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SINGING LOUD AND PROUD: Sinéad O’Connor performs on stage at the Electric Picnic festival on the Stradbally Estate in Co Laois over the weekend Picture: Getty

by paul keoghA CANCER-stRiCkEN boy has been separated from his parents after they were arrested for taking him from a British hospital so they could have him treated abroad.

Ashya king, five, was last night in a spanish medical centre while his fa-ther Brett and mother Naghemeh awaited questioning by British police travelling to the Costa del sol.

His grandmother, Patricia, hit out at the authorities for keeping the family apart when he is so seriously ill.

‘Putting him in a hospital where he doesn’t know anybody is cruel,’ she said. ‘i have never heard of anything so cruel in all my life.’

However, Ashya’s older brother Naveed claimed close relatives were being prevented from seeing the youngster. He said: ‘they don’t allow anyone to see or visit Ashya, not

even family.’the kings fled Hampshire when

Ashya was refused expensive proton beam treatment for his brain tumour by southampton General Hospital. they had planned to go to spain to raise money to pay privately for the £100,000 treatment in the Czech Re-public but after an international man-hunt they were traced to a hostel in Malaga and put in custody.

Before his arrest, Mr king posted a video on Youtube explaining all he and his wife wanted was the best treatment for their son, who needs round-the-clock care.

sitting with Ashya in his arms, Mr king said: ‘We were most disturbed today to find that his face is all over the internet and newspapers and we

have been labelled as kidnappers putting his life at risk, neglect. As you can see, there’s nothing wrong with him, he is very happy actually since we took him out of hospital.’

Meanwhile, Hampshire Police yes-terday refused to apologise for their pursuit of the kings, with assistant chief constable Chris shead insisting the decision to issue warrants on sus-picion of neglect was correct.

He said: ‘i make no apology for be-ing as proactive as possible in trying to find him. i’d much rather be stand-ing here facing criticism over being proactive than do nothing and explain why a child has lost his life. We had medical experts telling us that Ashya was in grave danger.’

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SHOWERY spells didn’t dampen spirits at this year’s Electric Picnic festival as a capacity crowd turned out to revel in a weekend of music, comedy and sustainable artistry.

The festival is now in its 11th year and more than 40,000 people attended the sold-out event at Stradbally Hall, Co Laois. Headline acts including Portishead, Pet Shop Boys, Paolo Nutini and Outkast entertained excit-ed music lovers.

The three-day event got off to a wet and windy start but dark clouds soon gave rise to sunny smiles with many campers exploring the festival’s Body & Soul area; replete with Zen gar-dens, natural amphitheatre and bub-bling hot tubs.

In an ironic twist, fans of undisputed power ballad queen Bonnie Tyler –who was performing on the Electric Ireland Stage – were left in the dark for several minutes after a power cut during her performance. However, the blip was quickly overcome and the show went on to the delight of the packed tent stage.

That didn’t stop the jokey tweets fil-tering through, however. One fan tweeted: ‘Totally eclipse of the spark’.

While another wrote: ‘Power out at Electric Ireland power ballad stage. Somewhere a brand manager is hav-ing a total eclipse of their heart.’

Two people were hospitalised on the second day of the event after their

tent caught fire in the early hours of Saturday. A woman in her 30s was taken to Portlaoise General hospital and later treated for burns at Dublin’s St James’ Hospital.

Her injuries were reported to be non-life threatening. A male occupant non-life threatening. A male occupant non-life threatening. A male occupant of the tent was treated for minor burns at the campsite. The fire was believed to have been started by a candle.

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Gunmen shoot duo in city pubTWO young men are recovering from gunshotwounds following a shooting at a busy Dublin city centre pub on Saturday night.

The incident occurred at approximately 10pm when two men entered Oil Can Harry’spub on Lower Mount Street,Dublin 2, and fired a number ofshots at a group of peopleplaying pool, injuring the menaged 19 and 20. The injuries to the duo are not believed to belife-threatening.

The gunmen fled the scene ina dark coloured car. No arrestshave yet been made.

Talks to end rail dispute resumeTaLkS between unions andmanagement in the Irish Raildispute are set to resume today following intervention from theLabour Relations Commission. The two unions – the NationalBus and Rail Union (NBRU) andSiptu – and Irish Rail spent more than three hours onFriday setting out their positionat exploratory talks. a further two days ofstoppage are planned for nextSunday and Monday (September 7/8) with anotherplanned for September 21.

Irishmen drown on Greek island aN Irishman and his Dublin-based australian friend have drowned while on holiday on the Greek island of Crete.

The men have been named as 48-year-old kevin Devine from Drogheda, Co Louth, and 47-year-old John Lynch, originally from australia but living in Dublin for many years.

It is understood that the pair lost their lives on Friday in a stretch of water that is well known for its strong tides.

a spokesperson for the Department of Foreign affairs said consular assistance was being provided to the families of the two men.

DUBLIN City Council has confirmed what everyone else seems to have known, that U2 were filming on Sam-uel Beckett Bridge last Sunday for their upcoming new album.

A senior official confirmed that the bridge was closed to all traffic to allow the filming of a ‘U2 project’ – widely believed to be a scene for a new single from the band’s much anticipated 13th studio album.

Defending the decision to close one of the major crossing points of the Liffey on the day of an All-Ireland semi-final, especially when all rail services into the city were suspended as a result of a strike, the council said that the decision was made to ‘show-case the potential’ of the city as a filming location.

‘We facilitated the filming as part of the council’s strategy to promote the city. This has the beneficial effect to help showcase the city to potential domestic and international visitors,’ said a council spokesperson.

The confirmation comes after a

week of speculation about the secret nature of the filming, which saw the area around the bridge blocked from sight by a private security presence.

Watched over by at least two garda patrol cars, black sheets were strate-gically placed across the bridge to obscure what was happening. Even the traffic camera on the bridge was shut off for the duration of filming.

A U2 spokesperson said the group were in the process of filming a video for at least one of the songs on their 13th studio album which is rumoured

to be released as early as next month, a full five years after their last album.

It is understood none of the band was at the city centre location.

The shooting at the Samuel Beckett Bridge was part of four days of film-ing throughout the city. Other loca-tions included close to the Pepper Canister Church in Dublin 2 and an area near the Four Courts.

‘Part of council strategy to showcase Dublin to potential visitors’

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Fifi: The mental pain I’ve kept secret for 20 years

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Mental struggles: Fifi Geldof

THE eldest sister of Peaches Geldof has spoken out about her battle with depression after two decades of se-crecy – even keeping her illness from her father.

Fifi Geldof, who lost her younger sister to a heroin overdose earlier this year, said she was diagnosed aged 11 following the break-up of her parents, Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geld-of and TV presenter Paula Yates.

The 31-year-old called the divorce ‘pretty horrendous’ – made worse by the fact she was ‘at that difficult pre-teen age when kids are supposed to be surly and difficult’.

Then, in 2000, her mother died from a heroin overdose and Fifi’s illness spiralled out of control.

Turning to drugs, drink and food in an ef-fort to control her feelings, she comfort ate her way to a size 20.

Recalling the moment she received a diag-nosis, she told The Mail On Sunday: ‘The therapist diagnosed me with clinical depres-sion. I didn’t say a word for the first three sessions. I just sat there staring at him.

‘I never expressly told my parents. Dad doesn’t know. I wouldn’t talk to him about it now. I don’t have that relationship with

my family.’ Fifi, who now works in PR, admitted she never had a close relationship with her mother.

But of her sister, Peaches, whose body was found at her Kent home in April, she said: ‘A piece of my heart and my soul has gone. She was my baby sister.’

Peaches’ one-year-old son Phae-

dra was also in the house when she died, prompting criticism online.

Fifi hit back at internet trolls – but later thanked other followers for their kind words.

‘Thanks for your beautiful words of love and support for myself and Peaches,’ she wrote. ‘I appreciate it more than ever today.’

McguInnEss FLAgs pRObLEMThe deterioration in relations between nationalist and unionist politicians in Northern Ireland is down to the decision to limit the flying of the Union flag over Belfast City hall, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said.

Marking the 20th anniversary of the IRA ceasefire, the Sinn Fein politician said Democratic Unionists and Ulster Unionists have retreated into a coalition with rejectionist unionism and loyalist paramilitaries.

Mr McGuinness said it was borne out of ‘anti-democratic protests’ over the flag row and the refusal of unionist leaders to accept compromise and a democratic decision.

‘The decision to restrict the flying the flag to designated days is, of course, a compromise position. A compromise which Sinn Fein was prepared to support,’ he said.

‘But the unionist parties have been incapable of accepting this.’

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month’s budget and a new watch-dog to monitor all marketing and sponsorship aimed at children.

The college also said there should be a change in how deaths are re-corded to allow for obesity to be listed as a cause on medical certifi-cates.

Professor Donal O’Shea, consult-ant endocrinologist and co-chair of the RCPI policy group on obesity, said children must be given the best chance for a healthy diet.

‘This means, among other things, that children should be protected from the advertising and marketing of foods and drinks known to increase overweight and obesity,’ he said.

Call to ban sugary drinks ads that are ‘targeting’ children

by ED CARTySOme of the country’s top medics have called on the Government to ban the advertisement of sugar-sweetened drinks to children.

With two-thirds of adults and one-quarter of children in Ireland now classed as overweight or obese, the Royal College of Physi-cians Ireland (RCPI) said vulnera-ble youngsters need to be shielded from slick ads and marketing.

The doctors called for a 9pm watershed for television ads for foods high in fat, salt and sugar and an outright ban on marketing these foods to children.

They also pointed to much-need-ed actions on other fronts to stop the slide towards an epidemic, including a 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened drinks in next

The college said a number of improvements could be made in healthcare to promote weight issues including patients being measured or weighed each time they come into contact with a health worker.

It called for sporting ambassadors and organisations to promote physi-cal activity and healthy consump-tion and said training should be de-veloped to educate health care workers about weight manage-ment.

The Royal College of Physicians issued the call as it pointed to horrifying warnings that Ireland is facing an obesity epidemic with 90 per cent of the population expected to be overweight or obese by 2030 unless drastic meas-ures are taken.

70M ‘fATbERg’ THAT TOOk 4 DAys TO DEsTROy

IF YOU tip hot fat down your kitchen sink or wet wipes down the toilet this is what happens.

There was fat chance of any waste water flowing down the sewer pipe under Shepherd’s Bush Road, west London.

For this ‘fatberg’ was the length of a Boeing 747 and

consisted of congealed fat, wet wipes, food, tennis balls and even planks of wood. It caused flooding inside nearby homes and took Thames Water workers four days to clear. Using high-powered jets, the watercourse was cleared on Friday. Dave Dennis, Thames Water sewer operations

manager, said: ‘We spend £12million a year tackling blockages, most of them formed because people have tipped cooking fats down the drain and wet wipes down the loo. The sewers serve an important purpose, they are not an abyss for household rubbish.’

No flow: the‘fatberg’ isheld togetherby wet wipes

Eating less meat essential to help save the planet EatiNg less meat is ‘essential’ to ensure future demand for foodcan be met and ‘dangerous’climate change avoided, experts

have warned.a study by

leading universityresearchers inCambridge andaberdeen foundfood productionalone could exceedtargets forgreenhouse gasemissions in 2050 if current trendscontinue.

acceleratingpopulation growth

and the global shift towards‘meat-heavy Western diets’ hasmeant increasing agricultural yields will not meet projected food demands for the expected 9.6 billion world population, the study warned.

Disgusting: fat and waste fill sewer

IRISH tour operator Paddywagon is taking legal advice after its TripAdvisor page was hit with a so called ‘red badge’.

The site, which provides customer reviews to more than 40 million visitors seeking travel advice each month, has issued a warning on the bus firm’s page

that it is investigating if ‘individuals or entities associated with or having an interest in’ the company ‘may have attempted to interfere with reviews and/or the Popularity index’.

It’s currently ranked 105 of 201 activities in Dublin.

Paddywagon founder Cathal O’Connell denied that anyone

connected with his company had been asked to boost its rating and said his legal team is engaging with TripAdvisor.

He told the Sunday Times that TripAdvisor is ‘fatally flawed’, and added that there was no way to know who was behind the comments that the site had tagged as suspicious.

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Minister’s review call after Irish troops’ daring rescue

by LUKE HOLOHANMINISTER for Defence Simon Coveney has said Irish peacekeeping operations in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights may have to be reviewed, following an escala-tion in violence by Islamic militants.

Speaking about a weekend standoff be-tween Irish troops and al-Qaeda linked rebels, Mr Coveney said: ‘We are in danger of being dragged into a very nasty, very vi-olent, civil war in Syria.’

Although maintaining Ireland’s commit-ment to peace in the area, he told the Irish Independent: ‘Once the current stand-off has been resolved... there needs to be a fun-damental review of the UN mission.’

In a daring rescue mission over the week-end, Irish troops were involved in freeing 32 Filipino UN peacekeepers.

The area had reportedly been compro-mised after militiamen, believed to be from the rebel group Al-Nusra Front, encircled a number of UN encampments.

According to the Irish Defence Forces, the Irish 44th Infantry Group conducted an operation in the early hours of Saturday and were successful in evacuating all Filipino peacekeepers from the Breiqa base near the Israel-Syria border. Warning: Coveney

JOAN RIvERS’ daughter says she is hopeful about the comedian’s condition as she remains in hospital three days after going into cardiac arrest at a New York City doctor’s office.

Melissa Rivers said in a statement about her 81-year-old mother that ‘we are keeping our fingers crossed’.

Among the star’s well-wishers are fellow celebrities including two of her co-stars on E! Tv’s Fashion Police show, Giuliana Rancic and Kelly Osbourne.

Rivers’ daughterremains hopeful

It wasn’t the jewellery or high-tech goods he was after, but rather the hot water.

a man allegedly broke into a home in Lexington, Kentucky, to use the shower.

Ryan Carpenter, 32, was caught in the house by the homeowner after he allegedly broke into the property via a window.

Documents reveal Carpenter told police he has mental problems that make him want to break into homes to take hot showers after his own hot water runs out at home.

He has been charged with burglary offences.

Burglar was only after hot shower

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Iraqis lift siegeIRAqI security forces and Shiite militiamen on Sunday broke asix-week siege imposed by theIslamic State extremist groupon the northern Shiite Turkmentown of Amirli, as a suicidebombing killed 14 people inAnbar province, officials said.

Army spokesman Lt. Gen.qassim al-Moussawi said theoperation started at dawn onSunday and the forces entered the town shortly after midday.

Speaking on state TV, al-Moussawi said fighting was ‘still ongoing to clear the surrounding villages’.


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I’ve got a girl crush on Mel B and CherylXTRA Factor hostess Sarah-Jane Crawford says working with Mel B and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini is dis-tracting because she finds them so attractive.

The doe-eyed 29-year-old fears Scary Spice and Chezza will leave her looking less glamorous in com-parison.

‘I’m so busy girl-crushing! They are inspiring me to up my game,’ the beauty from south London told Guilty Pleasures.

Crawford added that she won’t try to upstage her co-stars in the weekly frock-off when live shows begin in October – and that she looks to her fellow ladies for style motiva-tion.

‘It’s really amazing working with gorgeous women every day be-

cause I’m like, “Wow! That looks good. I might try that”,’ she said.

‘It’s less competitive and more inspiring for me to work with people at the top of their game and looking amazing.’

The presenter, who hosts shows on BBC Radio 1Xtra, says she has struggled with emotions when con-testants come to her for a sympathet-

ic ear when their dreams are dashed by Simon Cowell

and co.‘I’m the one they can

celebrate with or cry on. I’ve been close to

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Hawke: Parenting comes easily to me

ETHAN HAWKE says being a

parent is easy. ‘It’s kind of like breathing – if you let it happen, it takes care of itself,’ the 43-year-old said.

Amelle: Sugababe fame left me bitter

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she’s glad she’s no longer a Suga-babe as being in the group limited her songwriting muse.

Writing memoir is ‘disaster’ for Love

ROCKER Courtney Love,

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DERMOT O’LEARY is hedging his bets onwho will be the stars of this year’s X Factor.

‘I think the girls are really good so far,’he revealed to Guilty Pleasures in anexclusive chat.

‘More girls audition than any othercategory but really good singers fall by the wayside. So I would probably say one of the girls.’

But with no mention of the groups or theovers categories, he hinted a male solosinger could be the one to clinch victory. ‘My standout audition has been one guy at bootcamp,’ the 41-year-old whispered.

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The former wild child, who has been in

rehab six times, claims she now wants to

focus on rebuilding her faltering career

and taking better care of herself.

‘Staying healthy, spiritual, happy

and focused,’ the 28-year-old said of

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Iggy leaves Rita wanting m-OraRITA ORA almost got her wishafter Iggy Azalea puckered upto the singer on Saturday.The singer, 24, lastweek confessed shewanted to kiss the 23-year-old Aussie.

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Putin urges talks on Ukraine after sanctions threatRUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has called for negotiations on the Ukraine crisis as European leaders threatened more sanctions against his country.

Mr Putin wants talks about the ‘political organisation of society and statehood of east Ukraine’, where pro-Russian separatists have clashed with forces loyal to Kiev.

He hopes to ‘safeguard the legiti-mate interests of those people who live there’.

The move came after European Union leaders ordered preparations for tougher measures against Russia at a summit in Brussels.

New sanctions are expected to tar-get figures in the Kremlin, and those in defence, energy and finance. UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon

said Russia was affected by earlier measures.

‘The European leaders were very clear that, if Putin does not stop the incursions we have seen over the border – there’s real evidence of troops and vehicles being moved into sovereign Ukrainian territory – then he is going to face further sanctions,’ Mr Fallon said.

Ukraine’s president, Petro Poro-shenko, who has warned his coun-try was ‘close to the point of no return’ with Russia, will be at a Nato summit in Wales this week.

Mr Fallon said the gathering would ‘focus on what more can be done to reassure eastern members

of Nato, particularly the Baltic states, Poland and Romania.

British troops are to take part in large-scale exercises in former Eastern Bloc countries to demon-strate Nato’s commitment to them, he added.

‘I have authorised the deploy-ment of an entire battle group to take part in a new exercise from September right through to December in Poland,’ Mr Fallon said.

‘There are going to be over 3,000 British troops involved in these countries this year and next year, larger-scale exercises.’

Mr Putin denies his forces are in Ukraine and has called on its government to stop the offensive against the separatists.

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and finally... czech republic: An elderly man reported missing by his wife has been found – at a hip-hop festival. Josef Krupka, 75, was on his way to a hospital appointment when he called in at the event in Hradec Kralove. ‘I felt I had to get closer to the beat,’ he said.

hungary: Thousands of cool-looking, shade-wearing rubber ducks float across the River Danube, Budapest, at yesterday’s start of The Great Rubber Ducky Race 2014. Picture: reuterS

rapper expands bucket listnOrTh KOrea: Rapper Pras Michel has turned Pyongyang into the latest venue for an ice-bucket challenge. The former Fugees star (pictured) was given a drenching in front of bemused passers-by next to the Taedong river. ‘I thought I’d put a little twist on it,’ said the 41-year-old American, who is in the secretive state to watch a wrestling show.

Democracy blow as china picks nameshOng KOng: China has ruined any hope that a pro-democracy candidate could stand for election as chief executive in 2017. Instead, Beijing will select two or three candidates because the mainland government says it wants to avoid creating ‘a chaotic society’. Chinese leaders agreed in 2007 that the chief executive would be chosen by ‘universal suffrage’. Democracy activists are likely to hold more large protests calling for genuine democracy in the Chinese territory.

new air travel alert as volcano simmersicelanD: A new eruption at a fissure close to the Bardarbunga volcano saw the country’s aviation warning code raised to its highest level yesterday. However, the eruption, in the Holuhraun lava field, was ‘very calm’ and could ‘hardly be seen on seismometers’, the meteorological agency said. It followed a smaller explosion at the same site on Friday that also prompted flight restrictions. But no volcanic ash was detected and all airports remained open. cpaireland.ie

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Teenager dies driving lambo

A TEENAGER who was given a chance to drive a Lamborghini died when he lost control and crashed into a barrier.

Samuel Shepard, 18, was driving the €250,000 supercar with his friend Michael Power, 49, in the passenger seat. He lost control in Mount Sinai, New York, about 2.25am on Friday.

Both men were taken to hospital but Mr Shepard was pronounced dead soon after his arrival.

Mr Power escaped with ‘non life-threatening’ injuries. Having known the

teenager since he was four years old, he had offered him a test drive.

Det Sgt Michael Fitzharris said: ‘It was probably just a once-in-a-lifetime oppor-tunity for the kid and this man chose to give him this opportunity.’

Mr Shepard had finished high school in June and was due to join the elite Army Rangers next month. He had planned to serve in the army for eight years before becoming a policeman.

bowel cancer linked to stomach bacteriaBAcTERIA in the gut could hold the key to a new way of tackling bowel cancer, research suggests.

Scientists have discovered a powerful link between high fat diets, intestinal bacteria, and the disease.

The study points to bacteria playing a central role in the development and growth of bowel tumours.

Working with mice, the researchers at the Technical University in Munich, Germany, showed that fatty food shifted the composition of gut flora – the diverse population of bacteria that inhabit the digestive tract

This in turn reduced the level of immune system defences against cancer.

Niger baby-trafficking suspect flies to EuropeNiger’s parliament speaker and leading opposition figure Hama Amadou, who is wanted for questioning in his home country on suspicion of involvement in baby-trafficking, has flown to europe, officials in Burkina Faso have said.

Hama had fled to the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou on Thursday after parliamentary leaders in Niger authorised his arrest.

‘He left Ouagadougou on Friday night on a flight to Brussels,’ a senior security source said. A source close to the Burkinabe presidency said that from Brussels he had continued on to Paris.

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A Dublin bus just passed me with an ad for a financial institu-tion. Wouldn’t it be nice for once to see a large billboard display on be-half of our irish financial institu-tions that reads: ‘if it wasn’t for the irish taxpayer, we wouldn’t have a business.’

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Taxpayer, i’d like to make something clear. A large number of ordinary irish Rail workers (not by any means the majority) did not strike, we were willing to take yet another cut... Yes another cut, be that overtime, annual leave or wages, we were on board (pardon the pun) to take that cut . We risked being ostracised by colleagues we have worked alongside for many years. But did we get any press coverage? We sure as hell didn’t.

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Will arnett, 44, is a Canadian actor known for Arrested Development and a raft of movie voice-overs. Next comes new animated sitcom BoJack Horseman

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you’ve got it is the exact moment you’ve actually

lost it

How did it feel when your agent said: ‘We need you to play a has-been horse in BoJack Horseman’? i thought: ‘Perfect!’ it was the opportunity of a lifetime. But really, i thought this script was so funny.

Describe it to someone who doesn’t know what it is. i have to do this all the time. People say: ‘What the f*** is that?’ And on the surface it’s a show about a drunken guy with a horse’s head who used to be a 1990s sitcom star. But it’s a study of a guy who has lived a life and sold his soul and now, years later, he’s looking to reclaim it.

Is it fair to say it’s in the American Dad/Family Guy tradition of animation? Yes, in that there are a lot of rapid-fire jokes, but i think there is more of a story being told with BoJack Horseman. Those shows exist to tell a story on any given episode whereas with this, episodes aren’t so stand-alone because there’s a bigger story being told.

Do actors worry about becoming has-beens? i think we are worried about that, no matter what you do. it’s the pitfall of getting older: you have to ask yourself, am i still relevant? it’s why guys in their forties buy Porsches. The key is to stay honest with yourself. i think the moment you think you’ve got it is the exact moment you’ve actually lost it.

It’s kind of weird to see a horse getting flirty with a girl and a cat going on a date with a dog… initially it’s quite strange but you get over it really quickly and the success of the show is that you soon forget all that. Every once in a while it serves the purpose but ultimately it’s just the backdrop.

Your dad was a businessman. Was he despondent when you became an actor? i wouldn’t say he was despondent but he was concerned. But he’s a cool guy and he was a

firm believer that you had to be happy in doing what you do, otherwise what’s the point?

So, it’s now going to turn out that your sons will want to be lawyers and bankers?i hope so!

We know you over here mainly for Arrested Development. Was that as great an experience as it looked? it’s hard to describe. it was such an incredible experience over the years, so fulfilling in so many ways: working with such amazing writers and great performers, creating this unique thing and watching it evolve.

You play Batman in The Lego Movie. There was a critics’ round-up recently and it’s one of the favourite films of

the year. Does that surprise you? Yes, a

little bit. i’m a fan of the film too. The

guys who made it are such fun and it was a great experience.

Do you think you stand a

chance of playing the real Batman

now? Was The Lego Movie like your audition? i wouldn’t hold your breath. Ben Affleck is doing it now. He’s not going to foul it up. That guy’s good, man. i could go back and do the camp version in a couple of years, when they’re ready to do the comedy version.

You’ve done voices for Ratatouille, Despicable Me, The Simpsons… do you prefer it to proper acting? They’re very different. With one you’re acting with the rest of the cast and

it’s much more exhausting. With voice, you just come

in every couple of weeks and do a couple of hours. You can hone it a little bit more.

What’s coming up next? i’ve got Teenage

Mutant ninja Turtles to promote.

Simon gageBoJack Horseman is available to stream on Netflix now.

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Crooner Sam Smyth tells how his mum keeps him grounded as he hits the big time in the US

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Bequiffed crooner Sam Smith has hit the big time in the US. Fame takes getting used to, he tells Andrew Williams

he says. ‘When you’re surrounded by people telling you you’re great, it’s quite warped and tough. My team and my mum are strong enough to sort me out if it looks like I’m going to turn into a diva.’

Smith also has to contend with managing his success on both sides of the Atlantic. His career kicked off there when he performed Stay With Me and Lay Me Down on US TV show Saturday Night Live before the album had even been released. ‘That normally doesn’t happen, no one knew who I was over there. That appearance just started everything in the US.’

He’s obviously thrilled with how well he’s doing – if a bit awestruck. ‘I get sales figures every day which blow my mind,’ he says. He reads me a text message he’s just received.

‘We’re Billboard’s No.1 in the

Hot Adult Contemporary category, we went to No.1 in ten weeks, which hasn’t happened since 1997. It’s crazy,’ he laughs.

Gearing up for a US tour and a duet version of Stay With Me with his heroine Mary J Blige, Smith has notched up more than 5million views on YouTube. Surprisingly, he says the highlight of his US success so far has been meeting the gloriously self-promoting Kim Kardashian. ‘She’s beautiful. Meeting her was the best thing ever. She smells like vanilla.’

The singer has picked up plenty of celeb fans. Glee’s Dianna Agron stars in his video for new single I’m Not The Only One, playing a house-wife who turns to booze while her philandering husband cheats on her. But being a public figure in the US isn’t always an easy ride.

‘I get recognised quite a lot over there but I don’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would,’ he says. ‘People can be quite rude. They say: “Are you Sam Smith?” I say “yes” and then they take a picture standing next to me and walk off without say-ing anything. It’s a bit odd some-times but it’s just part and parcel of being famous.’

Smith has certainly come a long way from working full time in a London pub just two years ago and he still seems to be taking it all in. ‘The main thing is the shows. Seeing the audience and hearing them singing my songs. It still takes my breath away.’

Sam Smith’s single I’m Not The Only One is released as a digital download on Sunday.

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Several tracks were inspired by an unrequited crush he had. It turns out it’s been a theme throughout his career: ‘The first song I wrote was called Yellow Hat. I was 17. It was about a guy I fancied who wore a yellow hat. That was another unrequited experience…’

Smith has recently spoken out against phone apps such as Tinder and Grindr, saying it’s better to start conversations with people in real life when looking for love. And presum-ably the number of strangers willing to strike up a chat with the newly rich and famous singer has grown exponentially. However, it’s not just the bigger dating pool Smith is find-ing it difficult to adjust to.

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THE big RELEAsERUSTIE GREEN LANGUAGE Warp HHHHI

Rustie’s magic never sleeps

More from less: the Glaswegian producer’s softer, stripped-back sound reaps dividends

Great voice in need of a good melodyCold SpECkS NEURopLAsticityMute HHHII

Leftfield electronic music is in rude health right now, delivering artists who alter the landscape with each new

release and whose sounds are tapped by commercial big-hitters looking to refresh their style and crank up their credibility.

Glaswegian producer Russell Whyte (aka Rustie) is – alongside his label mate Hudson Mohawke – one of the scene’s brightest stars. He’s already gone global via his 2011 debut, Glass Swords, an eccentric mix of post-dubstep, trance, hip hop and prog that offered an exhilaratingly bonkers ride through a series of extreme peaks and dramatic drops.

While Glass Swords was deliberately overloaded and almost cartoonish in its intensity, anyone looking for a roller-coaster repeat of Green language will be out of luck.

for starters, Rustie is using space and separation as opposed to relentless, in-your-face maximalism.

His settings are more in focus, too, and there are a couple of pop-attuned tracks, plus a raft of vocalists, including US rapper danny Brown and local MC d double e (pictured) on the

grime-y Attak and Up down respectively.

that said, the cosmic, crystalline synths on Workship and the deranged rave energy of Raptor are trademark Rustie, while on A Glimpse, the brief blast of a rock guitar riff that follows bird song and rushing white noise is typical of his rule-busting. With the vocal-

tWO years ago i Predict A Graceful expulsion, the debut album by Cold Specks, invited us to marvel at the voice of frontwoman ladan Hussein, a black Canadian who uses the improbable sobriquet of Al Spx.

Hussein’s voice was a remarkable delta blues howl, all beautifully controlled croaks and moans, occasionally moving into a strident southern soul holler.

Hers is a voice powerful enough to raise hairs on the back of your neck, and charismatic enough to distract you from the rather

CymbalS EaT GUITaRS LosEBarsuk Records HHHIIThe third album from this New York quartet sees a move away from math-rock, with singer Joseph D’Agostino giving us an episodic eulogy to a childhood friend as we lurch stylistically from hazy space-rock (Jackson) to Pogues-y fervour (XR). The cumulative effect is exhausting but ultimately appealing. JL

baSEmEnT Jaxx JUNto Atlantic Jaxx HHHHIJunto is a textbook example of how dance music doesn’t have to be cheesy or repetitive. A carnival atmosphere is filled with steel drums, dirty ragga, Brazilian percussion, stirring vocals, and even female Scottish rap. It lacks a standout single but the record is so varied you simply don’t mind. James Day

Wand GANGLioN REEF God? HHHHIThis LA quartet’s debut is savage and sweet, weightless and heavy, and stuffed with distorted, Sixties-style guitar wig-outs. It will have you hooked in less than two minutes. sO’C

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ON this, his fifth release, Northern Irishsinger-songwriter Ben Glover delivers an

earnest ode to the land of the free. AnAmericana fan since he was a nipper, theArmagh man finally relocated to Nashvillein 2009. Glover’s affections for the States are ever-present.

His deeply affected vocals have adecidedly American twang. While there’s

no doubting the well-placed intention,ultimately it’s only when Glover kicks loose a bit that things improve, with thesoulful one-two of Take And Pay andToo Long Gone’s emerging as lonehighlights.

bryan O’Hanlon

glover’s country odes short on highlights

pedestrian band accompaniment.

Album number two is a significant upgrade, however, with the minimalist settings of the debut replaced by an intriguing juxtaposition of styles. Macabre organs buzz and creak, guitars play heavily flanged arpeggios, a muted trumpet plays spooked bebop lines, while drums lurch between delicacy and heavy metal thunder. Al Spx guested on a recent album by the veteran

New York no-wavers Swans, and that band’s lead singer Michael Gira returns the favour here, lending his whale-bothering baritone growl to the stop-start gothic waltz exit Plan, as well as to the wonderfully doomy final track, A Season Of doubt.

the key problem here is that these magnificent soundscapes generally lack any decent melodies. the exceptions are striking – lead single Absisto allies Al Spx’s funky holler to a throbbing, pulsating undercarriage, while Bodies At Bay gallops along appealingly.

But elsewhere, Al Spx needs a strong tune even more than her name needs a few extra vowels. Cold Specks remains a work in progress rather than the finished article.

John Lewis

out of tunes: the big voice of Al spx

centric lost and dream On, he’s trying something softer and more commercial and it’s these tracks that might cause fans to wobble.

in which case, a reminder that high-impact doesn’t necessarily mean Ott might be in order.

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Once you accept that thisAmerican drama doesn’thave quite the spectralspookiness of French dramaThe Returned, then this twiston the same template –people coming back from thedead to the delight/consternation/horror of theirloved ones – exerts ahaunting hold of its own.Tonight a third ‘dead’ personarrives back in Arcadia,revealing another layer to thepuzzle of what happened 32 years ago. Agent Bellamy (Omar Epps) is intrigued – asare we.

new tRicksBBC1, 9pm

A case that carries ghostly echoes of the 1980s Greenham Common anti-nuclear peace protest gives Gerry (Dennis Waterman) an excuse to vent a wide range of entrenched prejudices. But ignore the grumpy old men stuff and you get a decent story where the personal meshes with the political in surprising ways.

GReen stReet ITV4, midnight

Unremarkable Brit flick with Elijah Wood in which Frodo Baggins becomes a West Ham football hooligan. Low budget fisticuff fodder for the lads’ mag demographic, this is primarily of interest due to Charlie Hunnam’s atrocious cockney accent which is so mesmerisingly terrible it’s become a cult sensation – is he even speaking English?

Rush houRChannel 5, 9pm

Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker team up for this cop-buddy action effort. Chan is a super cop from Hong Kong sent to Los Angeles to find a diplomat’s kidnapped daughter. Tucker, meanwhile, is the reluctant LAPD detective dispatched to keep an eye on him. A series of set pieces showcasing Tucker’s snappy repartee and Chan’s martial arts skills ensue.

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A Good MAnWho realised Steven Seagal(left) was still churning outthis kind of stuff? Here theaction veteran plays a formersoldier who now works as ahandyman in a block ofapartments. When one of theresidents is threatened by aRussian gang, Seagal takes itupon himself to sort theirproblems out.

extReMely loud And incRedibly closeThomas Horn (right) plays oddball nipper Oskar whoselife has gone up the spoutsince his dad was killed inthe 9/11 attacks. He comes to believe that his father hashidden a message for himsomewhere in New York andsets about searching for itwith the aid of mute Max Von Sydow. Portentous.

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tAke this wAltz TG4, 9.30pm

Comedy starring Michelle Williams as a woman questioning her marriage after a chance encounter with an attractive man she meets on a business trip. When it turns out the handsome gentleman is moving into her neighbourhood she must confront the temptation to have an affair.

only connectBBC2, 8.30pm

Lateral thinking is the name of the game in this quiz which, after nine series of clever-clogging away in the corner of BBC4, now finds a new home on BBC2, tail-gating University Challenge. Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts with a knowing wink and throaty chuckle as two teams try to outsmart each other in this first of 27 episodes.

JAMie’s coMfoRt food

C4, 8pmThere can’t be many kitchens that don’t have a Jamie Oliver cookbook on the shelf and it’s a fair bet that the spin-off merchandise from this latest series will top the best-sellers at Christmas. After banging on about healthy eating, Oliver here changes tack and treats our taste buds to fresh versions of tried-and-tested favourites: who doesn’t love a burger lathered with cheese and mayo ketchup?

21 up new GeneRAtionBBC1, 10.35pm

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The original 7 Up seriesreached 56 Up two years agoand it’s fascinating to contrastthat first TV experiment withthis version, following agroup who were aged sevenin the year 2000. What hasbecome of the fresh-facedkids who have now reached21 with adult cares starting to take their toll? With many at university, there’s an inspiringsense of optimism aboutlooking to the future amongthis group, particularly fromAsif, just finishing a law degree.

x-Men: fiRst clAss FiLM 4, 9PMA strong cast – featuring James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender – means this retro superhero punch-up extravaganza is much more enjoyable than it might otherwise be. Fun, if you don’t think too much about how this messes up the continuity of the other films in the franchise, and action packed – McAvoy plays Charles Xavier who assembles a bunch of mutants to oppose the evil menace of Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon).

peRson of inteRest

RTÉ Two, 8.30pmReturning for its second season, Person Of interest begins with a double bill. With Finch missing – kidnapped by his hacker nemesis, Root (guest star Amy Acker, below) in last season’s finale cliffhanger – Reese enlists Detectives Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco to join the search for his friend in the second season premiere. But can they continue without him?

Meanwhile, The Machine never sleeps and issues a new number to ex-CiA man

Reese.

dReddSky Action, 10pm

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Gritty take on the iconic2000AD comic bookcharacter, far darker than theSylvester Stallone-starringversion from 1995. New Zealand’s Karl Urban donsthe helmet as a cop inthe future who finds himselftrapped in a tower block. With only his rookie partnerfor backup and an armyof goons, under the directionof deranged crime bossMa-Ma (Lena Headey).

wentwoRth pRisonTV3, 10pm

Bea finds out the identity of Debbie’s secret boyfriend. in a fit of rage she attacks Jacs as the taunts about her daughter’s death become unbearable. Last in series.

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Hear CAnDi sTATOn, sugAR CLubWith a six-decade career touching on various genres – R&B, dance hit Young Hearts Run Free and then gospel exclusively – this diva is coming to Dublin’s Sugar Club to perform an intimate, soulful gig. New album Life Happens is her 27th studio album to date, and she’s teamed up with FAME producer pal Rick Hall for the first time in 40 years. She’ll play with her live band and will hold a Q&A afterwards.Wed, The Sugar Club, 8 Leeson Street Lower, D2, 7.30pm, €24.50, www.thesugarclub.com

See THE ACTOR’s LAMEnT, gAiETy THEATREExploringthe bizarreand dramaticlives ofactors,director,playwright and actor StevenBerkoff bringshis Actor’sLament to theIrish stage for one week only.Joined by fellow actors Jay Benedict and Andree Bernard, theplay follows the lives of threeaging actors in an industry withmuch to complain about –especially the perceived lack ofrespect the actors face.Mon-Sat, The Gaiety Theatre,South King Street, D2, 8pm, from€20, 0818 719 388.www.ticketmaster.ie

The Moscow StateOpera is back at The Bord GáisEnergy Theatre next April after asuccessful turn ofCarmen in Marchlast year. FamedIrish SopranoCeline Byrne willfeature in thisItalian set-up, withEnglish subtitles,on theWednesday,Friday andSunday, sharingthe leading rolewith Anna Nechaeva, whodances on April 23 and 25. Tickets on sale fromtoday.April 22-26, 2015, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, GrandCanal Square, D4, 7.30pm, €35-€120, (01) 6777999. www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie

The Spanish hearthrob brings tracks from this year’s Sex & Love album to Dublin in November with a little help from one-time Niall Horan squeeze Demi Lovato.Nov 23, The 02, East Link Bridge, North Wall Quay D1, from €49.65. Tel: 0818 719 30. www.entiqueiglesias.com

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Robert Wiene’s German 1920s silent chiller is set in flashback and tells the story of a mysterious fortune-teller doctor at a carnival and his dubious talents. But when what he says becomes reality, is the truth of Dr Caligari much darker than the mystery? Tickets on sale now and you can catch this classic until Thursday. Sun-Thurs, Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, D2, various times, €10. Tel: (01) 679 3477. www.ifi.ie

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A lot like the property market crash, those who predicted this one deserve all the kudos.

In truth, there weren’t many who put their hard-earned money on Donegal returning to the All-Ireland final for the second time in three seasons at Dublin’s expense.

In fact, those Donegal supporters who availed of 10/1 odds on a victory, securing a September 21 final against Kerry, were laughing all the way to the bank.

As for Dublin, it was tears as they handed back the Sam Maguire Cup and slumped to their first Championship defeat since the 2012 semi-final.

Jim Gavin’s side started brightly but were left chasing the game from the 33rd minute when Ryan McHugh scored the first of three goals.

the younger brother of 2012 medallist Mark came of age in a Donegal jersey with 2-2 in total

and went through a whopping five different Dublin markers.

likewise, Colm McFadden gave his best dis-play of the season on the biggest stage so far, booting 1-3 to ensure Dublin’s demise.

Amazingly, one bookmaker was offering odds of less than 3/1 before the game on Dublin col-lecting five All-Ireland titles in a row.

Clearly, that won’t be happening, though all is not lost for a side with both youth and ability on their side.

they started brightly and led 0-7 to 0-2 at one stage but, once behind, the gap only widened and Donegal were good value for their 1-8 to 0-10 half-time lead.

Critically, Donegal outscored Dublin 2-3 to 0-2 in the third quarter of the game.

After that, it was painful viewing as Dublin chased a lost cause.

Bernard Brogan booted a free wide that he’d normally convert in his sleep. Michael Darragh MacAuley drew even more derisive cheers from Donegal supporters in the sell-out crowd after another awful wide. It was just one of those days that Dublin will want to forget about quickly.

As for Donegal, they have a final with Kerry to look forward to and, this time, they deserve to


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Quintana in red as Froome loses outcycLing Winner Anacona (right) claimed victory on stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana as Nairo Quintana inherited the red jersey and Chris Froome lost time in the general classification.The overall standings ahead of the first rest day see previous front-runner Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) having slipped to third, eight seconds off the top, and fellow Spaniard Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) up to second, three seconds behind new leader Quintana. Colombia’s Anacona (Lampre-Merida) is fourth, trailing Quintana (Movistar) by nine seconds.

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Gallacher on firegOLf Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher was on course to seal a Ryder Cup debut at the Italian Open yesterday.Gallacher needed to win in Turin or finish joint second with just one other player to dislodge Graeme McDowell from the ninth and last automatic qualifying place. The 39-year-old trailed leader Hennie Otto by six shots at the start of the day, but raced to the turn in 30 at Circolo Golf to massively improve his chances.

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Donegal stun Dubs toreach All-ireland final

‘Donegal mixed steel with silk, courage with class’

More capital woe as minors fall to last-gasp winner

Winner: Lorcan Connor

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be marginal favourites. Kerry may have shown true grit to overcome Mayo on Saturday night, but Donegal mixed steel with silk, courage with class and none moreso than the captain Michael Murphy.

He was a ball of industry throughout the game, popping up in midfield and attack while midfielder Neil Gallagher moved between the two zones as well in a move that constantly troubled Dublin.

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MinORsDublin’s blue wave came crashing back off the green and gold of Donegal all afternoon at Croke Park and Cyril Kevlihan’s minors were first to be repelled.

substitute Ethan O’Donnell was the last-gasp hero with the winning point a minute from full-time as Donegal finished strongest.

Dublin led by two points with 10 minutes to go after a 47th minute Jack burke goal and a point from the excellent Colm basquel. but ulster champions Donegal scored the last three points of the game to secure a final clash with Kerry.

lorcan Connor got the first point while stephen Mcbrearty, younger brother of senior star Paddy, levelled it up before O’Donnell kicked the winner.

The historic win was Donegal’s first in a semi-final and they will now chase a first ever title success under manager Declan bonner.

They fell 0-5 to 0-1 behind after 22 minutes but fought their way back

into the game with a 1-5 scoring burst before the break to lead 1-6 to 0-6.

John Campbell scored 1-2 for Donegal during that period though Mcbrearty was the star man in the second-half, kicking three points and tallying 0-4 in total.

Donegal boss bonner revealed afterwards that the sides met in a challenge game just weeks ago and drew.

‘We knew after that there was very little between the two teams, even though the bookies were writing us off,’ said bonner.

22 METRO HERALD Monday, September 1, 2014 D football

Sanchez strike fails to lift goal-shy Gunners pREMiER LEAGuE

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leicester .............1arsenal ..............1

Leonardo ULLoa claimed a deserved point for Leicester as the Premier League new-boys came from behind at the King Power Stadium.

alexis Sanchez had put arsenal ahead with his first Premier League goal for the Gunners, only for Ulloa to instantly level in the first half.

despite Sanchez’s goal, the game underlined arsenal’s desperate need for striking reinforcements as Yaya Sanogo struggled to make an impact.

Sanogo was given the responsibility to lead arsenal’s attack after olivier Giroud was ruled out until January with a broken tibia.

and boss arsene Wenger was urged to sign a striker before today’s trans-fer deadline by the travelling fans.

Leicester started the game brightly but found themselves behind on 20 minutes when Sanchez pounced.

neat play saw Santi Cazorla loft the

ball to Sanogo and, when the striker made a hash of his effort, the ball fell to Sanchez, who made no mistake from six yards.

The lead lasted just two minutes, though, as Jeff Schlupp’s cross was headed in by Ulloa from 12 yards.

The striker easily beat Laurent Koscielny to the ball, with the Frenchman still feeling the after- effects of an earlier knock to the head that later saw him replaced by Calum Chambers.

The goal was all Leicester deserved for their tenacious start and while they lacked the Gunners’ style, their efforts unsettled their opponents.

Ulloa continued to threaten after the break and should have fired the hosts ahead on 53 minutes. Schlupp’s ball

He’s behind you: Ulloa gets the better of Arsenal defender Koscielny to level for Leicester PICTURE: GETTY

Foxes boss says point will boost confidence NIGEL PEARSON has praised Leicester’s players for the way they have coped with playing in the Premier League.

The Foxes collected a second point from three games against Arsenal yesterday to add to their opening-day draw against Everton.

And having also given a good account of themselves in last week’s 2-0 defeat at Chelsea, Pearson (pictured) is pleased with the way last season’s Championship winners have stepped up.

‘When you have a group of players, and a lot haven’t exp-

‘The three games we have had have been pretty tough’0 Goals in 17 competitive

appearances for Arsenal for Yaya Sanogo

dissected arsenal and when Cham-bers dived in, the striker could only hit the side-netting from eight yards.

arsenal immediately broke and aaron ramsey headed straight at Kasper Schmeichel with Sanogo waiting for a tap-in, before the striker himself was thwarted by the keeper.

Lukas Podolski and alex oxlade-Chamberlain replaced Cazorla and Sanogo but the Foxes almost snatched the win late on when substitute Jamie Vardy broke from a corner only to be denied by Wojciech Szczesny.

First blood:Sanchez celebrates with Sanogo

erienced the Premier League before in this intensity, the three games we’ve had have been pretty tough,’ he said.

‘They can reflect on the game and know we can get better but they have given as good as they got. That should give them confidence.

‘There isn’t really a great deal of pressure on the players because no one expected us to beat them. We have to judge our players based on the standards we set ourselves.’

Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger admitted his Arsenal side were not clinical enough and praised Leicester’s efforts.

‘We didn’t create enough today,’ he said. ‘They fought very hard.’


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ONTHEgRApEviNEu NEW Crystal Palace bossNeil Warnock has beenlinked with a double raidon Norwich for strikerGary Hooper (pictured)and defender SebastienBassong. Warnock is alsointerested in Southamptonmidfielder Jack Cork.u SAINTS, meanwhile, also want a playerfrom Carrow Road, winger NathanRedmond, but may face opposition fromlong-term admirers Stoke.u SUNDERLAND will be busy today with Gus Poyeteager to signLiverpool’s FabioBorini andSebastian Coates and midfielderRicky Alvarez fromInter Milan.

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Cleverley’s villamove ‘no closer’ASTON Villa manager Paul Lambert saysthere has been no progress on the club’s reported interest in signing midfielderTom Cleverley from Manchester United.Speaking after Villa’s 2-1 win over Hullyesterday, Lambert said: ‘There’s noupdate on that at the minute to behonest. He’s still United’s player. There’s nothing that went forward on that.’ Lambert also confirmed Karim El Ahmadiis close to sealing a move to former clubFeyenoord. Lambert added: ‘He’s beengreat for me since he’s been here.’

RoNNy DEILA has told Virgil van Dijk hewill not be leaving Celtic before the transferwindow closes tonight. The Dutch defend-er was missing from the 1-1 draw withDundee amid speculation linking him withSouthampton, Newcastle and Sunderland.Deila, who expects to sign 24-year-oldSerbian striker Stefan Scepovic fromSporting Gijon, revealed a chat with Van Dijk ended with the player being informedhe is going nowhere. ‘He is a very impor-tant player for us and we have told himthere is no chance he is going to leave,’ saidthe Celtic boss. ‘He is too important to us.’

we cannot do without virgil, insists Deila

Clarets will be boyd by georgeHULL manager Steve Bruce expects forward George Boyd to sign for Burnley today after allowing him to hold talks with the Clarets. Scotlandinternational Boyd joined theTigers midway through their2012-13 promotion campaignbut only featured intermit-tently last season.He has found himself welldown the pecking order thisterm and looks set to moveto Turf Moor for around

£3million. Bruce confirmed:‘It looks like Boydy will go. We allowed him to speak to Burnley and personally Iwish him well. He got anoffer of a three or four-year contract at Burnley and thechance to play.’ Bruce also confirmed the signing of Corkdefender Brian Lenihan,although the 20-year-old islikely to go into the club’s development squad ratherthan the first team.

Kostas’ Cottage loan exitFULHAM striker KostasMitroglou has rejoinedOlympiakos on loan forthe rest of the season. The Greece interna-tional made just threeappearances for theCottagers havingjoined them in January for a reported feeof £12.4million.

On the move: BoydOut: Mitroglou

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Alberto Moreno’s exquisite solo strike capped a dominant liverpool performance as Mauricio Pochettino’s perfect start to life at tottenham came to an abrupt end.

Further goals from the in-form raheem sterling and steven Gerrard, with a penalty, ensured the rampant reds left White Hart lane with the points.

For brendan rodgers’ men, it was the perfect tonic following their 3-0 defeat at Manchester City last Monday.

For spurs, the first Premier league reverse of the Pochettino era could havebeen heavier but for some ring-rustiness on debut from liverpool’s new signing Mario balotelli.

the win was a fitting way to celebrate rodgers’ 100th match at the helm – only Kenny Dalglish had a better win ratio over the same period – and victory looked likely from the outset.

the reds followed up a 5-0 win at spurs with a 4-0 triumph at Anfield last term and it looked like a similar scoreline could be on the cards when sterling swept home

at the far post to complete a fine team move in the eighth minute.

balotelli had chances either side of that but it was left to skipper Gerrard to make it 2-0, slotting home from the spot early in the second half after eric Dier fouled Joe Allen, who went to ground theatrically.

the scoreline took a turn for the worse for the hosts when Moreno dispossessed spurs substitute Andros townsend and raced the length of the tottenham half to unleash a fine low drive and end any hopes Pochettino would have harboured of a comeback.

Despite rodgers insisting in the build-

up it would not become ‘the Mario balotelli show’, the pre-match focus was all about the Italy striker.

His best opportunities saw Hugo lloris save his header from a Daniel sturridge cross, putting the rebound wide, and he later headed wide when unmarked.

balotelli then failed to make the most of a lloris rush from his goal, firing his vol-ley into the crowd, while nabil bentaleb and nacer Chadli had the best of spurs’ few bright moments.

there was a worry for england boss roy Hodgson late on as recent call-up Danny rose picked up a knock.

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Spot on: Gerrard slides Liverpool 2-0 ahead from the penalty spot yesterday

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Key man:Van Dijk

balotelli? No,it’s Sterling work that steals show


SPORT Liverpool bounce back to topple Spurs at the Lane

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Donegal blitz Dubs in Croker shocker

In the end, there wasn’t much Jim Gavincould do only wave the white flag and reach forthe nearest cliché. “the better team won,” saidGavin with good grace.

exactly why donegal were the better teamtakes some explaining, though Gavin wasn’t inmuch of a mood to delve too deep immediatelyafter his first Championship defeat as managerof dublin.

Were dublin caught out by donegal’s greateremphasis on attack than many expected? ‘no,we anticipated that donegal were going to comeat us and we had prepared for lots of scenariosand that was one of them,’ replied Gavin.

Perhaps it was the missed goal chances then,particularly diarmuid Connolly’s in the 24thminute which was a big miss in the context ofthe game.

‘Obviously it would have had a big effect onthe game, yeah, three points is for a shot on goaland it’s always good to get and you get momen-tum from it,’ said Gavin. ‘donegal certainly gotmomentum from their goals and that’s the way itwent for us today.

‘In fairness, it was a good start by us but as wealways say, you need to take your chances. But I couldn’t fault the effort of the dublin players.’

What exactly did donegal do to forge so im-pressively clear and breast the winning line withsix points to spare? ‘they just controlled the ballvery well and they put us under a lot of pressure,they went hard at us and they took their goalchances,’ reflected Gavin.

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McGuinness: ‘We had the right attitude’

‘Donegal got momentum from their goals today’

Rivals: Jim McGuinness and Jim Gavin

DOnegal manager Jim Mcguinnessinsisted he never bought into thebookmakers’ suggestion that Dublin were dead certs to make the all-Ireland Final.

Some bookies in Donegal were offeringodds of 10/1 for 2012 champions Donegal toreturn to the final.

Mcguinness opted not to stick theknife into critics who questioned them,however, instead pointing out that he

never lost faith in his team’s ability todeliver on the day.

‘You’d have to ask the players what theythink, but I believe that every game iswinnable if you get everything right and ifyou’ve got the right attitude,’ saidMcguinness.

‘We were going into today, hoping that thehonesty would be there in the group andthat we would deliver on a game plan. But

we still didn’t know if we were good enoughto win the match or not because of the sheerchallenge that was presented to us.

‘Had we lost by a point, I could have easilymade peace with that because of the level ofthe performance we gave. You just wantthem to give it everything and deliver thatperformance and they did that.’ He said theseniors took huge encouragement from theminors’ earlier win over Dublin.

A dose of the blues:Donegal’s Ryan McHughscores a goal past Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxtonat Croke Park Picture: iNPHO

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