgium speak for itself.’

Uefa to investigate Liverpool’s losses LIVERPOOL will be named as one of several clubs under investigation by Uefa for possible financial fair play (ffP) breaches this week. It is understood an announcement is expected to be made today. Liverpool, Monaco, Inter Milan and Roma – who were all absent from Europe last season and have recently submitted accounts to Uefa – are due to be asked to provide further financial information to the Club financial Control Body. Uefa say losses must be no more than £35.4million over the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons, but allow expenses such as youth development and stadium costs to be written off.

Liverpool made a loss of £49.8m for the 2012-13 season, and £40.5m for the tenmonth period before that.

slade quits orient RUSSELL SLaDE has resigned as manager of Leyton Orient and could be set to take over at Cardiff. The 53-yearold earned a reprieve at the League One club with a draw at Notts County last week after O’s president francesco Becchetti told him he had one game left to save his job. Slade, who joined Orient in april 2010, has been linked to the Cardiff role since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s departure a week ago.

felix is not ready to give up on england fORMER fulham boss felix Magath hopes to find another job in English football.

Magath’s reputation took a knock during a troubled seven-month stint in the Cottagers’ hotseat, but he insists he still has something to give and that his future lies in England. ‘I’m going to stay in England and I will see what comes,’ said the 61-year-old (pictured), who left Craven Cottage a week ago, with the team at the foot of the Championship. ‘I still believe my methods can still help at some clubs.

I certainly don’t doubt myself.’

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Sue of a kind: McDowell, left, and McIlroy during practice yesterday

You know the Ryder Cup that was all about respect and goodwill? Phil Mickelson has put a temporary stop to all that.

The American aimed the first real jibe of the week directly towards Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell yesterday.

Asked about the unity of the American team, and the suggestion from some quarters they might find it more difficult to play together than their European counterparts, Mickelson had a barbed response, albeit one that was delivered with a smile.

‘Well, not only are we able to play togeth-

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‘We don’t litigate against each other and that’s a real plus this week’ er, we also don’t litigate against each other and that’s a real plus, I feel, heading into this week,’ he said.

The comment refers to the ongoing legal battle involving McIlroy and his former management company, Horizon, that still represents McDowell. The Northern Irish pair, along with Europe’s captain Paul McGinley, have been at pains to play down the affair but Mickelson has certainly made it the centre of attention once again.

Mickelson, the senior member of America’s team, may have simply felt the time was right to strike back in response to con-

stant questions from reporters about unity. ‘We really have a great group of guys,’ he added.

‘We have a lot of fun together.

‘I know they [Europe] are favoured and I know what great players they are, but we are having a lot of fun together and hopefully that will bring out our best golf.’

McIlroy himself spoke to reporters earlier in the day, dismissing fears over using a new driver in practice this week, and making direct ref-

erence to Mickelson, who switched from Titleist to Callaway clubs shortly before the 2004 Ryder Cup at oakland Hills, where he only picked up one point from a possible four. ‘Phil Mickelson nearly hit me off the tees in 2004,’ said McIlroy, who was in Detroit as a spectator.

‘I was standing down the left-hand side, so I’m very aware of what he did that week.

‘Hey, look, Phil changed from one equipment

manufacturer to another. This is a driver I’ve actually been using and practising with since June. I wouldn’t be putting it in the bag if I didn’t feel it was better.

‘But I think everyone saw yesterday, it was the only driver I had out there in the bag. It’s looking likely that it’s going to be in the bag this week.’

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Skipper McGinley picked Gavin’s brain on pressure Jim Gavin has revealed how he passed on advice to Ryder Cup captain Paul mcGinley about the pressures of managing teams that are strong favourites for success, writes Paul Keane.

Dubliner mcGinley phoned Gavin just days after the allireland semi-final loss to Donegal seeking nuggets of wisdom ahead of Europe’s defence of the Ryder Cup, which begins at Gleneagles tomorrow.

European skipper mcGinley stated in a recent interview that he wanted to know how Gavin coped with regularly being strong favourites for success and particularly so against Donegal, a game they lost. mcGinley said that Gavin was ‘very honest’ with his response. ‘it’s a private conversation,’ said Gavin yesterday. ‘But the essence of it was dealing with the perception of being favourites

going into a game or a competition. ‘(i said) that’s just an external thing that we couldn’t control and the most important thing was to control the internal thing when trying to get a performance.

‘The most important thing was what the players thought and what the management thought and the relationship between them. That’s the nature of sport.’ mcGinley’s first love was Gaelic

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football and the Ballyboden St Enda’s club man was interested in becoming an inter-county player.

Gavin described mcGinley as a ‘friend’ but said he wasn’t sure if his advice had been particularly helpful or not.

‘Well, we talked about other things as well,’ said Gavin.

The manager than added: ‘maybe. Sunday will tell.’

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