Irish Daily Mirror - 2022-01-14

€1.70 Friday, January 14, 2022 irishmirror.ie – first for breaking news canal murder horror aSHling killer on loose random »» Manhunt after suspect released without charge by JOHN HAND Chief Reporter THE savage killer of Ashling Murphy is still on the loose after gardai released a suspect without charge. Detectives have ruled out the 40-year-old from inquiries into Wednesday’s shocking attack. It came as tributes were paid to the much-loved teacher, 23, who was strangled as she went for a run in Tullamore, Co Offaly. A Garda spokesman said: “The male who was arrested and detained by An Garda Siochana tURN TO PAGE 3 »» Tributes for beloved teacher strangled on run Liverpool 0 Arsenal 0 Kop fire blanks against 10-man Gunners SEE SPORT aTTACK Ashling Murphy THIS IS BETTING BEST ODDS on Premier League football in 2021 v Paddy Power TIME TO SWITCH? 18+ GAMBLINGCARE .ie Have fun | Bet Responsibly *18+. BoyleSports were on average better odds for Win-Draw- Win markets on the Premier League over all 12 months of 2021 v Paddy Power as verified by oddschecker. Excludes price boosts, promotions & Self-Service Betting Terminals. See boylesports.com/bestodds for full details.

2 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 DMEEIR canal murder: community An angel & a By JOHN HAND Chief Reporter in Tullamore MURDERED Ashling Murphy was yesterday remembered by her stunned hometown as “an angel” and a “shining light”. As grief turned to anger in Tullamore, locals were keen the character of the young woman strangled in Wednesday’s shock incident should be remembered above all. At Durrow National School, where Ashling had left after a day of work to go to the canal to exercise, there were “tears of sadness here throughout the day”. Ashling, 23, a talented traditional fiddle player and intercounty camogie player, had begun working there in March 2021 in a temporary post before being made permanent in September. Floral tributes were left at the school and the tricolour and school flag were flown at half mast yesterday. A psychiatrist liaised with teachers there yesterday as children in the Co Offaly school came to terms with what had happened. A shrine was also set up to allow pupils to pay tribute to her and several created cards for their beloved Ms Murphy. Principal James Hogan said: “Ashling Murphy was a very dear friend and colleague. “I as principal knew her at a personal level through traditional Irish music as well – I grew up playing traditional Irish music. “She was a fantastic individual, a tremendous teacher. “She had a great shining light about her. “When she came into the school, her positive character, her attitude, her smile. “She was currently teaching first class and they idolised her. “The kids are just heartbroken no more than the staff. “Today, the kids are remembering her by writing lovely messages, her smile, her character, her joy. They loved her. Speaking about the shrine the children had made, Mr Hogan said: “There were three teachers in the room and one child just spoke and said ‘Oh, we’ve four teachers here’. The three teachers and Ms Murphy. “That will tell you how she’ll be remembered. She is gone, but she’ll never be gone. “And there’s tears of sadness here There’s tears of sadness here. We will greatly miss her today. We will greatly miss her, she’s a huge loss.” Many of Ashling’s close friends came to the scene, but were too upset to speak. Frank Kelly, the recently-retired james hoganprincipal at aisling’s school »» Colleagues & pupils in shock at daylight killing »» Schoolchildren create shrine for ‘fantastic’ person emotional Flowers pile up at cordon Garda assign more than 50 officers to investigate killing appealFalcon Storm mountain bike principal of the school, was also present and described Ashling as “an angel of a teacher”. He added: “She had 28 children in first class – a very professional and talented teacher. “Great talent in sports and music, a THE top garda leading the murder probe insisted yesterday that every resource possible will be used in bringing the perpetrator to justice. Superintendent Eamonn Curley of Tullamore Garda Station said more than 50 officers have been assigned to the major probe, including members of the National Bureau of Criminal fiddle player and she told me had just recently bought a set of uilleann pipes – not the easiest instrument to play. “She was very embedded in traditional music in Offaly and taught music in Ballyboy and gave freely of Investigation. He added: “No stone will be left unturned in bringing the perpetrator of this crime to justice. “At this stage there is no information that the victim and her killer were known to each other. “From inquiries we have carried out to date we believe this crime was committed by one male who acted colleague James Hogan her talents. Above all, it was a privilege to be in her classroom. “You’d see children clinging to her every word. She was a beautiful girl.” alone.” Divers from the Garda Water Unit were at the scene yesterday carrying out a search of the waters. However, gardai have refused to say if they were looking for a murder weapon. Gardai are continuing to appeal for information and want details on a Falcon Storm mountain bike with

irishmirror.ie DMEEIR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 3 mourns beloved teacher shining light tearful tributes Flowers laid in Tullamore yesterday talented Ashling played the fiddle Tullamore is probably the safest place in the world. It’s a lovely area Declan harveyfianna fail cllr yesterday heartfelt Notes at scene poignantShrine for Ashling inside school Ashling was from a family heavily involved in the trad music scene in Tullamore. She is survived by her sister Amy, brother Cormac, dad Ray and mum Kathleen and were yesterday being consoled by relatives and friends. The straight handlebars and distinctive yellow/green front forks. They believe the assailant may have used it to get to and flee the scene. Supt Curley added: “I would like to appeal to anyone who has not yet come forward who was on the Grand Canal Way on Wednesday 12th January 2022 between 3pm and 5pm. We are location and broad daylight nature of the attack along a stretch of canal has confounded locals, many of whom use it regularly themselves. The walkway is named Fiona’s Way after missing local woman Fiona Pender. Declan Harvey, Fianna Fail appealing for witnesses who may have seen any person who was behaving unusually in that area. “Any information you have, however insignificant you may think it may be, we need to hear from you. “Were you on the Grand Canal way between 3pm and 5pm... or have you any information about this incident. united in shock and anger: Pages 4 and 5 councillor for the area, said: “I am devastated. “I couldn’t sleep last night thinking of it all because it is a place I go all the time. “She went there jogging, she does it regularly. I am lost for Please contact us at Tullamore Garda Station on 0579327600 or any indeed Garda Station, or if you wish the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666111. Finally, our thoughts and prayers are with Ashling’s family at this time.” inquiry Supt Eamonn Curley words.” Mr Harvey said it is a route that he and his family often walk. He added: “Tullamore is probably the safest place in the world, and after yesterday people will be nervous to go down to the canal. It’s a lovely area and helps clear your head. “It’s a very popular route that everyone takes. “People walk their dogs, people with their kids and prams.” news@ irishmirror.ie Killer on loose from page one has been released. This male has been eliminated from Garda inquiries and is no longer a suspect.” Last night a source said: “It’s back to the drawing board.” Gardai have appealed for information regarding a bike and also urged witnesses or anyone in the area to contact them. A spokesman said: “We continue to appeal for any information on a Falcon Storm mountain bike with straight handlebars and distinctive yellow/green front forks.”

4 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 DMEEIR poignantFloral tribute near scene By Ciara Phelan Political Correspondent Taoiseach Micheal Martin said the “horrific killing” of school teacher Ashling Murphy was a reprehensible act. And he urged anyone with information about the murder of the 23-yearold to speak to gardai. Mr Martin expressed concern that a young woman going about her daily life was so brutally attacked. He said: “This is devastating news, a very violent and horrific killing of Ashling Murphy. “People are rightly shocked, very traumatised by this, and our hearts and prayers go out to the family. “We will have to do everything we possibly can to ensure that there is absolutely no tolerance for such violent acts. “My heart goes out to her parents, her family, to the children she taught and to the wider community. She didn’t waste a minute of her life. vibrant “A musician, teacher, one could only think of what’s going through the minds of the children she taught every day and what they are thinking of today in terms of what happened. “It’s very shocking, particularly in an area that has been developed to facilitate people to go about their exercise, to enjoy and meet people, to engage in the normal things of life on a daily basis. “That it should be interrupted so violently and that a young, vibrant, life should be taken in these circumstances just goes against the very core of what we’re about, about the values of our community and society. “And the need to protect women is one that emerges again and is a very strong issue for us as a society and we will have to do everything we possibly can to ensure that there is absolutely no tolerance for such violent acts.” The Taoiseach added he is urging “everybody out t h e r e o r anybody out there that has any information that may be of assistance to horrified Micheal Martin canal murder: politicians Violence against women cannot be tolerated.. Taoiseach’s pledge as he pays tribute to Ashling the gardai to bring such information to the gardai, no matter how irrelevant they may think it is”. He said: “Gardai are stressing it’s very important people would contact them with any information that may be of assistance to them and I would urge people to do that and co-operate with the gardai because this is a reprehensible act. “Violence against women cannot be tolerated in any circumstance. “This is a violation of the young woman, her family, of a community in a peaceful area.” Justice Minister Helen McEntee spoke with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris yesterday as the killing sent shockwaves through the country and branded it “every woman and family’s nightmare”. Ms McEntee said: “A young woman has been murdered. This is the most serious of crimes. It is an evil act. “It will be treated as such and the gardai will have everything they require to make sure that whoever has done this, they will be brought to justice.” She added Mr Harris has reassured her that every effort is being made “so that justice is done for Ashling”. Ms McEntee said: “This is such a senseless act. Everyone is trying to come to terms as to how and why this would happen.” She added that in a matter of weeks she will be publishing the new national strategy on sexual and domestic violence. The minister said: “The goal is very clear that there is zero tolerance for violence against women.” She promised perpetrators will face the full rigour of the law and she met with the Taoiseach this week over the publication of the strategy. The minister added that as a society “we need to come together to deal with this issue” and moving scene Candlelit vigil in Galway last night again reiterated there are instances where she has not felt safe while out and about. Meanwhile, politicians paid tribute as the country comes to terms with Wednesday’s attack which happened in broad daylight. Education Minister Norma Foley expressed her “heartfelt” sympathy to the victim’s family and to her friends and school community. Fine Gael Minister of State Josepha Madigan tweeted: “A young woman can’t even go for a run This is the most serious of crimes. It is an evil act helen mcentee yesterday

irishmirror.ie DMEEIR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 5 unite in shock and anger Vigil told how females have been ‘failed’ Hundreds of people gathered last night for the first of a series of vigils across the country in memory of Ashling Murphy. Several speakers addressed the crowd in Eyre Square in Galway, at which a moment of silence was held. Musicians also played Irish traditional music in memory of the talented musician. Roisin Nic Lochlainn, the president of NUI Galway Students’ Union, said: “Ireland has failed women for centuries. We’re all just thinking the same thing – when is it going to end?” The Women’s Council of Ireland is organising a vigil outside Leinster House from 4pm today, to coincide with the time Ms Murphy was attacked. tragic Hearse takes away body Zero tolerance to root out this evil among us respectfulVigil in Galway last night along a canal pathway at four o’clock in the middle of the day only to be attacked and murdered. Sincere sympathies to her family. “We need to urgently address why we live in a country where this can happen.” Labour Senator Rebecca Moynihan posted: “We all check ourselves on the dark winter evenings, go the long way around, cross the road, text mates they got home safely. “Women, trans, NB, femme men all deserve to just ‘be’ in public spaces without being hypervigilant ALL THE TIME.” Fianna Fail TD for Offaly Barry Cowen knows Ms Murphy’s family. He said action is needed to make society a safer place for women. Mr Cowen added: “Our locality and indeed our country is stunned and numbed by the senseless and horrific act that took the life of the beautiful, young, vibrant teacher Ashling Murphy. “We pray and offer support to her family, her wide circle of friends, her colleagues and her students at Durrow National School. “They are all the immediate priority. Thereafter there has to be a realisation that society can no longer allow or be aware without taking action that women do not feel safe day or night Vibrant Ashling Murphy when simply going for a walk, stroll or jog. “I don’t have or know the answers that right this wrong but I hope that our collective wisdom might initiate whatever it takes to rectify this terrible reality. “We have a beautiful country with many amenities. “Men and women alike should share all it has to offer as equals.” news@irishmirror.ie comment BY LARISSA NOLAN We will always remember her name, for a grim reason we wish we didn’t. Ashling Murphy joins the tragic roll call of women murdered at random for simply living their lives. Young, beautiful women, like Jill Meagher, Jastine Valdez, Manuela Riedo, Bridie Gargan – all brutally murdered by men who targeted them as they went freely about their business. Outside of Ireland, there have been the recent cases of Sarah Everard in London, Tessa Majors in New York and Eurydice Dixon in Australia. They range in ages between 17 and 33. Swiss teenager Manuela had only been in Ireland a few days when she was attacked and killed by Gerald Barry on a pedestrian walkway in Lough Atalia, Co Galway. It’s hard to believe Jill was murdered almost 10 years ago. She was on her way back from a night out in Melbourne in 2012 when Adrian Bayley kidnapped, raped and murdered her. I will never forget the final CCTV images of Jill, 29, who never came home. Jastine, 24, was walking from her bus stop in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, when she was abducted and murdered by Mark Hennessy, who was later shot dead by gardai. At her inquest, her parents said: “We will never understand how such evil can exist in the world.” Similarly, there is no making sense of what happened to lovely Ashling Murphy as she went for an afternoon jog along a canal path. There is no understanding it. Every woman I attacked Manuela Riedo kidnapped Jill Meagher targeted Jastine Valdez know experienced a visceral rage on hearing what happened to this fresh, happy girl, so vibrant in her red dress. She is the same age as my niece. God knows how her family will ever cope. I picture Ashling, just two days ago, finishing work and thinking how she’d get out and get the run in, before it got dark. That’s what we all do. I went for a run the same evening she was murdered. The light had fallen by the time I got my trainers on. My local city streets were unusually quiet and, as I waited to cross a road, I locked eyes with a man standing alone and became acutely aware there was nobody else around. I thought: he could kill me now. There is nothing to stop him. But this constant awareness of danger we live with should not mean we disseminate the blame too widely. That risks taking some of the responsibility off the individual. He must bear all the fault for his actions. Perhaps it’s comforting on some level to blame culture, or biology. But the horrible truth that’s so hard to accept is that evil exists and this evil walks among us. It always has and always will. The profound shock is you don’t have to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Like Ashling, you can be in the right place at the right time and this atrocity can still happen. We should not further scare women into self-imprisonment about stranger murder, which is – mercifully – an extraordinarily rare crime. It is so shocking precisely because it is such an aberration. The response needed is what both Justice Minister Helen McEntee and Tanaiste Leo Varadkar emphasised: zero tolerance.

6 DMEEIR IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 banks new laws to protect cash in crowdfunding the weather 10 MIN crossword 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ACROSS 1 University official (4) 4 Approve (4) 7 In pieces (7) 9 Consume (3) 11 Italian food (5) 12 Pronoun (3) 14 Blank page in book (7) 16 Stringed toy (2-2) 17 Neat (4) Brought to you by 4-page puzzle pullout inside 9 DOWN 2 Not difficult (4) 3 Religious female (3) 5 Asian peninsula (5) 6 Childhood (5) 8 Light-headed (5) 10 Small road (5) 11 Swollen (5) 13 Magic stick (4) 15 Illuminated (3) Thursday’s solutions Across: 1 Episode, 7 Pug, 8 Run-in, 9 Rays, 10 Scot, 13 Nasal, 15 Ion, 16 Hardest. Down: 2 Pigmy, 3 Spry, 4 Dun, 5 Up front, 6 Instant, 11 Chips, 12 Clad, 14 Sea. by Sean Murphy BOSSES at the Central Bank have vowed to protect consumers and investors by introducing new regulations around crowdfunding. The fundraising practice, which sees a large number of parties each contributing money to finance a project, has been unregulated in Ireland until now. But the Central Bank yesterday announced new tighter controls in a bid to offer protection and warn about potential risks to stakeholders. It follows regulations about crowdfunding which were approved by the EU and came into effect last November. Cash for crowdfunding projects is often drummed up by intermediaries which are known as crowdfunding service providers who act like a broker between investors and project owners. Under the new rules, these will now be accredited and will be Final day to see BT bright sparks Got a story? email our newsdesk on: news@irishmirror.ie Tighter controls for market worth €11billion globally big business Crowdfunding subject to regulatory measures that already exist in the Consumer Protection Code 2012. 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DMEEIR irishmirror.ie 7 You could win ROLLOVER The first ‘Will Be Won’ draw How to spend with is tomorrow star home and car A €19million jackpot win would the Lott with allow you to snap up nine of Ireland’s Top 10 dearest houses. Or Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have cut the asking price for their luxury apartment in the Big Apple from €90million to only €17.3million. five numbers That leaves enough left over from the big win to buy a €1.7million Ferrari Monza like soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo. WHEELS Ferrari FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR Historic draw may see €19m jackpot shared in lower prize tier By Emma Nevin JUST five numbers rather than the usual six could be enough to clinch the massive €19million jackpot tomorrow. This weekend will see the Lotto’s first ever “Will Be Won” draw following controversy over the 62 times the top prize has gone unwon since June 9. From now on the jackpot will only rollover a maximum of five times after reaching the €19million cap before another “Will Be Won” draw is held. Lotto spokesman Fran Whearty said: “We are looking forward to Saturday’s historic Will Be Won Lotto event which will see at least one person win the €19.06million, and 62 indeed the flow down in prizes that will come from sales for Saturday’s game. Draws since jackpot won June 9 The last time top prize taken €250k Match 5+Bonus payout on Wed “So if somebody does match six numbers they will win the €19million. “But because the jackpot is capped, the flow down in prizes will actually go down again to the lower prize tiers where there are winners. “So the prize fund will be in excess of €19.06million. “We estimate that it will be between €21 and €22million. Mr Whearty told RTE: “If it’s not won, it will go down to the next winning prize tier. “It will either be the Match 5 and Bonus, or indeed the Match 5, so you could see multiple winners sharing that prize fund.” Mr Whearty said it was difficult to say how much money ticket holders will get if there are multiple winners. He said: “You’ll have to get out your calculator, it all depends on the amount of players that we have at that level. “So last night, we had three winners at Match 5 and the bonus prize, so they shared the excess prize value and they won €250,000 each. “In that situation, you would have three people sharing well over €20million in prizes.” news@irishmirror.ie

8 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 DMEEIR covid crisis: rules to relax Virus gave transplant man the fight of his life Death’s door David Crosby’s life hung in the balance By Louise Walsh A DOUBLE lung transplant patient who spent 66 days in hospital fighting Covid recalled saying goodbye to his children, possibly for the last time. Marathon runner David Crosby, 46, contracted the Delta variant of the virus last August and went straight to Dublin’s Mater Hospital due to his complex underlying conditions. Despite the lung transplant, the former Meath GAA player and marathon runner was preparing to take part in the Tokyo race before Covid restrictions ended his plans. For David the transplant in 2016 was his only chance of life after he was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, an irreversible condition that causes scarring and hardening of the lungs – a condition similar to the illnesses which killed his three siblings at a young age. And he says the virus gave him the biggest battle of his life. By Ferghal Blaney Political Editor THE Health Minister has hinted at more Covid rules being lifted next week, saying if hospital figures remain stable the Government could “relax measures”. And Stephen Donnelly revealed population immunity could be nearly here – with half a million people a week continuing to be infected by the virus in coming days. The minister’s comments came after the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan revealed that he has written to NIAC for a detailed report on potential herd immunity. It has allowed Mr Donnelly to pave the way for a potential landmark announcement on the lifting of more restrictions next week as the peak of hope Minister Omicron is believed to Donnelly be near. This could see a return to normality for many, with the 8pm curfew on pubs restaurants, cinemas and theatres being one of the key rules that could be scrapped. Mr Donnelly told reporters on Thursday morning that the country could soon hit near-herd immunity. Covid case numbers are expected to reach the 500,000 mark again this week and possibly stay at that rate of infection for some weeks to come. Mr Donnelly said: “The reality is right Things set to improve says health chief He added: “I was kept in hospital for observation but because of temperature spikes coupled with drops in oxygen levels I was detained there. “Then I started feeling OK, but two days later everything went bananas and I was told that if I didn’t last the next 24 hours, I wasn’t going to survive.” David says his family were called in to say goodbye and talking to his wife Katie and three children Erin, 11, Darragh, 13, and Kiera, 14, was the “hardest conversation to ever have”. He added: “I remember thinking it could be their most important memory for them, how they would remember their dad.” A new drug was being trialled in Canada and it had never been It could be how they would remember their dad david crosby saying goodbye to his kids Pendemic is in sight Donnelly hints at scrapping 8pm curfew next week now probably about half a million people a week are getting Omicron, so it’s not a contained virus. “Given the stability of the hospital system we can relax these measures.” Mr Donnelly also referred to the huge success of the booster vaccine programme which will see 2.5million By Ciara Phelan HSE BOSS Paul Reid has said it is “really encouraging” that the number of people in ICU with Covid-19 has remained stable. However, he warned pressure remains on the health system with 15,000 staff out sick. Mr Reid said tested on a transplant patient, but David knew it was his last chance. He added: “The medics didn’t know how it would work out but it was my only option. I wouldn’t have survived otherwise.” David got through it but had to relearn how to walk and talk on his long road to recovery. people with the third jab by the end of this week. He added: “My view, the Government’s view, is that nobody wants restrictions in place, there’s a huge burden that they impose.” Mr Donnelly was speaking at one of the country’s newest – and largest – there’s now “plenty of evidence” that the Omicron variant is not as severe as previous Covid strains. He added: “The volume of the cases and the pace of the rise of the cases over the last few weeks continues to put a strain on our healthcare service. “Obviously we do expect to see it vaccination centres in the RDS in South Dublin. All eyes will now be on next week’s Cabinet meetings and a crunch NPHET meeting of the country’s top medics next Thursday where the next crucial decisions will be taken on the way forward. news@irishmirror.ie improve over the next while.” Of the 1,011 people in hospital with Covid, Mr Reid said 40% of patients have not received any vaccine. The HSE chief executive also revealed that 715,000 people are eligible to get their booster but have not yet done so. hopeful Paul Reid PRESSUREBoris Johnson No10 parties night before funeral of Prince Philip By BEN GLAZE DOWNING Street staff held two parties the night before Prince Philip’s funeral, it was claimed last night. Hours before the Queen was seen mourning alone, No10 workers allegedly downed booze late into the night. One bash was a leaving do for for Boris Johnson’s director of communications James Slack on April 16 last year. Another was to say goodbye to the PM’s photographer. Someone was dispatched to a nearby Co-op with a suitcase which they packed with wine, it was reported. And a staffer is said to have broken the PM’s son Wilf’s garden swing. At the photographer’s leaving do, a laptop was allegedly placed on a photocopier and music blared out, according to the Daily Telegraph. carpet While the events started indoors, they moved to the garden where the two groups merged, it is said. One witness claimed staff were worried wine was spilling on a carpet as they danced. Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said: “While the Queen mourned, No10 partied. Johnson must go.” Advice at the time said: “You can meet outdoors, including in gardens, in groups of six people or two households.” Mr Johnson was not at the parties, having left for Chequers the previous day. Scotland Yard has been accused of “losing public trust” by not investigating the Downing Street Partygate scandal.

irishmirror.ie DMEEIR 9 Greener vans for black stuff McGregor pub petrol bomb Guinness is to introduce zero-emission vehicles to its fleet to deliver kegs to pubs across Dublin. The first zero-emissions vehicles will be added to the fleet this summer. Guinness plans to have 70% of its fleet zero-emission by 2025 and 100% by the end of the decade. Diageo Ireland MD Barry O’Sullivan said: “We are only 263 years into our 9,000-year lease on the St James’s Gate Brewery... we are in it for the long haul.” Exhibit tells of Holocaust A new exhibition aims to open the eyes to the experiences of those who lived through the Holocaust. Objects of Love was put together by the Office of Public Works and Holocaust Awareness Ireland. It has opened in Bedford Hall at Dublin Castle. Dublin-based art dealer Oliver Sears, who is the show’s curator, said it explores his own family. He added: “We were marked out for one simple reason. We were Jewish.” attack probe UFC star was in bar hours earlier BY ALEX DUNNE and DARRAGH BERRY AN investigation has been launched after petrol bombs were allegedly thrown at Conor McGregor’s pub on the night he was hosting an event. The Black Forge Inn in Drimnagh Road, Dublin, was attacked on Wednesday night. No damage was caused. The former UFC champion, 33, was in the pub earlier that day, according to social media posts. McGregor forked out almost €2million for the Black Forge pub in his native Crumlin. According to the auctioneers’ report the price paid by the UFC champ may be “slightly out of tone with pricing in the Drimnagh/Crumlin area”. But it said it reflects “the property’s worth to the individual purchaser” who due to their fame and connection to the area will expect to achieve trading levels in excess of general licensed premises”. The fighter also sponsors the Black Forge football team. The Notorious, who Forbes listed as the highest paid visitConor in bar last year athlete in the world last year, is now estimated to be worth around €300million. The superstar and his partners sold their €500million stake in his whiskey company last year. McGregor is no longer the majority shareholder of Proper No Twelve Whiskey. The father of three shared the nine-figure sum with his agent Audie Attar and their partner Ken Austin. After the deal McGregor said: “In just under three years, FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR PREMISES The Black Forge Inn in Dublin we went from a dream to the biggest Irish whiskey in the world! “A huge step for Proper No Twelve today as we now forge ahead to the next phase of our company’s history!” Gardai are appealing for witnesses to the incident at the bar to come forward. A statement said: “Gardai are particularly keen for anyone with camera footage from the area overnight to make this available to them.” Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to contact Crumlin Garda station on 01 666 2000. news@irishmirror.ie

10 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 DMEEIR COMMENT 1st Floor, Independent House, 27-32 Talbot Street Dublin 1 irishmirror.ie We all have duty to end this horror ASHLING Murphy, Jastine Valdez, Manuela Riedo. Each time, people have said “no more”, but it has gone on to happen again. Some say it is simply impossible to prevent these disgusting, misogynistic attacks, but even so we must try. We can do it by instilling in our children, from the youngest age, that violence against women is never OK. None of us have been inside the minds of the immoral creatures who have killed these innocent females. However, perhaps if it had been drilled into them repeatedly as youngsters that what they were doing was wrong, they would not have given themselves permission to do it. It is a theory, granted, and may not work. But to do nothing is to condemn another generation of females in this country to forever looking over their shoulders when alone. It used to be that women considered themselves safe when out in daylight Now, even that freedom has been taken from them. Something has to change. This has to stop. Ashling Murphy’s name must be last on this roll of dishonour. Yesterday, the country united in horror and determination that this must never happen again. It’s time to end this. And we must all play our part in ensuring this evil deed is not repeated. Lotto proving to be big draw EXCITEMENT is building around the mustwin €19million jackpot tomorrow and there will be a scramble for tickets over the next 24 hours. There is growing anticipation over the historic Lotto draw, which will finally be won for the first time since June 9. There was understandable controversy that the top prize remained not won for so long and thankfully from now on the jackpot will only rollover a maximum of five times. Hopefully, after such a long wait, the money will bring happiness to the lucky individual or people who are celebrating tomorrow night. Caught out.. FOUR Donegal Catch products are made using Alaska fish caught in the Pacific Ocean and produced in Poland. A marine supply shop posted a pic of the packaging and revealed they were foreign fillets. They were net amused.. Kin star’s Dunne well for Herself line-upAndrew Scott, Ruth Negga & Domhnall Gleeson She succeeds in nuancing the female psyche shooting stars jury on clare’s talents grim role As Sandra in 2020’s Herself gruesome As Amanda Kinsella in RTE’s Kin centre stage Clare Dunne is to receive acting prize Clare praised in Europe’s Top 10 rising talents By Siobhan O’Connor KIN actress Clare Dunne is shooting for the stars after being named as one of the top 10 rising actors in Europe. The star of the RTE crime drama was chosen as one of the European Shooting Stars of 2022. Organised by the European Film Promotion agency, Shooting Stars was set up to promote acting talent across the continent. This year, the top 10 up-andcoming actors will be presented as part of the European Shooting Stars programme at the Berlin International Film Festival next month. Clare, 34, who played Amanda Kinsella in the gangland drama, said: “I am so thrilled to be part of Shooting Stars. “I have always fantasised about the wonderful conversations and collaborations that must happen at this gathering, and I am buzzing to be part of it in 2022 with such an incredible array of talented people. “So delighted and honoured. I cannot wait to be in Berlin.” The Dubliner – who impressed in the movie Herself – joins a list of previous Irish recipients of the prestigious award. These include Vikings’ Mo Dunford and Normal People’s Fionn O’Shea as well as Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Negga and Andrew Scott. The European jury said: “Clare Dunne creates complex and highly relatable characters through her profound understanding of the intricacies of the human mind. “At once sophisticated, firm, and moldable, she succeeds in nuancing the female psyche. “Her delivery of lines is very precise and her control of voice meticulous. “In a very clever and well reflected manner, her performance communicates a deep sense of selfawareness and well-founded confidence.” She also appeared in the hit Marvel movie Spider-Man: Far from Home in 2019 as Victoria. This year’s European Shooting Stars programme will take place from February 11 to 14. news@irishmirror.ie a big part In Spider-Man: Far from Home

irishmirror.ie DMEEIR 11 Xmas sounds raise €330k Something fishy going on with my FESTIVE radio station, Christmas FM, which plays non-stop festive songs, raised more than €330,000 for children’s charity Barnardos. Station co-founder Paul Shepherd said yesterday: “We couldn’t have done it without our loyal listeners who tuned in and donated so generously.” Last Christmas was the station’s 14th year on air and in that time it has raised more than €2.7million for charities. One in 8 own virtual cash ALMOST one in eight adult internet users in Ireland owned cryptocurrency at the end of last year, a new survey revealed yesterday. The poll found around 456,000 people had the virtual currency, slightly below the average of 27 countries surveyed. Some 64% of people here know what cryptocurrencies are, and around a quarter of Irish adults – 26% – think it is a good investment. large fillets Donegal Catch admit there’s nothing Irish in prime produce By Conor Sharkey THE company behind Donegal Catch has confirmed four of its products are produced outside Ireland using non-Irish fish. Producers Green Isle issued a statement confirming this after marine supply shop i-Fish posted a photograph of a box of “Battered Extra Large Fillets” from Tesco. It highlighted how on the back of the packaging it says the fillets are made using Alaska fish caught in the Pacific Ocean and produced in Poland. The company wrote on its Facebook page: “Hasn’t ever come close to anywhere in Ireland. Needless to say I put it down and bought chicken instead.” Irish-owned Green Isle Foods employs more than 100 people across two sites in Sligo and Kildare. A spokesperson for Green Isle admitted the products have no links to Ireland other than in name but said plans are in place to move the manufacturing of its extra large fillets closer to home later this year. They added: “This customer is correct in that we have four products in our range that are currently not produced in Ireland. “These fillets are made using Alaska pollock and produced in Poland. In the interest of transparency and in line with government regulations this information is on the product packaging. “We do understand that some customers expect all our products to be produced in Ireland. “Over 80% of the Donegal Catch range is produced in Ireland with plans to move this to 90% by May 2022. As an FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR farflung Fish came from Pacific via Poland Irish brand we recognise that buying local is important and we offer a range of Irish caught and landed fish as part of our range. “Donegal Catch has been filleting Irish fish at our processing facility in Sligo since 1984 and we are the largest purchaser of white fish from the Irish catching sector, processing over 20% of Irish landed haddock and whiting.” news@irishmirror.ie

12 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 Gangster Whelan ‘lured to death by a friend’ Sister says thug came to house after murder by Alison O’Riordan gangster Wayne Whelan was “lured to his death” by a pal’s invitation to watch football, a court heard. His sister Hazel Grainger told how “the sickening part” was her brother trusted Anthony Casserly, who had come to their home when everyone was “frantically trying to locate Wayne”. Holding up a photo of her sibling and Casserly to the Central Criminal Court yesterday, she said: “This photo shows how Wayne trusted this man.” The court heard Casserly had lured Whelan to his death under the pretence of inviting him to watch a soccer match between Ireland and Denmark. Whelan, 42, was shot dead at Mount Andrew Rise in Lucan, Co Dublin, on November 18, 2019 and the car in which he was sitting was set on fire with his remains inside. Last October, Christopher Moran, 52, who had been on trial at the time for murder at the Central Criminal Court, pleaded guilty to being the getaway driver for the fatal shooting. H i s co-accused Casserly, 25, t h e n pleaded sisterHazel Grainger ‘pals’Anthony Casserly and victim Wayne Whelan guilty to participating in or contributing to the murder of Whelan. Both pleas were accepted by the Director of Public Prosecution. Whelan was well known to gardai for his involvement in organised crime for more than two decades and had been shot a number of times in a previous murder bid two months before his death. Four men have been jailed for their roles in that attempted murder. Prosecutor Shane Costello told the hearing that a group of people arrived at the home of Whelan’s mother to comfort her as there was news filtering out that it was likely Wayne who had been killed and set alight in the vehicle. Mr Justice Keane remanded Moran, of Rowlagh Park, Clondalkin, in custody to April 25. Casserly, also of Rowlagh Park, will be sentenced on January 31. news@ irishmirror.ie DMEEIR fancy Lauren’s sparkler Lauren’s ready for a ring... LAUREN Silverman’s whopping diamond engagement ring makes a Si for sore eyes as she shows it off to the world. Mum-of-two Lauren looked without a care as she strolled phone in hand in sunny Malibu, California. The 44-year-old had said “yes” to Simon Cowell after The X Factor music mogul, 62, popped the question during a family trip to Barbados. RIDING HIGHLauren with hubby-to-be Si shot dead Mr Tormey, 49 2 arrested in connection with killing of dad Michael By aakanksha surve Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of dad Michael Tormey, detectives confirmed last night. The 49-year-old father of two was shot three times in the chest with a handgun at around 4.35am outside his house on Thomond Road in Ballyfermot, West Dublin, on Sunday. A man, in his early 40s, and woman, in her late 30s, were arrested in Ballyfermot by gardai from the Armed Support Unit. Both were being detained last night at Garda stations in West Dublin. A spokesman confirmed last night: “Gardai are continuing to appeal for anyone with information in relation to this incident, in particular, anyone who may have been in the Thomond Road, Landen Road, Kylemore Road or the general Decies area between 3.30am and 5.30am on the morning of Sunday, January 9. “Gardai can be contacted at Ballyfermot Garda Station on 01 666 7200, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.” 394 waiting for a bed in our hospitals A total of 394 patients were waiting for beds in Irish hospitals yesterday. Of those admitted, 295 were in A&E, while 99 were waiting in a ward elsewhere in the hospital. The worst hit was University Hospital Limerick with 62 patients waiting for a bed and 28 of those were in the emergency department. Cork University Hospital was the second worst affected, with 43 patients, all of whom were in A&E. Elsewhere, University Hospital Galway had 40 people on trolleys and chairs and Letterkenny University Hospital had 36 people in their facility.

DMEEIR irishmirror.ie 13 FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR vanished Ms Connolly ‘Everyone is praying mum will be found’ by nicola donnelly THE priest of the town where missing Bernadette Connolly was last seen has said the whole community is “praying that she is found safe and well”. It comes as her daughter Jade pleads for a taxi driver who may have driven her mother on the day she vanished to come forward. The 45-year-old has been missing from the Swords area of North Co Dublin a week today. Fr Pat Reilly, parish priest of Donabate, said: “When someone goes missing, it’s not just the community where she lives that is affected. “Everybody is affected in some way or another. “Everyone is rallying around and doing what they can to help find Bernadette.” WEAR COLOUR TO CELEBRATE SHANE Star Sinead makes changes to tragic son’s funeral plans warning Moser Roth’s Choc horror as products are recalled By marita moloney An urgent product recall has been issued over some chocolates sold in Aldi. Moser Roth’s “The Collection Milk, White & Dark chocolates” are being recalled because one of its ingredients, egg, is not declared on the label. The product has a pack size of 160g and the recall covers all batches and best before dates. It comes after a number of items were already recalled from Irish stores due to the presence of salmonella this week. Tesco and other supermarkets are removing the goods after the bacteria was found. BakeAway is recalling specific batches of various raw pastry and dough products due to the presence of salmonella. showered with love Flowers for Sinead O’Connor’s son who died last week By Sandra Mallon SINGER Sinead O’Connor has said she plans to “celebrate” her son Shane’s life and has asked mourners to wear colourful clothing at his funeral on Sunday. The 17-year-old tragically took his own life last weekend. Sinead said earlier this week that her son was Hindu and requested in a note that he wanted a traditional funeral and only his parents at the service. Yesterday it was announced that Shane will repose at Thomas Murphy and Sons Funeral Home, Boghall Road, Bray, Co Wicklow, today from 5pm to 7pm. In a message on rip.ie, it read that “colourful clothing” was preferred. It said: “A memorial service to celebrate Shane’s life, for his family and close friends will be held in The Martello, Bray on Sunday, from 2pm until 5pm. “Will be lovingly remembered forever by his heartbroken parents Sinead and Donal, his brothers and sisters, grandfather, aunts, uncles, cousins, his wonderful carers, extended family and many, many close friends.” Sinead asked at the time that “if people are going to send anything to the mortuary at Loughlinstown Hospital or Newlands Cross crematorium, to please send flowers or Hindu objects”. But it closeSinead, Shane and, inset, dad Donal appears Sinead and Donal have decided to change their funeral plans and will now have a more public celebration of his life this weekend, with the pair asking for family flowers only, “donations to Pieta House”. Earlier this week, Sinead thanked Donal for being a wonderful father to Shane, saying the teen “adored” him. She added: “You did your best too, Donal. And Shane adored you. And I will always remember how sweet you have been to him. You have been a lovely father. I am so sorry for your loss.” Shane vanished last Thursday, prompting gardai to launch a missing persons report. The appeal was stood down after Shane’s body was found near Bray in Wicklow on Friday night just before midnight. You did your best too Donal. He adored you sinead o’connor message to her ex A talented poet, Shane was the child of Sinead and musician Donal Lunny, who split shortly after his birth. Shortly before Christmas, Sinead shared a “beautiful” verse written by her son, whose full name was Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor. Sharing it with fans on December 21, she wrote: “My favourite thing about 2021 was that my 17-year-old son, Shane O’Connor wrote this beautiful poem. It’s in 6/8 tempo.” The poem read: “The blood never ends. The failure of men. Is to pick up a knife as quick as a pen. How many lives must we spend again. “For the freedom of my cock and the love of my hen. Would you swap places with a man out of tune if the birds of December became the birds of June. “Would you go to old places just to make them look new or bring memories with you when out of the blue.” There has been a huge outpouring of support from fans and celebrities. Pogues singer Shane MacGowan – who the teenager was named after – said he was praying Sinead can be comforted and find strength following his death. He wrote: “Sinead you have always been there for me and for so many people, you have been a comfort and a soul who is not afraid to feel the pain of the suffering. I pray that you can be comforted and find strength, healing and peace in your own sorrow and loss.” news@irishmirror.ie

14 DMEEIR IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 EX-GAA PLAYER DENIES HAVING €400k ATM CASH legal bid Gerry Hutch Judgment is reserved in Hutch case By aodhan o faolain JudgmenT has been reserved in a bid by Gerry “The Monk” Hutch and a co-accused to have their trial moved before a jury. Hutch, 58, and former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall, 44, of Navan Road, Dublin, are charged with the murder of 33-year-old David Byrne at the Regency Hotel, Dublin, on February 5, 2016. They brought judicial review proceedings in the High Court against the DPP, Justice Minister, Attorney General, Ireland Dail Eireann, while Seanad Eireann is also a respondent in Hutch’s case. After a three-day hearing of legal submissions on behalf of the parties, Judge Anthony Barr said he would give his judgment as soon as possible. by EOIN REYNOLDS A FORMER All-Ireland club football champion has pleaded not guilty to possessing more than €400,000 in cash stolen from ATMs by a criminal gang in 2019. Daniel O’Callaghan, who played for Crossmaglen Rangers and has an address at Monog Road in the Co Armagh town, has gone on trial at the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court. The 31-year-old denies all 17 charges against him relating to an ATM theft and an attempted ATM theft that the prosecution says was foiled by gardai. Fiona Murphy SC opened the trial for sombre Shane Lynch trial Daniel O’Callaghan the prosecution. She alleged O’Callaghan was involved with a criminal gang who used a certain “modus operandi” to steal four ATMs by pulling them out of walls in December 2018 and in March and April of 2019 in Meath and Cavan. She said gardai prevented a further attempt in August 2019 to use a digger to pull a cash machine from the Riverfront Bar and Restaurant on Main Street, Court told accused was involved in crime gang Virginia, Co Cavan. She added the prosecution cannot link Mr O’Callaghan to three of the thefts but would bring the court’s attention to the similar methods used on each occasion. Ms Murphy said gardai investigating the series of thefts were watching in the early hours of August 14, 2019, when a digger travelled to Virginia in convoy with a stolen Toyota Land Cruiser pulling a trailer. The digger was metres from the ATM when gardai intervened. Counsel added gardai identified O’Callaghan coming from the driver’s side of the Land Cruiser and running into a nearby field. Two other suspects ran to the same field. The owner of a nearby premises told gardai an outhouse on his land had been interfered with. When forensic examiners carried out testing of the outhouse they discovered DNA matching that of O’Callaghan, counsel said. Ms Murphy told the court the prosecution case is O’Callaghan was involved in “all aspects of the attempted theft at Virginia”. The trial continues. news@irishmirror.ie view Michelle Murphy Fairness call over carbon budgets plan BY SHAUNA CORR Environment Correspondent IRELAND’S carbon budgets must be fair, the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee has been told. After emission reductions became law in July, the Climate Change Advisory Council set out its carbon budget up to 2025. It outlines year-on-year reductions of 4.8% to 2025 with an 8.3% drop from 2025 to 2030. Yesterday, the committee was told the budget must have equity and a just transition. Michelle Murphy from Social Justice Ireland said: “It’s essential every sector makes a contribution to this effort.” Oisin Coghlan of Friends of the Earth Ireland added: “The issue of fairness needs to be central.” mourners Storm and Missy Keating f ff f sorrow Ronan Keating grievingKeith carries coffin Duffy pays tribute to his ‘hero’ father Boyzone star Keith Duffy paid tribute to his singer father as the inspiration behind his own musical career as he was laid to rest. Sean Duffy, 76, died peacefully last Saturday after almost two decades of fighting cancer. The father-of-three’s funeral Mass was held yesterday at Glasnevin Cemetery. In Keith’s eulogy, he said: “I watched the man that I always considered a hero fight not for himself, but for us, to try and stay around for his grandchildren, he didn’t want to go anywhere.” He recalled from a young age going to see his dad supportKeith and Missy Keating saying goodbye Keith Duffy at Glasnevin Crematorium yesterday performing and added: “It was a passion I had and I wanted to fulfil it and he stood behind me, he gave me the confidence to go forward. We went on to have a phenomenal career and we were very blessed, very lucky.”

DMEEIR irishmirror.ie 15 FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT TEXT PAT ON 0872953395 FOLLOW HIM ON TWITTER @patflanagan1 PAT FLANAGAN email pat.flanagan@irishmirror.ie Deniers turn to plan pee.. WE know the anti-vaxxers have been taking the p*** since the start of the pandemic but now one of them has gone even further – he wants everyone to drink it. Christopher Key, who calls himself the “Vaccine Police” in the US (where else?), is advising his followers to cure themselves of Covid-19 by drinking their urine. He claimed: “The antidote that we have seen now, and we have tons and tons of research, is urine therapy.” This about sums up the entire Covid denier movement that they would be willing to drink their own pee rather than accept a vaccine that has been scientifically proven to work. 6OVO energy, one of Britain’s largest power companies, said it regrets telling customers to cuddle their pets and family and to eat porridge to keep warm if they can’t afford hiked up gas and electricity bills. What Ovo means is that it regrets getting exposed as a callous money-grabbing corporation that doesn’t give a toss about its poorest customers. What this proves is that essential services like power and water – which in the UK were privatised by Maggie Thatcher – should always remain in state ownership. Still against the stream KARL Marx stated that religion is “the opium of the masses” but if he were to come back from the grave he might have to reassess that claim. He believed that religion was disconnecting ordinary people, especially the poor, from the harsh realities of existence and preventing them from questioning the system and actively engaging in politics. If the father of communism were around in 2022, there’s every chance he’d be alarmed that Netflix is playing the same role as the church did back in his day. The only difference being that the streaming services offer a good time in this world, while with religion the fun begins in the next. Keep on trucking to stay ahead of the Covid rules THE good news is that Covid won’t infect you if you’re sitting at your desk or on a factory floor during a normal working day. The bad news is that these same workers can be infected in a matter of seconds if they go for a pint in the pub after work. Who knew Omicron clocks on at 8pm? That’s the twisted logic our Government and increasingly discredited Nphet would have us believe as they again change the rules about close contacts. They might claim they’re following the science but it increasingly looks as if they’re following the money. With an estimated 30,000 new Covid cases a day it’s all getting a bit silly with pubs and restaurants closing at 8pm while truckers are allowed to flaunt EU rules to drive through the night. Another way of looking at it is that concerns about the threat to health posed by Covid are being rapidly overtaken by worries about cash and commerce. I suppose it had to happen that economics would eventually trump the relaxing rulesTruck drivers public’s well-being, but hasn’t that always been the way with the Irish health system? While there might be some excuse for loosening restrictions for workers in the over-stretched hospitals, I can’t recall ever being examined or treated by an exhausted trucker in an A&E department. Yet junior minister Hildegarde Naughton announced this week she gave the green light to truck drivers to work 56 hours a week with fewer breaks because of “the impact that the Time to accept the party’s over.. RTE has been losing the run of themselves over Boris Johnson’s outdoor drinks party but it seems that the national broadcaster holds the British prime minister to a higher standard than our leaders. Didn’t the Department of Foreign Affairs hold a champagne party indoors at a time when the rest of the country was in a strict lockdown? Then there was the infamous Merriongate soiree by Katherine Zappone, when she i hosted guests including Tanaiste Leo Varadkar. I’m reliably informed that many leading civil servants were present at an event at a time when Failte Ireland guidelines stated that “organised events are currently not permitted” but this being Ireland, there were no consequences. IF Fianna Fail and Fine Gael want to find out why Sinn Fein is on the rise they need look no further than Social Justice Ireland paper Housing and Poverty 2022 which was published this week. It reveals that almost one-fifth of the population - close to one million people - are at risk of poverty when housing costs are factored in. It also shows that 300,000 more people were forced into poverty in the past year, mostly because inadequate housing subsidies are not working. When both the Government parties are happy to allow rents and house prices to keep rising so too will Sinn Fein’s popularity. Omicron variant is having on the haulage and logistics sector”. In other words she is relaxing health and safety rules that were put in place to protect workers and road users to facilitate commercial interests. Worse still the move has the blessing of the Road Safety Authority and Transport Minister Eamon Ryan. Don’t mind the face masks, make sure you have your hi-viz vest on if you venture onto the country’s roads at night because there’ll be a lot of overtired truckers out there. Isn’t it funny how it can be unsafe to drive without rest one week and the next week it isn’t because commerce changed the equation. This has Fine Gael written all over it. Then again, isn’t it the same with those who are required to isolate if they are deemed a close contact. Last week it was five days, this week “you’re grand”. At this stage I must state I’m fully vaccinated and boosted and I am 100% behind the State’s immunisation programme which has been an outstanding success. But something is going radically wrong and there is now a real danger that the Government and Nphet will lose the public’s support. talent Richard Harris as Prof Albus Dumbledore Truckers are allowed to flaunt EU rules & drive through the night They’re certainly losing mine. Under the new rules I apparently will be some kind of superman as fully vaccinated and boosted people who are close contacts will no longer need to isolate for five days if they have no Covid symptoms. Close contacts who have not had their booster will be asked to restrict their movements for seven days but, going by current Government form, that could change any day depending on the requirements of industry. The same people who called antigen tests “snake oil” last year are now claiming that if they are used fully boosted people who are close contacts don’t need to self-isolate as long as they wear high grade masks. Will the State pay for these expensive items? Like hell they will, this is all about saving money now. Meanwhile, Nphet and the Government have all but killed off the hospitality sector with stupid rules that achieved nothing but permanently close down once-viable businesses. During the week Ryan Tubridy described the 8pm curfew pubs and restaurants as “bonkers” and The Late Late Show host is not wrong. That term could also be applied to many of Nphet’s other rules and we shouldn’t be surprised if the public refuses to follow them. IRISH STARS CAST SPELLs iN POTTEr THE Daily Telegraph would have us believe that JK Rowling insisted on a Brits-only casting rule when making the Harry Potter movies. The Tory newspaper claimed the author valiantly saw off attempts to Americanise the franchise and even Steven Spielberg was refused the chance to direct the films. It seems the Telegraph is in need of one Harry’s truth potions, because unless I’ve been under some kind of spell, Richard Harris and Michael Gambon are Irish and up here in Drogheda we claim Evanna Lynch as one of our own, as she’s from down the road in Terminfeckin. All the same Ms Rowling was right to keep the Yanks at arm’s length as Harry would have probably have been portrayed as a hacker with superpowers rather than a wizard if they had their way.

16 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 exclusive by sue crawford When Emmerdale actress Amy Walsh discovered she was pregnant with her first baby she was in the middle of a gruelling postnatal depression storyline. And while she was thrilled at the thought of becoming a mum for the first time in her 30s, she couldn’t help but be concerned that filming such harrowing scenes would hurt her unborn child. It was so early in the pregnancy that nobody at Emmerdale even knew, so Amy sought medical advice about her situation. The actress, who plays new mum Tracy Metcalfe, says: “It was very strange timing, because the early days of my pregnancy came at the height of that story. It was a lot of heavy content and emotional scenes, so I checked with my midwife to make sure that me crying all the time at work couldn’t be affecting the baby. “She asked if I was enjoying the work and coming away feeling happy and satisfied. When I said I was she explained that I’d be getting endorphins from doing well at work and that it was different to me going through that turmoil personally. “She said if I was experiencing it for real it would be 24/7, but this was me faking it for a few hours a day. “It was quite tiring, but I just rallied through. I felt sick, so I’d literally be nipping off set for a handful of nuts or a satsuma every 15 minutes. “Emmerdale didn’t know for the first few months, but once I told them they were great. They said if I wasn’t comfortable with any of the story, they could make it less dramatic, but I’d filmed most of it by then.” The 34-year-old and her boyfriend, EastEnders actor Toby- Alexander Smith, recently confirmed that they became parents over Christmas, saying: “Well…it’s been a busy week! Hope you all had a good one. Happy New Year from the three of us.” Amy, who has played troubled Tracy for seven years, said the PND storyline did initially shock her. “It was scary that you could be fine and not have been through any mental health issues and then this can just suddenly happen,” she explains, speaking before the birth. “Now that I know it can happen to anyone, it could happen to me. But I’m not worried, it’s more that I have the knowledge, which is brilliant as I’m prepared. I know that there is help, which is what the storyline was all about. There is hope.” Amy, sister of Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh, reveals the plot was also an eye-opener for her boyfriend. She says: “There were a few scenes where Tracy was quite awful to her boyfriend Nate. Toby said that if I was snappy and grumpy and behaving that way towards him after having our baby, he would just have assumed I was tired, he wouldn’t have known it was PND. It’s made us both aware of the signs if it happens to me.” Amy and Toby, 30, have been together since 2019, after meeting by DMEEIR I feared my traumatic Emmerdale plot would affect our unborn baby Amy Walsh on soap role chance in the a u d i e n c e o f Strictly Come BUMPAmy with her boyfriend Toby Dancing. To b y, w h o plays abusive Gray Atkins in East- Enders, was supporting his co-star Emma Barton and Amy was there for ex-Dales actor Kelvin Fletcher. Amy says: “We were both seated next to each other. It could have been so different. He could easily have been sat next to my sister and I might never have said two words to him. “He didn’t know I was in Emmerdale and I didn’t know he was in East- Enders, but we hit it off. Platonically really, we weren’t particularly flirting, DRAMA With TV partner Nate but we really got on and connected.” The couple moved in together in 2020 and then in April last year Amy discovered to her delight that she was pregnant. She had become a mum on screen just two months earlier. She says: “I’d always wanted children, I was getting to an age where I was ready for it and then I was playing pregnant, which made me broody. “People would tell me the fake bump suited me and I’d be like, ‘It does, doesn’t it?’ “It was in the back of my mind that it might not be an easy journey because I’ve known I had polycystic ovaries from the age of 20. That induced a fear in me from quite an early age that I might struggle to conceive.” Late last year Amy and Toby moved from Hertfordshire to East London to be closer to her family. “Both my sisters have just had babies – People would tell me that the fake bump suited me.. it did! AMY WALSH on her emmerdale role Kimberley’s got a six-month old and Sally’s got a five-month-old,” she says. Amy, who has seven nephews, laughs. “I feel well clued up on what to expect and they’re always there at the end of the phone; I’m very lucky.” Viewers will see Tracy leave Emmerdale tonight, while Amy is on maternity leave. She adds: “I used to family future Actress Amy at awards do make resolutions, but the happier I’ve got, the less I put those kind of pressures on myself every year, because you never stick to them anyway. I had a period where I slogged it at the gym every day and I’ve been a victim of fad diets. I thought I was looking after myself, but actually I was overdoing it. “I know now that being content is the most important thing of all.” ■■Emmerdale is on VM1, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 7pm, and Thursday at 7pm and 8pm. news@irishmirror.ie @IrishMirror

DMEEIR irishmirror.ie 17 Gorbachev in HSE CALLS TIME civil lawsuit Relatives of victims of a 1991 crackdown against Lithuania’s government ON colm’S CHEAP filed a civil lawsuit against Mikhail Gorbachev. It is claimed the 90-yearold former Soviet president failed to stop the military operation. Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to BEER PROMOTION declare independence in March 1990. Soviet troops killed 14 civilians in the crackdown. Russia has refused to co-operate with the trial. happy to Shop owner’s credit note idea ‘breaks spirit of law’ comply Owner Colm O’Sullivan UK steel tariff talks rejected The White House has snubbed British calls for talks over axing tariffs on UK steel exports. International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan had invited her counterpart US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, to London this month. It was a bid to try and thrash out an end to the 25% duties on Britishmade products, including aluminium. It is a fresh blow to Boris Johnson’s “Global Britain” hype. By Joe O’Shea A SHOP owner has had to call last orders on his unusual “credit note” beer promotion after getting a visit from HSE officials. Colm O’Sullivan, of Sam’s Gala store in Dunmanway, West Cork, made national headlines when he came up with what seemed like a way around the Minimum Unit Pricing laws. His “special offer” would provide anybody who bought 24 plastic glasses with a “credit coverageIrish Mirror story note” worth €47.34 – the exact price of a slab of beer in his store. Colm’s wheeze got the shop owner an appearance on Joe Duffy’s Liveline on RTE radio. However, shortly after that, he received a visit from HSE officials who advised him the promotion was “breaking the spirit of the law”, which has been framed as a way to reduce harmful drinking. Colm told the Irish Mirror: “I got the visit, I was expecting it, to be honest with you. They said I was breaking the spirit of the law and asked me to stop – I told them, fine, I’m almost out of glasses anyhow.” Colm said he wasn’t trying to flout the law, or make a “big anti-Government statement”. After getting the request from the HSE – which has responsibility for the Minimum Unit Pricing policy – he decided it was time to end the promo. He added: “If it was a case of getting involved in a court case or legal issues, I’m just a store owner, I don’t have the resources or the time for that sort of thing.” Colm said he’s glad he has raised the issue of the law, and its effect on people like his own regular customers in FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR Dunmanway. And he says that while his phone “has not stopped buzzing for the day” with calls from all over Ireland and from as far away as the US, he’s happy he’s started a conversation on the issue. He added: “I thought I had finally made the big-time and that Sky News were after me, I was wondering if I had a good suit to hand. “So I called them back and said I had a missed call from them, and the lady thanked me, and asked me if I wanted to upgrade my movie package.” Colm says the beer in his shop will be on sale at the Government-mandated price point from now on – but he still does not agree with the MUP law. news@irishmirror.ie DON'T MISS YOUR FREE 32 PAGE PUZZLE BOOK PACKED WITH CROSSWORDS, SUDOKUS & A WHOLE LOT MORE! THIS SATURDAY IN YOUR

18 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 DMEEIR AS difficult as the decision to banish her son from royal life for ever may have been, the Queen once again showed there is no time for sentiment when it comes to protecting The Firm. Many will argue her resolution to stick by Prince Andrew as his disgrace mounted was an error. But once a ruling was handed down forcing him to face a civil trial, an event of such incredible magnitude and risk to the monarchy, the Queen acted with rapid brutality. Despite consistently denying ANDREW SEX TRIAL: NOW OUT family and the public at large. The Brutal..but it will save The Firm comment BY RUSSELL MYERS, ROYAL EDITOR allegations of sexual assault, it appears Andrew’s manner of choosing how to defend himself has been his undoing in the eyes of his initial denials, the lack of recollections, shaky alibis and the excuses on sweating, all led to bemusement in royal circles. His ill-fated wall of silence, in the presumed hope that it would all just go away and he would somehow return to his former life, has ended up with disastrous consequences. With the evaporation of support from his family, Andrew not only faces a new and lonely life in the wilderness but the added task of clearing his name just became monumentally harder. The Bonnington Hotel Fantastic Theatre Breaks. The palace statement Details of Andrew’s fate CALL 01 8373544 (quote Mirror Offer) exclusive by russell myers Royal Editor the Queen has stripped Prince Andrew of his military affiliations and royal patronages, as it was confirmed by sources he will never return to official duties. And the Duke of York can no longer use the title His Royal Highness in any official capacity. Insiders said he will fade away from public life for ever. The Mirror can exclusively reveal the Queen ruthlessly made her mind up on Wednesday, after a summit with future king Prince William at her Windsor Castle home. She decided that Andrew, mired in sex abuse claims and now facing a civil trial, should be stripped of his affiliations and patronages. Andrew, 61, was summoned by his mum yesterday to be told of her move. He looked “pensive” as he arrived. The ruthless decision came less than 24 hours after New York judge Lewis Kaplan ruled he must face a civil trial on allegations he sexually abused Virginia Giuffre when she was 17. He denies the accusations. But he will now have to face his trial as an ordinary citizen. Buckingham Palace said: “With the Queen’s approval and agreement, The Duke of York’s military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to the Queen. “He will continue not to undertake any public duties and is defending this serviceAfter Falklands in 1982 case as a private citizen.” William met the Queen in her private quarters at Windsor Castle, where sources said it was decided the “axe should swiftly fall” on He will not undertake public duties and defends his case as a private citizen buckingham palace on queen’s titles decision Andrew’s royal career. A royal source said last night the Duke of Cambridge was locked in talks “for more than an hour” with his gran. Another suggested the Queen came to “the realisation Andrew’s position was grave indeed” after conversations with Princes Charles and William. The source added: “If as expected Andrew offers and goes ahead with a multi-million pound

irishmirror.ie DMEEIR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 19 HE LOSES honorary TITLEs IN COLD driven away Andrew at Windsor yesterday reaction Prince with the Queen »» Ruthless Queen acts to halt damage »» Duke will have no further public duties furyAt Cenotaph with William settlement then his position will become untenable. The Queen could not take the chance of it coming to that and decided, along with her two heirs, the time for action had come.” A royal source said: “The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge are completely aligned in their view that the Duke of York has presided over a complete and utter disaster.” A source close to Andrew last night described him as “shell-shocked”. The source added: “Given the robustness with which Judge Kaplan greeted our arguments, we are unsurprised by the ruling. “However, it was not a judgement on the merits of Ms Giuffre’s allegations. The Duke will continue to defend himself against these claims.” Andrew has handed back all 12 of his military affiliations, including Colonel of the Grenadier Guards. The Queen yesterday came under mounting pressure to act with a letter signed by more than 150 Navy, RAF and Army veterans asking her to strip him of his military appointments. One, Lieutenant Stuart Hunt – who served in The 1st Royal Tank Regiment – welcomed her decision. The 52-year-old, of Holmfirth, West Yorks, accused the Duke of bringing the armed forces into disrepute and said he should have stood down from the roles years ago. Mr Hunt added: “I’m just glad he’s not associated with the military now.” Patronages Andrew was stripped of include Royal Portrush and Royal County Down golf clubs. A source said: “There will be immense relief by members that this decision has been taken out of their hands.” Sources close to Andrew said having to shred his military ties will be “hugely painful”considering his service as a helicopter pilot during the There will be immense relief this decision has been taken off members golf club sourceon duke having patronages stripped Falklands War. The Mirror understands William has been “incandescent” at how his uncle has behaved throughout the legal saga with Ms Giuffre, 38. A settlement remains “on the table” with Ms Giuffre but her lawyer David Boies insisted she is not motivated by cash. He said: “She wants justice.” He will remain a Prince and a Duke, and hold on to his ninth place in the line of succession to the throne. It is understood he will keep his security detail paid for by the taxpayer. And he is to hold on to a select few military titles such as Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy, having earned them throughout his military career. news@irishmirror.ie @rjmyers No longer... Honorary Air Commodore RAF Lossiemouth Commodore-in-chief Fleet Air Arm Colonel Grenadier Guards Royal Colonel The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Colonel in Chief The Princess Louise Fusiliers – Canada The Queen’s York Rangers (1st American Regiment) – Canada Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th and the Ulster Defence Regiment) Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment (The Duke of York’s Own) Small Arms School Corps The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths’ Own) Yorkshire Regiment

DMEEIR 20 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 Apprentice star’s great reception.. island DREAM Gervais inspirational Dancer Ashley & prosthetic arm exclusive by mark jefferies Showbiz Editor Actress Ashley Young has made a big impression after being hired as Lord Sugar’s new receptionist on The Apprentice. Ashley, who was born with the lower part of her right arm missing, made her debut on the BBC show last week. The 26-year-old said: “Everyone on the show was really lovely and it was like working in a big family. “When I first had to take the boardroom call from Lord Sugar I was nervous but I soon relaxed. “I’ve not worked as a receptionist before. Luckily they gave me a wardrobe of business clothes.” Ashley’s appearance sparked a lot of interest on social media. She was TALENTedAshley and, right, BBC show booked via Zebedee Management, a talent agency for people with differences, and shot her scenes last summer. “I’m very excited to have got the part, it’s the biggest job I have done,” she said. She joined the agency in 2019 after moving to London from Florida, where Why Ricky would love to isle his life away RICKY Gervais longs to buy a private island to retire to so he can become a “mad recluse”. The After Life star, 60, explained: “The other day I was looking at islands to buy and put animals on, one close enough that I could visit it. “Then with the pandemic, I was thinking we she was a parade performer and actor at the Universal Studios theme park. Ashley, who wears a gold prosthesis with a bionic hand, was a dancer for 13 years and has been horse riding since she could walk – because her mum is a trainer. She was also a professional scuba diver and took part in underwater shows where she grew up in Orlando. Since moving to the UK, Ashley has could live on the island with all the animals.” Ricky, with partner Jane Fallon since 1982, told TV Times magazine: “I think that would be amazing – no Wi-Fi, no Twitter, no pandemic. “I think that’s what I’m going to do with my money, become a mad recluse. Except, will I be desk jobAs receptionist &, above, with hubby James Lord Sugar & Co love actress Ashley featured in a variety of adverts, including one for Cadbury’s Creme Eggs in 2021. She also starred in BBC3’s Glow Up make-up challenge and modelled for photographer Rankin in the Great Britain Photography Challenge. The married mum of a two-year-old daughter is an ambassador for the Lucky Fin Project, a non-profit organisation helping people with limb differences. She said: “I help kids relate to their differences and really enjoy it. When I do modelling and acting work I also see it as a way to help the next generation and show them what they can also achieve. “I’ve noticed there are more and more opportunities for people with limb differences, which is amazing.” ■■The Apprentice is on Thursdays on BBC1 at 9pm and on BBC iPlayer. news@irishmirror.ie @MirrorJeffers able to get Netflix?” Ricky, who made his name writing TV sitcom The Office, is back as Tony Johnson when the third and final series of After Life returns to Netflix today. It tells how Tony, bereft after the death of his wife from cancer, tries to live out his life. WACKY WORLD For more weird stories from around the globe visit irishmirror.ie Head case is soon solved Animal rescuers in New York saved a raccoon discovered by a homeowner with its head stuck in a jar. The resident of Cutchogue was able to contain the animal under a plastic laundry basket until assistance arrived. Plan to stun the crows A California city where thousands of crows have become a public nuisance is turning to lasers as a hi-tech solution. Residents of Sunnyvale said the birds frequently cover sidewalks and outdoor seating areas with their droppings. New record just for kicks A MARTIAL artist from Ontario broke her second Guinness World Record by teaming up with a student to perform 178 kicks in 60 seconds. Silvana Shamuon, 28, joined 15-year-old Hannah Wright to take on the challenge. Swan rescue n-ice & easy Firefighters in Massachusetts rescued a swan spotted frozen to the ice covering the Mystic River. The Somerville Fire Department used an ice sledge to reach the stricken bird which was stuck to the ice about 50ft from shore. Four pages of puzzles inside

DMEEIR irishmirror.ie FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 21 Ron’s girl: I great move Georgina is back in Britain love life in Manchester ...even if the Man Utd star doesn’t look too happy with it himself! CLAIMHannah and Baldwin Alec Baldwin ‘skipped his gun practice’ ALEC Baldwin missed practice a week before a bullet from a gun he held killed a film colleague, the movie’s armourer says. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 24, is suing Seth Kenney and his firm PDQ. She says they supplied the bullet that killed Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, in October. She also says Baldwin, 63, who denies pulling the trigger, ignored a session on how to “cross draw”. Assistant director David Halls did not ask her to check the gun, she alleges. by gerard couzens Cristiano Ronaldo is reported to be already thinking about leaving Manchester United – but his other half says she is happy in the North West. Georgina Rodriguez, 27, added she is “very grateful” for their new life here and has “no complaints”. Ronaldo, who returned to United this season after leaving in 2009, is said to be unhappy with the club’s “erratic sporting decisions”. They are seventh in the Premier League and he said this week that only a top three finish will do. The 36-year-old former Real Madrid and Juventus forward is said to have had crisis talks with his agent about his future at United. Georgina, a Spaniard who was an au pair in Bristol before meeting Portugal skipper Ronaldo in Madrid, previously described her return to Britain as a “great opportunity”. In a new interview published after speculation Ronaldo could try to leave Old Trafford before his twoyear contract expires, Georgina said she still feels at home in the area. Responding to a question about how well she is adapting to the change after living in Madrid and We have practically the same conditions as we had in Italy Turin, she told Spanish magazine Hola: “I haven’t felt much change because we practically have the same conditions as in Italy and we have a marvellous home. “The good thing is that we live nearer the children’s school. In Italy we lived further away. “I haven’t noticed much difference. When you move with your family and you move everything, you feel at ease. “With our conditions we can’t complain, quite the opposite. We are very grateful.” The model, who is pregnant with twins, plays mum to Ronaldo’s four kids although only Georgina Rodriguez on living in north west four-year-old Alana Martina is hers. Ronaldo, who is on a reported €660,000 a week, whisked Georgina to Madrid on Monday in his €25million private jet. Georgina, who is due to give birth in April and is also counting down the days to the January 27 release of a Netflix docu-series about her rags-to-riches life, also told the glamGeorgina & Ronaldo magazine: “I look after myself and at the moment I’m not putting on a lot of weight. I had a lot of morning sickness at the start but I’m fine now... “I’m living my dream right now. My dream was to have a big family because I love children. “Today we’re a large family and in a few months we’ll be even larger.” After Ronaldo’s reported crisis meeting with his agent, a source close to the footballer was quoted as saying “nothing has been ruled out”. He has been linked with a move to Barcelona if he quits United at the end of the season. Reports also say Paris Saint- Germain are lining up a bid for the star who has scored 14 goals in 21 games for Man Utd this season. He told Sky Sports: “Manchester United should win the league or be second or third. I don’t see other positions for Manchester United... “I don’t want to be here to fight to be in sixth or seventh or fifth.” news@irishmirror.ie @IrishMirror

DMEEIR irishmirror.ie 23 iT’s GIVE AND TAKE speakerLindsay Hoyle China trying FOR KIDNEY COUPLE to influence UK MPs claim By Mirror reporter A woman suspected of working on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party has been trying to improperly influence British MPs. The claim was made by Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle. He said spy agency MI5 had found that the woman “has been engaged in political interference activities on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, engaging with [MPs]”. He added that she “has facilitated financial donations to serving and aspiring parliamentarians on behalf of foreign nationals based in Hong Kong and China”. Last year MI5 urged Britons to treat the spying threat from Russia, China and Iran with as much vigilance as terrorism. We feel so uplifted with all the good wishes Michelle Tooher After the OPs renewed health Michelle and Eoin after the transplants FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR Eoin gets life-saving transplant ... and wife donates organ to UK reportMarie Anderson Concern over RUC conduct with loyalists By David Young THE North’s Police Ombudsman has found evidence of collusive behaviour among some officers. But Marie Anderson said the RUC had no prior knowledge of the attacks. The Police Ombudsman’s report raised “significant concerns” about the conduct of the RUC in relation to 19 murders and multiple attempted murders carried out by the loyalist UDA and UFF between 1989 and 1993. The Ombudsman said she had identified a number of instances where the RUC’s Special Branch had obtained information from informants which may have disrupted the activities of the UDA/UFF and “may have saved lives” as a result. By Erika Sassone A couple has started the new year by celebrating an incredible fourway organ transplant swap. The life-saving operations took place after a one-in-a-million chance to find a donor. Eoin Madden and his wife Michelle “Shelly” Tooher from Co Galway went through the UK Living Kidney Shared Scheme which allowed Eoin to find a suitable donor. In 2001 Eoin, from Kiltullagh, had his first kidney transplant from deceased donors and in 2008 he received a second one. The couple decided to go try the UK scheme in a process known as paired exchange. Eoin explained: “After Shelly was screened by Beaumont Hospital for suitability to donate one of her kidneys to me, we received the disappointing news that she was not a suitable match for me. “It was then that a consultant at Beaumont, Dr Colm Magee, suggested that we enter the paired exchange programme in the UK which, with a larger pool of donors, might result in a suitable match, although, with my antibody build-up there were no guarantees. “The scheme offers four cycles in a year to find a suitable match. “We feel blessed that on the very first cycle we were entered into that a suitable match was found for me, while Shelly was found to be a suitable match for a patient in the UK. “We hit the jackpot first time.” Michelle underwent surgery on January 4 at Belfast City Hospital to have one of her healthy kidneys removed. Her kidney was flown to a hospital in the South of England where it was gratefulMichelle with PSNI officers outside Belfast City Hospital donated to a waiting patient. Later that day Michelle’s extraordinary deed was reciprocated as Eoin received a lifeline through a healthy donor kidney which was retrieved in England and flown over as special cargo to be transplanted into him. The couple are now recovering at Belfast City Hospital but they will soon return home to their three children, aged three, seven and 10. Michelle said: “It has been an incredible experience and we are both so relieved Eoin’s transplant was a success. “We feel so uplifted with all the good Recovery Eoin after his op wishes and support we have received from so many people. “Both Eoin’s family and my family have been unwavering in their continued support and have given so freely of their time to us and are caring for our children as we recover from our surgeries. “We now look forward to us all being reunited as a family soon. “Our children can now, for the first time, see their father in a new light enjoying renewed health away from the restrictions of dialysis.” The carefully orchestrated event, which involved operations in two hospitals, in Belfast and England, was facilitated through cooperation between the HSE Treatment Abroad Fund, the UK’s National Health Service, Beaumont Hospital and Belfast City Hospital. Irish Kidney Association chief executive Carol Moore said: “This is a wonderful example of how successful cross-border cooperation through the HSE treatment abroad scheme can be. “Our thanks to the HSE Treatment abroad office, the ODTI, the NHS and Beaumont Hospital who worked so hard to put this agreement in place.” news@irishmirror.ie

SIMPLE SCIENCE TO FEELING HAPPY 24 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 I lost 3 1 / st after food 2 binges put doing my job at risk Healthcare worker Kelly told she had to lose weight or would face sack By SIOBHAN O’CONNOR A healthcare worker lost threeand-a-half stone after being warned she couldn’t do her job because she was morbidly obese. Dubliner Kelly Fitzsimons was advised she could no longer pursue her job as she was dangerously overweight – and the warning motivated her to change her life. The healthcare assistant was secretly binge-eating due to an unresolved trauma. She realised she needed to look after her mental health – and her physical transformation followed. Kelly, 40, told the Irish Mirror: “When I started to work through all the mental health stuff, the other stuff started to click into place. I now choose the warrior mindset, over the victim mindset.” In 2018, as she sustained a back injury, her occupational health doctor told her she could no longer work as she was so obese. She said: “He wasn’t allowing me back to work unless I agreed to join a weight management clinic of some sort.” Signing up to the weight management service in St battleKelly feels a lot better DMEEIR bad diet Kelly wanted to change lifestyle I had a binge eating disorder as a result of sexual trauma as a teen kelly fitzsimons yesterday Colmcille’s hospital in Loughlinstown, Co Dublin, the weight began to shift as she dealt psychologically with being assaulted as a teen. Opening up on her weight loss journey Kelly said: “I had binge eating disorder as a result of sexual trauma when I was a teen. My fat, or weight, was my coat of armour so to speak. “I was a size 26 to 28 when I started working on myself and now I’m 18 to 20. When it comes to my weight, it’s always related to the way I feel in my mind.” Binge-eating is a tough cycle to new look Kelly Fitzsimons from the capital break, Kelly said: “Some people think it’s having a big munch, but it’s not. You’re actually completely destroying yourself, as you have so much self-loathing. “I’ve tried Weight Watchers, Slimming World, the works. But they never worked because I never wanted to see a slimmer version of me again. I fuel my body and move my body with whatever it needs. “In July 2020 I started sea swimming and personal training techniques. When you learn to tap into your body, you don’t want to treat it badly anymore. “I think once you stay on top of the habits you’ve formed you can succeed.” news@irishmirror.ie happier Karen Koster Karen is ‘less cranky’ after moving to 6 O’Clock Show Karen Koster says she is healthier and “less cranky” since leaving Ireland AM – admitting she was “sweating” some nights worrying about work. The former Xpose star moved to the show for two years after the entertainment programme was axed in 2019. She has since moved to the station’s Six O’Clock Show alongside Martin King – and admits it is much more within her comfort zone. Karen said: “I am back doing light entertainment again, like the good days on Xpose. But that is what I loved the most, interviewing the celebs, that’s my bag completely. “As much as I gave current affairs a stab on Ireland AM, talking to ministers wasn’t my forte. “I think I have found my comfort zone by going to The Six O’Clock Show.” The mum of three added: “Even getting up at 7am feels like I am having a lie-in. It is only now that I have finished up that I realise I need my stamina for that shift, it is gruelling. “You become sleep obsessed and now I am a healthier and less cranky version of myself now that I am not getting up as early.” RSVPLIVE.IE/HAPPY Scan the code to start the FREE challenge Richard Hogan

DMEEIR irishmirror.ie FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 25 TV Quiz 1 Who said: “It blows my mind how a rabbit can make people so happy.” A) The head of customer feedback at Ann Summers? B) The owner of an Instagramfamous giant bunny on The Secret Life Of Our Pets? It was B, but we cannot 100% rule out A. TV Quiz 2 Who said: “Rats speak in sentences, but it is hard to fully decode what they are saying.” A) Robert Peston discussing leaked messages from the No.10 WhatsApp group. B) The narrator on The Secret Life Of Our Pets. It was B, but, again, we should not completely discount A. Thing Most Likely To Make You Say... ‘Well, I’m currently watching Good Morning Britain … Of The Week Monday’s Good Morning Britain asking: “Do you consume products that are way past their sell-by date?” I’m not saying Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are naive. But when legendary Happy Mondays drugs hoover Bez showed up for his first training day on Dancing On Ice and informed them he was suffering from double vision following a charity boxing match, their instinct was to accept his explanation. Jayne. Chris. Read the file, guys. Incidentally... ...a belated thank you to BBC2 for bringing us a double dose of glorious silliness with Toast Of Tinseltown and Mandy. See, the BBC can still do comedy when it wants to. Over at Monday’s This Morning, lifestyle adviser Tonia Buxton said if people fake smile for long enough their brain gets tricked into thinking it is real. In entirely unrelated news, Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield returned to This Morning on Monday. ian hyland’s tv DIARY He writes He writes about telly... about weekly telly... weekly Weekend watchlist Rules of the lame Excellent timing this week from BBC1’s Rules Of The Game, which not only featured a dysfunctional firm where the line between a work meeting and an office booze-up was repeatedly blurred, but also boasted a weekly cheese and wine party. Unfortunately that was the only excellent thing about this drama, which landed the talented Maxine Peake with a honking script that couldn’t work out whether it was a dark thriller or a Cold Feet tribute act. Also, whoever wrote “young Fanny Craddock” on the stylist’s briefing notes for Maxine’s character didn’t help. I did learn something though. I’d never heard of the perimenopause. NB. My wife later confessed she thinks she may have the periperimenopause. Symptoms? She constantly craves Nando’s and her flushes are extra hot. Are Ant and Dec over their Limit? As their buckling shelves prepare to make room for yet more awards, it would be daft to say Ant & Dec are approaching a crisis point in their careers. However, I do sense a crossroads. Covid has exposed flaws that do I’m A Celebrity’s long term prospects no favours. To prove it still has legs, Britain’s Got Talent needs to come back with a real bang this year. And as “The Boys” head into middle-age, you have to wonder how much longer their bodies will be able to handle the demands of hosting Saturday Night Takeaway. Which is why a lot was riding on the launch of FillerAnt & Dec show doesn’t need two hosts ‘‘ Josie Gibson’s stepladder game on This Morning was a better laugh Would I Lie To You? (BBC1, tonight) their new big money gameshow Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win last Saturday. The viewing figures were steady if unspectacular, but I wasn’t surprised by the mixed reaction the show received. I hope I’m wrong, but I do worry they have ended up hosting the sort of flashy and noisy ITV gameshow which Phillip Schofield or Stephen Mulhern are usually given to host because Ant & Dec don’t want to. Because Limitless Win really is too complicated. It is slow moving. There are too many adverts. It does have too much filler. You After Life (Netflix, from today) don’t believe anyone could actually win mega millions. And yes, let’s be honest, it does not require two presenters. It also has something in common with Ant & Dec’s previous short-lived/forgettable forays into the gameshow market, Red Or Black, Push The Button and PokerFace: It lacks the playalongability factor. It’s not much fun either. Ant & Dec have been in the business long enough to know that the two minutes they spent playing Josie Gibson’s rather rudimentary stepladder game on yesterday’s This Morning was a much better laugh than a whole hour of Limitless Win. Hopefully, the pace will pick up. Ultimately though, this venture will stand or fall on one question: Does Limitless Win do exactly what it says on the tin? The £500,000 prize won in the opener was a good start, but is ITV really going to give away a limitless prize? For a start, that “Limitless Ladder” would be too tall to fit on the screen. I expect we will see some seven-figure wins, but I doubt we will be venturing into EuroMillions territory. Chances are the record for the highest payout on British TV will remain at its current figure. Yes, that’s right. The £8million or so ITV had to dish out after it got caught acquiring viewers’ money in the 2007 phoneline scandal. (Oh, okay. It was the £1.5m won on Red Or Black in 2012.) Dancing On Ice (ITV, Sunday)) FEELING QUEASY Did the script upset Maxine? Urgent question re that animated wizard whose wand looked like a big brown poo on The Apprentice last night. Why the hell did no one think to nickname him Harry Squatter? Did Danny Dyer really decide to leave EastEnders because he wants to pursue other acting roles? Or, with his royal lineage, did he do so because he’d just watched the news and realised there might soon be a vacancy for a middle-aged geezer in Liz’s Firm? Quick update on BBC1’s The Tourist. I have now binge-watched all six episodes. Feel free to share your wild praise. Vengeful Piers Morgan threatens ‘unpleasant surprise’ for Meghan I’m going to ban her from my new cable TV show, which no one will bother watching anyway. That’ll learn her. TV Question Things I learned from the first episode of ITV’s new Saturday night chat show The John Bishop Show... ■ John Bishop likes saying “The John Bishop Show”. ■ John Bishop might be from the Liverpool area. ■John Bishop likes to remind us he was in Doctor Who. ■ Jonathan Ross is safe. ■ BBC Breakfast was sweetly excited about the competition to create a new dessert to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee later this year. The way things have been going, surely an Eton Mess is the only correct option? Sue Perkins’ Big American Road Trip (Channel 4, Sunday)

26 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 Dogs fall ill after walks on beach by Victoria Scheer and Paul Byrne HUNDREDS of dogs have become sick after being taken for walks along beaches. Experts are trying to find the cause of the mystery stomach bug which causes vomiting and diarrhoea. Pets have been affected along 70 miles of the Yorkshire coast from Hornsea to Marske. Brogan Proud, from Yorkshire Coast Pet Care, has been inundated. She said: “Until local councils get to the bottom of it I would not recommend taking pets on the beach.” Aaron Yeates went to riskDogs at Whitby Herpes link hope for MS SCIENTISTS have linked multiple sclerosis to herpes, bringing the prospect of a cure a step nearer. A US team studied 995 young adults with MS and found the risk of the progressive disease rose 32-fold after infection with the Epstein-Barr virus. Prof Alberto Ascherio, of Harvard University, called it “compelling evidence”. MP: Beef up Sarah probe AN inquiry into the rape and murder of Sarah Everard by Met PC Wayne Couzens “should be given more powers”, an MP says. Bell Ribeiro-Addy, MP for Streatham, South London, wants people to be made to give evidence. Unless this is done she fears the issue of misogyny in the police will be “swept under the carpet”. Robin Hood’s Bay with bulldog Ada who suffered severe effects. He said: “She’s lost so much weight her harness barely fits.” Kirsty Salisbury, of East Riding council, said: “It seems many dogs are becoming unwell even though they have not visited beaches so it may be a general illness. We regularly inspect beaches for signs of any irregular occurrences and so far there is nothing.” FREE PUZZLES PULLOUT Everyday inside your DMEEIR ronnie spector’s lossOur report on Ronnie’s death by christopher bucktin US Editor Shackled to his hospital bed, gasping for his final breaths, Phil Spector could not have been more removed from the life he once knew. He had been the most powerful man in the music industry, making not just stars but icons. Spector’s life ended last January at the age of 81, being treated in an outside hospital while serving a jail sentence for murder in the US. His wife Ronnie survived him by a year. She died on Wednesday aged 78, following a battle with cancer. The lead singer of girl group the Ronettes had endured Phil’s abuse – and narrowly avoided becoming his first murder victim. On February 3, 2003, Spector shot actress Lana Clarkson in the mouth at his mansion, the Pyrenees Castle, in Alhambra, California. Spector later said Clarkson’s death was an “accidental suicide”. Six years later, his lifetime of violence, genius, and insanity finally caught up with him when he was found guilty of Clarkson’s murder and imprisoned. Despite the hell he put her through, Ronnie later recalled the “fairytale” they once shared. As a fledgling girl group, The Ronettes – Ronnie, her sister Estelle and cousin Nedra Talley – struggled for success. 11 So in early 1963, Ronnie took matters into her own hands and telephoned Spector asking to audition. With Spector at the piano, the trio sang a version of Why Do Fools Fall in Love, causing the producer to jump up, shouting: “That’s it. That’s it. That’s the voice I’ve been looking for.” Initially, he wanted to sign Ronnie as a solo act, but her mother insisted he signed the Ronettes as a whole or the deal was off. Spector agreed and by March 1963, the Ronettes were officially a part of his Philles Records roster. Soon after, he and Ronnie began an affair. Early in their relationship, the then 20-year-old starlet was unaware he was married to singer Annette Merar. When Ronnie, born Veronica Bennett, was held for prostitution at the Delmonico Hotel early days Ronettes with Phil Spector in 1964 We gotta get out of here or you, my baby girl, are going to be gone ronnie spector’s mumon night she got her to flee phil in New York, she phoned Spector for help. The powerful producer made threats – and she was let go. From that day, she saw him as her protector – but he was no guardian angel. The Ronettes hit the big time with hits such as Be My Baby. When they toured Britain in 1964, the Rolling Stones opened for them. After Spector divorced Merar in 1965, he bought a home in Beverly Hills. He world fameIn London in 1977 to launch a record and Ronnie wed in 1968. A year later they adopted son Donté Phillip. Two years later, he surprised her with adopted twins Louis and Gary as a bizarre Christmas present. Spector’s madness had already begun to emerge. Gradually, he became controlling and dominant. He turned their 23-room mansion into a maximum-security prison with chain-link fences, barbed wire and intercoms in every room. In her 1990 memoir, Be My Baby, Ronnie revealed that after they married, Spector subjected her to years of psychological torment. He also sabotaged her career by

DMEEIR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 27 tale of surviving phil Married to a monster court Spector on trial fame Ronnie on a TV show recently power coupleSpectors at a film premiere in 1972 pop icon Promotional shoot, 1978 Abused singer still recalled her ‘fairytale’ love story from ’60s forbidding her to perform. On the rare occasions he allowed her out, she had to drive with a lifesize dummy of Phil in the passenger seat of the car. Ronnie said he installed a gold coffin with a glass top in the basement, vowing he would kill her and display her corpse if she left him. But in 1972 she managed to flee. One night, with no shoes on – as he also kept them from her – she slipped out for a walk with her mother. Speaking of her escape, she recalled her mother saying: “We gotta get out of here. Or you, my little girl, are going to be gone.” In 1974, the divorce was finalised. After Spector threatened to have her killed, Ronnie forfeited future record earnings to him. She received just €21,500, a second-hand car, and a monthly provision of €2,100 for five years. Ronnie tried to rebuild her career but Spector hired lawyers to prevent her singing her hits. In 1988, Ronnie and the other Ronettes sued Spector for €9million. He was ordered to pay Ronnie more than €1million in royalties – after more than a decade of I still smile whenever I hear the music we made together ronnie spector on the legacy of evil husband legal wrangling. Despite everything, Ronnie had kind words for Phil when he died in California last year. She wrote of the man who so shaped her life: “Meeting him and falling in love was like a fairytale. “Darkness set in, many lives were damaged.” But she added: “I still smile whenever I hear the music we made together, and always will. The music will be forever.” news@irishmirror.ie @IrishMirror

28 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 DEAR COLEEN DMEEIR dearcoleen@mirror.co.uk your problems solved I’ve fallen for her but she won’t commit Dear Coleen I’m a 30-year-old man and have been happily single for years, dating a lot of women, having a lot of no-strings sex and enjoying it. The thing is, I’ve now met someone I really like and think we could have a future, but she’s acting like I usually would – keeping me hanging on, not committing to anything, being vague about how she feels and it’s driving me nuts. I’ve never been in this situation before and don’t know what to do. Should I try to prove how much I think of her by asking her to marry me? I don’t want to lose her. We have sex at the weekend but ex goes cold over reunion Dear Coleen Coleen says My ex-partner left me nearly a Well, I think you need to stop sleeping year ago. I’d become quite with him until you’ve worked it out – you depressed and was struggling a lot need space to think about what’s best for in lockdown with two children – I you. Forget about what he wants. He left have a son from a previous relationship and a daughter with him. means that I when you were struggling and needed “His refusal you and wasn’t willing to stick with you He moved about 40 miles away feel hurt all him the most. to be near his family and friends, over again I think your friends are right. He’s but comes to stay with us every having the best of both worlds at the other weekend to see the children. moment and not promising you At first this arrangement was difficult, anything in the future. You’ve come so but over the last few months I’ve felt far on your own, so it’s important not to much better, I look like my old self again let him derail your progress. and I’m happier. It’s difficult to switch off your feelings He has obviously seen the change in for someone and it doesn’t happen me and a few weeks ago we started overnight. These weekend liaisons are sleeping together again. It feels like it did going to bring back all those lovely when things were good between us and memories of when things were good the children are happy when he’s around. between you, but it’s only a part-time My problem is, when I tentatively thing – you’re not together 24/7. suggested that we got back together on So it’s important to remind yourself of a trial basis, he went cold. what things were like when he wasn’t He said he wasn’t sure it was right and there for you and how you felt when he that he needed more time to figure out walked out. what he wants. I think if you did try again then a trial I feel hurt all over again. period with no promises on either side My friends say he’s using me by would be best. You’d need to unpick what sleeping with me at the weekend and went wrong in the relationship and why then going back to his other life. I don’t he walked out when the going got tough. know what to do – I’ve come so far, but You want a partner who’s there during I still love him. What would you advise? the good times and the bad. Coleen says Trying to keep hold of her is definitely not the right reason to ask her to marry you. Do you love her? Also, if she’s happy with a casual arrangement, then I think a proposal will make her run for the hills. You’re getting a taste of your own medicine here and it’s not going down well! I think you need to start by telling her how it is – that you’ve developed deeper feelings for her and that you want to see if the relationship has a future. You’ll soon find out how serious she is. If she doesn’t want to commit to anything more serious, then it’s up to you to decide whether you’re prepared to risk heartbreak by continuing to see her. On the positive side, you obviously feel ready for a deeper relationship with someone that’s not only about sex. you say I thought William, who responded to the woman who cried all Christmas because she’s single, was rather harsh with his comments (Dear Coleen, January 7). It sounds like this poor girl had a difficult time in her last relationship. She needs to be told that it takes time to heal a broken heart. Most importantly, she needs to build her self-esteem and focus on herself. Maria, via email PROBLEMS? Tell Coleen Nolan about them and she’ll give you an honest answer... every weekday in the Irish Mirror email: dearcoleen@mirror.co.uk – sorry, but Coleen can’t reply personally WRITE TO: Coleen Nolan, The Daily Mirror, One Canada Square, London E14 5AP says he loves me but sleeps around for an exclusive relationship, but if that’s what you want then I think you have to move on. I also think you have to step back from your friendship with him because, if you don’t, it’s going to be hard to move on properly. He’s telling you he loves you and wants to be with you in the future just to keep you hanging on – it’s called keeping your options open. You deserve so much better than that. You can’t hang on indefinitely, waiting for him to mature and decide he Coleen says wants to see you exclusively – Can you really keep seeing him you have your life to live in when you know that he’s the meantime. sleeping with these other Take control of it and don’t women? I don’t think he’s ready look back. Dear Coleen I’m a girl in my early 20s and I started seeing a guy at work, who made it clear from the beginning that he didn’t want a serious relationship. I was OK with that at the time because I didn’t know how things would go, plus we had such a great connection and I found him so attractive. Now, though, I feel really upset and jealous because I’ve found out he’s sleeping with other girls. When I asked him about it he just said he’s too young to settle down with one person, but that he sees himself with me in the future. He also says he loves me, so I’m confused. Should I keep him around or move on? Sign up to my newsletter! I’m excited to let you know that I’ve launched a fab newsletter, which I hope you’ll sign up to receive once a week via email. I’ll be sharing my thoughts on love, life and relationships, as well as my pick of the week’s readers’ problems. Sign up by visiting mirror.co.uk/coleen

DMEEIR irishmirror.ie FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 29 TODAY’S tv with katie gallagher EMMERDALE Virgin Media One, 7pm After action-packed scenes that revealed Meena’s murderous past, she hitched a ride with a guy driving to Glasgow as the police barrelled in the other direction. “Call me Manpreet,” she said with an evil smirk. Now there’s shock as everyone realises that Meena was responsible for killing Leanna and others too. Liam in particular is tortured – but he’s just lucky Meena didn’t whack him over the head with a boulder. EASTENDERS RTE One, 8pm reformed Jacob says he’s not involved with drugs CORONATION STREET Virgin Media One, 7.30pm and 8.30pm After a fruitless night searching for Joseph, Chesney’s at his wits’ end. Dev offers to set up a fundraising appeal so he can offer a reward for information. As Summer and Amy head out of the hospital after Summer’s diabetes appointment, Jacob approaches with his arm in a sling and assures them that he no longer has anything to do with the drugs gang. And Tim confides in Peter that he’s awaiting a triple bypass operation but can’t bring himself to tell Sally. After the police burst in to handcuff Aaron, Harvey admitted that he called the police on his son, leaving Aaron horrified. A concerned Rainie helps Mick to recover from his panic attack, and she opens up to him about her pain of losing Abi. Elsewhere Phil tells concern Rainie Isaac he wants nothing to do with him. Later, Ben arrives home to find that Kathy, Phil and Callum have staged an intervention. He admits he’s tired of fighting and scared for his safety. In the IRISH Mirror Saturday Pick of the day UPDATE Micheal Martin with Tubridy mOVING ONRicky Gervais returns as widower Tony Searching for his happy ever after... Ceol Chogadh na Saoirse TG4, 8pm There have been 17 new original recordings of songs associated with the Irish War of Independence and Civil War. “Ceol Chogadh na Saoirse” explores the complex relationship the Irish people have with these songs. The programme will also look at how AFTER LIFE Netflix THIS melodramatic comedy has proved a massive hit for creator and star Ricky Gervais, and now it returns for a final third season. The six-episode swan song continues to follow Tony (Gervais), a newspaper journalist whose life is upended after his wife dies from cancer. A trailer teases that “every end is a new beginning” as Tony starts to realise that making other people feel good is what can give him a reason to live. Tony says: “I thought not caring was a superpower. I was wrong. Caring about stuff, that’s what really matters. Kindness, making other people feel good.” We don’t see a huge amount of this caring and kindness as the series kicks off. Tony is still struggling immensely with his grief, keeping his relationship with Emma (Ashley Jensen) completely platonic and generally pushing everyone away. Of course he still watches the home videos of his late wife Lisa (Kerry Godliman), spending most of his time alone with only his dog Brandy for company. A raft of eccentric characters allow for the much-needed comedy, including Joe Wilkinson as a postie with love-life troubles, Tom Basden as Tony’s boss and brother-in-law, and Diane Morgan as his nutty colleague. Then of course there’s Tony’s charming relationship with widow Anne (Penelope Wilton) who still talks to her late husband Stan, leading to a chat about the after life. Swinging from philosophical thought to farcical comedy in a heartbeat, this is worth a watch. Ricky says: “This season is the best one yet and I promise the dog does not die.” it changed over the last 100 years. By examining the works of notable songwriters such as Peadar Kearney, the first programme shows how the songs which were instrumental in igniting the War of Independence. It will also delve deep into how they kept up morale during some of the country’s darkest days and were subsequently shunned by the newly established Free State government. 15 January 2022 GETTING THEIR SKATES ON Brendan Cole, ria HeBden and raCHel STeVenS are among the brave stars competing on this year’s dancing on ice All the new shows, soap news and 7-day listings More TV and film news online at irishmirror.ie Late Late Show RTE One, 9.35pm Taoiseach Micheal Martin leads the Late Late Show lineup this week. Following fresh changes to Covid restrictions and the continuing high number of infections across the country, the Taoiseach will give an update on the current situation on managing the outbreak of Covid-19. As Operation Transformation returns to our screens for its 15th season, Ryan will also be joined by presenter Kathryn Thomas and the five new leaders for 2022. John Ryan, Stefano Sweetman, Kathleen Hurley Mullins, Katie Jones and Sarah O’Connor Ryan will discuss why they embarked on a health and wellness journey with the main intention to reset and kick-start a new chapter in their lives. The Late Late Show will also host a TradFest music session with some of the country’s most-talented Irish musicians. These include Mike Hanrahan (Stockton’s Wing), Niamh Dunne (Beoga), Dara & Mick Healy (Boxing Banjo), Bridin, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh (Altan), Seamus & Caoimhe Ui Fhlatharta, to name a few. INSPIRATION Songs from Ireland’s darkest days

30IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 All programmes Today’s are listed in Greenwich TV Mean Time previews (GMT). are Apart on from in the Portugal, previous programmes are one hour page later than listed film ratings ★★★★★ Brilliant ★★★★ Very Good ★★★ Good ★★ Average ★ Bad (R) Repeat DMEEIR RTE One RTE2 Virgin One BBC One BBC Two 6.00am EuroNews 6.10 Teleshopping 7.55 Today Magazine show. (R) 9.55 The Ellen DeGeneres Show With Lori Greiner and Hannah Waddingham; Weather 10.50 Dr Phil; Weather 11.45 Shortland Street Drama. 12.15pm Doctors Bear visits another GP surgery. 12.45 Telly Bingo Gameshow. 1.00 RTE News; Weather 1.30 Home and Away Theo comes home to Leah and Justin. 2.00 Neighbours Levi is left reeling by a false accusation from Zara. 2.30 Fair City Carol is determined to catch Louis out in his lie. (R) 3.00 EastEnders Bobby is unnerved by Aaron’s behaviour and opens up to Dana. (R) 3.30 Today Daily magazine show featuring entertainment and celebrity news and consumer advice. Presented by Daithi O Se and Maura Derrane. 5.40 Nuacht News programme. 6.00 The Angelus (R) 6.01 RTE News; Weather 6.00am EuroNews 7.00 TRTE 12.20pm Deadly 60 (R) 12.50 Horrible Histories (R) 1.25 Holly Hobbie (R) 1.55 The Next Step (R) 2.20 Hardball (R) 2.45 The Dumping Ground (R) 3.15 The Dumping Ground (R) 3.50 Malory Towers (R) 4.20 news2day 4.30 The Simpsons Mr Burns fears Doomsday is coming. 5.00 The Goldbergs Adam accidentally gets Barry kicked out of a cool group of friends, and comes up with a plan to get his brother back in. (R) 5.30 Shortland Street Drama. 6.00 Neighbours Glen is thrown when Terese offers him a room at her place, hoping he will be her sober companion. (R) 6.30 Home and Away With Tane now conscious, Ari questions if he remembers anything about the incident. Theo comes home to a frustrated Leah and Justin. (R) 6.10am The Six O’Clock Show Chat show. (R) 7.00 Ireland AM Magazine programme featuring health, safety and education reports, entertainment news and interviews with personalities making the headlines. 9.55 This Morning Daily magazine, featuring a mix of celebrity chat, showbusiness news, lifestyle features, topical discussion, health and beauty advice and more. 12.30pm News at 12:30 1.00 The Chase Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh. 2.00 The Chase Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh. 3.00 Loose Women Topical debate from a female perspective. 4.00 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs The comedian helps a dog with a fear of men. (R) 4.30 Judge Judy Real-life small-claims cases. 5.00 Judge Judy Real-life small-claims cases. 5.30 News at 5.30 6.05 The Six O’Clock Show 6.00am Breakfast News headlines. 9.15 Morning Live Magazine. 10.00 Countryfile Winter Diaries In Llanddwyn. Last in series. (R) 10.45 The Moment of Proof Convicting a violent offender. 11.15 Homes Under the Hammer Property auctions. (R) 12.15pm Bargain Hunt Eric Knowles visits Maidstone Museum. 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather 1.30 BBC Newsline; Weather 1.45 Father Brown A VIP guest is murdered at Lady Felicia’s New Year ball. Last in series. 2.30 The Repair Shop A radio, gaming case and grandfather clock are restored by the team. 3.00 I Escaped to the Country Jonnie Irwin revisits East Anglia. Last in series. 3.45 The Farmers’ Country Showdown Kai and Neil debut their chilli ice-cream. 4.30 Antiques Road Trip With Izzie Balmer and David Harper. 5.15 Pointless Quiz show. 6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather 6.30 BBC Newsline; Weather 6.30am The Farmers’ Country Showdown A visit to the Edenbridge & Oxted Agricultural Show. (R) 7.15 Antiques Road Trip Izzie Balmer and David Harper travel around Fife, Perthshire and Angus. (R) 8.00 Sign Zone: Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon A couple part with clutter. (R) 9.00 BBC News at 9 10.00 BBC News Headlines. 12.15pm Politics UK Updates. 1.00 LIVE Snooker: The Masters Judd Trump v Kyren Wilson. The third quarter-final at Alexandra Palace, played over the best of 11 frames. 5.15 Flog It! At Allerton Castle. (R) 6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games With Mike Bushell, Aisling Bea, Sunetra Sarker and Dion Dublin. (R) 6.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall Rick meets a forager who takes him on a tour around the Camel Estuary. Inspired, the chef creates his version of a Greek ‘Horta’ pie with foraged greens. 7 8 9 10 11 12 midnight 7.00 Nationwide A mix of reports, features and events. 7.30 EastEnders Keegan has a stern warning for Vinny. A surprise visitor provides muchneeded support for Ben. Rainie seizes a new opportunity to discover the truth. 8.00 EastEnders Ben opens up about his feelings and makes a shocking decision. Mick gets help from an unlikely source, while Phil lashes out at Isaac leaving Lola fuming. 8.30 NEW Young Sheldon Missy and Sheldon both run away from home, while Mary receives upsetting news about George Sr. Return of the comedy, with Iain Armitage. 9.00 RTE News; Weather 9.35 The Late Late Show Ryan Tubridy hosts the light entertainment show, officially the world’s second longestrunning late-night talk show, featuring music, interviews and discussions on the stories that have the nation talking. As usual, a galaxy of celebrity guests appear to reflect on their life and times, and promote their current ventures. 11.30 FILM Memories of Me (1988, 15) A surgeon suffers a mild heart attack, prompting him to seek out his estranged father in the hope of making up for lost time. Comedy drama, starring Billy Crystal, and Alan King. ★★★ 1.30am Nationwide. Anne Cassin and Blathnaid Ní Chofaigh present an eclectic mix of reports, features and events from all around the country. (R) 1.55 Telly Bingo (R) 2.05 Doctors. Emma thinks a potential witness could be of benefit to Rob. (R) 2.35 Dr Phil (R) 3.25-6.00am EuroNews 7.00 The Big Bang Theory Bernadette wants to beat Howard in a video game. (R) 7.25 Great American Railroad Journeys Michael Portillo travels from Burlington, Vermont, to Plattsburgh, New York. (R) 8.35 Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land The final episode takes Joanna from North Wales to St Michael’s Mount and the West Country, ending in her home city of London. Last in the series. (R) 9.30 FILM The Light Between Oceans (2016, 12) A childless lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia retrieve a baby girl from a drifting rowing boat, found alongside a dead man’s body. The shattering consequences of their decision not to report the event and raise the child as their own seem set to change their lives for ever. Drama, starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz and Florence Clery. ★★★★ 11.55 Live at the Apollo: The One About Classic routines on the subject of ‘Transport’, featuring Michael McIntyre, Gina Yashere, Lenny Henry, Rachel Parris, Chris McCausland, Jason Manford and more. (R) 12.30am Friday Night Dinner. Dad’s annual hinge oiling evening arrives, but when he spills his oil on Mum’s carpet, it’s a race against time to clean it up before she finds out. (R) 1.00 The Office. A work experience trainee has a baptism of fire. (R) 1.35 Other Voices (R) 2.30-6.00am EuroNews 7.00 Emmerdale The villagers are left feeling shocked, and some are tortured by recent events. 7.30 Virgin Media News Colette Fitzpatrick presents the latest national and international headlines from the Virgin Media News Hub. 8.00 Coronation Street While Joseph’s family fears the worst, Hope also goes missing. 8.30 Coronation Street Summer is distressed to find she is the victim of upskirting, and Tim swears Peter to secrecy about his health. 9.00 FILM Captain Phillips (2013, 12) An American cargo ship sets a dangerous course around the coast of Somalia, while inland, four men are pressed into service as pirates by the local warlords. The captain is taken hostage when the raiding party hijacks the vessel, resulting in a tense five-day crisis. Fact-based thriller, starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M Ali, Michael Chernus and David Warshofsky. ★★★★★ 11.40 The Gardai: Policing Paddy’s Documentary following with the Gardai Síochána as they prepare for St Patrick’s Day in Dublin, when more than 100,000 visitors are expected to flood the street to celebrate. (R) 12.40am Gogglebox Ireland. Telly addicts review the week’s viewing from their homes. (R) 1.40-3.35am FILM Murder in a Small Town (1999, 12) An industrialist’s mysterious death prompts a curious Broadway director to try his hand at sleuthing. Murder mystery, with Gene Wilder. ★★★★ 7.00 The One Show Alex Jones and Ronan Keating present. 7.30 Question of Sport With footballer Jill Scott, World Snooker Championship finalist Kyren Wilson, Olympian Kelly Sotherton, and netball champion Eboni Usoro-Brown. 8.00 Would I Lie to You? Guest players Angellica Bell, Bob Mortimer, Suggs and Holly Willoughby join the regulars for the panel show. 8.30 EastEnders Mick gets help from an unlikely source, while Phil lashes out at Isaac. 9.00 Death in Paradise The arrival of a long-lost brother to a family-run golf club culminates in a body being retrieved from the course. A prime suspect with an alibi leaves the team of detectives with an impenetrable conundrum. 10.00 BBC News at Ten 10.25 BBC Newsline; Weather 10.35 Give My Head Peace Da and Cal are tasked to get an old Republican to the Veterans Night safe, well and alive. Problems come to a head when their charge collapses. 11.05 The Graham Norton Show With guests including Ant and Dec, Ricky Gervais and Cate Blanchett. Plus, Elvis Costello & the Imposters perform Paint the Red Rose Blue. 11.55 FILM Mum’s List (2016, 12) Young couple Kate and Singe’s lives are turned upside down when Kate is diagnosed with an incurable breast cancer. Drama based on the book by St John Greene, starring Rafe Spall, Emilia Fox and Elaine Cassidy. ★★★★ 1.30-6.00am BBC News 7.00 LIVE Snooker: The Masters Barry Hawkins v Mark Selby. The opening frames of the fourth and concluding quarter-final. With commentary by Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor, Stephen Hendry, John Parrott and John Virgo. 8.00 Monty Don’s Adriatic Gardens The presenter begins the latest leg in the city of Trieste, close to Croatia. He visits a garden first created by an obsessive Royal plantsman more than 150 years ago, and now being carefully restored. 9.00 QI XL Extended version of the quiz in which Sandi Toksvig invites you to enjoy a QI smorgasbord with Jen Brister, Jimmy Carr, Chris McCausland and Alan Davies. 9.45 Live at the Apollo Loyiso Gola introduces fellow comedians Scott Bennett and Helen Bauer to the stage of the legendary Hammersmith venue recorded before a packed house. (R) 10.30 Newsnight Faisal Islam shares the news and current affairs which incorporates interviews from around the globe. 11.05 Snooker: The Masters Barry Hawkins v Mark Selby. The concluding quarter-final. 11.55 Snooker: The Masters – Extra Judd Trump v Kyren Wilson. A chance to see the best bits from the third quarterfinal at Alexandra Palace. 1.55am Sign Zone: The NHS vs Covid: The Fight Goes On – Panorama (R) 2.25 Sign Zone: Inside Dubai: Playground of the Rich. Documentary focusing on aspirational Brits choosing to live and work in Dubai, revealing how they have changed over its 50-year history. (R) 3.25-6.40am This Is BBC Two

mirror.ie Freeview 6 UTV ITV2 6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00 Lorraine 10.00 This Morning 12.30pm Loose Women 1.30 ITV News 1.55 UTV Live 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 3.00 Lingo 3.59 UTV Weather 4.00 Tipping Point 5.00 The Chase. Quiz show. 6.00 UTV Live Local reports. 6.30 ITV Evening News Headlines. 7.00 Emmerdale The villagers are left feeling shocked by recent events. 7.30 Coronation Street As Joseph’s family fear the worst, Hope also goes missing. 8.30 Midsomer Murders DCI Barnaby and DS Winter discover a dead body surrounded by rabbits that had been freed from their cages. 10.20 ITV News Headlines. 10.50 UTV Live Local reports. 11.05 FILM The Bourne Supremacy (2004, 12) Thriller, with Matt Damon. ★★★★ 12.55am Home Shopping 3.00 Moneyball 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05-6.00am Lingo. Quiz show. Dave E4 Channel 4 Freeview 19 6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Last Stop Garage 7.35 Eddie Eats America 8.00 Timber Kings 9.00 Storage Hunters UK 10.00 American Pickers 11.00 Secrets of the Supercars 12.00noon Top Gear: Ambitious but Rubbish 1.00 Border Force: America’s Gatekeepers 2.00 World’s Most Dangerous Roads 3.00 Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico 4.00 Top Gear 5.00 Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico 6.00 Taskmaster Comedy gameshow. 7.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Bergen Richard Ayoade travels with Lou Sanders. 8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Madrid 9.00 Have I Got a Bit More 2019 News for You Extended compilation. 10.00 QI XL Extended edition. 11.00 Taskmaster Comedy gameshow. 12.00m’t Mock the Week 12.40 QI XL 1.40 Live at the Apollo 2.45 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 3.35 Eddie Eats America 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping 6.00am Hollyoaks 7.25 Celebrity Coach Trip 8.30 Junior Bake Off 9.30 How I Met Your Mother 10.00 The Big Bang Theory 11.00 The Goldbergs 12.00noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.00 The Big Bang Theory: four episodes 3.00 The Goldbergs 4.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5.00 The Big Bang Theory: double bill 6.00 The Big Bang Theory Double bill. 7.00 Hollyoaks Sienna goes on a mission after receiving some bad news. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory An invitation to a physics conference causes conflict. 8.00 Celebrity Coach Trip Poor timekeeping sets Brendan on the warpath. 9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox 2021 Memorable moments of the year. 10.00 Naked Attraction Double bill. 12.10am First Dates 1.15 Below Deck: Mediterranean 2.10 Celebrity Coach Trip 3.05 Alex Rider. Starring Otto Farrant. 4.00 Don’t Tell the Bride 4.55 How I Met Your Mother 5.20-6.00am Mike & Molly 6.05am Countdown 6.45 Cheers 7.35 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.00 Frasier 10.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary 11.30 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch 2.10 Countdown 3.00 A Place in the Sun 4.00 A New Life in the Sun 5.00 Junior Bake Off 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Hollyoaks 7.00 Channel 4 News Headlines. 8.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 10.00 One Night in Legoland Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe enjoy an access-all-areas time in Legoland. 11.05 First Dates Cake-maker Fiona is paired with recruitment consultant Rakim. 12.00m’t FILM Super 8 (2011, 12) Sci-fi thriller, starring Joel Courtney. ★★★★ 2.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 2.45 Come Dine with Me: five episodes. 4.55 Mend It for Money 5.50-6.00am Kirstie’s House of Craft 6.00am Secret Crush 7.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold 9.00 The Cabins 10.00 Dress to Impress 11.00 Secret Crush 12.00noon Supermarket Sweep 1.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 2.00 Family Fortunes 3.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. With JB Smoove. 4.00 The Cabins 5.00 You’ve Been Framed! 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase Gameshow. 7.00 Superstore Double bill of comedy. 8.00 Bob’s Burgers Animated double bill. 9.00 The Cabins One dater receives a surprise, while for one couple the intensity of emotions has the potential to boil over. 10.00 Family Guy Triple bill of fun. 11.30 American Dad! Francine finds herself having a sexual dream about Jeff. 12.00m’t American Dad! 12.25 Bob’s Burgers: double bill 1.25 Superstore 2.20 The Emily Atack Show. Comedy. 3.00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 3.30-6.00am Teleshopping Drama More4 Freeview 13 Freeview 18 Channel 5 Freeview 20 6.00am Teleshopping 7.35 A Place to Call Home 8.35 The Bill 9.35 Classic Holby City 10.55 Classic Casualty 12.00noon The Bill 1.00 Classic EastEnders 2.20 Tenko 3.20 All Creatures Great and Small 4.20 Peak Practice. Sam tries to reunite a family. 5.20 Keeping Up Appearances 6.00 Are You Being Served? Mr Rumbold installs CCTV to tackle shoplifting. 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Double bill. 8.00 The Last Detective Obstinate traditionalist Detective ‘Dangerous’ Davies is forced to prove his mettle when a routine inquiry uncovers an unsolved murder case. Peter Davison stars. 10.10 New Tricks The unsolved murder of a pornographer is reopened when his daughter proves he was not her father. 11.20 Judge John Deed A couple believe a mobile phone mast is to blame for their illnesses and try to sue the council. 1.20am Kavanagh QC 2.50 Where the Heart Is 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping 8.55am Food Unwrapped 9.15 A Place in the Sun 11.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 1.05pm Building the Dream 2.10 Four in a Bed 4.55 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 6.40 Escape to the Chateau Dick and Angel transform an old outbuilding into a supersized workshop for bigger jobs. 7.45 The Great Pottery Throw Down The 11 remaining potters hand-build a pendulum wall clock and face a surprise blindfold challenge. Hosted by Ellie Taylor. 9.00 NEW Dark Woods The sister of a top Hamburg police officer disappears from her home, near where gruesome double murders have taken place. Drama, starring Matthias Brandt. In German. 11.00 24 Hours in A&E A carpenter is rushed to St George’s after partially severing his hand with a power saw. 12.00m’t Emergency Helicopter Medics. A teenager falls from a coastal cliff. 1.05 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 2.05 24 Hours in A&E 3.15-3.40am Father Ted 6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.15 Shoplifters & Scammers: At War with the Law 12.15pm 5 News at Lunchtime 12.20 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1.15 Home and Away 1.45 Neighbours 2.20 FILM Mystery 101: Words Can Kill (2019, PG) Premiere. Thriller, starring Jill Wagner. ★★ 4.00 Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday 5.00 5 News 6.00 Neighbours 6.30 Winter Road Rescue 7.00 My Cornwall with Fern Britton The presenter explores the county. 8.00 Kate Humble’s Coastal Britain Kate’s explores the village of Alnmouth. 9.00 New York: World’s Busiest City Documentary looking at the vast networks of services that support the city. 10.00 Britain’s Favourite 80s Hits 12.05am 70s Greatest Disco Hits 1.05 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.05 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 3.55 Now That’s Funny! 4.45 Wildlife SOS 5.35-6.00am House Doctor DMEEIR Virgin two 7.30am Benidorm ER 8.30 May the Best House Win 9.30 Tipping Point 10.30 The Chase Australia 12.30pm Think Tank 1.30 Ireland AM 2.30 Emmerdale 3.30 Coronation Street Icons: Sally Metcalfe 4.00 Tipping Point 6.00 The Chase. Quiz show. 7.00 The Chase Bradley Walsh presents as Oli, Leona, Jo and Nigel answer general knowledge questions and work as a team to take on quiz genius the Chaser. 8.00 Beat the Chasers Bradley Walsh hosts the gameshow. 9.00 The Cabins One dater receives a surprise. while for one couple the intensity of emotions has the potential to boil over. 10.00 Love Island USA Reality show. 11.00 Coronation Street Double bill. 12.00m’t Emmerdale. Rural drama. 12.30-1.50am I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Australia virgin three 7.50am The Chase Australia 9.50 Loose Women 10.50 The Royal 11.50 Inspector Morse 1.50pm May the Best House Win 4.50 Heartbeat 5.50 Lewis. Murder mystery. 8.00 Heartbeat An attempted murder leads Nick to uncover a local landowner’s shady past. Meanwhile, Kate discusses the reason for Alex Ferrenby’s erratic behaviour. 9.00 Vera DCI Vera Stanhope is called to the scene when the body of addiction support worker Angela Konan is found hidden among the bleak woodlands of Northumberland National Park. Brenda Blethyn stars. 11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Rollins and Tamin respond to a dangerous domestic violence call, while Fin gives his deposition in the lawsuit against him. 12.00m’t Cold Feet. Comedy drama. 1.00-3.00am This Morning FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR tg4 31 7.00am Cula 4 7.30 Cula 4 na nOg 10.30 Cruthaim 10.40 Naionain an Zu 11.10 The Wonder Years 11.40 The Golden Girls 12.10pm River Cottage Australia 12.40 Garrai Glas 1.10 Dr Quinn: Medicine Woman 2.05 Weakest Link 3.00 Cula 4 na nOg 4.00 Cula 4 5.52 An Aimsir Laithreach 5.55 Domhan an Dulra 6.57 An Aimsir Laithreach 7.00 Nuacht TG4 News programme. 7.30 LIVE GAA Beo Live coverage of the FBD League Final. 9.07 An Aimsir Laithreach 9.10 FILM High Noon (1952, U) Western, with Gary Cooper. ★★★★★ 10.45 Se Mo Laoch Charting the life and career of flute player Patsy Hanly. 11.45 Elvis Costello & the Imposters: The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook 12.25am Orange Is the New Black 1.55-7.00am France 24

32 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 Sport Sky Sports Main Event 6.00am LIVE Golf The Australian PGA Championship. Action from day two. 6.30 Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans. Headlines. 7.30 Early Kick-Off 8.00 LIVE Test Cricket South Africa v India. 4.00pm LIVE AFCON Morocco v Comoros (kick-off 4.00pm). In Yaounde, Cameroon. 6.00 The F1 Show. The latest news. 7.00 LIVE FNF Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace (kick-off 8.00pm). At AMEX Stadium. 10.30 LIVE PGA Tour Golf The Sony Open in Hawaii. Coverage of the featured groups. 12.00m’t LIVE PGA Tour Golf The Sony Open in Hawaii. Coverage of the second day. 3.30-6.00am LIVE Golf The Australian PGA Championship. Coverage of the third day. Sky Sports Cricket 6.00am Captain’s Log 7.00 Test Cricket 8.00 LIVE Test Cricket South Africa v India. 4.00pm LIVE ICC Under-19s World Cup Cricket West Indies v Australia. A Group D match. 10.00 Test Cricket 11.00 Talking Cricket 11.30 LIVE Big Bash League Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars at Adelaide Oval. 3.00am Test Cricket 4.00 Captain’s Log 5.00-6.00am Best of ICC WT20 Sky Sports Football 6.00am EFL Cup Highlights 6.30 EFL Greatest Games 6.45 SPFL Greatest Games 7.00 Football’s Greatest Players 7.30 Football Countdowns 8.00 Football Years 8.30 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 SPFL Greatest Games 9.30 Football’s Greatest Players 10.00 Football Countdowns 10.30 Football Years 11.00 EFL Play Off Finals C’Ship 13/14 12.00noon EFL Greatest Games 12.45 One2Eleven. Giovanni Van Bronckhorst. 12.55 LIVE AFCON Senegal v Guinea (kick-off 1.00pm). At Kouekong Stadium in Bafoussam. 3.00 Bundesliga Weekly 3.30 EFL Greatest Games 3.45 One2Eleven. Rui Costa. 3.55 LIVE AFCON Morocco v Comoros (kick-off 4.00pm). Coverage of the Group C match. 6.00 EFL Cup Highlights 6.30 EFL Greatest Games 6.45 One2Eleven. Djibril Cisse. 6.55 LIVE AFCON Gabon v Ghana (kick-off 7.00pm). At Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo. 9.00 AFCON 5.00-6.00am EFL Greatest Games Virgin Media Sport 8.00am Liverpool v Monchengladbach 1977 9.00 UEFA Champions League Highlights 11.00 Extreme E: Electric Odyssey 12.00noon UEFA Champions League 2.00 UEFA Europa League 6.00 Alan Quinlan: Red Blooded 7.00 Heineken Champions Cup Rugby 9.00 UCL Defining Moments 10.00 UCL Defining Moments 11.00pm-12.00m’t UCL Defining Moments BT Sport 1 6.00am LIVE The Ashes Continued coverage of Australia v England on the first day of the Fifth and Final Test, taking place in Hobart. 12.00noon Ashes Daily 12.45 The Ashes 2.15 One Day International Cricket 3.15 The Ashes Reload 3.30 Extreme E – Electric Odyssey 4.00 Spanish Women’s Primera Division 5.00 DIY Pundit 5.30 Premier League Match Pack 6.00 Premier League Preview 6.30 Scottish Football Extra 7.00 BT Sport Reload 7.15 Ligue 1 Show 7.45 LIVE Ligue 1 Nice v Nantes (kick-off 8.00pm). 10.00 WWE NXT UK 11.00 WWE NXT Highlights 12.00m’t WWE SmackDown Highlights 1.00 LIVE WWE Friday Night SmackDown 3.00 Heineken Champions Cup 4.00-6.00am LIVE AFLW Collingwood v St Kilda (bounce-up 4.10am). From Victoria Park. BT Sport 2 9.00am WWE NXT Highlights 10.00 ESPN FC 10.30 Premier League Match Pack 11.00 Ligue 1 Show 11.30 Serie A – Full Impact 12.00noon ESPN FC 12.30 Spanish Super Cup 2.00 DIY Pundit 2.30 Premier League World 3.00 Test Cricket Highlights 5.00 The Ashes 6.30 Ashes Daily. Day one’s best action. 7.15 LIVE Heineken Champions Cup Cardiff v Harlequins (kick-off 8.00pm). 10.15 Rugby Town 10.45 Rugby Town 11.15 Scottish Football Extra 11.45 UFC Connected 12.15am Ligue 1 1.15 The Ashes 2.45 Ashes Daily 3.30-12.00noon LIVE The Ashes Australia v England. Day two of the final Test in Hobart. Eurosport 1 6.00am Alpine Skiing 7.00 Masters Snooker 9.00 Hall of Fame: Pyeongchang 9.30 Freestyle Skiing. The World Cup meeting from Deer Valley. 10.30 LIVE ATP Tennis The Adelaide International. 12.30pm Snooker 147s. The 2019 Welsh Open. 12.45 LIVE Masters Snooker Judd Trump v Kyren Wilson. Coverage of the third quarter-final. 4.30 Snooker 147s. Footage of maximum breaks. 4.55 LIVE Ski Jumping Coverage of the World Cup meeting in Zakopane, Poland. 6.00 Masters Snooker. Action from day six. 6.45 LIVE Masters Snooker Barry Hawkins v Mark Selby. Coverage of the fourth quarter-final. 10.30 Dakar Rally 11.30 Hall of Fame: Pyeongchang 12.05am Tennis: Best of the Australian Open 2021 1.00 Alpine Skiing 2.00 Masters Snooker 4.00 Dakar Rally 5.00-6.05am Alpine Skiing BBC Four Freeview 9 7.00pm Top of the Pops: 1980 Big Hits 7.15 The Shirley Bassey Show 8.00 TOTP: 1992 9.00 FILM The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane (2012/12) ★★★★ 10.50 The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped 12.25am The Rolling Stones at the BBC 1.10 TOTP: 1992 2.10 The Shirley Bassey Show 2.50-3.05am Top of the Pops: 1980 Big Hits 5USA Freeview 21 9.00am Murder, She Wrote 10.00 NCIS 12.00noon Grey’s Anatomy 3.00 Law & Order 6.00 NCIS: four episodes 10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1.50am Law & Order: Criminal Intent 3.35-4.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera ITV3 Freeview 10 6.00am Classic Coronation Street 7.30 Classic Emmerdale 8.05 On the Buses 9.05 The Royal 11.20 Heartbeat 1.30pm Classic Emmerdale 2.00 Classic Coronation Street 3.35 Maigret 6.00 Heartbeat 8.00 Doc Martin 10.05 Foyle’s War 12.10am The Royal 2.15-2.30am Unwind with ITV ITV4 Freeview 25 6.00am The Best of the 80s 6.10 The Saint 7.00 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 8.00 The Avengers 9.10 The Sweeney 10.15 Minder 11.20 The Saint 12.30pm The Big Fish Off 1.30 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2.40 The Avengers 3.45 The Sweeney 4.55 Minder 6.00 The Big Fish Off 7.00 The Celebrity Chase 8.00 FILM GoldenEye (1995/12) ★★★★ 10.40 All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 12.40am The Sweeney 1.45 Minder 2.35-3.00am Unwind with ITV Really Freeview 17 6.00am Fantasy Homes by the Sea 7.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit 8.00 Homes Under the Hammer 10.00 Antiques Road Trip 12.00noon Money for Nothing 1.00 A Place in the Sun 2.00 Animal Cops Houston 4.00 Pit Bulls & Parolees 5.00 Helicopter ER 6.00 Money for Nothing 7.00 Antiques Road Trip 9.00 These Woods Are Haunted 10.00 Destination Fear 11.00 Ghost Adventures 1.00am Ghost Nation 2.00 Teleshopping 4.00-6.00am Animal Cops Houston Pick Freeview 35 7.00am Highway Patrol 8.00 Motorway Patrol 9.00 Police Force: Australia 10.00 Police Ten 7 11.00 Highway Cops 12.00noon Nothing to Declare 1.00 Border Patrol 2.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line 3.00 Nothing to Declare 4.00 Road Wars 5.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation 6.00 Quantum Leap 7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 8.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 9.00 Killer Families 10.00 Fringe 11.00 World’s Most Evil Killers 12.00m’t NCIS: Los Angeles 1.00 Murders That Shocked the Nation 2.00 Nothing to Declare 3.00 Border Patrol 4.00 Motorway Patrol 5.00-6.00am Police Force: Australia Sky Arts 6.00am Darbar Festival 2017 7.00 La Boheme on Sydney Harbour 9.05 Tales of the Unexpected 10.00 Discovering: Dean Martin 11.00 Landmark 12.00noon Raphael: Revealed 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected 2.00 Discovering: Peter Sellers 3.00 Celebrity RTE Radio 1 FM 88-90MHz 7.00am Morning Ireland 9.00 The Ryan Tubridy Show 10.00 Today with Claire Byrne 12.00noon The Ronan Collins Show 1.00 News at One 1.45 Liveline 3.00 The Ray D’Arcy Show 4.30 Drivetime 7.00 Arena 8.00 The John Creedon Show 10.00 The Leap Of Faith 10.30 Seascapes 11.00 Late Date 2.00am Playback Daily 3.00-6.00am RTE Gold on RTE Radio 1 RTE 2FM 90-92MHz 6.00am 2FM Breakfast 9.00 Jennifer Zamparelli on 2FM 12.00noon Tracy Clifford 3.00 Jenny Greene on 2FM 6.00 Game On 7.00 The National Chart Show 10.00 Weekends on 2fm with DJ Wax 12.00m’t Cormac Battle 2.00 The Late Night Sessions 5.00-7.00am 2FM Overnight RTE lyric fm 96-99MHz 7.00am Marty in the Morning 10.00 Niall Carroll’s Classical Daytime 1.00pm The Full Score with Liz Nolan 4.00 Lorcan Murray’s Classic Drive 7.00 The Lyric Concert with Paul Herriott 10.00 Vespertine with Ellen Cranitch 1.00-7.00am Lyric Through the Night RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta 92-95MHz 7.00am Nead Na Fuiseoige 8.00 Adhmhaidin 9.00 Priomhscealta na Nuachta 9.15 Iris Aniar 10.15 Cuideachta Ceoil 10.55 Tuairisc Spoirt 11.00 Barrscealta 12.00noon Priomhscealta na Nuachta 12.08 An Saol o Dheas 1.00 Nuacht a hAon 2.00 Tuairisc Spoirt 2.05 Cartlann Bhothar na DMEEIR Entertainment & Factual Portrait Artist of the Year 4.00 Smokey Robinson: Music Icons 4.30 Video Killed the Radio Star 5.00 Tales of the Unexpected 6.00 Discovering: Robert Shaw 7.00 The British Invasion 8.00 The Great Songwriters 9.00 The Big Beat: Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll 11.00 The Art of Drumming 12.15am Classic Artists: Jethro Tull 2.40 Discovering: Black Sabbath 3.10 Discovering: Jethro Tull 3.40 Classic Albums 5.00-6.00am Auction GOLD 7.30am Keeping Up Appearances 8.00 Are You Being Served? 8.40 Porridge 9.20 Last of the Summer Wine 10.40 Keeping Up Appearances 11.20 Dad’s Army 12.35pm Are You Being Served? 1.20 Porridge 2.00 Gavin & Stacey 2.40 Miranda 3.20 Keeping Up Appearances 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine 5.20 Porridge 6.00 Are You Being Served? 6.40 Dad’s Army 8.00 Gavin & Stacey 8.40 Miranda 9.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys 10.00 All Round to Mrs Brown’s 11.00 Not Going Out 11.40 Peep Show 12.55am Blackadder 2.55-4.00am Bridget & Eamon Yesterday Freeview 26 6.00am Impossible Engineering 8.00 Forbidden History 9.00 Abandoned Engineering 11.00 Fred Dibnah’s Age of Steam 12.00noon Great British Railway Journeys 2.00 Abandoned Engineering 4.00 WW2 – Frontlines 5.00 The World at War 6.00 Fred Dibnah’s Building of Britain 7.00 The Architecture The Railways Built 8.00 Great British Railway Journeys 9.00 Bangers and Cash 10.00 Open All Hours 12.00m’t Abandoned Engineering 1.00-3.00am Impossible Engineering Alibi 7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries 10.00 Major Crimes 11.00 Rizzoli & Isles 12.00noon Hudson & Rex 1.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 The Good Wife 5.00 Major Crimes 6.00 Hudson & Rex 7.00 Rizzoli & Isles 8.00 Father Brown 9.00 My Life Is Murder 10.00 Whiskey Cavalier 11.00 The Good Wife 12.00m’t Briarpatch 1.00 Hudson & Rex 2.00-4.00am Harrow Sky Max 6.00am Grimm 8.00 Supergirl 9.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 10.00 The Flash 11.00 NCIS: New Orleans 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 4.00 Supergirl 5.00 The Flash 6.00 Grimm 8.00 Flintoff: Lord of the Fries Radio A Discovery of Witches Sky Max, 9pm Diana (Teresa Palmer, left) and Matthew are shocked to see Jack Blackfriars. He was last seen in the 16th century as a human orphan, but is now an adult vampire. 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DMEEIR irishmirror.ie 33 BOOKS with Charlotte Heathcote Disunited States of America To Paradise Hanya Yanagihara Picador The eagerly anticipated follow-up to her bestselling novel A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara’s To Paradise takes an ambitious trip through three centuries of a reimagined US history. It’s a hefty 700-page tome essentially consisting of three novels loosely stitched together by some overlapping themes. In this alternative timeline, the American revolution resulted not in the establishment of the United States Of America but three states, including the so-called ‘Free States’, a country founded by utopians and free-thinkers where gay marriage is not only legal but common. Part One is a love story set in 1890s New York. David Bingham is a descendant of a wealthy banking family and his grandfather is orchestrating his arranged marriage to an older man. But David falls in love with a music teacher deemed unsuitable by his family. He must choose between his affluent lifestyle, propped up by an unhappy marriage, or following his dreams to a much more uncertain future. In book two, we fast-forward to the 1980s as a group of gay men gather to host a friend dying of cancer. Another David Bingham, a young paralegal in a relationship with the wealthy lawyer who hosts the party, reflects on his childhood in Hawaii and his place in the world. There follows a dazzling chapter in the voice of his father who is catatonic in a Hawaiian institution. He considers the American cultural vandalism of Hawaii, and recalls how he became estranged from his son. To order any of these books, please visit expressbookshop.com or call 020 3176 3832. Free UK p&p for orders over £20. By far the best section, Part Three, is told through a series of letters sent in the second half of the 21st century, and through the narrative of a female lab technician named Charlie. By now, America is in the grip of a totalitarian dictatorship and climate change has wreaked devastation. Above all, the world has been ravaged by successive pandemics: “Fear of disease, the human instinct to stay healthy, has eclipsed every other desire and value they once treasured, as well as many of the freedoms they had thought inevitable.” There is little overlap between the book’s three sections beyond America’s underdeveloped alternative history, and that makes To Paradise a disjointed read. But, as one of the first major American novels to address the future that endemic diseases may bring to a globalised world, and the dystopian society that could follow in their wake, To Paradise is a memorable work of hyper-pessimism. Let’s hope we get a better run than this. By HUSTON GILMORE FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR New year, new you in ‘22 The Power Of Fun: Why Fun Is The Key To A Happy and Healthy Life Catherine Price Bantam Press The author of How To Break Up With Your Phone returns with a guide to making fun an essential part of a balanced, purposeful and healthy life. The woman dubbed “the Marie Kondo of brains” has a practical plan to help us find our own personal fun ‘magnets’, whether riding a bike on a sunny day or making your kids laugh. There is science here too, proving that fun helps us flourish. (Published January 20) Energize! Go From Shattered To Smashing It In 30 Days Dr Michael Breus and Stacey Griffith Vermilion Intelligent Fitness: The Smart Way To Reboot Your Body And Get In Shape Sam Waterson Michael O’Mara If you admire Daniel Craig for more than his acting skills then try this fitness and wellbeing manual by the trainer who transformed Craig’s physique for the James Bond films. Waterson provides an intelligent focus on energy, sleep and confidence, encouraging you to focus on training, recovery and nutrition rather than what you see in the mirror. There’s also a foreword from Craig. Tired of being tired? The main reason we’re so often exhausted is that we’re living out of sync with our minds and bodies. So the authors of this 30-day health plan use core principles from chronobiology, the study of how time affects our biology, and their quizzes help you to identify your chronotype (are you an early rising Lion, an in-between Bear, a late-night Wolf or an insomniac Dolphin?) and metabolism. They then suggest advice on the best times to wake, sleep and eat, and suggest exercises to optimise energy levels. by CAROLINE SANDERSON Wahala Nikki May Doubleday Ronke, Simi and Boo have been best friends since their university days. Now in their mid-30s, the career-minded trio are intensely proud of their English and Nigerian heritage and fiercely loyal to each other. They are all at different life stages. Dentist Ronke is keen to settle down with her unreliable boyfriend. Simi has a high-flying job in fashion but her husband is pressurising her to have a baby, and biochemist Boo is frustrated and unfulfilled. But cracks appear in their friendship when Isobel, a rich and glamorous friend from Simi’s childhood in Lagos, arrives in London and worms her way into the women’s lives. Wahala means “trouble” – and that’s exactly what the calculating Isobel is intent on causing, with tragic consequences for them all. Nikki May’s sharp and funny debut novel is a delight on many levels. It also highlights the casual racism endured by the women. One of Ronke’s patients assumes she’s the dental nurse rather than the dentist, a fellow mother at the school gate mistakes Boo for her child’s nanny, and Ronke’s boyfriend almost gets arrested while trying to defend her from a stalker. But, above all, this is a book about female friendship and the best scenes show the women gossiping in their favourite Nigerian restaurant over plates of jollof rice and pounded yam (May even includes a few recipes). Wahala bursts with life from start to finish – it’s no wonder it’s being filmed for a BBC drama series. By Emma Lee-Potter Join the Mirror Book Club BOOK CLUB We have a new Mirror Book Club choice, The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne, and you could win one of 20 copies at facebook.com/groups/ mirrorbookclub Cyril Avery, 70, looks back over the disasters and triumphs of his life, from adoption and unrequited love to his battle with his sexuality. Screamingly funny one minute and heart-breaking the next, this is an epic novel about being true to yourself, set against the backdrop of decades of change in Ireland. facebook.com/groups/mirrorbookclub @MirrorBookClub PODCASTS Weird Walk Best known as Kurtan from BBC Three’s This Country, actor Charlie Cooper couldn’t be more different to his on-screen persona, and enjoys nothing more than a ramble in the British countryside at the weekend. Inspired by a fascination with the history of the UK landscape, Charlie goes on walks to discover more about British folklore. In the first episode, he treks along the South Downs Way from Hampshire to Sussex in search of the Green Man – a pagan symbol which appears on medieval churches and is said to represent the cycle of life and death and the beginning of spring. And Then Came Breast Cancer Host Victoria Derbyshire discusses the challenges of living with breast cancer, from how to share the diagnosis with friends and family to overcoming the loneliness of going through treatment alone during the pandemic, and the difficulties finding a bra after a mastectomy. Victoria documented her own treatment for breast cancer on social media in 2015. In the first series, she speaks to survivors, their friends and family. Guests include newsreader Sian Williams, who was diagnosed in 2014 aged 50. with ELIZABETH ARCHER Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera Exploring the dark side of reality TV at its peak in the early 2000s, this podcast delves into controversial TV show There’s Something About Miriam. The show followed transgender model Miriam Rivera as she lived in a villa in Ibiza with six men and chose one as her romantic partner who would also win a £10,000 prize. 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BIG INTERVIEW Elvis Costello may be one of the biggest music icons on the planet, but the legendary singer-songwriter doesn’t give two hoots about his own legacy. “Honestly, I know it sounds odd – I don’t think in those terms. I’m quite proud of the records that I’ve done,” he said when we recently chatted on Zoom. “But, in terms of what it all means when I’m not here, what the f**k do I care? I won’t be here.” He paused to laugh. “What’s the point in worrying, you might as well live.” I didn’t prefix the “singer-songwriter” description with English, British, or with the derogatory Plastic Paddy. Even Elvis is hesitant about putting any labels on himself. “I’m a bit like my grandfather – I choose what I am, all depending on who’s asking me,” he said. “Obviously my great-grandfather was the last one to live in Ireland, but my grandfather used to give his nationality as Irish. Because what did he think he was? Both of his parents were Irish. “The fact that he was born in Birkenhead (in Merseyside) is the same kind of thing as I identify with my family home being on Merseyside, even though I was technically born in London. “I have more of a sense of belonging to Merseyside because all of my family is from there. “I was born in St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, the same as all the Royal Family. “I’m actually probably 100th in line to the throne at this stage, I think! They’re just getting anybody that they can call a prince! “The truth of it is, if somebody asks me what I am, I go: Well, I’m English when I want to be, but if you actually ask me I feel like the paternal line is pretty strong in that respect. “And we’re Celts on two sides of my family, so we’re not English. “I wouldn’t say we’re Irish, but we’re not English, that’s for sure.” He added: “I haven’t lived in England since 1989. Things change, but it doesn’t change you. You’re still the same person. “Other people have more concern about how you identify yourself than I do. I don’t even think about it. I’m a human. “It says on my passport that I was born ‘here’ and ‘that’ – but look at my face! It’s pretty undeniable.” He clearly feels a very strong infinity with Ireland. “Of course. Very much. I lived there for a long while,” he said. “I’m obviously, in a way that sounds like some sort of Irish fable, my eldest son is more Irish than me because his mother is from Galway.” Elvis said his father, (circled) the musician Ross McManus, who passed away in 2011, was proud of his Irish roots. ‘‘ It’s great to want to be original, but how do you know if it is original unless you’re aware of what went before? THE TRUE VISIONARY Elvis Costello has been at the cutting edge of popular music for decades “I think my dad became progressively more Irish as he got older – is that possible? He became sort of more Irish,” he recalled. “He definitely grew up in an Irish community, literally dockside in Birkenhead. His grandfather was the one that came from Dungannon (County Tyrone). So, he just identified with that. “And my halfbrothers, who are twenty years or more younger than me, all play for the London- Irish. They’re all instrumentalists: the eldest played the whistle, the second is a drummer, the youngest two are songwriters. “And my brother Ronan had a group, BibleCode Sundays” – a Celtic punk band that was “originally called Slainte”, according to the Wiki page – “until a couple of years ago. “Everybody in my family is a musician, basically.” Elvis now, of course, has got an OBE at the end of that very Irish sounding name of his: Declan Patrick McManus. It was awarded to him in 2019 for his service to music. But it’s pretty ironic that the Queen decided to bestow him with the title Officer of the Order of the British Empire considering the lyrics in his 1979 song Oliver’s Army. “I thought it was pretty funny, too. I guess they don’t listen to the words,” he agreed, laughing, about a song that “maybe I’d think twice” about penning nowadays. He hates when radio stations censor the controversial lyrics. “My dad went in through the tradesmen entrance in 1962 to play with Joe Loss at the Buckingham Palace staff ball. So eventually you get to walk in the front door and they have to look you in the eye. “The British Empire had a pretty good job at killing both of my grandfathers. So, I hold a grudge!” I would’ve presumed you’d have needed a proverbial pair of you-knowwhat to have called yourself after the King of Rock and Roll himself when starting out. “I never really thought about it,” he confessed. “It was given to me by my first manager, as like a dare. “And if you think about the names people had then they were provocative names. And that was the style of that time. “Prior to that – because of my father being a singer – I was well aware that people took on different guises. “My dad used to do a lot of adverts and jingles. He did a lot of session work. He was with Joe Loss (Orchestra) for many years; that was a radio dance band really. They would broadcast on the BBC. And one of the things was, the singers were not allowed to make records on their own names. “So my dad would go off and do records under aliases, basically for cash. He’d do cover records and adverts. “There used to be these EPs that you could buy at the petrol station, that were like the pop hits. They were the equivalent of the cover records you used to buy in Woolworths. “They were like an EP with four songs, so you were buying the song rather than the original performance. “So, you could get four hit songs for the same price as a single. “And my dad was the lead singer on all of those four songs – and he had a different name (on each one, too). He was The Layabouts when he was singing The Rolling Stones’ song. “You know, that’s your upbringing. Funny names didn’t really scare you. “My dad had a minor hit record in Australia with a version of The Long and Winding Road (in 1970). Do you know what his name was on that record? Day Costello. “He was the first one to use the Costello name, which was my great grandmother’s name, as an alias. “My dad’s name was not Ross, my dad’s name was Ronald, but he adopted Ross because it sounded more like a singer.” Does Elvis find himself becoming nostalgic in later life? “No, I’m really not nostalgic in the slightest. Never have been,” he

@jasonotoolereal with JASON O’TOOLE 32 albums in & Costello’s Aim is still True From his first release to his latest, The Boy Named If, the brilliant Elvis has always hit the musical highs admitted. “I think you have to look back to spring forward. You lean back, just think about the movement: you use it like a kind of catapult. So, I think of that in everything. “If you’re unaware of what went before you musically then you’re unlikely to spring any new surprises because you’re just starting from, like, nothing. “It’s great to want to be original, but how do you know if it is original unless you’re aware of what went before? You might have come up with the same idea as somebody else already had. “So I don’t think it ever harms to listen to the music from the past. Music from anywhere really.” A deep affection for the Irish music scene, Elvis has fond memories of working with other Irish musicians on his album Spike recorded when he lived in Dublin. The Waterboys’ fiddle player Steve Wickham recently told me that one of the greatest honours of his musical career was playing on that album, NO IMPOSTERS Showing off his Grammy Award in LA on January 26, 2020 because it also just happened to include one of The Beatles (Paul McCartney) amongst a who’s who that appeared on it. “Steve played with Frankie Gavin – it was like a super group to beat the band – and Donal Lunny, Christy Moore, Derek Bell, Davy Spillane,” Elvis said. “There was like one player from Moving Hearts, one from The Chieftains, one from The Waterboys. “It was quite the band. It was great. That was a session in 1987 for Spike. We did two tunes: Tramp the Dirt Town and Any King’s Shillings. “When I lived in Ireland I did a couple of things with The Chieftains. We did the St Stephen’s Day Murders” – for The Bells of Dublin album in 1991 – “about poisoning your family because they won’t leave you at Christmas. “It was a funny song that Paddy Moloney and I wrote. It was sad to see him go. Paddy was a great man.” But the least said the better about the time he was asked to produce The Pogues’ second album Rum, Sodomy MAIN ATTRACTION Pete Thomas, Steve Nieve, Elvis Costello and Bruce Thomas & The Lash in 1985. “I sort of retired from producing largely after that – I think that tells you everything!” he said, laughing. “Of course it was a race against time, a race against the onset of incoherence sometimes. “But the songs were tremendous. I wouldn’t hear a word said against the songs. “I think it’s easily the best group of songs that they recorded. I think that album was very true to the way they sounded. “I mean, they expanded it more after that; they had more members so they had more ability to do things and you should always want to bring in new things. “But I don’t think you can really beat that group of songs. They were really great songs. “That’s my main memory of it obviously. There’s a lot of personal things wrapped up in that, but nothing I’m going to talk about.” It mustn’t have been all that bad, because he married the band’s bassist Cait O Riordan the following year. He READ GARY BUSHELL’S ALBUM REVIEW ON THE BOY NAMED IF ON PAGE 37 married his third wife Diana Krall in 2003. What’s his own favourite Elvis Costello album? “That would change, depending on the mood,” he reflected. “Obviously I’ve had reasons to think of This Year’s Model recently because we remixed it for Spanish Model,” he said about the new Spanish-language cover version of the 1978 original album with some of Spain and Latin America’ s biggest stars. “It was startling to hear the tracks without my voice on it. |”And I love this record (The Boy Named If) that we’ve just done and I love other ventures we had. “Of course, the collaborative records where you’re really entering another world of music – to work with Burt Bacharach was something; I just can’t believe it. “And to have written songs with Paul McCartney is something. One minute I was in The Beatles’ fan club and 30 years later I’m sitting opposite him trying to write So Like Candy.” Costello and McCartney actually wrote 12 songs together. He added about all his collaborations: “Those encounters have made me a better songwriter. Why would you not have experience of playing with people if you get that opportunity? You’re not going to turn that down if you’re alive to anything in music of value. “So of course those things are magical, but they’re the exceptions to what I’ve been doing all this time, which is writing my own songs. “So, I can’t really say what the favourite record is. It just doesn’t really come up. It’s a true answer.” He certainly has every right to be proud as punch of his latest album The Boy Named If, which comes with a beautiful booklet of illustrations and fables with a Brothers Grimm vibe, which compliments some of the dark themes running through the songs on the album itself. “The stories are portraits or snapshots or scenarios in different times. And because they were written close together, maybe they hang together,” he said. “They were written with the guitar, so maybe that moved the music forward, made it bright, a lot of it in major key, a lot of it with a bit more tempo. “And the band took to the task of recording it with great enthusiasm and remarkably no inhibition given that we were thousands of miles apart when we did it. “It could have been very tricky. But we know each other really well from 45 years the three of us have played together; 20 years that we’ve been (Elvis Costello &) The Imposters. “I think that’s because of the trust and friendship between us, and the shared experience of life. You know, all the things that have happened in our lives. We recognise what these songs are about. “And they recognise the opportunity to play music, which is certainly better than sitting at home and feeling sorry for yourself because you can’t go out to work.” I was half-expecting him to burst out singing Welcome To The Working Week from the 1997 album My Aim Is True. “We’re lucky that the job we do can be done from our remote lair, from the fortress of solitude, as it were – however you saw this interval,” he concluded. “I did quite a lot of work during that time. But I always had time with my family, which is great. “So I feel fortunate that we do what we do – we could send out a sign of life.” He may be 67-years-old, but there’s plenty of life left in the old dog yet, judging by his superb new record The Boy Named If – no “ifs”, ands, or buts… ■Elvis ■ Costello & The Imposters’ new album The Boy Named If is released today on EMI Records.

36 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 Movies DMEEIR with ANDY LEA STAR RATINGS ★★★★★ Excellent ★★★★ Good ★★★ Worth a look ★★ Poor ★ Don’t bother Won’t you just shut it? HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA Cert U ★ On Amazon Prime Video now Adam Sandler decided to sit out the fourth instalment of his monster-based comedy series. And when the star of Grown Ups 2 turns down an easy pay cheque, you really should lower your expectations. Yet Transformania still manages to disappoint. The four credited screenwriters have exorcised the goofy charm of the original and rammed a stake through the zippy comedy. WITLESSAll charm has been exorcised The plot sees undead hotelier Drac (now voiced by Brian Hull) zapped by a “Monstification” ray-gun which turns him into a quivering human and his surfer dude son-in-law (Andy Samberg) into a scary creature. Witless antics ensue as the pair head to South America to find a magical crystal to reverse the spell. HAUNTED Tilda Swinton is hearing things TRAPPED Jenna Ortega and Ghostface SCREAM Cert 18 ★★★ In cinemas now Like 2018’s Halloween and last year’s Candyman, this is a horror sequel without a title number. In a few weeks, this will make searching for what should be called Scream 5 on digital platforms far more difficult than it should be. But at least the screenwriters have made the job of the reviewer a little easier. Thanks to some appropriately arch dialogue, we now have a name for this nonsense. Here, the terrified teens are fully aware that they’re trapped in what they call a “requel”, a reboot/sequel hybrid that retools its SAVE THE CINEMA Cert 12 ★★★ On NOW and Sky Cinema now On July 15, 1993, hairdresser Liz Evans saved Carmarthen’s Lyric Theatre from the wrecking ball with an astonishing PR coup. Revenue was raised and developers shamed when the condemned Art Deco building staged the first British screening of Steven Spielberg’s dino-blockbuster Jurassic Park. This likeable, if at times broad, comedy drama forces the story of her campaign into the template of the feel-good ‘‘ The masked killer is back and he’s desperate to reboot his franchise scares for a new generation while appeasing older fans by bringing back the “legacy characters” from the original. Wes Craven’s 1996 Scream was among the first films to boast one of these fourth wall-shattering speeches. The young folk of Woodsboro realised a masked serial killer called Ghostface was playing by the rules of the scary movie. If you visited a basement or said “I’ll be right back”, you were asking for it. Now the masked killer is back and he’s desperate to reboot his “franchise” with a fresh batch of murders that draw in the survivors from the early films. Jenna Ortega plays high schooler Tara Brit flick. Samantha Morton rocks a wandering Welsh accent and a Gail Tilsley hairdo to play the plucky snipper who runs a youth theatre company from the venerable building. When a corrupt mayor (a hammy Adeel Akhtar) is offered a kickback from a developer pal to overturn the building’s Grade II status, feisty Liz springs into action. This formulaic affair won’t change the course of modern cinema like Jurassic Park but Sam’s Liz makes for an inspirational heroine. The eagle eyed should also watch for a cameo from Liz’s grown-up son Wynne, best known as insurance-flogging opera warbler Gio Compario. who is tormented by a familiar voice on a spookily old-fashioned device called a “landline”. As Tara’s estranged sister (Melissa Barrera) hunts for the killer, suspicion falls on a group of teenage stereotypes, and ageing survivors Sidney (Neve Campbell), Gale (Courteney Cox) and Dewey (David Arquette) are drawn back into the fray. Its best sequences blend laughs with suspense. But by the time we get to the final act (“Welcome to Act Three!” shouts an unmasked murderer), the joke is beginning to feel a little stale. The set up is a scream but this self-aware slasher is beginning to show its age. FEISTYSamantha Morton plays plucky Liz Evans MEMORIA Cert 12A ★★ In cinemas now Remember those “magic eye” pictures? It could have been a defect of my eyes, a lack of imagination or a shortage of patience but I could never see a 3D image in those blurry posters that taunted me in the mid-90s. I thought of those pictures as I pored over the long, static shots that make up Thai film-maker Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s mediative “masterpiece”. To some critics, whose opinions I respect, these seemingly banal scenes reveal deep truths about life, death, time, and the human condition. Sadly, the magic didn’t work on me. While I appreciated the artistry and originality, I spent more time looking at my watch than peering into my soul. Tilda Swinton performs in both Spanish and English to play Colombian-based orchid expert Jessica Holland who travels from Medellin to Bogota to visit her sister. As she shops for a bulb-preserving fridge, she is plagued by a recurring noise – an unearthly thud that no one else can hear. A sound technician called Hernan tries to recreate the noise in his studio, a doctor suggests she’s stressed, and her brother-in-law talks about a local curse. But award-winning Weerasethakul seemingly wants us to look for the source in the landscape and the locals. With a more ruthless editor, this two-and-a-quarter-hour movie could be over in 10 minutes. Instead it’s padded out with long shots of musicians performing, archaeologists digging, trees swaying and Swinton looking haunted. The source of the sound is revealed after a bizarre encounter with a mystic (also called Hernan) who remembers his soul floating around “in space” before he was born. Perhaps, like most critics, you’ll find this a satisfying and deeply spiritual finale to one of the most important films of this century. Or maybe, like me, you’ll just remember feeling mightily frustrated and a little bit inadequate during a short-lived craze from the 90s.

DMEEIR irishmirror.ie 37 Music with GARRY BUSHeLL Still cranky after Dope Lemon Album releases Rose Pink Cadillac all these years Elvis Costello & The Imposters The Boy Named If He was one of the greatest artists to come out of the late 70s New Wave explosion, churning out gem after caustic gem with Pump It Up, Alison and Oliver’s Army Elvis Costello wrote pop with attitude, wilfully biting the hand that fed him and snarling at radio DJs for “trying to anaesthetise the way that we feel”. He wasn’t playing at rebellion, he meant it. Now 67, our favourite bolshy Londoner has returned to his 70s roots with his punchiest album since 1978’s This Year’s Model. The Boy Named If is an invigorating mix of fierce melodies, sharp lyrics and New Wave energy with its feet in pub rock and feisty 60s pop. You could imagine The Beatles belting out Farewell, OK in their sweat-soaked early days in Hamburg clubs. He’s charting a betrayal – ‘A fumble for heaven in a thimble of draft’ – and it’s glorious. The album’s loose theme is growing up, a much longer process than it used to be. Highlights include Penelope Halfpenny, vintage Costello pop underpinned by Steve Nieve’s swirling organ. It has a similar drive to Pump It Up but is more whimsical. The edgier title track is about your other self – the part of you that shirks responsibilities and breaks hearts, “even your own”. Elvis’s lyrics still delight, whether he’s “in the parlour, playing cards with Gustav Mahler”, or recalling”a part-time waitress with a dream of greatness” (My Most Beautiful Mistake). The driving Mistook Me For A Friend finds him “working miracles, for petty cash and chemicals”. Costello has done interesting work recently, with 2020’s Hey Clockface, the French EP it inspired, and remaking This Year’s Model as the Latinflavoured Spanish Model. But this, his 32nd album, is top notch. FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR Is this a new genre – stoner cowboy pop? Angus Stone’s third solo album is more laidback than Willie Nelson’s tour bus. Songs range from trippy Stingray Pete to the relaxed groove of the title track. The overall vibe is hazy soft-pop, with touches of funk and soul. Let’s hope guest Winston Surfshirt is a Toast Of Tinseltown character. The Lumineers Brightside US folk-rock duo Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites have a real gift for writing songs that touch a nerve. With fatherhood and a car crash among the subjects covered here, stand-outs include Big Shot and Brightside, worthy successors to Ho Hey and Cleopatra, as they reflect real life with tenderness and restraint.

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DMEEIR irishmirror.ie FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 39 Going: Standard. Course: Left-hand 1m.2f. polytrack (allweather) circuit with 2.5f. straight. Draw: Low numbers favoured. Trifecta: All races. Jackpot: 4.45, 5.15, 5.45, 6.15. Placepot (€15,000 Guarantee): 3.45, 4.15, 4.45, 5.15, 5.45, 6.15. Top Trainers (with runners): M Halford 292, J P O’Brien 145, A McGuinness 104, D K Weld 73, Mrs J Harrington 58, P Martin 57, J C McConnell 54, K Prendergast 51, Ms T Collins 46, J P Murtagh 3.45 DUNDALK 46, A Slattery 45, T G McCourt 43, D G Hogan 43, N Meade 32, G Donnelly 29, G Elliott 23, M D O’Callaghan 23, J McAuley 22, R J O’Brien 22, A J Martin 22, J Geoghegan 22 K P Cotter 20. Top Jockeys (with rides): C P Hoban 115, R P Cleary 78, N G McCullagh 61, D W O’Connor 56, G P Halpin 42, D E Sheehy 38, S Ewing 27, A J Slattery 26, S B Kelly 23, S Rutledge 22, R C Colgan 16, L T McAteer 12, C D Maxwell 10, S P Davis 9, J Coen 8, C Mac Redmond 7, P A Harnett 7, S T McCullagh 6, M A Enright 6. Favourites: 38.70% Flat. DUNDALK WINTER SERIES LEADING TRAINER & JOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP HANDICAP (45-65) 2m Winner €6,000 (17 run) 1 AWKWAFINA (13) 14 S Curling 5 10-2......................................... D King (7) – 2 560033- KANNOOR (140) 17 Richard John O’Brien (GB) 5 10-2 (EW).....S P Davis – 3 6959- SCALOR (34) 2 Miss Elizabeth Doyle (FR) 7 9-9.............L T McAteer (5) – 4 7-8854- FIRST BLOOD (163) 1 Joseph Patrick O’Brien 4 9-5 (F)....C Horgan (10) – 5 988527- MACABAN CITY (34) 6 Gerard Michael Hussey 6 9-1 (C).J Kearney (10) – 6 746- TENTH AMENDMENT (19) 16 Keith Henry Clarke 8 9-1.C D Maxwell – 7 0-860- BAR ROOM BORE (85) 10 F Birrane 6 9-0......................S D Bowen (10) – 8 970- HAPPY LAD (97) 11 Hugh Paul Finegan 10 8-13.................... S P Bird (10) – 9 JOAN OF PIMLICO (73) 9 Brendan W Duke 5 8-13.......M A Gallagher – 10 4-54- MOVIE KING (34) 3 A J Martin 5 8-13 (SF)............................... R C Colgan – 11 00-0- NO NEVER AGAIN (40) 13 Matthew J Smith 4 8-13...... S Rutledge (5) – 12 09-8 PROFOUND (6) 4 J Morrison 7 8-13...........................................C P Hoban – 13 18630- TRUMP CARD (34) 8 Conor O’Dwyer 9 8-13 (C).................. A J Slattery – 14 088096- ARTISTIC WORK (55) 15 Thomas Cleary 4 8-8..................... R P Cleary – 15 848789- ACQUA DI GIOIA (29) 12 D K Weld 4 9-12........... C J MacRedmond (5) – 16082-000- BELL MANANNAN (29) 7 John C McConnell 7 8-13................................ – 17 u5655-0 CLIFFS OF MALTA (9) 5 Anthony Mullins 4 9-5..................................... – BETTING: 3 First Blood, 7-2 Movie King, 9-2 Kannoor, 11-2 Macaban City, 10 Scalor, 12 Trump Card, 14 Awkwafina, Joan Of Pimlico, Profound, 16 Tenth Amendment, 20 Artistic Work, Happy Lad, 25 No Never Again, 66 Others. 2021: No Corresponding Race. FIRST BLOOD (10-0) 3/1 rear of mid-division, pushed along and closer in 7th under 2f out, ridden early straight and kept on inside final furlong to go 4th closing stages, 4th 5.75L behind Ten Ten Twenty at Sligo Aug hcp 1m 2f 42yds Yielding 14 ran. MOVIE KING (9-1) 13/2 middivision, pushed along early straight, ridden and some headway on inner under 2f out, 6th 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong, 4th 6.75L behind Turf Range here Dec hcp 1m 4f Standard 14 ran. KANNOOR (9-4) 8/1 held up in mid-division, ridden in 7th 2f out, under pressure in 5th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd 4L behind Future Romance at Tipperary Aug hcp 1m 4f 110yds Good to Yielding 13 ran. MACABAN CITY (8-8) 15/2 held up towards rear, headway travelling well on outer entering straight, ridden 2f out and no impression in 5th 1f out, no extra, 7th 8.25L behind Turf Range here Dec hcp 1m 4f Standard 14 ran. SCALOR (9-8) 9/1 tracked leader, ran freely, 2nd halfway, headway to dispute briefly early straight, soon ridden and no impression in 3rd over 1f out, no extra, 9th 9.75L behind Turf Range here Dec hcp 1m 4f Standard 14 ran. IRISHINJUREDJOCKEYS.COM APPRENTICE HANDICAP 4.15 (50-80) 1m 4f Winner €6,900 (16 run) 1 9219- RAAMEZ (27) 2 Gordon Elliott 5 10-2 (C)................................ Sam Ewing – 2 2/480- EXCHANGE RATE (52) 12 John Joseph Hanlon (GER) 10 10-1 (D).............. ........................................................................................... C J MacRedmond (2) – 3 05/ MR EVEREST (425) 13 A J Martin 9 10-0 (D)....... Siobhan Rutledge (2) – 4 941- ANNEXATION (29) 7 Henry De Bromhead (FR) 6 9-13 (C).......................... ...................................................................................................C G O’Dwyer (4) – 5 1- WHITE MARLIN (29) 6 Joseph P O’Brien 4 9-13 (CD) (F).P A Harnett (2) – 6 07- ESTEPONA SUN (37) 10 Denis G Hogan (GB) 5 9-10 (C)....... D King (4) – 7 0- NEVERUSHACON (16) 15 Mrs J Harrington 11 9-10 (D)...A M Glynn (4) – 8 60053- DARE TO FLARE (29) 16 Andrew Slattery 6 9-9 (C)............. J Coen (4) – 9 869428- HARRIET’S FORCE (36) 5 Keith H Clarke 6 9-8 (BF) (C)........................... .......................................................................................................S T McCullagh – 10 17000- DRAKENSBERG (29) 8 A J Martin 8 9-7 (CD3)...............Jack Cleary (4) – 11 61050-0 CHATEAU MUSAR (6) 14 John Geoghegan 5 9-6 (CD2).D N Curran (4) – 12 3615-22 HOUSE OF KINGS (6) 11 James McAuley 6 9-5 (BF) (CD) (SF) .................. ...........................................................................................................L T McAteer – 13 087444- JAKE PETER (29) 3 M A Cahill 8 9-5 (D2) (EW)......... Wesley Joyce (4) – 14 370471- LORD MCZIE (36) 4 Ray Hackett 5 9-4 (C2).................Conor Clarke (4) – 15 007112- PICPOUL (27) 9 M M Rice 4 8-9 (CD2)............................... R Whearty (4) – 16 491206- ANGEL IN THE SKY (62) 1 Luke Comer 7 8-8......................................... – BETTING: 3 Annexation, 10-3 White Marlin, 11-2 House Of Kings, 8 Lord Mczie, 10 Harriet’s Force, 12 Dare To Flare, Raamez, Jake Peter, 14 Exchange Rate, 16 Estepona Sun, 20 Chateau Musar, Mr Everest, Neverushacon, 33 Others. 2021: (DIV 1) STAY WITH ME 7 8 12 C D Hayes 3-1 Fav (Darren Bunyan) drawn (3) 14 ran. ANNEXATION (8-9) 11/2 mid-division, hampered and lost place halfway, 10th and pushed along 3f out, closer under 2f out, 7th and not clear run 1f out, soon switched left, kept on well between horses to lead close home, won by 0.5L from Hightown Heights here Dec 1m Standard 12 ran. WHITE MARLIN (9-7) 6/1 mid-division on outer, headway travelling well entering straight, pushed along to lead 2f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, kept on well closing stages, won by hd from Elzaamsan here Dec mdn 1m 4f Standard 13 ran. HOUSE OF KINGS (9-3) 9/4fav held up, progress in 7th 3f out, ridden to close on outer 2f out, challenged 1f out, kept on final furlong, held close home, 2nd 0.5L behind Everyhouronthehour here Jan hcp 1m 2f 150yds Standard 14 ran. LORD MCZIE (9-0) 22/1 mid-division, pushed along and headway between horses under 2f out, 2nd and ridden 1f out, kept on well to lead closing stages, won by 0.5L from No Trouble here Dec hcp 1m 2f 150yds Standard 13 ran. HARRIET’S FORCE (9-13) 9/4fav chased clear leader, 5th halfway, ridden and closer 2f out, 6th over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, no extra, 8th 5.75L behind Massaman here Dec hcp 1m 2f 150yds Standard 12 ran. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @DUNDALKSTADIUM MAIDEN 1m 2f 4.45150yds Winner €6,600 (14 run) 1 89- BREWEL HILL (37) 9 Peter McCreery 6 9-10.....Gearoid P Brouder (7) – 2 HOLLOW SOUND (210) 13 Luke Comer 7 9-10...........................S P Davis – 3 0/ BENZ (420) 4 Gordon Elliott 4 9-9.............................................G P Halpin – 4 527444- SUNWALK (27) 11 Andrew Slattery (GB) 4 9-9 (BF) (EW).... A J Slattery – 5 ZAUR 7 Michael Butler 4 9-9.................................................... M A Enright – 6 BABY BUBBLES (13) 3 Alan Fleming 5 9-5............................. R P Cleary – 7 7- FANTA MAGIC (27) 10 Norman Lee 6 9-5............................ S P Bird (10) – 8 90- IS THAT SO (37) 2 Patrick Martin 5 9-5...............................C D Maxwell – 90-00020- MADS BLACK EIGHTS (30) 6 Matthew J Smith 6 9-5...... R C Colgan – 10 7u- ECO FRIENDLY (37) 12 Thomas Dowling 4 9-4...............D E Sheehy (3) – 11 25250-6 GOLD WING (6) 8 Adrian McGuinness (GB) 4 9-4.(F) C J MacRedmond (5) – 12 LA VALEUREUSE 14 Sarah Dawson 4 9-4.......................A C Persse (7) – 13 00434-7 LYRA BELACQUA (6) 5 D K Weld 4 9-4......................... D W O’Connor – 14 76-2396- NEW MOON RISING (104) 1 John C McConnell 4 9-4 (SF).S Rutledge (5) – BETTING: 13-8 Sunwalk, 7-2 New Moon Rising, 6 Gold Wing, 10 Lyra Belacqua, Hollow Sound, La Valeureuse, 14 Mads Black Eights, 16 Brewel Hill, Fanta Magic, 20 Benz, 33 Eco Friendly, 50 Baby Bubbles, Zaur, 150 Is That So. 2021: MOSALA 4 9 9 C T Keane 5-4 Fav (Henry De Bromhead) drawn (14) 14 ran. SUNWALK (9-0) 5/4fav dwelt, soon raced in 6th, raced on outer straight and effort, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th 3.75L behind Prince Of Peace here Dec mdn 1m Standard 13 ran. NEW MOON RISING (9-2) 15/2 chased leaders, 5th and pushed along before straight where raced on outer, soon no impression and one pace, 6th 6.25L behind That’s Just Dandy here Oct mdn 7f Standard 7 ran. GOLD WING (9-7) 50/1 mid-division, ridden and no impression 2f out, closer 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 6th 1.75L behind Everyhouronthehour here Jan hcp 1m 2f 150yds Standard 14 ran. LYRA BELACQUA (9-5) 1evens mid-division early, towards rear halfway, ridden towards outer over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 7th 2L behind Everyhouronthehour here Jan hcp 1m 2f 150yds Standard 14 ran. HOLLOW SOUND (12- 0) 10/1 prominent and led after 2nd, headed 3 out, pushed along and soon no extra, weakened, 11th 27L behind Mars Harper at Down Royal Jun mdn hdl 2m 100yds Good to Yielding 15 ran. VIEW RESTAURANT AT DUNDALK STADIUM APPRENTICE 5.15 HANDICAP 7f Winner €6,300 (11 run) 1 65d74-0 SANGRIA (7) 7 Joseph Patrick O’Brien 3 9-12.......................... J Coen (4) – 2 78671- DRISH MELODY (34) 5 Donal Commins 3 9-10 (CD) (SF).P A Harnett (2) – 3 000-6 DUBIRANGO (6) 6 F Birrane 3 9-10.....................................S T McCullagh – 4 57002-7 PILBARA GOLD (7) 11 Kieran P Cotter 3 9-8 (BF) (F)........... Sam Ewing – 5 550248- HOLY DIVINE (48) 2 Keith Henry Clarke 3 9-7 (EW)...... R Whearty (4) – 6 600- THE PARGEY BEE (100) 8 John C McConnell 3 9-4.........L T McAteer – 7 68806- DECORATED GUEST (63) 9 Liam McAteer 3 9-3..............J Kearney (7) – 8 070065- KISSES OF FIRE (37) 1 J G Coogan 3 9-3........................ D N Curran (4) – 9 90636- CLARINBRIDGE (37) 4 Adrian McGuinness 3 9-0.C J MacRedmond (2) – 10 9099- ATIA ROSE (34) 3 P J F Murphy 3 8-9................................. A C Persse (2) – 11 007- DASH TO DAWN (222) 10 Garvan Donnelly 3 8-6.......... S Rutledge (2) – BETTING: 15-8 Drish Melody, 7-2 Pilbara Gold, 13-2 Holy Divine, 15-2 Sangria, 10 Kisses Of Fire, Clarinbridge, 12 The Pargey Bee, 14 Dubirango, 16 Decorated Guest, 25 Dash To Dawn, 66 Atia Rose. 2021: CATHERINE CHROI 3 8 11 Sam Ewing 11-2 (Gordon Elliott) drawn (6) 11 ran. DRISH MELODY (8-10) 50/1 tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along early straight, 4th and ridden over 1f out, headway to lead inside final 150 yards, kept on well, won by 1.25L from Cryptos Dream here Dec hcp 7f Standard 9 ran. PILBARA GOLD (9-1) 3/1fav disputed, chased leaders after 1f, 3rd halfway, ridden 2f out, no extra 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 7th 2.25L behind Daintree here Jan hcp 5f Standard 11 ran. HOLY DIVINE (9-2) 12/1 in touch, 4th halfway, ridden under 2f out, soon lost place, edged right over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th 7.5L behind Chaos Control here Nov hcp 1m Standard 8 ran. SANGRIA (9-6) 15/2 dwelt, always towards rear, ridden and no impression 2f out, soon no extra, 11th 8L behind Daintree here Jan hcp 5f Standard 11 ran. KISSES OF FIRE (8-9) 7/1 mid-division, 5th halfway, pushed along and some headway 2f out, 3rd and ridden 1f out, no extra final 100 yards, 5th 3.75L behind Pandemic Princess here Dec hcp 6f Standard 8 ran. Peter O’Hehir 3.45. Movie King 4.15. White Marlin (Nap) 4.45. Gold Wing 5.15. Drish Melody 5.45. Spirit And Glory 6.15. Barbapapa 6.45. Praying Mantis 7.15. Indiana Grey Double: White Marlin and Barbapapa O’Hehir’s Longshot: Adapt To Dan (6.45) Next Best 3.45. First Blood 4.15. House Of Kings 4.45. New Moon Rising 5.15. Pilbara Gold 5.45. Sister Bridget 6.15. Fortune Maker 6.45. Miss Cunning 7.15. Philly’s Hope DUNDALKSTADIUM.COM FILLIES MAIDEN 1m 5.45 Winner €7,200 (14 run) 1 7- BORAGH EMPRESS (35) 11 Joseph Patrick O’Brien 3 9-2.....J Coen (7) – 2 CHANCEY APPROACH 9 Muredach Kelly 3 9-2............... M A Enright – 3 4- CHARGO (44) 3 J P Murtagh (GB) 3 9-2 (F).................................. S B Kelly – 4 FORGETMENOTBLUE 5 D K Weld 3 9-2........................ D W O’Connor – 5 0-0 KODIS WELL (6) 7 Martin Gerard McGuane 3 9-2.........D E Sheehy (3) – 6 6- LAKEWOOD (35) 10 M D O’Callaghan 3 9-2............................. R P Cleary – 7 0- PINK SKY AT NIGHT (35) 14 John C Shearman 3 9-2.. R Whearty (7) – 8 0- ROSBRIEN DREAM (35) 1 D McNamara 3 9-2..........................S P Davis – 9 4-3 SISTER BRIDGET (6) 8 Adrian Murray 3 9-2 (EW)..............G P Halpin – 10 SNOW LOTUS 6 Kieran P Cotter 3 9-2.....................................C P Hoban – 11 0-0 SOMEDAYONEDAYNEVER (9) 12 Kevin F O’Donnell 3 9-2.A J Slattery – 12 63- SPIRIT AND GLORY (28) 4 Michael Mulvany 3 9-2 (SF).. W Joyce (7) – 13 STABILA 13 Denis Gerard Hogan 3 9-2.............................S D Bowen (10) – 14 87- SUSAN’S PASS (35) 2 K J Condon 3 9-2........................ N G McCullagh – BETTING: 9-4 Spirit And Glory, 5-2 Sister Bridget, 5 Lakewood, 6 Forgetmenotblue, Chargo, 12 Boragh Empress, 14 Susan’s Pass, 20 Snow Lotus, 25 Stabila, Chancey Approach, 33 Rosbrien Dream, 50 Pink Sky At Night, 66 Kodis Well, 200 Somedayonedaynever. 2021: No Corresponding Race. SPIRIT AND GLORY (8-9) 14/1 prominent, soon 2nd, on terms into straight, soon gained narrow lead, joined under 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on without matching front pair inside final furlong, 3rd 1L behind Almanera here Dec mdn 7f Standard 14 ran. SISTER BRIDGET (9-2) 13/2 chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden in 2nd 2f out, under pressure in 3rd 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd 2L behind Sixteen Arches here Jan mdn 7f Standard 14 ran. LAKEWOOD (8-13) 20/1 pushed along early and rear of mid-division, pushed along again approaching straight, ridden 2f out and some headway in mid-division over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 6th 3.75L behind Independent Expert here Dec mdn 7f Standard 14 ran. CHARGO (8-10) 16/1 held up towards rear, ridden and progress under 2f out, 6th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th 6.5L behind Doitforandrew here Dec 7f Standard 8 ran. BOR- AGH EMPRESS (8-13) 16/1 tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along early straight, ridden and no impression in 5th over 1f out, no extra, kept on one pace, 7th 6.75L behind Knocklane Lass here Dec mdn 7f Standard 14 ran. BOOK ONLINE AT DUNDALKSTADIUM.COM MAIDEN 1m 6.15 Winner €7,200 (13 run) 1 7- ASKARABAD (58) 10 M Halford 3 9-7 (SF)..................... N G McCullagh – 2 65- BARBAPAPA (28) 7 Henry De Bromhead 3 9-7................... M A Enright – 3 0- BRAVE TROOP (28) 11 John C McConnell 3 9-7. Siobhan Rutledge (5) – 4 BRIGHT IMAGE 5 C P Donoghue 3 9-7........................... P A Harnett (7) – 5 6- FORTUNE MAKER (44) 6 Joseph Patrick O’Brien 3 9-7 (F).G P Halpin – 6 35549- GOLDEN BEACH (56) 1 D K Weld (GB) 3 9-7 (EW)........ D W O’Connor – 7 KNIGHTLAILA 12 Andrew Slattery (GB) 3 9-7..................... A J Slattery – 8 MAN JOHNNY 13 Philip M Byrne 3 9-7.................................... R P Cleary – 9 0-9 PATRICK STREET (7) 4 Patrick Martin (GB) 3 9-7.............. R C Colgan – 10 7 PRECEDENT (9) 9 Kieran P Cotter 3 9-7.................................C P Hoban – 11 07- SUPREME LAW (42) 2 Sabrina J Harty 3 9-7.............................S P Davis – 12 6- THE CHURCHILL LAD (42) 8 Joseph Patrick O’Brien 3 9-7.J Coen (7) – 13 ZOFFANY PORTRAIT 3 Joseph Patrick O’Brien 3 9-7.M A Gallagher – BETTING: 5-2 Barbapapa, 3 Golden Beach, 9-2 The Churchill Lad, 11-2 Fortune Maker, 10 Zoffany Portrait, Precedent, 14 Askarabad, 25 Knightlaila, 33 Man Johnny, Patrick Street, Supreme Law, 50 Bright Image, 66 Brave Troop. 2021: IRWIN 3 9 7 S M Crosse 4-9 Fav (Joseph Patrick O’Brien) drawn (11) 14 ran. BARBAPAPA (9-7) 4/1 soon chased leaders, 6th approaching halfway, pushed along approaching straight, impeded briefly 2f out, kept on without matching principals after, 5th 3L behind Almanera here Dec mdn 7f Standard 14 ran. GOLDEN BEACH (9-5) 13/2 tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th 6L behind In Ecstasy here Nov mdn 1m Standard 14 ran. THE CHURCHILL LAD (9-7) 10/1 close up on outer, 4th over 3f out, under pressure over 2f out, lost place 1 1/2f out, soon ridden, one paced final furlong, 6th 7.5L behind Vina Sena here Dec mdn 1m Standard 13 ran. FORTUNE MAKER (9-4) 9/2 held up towards rear, ridden and no impression 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out, 6th 8L behind Doitforandrew here Dec 7f Standard 8 ran. PRECEDENT (9-7) 40/1 mid-division on inner, ridden in 8th 2f out, no impression, 7th 5.25L behind National Gallery here Jan mdn 6f Standard 14 ran. JOIN US ON INSTAGRAM @DUNDALK_STADIUM HANDICAP 6.45 (45-65) (DIV I) 1m Winner €6,000 (17 run) 1 322728- BURNING LAKE (29) 15 Joseph A Murray 6 10-2 (BF) (CD).Wesley Joyce (7) – 2 56445-0 ANJAH (7) 9 James McAuley 5 10-1...................................L T McAteer (5) – 3 08008-0 STARDAYZ (9) 4 Ciaran Murphy 4 10-1................ Siobhan Rutledge (5) – 4 70009-4 FOX LEICESTER (9) 12 Denis G Hogan 6 10-0 (D3).......Izzy Clifton (7) – 5 54545-7 CAESAR’S COMET (7) 1 James McAuley 8 9-13 (C)....... R Whearty (7) – 6 700090- DOUBLE KODIAC (41) 2 Noel C Kelly 6 9-13..........................J M Moore – 7 570564- ADAPT TO DAN (55) 5 Mark Fahey 6 9-12 (D)................D E Sheehy (3) – 8 177576- CHUMMIE (89) 7 T M Walsh 4 9-11.................................. Chloe Byrne (10) – 9 10064-5 PRAYING MANTIS (7) 13 Andrew Kinirons 5 9-10 (D2) (F).N G McCullagh – 10 86482-5 MISS CUNNING (7) 8 Kevin Prendergast 5 9-6 (CD) (SF).....G P Halpin – 11 54413-6 BLANKIEDOODIE (9) 6 John C McConnell (GB) 9 9-3 (CD) (EW)............. ...................................................................................................... D W O’Connor – 12 00-000- BECOZURWORTHADD (51) 16 Christopher David Timmons 4 8-13........ ..............................................................................................................C P Hoban – 13 078899- IRISH AMBASSADOR (29) 14 Leanne Breen 6 8-13 (CD).... R P Cleary – 14 72007-0 SPIRITUOSO (9) 17 Lee Smyth (GB) 4 8-13........................... S P Bird (10) – 157-0700-8 GOING IN STYLE (7) 11 Noel Meade 4 9-8........................... R C Colgan – 16 00209- COMPLETE FICTION (41) 3 Jarlath P Fahey 5 9-3................................... – 17 200506- MACADAM’S ROCK (37) 10 Miss Hilary McLoughlin 4 10-4...................... ........................................................................................................... M A Enright – BETTING: 4 Adapt To Dan, 9-2 Blankiedoodie, 5 Miss Cunning, Fox Leicester, 8 Burning Lake, Caesar’s Comet, Praying Mantis, 12 Chummie, 14 Anjah, 25 Spirituoso, Irish Ambassador, Stardayz, 33 Double Kodiac, 66 Others. 2021: (DIV 2) EMPHATIC 6 9 11 R Coakley 6-1 (J Larkin) drawn (4) 14 ran. ADAPT TO DAN (9-11) 15/2 tracked leaders, 4th halfway, travelling well in 3rd 2f out, pushed along to challenge and on terms 1 1/2f out, headed under 1f out, soon ridden and no impression in 3rd, no extra in 4th close home, 4th 2L behind Clueless Hill here Nov hcp 1m 2f 150yds Standard 14 ran. BLANKIEDOODIE (9-3) 9/2 chased leader in 2nd, ridden 2f out, 2nd 1f out, no impression final furlong, 6th 3.5L behind Ellabella here Jan hcp 1m Standard 14 ran. MISS CUNNING (9-5) 6/1 settled behind leaders, 6th halfway, ridden and closer 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 5th 3.75L behind Liquid Luck here Jan hcp 7f Standard 14 ran. FOX LEICESTER (9-6) 1evens rear of mid-division, 8th 3f out, soon ridden, went 3rd and no impression on leaders 1f out, 4th inside final furlong, no extra, 4th 3.75L behind Munfallet here Jan hcp 1m 2f 150yds Standard 14 ran. BURNING LAKE (9-8) 4/1jfav tracked leaders, 3rd on outer halfway, headway to dispute lead briefly early straight, 2nd and ridden 1 1/2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 8th 6L behind Indiana Grey here Dec hcp 1m Standard 14 ran. JOIN US ON INSTAGRAM @DUNDALK_STADIUM HANDICAP 7.15 (45-65) (DIV II) 1m Winner €6,000 (17 run) 1 730- MIRACLES IN MAY (29) 17 M A Cahill 7 10-2 (CD)............. A J Slattery – 2 85131-8 INDIANA GREY (9) 4 Patrick Martin 6 10-1 (CD2) (SF).. R Whearty (7) – 3 998500- BRIGHT GLORY (44) 15 M Halford 4 10-0...................... N G McCullagh – 4 75366-4 DESTACADO (7) 13 Mrs Denise Foster 4 10-0.............................S P Davis – 5 4914-79 TAKE MY HAND (7) 10 Michael Mulvany 5 10-0 (CD).Wesley Joyce (7) – 6 572249- TRANSITION (58) 14 Tracey Collins (GB) 5 9-13 (D2).C J MacRedmond (5) – 7 3330-00 TONY THE GENT (7) 3 James McAuley 9 9-10 (D3).....L T McAteer (5) – 817-0000- JACKMEL (51) 5 Kevin Michael Smith 8 9-8 (CD2)............... R C Colgan – 9 000070- KENDRED SOUL (35) 11 P J F Murphy 5 9-8 (C2)........... D W O’Connor – 10 444337- BOASTY (41) 8 F Birrane 5 9-7 (BF) (D)...................................... R P Cleary – 11 40707-0 SHAZZA (9) 1 P J Rothwell 4 9-2 (D)..................................M A Gallagher – 12 70907-0 THE AUL DUBLINER (7) 16 J G Coogan 5 9-1.................D N Curran (7) – 13000-84-5 BRISEUSE DE COEUR (9) 7 Andrew Kinirons 5 8-13 (EW).C D Maxwell – 14 81455-4 PHILLY’S HOPE (9) 2 T G McCourt 5 8-13 (F)..................J J G Ryan (10) – 15 19832-0 NO SHOW (7) 9 James Joseph Mangan 5 9-13............................................. – 16 640030- NEVER BACK DOWN (27) 6 Joseph Anthony Murray 7 10-4 (CD)...... – 17 19069-9 RAAJIHAH (7) 12 Keith Henry Clarke (GB) 5 9-8 (D)............................... – BETTING: 3 Philly’s Hope, 9-2 Briseuse De Coeur, 6 Boasty, 8 Destacado, Indiana Grey, Transition, 12 Take My Hand, 14 Tony The Gent, Bright Glory, 16 Kendred Soul, Miracles In May, The Aul Dubliner, 33 Others. 2021: (DIV 2) EMPHATIC 6 9 11 R Coakley 6-1 (J Larkin) drawn (4) 14 ran. PHILLY’S HOPE (8-5) 12/1 mid-division, ridden in 7th 2f out, 6th 1f out, kept on without threatening final furlong, 4th 1.75L behind Harbanaker here Jan hcp 1m Standard 13 ran. BRI- SEUSE DE COEUR (8-7) 8/1 prominent, ridden in 3rd 2f out, 3rd 1f out, no extra final furlong, 5th 2.5L behind Harbanaker here Jan hcp 1m Standard 13 ran. BOASTY (9-6) 9/4jfav towards rear, 14th 4f out, effort and progress under 2f out, not much room and switched right over 1f out, not much room final 150 yards and switched right, kept on same pace, 7th 7.75L behind Dr Patrick here Dec hcp 1m 2f 150yds Standard 14 ran. DESTACADO (8-13) 28/1 pushed along to lead early, ridden 2f out, soon drifted left, pressed 1 1/2f out, headed final 150 yards, no extra and kept on one pace, 4th 4.5L behind Moshammer here Jan mdn 6f Standard 7 ran. INDIANA GREY (9-12) 6/1 dwelt, towards rear on outer, ridden 2f out, no impression, 8th 5.25L behind Ellabella here Jan hcp 1m Standard 14 ran. IRISH ROUND-UP no white flagging mISS CAN BE A big HIT Miss Cunning is expected to be in the running to win the 6.45 at Dundalk tonight Unexposed Marlin to go distance on his belated racecourse four weeks ago when, sent debut over this course and off at 4/1, he looked in By PETER O’HEHIR distance last month, when need of a step-up in trip The unexposed travelling smoothly under when plugging on to fill White Marlin is a Declan McDonogh before fifth spot in the maiden hopeful choice for the seeing off joint-favourite won by Almanera. Irishinjuredjockeys. Elzaamsan by a head, with On that evidence, com Apprentice Granville Street third and Barbapapa will be suited Handicap in Dundalk. 83-rated Seattle Creek in by the extra furlong here. The Joseph O’Brientrained gelding is hard to fourth. That experience should And, with Mark Enright onboard, he might be able assess, having raced only stand White Marlin in to open his account. once. But the towering grey looks a four-year-old with plenty of potential and, off a mark of 80, Paddy good stead today, against the likes of House Of Kings, runner-up on his two most recent starts. Barbapapa’s prospects might be boosted in the earlier DundalkStadium. com Fillies Maiden by Harnett’s mount might be The O’Brien-trained Mick Mulvany’s Spirit And capable of upstaging his battle-hardened but more exposed rivals. White Marlin isn’t bred to be making his name over a mile and a half – he’s a half-brother to Romantic Proposal, who provided trainer Eddie Lynam and rider Chris Hayes with the highlight of their respective 2021 campaigns, when landing the Flying Five at the Curragh last September. A mile and a half 50-80 handicap at Dundalk is a long way from Grade 1 action at the Curragh. But White Marlin is well worth noting, having impressed Fortune Maker, a homebred son of Australia, who shaped with promise when sixth to Doitforandrew on his debut almost six weeks ago, will be a popular fancy for the one-mile Book Online At DundalkStadium. com Maiden. But preference is for Henry de Bromhead’s Barbapapa, winner of a barrier-trial at this venue last August before showing promise on his racecourse debut in the maiden won by Cornman at Gowran Park in September. The son of Starspangledbanner was gelded before reappearing at this venue Glory, beaten a length when third in Almanera’s maiden and holding obvious claims this evening, when her biggest threat might be Adrian Murray’s Sister Bridget, a pleasing third behind Sixteen Acres and Chicago Lightening here last week. Elsewhere on the card, Pat Martin’s Indiana Grey, isolated by the draw last time when unable to make an impact behind Ellabella but previously back to winning ways off 54, should go close under Robert Whearty in the finale, a division of the 45-65 one-mile handicap.

40 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 RESULTS & prices ■ Jeremy Scott will aim mud-loving stable star Dashel Drasher at Lingfield’s £150,000 Winter Million Chase on Sunday week after opting to bypass tomorrow’s Silviniaco Conti Chase at Kempton. “We decided we’d wait for the Lingfield race,” said Scott. “It will not be as wet this weekend as we’d like.” The nine-year-old was a winner over hurdles at Newbury last time. CATTERICK 12.40: GUERLAIN DE VAUX (J J Burke 15-8) 1; Gredin (5-1) 2; Best Trition (6-4f) 3. 6 ran. hd, 9½. (O Sherwood). Tote: £2.88; £1.40, £2.40. Tote Exacta: £11.10. Trifecta: £20.80. CSF: £11.54. 1.10: JESSIEMAC (T Willmott 7-2) 1; Baby Jane (4-1) 2; Winter Holiday (13-2) 3. 10 ran. 3-1f Tanora. ns, ¾. (I Duncan). Tote: £4.50; £1.90, £2.30, £1.60. Tote Exacta: £21.60. Tricast: £87.67. Trifecta: £116.80. CSF: £18.54. NR: Aazza. 1.40: THE VERY THING (Miss Becky Smith 66-1) 1; No Cruise Yet (7-2) 2; Hidden Cargo (9-1) 3. 9 ran. 9-4jt-f Melanamix, 9-4jt-f Tumbling Dice. 3l, 10l. (M Hammond). Tote: £67.00; £7.60, £1.50, £2.60. Tote Exacta: £294.30. Tricast: £2352.92. Trifecta: £2985.90. CSF: £297.34. 2.10: A DIFFERENT KIND (B Hughes 1-5f) 1; Lalochezia (12-1) 2; Any Givin Sunday (15-2) 3. 4 ran. 11l, 1½. (D McCain). Tote: £1.20; Tote Exacta: £3.50. Trifecta: £5.90. CSF: £3.43. 2.40: SUPREME ESCAPE (J Bowen 5-1) 1; Almazhar Garde (100-30) 2; Who’s In The Box (16-5f) 3. 8 ran. ¾, 4l. (E Williams). Tote: £6.00; £2.20, £1.90, £1.40. Tote Exacta: £31.20. Tricast: £60.72. Trifecta: £134.90. CSF: £22.58. 3.10: ART OF DIPLOMACY (S Twiston- Davies 10-11f) 1; Bill Baxter (3-1) 2; Be The Difference (9-2) 3. 6 ran. 7½, nk. (Dr R Newland). Tote: £1.91; £1.10, £1.70. Tote Exacta: £4.70. Trifecta: £11.50. CSF: £4.25. 3.40: ANYHARMINASKING (Jonjo O’Neill Jr 11-8f) 1; Sayar (9-1) 2; Kensington Art (6- 1) 3. 7 ran. 6½, 4½. (Jonjo O’Neill). Tote: £2.38; £1.40, £4.10. Tote Exacta: £16.30. Tricast: £57.48. Trifecta: £56.70. CSF: £14.35. NRs: Curious Times, Khanmurjan. Placepot: £38.30. Quadpot: £8.60. BANGOR 1.30: ROYAL ACT (W T Kennedy 20-1) 1; Yourholidayisover (25-1) 2; Kingston King (5-2f) 3. 7 ran. 1½, 3¼. (S-J Davies). Tote: £21.00; £5.80, £8.60. Tote Exacta: £135.10. Trifecta: £1539.50. CSF: £293.76. 2.00: SNUFF BOX (C Deutsch 8-1) 1; One Fer Mamma (15-8f) 2; Good And Hardy (10- 1) 3. 10 ran. 20l, 9½. (V Williams). Tote: £9.00; £2.30, £1.30, £2.90. Tote Exacta: £26.70. Tricast: £155.77. Trifecta: £173.90. CSF: £24.38. 2.30: CONTEMPLATEMYFAITH (A Coleman 13-8) 1; Barrowdale (7-2) 2; Rachel Louise (28-1) 3. 5 ran. 6-5f Reilly. 4¾, 20l. (O Murphy). Tote: £2.63; £1.20, £1.70. Tote Exacta: £7.00. Trifecta: £33.20. CSF: £7.91. 3.00: GREEN VAULT (A Doyle 1-2f) 1; Sutton Manor (14-1) 2; Diakosaint (4-1) 3. 8 ran. 6½, 7l. (L Russell). Tote: £1.50; £1.10, £2.70, £1.70. Tote Exacta: £8.40. Tricast: £19.31. Trifecta: £31.70. CSF: £9.39. 3.30: HART OF STEEL (T Gillard 9-4f) 1; Eaton Collina (5-2) 2; Gerolamo Cardano (3-1) 3. 5 ran. 1l, 5½. (D McCain). Tote: £3.25; £1.50, £1.50. Tote Exacta: £7.80. Trifecta: £19.20. CSF: £8.50. 4.00: COREY’S COURAGE (A Coleman 9-4f) 1; Prime Time Lady (13-2) 2; Billams Legacy (100-30) 3. 10 ran. 8l, 4¾. (O Murphy). Tote: £3.25; £1.40, £2.10, £1.20. Tote Exacta: £20.10. Trifecta: £96.90. CSF: £18.57. Placepot: £614.70. Quadpot: £4.30. NEWCASTLE 1.50: PERCY WILLIS (P J McDonald 11-4) 1; Collaborating (25-1) 2; Mr Shady (100- 30) 3. 9 ran. 2-1f Wadacre Gogo. hd, 5½. (J O’Keeffe). Tote: £3.75; £1.40, £5.80, £1.40. Tote Exacta: £66.50. Tricast: £240.32. Trifecta: £321.70. CSF: £69.38. 2.20: BLAZING HOT (O Stammers 100- 30) 1; Swiss Connection (11-4f) 2; Ubahha (11-1) 3. 9 ran. ½, 1½. (G Tuer). Tote: £4.34; IRISHDAILY LIVE RACING COMMENTARIES AND RESULTS with Sports Radio CALL 1550 924 238 (€0.97c per min) GREYHOUND COMMENTARIES AND RESULTS 1550 933 650 (€0.97c per min) CALLS: €0.97c per min plus your telephone company’s network access charge. 18+ only. SP: Spoke, AL10 9NA. Helpline: 0333 202 3390 £1.60, £1.40, £3.40. Tote Exacta: £14.50. Tricast: £89.66. Trifecta: £111.60. CSF: £12.98. 2.50: DRAGONS WILL RISE (R Havlin 16-5) 1; Jomont (15-8f) 2; The New Marwan (28-1) 3. 7 ran. 2¾, 1½. (M Hammond). Tote: £4.20; £1.80, £1.50. Tote Exacta: £10.60. Trifecta: £94.40. CSF: £9.85. 3.20: AL ZARAQAAN (D Tudhope 4-6f) 1; Halimi (9-4) 2; Sir Chauvelin (11-2) 3. 3 ran. 3¾, 6½. (A Watson). Tote: £1.67; Tote Exacta: £2.20. Trifecta: £3.00. CSF: £2.37. 3.50: DEVASBOY (J Fanning 16-5) 1; Straits Of Moyle (5-2) 2; Dairerin (3-1) 3. 4 ran. 2-1f Neptune Legend. 3¼, hd. (C & M Johnston). Tote: £4.20; Tote Exacta: £10.20. Trifecta: £23.50. CSF: £11.37. 4.20: STORMY OCEAN (R Winston evensf) 1; Blue Trail (100-30) 2; Illuminated (25-1) 3. 10 ran. 3¾, 3l. (C Appleby). Tote: £2.00; £1.10, £1.70, £4.80. Tote Exacta: £6.40. Trifecta: £60.10. CSF: £4.64. NR: Grand Alliance. 4.50: ENGLES ROCK (P Mulrennan 10-1) 1; Dreamseller (8-1) 2; Mawkeb (13-8f) 3. 8 ran. ¾, nk. (L Russell). Tote: £11.00; £2.80, £2.40, £1.20. Tote Exacta: £83.00. Tricast: £199.65. Trifecta: £455.60. CSF: £88.51. Jackpot: £846.70. Placepot: £21.50. Quadpot: £9.00. CHELMSFORD CITY 4.30: CINZENTO (G Rooke 11-4f) 1; Hannalite (3-1) 2; Miss Pollyanna (9-2) 3. 7 ran. ¾, 1¾. (R Teal). Tote: £3.40; £2.00, £1.60. Tote Exacta: £11.20. Trifecta: £27.40. CSF: £10.76. 5.00: OASIS IRLANDES (D Probert 5-4f) 1; Shin Saw Gyi (4-1) 2; Debit Card (9-1) 3. 10 ran. ¾, ¾. (A Murphy). Tote: £2.25; £1.10, £1.40, £2.00. Tote Exacta: £6.80. Trifecta: £42.80. CSF: £6.10. NRs: Alice Tinker, Hemsby Pine. 5.30: CERULEAN (K O’Neill 5-2) 1; Eltham Palace (4-1) 2; Typewritten (13-2) 3. 6 ran. 2-1f Kaahira. 1¾, 5l. (I Furtado). Tote: £3.50; £1.60, £2.40. Tote Exacta: £13.40. Trifecta: £48.40. CSF: £12.74. NR: She Got The Look. 6.00: MORLAIX (H Turner 9-2) 1; Alhammaam (3-1) 2; Athmad (10-1) 3. 5 ran. 7-4f Hathlool. 1¼, 1l. (D M Simcock). Tote: £5.50; £2.20, £1.80. Tote Exacta: £14.70. Trifecta: £62.00. CSF: £17.50. 6.30: DUBAI EMPEROR (S Donohoe 11- 4f) 1; Diamonds At Dusk (11-1) 2; Copake (7-1) 3. 6 ran. 3¾, ½. (D M Simcock). Tote: £3.90; £1.80, £4.00. Tote Exacta: £32.70. Trifecta: £140.10. CSF: £30.61. NR: Bella Colorossa. 7.00: WHITTLE LE WOODS (J Watson evensf) 1; Legende D’art (7-2) 2; Full Intention (12-1) 3. 7 ran. 1l, 1¼. (M Appleby). Tote: £2.00; £1.20, £1.90. Tote Exacta: £5.00. Trifecta: £24.40. CSF: £4.24. 7.30: TREVIE FOUNTAIN (H Doyle 100- 30f) 1; The Game Of Life (9-2) 2; Million Reasons (7-2) 3. 11 ran. 3l, ½. (R Carr). Tote: £4.34; £1.50, £1.80, £1.90. Tote Exacta: £20.40. Trifecta: £90.40. CSF: £18.72. NR: Kraka. Placepot: £55.70. Quadpot: £31.10. GREYHOUND RESULTS NOTTINGHAM. - 11.06 Sirius Conor 5-2 (4-1-5, £13.93, TC: £49.78). 11.21 Clonkeen Tipp 11-8f (3-6-1, £18.90, TC: £72.96). 11.36 Piemans Ghost 5-2 (2-3-4, £11.55, TC: £21.00). 11.51 Cantys Dream 5-1 (4-6-5, £22.51, TC: £62.69). 12.06 Distant Sean 5-1 (1-3-6, £25.26, TC: £55.42). 12.21 Ridgedale Carol 7-2 (5-4-1, £15.60, TC: £31.83). 12.36 Honour Adele 4-1 (3-6-2, £18.05, TC: £52.46). 12.51 Caseys Kelsey 13-2 (4-3-1, £46.25, TC: £113.95). 1.06 Roddicks Blue 11-2 (1-3-2, £23.49, TC: £52.13). 1.21 Himbos Tanzanite 11-8f (1-2-3, £4.86, TC: £16.19). 1.36 Bethany 9-4f (2-1-3, £9.43, TC: £19.52). 1.51 Fern Shane 5-2 (3-5-2, £10.18, TC: £34.08). SHEFFIELD. - 11.13 Forest Namoni 7-2 (1-4-6, £16.67, TC: £45.79). 11.28 Blastoff Bambi 9-2 (3-2-6, £21.62, TC: £61.75). 11.43 Fearsome Munster 2-5f (6-5-1, £5.49, TC: £10.20). 11.58 Lady Edith 13-8f (4-3-1, £5.82, TC: £14.40). 12.13 Expensive Liason 13-8f (4-1-3, £5.50, TC: £14.04). 12.28 Ballycowen Bear 6-4f (3-2-6, £15.42, TC: £44.74). 12.43 Droopys Said So 15-8f (2-5-3, £7.85, TC: £44.27). 12.58 Alwaysthenoely 7-1 (6-2-5, £37.80, TC: £126.74). 1.13 Tewmax Esther 11-4 (4-6-3, £6.52, TC: £21.63). 1.28 Miss Unique 9-4 (4-5-2, £6.86, TC: £0.00). 1.44 Race Void. 1.59 Rathmeehan Rollo 6-4f (5-6- 1, £15.18, TC: £62.39). NEWCASTLE. - 2.04 Odell Leia 5-1 (3-1-5, £22.62, TC: £45.15). 2.19 Glenbeg Legend 11-4 (6-2-4, £31.30, TC: £111.88). 2.36 Crofton Hallie 6-1 (5-3-6, £20.64, TC: £73.25). 2.54 Taputti 13-8f (1-2-3, £7.93, TC: £21.04). 3.09 Slippy Turbo 9-4 (3-2-5, £7.87, TC: £29.50). 3.26 Monleek Miller 5-4f (4-6-5, £12.10, TC: £50.59). 3.44 Deelish Rose 5-4f (4-5-2, £6.77, TC: £20.99). 4.04 Mermaid Waters 11-4 (2-4- 1, £19.96, TC: £49.95). 4.23 Some Stuff 7-1 (2-4-1, £82.19, TC: £196.88). 4.43 Canny Sirius 7-4f (5-2-4, £27.06, TC: £71.37). 5.03 Farloe Clody 2-1 (4-5-1, £12.49, TC: £23.82). 5.22 Wraysbury Boy 11-4 (1-6-2, £25.20, TC: £121.78). RACING TV CONDITIONAL JOCKEYS’ HANDICAP 1.00 HURDLE (5) 2m 4f Winner £4,030 (15 run) FORM SP• T p 1 0-343P Above Suspicion (33) (H) T R George 7 11-13..................T Doggrell (8) 110 G 2 329434 Begin The Luck (16) Mrs C Bailey 6 11-12.............................. J Andrews 106 G 3 2-4632 Enlighten (25) M & D Easterby 8 11-10.......................................T Gillard 111 S 4 /4-543 Smoking Pigeon (67) F O’Brien 8 11-10...........................L Harrison (3) 105 G 5 484P78 Kotki (113) D Pipe 5 11-9.......................................................F Gillard (3) - - 6 0652-5 Hit The Rocks (241) G L Moore 7 11-7..........................N F Houlihan (3) 108 H 7 27P354 Methag (24) A Hales 9 11-6 (C).........................................Katie O’Farrell 109 GS 8 65-284 Ballycorr (24) Henry Oliver 7 11-4..........................................K Brogan 104 G 9 344640 Shanroe Tic Tec (28) G Harris 10 11-0 (C)..................................C Ring 116 G 10 9P8311 Ace Time (28) J R Jenkins 8 10-10 (F).......................................B Godfrey 106 GS 11 U/7P6- Adherence (280) D Burchell 9 10-9...............................Mr E Collier (5) 78 G 12 334272 Alberic (10) (B) P Hobbs 5 10-7 (SF)........................ Mr Jack Martin (10) ●118 GS 13 424261 Karakoram (15) G Harris 7 10-6 (EW).........................J A Anderson (5) 108 S 14 654P Von Melas (35) S Allwood 4 10-1............................................. H Nugent 110 G 15 5PP7P- Ratoute Yutty (297) C Fryer 9 10-0..........................Tabitha Worsley 67 GS BETTING: 4 Ace Time, 5 Alberic, 6 Smoking Pigeon, 8 Ballycorr, Karakoram, 10 Enlighten, Kotki, 12 Begin The Luck, Above Suspicion. 2021: Meeting abandoned due to flooding. EBF ‘NATIONAL HUNT’ NOVICES’ HURDLE (GBB RACE) (4) 2m 1.30 Winner £4,629 (10 run) 1 222 Dream In The Park (55) E Lavelle 5 11-0............................. T Bellamy - - 2 6-P9 Ez Tiger (19) A Hales 5 11-0...................................................C Gethings - - 3 4-722 Frere D’armes (23) D Skelton 5 11-0 (SF)..............................H Skelton ●130 GS 4 6993-P Joey’s Gift (16) M Attwater 5 11-0...............................N F Houlihan (3) - - 5 6 Old Duke (180) T R George 5 11-0............................................J J Burke - - 6 95-2 Peace River (55) A King 6 11-0............................................ G Sheehan 125 G 7 23-755 Presenting Pete (58) A King 5 11-0..................................... T Cannon 118 G 8 43 Thanksforthehelp (18) D Pipe 5 11-0.......................... T Scudamore 122 S 9 4-745 Walkonthewildside (34) O Murphy 6 11-0 (EW)................ A Coleman 126 S 10 10-22 Lady Jane P (40) F O’Brien 6 10-7 (F)....................................P Brennan - - BETTING: 9-4 Frere D’armes, 3 Lady Jane P, Dream In The Park, 8 Thanksforthehelp, 10 Peace River, 14 Presenting Pete, 16 Walkonthewildside, 25 Old Duke. RACING TV NOVICES’ LIMITED HANDICAP CHASE (GBB RACE) 2.00 (3) 2m 4f Winner £8,169 (4 run) 1 PP-51F Our Power (3) S Thomas 7 11-8 (D)............................ S Twiston-Davies ●145 G 6-1 (11-8) Won by Erne River (11-1) at Doncaster 2m 4f nov Limited hcap ch (3) gs, 8 ran 2 4-3122 Barbados Blue (36) N Henderson 8 11-3 (SF)..................N De Boinville 141 S 14-1 (11-0) 2nd of 8, 8l off The Glancing Queen (11-5) at Warwick 2m 4f mrs nov chs (1) sft 3 -52122 Mahler’s Promise (42) Seamus Mullins 7 11-1 (F).................M G Nolan 144 GS 7-2 (11-0) 2nd of 6, 3½l off Bothwell Bridge (11-7) at Sand 2m 4f nov Ltd hcap ch (3) gd 4 91-427 Dorking Lad (50) G L Moore 7 10-3 (BF)............................Jamie Moore 143 G 3-1fav (11-4) 7th of 13, 16l off Seven No Trumps (11-7) at Ling 2m 4f nov hcp chs (4) gs BETTING: 13-8 Barbados Blue, 5-2 Mahler’s Promise, Our Power, 13-2 Dorking Lad. CHATTERIS FEN JUVENILE HURDLE (GBB RACE) (2) (4-Y-O) 2.30 2m Winner £13,008 (6 run) 1 123 Collingham (13) D McCain 10-12 (D).......................................J J Burke ●136 GS 85-40 (11-4) 3rd of 6, 7l behind Inca Prince (11-4) at Musselburgh 2m 4yo hdl (4) gs 2 2120 Genuflex (18) M Harris 10-12...................................................... H Reed 126 GS 50-1 (11-0) 10th of 11, 48l behind Porticello (11-0) at Chepstow 2m 3yo hdl Grd 1 (1) sft 3 51 Kotmask (38) G L Moore 10-12 (SF).....................................Jamie Moore 129 GS 7-2 (10-12) Won at Fontwell 2m 2f 3yo hdl (4) gs in Dec beating Boulette (11-0) by 12l 4 2 Lifetime Legend (18) N King 10-12.......................................J Quinlan 120 S 4-1 (10-12) 2nd of 7, 1¾l behind Kayfast Warrior (10-12) at Wetherby 2m 3yo hdl (4) sft 5 1 Parliament Hill (47) O Murphy 10-12 (D) (F)....................... A Coleman 126 GS 15-8 (10-12) Won at Leicester 1m 7f 3yo mdn hdl (4) gs bt Krypton Gold (10-12) by 6l 6 2 Rewired (18) Dr R Newland 10-12................................. S Twiston-Davies 126 S 5-1 (10-12) 2nd of 10, 17l behind Iceo (11-3) at Kempton 2m 3yo hdl (2) sft in Dec BETTING: 9-4 Kotmask, 3 Parliament Hill, 7-2 Rewired, 6 Collingham, 8 Genuflex, 10 Lifetime Legend. DMEEIR moore’s ed master Gary planning Dublin raid with rising star by David Yates GARY MOORE wants to test Editeur Du Gite at the top level at Leopardstown’s Dublin Racing Festival next month. Moore has given his going-places eightyear-old, an all-the-way winner over two miles at Cheltenham in November and December, an entry in the Grade 1 Ladbrokes Dublin Chase on February 6. Both Willie Mullins, trainer of unbeaten two-mile star Energumene, the 5-2 second TODAY’S abc guide to FOUR UK meetings Huntingdon - Hu Lingfield - Li Sedgefield - Sd Wolverhampton - Wo Above Suspicion 1.00 Hu Accelerando 8.00 Wo Ace Time 1.00 Hu Achnamara 2.10 Li Acrion 3.40 Li Across The Nile 5.00 Wo Adherence 1.00 Hu Al Tilal 7.30 Wo Alaskan Jewel 8.00 Wo Alberic 1.00 Hu Allardyce 3.30 Hu Already Gone 2.10 Li Alright Marlene 3.20 Sd Always Dreaming 2.40 Li Amma Lord 1.20 Sd Angel On High 4.30 Wo Anita’s Spirit 4.00 Hu Annies Prayer 1.50 Sd Arcanja 1.50 Sd Ard Chros 2.50 Sd Ascot Jungle 7.00 Wo Ashutor 2.20 Sd Attentive 5.30 Wo Author’s Dream 6.30 Wo Ballintogher Boy 2.50 Sd Ballycorr 1.00 Hu Barbados Blue 2.00 Hu Battle Point 8.00 Wo Bearing Bob 5.30 Wo Begin The Luck 1.00 Hu Benzema 8.00 Wo Betty Baloo 12.20 Sd Big Time Maybe 12.40 Li Blue Flame 2.40 Li Bollin Phoenix 1.20 Sd Bonita B 7.30 Wo Boudica Warrior 6.00 Wo Bravantina 1.50 Sd Brickadank 1.50 Sd Bulldoze 12.50 Sd Bullion 1.50 Sd Bungledupinblue 12.40 Li Buraback 3.10 Li Burdigala 1.20 Sd Butch 4.00 Hu Butcherofstockholm 3.40 Li Cafe Sydney 1.10 Li Cailin Dearg 1.20 Sd Canzone 3.40 Li Cap’n 3.30 Hu Cape Greco 2.40 Li Capla Spirit 2.40 Li Captain Moirette 1.50 Sd Captain Ryan 7.00 Wo favourite for the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham in March, and Gordon Elliott have expressed misgivings over the likelihood of unsuitably fast ground at the Foxrock venue — and Moore has spied an opportunity. “I wouldn’t go there to take on Energumene of Willie’s, but they say they might not run there because the ground will be too quick,” said the West Sussex trainer, for whom Editeur Du Gite would be a first runner at the big-money fixture. Cash Again 1.20 Sd Chanting Hill 2.50 Sd Charles St 6.00 Wo Chase A Fortune 3.50 Sd Chipiron 4.30 Wo Claremont Avenue 6.00 Wo Classy Dame 1.40 Li Collingham 2.30 Hu Commis D’Office 2.20 Sd Convince 6.00 Wo Cool Country 12.50 Sd Coolagh Magic 12.40 Li Coolmeen Vega 7.30 Wo Cooper’s Cross 12.50 Sd Coup De Gold 1.50 Sd Cudgel 2.50 Sd Dalkingstown 2.50 Sd Distinction 5.00 Wo Dodgy Bob 7.00 Wo Don Herbager 2.50 Sd Dorking Lad 2.00 Hu Dr Sanderson 2.20 Sd Dream In The Park 1.30 Hu Dubai Days 12.50 Sd Durragh 3.20 Sd Elixsoft 5.00 Wo Emerald Lady 7.30 Wo En Meme Temps 12.50 Sd Enlighten 1.00 Hu HUNTINGDON Jackpot RACING TV MARES’ NOVICES’ HURDLE (GBB RACE) (3) 2m 5f 3.00 Winner £6,535 (8 run) 1 62-1 Holly Hartingo (23) A Ralph 6 11-7 (D)................................J J Burke ●118 GS 20-1 (10-10) Won at Ludl 2m 5f mares NH nov hdl (4) gs bt Nextdoortoalice (11-3) by nk 2 15 Russian Rumour (27) J Portman 5 11-7 (F)...............S Twiston-Davies 116 GS 14-1 (11-0) 5th of 6, 12l off Haute Estime (11-0) at Hayd 2m 3f mares Listed nov hdl (1) sft 3 5 Galante De Romay (23) K Bailey 6 11-1 (EW)..............................D Bass - - 10-1 (10-12) 5th of 13, 15l behind Tintern Abbey (10-2) at Ludlow 2m mares n h flat (4) gs 4 143 Hillfinch (40) S Edmunds 5 11-1 (SF).....................................C Gethings - - 28-1 (11-0) 3rd of 13, 2¾l behind Malina Jamila (11-0) at Huntingdon 2m N H flat lst (1) gd 5 00 Ivetwiggedit (38) B Pauling 5 11-1........................................ T Bellamy 24 S 150-1 (10-12) 12th of 13, off Lady Of The Night (10-12) at Font 2m 3f mrs nov hdl (4) sft 6 3-6P Parisian Blue (43) N Henderson 6 11-1............................N De Boinville - - 12-1 (10-12) Won by Rainyday Woman (10-12) at Wincanton 2m 5f mrs nov hdl (4) gd 7 F/4-0 Stoppers Sista (40) (H) L Morgan 7 11-1..................................A Wedge - - 100-1 (11-0) Last of 13, 20l off Malina Jamila (11-0) at Huntingdon 2m N H flat lst (1) gd 8 540 The Sumba Island (30) L Morgan 5 11-1...............................D Noonan 115 GS 20-1 (10-11) 10th of 12, 28l behind Sholokjack (11-4) at Leicester 1m 7f mdn hdl (3) sft BETTING: 6-4 Hillfinch, 2 Russian Rumour, 4 Holly Hartingo, 10 Parisian Blue, 16 Galante De Romay, 20 Stoppers Sista, 33 The Sumba Island, 100 Ivetwiggedit. RACING TV HANDICAP CHASE (5) 3m 3.30 Winner £3,812 (10 run) 1 31PP1/ Loud As Lions (708) T Symonds 9 12-2 (CD).........................J Nailor (3) - - 17-2 (11-0) Won at Huntingdon 3m nov hcp chs (4) gs beating Midnight Moss (11-9) by 4l 2 43223P Zuckerberg (35) J Candlish 6 11-12..................................... Page Fuller 110 G 7-1 (11-6) Won by Bitasweetsymphony (10-9) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 4f hcp chs (5) sft 3 -4021P Lord Sparky (11) (B) Mrs C Bailey 8 11-12 (BF, CD)............. J Andrews (5) 109 G 7-2fav (11-10) Won by Rafferty (11-12) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp chs 0-105 (5) gs, 11 ran 4 P/713- Peter’s Portrait (417) C Longsdon 9 11-8 (D) (F)............ W T Kennedy - - 6-1 (11-9) 3rd of 12, 5l behind Volcano (11-8) at Ludlow 3m nov hcp chs 0-105 (5) gs 5 732552 Allardyce (14) P Henderson 10 11-3 (EW)............................. N Scholfield ●114 SH 12-1 (10-5) 2nd of 8, 15l behind Neil The Legend (11-5) at Warwick 2m 4f hcp chs (4) hvy 6 44-554 Freddy Fanatapan (36) W Kittow 7 11-0..............................D Noonan - - 9-1 (11-4) 4th of 17, 9l behind Kendelu (11-3) at Taunton 3m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gd in Dec 7 -666P2 Invincible Cave (25) Cynthia Woods 9 10-7 (D) (SF)................ T Cannon 108 G 18-1 (11-3) 2nd of 7, 3½l behind Colonel Keating (12-2) at Lingfield 2m 7f hcp 0-100 (5) hvy 8 PP/PP- Cap’n (269) A West 11 10-3......................................................J M Davies - - 80-1 (10-0) Won by Burrows Diamond (11-6) at Sedgefield 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gd 9 9-56UP Mistertommyshelby (14) R Potter 6 10-0.............................B Poste - - 16-1 (10-0) Won by One Fer Mamma (11-9) at Uttoxeter 3m hcp chs 0-105 (5) hvy in Dec 10 P580-6 Overtougeorge (17) C & A Pogson 8 10-0.......................P Armson (7) - - 33-1 (9-7) 6th of 7, well behind Da Vinci Hand (11-12) at Catterick 2m nov hcp chs (5) sft BETTING: 3 Invincible Cave, 9-2 Lord Sparky, 5 Peter’s Portrait, Allardyce, 6 Zuckerberg, 13-2 Freddy Fanatapan, 10 Loud As Lions, 33 Mistertommyshelby. RACING TV ‘NEWCOMERS’ NH FLAT RACE (GBB RACE) (5) 2m 4.00 Winner £2,178 (7 run) 1 Butch O Murphy 5 11-6 (F).....................................................A P Heskin - - 2 Hunky Mrs C Bailey 5 11-6................................................ J Andrews (5) - - 3 Mr Gold D McCain 5 11-6.....................................................T Gillard (5) - - 4 Propelled N Henderson 5 11-6 (SF)..................................N De Boinville - - 5 Anita’s Spirit D Shaw 5 10-13....................................................J Best - - 6 Odin’s Quest G L Moore 4 10-7.........................................Jamie Moore - - 7 Unstoppable (H) Miss J Davis 4 10-7...................................J M Davies - - BETTING: 13-8 Propelled, 5-2 Butch, 5 Mr Gold, Odin’s Quest, 16 Unstoppable, Anita’s Spirit, 25 Hunky. Essencial 3.10 Li Ez Tiger 1.30 Hu Fair And Square 7.30 Wo Famous Star 6.30 Wo Fightfortheroses 1.50 Sd Fleeting Blue 3.20 Sd Footstepsintherye 3.40 Li Freddy Fanatapan 3.30 Hu Frere D’armes 1.30 Hu Galante De Romay 3.00 Hu Galileo Silver 2.20 Sd Garth Rockett 2.40 Li Genuflex 2.30 Hu Get Phar 1.50 Sd Gine Sacre 3.20 Sd Gleneaglet 1.40 Li Glengeever 3.50 Sd Grey Atlantic Way 2.50 Sd Hajey 1.20 Sd Hidden Commander 1.20 Sd Hideo 2.20 Sd Highland Monarch 6.00 Wo Hillfinch 3.00 Hu Hit The Rocks 1.00 Hu Holly Hartingo 3.00 Hu Homemade Andrea 3.10 Li Hunky 4.00 Hu Hussard Brun 3.50 Sd Iceman Dennis 3.50 Sd “We’ll have to see what’s going to run, but it’s a ridiculous amount of money and it was worth an entry in case it cuts up.” Moore (left) believes Leopardstown’s left-handed layout would be ideal for Editeur Du Gite (right), who now has a British Horseracing Authority rating of 153. “He’s a horse that would travel — he’s got a great mindset, so that isn’t an issue, either — and it’s the right way round,” he added. “That’s the plan. Handicaps are out, anyway, so that’s what we’ve got to do.” SINGLE-SHOT STAR (Top in-form jockey with just one booked ride) Harry Skelton: FRERE D’ARMES (1.30 Huntingdon) Imperial Lord 12.20 Sd Impressions Dream 12.40 Li Invincible Cave 3.30 Hu Irish Millions 3.10 Li Isabella Ruby 7.00 Wo Ivetwiggedit 3.00 Hu Jastar 3.10 Li Joey’s Gift 1.30 Hu Joie De Vivre 1.20 Sd Julie Johnston 12.40 Li Karakoram 1.00 Hu Keep Right On 2.40 Li King’s Advice 6.30 Wo Kitty Hall 3.20 Sd Koeman 4.30 Wo Kotki 1.00 Hu Kotmask 2.30 Hu La Chica Lobo 7.00 Wo La Duchesse 5.30 Wo Lady Jane P 1.30 Hu Lady Pendragon 1.10 Li Lifetime Legend 2.30 Hu Lightening Gesture 5.30 Wo Lime Drop 3.20 Sd Lord Sparky 3.30 Hu Lorna Cole 7.00 Wo Lostnfound 1.20 Sd Loud As Lions 3.30 Hu Luckyangel 7.00 Wo Lyndale 12.20 Sd Mahale 3.40 Li Mahler Mission 12.20 Sd Mahler’s Promise 2.00 Hu Mashkuur 2.10 Li Methag 1.00 Hu Miss West 3.20 Sd Mistertommyshelby 3.30 Hu More Diamonds 3.10 Li Mr Ginja Ninja 8.00 Wo Mr Gold 4.00 Hu Mr Pc 7.00 Wo My Joker 7.30 Wo Mythical Madness 5.00 Wo Nate The Great 6.30 Wo Nefarious 2.40 Li Never Said Nothing 5.00 Wo Northern Falcon 12.20 Sd Nuble 1.40 Li Odin’s Quest 4.00 Hu Off The Beat 2.50 Sd Old Duke 1.30 Hu One Day 12.40 Li Ontherouge 3.50 Sd Our Power 2.00 Hu Overtougeorge 3.30 Hu Parisian Blue 3.00 Hu Parliament Hill 2.30 Hu Peace River 1.30 Hu Pearl Of Kuwait 7.30 Wo Perfect Focus 3.40 Li RTV Newsboy 1.00 ALBERIC 1.30 FRERE D’ARMES 2.00 OUR POWER 2.30 PARLIAMENT HILL 3.00 HOLLY HARTINGO 3.30 PETER’S PORTRAIT 4.00 PROPELLED BOUVERIE 1.00 ENLIGHTEN 1.30 FRERE D’ARMES 2.00 MAHLER’S PROMISE 2.30 KOTMASK 3.00 HOLLY HARTINGO (NAP) 3.30 LOUD AS LIONS 4.00 ODIN’S QUEST Going: Soft. Course: Right-handed flat, oval course of 1m 4f, nine fences per circuit and a run-in of 200 yards. Top Trainers: D Skelton 30-163 (18.4%), N Henderson 28-101 (27.7%), F O’Brien 19-74 (25.7%), K Bailey 19-115 (16.5%), O Murphy 17-70 (24.3%), G L Moore 15-115 (13.0%), Mrs C Bailey 14-61 (23.0%), A King 12-92 (13.0%), B Pauling 12-101 (11.9%), C Longsdon 11-114 (9.6%). Top Jockeys: Harry Skelton 24-132 (18.2%), Nico De Boinville 22-82 (26.8%), Ciaran Gethings 17-101 (16.8%), Paddy Brennan 15-74 (20.3%), Sam Twiston-Davies 15-90 (16.7%), David Bass 14-89 (15.7%), Aidan Coleman 12-75 (16.0%), Gavin Sheehan 10-70 (14.3%), Tom Cannon 10-74 (13.5%), Jack Quinlan 10-153 (6.5%), Jamie Moore 9-91 (9.9%), Tom Scudamore 8-51 (15.7%). CHEEKPIECES: 1.00 Karakoram, Shanroe Tic Tec, 2.00 Dorking Lad*, Our Power, 2.30 Genuflex*, 3.30 Freddy Fanatapan*, Invincible Cave. TONGUE STRAPS: 1.00 Alberic, Karakoram, Kotki*, Ratoute Yutty, Smoking Pigeon*, 2.30 Genuflex, 3.00 Stoppers Sista*, 3.30 Cap’n, Lord Sparky, Loud As Lions. (*=1st time). 1ST RUN SINCE WIND OP: 1.00 Kotki, Smoking Pigeon, 3.30 Loud As Lions. 1ST TIME HOODS: 4.00 Unstoppable. Profitable races for Favs: 2.30. TOP JOCKEYHarry Skelton Peter’s Portrait 3.30 Hu Stop Talking 12.50 Sd Presentedwithwings 1.50 Sd Stoppers Sista 3.00 Hu Presenting Pete 1.30 Hu Subjective Value 5.30 Wo Progressive 4.30 Wo Sullivan’s Brow 12.20 Sd Propelled 4.00 Hu Surewecan 7.00 Wo Province 3.10 Li Taaqat 7.30 Wo Pure Charmer 8.00 Wo Thanksforthehelp 1.30 Hu Race Card 1.10 Li The Deise Man 12.20 Sd Ratoute Yutty 1.00 Hu The King Of May 2.20 Sd Ravenscar 3.20 Sd The Mighty Arc 12.50 Sd Reeceltic 1.10 Li The Sumba Island 3.00 Hu Rewired 2.30 Hu The Tron 7.00 Wo Right Action 5.00 Wo Thegreyvtrain 7.00 Wo Road Warrior 2.20 Sd Therehegoes 8.00 Wo Rubytwo 1.20 Sd Three Castles 1.50 Sd Run Forrest Run 2.40 Li Tinkerstar 7.30 Wo Russian Rumour 3.00 Hu Totes Emosh 8.00 Wo San Francisco Bay 5.30 Wo U A E Fifty 2.10 Li Santa Florentina 1.40 Li Unstoppable 4.00 Hu Satanic Moon 6.00 Wo Vincenzo Coccotti 12.40 Li Seprani 12.40 Li Vocatus 5.00 Wo Shanghai Rock 12.40 Li Von Melas 1.00 Hu Shanroe Tic Tec 1.00 Hu Walkonthewildside 1.30 Hu Share The Profits 8.00 Wo Western Wolf 3.50 Sd Silverscape 2.10 Li Who Cares Wins 1.40 Li Smoking Pigeon 1.00 Hu Won Love 12.40 Li Son Of The Somme 1.20 Sd Zolfo 2.50 Sd Sourire Secret 1.10 Li Zuckerberg 3.30 Hu Spike Jones 12.20 Sd Zwicky 3.50 Sd

FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 41 irishmirror.ie/sport DMEEIR SEDGEFIELD wolverhampton SKY SKY 12.20 GO RACING WITH VICKERS.BET MAIDEN HDLE (GBB RACE) (4) 2m 4f Winner £5,651 (8 run) 1 FP-410 Imperial Lord (36) J Coulson 6 11-8..................................... F Gregory - - 12-1 (11-4) 11th of 16, 31l behind War Soldier (10-7) at Newcastle 2m NH flat (5) gs in Dec 2 0830P- Lyndale (294) C Grant 7 11-8............................................. Sean Quinlan - - 300-1 (11-0) Won by Paros (10-13) at Musselburgh 2m nh nov hdl (3) gs in Mar, 7 ran 3 2/32 Mahler Mission (16) J McConnell (IRE) 6 11-8 (SF)...................J Bowen ●115 GY 3-1 (11-10) 2nd of 12, 7l off Split The Bucket (12-0) at Limerick 2m 3f auct mdn hdle hvy 4 393-67 Northern Falcon (216) (H) Miss P Robson 7 11-8 (EW)............H Brooke 72 G 12-1 (11-0) 7th of 10, 36l behind The Wrekin (11-5) at Hexham 2m nh nov hdl (3) gd 5 2153 Spike Jones (29) (H) S Drinkwater 5 11-8...........................D Burton (5) 107 S 6-1 (11-4) 3rd of 7, 16l behind Fine Casting (11-4) at Ffos Las 2m mdn hdl (4) hvy in Dec 6 3-16 Sullivan’s Brow (18) D McCain 7 11-8.................................. B Hughes - - 17-2 (11-0) 6th of 12, 28l behind Grey Dawning (11-0) at Wetherby 2m NH flat (5) sft 7 65P The Deise Man (33) S Doyle (IRE) 6 11-8.............................A Doyle (7) - - 4-1 (12-2) Won by Gold Emery (12-2) at Borris House 3m ire ptp sft in Dec, 9 ran 8 1-1242 Betty Baloo (57) T Easterby 6 11-1 (BF) (F)...........................J Hamilton 111 G 4-7fav (11-4) 2nd of 5, 1½l behind Fiadh (11-4) at Newcastle 2m 4f mdn hdle (4) gd BETTING: 11-8 Mahler Mission, 2 Betty Baloo, 8 Spike Jones, Sullivan’s Brow, 12 Imperial Lord, 14 Northern Falcon, 25 The Deise Man, 200 Lyndale. 2021: Race abandoned due to Frozen course. 12.50 VICKERS.BET ONLINE NOVICES’ HANDICAP CHASE (GBB RACE) (4) 2m 5f Winner £7,515 (7 run) 1 61-431 Dubai Days (24) (H) N Alexander 8 11-12 (D) (F)....................... C O’Farrell 126 S 3-1 (10-13) Won at Ayr 2m 4f nov hcap ch (3) sft beating Royal Arcade (10-13) by ¾l 2 732-13 The Mighty Arc (35) C Longsdon 7 11-10............................... B Hughes 124 GS 4-1 (11-10) 3rd of 10, 4½l behind Dr Sanderson (11-9) at Doncaster 2m 3f hcp chs (4) gs 3 42-612 Cooper’s Cross (48) W Coltherd 7 11-9 (BF, C) (SF)............... S Coltherd 125 GS 7-4fav (10-6) 2nd of 4, 1¾l off Winds Of Fire (10-10) at Newc 2m 7f nov Ltd hcap ch (3) gs 4 664-62 En Meme Temps (59) P Kirby 8 11-7............................J Williamson (5) ●127 GS 9-1 (11-5) 2nd of 9, ½l off African Dance (11-12) at Ayr 2m 4f Nov Ltd Hcap Chase (4) gs 5 4-1357 Stop Talking (80) J Candlish 10 11-7 (D)........................... Sean Quinlan 125 S 22-1 (11-7) 7th of 9, 40l behind Could Be Trouble (11-12) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 4f (4) gs 6 00-P4P Bulldoze (180) M Hammond 7 11-2...........................................A Cawley 119 G 8-1 (12-0) Won by Thisonesforollie (11-7) at Tipperary 2m 3f beg chs in Jul, 16 ran 7 233-PP Cool Country (201) M Todhunter 7 10-5.................................C Bewley - - 6-1 (11-7) Won by Sword Of Fate (11-3) at Cartmel 2m 1f hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Jun, 9 ran BETTING: 5-2 Dubai Days, 10-3 Cooper’s Cross, 4 The Mighty Arc, En Meme Temps, 10 Bulldoze, 12 Stop Talking, 14 Cool Country. 1.20 CAZOO HANDICAP HURDLE (DIV 1) (5) 2m 4f Winner £4,466 (11 run) 1 43-511 Cailin Dearg (19) R Dobbin 7 12-1 (CD) (F)...........................Craig Nichol 98 S 2 679159 Joie De Vivre (59) M Todhunter 7 11-12 (CD).........................A Doyle (7) 103 GS 3 11-783 Cash Again (19) B Haslam 10 11-10 (CD) (EW)......................... R McLernon 100 S 4 -27623 Rubytwo (27) (B) N Richards 10 11-10 (D)............................D McMenamin 104 S 5 666-2 Son Of The Somme (49) B Ellison 7 11-8 (SF)..........................H Brooke 101 G 6 P66-65 Hidden Commander (53) P Kirby 7 11-6............................. S Coltherd 95 G 7 7-7004 Lostnfound (19) D Thompson 9 11-2 (C).................................. B Hughes 98 S 8 3-7597 Hajey (27) T Waggott 5 11-1................................................T Midgley (7) 93 G 9 0-8075 Bollin Phoenix (19) (B) T Easterby 5 10-8...........................J Hamilton 98 S 10 P5-637 Amma Lord (25) (V) R Menzies 6 10-4...............................N Moscrop (3) 97 S 11 3-0P87 Burdigala (19) M Hammond 9 10-0..........................................A Cawley ●105 GS BETTING: 5-2 Cailin Dearg, 4 Son Of The Somme, Rubytwo, 8 Cash Again, 10 Joie De Vivre, 12 Lostnfound, Bollin Phoenix, 14 Hidden Commander. 1.50 CAZOO HANDICAP HURDLE (DIV 2) (5) 2m 4f Winner £4,466 (11 run) 1 55-587 Captain Moirette (13) J Moffatt 10 11-12............ Charlotte Jones (5) 93 H 2 4-5528 Presentedwithwings (28) D Bourke 8 11-9 (D)....................A Cawley 102 S 3 6-5091 Three Castles (25) K Dalgleish 6 11-9 (D) (F)..................D McMenamin 102 G 4 242224 Coup De Gold (17) D Thompson 6 11-8.................................... B Hughes ●107 GS 5 6-324 Annies Prayer (36) J Candlish 5 11-6 (SF)....................... Sean Quinlan 103 GS 6 784353 Fightfortheroses (19) B Haslam 7 11-3.......................... R McLernon - - 7 328900 Get Phar (13) D Brooke 6 11-1...................................................H Brooke 98 S 8 5545-6 Bravantina (19) R Menzies 7 10-9 (EW)...........................N Moscrop (3) 105 S 9 495263 Brickadank (27) M Hammond 6 10-4...................Miss Becky Smith (3) 106 S 10 4252-P Arcanja (77) (V) R Menzies 8 10-3............................................C Bewley - - 11 95-348 Bullion (74) E Williams 9 10-0.................................. Isabel Williams (5) 105 G BETTING: 11-4 Three Castles, 5 Annies Prayer, 6 Coup De Gold, Brickadank, Fightfortheroses, 12 Bullion, 14 Presentedwithwings, Arcanja, Bravantina. 4.30 PLAY 4 TO WIN AT BETWAY APPRENTICE HANDICAP (4) 1m 4f Winner £4,995 (4 run) 1 (4) 3633-1 Chipiron (7) I Furtado 6 9-10 (C, D) (F)...................... Elle-May Croot (7) 87 ST 5-1 (9-0) Won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-85 (4) beating Three Platoon (9-1) by ¾l 2 (2) 96263- Angel On High (15) H Dunlop 5 9-5 (SF)...................T Hammer Hansen 91 ST 9-1 (9-9) 3rd of 11, 1¼l behind Trevolli (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) 3 (1) 75458- Koeman (15) M Channon 8 9-4 (CD)................................. Rose Dawes (7) ●93 SS 14-1 (9-7) 8th of 11, 7l behind Trevolli (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) 4 (3) 45/6-3 Progressive (2) N Henderson 5 9-2............................O Stammers (3) 87 ST 9-1 (9-4) 3rd of 4, 4l behind Trevolli (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (0-90) (3) pol BETTING: 13-8 Chipiron, 7-4 Angel On High, 4 Progressive, 6 Koeman. 2021: No corresponding race. 5.00 MANSIONBET PROUD PARTNERS OF AWC CLASSIFIED SELLING STAKES (6) 1m 1f Winner £2,970 (7 run) 1 (3) 1665-1 Never Said Nothing (11) (H) M Loughnane 5 9-3 (CD) (F).........P Prince 80 ST 2 (1) 15486- Elixsoft (28) K Tutty 7 8-12 (CD).................................Gemma Tutty (3) 82 ST 3 (4) 0955-4 Mythical Madness (6) D O’Meara 11 8-12 (CD)............. Mark Winn (7) 83 G 4 (5) 3667-4 Right Action (11) (V) P Evans 8 8-12 (C).......................Gina Mangan (5) 81 G 5 (2) 42167- Vocatus (42) (B) M Appleby 6 8-12...................................... T Marquand 84 H 6 (7) 5230-2 Across The Nile (11) J Ferguson 4 8-11 (SF)..............................H Doyle ●85 SS 7 (6) 065-63 Distinction (11) (V) K Burke 4 8-11....................................S Feilden (7) 81 G BETTING: 11-4 Across The Nile, 7-2 Never Said Nothing, 5 Distinction, 6 Right Action, 7 Vocatus, 8 Elixsoft, Mythical Madness. 2021: No corresponding race. 5.30 CORAL PROUD TO SUPPORT BRITISH RACING HANDICAP (5) (3-Y-O) 1m 1f Winner £3,510 (6 run) 1 (6) 033- Attentive (28) W Haggas 9-7 (F)........................................ T Marquand 74 ST 2 (3) 950D- San Francisco Bay (154) C Fellowes 9-6 (SF)..................J P Spencer 76 ST 3 (1) 14034- Lightening Gesture (19) K Burke 9-6.......................................C Lee 76 ST 4 (4) 42853- Subjective Value (122) C & M Johnston 9-5....................... J Fanning ●78 G 5 (2) 445- La Duchesse (123) M Botti 9-5................................................H Doyle 72 SS 6 (5) 067-2 Bearing Bob (11) M Loughnane 9-1.........................................D Probert 77 ST BETTING: 5-2 Attentive, 3 San Francisco Bay, 7-2 Bearing Bob, 6 La Duchesse, 7 Subjective Value, 8 Lightening Gesture. 2021: NURSE DEE 8 5, Laura Pearson(5) 14-1 (R Fahey), drawn (3), 8 ran. 6.00 WATCH RACING FREE ONLINE AT CORAL MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES (5) (3-Y-O) 1m 4f Winner £3,942 (6 run) 1 (2) 2 Charles St (6) G Boughey 9-5 (SF)...........................................H Doyle ●77 ST 2 (3) Highland Monarch A Balding 9-5 (F)................................D Probert - - 3 (5) Satanic Moon C & M Johnston 9-5.............................................J Hart - - 4 (6) 8- Boudica Warrior (29) Alice Haynes 9-0................T Hammer Hansen 62 SS 5 (4) 9- Claremont Avenue (65) C & M Johnston 9-0..................... J Fanning 63 ST 6 (1) 5- Convince (29) C Fellowes 9-0.............................................J P Spencer 61 SS BETTING: 8-11 Charles St, 4 Highland Monarch, 5 Satanic Moon, 12 Convince, 14 Claremont Avenue, 20 Boudica Warrior. 2021: No corresponding race. 2.20 JOIN THE VICKERS.BET CLUB HANDICAP CHASE (3) 2m 3f Winner £9,803 (7 run) 1 3-4711 Galileo Silver (19) (B) S Thomas 7 11-12 (C) (SF)..................J Tudor (3) 130 H 9-4fav (11-7) Won at Huntingdon 2m 4f nov hcp chs (4) hvy bt Wheesht (11-2) by 16l 2 50-464 The King Of May (16) B Ellison 8 11-11 (C)............................... B Hughes 131 H 7-2 (11-12) 4th of 6, 22l behind Cedar Hill (11-7) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp chs 0-130 (3) hvy 3 874811 Dr Sanderson (35) B Haslam 8 11-10 (D) (F)....................... R McLernon 127 G 10-3fav (11-9) Won at Doncaster 2m 3f hcp chs (4) gs beating Java Point (11-9) by ½l 4 955-P5 Ashutor (23) Mrs S Leech 8 11-10 (D)......................................L Williams ●134 S 25-1 (10-12) 5th of 6, 13l behind Not Available (11-1) at Ludlow 2m hcp chs 0-145 (2) gs 5 1-4931 Road Warrior (19) R Menzies 8 11-9 (CD)................................H Brooke 128 G 10-3 (11-5) Won at Sedgefield 2m 3f hcp chs (4) sft beating Poldark Cross (11-12) by 4½l 6 /241-6 Commis D’Office (34) V Williams 10 11-5...............................C Deutsch 132 GS 4-1 (10-2) Last of 6, 19l behind Xcitations (11-1) at Doncaster 2m hcp chs 0-140 (3) gs 7 33-384 Hideo (18) M Hammond 5 10-10........................Emma Smith-Chaston (7) 104 S 25-1 (9-10) Last of 4, 44l off Midnight River (11-2) at Wetherby 2m 3f nov hcap ch (3) sft BETTING: 7-4 Galileo Silver, 3 Road Warrior, 9-2 Dr Sanderson, 6 Commis D’Office, 8 The King Of May, 20 Hideo, Ashutor. 2.50 TRY CASINO AT VICKERS.BET HANDICAP CHASE (4) 3m 2f Winner £7,515 (9 run) 1 4P-08P Zolfo (16) J Candlish 10 11-12.............................................. Sean Quinlan ●123 S 12-1 (10-12) Won by Cedar Hill (11-7) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp chs 0-130 (3) hvy in Dec, 6 ran 2 F41-56 Chanting Hill (36) N Alexander 8 11-11...................................H Brooke 113 G 8-1 (11-1) 6th of 9, 26l behind Scoop The Pot (10-11) at Newcastle 2m 7f hcp chs (4) gs 3 315-51 Don Herbager (37) V Williams 8 11-10 (SF)............................C Deutsch 111 H 3-1fav (11-12) Won at Lingfield 2m 7f hcp chs (5) hvy bt Hatchet Jack (10-9) by 3½l 4 5520-P Off The Beat (39) A M Thomson 8 11-9......................................R Mania - - 7-2 (11-10) Won by Magna Sam (11-12) at Musselburgh 3m hcp chs 0-110 (4) gs in Dec 5 52-565 Ard Chros (12) W Coltherd 10 11-6........................................ S Coltherd 115 S 9-1 (10-10) 5th of 6, 10l behind Seemorelights (11-10) at Ayr 2m hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft 6 -5P64F Dalkingstown (29) P Bowen 8 11-2 (F)....................................J Bowen 111 S 11-2 (11-0) Won by Danilo D’Airy (11-7) at Ffos Las 3m 1f hcp chs 0-110 (4) hvy in Dec 7 031225 Grey Atlantic Way (19) (B) D Brooke 9 10-8 (C) (EW)........Craig Nichol 115 SH 18-1 (10-12) 5th of 14, 23l off Morozov Cocktail (11-7) at Wetherby 3m nov hcp chs (5) sft 8 323-23 Cudgel (16) J Walton 9 10-6 (BF)............................................ C O’Farrell 120 GS 9-4fav (10-4) 3rd of 6, 27l off Buddha Scheme (11-3) at Kelso 3m 2f amat hcap ch (4) hvy 9 60-P84 Ballintogher Boy (42) C Grant 8 10-0............................A Doyle (7) 100 S 6-1 (10-0) 4th of 8, 11l behind No Cruise Yet (10-9) at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp chs (5) sft BETTING: 7-4 Don Herbager, 4 Dalkingstown, 8 Cudgel, Chanting Hill, 10 Grey Atlantic Way, Zolfo, Off The Beat, 14 Ard Chros, 16 Ballintogher Boy. 3.20 CAZOO SEARCH DRIVE SMILE MARES’ HANDICAP HURDLE (5) 2m 1f Winner £4,466 (8 run) 1 9-6111 Lime Drop (36) H Daly 6 11-12 (SF)........................................T J O’Brien 105 G 2 P2-461 Alright Marlene (13) J Coward 9 11-12.........................A Edwards (3) 105 S 3 P-7339 Gine Sacre (67) Miss P Robson 6 11-8.......................................H Brooke 93 GS 4 59/670 Ravenscar (19) P Kirby 6 11-5.....................................J Williamson (5) 102 GS 5 223456 Durragh (25) D McCain 5 10-6 (EW)......................................... B Hughes ●112 G 6 -64UP0 Kitty Hall (42) B Butterworth 8 10-2 (D).......................... Sean Quinlan 106 S 7 44 Fleeting Blue (16) (H) T Coyle 4 10-0 (F)............................. C O’Farrell 101 S 8 5066 Miss West (54) E Williams 5 10-0............................. Isabel Williams (5) 92 GS BETTING: 6-4 Lime Drop, 5-2 Alright Marlene, 11-2 Gine Sacre, 10 Durragh, Fleeting Blue, 12 Miss West, 25 Ravenscar, 33 Kitty Hall. 3.50 GOOD LUCK EMMA FROM SEDGEFIELD OPEN NH FLAT RACE (5) 2m 1f Winner £2,614 (7 run) 1 56-22 Glengeever (69) B Lund 6 11-6........................................... Doubtful 2 0 Hussard Brun (201) R Hobson 5 11-6..........................Lilly Pinchin (5) - - 3 Western Wolf Miss T Jackson 6 11-6.................................S Mulqueen - - 4 9 Zwicky (43) P Kirby 5 11-6............................................J Williamson (5) 71 S 5 Chase A Fortune C Grant 4 10-7................................... Sean Quinlan - - 6 2 Iceman Dennis (27) D McCain 4 10-7 (SF)............................... B Hughes ●106 G 7 Ontherouge P Niven 4 10-7 (F)..............................................C Bewley - - BETTING: 1-3 Iceman Dennis, 4 Ontherouge, 14 Hussard Brun, Chase A Fortune, 33 Zwicky, 50 Western Wolf. 6.30 BETWAY HANDICAP (3) 2m 120yds Winner £6,920 (4 run) 1 (2) 05/78- King’s Advice (105) C & M Johnston 8 9-12 (C)........................J Fanning 93 G 10-1 (10-0) 8th of 9, 16l behind Rajinsky (9-6) at Ascot 2m hcp 0-95 (3) gs in Oct 2 (4) 07042- Nate The Great (44) A Balding 6 9-11 (BF, CD) (F)..............W Carver (3) 95 ST 2-1fav (9-6) 2nd of 6, nk behind Imperium (9-10) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-95 (3) pol 3 (1) 85151- Author’s Dream (28) (V) W Knight 9 9-7 (CD)................... T Marquand 96 SS 16-5 (10-0) Won at Southwell 2m 2f hcp (4) in Dec beating Kitten’s Dream (8-10) by 2¼l 4 (3) 213-1 Famous Star (11) S & E Crisford 4 8-6 (CD) (SF)....................H Burns (5) ●97 ST 5-2 (8-12) Won at Wolverhampton 2m app hcp (4yo+) (4) beating Oceanline (9-9) by 2½l BETTING: 13-8 Famous Star, 2 Author’s Dream, 5-2 Nate The Great, 10 King’s Advice. 2021: No corresponding race. 7.00 BETWAY CLASSIFIED STAKES (6) 5f Winner £2,970 (11 run) 1 (2) 89676- Ascot Jungle (27) (H) C Hobson 5 9-2......................C Hutchinson (5) ●65 G 2 (7) 8620-0 Captain Ryan (7) G Deacon 11 9-2 (CD)................................T Heard (5) 57 GS 3 (11) 75807- Dodgy Bob (116) (B) M Mullineaux 9 9-2..................... F McManoman (3) 53 GF 4 (9) 8860-5 Isabella Ruby (9) L Williamson 7 9-2 (C)................. Joanna Mason (3) 49 SS 5 (3) 02807- La Chica Lobo (16) (H) L Williamson 5 9-2................................C Hardie 57 GS 6 (5) 68767- Lorna Cole (23) C Wallis 6 9-2 (CD) (EW)...................................H Doyle 58 ST 7 (8) 95960- Luckyangel (52) (H) M Mullineaux 5 9-2.................................D Probert 49 GF 8 (4) 50000- Mr Pc (18) (B) A Carroll 4 9-2.................................................... J Watson 37 G 9 (1) 5255-7 Surewecan (7) Sarah Hollinshead 10 9-2.................................W Cox (3) 61 G 10 (6) 7504-2 Thegreyvtrain (10) R Harris 6 9-2 (CD) (F)........................... R Hornby 63 ST 11 (10) 8342-1 The Tron (3) (V) D Shaw 4 9-2 (D) (SF).......................... Morgan Cole (7) 64 ST BETTING: 11-4 The Tron, 7-2 Thegreyvtrain, 6 Ascot Jungle, 7 Isabella Ruby, 8 Lorna Cole, 10 Mr Pc, 12 Surewecan, 14 Dodgy Bob. 2021: No corresponding race. 7.30 CORAL PROUD TO SUPPORT BRITISH RACING HANDICAP (DIV 1) (6) (3-Y-O) 5f Winner £2,970 (9 run) 1 (8) 000- Coolmeen Vega (92) D O’Meara 9-9 (F)................................ J Watson 72 G 2 (2) 946- Taaqat (27) J Tate 9-8....................................................... T Marquand 69 ST 3 (5) 0280- Pearl Of Kuwait (32) M Usher 9-7.......................Ellie Mackenzie (5) ●74 ST 4 (9) 52456- My Joker (18) M Attwater 9-7.................................................W Cox (3) 66 ST 5 (7) 32048- Bonita B (32) M Channon 9-6....................................T Hammer Hansen 73 G 6 (6) 465- Emerald Lady (34) K Burke 9-5 (SF)............................................C Lee 67 ST 7 (4) 83337- Fair And Square (29) (B) R Harris 9-3 (EW).......................... R Hornby 72 GF 8 (1) 30296- Tinkerstar (16) Phillip Makin 9-0.........................................T Hamilton 72 GF 9 (3) 70685- Al Tilal (16) S Dixon 8-4.....................................................J Duern (3) 72 ST BETTING: 3 Emerald Lady, 4 Taaqat, 5 Coolmeen Vega, 6 Tinkerstar, 8 Al Tilal, Fair And Square, 12 My Joker, Bonita B, 16 Pearl Of Kuwait. 2021: No corresponding race. 8.00 CORAL PROUD TO SUPPORT BRITISH RACING HANDICAP (DIV 2) (6) (3-Y-O) 5f Winner £2,970 (9 run) 1 (9) 0651- Share The Profits (16) W Knight 9-8 (D) (SF).................. T Marquand 70 ST 2 (4) 38353- Alaskan Jewel (132) A Keatley 9-7...................................L Edmunds ●74 ST 3 (7) 784- Battle Point (32) R Hannon 9-7 (F)......................................D Tudhope 69 ST 4 (8) 60523- Accelerando (50) S C Williams 9-7............................................J Hart 73 ST 5 (2) 30264- Benzema (50) (H) D O’Meara 9-6............................................. J Watson 72 G 6 (1) 24459- Therehegoes (15) R Brisland 9-4 (D).....................................D Probert 72 ST 7 (6) 3694-9 Pure Charmer (13) (B) A Watson 9-2 (EW)................................H Doyle 70 G 8 (3) 8970- Totes Emosh (16) (B) N Tinkler 8-9.......................... F McManoman (3) 70 ST 9 (5) 63649- Mr Ginja Ninja (16) D Shaw 8-2 (BF)......................................C Hardie 70 ST BETTING: 3 Accelerando, 7-2 Share The Profits, 4 Battle Point, 7 Benzema, 8 Alaskan Jewel, 10 Therehegoes, 12 Pure Charmer, 14 Mr Ginja Ninja, 25 Totes Emosh. 2021: No corresponding race. SP• T FORM p SP• T FORM p SP• T FORM p Going: Standard. Course: (AW) Left-handed all-weather Polytrack of 1m 2f, 2f run-in. DRAW: AWT-Little effect. Top Trainers: R Hannon 90-556 (16.2%), C & M Johnston 82-417 (19.7%), W Haggas 54-198 (27.3%), S Dow 39-360 (10.8%), R Hughes 39-311 (12.5%), A Carroll 38-403 (9.4%), M Channon 31- 269 (11.5%), M Attwater 26-393 (6.6%), J Bridger 26-380 (6.8%), D M Simcock 25-188 (13.3%), G Baker 24-174 (13.8%), P Phelan 22-190 (11.6%). CHEEKPIECES: 12.40 Shanghai Rock, Vincenzo Coccotti, 2.10 Already Gone, 2.40 Garth Rockett, 3.10 Homemade Andrea, 3.40 Canzone. Top Jockeys: Luke Morris 103-947 (10.9%), Richard Kingscote 71-373 (19.0%), Kieran O’Neill 49-488 (10.0%), Robert Havlin 49-344 (14.2%), Sean Levey 44-316 (13.9%), Jack Mitchell 42-301 (14.0%), Liam Keniry 29-411 (7.1%), Rhys Clutterbuck 20-137 (14.6%), Cieren Fallon 16-191 (8.4%), George Rooke 16-227 (7.0%). 1ST TIME BLINKERS: 3.10 Irish Millions. TONGUE STRAPS: 12.40 Big Time Maybe, Won Love, 1.10 Lady Pendragon, 1.40 Nuble, 2.40 Garth Rockett, 3.10 Essencial, Irish Millions, 3.40 Acrion*, Footstepsintherye*. (*=1st time). 1ST TIME HOODS: 3.10 Buraback, 3.40 Footstepsintherye. LINGFIELD SKY 12.40 PLAY 4 TO SCORE AT BETWAY APPRENTICE HANDICAP (6) 6f Winner £2,970 (10 run) 1 (4) 7/153- Coolagh Magic (28) R Brisland 6 9-9 (C, D) (F).......... Harry Davies (7) 66 SS 2 (2) 7390-7 Shanghai Rock (11) R Cowell 4 9-9 (D).................................L Williams 66 GS 3 (9) 90748- Won Love (46) (H) J Tuite 4 9-7.............................................A Brookes 66 ST 4 (6) 1864-3 Big Time Maybe (10) M Attwater 7 9-6 (C)............................ C Howarth 62 SF 5 (3) 56297- Julie Johnston (14) J Bridger 4 9-6 (D).............................L Kent (5) 67 GF 6 (5) 68/7-0 Seprani (9) P Phelan 8 9-2 (CD)................................................ A Keeley 40 G 7 (1) 5409-0 Impressions Dream (4) C Cox 4 9-2..................... Deon Le Roux (7) 65 ST 8 (7) 60364- Bungledupinblue (16) J R Jenkins 4 9-2 (CD) (SF)................ L Browne ●68 GF 9 (8) 0767-8 One Day (10) (B) Mrs L Mongan 4 9-1...........................Molly Presland (3) 60 G 10 (10) 1954-0 Vincenzo Coccotti (8) P Chamings 10 9-1 (D) (EW)... Georgina King (5) 63 SF BETTING: 9-4 Coolagh Magic, 7-2 Big Time Maybe, 4 Bungledupinblue, 8 Shanghai Rock, 10 Vincenzo Coccotti, Won Love, 14 Julie Johnston, 25 One Day, Impressions Dream, Seprani. 2021: BREATH OF SPRING 5 9 6, Mohammed Tabti(5) 50-1 (L McJannet), drawn (2), 11 ran. 1.10 READ KATIE WALSH ON BETWAY INSIDER HANDICAP (5) 1m 4f Winner £3,510 (5 run) 1 (2) 85052- Lady Pendragon (30) (B) Martin Smith 5 9-10 (C) (F)...Jacob Clark (7) ●75 ST 2 (3) 7793-1 Race Card (9) (H) D M Simcock 4 9-9 (D) (SF)............................ H Turner 73 ST 3 (5) 128- Sourire Secret (19) R Brisland 4 9-6..................................D E Hogan 70 ST 4 (4) 32160- Reeceltic (197) (V) P Phelan 7 9-4 (CD).......................R Clutterbuck (3) 73 ST 5 (1) 5496-2 Cafe Sydney (7) A Carroll 6 8-10 (CD)......................................L Morris 74 GF BETTING: 11-10 Race Card, 9-4 Lady Pendragon, 9-2 Cafe Sydney, 12 Sourire Secret, 16 Reeceltic. 2021: GALAHAD THREEPWOOD 4 9 4, Tom Marquand 5-2 (M Channon), drawn (4), 11 ran. 1.40 PLAY CORAL RACING-SUPER-SERIES FOR FREE FILLIES’ HANDICAP (5) 1m 2f Winner £3,510 (5 run) 1 (1) 6361-1 Nuble (6) (H) M Botti 6 9-10 (CD) (SF)................................ C Howarth (7) 73 ST 2 (4) 07420- Gleneaglet (38) (H) C Fellowes 4 9-7...................................... H Turner 72 FM 3 (2) 5644-2 Classy Dame (11) R Eddery 4 9-5 (CD) (F)..................................C Fallon ●77 ST 4 (5) 66326- Who Cares Wins (15) A King 4 9-4 (BF)............................R Kingscote 76 SS 5 (3) 56724- Santa Florentina (26) P McEntee 4 9-2.............. Grace McEntee (3) 74 SS BETTING: 13-8 Nuble, 2 Classy Dame, 5 Who Cares Wins, 11-2 Gleneaglet, 14 Santa Florentina. 2021: No corresponding race. 2.10 WATCH RACING FREE ONLINE AT CORAL HANDICAP (4) (3-Y-O) 1m 2f Winner £4,995 (5 run) 1 (1) 15- Silverscape (37) R Teal 9-7.......................................... C Howarth (7) 81 SS 8-1 (9-1) 5th of 11, 5l behind Khathak (9-2) at Kempton 1m 2yo nov stks (5) pol in Dec 2 (2) 023-2 Achnamara (11) C & M Johnston 9-6 (SF)...........................A Breslin (5) ●82 ST 3-1 (9-4) 2nd of 4, ¾l behind State Legend (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp (5) 3 (4) 7432- Mashkuur (14) (V) S C Williams 9-3.....................................R Kingscote 80 ST 9-4 (9-7) 2nd of 5, 1l behind Already Gone (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol 4 (5) 56431- Already Gone (14) J S Moore 9-1 (CD) (F)................................L Keniry 80 G 9-2 (9-3) Won at Lingfield 1m 2f 2yo hcp (4) pol in Dec beating Mashkuur (9-7) by 1l 5 (3) 987-74 U A E Fifty (6) Alice Haynes 8-2.............................................. K O’Neill 76 SS 12-1 (8-9) 4th of 7, 1l behind Mcqueen (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol BETTING: 9-4 Already Gone, 5-2 Achnamara, 3 Mashkuur, 9-2 Silverscape, 12 U A E Fifty. 2021: SWINTON NOON 8 6, Theodore Ladd(3) 33-1 (M Appleby), drawn (1), 5 ran. 2.40 MANSIONBET PROUD PARTNERS OF THE AWC HANDICAP (5) 7f Winner £3,510 (8 run) 1 (2) 51307- Run Forrest Run (65) G Baker 4 9-9 (D) (EW).......................T Whelan 79 G 40-1 (9-7) 7th of 14, 5l behind Hover (9-9) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov 2 (3) 60954- Nefarious (26) S Dow 6 9-7 (D)............................................. J Mitchell 78 ST 22-1 (8-13) 4th of 10, 1¾l behind Equitation (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec 3 (7) 7/621- Blue Flame (17) E Dunlop 5 9-5 (D) (SF)..............................R Kingscote ●82 ST 3-1 (9-7) Won at Newcastle 7f hcp 0-70 (5) in Dec beating Shalaa Asker (9-13) by nk 4 (4) 97600- Garth Rockett (23) M Murphy 8 9-4 (CD)................................C Fallon 69 ST 66-1 (9-5) Last of 14, 25l behind Chookie Dunedin (9-0) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-70 (5) 5 (8) 3423-2 Capla Spirit (10) (B) G Kelleway 5 9-3 (C).................................R Havlin 80 ST 7-1 (9-2) 2nd of 10, ½l behind Impeach (9-6) at Lingfield 6f hcap 0-70 (5) pol 6 (5) 30642- Always Dreaming (25) M Loughnane 4 9-2............................L Morris 80 ST 6-1 (9-6) 2nd of 10, ½l behind Madrinho (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (0-65) (6) 7 (6) 37231- Keep Right On (44) (B) R Hannon 4 9-1 (CD) (F)...................... S M Levey 81 GS 7-1 (9-3) Won at Lingfield 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Rainbow Mirage (8-6) by hd 8 (1) 60537- Cape Greco (294) (V) J Long 7 9-0 (CD).............................. G Rooke (3) 78 ST 17-2 (8-12) 7th of 12, 5l behind Capla Crusader (9-5) at Lingfield 1m hcap 0-70 (5) pol BETTING: 5-2 Blue Flame, 4 Keep Right On, Capla Spirit, 5 Always Dreaming, 6 Nefarious, 12 Cape Greco, 14 Run Forrest Run, 33 Garth Rockett. 2021: No corresponding race. 3.10 CORAL PROUD TO SUPPORT BRITISH RACING HANDICAP (5) (3-Y-O) 7f Winner £3,510 (7 run) 1 (7) 7237-2 Jastar (11) G Boughey 9-9 (F)................................................... H Turner 74 ST 2 (5) 44625- Irish Millions (62) (B) W Haggas 9-7 (SF)................................C Fallon 76 ST 3 (1) 735- More Diamonds (30) R Hughes 9-7.................................. G Rooke (3) 72 G 4 (2) 538- Province (232) D Loughnane 9-4........................................R Kingscote 72 G 5 (4) 655- Essencial (17) M Botti 9-4....................................................D E Hogan 74 ST 6 (6) 64613- Buraback (28) (H) J Best & K Jewell 9-3 (BF, CD)........................R Havlin 74 ST 7 (3) 0184-2 Homemade Andrea (10) R Eddery 8-4 (D)..............................L Morris ●77 ST BETTING: 7-2 Irish Millions, 9-2 Jastar, 5 More Diamonds, Buraback, 11-2 Homemade Andrea, 6 Essencial, 8 Province. 2021: COLORANDO 9 6, David Probert 14-1 (M Botti), drawn (1), 10 ran. 3.40 BETWAY NOVICE STAKES (5) 6f Winner £3,942 (6 run) 1 (1) 5- Acrion (16) B Meehan 4 9-5 (F)..................................................L Morris 65 ST 2 (5) 6425-4 Canzone (3) D C Griffiths 5 9-5................................................ P Dennis 70 SS 3 (6) Footstepsintherye (H) M Harris 4 9-5............................... K O’Neill - - 4 (4) /364-8 Perfect Focus (6) L Carter 5 9-5 (SF)...........................C Murtagh (3) ●83 ST 5 (3) 86/86- Butcherofstockholm (306) R Brisland 5 9-0........... C Howarth (7) 43 ST 6 (2) 52348- Mahale (142) M Channon 4 9-0...............................................G Bass (5) 78 GF BETTING: 9-4 Perfect Focus, 5-2 Acrion, 7-2 Canzone, 6 Mahale, 8 Footstepsintherye, 16 Butcherofstockholm. 2021: No corresponding race. Newsboy 12.40 COOLAGH MAGIC 1.10 RACE CARD 1.40 CLASSY DAME 2.10 SILVERSCAPE 2.40 BLUE FLAME 3.10 ESSENCIAL 3.40 PERFECT FOCUS BOUVERIE 12.40 COOLAGH MAGIC 1.10 LADY PENDRAGON 1.40 CLASSY DAME (NB) 2.10 ACHNAMARA 2.40 BLUE FLAME 3.10 JASTAR 3.40 CANZONE Going: Standard. Course: Left-handed, very tight Tapeta allweather track of 1m, with a 330yd run-in. Races over 6f and 7f start on separate chutes. DRAW: Little effect. Top Trainers: P Evans 75-681 (11.0%), M Appleby 67-635 (10.6%), C & M Johnston 63-499 (12.6%), A Carroll 59-573 (10.3%), D O’Meara 52-461 (11.3%), M Loughnane 50-575 (8.7%), A Watson 50-301 (16.6%), W Haggas 49-157 (31.2%), R Hannon 48-379 (12.7%), M Botti 44-359 (12.3%), J Tate 42-203 (20.7%), K Burke 41-292 (14.0%), A Balding 32-189 (16.9%), S C Williams 31-191 (16.2%), S & E Crisford 30-155 (19.4%). Top Jockeys: David Probert 87-773 (11.3%), Hollie Doyle 79-564 (14.0%), Cam Hardie 58-716 (8.1%), Tom Marquand 57-435 (13.1%), Joe Fanning 51-398 (12.8%), Clifford Lee 35-257 (13.6%), Jason Hart 32-283 (11.3%), Rob Hornby 31-281 (11.0%), Jason Watson 30-186 (16.1%), Tony Hamilton 28- 209 (13.4%), Lewis Edmunds 28-207 (13.5%), Thore Hammer Hansen 13-117 (11.1%), Daniel Tudhope 11-154 (7.1%), Oliver Stammers 10-70 (14.3%), Jamie Spencer 10-53 (18.9%). 1ST TIME BLINKERS: 7.00 Mr Pc. CHEEKPIECES: 5.00 Across The Nile, 7.00 Lorna Cole, Surewecan, 7.30 Bonita B, Tinkerstar. TONGUE STRAPS: 5.00 Right Action, Vocatus, 6.30 Famous Star, 7.00 Ascot Jungle, Mr Pc. (*=1st time). 1ST TIME HOODS: 7.00 Luckyangel. Going: Soft-Good to Soft in places. Course: Left-handed, undulating oval track of 1m 2f, with eight fences per circuit. Top Trainers: D McCain 49-259 (18.9%), B Ellison 38-153 (24.8%), M Hammond 25-290 (8.6%), P Kirby 18-121 (14.9%), R Menzies 18-129 (14.0%), E Williams 13-47 (27.7%), J Candlish 12-69 (17.4%), C Grant 11-136 (8.1%), B Haslam 11-88 (12.5%), K Dalgleish 10-62 (16.1%), N Richards 7-30 (23.3%). Top Jockeys: Brian Hughes 87-372 (23.4%), Henry Brooke 36-211 (17.1%), Sean Quinlan 31-236 (13.1%), Danny McMenamin 19-84 (22.6%), Conor O’Farrell 13-110 (11.8%), Richie McLernon 12-105 (11.4%), Callum Bewley 10-133 (7.5%), Jamie Hamilton 9-119 (7.6%), Alain Cawley 8-87 (9.2%). Trainer Targets: P Kirby won the 1.20 in ‘19 and ‘20. B Ellison won the 2.20 in ‘19 and ‘20. CHEEKPIECES: 12.50 En Meme Temps, Stop Talking, 1.20 Cash Again, 1.50 Captain Moirette, Three Castles, 2.20 Ashutor, Road Warrior, The King Of May, 2.50 Ard Chros, Don Herbager*, Off The Beat, Zolfo, 3.20 Kitty Hall. TONGUE STRAPS: 12.20 The Deise Man*, 12.50 Bulldoze, The Mighty Arc, 1.20 Amma Lord, Cailin Dearg, 1.50 Arcanja, Bravantina, Bullion, Get Phar*, 2.20 Ashutor, Road Warrior, 2.50 Ard Chros, Cudgel*, Grey Atlantic Way, 3.20 Alright Marlene, 3.50 Hussard Brun*. (*=1st time). 1ST RUN SINCE WIND OP: 1.50 Arcanja. 1ST TIME HOODS: 12.20 Northern Falcon, Spike Jones, 3.20 Fleeting Blue. Profitable races for Favs: 3.50. Newsboy 12.20 MAHLER MISSION 12.50 DUBAI DAYS 1.20 SON OF THE SOMME 1.50 ANNIES PRAYER (NAP) 2.20 ROAD WARRIOR 2.50 CUDGEL 3.20 LIME DROP 3.50 ICEMAN DENNIS BOUVERIE 12.20 MAHLER MISSION 12.50 THE MIGHTY ARC 1.20 SON OF THE SOMME 1.50 COUP DE GOLD 2.20 ROAD WARRIOR 2.50 DON HERBAGER 3.20 LIME DROP 3.50 ICEMAN DENNIS Newsboy 4.30 ANGEL ON HIGH 5.00 ACROSS THE NILE 5.30 SAN FRANCISCO BAY 6.00 HIGHLAND MONARCH 6.30 FAMOUS STAR 7.00 THE GREYVTRAIN 7.30 EMERALD LADY 8.00 SHARE THE PROFITS (NB) BOUVERIE 4.30 ANGEL ON HIGH 5.00 ACROSS THE NILE 5.30 SUBJECTIVE VALUE 6.00 CHARLES ST 6.30 FAMOUS STAR 7.00 THE TRON 7.30 EMERALD LADY 8.00 ACCELERANDO TOP DOG’S BAGS KINSLEY: 11.06 Miss Eleanor (5-1-3) 11.21 Christopper (Nap) (1-3-5) 11.36 Thorney Bush (2-3-1) 11.51 A Hardy Act (6- 3-5) 12.06 Mini Moo (1-3-5) 12.21 Crooks Delilah (3-2-6) 12.36 Yahoo Sonia (2-1-6) 12.51 Prince Bobby (2-3-4) 1.06 Swift Lampoon (1-5-2) 1.21 Talldarkhandsome (6-5-2) 1.36 Hazelgrovealaska (2-3-5) 1.51 Headford Sir (6-3-4) SWINDON: 11.13 Magical Maple (1-5-4) 11.28 Vanessas Girl (1-4-6) 11.43 Come On Buddy (Nap) (5-4-1) 11.58 Ballymac Seamie (1-4-5) 12.13 Skibb Sky (3-2-6) 12.28 Mad We Are (6-3-2) 12.43 Paradise Mozart (5-2-6) 12.58 Beaming Pat (4-6-5) 1.13 Over Staked (4-3-1) 1.28 Toe Knee Hawk (6-2-3) 1.44 Fire Height Lola (5-3-2) 1.59 Hoolys Jetts (1-2-6) NEWCASTLE: 2.04 Street Icon (2-4-5) 2.19 Westforth Daisy (5-4-6) 2.36 Dunquin Puma (4-1-6) 2.54 Flomur Taylor (2-4-5) 3.09 Ice Of Diamonds (6-4-3) 3.26 Wraysbury Sky (6-2-3) 3.44 Gator Park (1-6-5) 4.04 Farloe Drogon (6-5-4) 4.23 Killieford Defoe (3-4-1) 4.43 Plan Of Escape (2-6-5) 5.03 Gartcloss Dakota (5-1-4) 5.22 Coolavanny Cloud (Nap) (3-2-5) TRAINERS: S & E Crisford 3-7 (43%), W Haggas 3-8 (38%), H Daly 3-10 (30%), M Harris 3-10 (30%), J Best & K Jewell 2-7 (29%), R Hobson 2-7 (29%), R Menzies 6-21 (29%), A Balding 5-18 (28%), A M Thomson 3-11 (27%), D Loughnane 3-11 (27%), G L Moore 8-32 (25%). JOCKEYS: Ryan Mania 5-13 (38%), Alan Doyle 2-6 (33%), Daniel Tudhope 4-12 (33%), Tyler Heard 2-6 (33%), Rhys Clutterbuck 5-16 (31%), Clifford Lee 3-10 (30%), Joe Fanning 3-10 (30%), Aidan Coleman 5-18 (28%), Tom Cannon 5-18 (28%), Paddy Brennan 4-15 (27%), Emma Smith-Chaston 1-4 (25%), Gina Mangan 2-8 (25%). IN FORM By road, trainer Peter Bowen sends Dalkingstown (2.50) on a 408-mile trip from Little Newcastle, Pembrokeshire to Sedgefield. LONGEST TRAVELLER FAMOUS STAR (6.30 Wolverhampton) 4pts win PRO-BET SPOTFORM GOINGS Heavy - H; Soft - S; Good to soft - GS; Good - G; Good to firm - GF; Firm - FM; Hard - HD; Yielding - Y; Yielding to soft - YS. A-W: Standard - ST; Slow - SL; Standard to fast - SF, Standard to slow– SS Trainer Pat Phelan and jockey Rhys Clutterbuck have a 75 per cent strike rate when teaming up at Lingfield — three wins from four runners. So look out for Reeceltic (1.10). STAT OF THE DAY FAB 4 TIPS NORTHERNER’S NAP DUBAI DAYS (12.50 Sedgefield) TOPSPOT FAMOUS STAR (6.30 Wolverhampton) NEWMARKET’S BEST GALILEO SILVER (2.20 Sedgefield) SPEEDHORSE REECELTIC (1.10 Lingfield)

42 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 Playing twice is not on lad FROM BACK PAGE side that contained ex-AFL player Connellan. Hours later, and almost 200kms away, the forwards then came on for Kerry in the 58th minute of their 1-23 to 0-5 win over Tipp. Connellan (above) said he was flabbergasted by the development. He added: “It’s stupid really, it’s a bit brain dead on the part of management to be honest. I don’t know Jack O’Connor. “I don’t know any of them really personally, I’ve met Tony a few times but Tony should have nothing to prove at this stage of the year. “I know he’s not a nailed on (Kerry) starter but Tony is a quality footballer. “All Jack O’Connor would have had to do is send someone down to look at that game. “He stuck out like a sore thumb in terms of how good he was. He’s by far above that level. “So you don’t need a to come on for 10 minutes in a game that’s already done after playing a game earlier. “ It’s January, who is that benefiting? Is that really benefiting Tony come June, July, August, leading into the time where Kerry are aiming to be? I don’t think that it is. “The same with Jack Savage, these are young players that need to be looked after.” O’Connor, now in his third spell as Kerry boss, claimed it was the players themselves that wanted to play in both games. The three-time All-Ireland winning manager said after the win over Tipp: “Tony and Jack were tremendous, I didn’t ask them to come up at all, they wanted to be involved. “That is great to see because those lads are mad to get every minute they can in a Kerry jersey, which is great.” colling time Cork’s Mark Keane has decided to quit AFL club Collingwood. The 21-year-old will not be returning to Australia and now looks set to link up with the Rebel hurlers. The player was home recently to help his club Ballygiblin claim the Munster junior hurling crown. They now face Manchester outfit Fullen Gaels in the All-Ireland semi-final. gaa basketball’s loss was One of the best things I brought to my game was that I knew my own limits blues hero Macauley sets the record straight over an unlikely GAA career cooney injury a blow for henry By JOHN FALLON Ballyhale Shamrocks on Henry Shefflin has Sunday week after picking suffered an early blow as up a serious knee injury in Galway manager with a challenge game. versatile defender Shane That’s a huge blow to Cooney in danger of the Galway champions missing the season. and Cooney, 26, who is Cooney (below), centreback for St Thomas when the coming days. due to undergo surgery in they completed four-ina-row in Galway in Flynn is also battling Galway forward Jason December, is out to recover from a of the hamstring injury All-Ireland club picked up early semi-final in the win over against Offaly. action manMacauley in action against Longford in the 2018 Leinster semi-final PROFILE CLUB: Ballyboden St Enda’s DATE OF BIRTH: 21/8/86 (35) Nickname: MDMA Height: 6’3 CLUB HONOURS 3 Dublin titles 2 Leinster titles 1 All-Ireland title County HONOURS 8 All-Irelands 10 Leinster titles 5 National Leagues 2 All Stars 1 Footballer of the Year (2013)

irishmirror.ie/sport football’s gain with dubs legend By KIERAN CUNNINGHAM THERE was never any confusion – Michael Darragh Macauley was always an unlikely footballer. His sporting passion was basketball – and music mattered to him much more than the GAA too. Indeed, he went to see The Libertines play two nights before his first All-Ireland final in 2011. That a man who hardly kicked a ball in his teens ended up as Footballer of the Year two years after that 2011 final is an extraordinary story – and one that is told well on TG4’s Laochra Gael next Thursday. “I had a difficult relationship with Gaelic football as a kid. The way I fell into it was that my best friend’s Dad at the time was the local manager so he’d have been very encouraging us to go and train,’’ said Macauley. “I remember Brian Stynes coming in to the school. This big giant man with this big giant cup. I didn’t know what it was. But I was five. “There was one infamous story when I was hugging the water tank in the attic, hiding so that I didn’t have to go training. I just wanted to play basketball.” At 12, Macauley lost his mother, Rosaleen – a teacher from Sligo – to cancer. And his father Michael, a GP from Donegal, passed away shortly after he won his second All-Ireland in 2013. Michael was bringing up three kids on his own so the decision was made for Michael Darragh to board in Blackrock College. “I was in a boarding school that didn’t play Gaelic football and it took a real back seat from first to fourth year,’’ he said. Ballyboden St Enda’s saw he could catch a ball and was athletic and he played a part when they became Dublin champions in 2009. That put him on Pat Gilroy’s radar. Gilroy gave Macauley his Dublin debut the following spring – away to reigning All-Ireland champions Kerry in the League. “It was my first game so I started reading a bit about what was being said about the Dublin team, stuff about us not winning there in 30 odd years,’’ he said. “I was going to be marking Aidan O’Mahony. I had never heard of him so went on to Google. Pat Gilroy had sold it to us. We were in and we were going to win the All-Ireland. “I always back myself. I didn’t think, ‘Oh, I have to mark your man’. I was thinking that he had to deal with me, that he hadn’t dealt with this before.” Denis Bastick, his former midfield partner with Dublin, once likened Macauley to a “rampaging rhino”. And his unorthodox style didn’t sit well with everyone – not that Macauley was ever bothered. “I set out my stall to win Footballer of the Year in 2013, as egotistical as that seems,’’ he said. “That was the best I could do for Dublin, to be the best player in the country that year. “I could run down the middle and find a good player. I didn’t have to be spinning balls off my left foot on the 45 yard line. “Just know your role. Dennis Rodman once had 19 rebounds in a game without scoring. Just doing his role, getting the ball and giving it to Michael Jordan. “One of the best things I brought to my game was knowing wasn’t my first love Michael Darragh Macauley admits he had to be coaxed into a career in GAA my limits.” Losing his father around the same time as he was announced Footballer of the Year was a tough blow. But Macauley has always had a positive personality and bounced back as quickly as he could. “I’ve done the whole feeling sorry for myself, and having no parents, and moping around. On a day to day, I just ask myself the same question – what would Mum and Dad want you to do right now? That’s the only thing that got me through,’’ he said. “Christmas is the one time I do feel sorry for myself. It’s about family and it’s never been the same.” Jim Gavin (right) replaced Gilroy as manager, and an extraordinary run of silverware followed. Macauley would finish up with eight All-Irelands but he was on the fringes for some of those. Getting dropped by Gavin after the drawn 2015 All- Ireland semi-final replay with Mayo was the first time he was really stung. “I felt hard done by. I was never shy of telling Jim that I felt hard done by,’’ he said. “I distinctly remember being in a hotel room with him and having choice words. That’s the way it is, I’m a competitor, that’s how I play the game, I genuinely felt that I was the best person to get us across the line from the start. “Jim’s a tough communicator. He keeps to himself, doesn’t give much away. I wanted him to give something away for me to bite on. “He was like an understanding Jim Gavin was like an understanding priest, nodding and taking my verbal abuse.. priest, nodding and taking my verbal abuse.” Macauley went on to make a big impact off the bench in both the replay and in the final win over Kerry. The 2017 season was one of his most difficult due to an unfortunate cruciate injury . And, though Dublin beat Tyrone to secure a fourth All- Ireland on the trot in 2018, Macauley had to wait until late on in the final against Tyrone to get the nod. “Jim wanted me to be a defensive midfielder. I didn’t think I could do that role to a high standard, and it didn’t suit me,’’ he said. “It cost me my place in 2018. I got a score at the end of the final and I felt more part of it. I’ve seen players that have fallen out with teams because they’ve had egos bigger than the team. It’s just a horrible look.’’ Macauley won his last All-Ireland under Dessie Farrell in 2020, but he didn’t get on the pitch. “When you go through sh*t together, you form a strong bond,’’ he said. “After that game, before the bus headed away, myself, Cian O’Sullivan, Paddy Andrews and Rory O’Carroll had a pint. It was a real ‘this is it’ moment. “None of us had an impact that day. I was the only one that even togged out. It felt like the last hurrah.’’ FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 43 unfortunateMichael Darragh Macauley Accident had me board stiff By KIERAN CUNNINGHAM FORMER Dublin star Michael Darragh Macauley has revealed that he nearly missed the entire 2017 season because he fell off a skateboard. Macauley tore his cruciate ligament before the start of that year’s Championship and there were conflicting reports that the injury had come in training or during the League final with Kerry. But Macauley, who retired a year ago, told TG4’s Laochra Gael the truth was that it came when he was messing around. “It was a skateboard, that’s the true story. At a wedding,’’ he said. “I got back for a few minutes in the All-Ireland semi-final but it was too late. “It was tough to have to sit out that Championship.” sam like it hotMacauley celebrates with Bernard Brogan after lifting the 2016 Sam Maguire at Croke Park RESULTS & FIXTURES Carabao Cup Semi-final First Leg Liverpool (0)........ 0 Arsenal (0)......... 0 Africa Cup Of Nations Group A Cameroon (1)....... 4 Ethiopia (1)......... 1 Toko Ekambi 8, 67 Hotessa 4 Aboubakar 53, 55 Cape Verde (0)..... 0 Burkina Faso (1).1 Bande 39 p W D L F A Pts Cameroon.................. 2 2 0 0 6 2 6 Burkina Faso.............. 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 Cape Verde................. 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 Ethiopia..................... 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 Badminton YONEX-SUNRISE India Open (New Delhi)—2nd rd: Men’s: N Nguyen (Irl) bt R Chittaboina (Ind) 21-17 21-13. Doubles: J Magee (Irl) & P Reynolds (Irl) bt Vaibhaav (Ind) & Nithin H.V. (Ind) 21-14 21-13. Basketball NBA: Indiana Pacers 100 Boston Celtics 119, Philadelphia 76ers 98 Charlotte Hornets 109, Washington Wizards 112 Orlando Magic 106, Atlanta Hawks 91 Miami Heat 115, New York Knicks 108 Dallas Mavericks 85, San Antonio Spurs 124 Houston Rockets 128, Utah Jazz 91 Cleveland Cavaliers 111, Chicago Bulls 112 Brooklyn Nets 138, Sacramento Kings 125 LA Lakers 116. Cricket Third Test—India v South Africa (Cape Town): India 223 (77.3 overs; V Kohli 79; K Rabada 4-73) and 198 (67.3 overs; R R Pant 100no; M Jansen 4-36). South Africa 210 (76.3 overs; K D Petersen 72; J J Bumrah 5-42) and 41-1 (12.0 overs). Ice hockey NHL: Boston Bruins 5 Montreal Canadiens 1, Dallas Stars 5 Seattle Kraken 2, Arizona Coyotes 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 1. MOTOR RACING Dakar Rally (Saudi Arabia)— Stage 11 (Bisha-Bisha, Cars & Bikes: 346km): Cars: 1 N Al-Attiyah (Qat) Toyota 36h 49m 51s, 2 S Loeb (Fra) Prodrive at 33m 19s, 3 Y Al-Rajhi (Sau) Toyota at 1h 3m 43s. Bikes: 1 S Sunderland (Gbr) GasGas 37h 4m 5s, 2 P Quintanilla (Chi) Honda at 6m 52s, 2 M Walkner (Aut) KTM at 7m 15s. Snooker The Masters (Alexandra Palace London)—Quarter-Finals: N Robertson (Aus) bt R O’Sullivan (Eng) 6-4. Tennis ATP & WTA Sydney Classic (Australia)—Men’s Qtr-finals: (1) A Karatsev (Rus) bt (5) L Sonego (Ita) 6-2 3-6 6-2, (3) D Evans (Gbr) bt M Cressy (USA) 6-4 7-6 (7-5), (4) R Opelka (USA) bt B Nakashima (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2, A Murray (Gbr) bt (8) D Goffin (Bel) 6-2 ret. Women’s Qtr-finals: (1) B Krejcikova (Cze) bt C Garcia (Fra) 6-0 6-2, (4) A Kontaveit (Est) bt (7) O Jabeur (Tun) 6-4 0-0 ret, D Kasatkina (Rus) bt (2) G Muguruza (Spa) 6-4 6-4. Today’s diary (7.45pm unless stated) Premier League Brighton v Crystal Palace (8pm)............... (Live on Sky Sports Main Event) Africa Cup Of Nations Group B Malawi v Zimbabwe (4pm)........................ (Live on Sky Sports Premier League) Senegal v Guinea (1pm)........................... (Live on Sky Sports Football) Group C Gabon v Ghana (7pm).............................. (Live on Sky Sports Football) Morocco v Comoros (4pm)....................... (Live on Sky Sports Main Event) cinch Scottish Ch’ship: Partick v Kilmarnock (Live on BBC Scotland). BASKETBALL BBL Championship: Bristol v Leicester, Plymouth City v Surrey, Sheffield v Cheshire. CRICKET Fifth Test Match—day 2 of 5: Australia v England (Hobart, 4am). BBL Trophy First Round: Newcastle Eagles v London Lions. ICE HOCKEY Elite League: Belfast Giants v Cardiff Devils, Coventry Blaze v Sheffield Steelers, Glasgow Clan v Nottingham Panthers. RUGBY LEAGUE Betfred Challenge Cup (7pm)—1st rnd: Bridgend Blue Bulls v Royal Navy. RUGBY UNION Heineken Champions Cup Pool 2 (8pm): Cardiff Rugby v Harlequins, Castres v Munster. European Challenge Cup Pool 1 (8pm): Biarritz v Newcastle. Pool 3 (8pm): Brive v Pau. Greene King IPA Championship: Nottingham v Ealing Trailfinders.

44 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 Tennis AUSTRALIAN OPEN RADUCANU TAKES ON new WIFE OF footballer jozy By Neil McLeman EMMA RADUCANU will face the new wife of former Sunderland and Hull striker Jozy Altidore in her opening match at the Australian Open. The US Open champion (above, left) plays the 2017 New York winner Sloane Stephens in her first Grand Slam match since her own Flushing Meadows triumph. The British No.1 has struggled for form as a Grand Slam champion since September. But Stephens, 28, has won only one WTA match since the US Open as her world ranking slid down to world No.68. And the former world No.3 arrived Down Under after her New Year’s Day wedding to Toronto FC striker Altidore (both above right) in Miami Beach. “I really liked the symbolism of starting a new year completely fresh with a new beginning,” said Stephens. Andy Murray will face a familiar foe in Nikoloz Basilashvili in his first Australian Open for three years after beating the world No.23 on Wednesday at the Sydney Tennis Classic. “It’s a tough, tough draw,” said the five-time finalist. “Last night’s match was brutal, so I’d expect another difficult one.” DJOKOVIC IN EYE OF A STORM.. BY NEIL McLEMAN ANOTHER day of drama saw Novak Djokovic practice on his favourite court with the silence broken by the whir of an overhead news helicopter and dozens of clicking cameras. The unvaccinated Serb (above) is certainly public enemy No.1 in the Australian media. Two Channel Seven TV presenters were captured calling him a “lying a***hole” in leaked footage of an hilarious off-air chat. Immigration minister Alex Hawke was last night still to make a decision over deporting the world No.1 for a second time. After losing a first court battle, the Australian government is looking for a more solid legal case than just finding Djokovic morally objectionable. But the first Grand Slam of the season has already descended into farce with the delayed draw made yesterday – despite no confirmation that Djokovic will be allowed to defend his title. The nine-time champion is scheduled to play fellow Serb and world No.78 Miomir Kecmanovic in his opening match, unless he is on a plane home. DMEEIR CASTRES v MUNSTER COOMBES RAIDER SNOOKER the masters robbo’s jor-dropping By Hector Nunns World No.4 Robertson (left) Aussie Neil Robertson said: “Look, this is Ronnie’s took inspiration from home event and to play him basketball legend Michael here with 2,000 fans Jordan to down roaring him on is a big Ronnie O’Sullivan at challenge. the Masters. “I remember The 39-year-old Michael Jordan going ended the Rocket’s with the Chicago Bulls hopes of an eighth Masters to play at the New York title with a deserved 6-4 Knicks in a very hostile and win at Alexandra Palace. intimidating atmosphere.” FORMULA ONE HE’S NO TIME TO LEWIS Lewis Hamilton’s future in F1 has been thrown into further doubt after the FIA announced it won’t reveal details of their Abu Dhabi investigation until March 18 – the weekend of the season opener in Bahrain. We GAV FIREPOWER Coombes says Reds aren’t fazed by lack of tries. Inset, Crowley will start CHAMPIONS CUP POOL B P W D L Pd Bp Pts Harlequins...............2 2 0 0 28 1 9 Munster.....................2 2 0 0 27 1 9 Leicester Tigers ...2 2 0 0 9 1 9 Toulouse....................2 1 1 0 32 1 7 Bristol Bears ..........2 1 1 0 28 1 7 Connacht .................2 1 0 1 21 2 6 Bordeaux..................2 0 1 1 -3 1 3 Castres ......................2 0 0 2 -8 2 2 Wasps ........................2 0 1 1 -21 0 2 Stade Francais.......2 0 1 1 -27 0 2 Scarlets.....................2 0 1 1 -28 0 2 Cardiff.........................2 0 0 2 -58 0 0 TONIGHT’S TEAMS CASTRES MUNSTER T Larregain M Haley A Zeghdar A Conway T Combezou C Farrell P Aguillon R Scannell F Nakosi K Earls B Botica J Crowley SA Perrone C Murray A Tichit D Kilcoyne B Humbert N Scannell A Guillamon S Archer L Jacquet (c) F Wycherley J Whetton T Beirne M Kafatolu S Meka J O’Donoghue B Delaporte G Coombes P O’Mahony (c) TV TIMES: Live on BT Sport 3 from 7.45pm Hamilton (Inset) wants to see the outcome of the enquiry before deciding whether to continue as he remains disillusioned with the way Max Verstappen pinched the world title from under his nose. CHAMPIONS CUP pool B STADE PIERRE FABRE, 8pm Gav says Reds can find scoring touch & claim French win By DEREK FOLEY Castres rising to third place in the Top14 has worked in Munster’s favour ahead of their Champions Cup clash tonight. Home head coach Pierre-Henry Broncon has opted for 13 changes from the side that defeated Stade Francais last weekend with six internationals, including the entire front row, rested. Munster, by contrast, are going in almost fully loaded although Rory Scannell and Jack Crowley will deputise for the injured Damien de Allende and Joey Carbery. The game now represents real opportunity to not only secure last 16 qualification with a game to spare but also to nail down a potential home quarter-final. But Johann van Graan’s side will have been all too aware of their attacking deficiencies in their last two outings that have yielded just 26 points and only three tries. Munster No.8 Gavin Coombes is adamant though it is not a structural or a power problem despite the relative lack of Irish internationals in the front five. “I don’t think a whole pile has changed,” said Coombes in terms of how Munster go looking for tries from close in. “It is just execution and I think that will come. Look at last year, we were one of the best teams in Europe at scoring from that position. “I wouldn’t be too worried about it and I don’t think anyone in the group is.” It was an area Munster’s management were keen to address during the week all the same, while acknowledging there was a great deal of respect for the shift put in by both the Connacht and Ulster defences. “We are working on it in training every week,” continued Coombes. “Connacht obviously defended it very, very well, Ulster defended it very well and it is something we will have to work on after the last two weeks. “But I don’t think we are too worried, we have players that can score from that distance and we will be ready tonight.” Munster have made five changes to the team that defeated Ulster 18-13 and the return of skipper Peter O’Mahony who was withdrawn before kick-off at Thomond Park with a leg strain. Andrew Conway, Keith Earls, Conor Murray and Jack O’Donoghue are all back while Tadhg Beirne switches to second row. There is a first European start for out-half Crowley while Jake Flannery, son of Jerry, will make his Champions Cup bow if used from the bench. GOLF: big-hittER targeting more glory bryson: i can do a tiger By Neil Squires BRYSON DECHAMBEAU says he wants to have as big an influence on golf as Tiger Woods and is about to unveil the weapon that can help him do so. The Californian (right) thinks he has found a driver that will allow him to swing accurately at 200mph and reduce the world’s best courses to rubble. “We’re getting very, very close to having something that works at 200mph ball speed,” he said. “My passion is to play the best golf I can, number one. Number two, I want to grow the game to a level never been seen before. I want to grow it like Tiger did.”

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46 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 FOOTBALL SPY the original gossip column... latest NEWS... THE BIGGEST MOVES... SPURS TRY TO DItCH £63m FLOP NDOMBELE By John Cross TOTTENHAM are ready to offload midfield misfit Tanguy Ndombele to Italy. He was axed from the squad for their Carabao Cup semi-final with Chelsea, having stormed straight down the tunnel on Sunday after being booed off against Morecambe. That has put his future in doubt, but also leaves his club with a major problem because their £63million record signing is on £200,000 a week and it will be difficult to ship him out. Clubs in Spain and France would struggle to meet those sort of figures and Tottenham may look to offer him on loan or as a potential makeweight as they look to bolster their squad in January. The most likely market is Italy. Juventus have been sounded out as they look to strengthen their midfield. Spurs could loan out Ndombele (above) in the hope that he recaptures form to reignite his career in England or increase his value in the summer. Either way, it is highly unlikely that he will be part of Antonio Conte’s plans. The Tottenham coach is demanding reinforcements, and so technical director Fabio Paratici is attempting to do business in Italy in a determined bid to strengthen the squad. DMEEIR newcastle new striker trigger happy Burnley hitman so pleased that Toon matched buy-out clause By simon bird @SimonBird_ CHRIS WOOD admits even he didn’t think any club would trigger his £25million buy-out clause after his switch from one relegation rival to another. The New Zealand striker became the most expensive player aged over 30 in Premier League history when he quit Burnley for Newcastle. But the deal has caused bad blood, with Wood’s former club and fans furious at his departure after four-and-half years at Turf Moor. Wood said of his release clause: “I don’t think anyone thought it would be triggered. I knew it had been sitting there since we agreed a new deal. “Some people have them, some don’t. You are only as good as what a club can pay for you. In six months you could look back and say it is a great deal. “The number on the price tag doesn’t bother me. I have the same challenge. I am very aston villa have been told they can’t sign sheffield united keeper Robin Olsen until the blades find a replacement WOLVES are set to play hardball with Tottenham in their bid to land flying winger Adama Traore. The Spain international (right) is on Spurs’ radar, but Wolves are set to knock back talk of a loan deal. Tottenham would favour a shortterm arrangement until the end of the season, but that will get short shrift from the Midlands club. Boss Bruno Lage’s outfit reckon the former Barcelona player to be worth £30million. ARSENAL are in no rush to seal their loan for Juventus misfit Arthur Melo. Gunners boss Mikel Arteta wants the 21-cap Brazil international (above) to add competition for places in midfield. But while Melo has agreed to the switch, Juve won’t release him until they sign a replacement. And Arsenal, who will pay a small loan fee for the 25-year-old and cover his Arsenal wait for a hello to on-loan Melo wages in full, are ready to play a waiting game to get their man. Arteta needs cover as Thomas Partey and Mo Elneny are both away at the Africa Cup of Nations. Emirates centre-half Pablo Mari, 28, is expected to complete a loan move to Udinese within days. And back-up keeper Dejan Iliev will be released this month without making a senior appearance. RANGERS have moved ahead of Sheffield United and Blackburn in the race to sign Hearts’ defender John Souttar Digne ready to get stuck into United... just like Gerrard diD By James Nursey ASTON VILLA new boy Lucas Digne can’t wait to get stuck into Manchester United tomorrow. The France left-back (right) completed a £25million move from Everton yesterday, following Philippe Coutinho to the Midlands club. And there could be more new faces with the club’s billionaire owners ready to finance a £40m bid for Brighton holding midfielder Yves Bissouma. Digne left Everton after falling out with Rafa Benitez – and he criticised the Toffees boss in a parting shot on social media. But the defender insisted he was thrilled to be at Villa, who are aiming for their first league double over United since 1954. Digne said: “It is just magic to be here. It will be a big first game if I have the opportunity to play, I can’t wait. “I’m a winner and I want to win every time and show my quality.” Digne has starred for Everton since joining from Barcelona in 2018. But now he is relishing playing under Villa boss and Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard. Digne added: “I came here for the manager. It was the main factor. I feel his desire to win, to show attacking football, the possession. “It’s a big project after the signing of Philippe and the club spending a lot of money last summer. The project is really interesting.” But Digne was less polite about his former boss Benitez, and in a farewell to Everton fans he said: “Sometimes it only takes one person from outside to destroy a beautiful love affair. “Everything must come to an end. “I just did not expect it to end this way.” Everton have confirmed the loan signing of Villa winger Anwar El Ghazi (left) for the remainder of the season. The Dutchman becomes the third new recruit for the Toffees this month following the arrivals of full-backs Vitalii Mykolenko and Nathan Patterson on permanent deals. El Ghazi said: “I want to show my quality to my team-mates, to the club and, of course, the fans. I want to put a smile on their faces.” fresh start Burnley striker Wood shows off his new Newcastle shirt confident we will stay up. I was comfortable and settled at Burnley. You don’t achieve anything great being like that. “To be extraordinary and take my game to the next level, challenging myself at a massive club like Newcastle was the right option. “It was a no-brainer with everything around it. “I wanted to challenge myself. The manager (Eddie Howe) pushed to get me and wanted me and I felt my presence here was wanted, and as a striker you want to be loved.” Asked about being the most expensive player aged 30 and above, Wood said: “I was not aware of that. I have only just reached 30. I don’t feel too old. I am in the prime years of my life.” He has scored double figures in the last three Premier League seasons and will go straight into the line-up to face fellow strugglers Watford. Wood, who could now be joined by Sevilla defender Diego Carlos and Reims teenage striker Hugo Ekitike at St James’ Park, added: “For me there is no bad blood. “I wish I’d left with Burnley further up the league. You don’t plan these things, you just look at what is in front of you. I have nothing but great memories. But this was something I couldn’t turn down.”

DMEEIR irishmirror.ie/sport FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 47 ANDY DUNN Sport’s best writer £25m for Wood? Burnley can only shhh.. you won’t believe this Chris Wood celebrates his move to Newcastle yesterday Don’t quit at your pique, Hamilton be winners in the silly-money world of the Prem LET’S cut to the chase. So £25million for Chris Wood is exorbitant. With the obvious caveat that he has been playing in a team that does not create a mountain of chances, Wood has averaged one Premier League goal every three hours and 40 minutes over the past five seasons. In that time, he has scored one goal in nearly eight hours of EFL Cup football and one goal in just over five hours of FA Cup football. Since he began his spell at Burnley in 2017, he has produced five assists in 180 hours of Premier League football. He is an honest, hard-working, very decent footballer... but little wonder no one had appeared to have even thought of activating his release clause until a desperate and loaded Newcastle United came along. It might prove to be a masterstroke on Newcastle’s part, but 30-year-old Wood is spectacularly overpriced. A desperation to stay in the Premier League and the fact everyone knows they have got pots of Saudi cash means Newcastle will have to pay top dollar, obviously. The acquisition of Kieran Trippier was widely lauded, but the truth is they paid £12m for a 31-year-old defender whose prime days are probably behind him. And the Saudi spending this window – and the summer window – WILL have yet another inflationary It’s been grim for Dyche this season and it looks like it will get grimmer LEEDS RHINOS great Kevin Sinfield ran seven marathons in seven days and then 101 miles in 24 hours to raise money for research into motor neurone disease, which has struck his former team-mate and soulmate Rob Burrow. On Wednesday, he received an MBE at Windsor Castle (right) at the same time the lazy buffoon Boris Johnson – 20 miles away at the Palace of Westminster – was trying to b******t his way out of insulting a nation. What a shame humble Kevin is not the type of character running things. impact on the market. The starting point for any club approached by Burnley for one of their strikers will be... well, if Wood is worth £25m... And so on. The common wisdom, working on the basis that the striker would have turned round his current scoring form (three PL goals this season), is that Burnley will now have to spend the Wood money or they are doomed to relegation. In fact, noted Burnley fan John Kettley – yes, him – said so on talkSPORT the other day. The weatherman has not been this worried in five years, apparently. Well, here is a forecast, John. If your team goes down, the outlook in the Championship will not be too gloomy. You might win more than the odd game, for a start, which, the last time I looked, was pretty much the point of football. Winning games happens to be fun. When you were last in the Championship, you won 26 league matches in one season. You won comfortably more than one in two. Now, you win one in 17. You might even have the majority of possession in more than the odd game, which, the last time I looked, was pretty much the point of football. Only twice in 17 Premier League fixtures have you enjoyed more of the ball than your opponents – even playing second fiddle to Manchester United on one occasion. That is some indictment. It has been grim for Sean Dyche’s side this season and does not look like getting a lot less grimmer. But, honestly, what is the worst thing that can happen? You go down, give your fans 26 victories to cheer in a season and have a year off from being ritually humiliated by Manchester City? Let’s hope – because it’s such a nice club – that Burnley spend the Wood money wisely and it helps them to stay in the Premier League, if that is, for some reason, their be-all and end-all. But it should not be that. They have got silly cash for Wood and, even if it does not keep them in the Premier League’s land of milk and money, they will not be losers. In fact, they might start winning a few games. And the last time I looked, that was pretty much the point of football. Ron outlines Ralf’s impossible job CRISTIANO RONALDO has been relatively complimentary about Ralf Rangnick, saying he believes the German is “going to do a good job” and, already, has “changed many things”. Ronaldo also explained that “it isn’t that easy to change the mentality of players and the way they play, the culture, the system.” Leaving aside the fact that Ronaldo (with Rangnick, right) is pretty much implying the playing culture at Old Trafford is rancid, there is another obvious point. It’s not easy to change the mentality when your job is only going to last a few months. Whatever you think of him, Rangnick’s task is a pretty thankless one. FROM his home in Monte Carlo, or wherever he may be, Lewis Hamilton has kept a dignified silence. He popped back to the motherland for his gong (above) but has not been seen or heard of since. Which is understandable, considering the painful and acrimonious way in which he was denied an eighth world title. But let’s hope the rumours of him thinking about quitting Formula One as a result of the injustice in Abu Dhabi are untrue. Because while he was robbed in the last race, he got away with one when he took out Max Verstappen and won the British Grand Prix last season. These things go around and come around in sport. If Hamilton calls it a day because a decade and a half in the Formula One pressure cooker has taken its toll, then fair enough. But if he calls it a day because he is still miffed by the call of a race director, then it will be the tamest of retirements. If there is one way a fantastic driver such as Hamilton should go out, it is not in a blaze of bureaucracy. EMMA RADUCANU was hammered in under an hour by Elena Rybakina in the Sydney Invitational. The only worrying thing about it is that it might make Eddie Jones (right) – the underachieving England rugby coach who suggested the off-court distractions were a hindrance to the US Open champion (above) – feel like some sort of sage. God forbid.

48 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 brighton v crystal palace prem, amex stadium, kO 8pm vieira’s seeking some old heads to guide Eagles By Matthew Dunn way to go. The project – PATRICK VIEIRA is looking where we are – is still for experienced players to behind but we are really help his young Crystal looking forward to the Palace stars develop. game.” With talks over Arsenal Working for a boss who striker Eddie Nketiah, 22, has won both the World having reached a deadlock, Cup and the European Vieira’s priority has become Championship with France finding somebody to help must be a boost, but Vieira get the best out of the is adamant his own talent he already has. specialist knowledge can Rising stars Conor Gallagher (above, left), 21, and Michael Olise (above, right), 20, are already impressing and will be key men again against Brighton tonight. But the Eagles boss said: “Is it fair to say I want more experience in my team? I think you have summarised quite well my thoughts. “We know we want to be competitive every week going into the second phase of the Premier League. We have matured because when we play games the players improve. “But there is still a long POTTER: MAUPAY’s FATHER ALONG now by PAUL BROWN GRAHAM Potter says Brighton striker Neal Maupay has grown up this season – after becoming a dad. Brighton face Palace tonight for the first time since a stoppage-time equaliser from Maupay (above) sparked mayhem at Selhurst Park in September. The Frenchman was involved in a heated confrontation with Wilfried Zaha after that strike, with Potter’s men PROBABLE TEAMS Brighton Palace Sanchez Guaita Veltman Ward Webster Anderson Burn Guehi Cucurella Mitchell Trossard Gallagher Lallana Hughes Alzate Schlupp Mac Allister Olise Maupay Benteke Welbeck Edouard Referee: Jarred Gillett TV TIMES: Live on Sky Sports from 7pm only take players so far. He said: “I can use my experience to advise those players, but at the end of the day it is how much they want to improve and how much they are prepared to commit themselves to fulfil their potential. “We can only advise, guide, give them support. “After that, it’s how much desire they have to take themselves to the next level. “We still need to work with those players, allow them to make their mistakes and learn from them.” facing hostile scenes as they left the pitch. But Potter says fatherhhood has helped Maupay to channel his emotions and keep his cool. He said: “Last year wasn’t easy. The narrative was that we were missing chances and it’s all Neal’s fault. “He went home to France, had his baby, was able to zoom out, and he’s come back with a really good mentality and development as a person and player.” DMEEIR DOn’t turn my dream into a nightmare Ronaldo fears the wrong mindset and ‘mentally weak players’ will cost United silverware and a Champions League place this season and that, for him, is UNTHINKABLE By david mcdonnell @DiscoMirror CRISTIANO RONALDO fears a mentality problem within Manchester United’s dressing room could ultimately turn his emotional return into a nightmare. United are seventh in the Premier League, 22 points adrift of leaders City and six off fourth-placed West Ham in the race to secure a Champions League place. Given United’s position, Ronaldo admitted a top-four place and winning a trophy would constitute a good season for interim boss Ralf Rangnick and his erratic squad. But the United icon said there must be big changes at the club, not least in terms of the mindset and attitude of certain players, if they are to be successful again long-term. “ We h a v e many things to win and we have to believe in that,” said Ronaldo. “If not, it will be a nightmare. “Let’s be honest. The last five or six games, do you think Manchester United played very well? No. You know that, everyone does. manchester united great PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE But we have – how can I say? – time to improve. We have a squad with potential, a new manager, so why don’t we believe we can do better? “You have to believe, you have to be positive to try to change things and to play how Manchester United fans want and to the history of the club. “This is why we’re not going to give up. The only guys that give up are those who are mentally weak.” After four games, United were top of the league, but a dramatic loss of form saw them fall away, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sacked in November and Rangnick appointed until the end of the season. Ronaldo, 36, admitted United lack the consistency of City, Liverpool and Chelsea, but claimed they can get there over time – but only if the players are prepared to put in the hard graft. P W D L F A Pts Man City 21 17 2 2 53 13 53 Chelsea 21 12 7 2 45 16 43 Liverpool 20 12 6 2 52 18 42 West Ham 21 11 4 6 39 27 37 Arsenal 20 11 2 7 33 25 35 Tottenham 18 10 3 5 23 20 33 Man Utd 19 9 4 6 30 27 31 Wolves 19 8 4 7 14 14 28 Brighton 19 6 9 4 20 20 27 Leicester 18 7 4 7 31 33 25 Southampton 20 5 9 6 24 30 24 Crystal Palace 20 5 8 7 29 30 23 Brentford 20 6 5 9 24 30 23 Aston Villa 19 7 1 11 25 30 22 Everton 18 5 4 9 23 32 19 Leeds 19 4 7 8 21 37 19 Watford 18 4 1 13 22 36 13 Burnley 17 1 8 8 16 27 11 Newcastle 19 1 8 10 19 42 11 Norwich 20 2 4 14 8 44 10 “To win the league, it’s a marathon, not a 100metre sprint,” said Ronaldo. “You have to be consistent, this is why the best team, right now, in England, is Manchester City – and Liverpool and Chelsea. “ Th ey are more consistent than the other teams, but we have to look at that and believe we’re capable of doing that in the same way. “We know it’s tough, we have to improve. But I believe we have the potential here, so we have to do the right things. “It’s the only way to be at the level of those teams I mentioned. I believe that 100 percent. I still believe. But some things have to change.” Ronaldo returned to United from Juventus last summer, 12 years after leaving for Real Madrid, and is currently the Premier League’s highest-paid player on £500,000-a-week. But he insisted he came back for fresh glory, not money, and is determined to make his second spell at Old Trafford as memorable as the first. “I’m back in Manchester because I love this club, it’s not just because of money or whatever,” said Ronaldo. “I believe we have huge potential to win stuff, to win important things, but we have to find the best way to achieve that result. “We have a few things that we have to change, and we have to accept – it’s the main word – when you’re not in your best shape or moment. “We have a long way to improve, but I believe, in this New Year, we have to think things are going to change and to be in a better place.”

irishmirror.ie/sport IS suffering second time round ANd ronaldo knows how to win trophies at United FROM GAIN TO PAIN Ronaldo enjoyed many great times in his first United stint but now it is a struggle DMEEIR ‘i will be the no.1 to help’ from back page the young players.” The superstar had players such as Roy Keane (above), Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes in his ear when he started out at United in 2003. Ronaldo, 36, went on: “I can give an example. If I give you advice, even if you are younger than me, if you don’t implant that during your daily life it will be difficult. “I can speak all day with that person – but if it’s not coming from inside of you, it’s impossible. “We are here to help and if they need my help and my support and my advice, I will be the No.1 to help. “But if you don’t want my help, do your job, look for yourself and do your best to help the team. “I remember when I was 18, 19, 20 some older players spoke with me but I put that as ‘Cristiano, you have to improve – they know more than you, they are more experienced than you, they passed through many bad moments’. “But other people, they don’t accept that if you criticise them. I don’t say this in relation to our players but in general.” Asked what would now be a successful season at Old Trafford, Ronaldo said: “To win one title, to go through in the Champions League and be at least – right now the way we are playing – in the top four.” Ron: I can play on into my 40s BY Simon Cass Cristiano Ronaldo admits he is considering playing on until his 40s – if mind and body hold together. The Portuguese superstar may no longer boast such electric pace as in his heyday, but he remains in tip-top physical condition. And the 36-year-old Manchester United striker insists it will be his mental fitness that is the key. Ronaldo said: “Genetically, I feel like I’m... not gonna say 25 because I’d be exaggerating, but around 30 years old. “I take great care of my body and my mind. Something I’ve learned recently is that, after 33, I believe the body will respect if you need it, but the real battle is mental. “I’ve been working and focusing more on working on my mind. I know my body will handle me because I have a lot of respect for it and I spoil my body a lot! “I want to find out if I’m going to play until I’m 40, 41, or 42, but the most important thing is that my daily goal is to enjoy the moment.” FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 49 BALOGUN: I’m GUNNER GET BETTER By SIMON BIRD Flo Balogun has pledged to return to Arsenal a better player next season and ready to challenge for Mikel Arteta’s first team. The England Under-21 and Arsenal youth team striker (above) has joined the promotion push at Chris Wilder’s Middlesbrough after frustration at his lack of action with the Gunners. He said: “I hope a successful loan puts me in a better position than I was in before coming here. “Coming through the ranks at Arsenal was always something I wanted to achieve. It is a case of me knowing what I can do and showing it on the first team stage.” it’s your decision admits rodgers by DAVE ARMITAGE Brendan Rodgers has admitted Leicester face a major fight to keep Youri Tielemans. The Belgian midfielder, 24, is on the radar of several Premier League rivals. Tielemans (right), who moved to Leicester from Monaco for £40million just over two years ago, hasn’t signed a new deal. The Foxes will almost certainly resist a move in this window but may have to re-think come the end of the season. Boss Rodgers said: “He is at an age where he has to look at every option. “I would love it to be here at Leicester, but I understand it’s about the challenge and sometimes a different environment.” marriner ‘guessing’ big calls FROM BACK PAGE the pace of Premier League stars, and the 51-year-old was bailed out by VAR for three big calls during Chelsea’s win at Tottenham in the Carabao Cup – including two penalties which he gave in error before they were overturned. Hackett (above) says Marriner got them wrong because he cannot keep up with play and is left “guessing”. Hackett said: “Age has caught up with a number of Premier League refs. “Marriner lacks an explosive sprint. He loses contact with play. He was guessing the two big decisions in the Spurs v Chelsea game.” COVID-HIT TYKES’ SECOND CALL-OFF Barnsley’s Championship clash against Blackpool tomorrow has been postponed due to injuries and Covid cases within their squad. The club informed the EFL yesterday that it would be unable to play – just 24 hours after their match against Stoke City on Wednesday was also scrapped. “Thankfully, those individuals who returned a positive result remain in good spirits,” said Tykes CEO Khaled El-Ahmad.

50 IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 africa cup of nations at the double Karl Toko Ekambi celebrates after scoring fourth goal CAMEROON power into The LAST 16 HOSTS Cameroon emphatically beat Ethiopia 4-1 to ease it into the next stage of the Africa Cup of Nations with successive victories. Captain Vincent Aboubakar and Karl Toko Ekambi each scored twice as the Indomitable Lions turned in a strong second-half performance, after their openinggame win over Burkina Faso. Ekambi said: “We were mentally ready for this game. This is a big boost for the tournament and we hope we have more spectators for our next game.” But Ethiopia made a shock start as they caught Cameroon’s defence napping, with Amanuel Aregawi delivering a square ball into the area and Dawa Dukele scoring. However, Cameroon needed just four minutes to equalise. Collins Fai, who was slow in defence when Ethiopia scored their goal, made amends with a quality cross and Ekambi took advantage to head home in the eighth minute. Ethiopia were dangerous on the counter-attack, catching out Cameroon with their pace. But they wilted soon after the break as Aboubakar scored twice in as many minutes. He headed home Collins’ cross in the 53rd minute and slid home a similar square ball from Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu. Ekambi scored his second and Cameroon’s fourth in the 67th minute. In yesterday’s other match, Hassane Bande (above) chested home the ball six minutes before half-time to give Burkina Faso a 1-0 victory over Cape Verde. Bande thrust his chest forward to steer in Isaa Kabore’s cross and secure a first Group A victory. Bande had been brought into the line-up to replace Bertrand Traore, who had tested positive for Covid on the eve of the match. Burkina Faso moved level with their opponents on three points, three behind Cameroon. DMEEIR liverpool 0 arsenal 0 ruthless to No Salah, no Mane, no goals ...even against 10 men By david mADDOCK @MaddockMirror THE dire warnings of life without Mo Salah and Sadio Mane proved bitterly true for Liverpool after a lame display against the 10 men of Arsenal. They were always going to struggle without their most dangerous and creative players for January, yet the impact seems to have been even worse than Jurgen Klopp envisaged. The Reds boss had argued that he has the back-up and firepower to cope without the pair who are at the Africa Cup of Nations. But even with the Gunners reduced to 10 after Granit Xhaka’s silly red card, they produced painfully little in a dour semi-final, first leg. The question for the Reds now is how much will their season be damaged by the absence of their two highest scorers over the past four seasons, and with no obvious source of goals to replace them? Even with Xhaka doing his best to help the home side, they struggled badly, and Arsenal deserved their draw for a terrific defensive display. Xhaka came back swiftly from his positive Covid case over the weekend...but must have wished he hadn’t bothered. It was the fifth red card of his Arsenal career, and certainly one of the dumbest, the midfielder always on the wrong side of his man as he tracked back far too lethargically, and his attempted clearance baffling. Perhaps the Covid symptom of blurry vision was to blame because he didn’t appear to see Diogo Jota running beyond him, a wild hack at the air as the ball from Andy Robertson sailed past him connecting only with the Liverpool forward’s chest. It was a red card for the sheer embarrassment of it, never mind being last man or the dangerous

irishmirror.ie/sport efl cup semi-final first leg, anfield toothless nature of the challenge. Yet if anyone was upset about the dismissal, it was the home side. Before the incident, it was an open, exciting game with Klopp’s side breaking swiftly down both flanks, and carving out chances for Roberto Firmino, twice, and Robertson. The Brazilian found himself well placed in front of goal on both occasions, but failed to get the necessary contact, while Robertson was unlucky to see his right-foot shot deflect off Calum Chambers. Where the visitors had threatened themselves in the opening 25 minutes to make it’s hit and miss Xhaka sees red for whacking Jota... and Minamino blasts over the bar Liverpool look nervous at the back, they retreated sullenly into their shell. When these teams met in this competition last season it ended in a penalty shootout after a dull stalemate. And as the game progressed, there seemed a whiff of the same about this tie, even with a second leg to come. Liverpool struggled to penetrate the five-man back-line Gunners boss Mikel Arteta (left) reverted to after the red card, with Rob Holding replacing the unlucky Eddie Nketiah to block things up. It worked, as liverpool arsenal 78% possession 22% 1 shots on target 1 10 shots off target 1 681 TOTAL PASSES 199 8 corners 1 4 offside 1 4 fouls 7 0 1 cards 1 1 Liverpool rarely went close during a largely pedestrian second period, the lively Takumi Minamino f lashing a shot across the face of goal. They lacked rhythm and ideas. It has been a problem at times for Liverpool this season against sides who are DMEEIR Xhaka racks up red card – and no one is surprised By ANDY DUNN Chief Sports Writer @andydunnmirror FAIR play to Granit Xhaka, he does not just get sent off against anyone nowadays. He has done the red card double against Manchester City and Liverpool this season, taking his Arsenal career total to five, alongside the 50-plus yellow cards. As Andy Robertson’s pass hung in the air like a kestrel looking down for a mouse, you could see Xhaka’s offence – and his suspension from this Sunday’s north London derby – coming a mile off. The volleying of Diogo Jota was not deliberately violent nor was it a cynical attempt to prevent a goalscoring opportunity. In fact, whether it was actually an obvious goalscoring opportunity is slightly debatable. Jota diverted the ball into the path of Ben White but, then again, his touch might have been a bit more subtle without Xhaka’s prepared to defend deep – as the Premier League defeat at Leicester proved to seriously dent their title hopes. Arsenal’s best chance of the second period came as Kieran Tierney’s ball allowed Bukayo Saka to steal in, but Alisson’s swift response and huge frame came to the rescue. Minamino wasted a glorious chance by blazing over with the goal at his mercy. Without Salah and Mane, if there is this same lack of urgency and inability to move the ball swiftly in the return next week, Liverpool can say goodbye to hopes of winning another competition. ratings liverpool arsenal Alisson..................... 6 Alexander-Arnold...5 Matip....................... 6 Van Dijk...................5 Robertson...............5 Henderson.............. 6 Fabinho....................5 Milner......................5 Minamino................ 6 Firmino................... 6 Jota.........................5 SUBS: Jones (Milner 61) 6, Oxlade-Chamberlain (Fabinho 76) 6, Williams (Alexander-Arnold 76) 6, Gomez (Matip 76) 6 REFEREE: Michael Oliver motm: ben white FRIDAY 14.01.2022 IRISH DAILY MIRROR 51 boot belting him in the belly. Even so, Michael Oliver, who let all sorts of things go when taking charge of the Manchester United-Aston Villa game on Monday, could not wait to dismiss Xhaka. That is not to say it was a bad decision, an incorrect call. It was not. When the main argument is about whether the card should be for denial of a chance or for violent conduct, you know there was a pretty serious offence committed. But that is Xhaka for you. This one was not cynical or thuggish, this one was just amateurish. This one was Sunday League. And there is your fundamental problem. Xhaka has quite a few qualities but as a senior player he is, too often, either irresponsible or irrational. That is why Arsenal, who defended resolutely after Xhaka’s dismissal, will be down to seriously bare bones for Sunday’s game at Spurs. And that is why Xhaka will continue to be a regular liability. By andy dunn Ramsdale................ 7 Soares.....................5 White.......................8 Gabriel.................... 7 Tierney.................... 7 Lokonga.................. 6 Xhaka......................4 Saka......................... 6 Lacazette................ 6 Martinelli................. 6 Nketiah....................5 SUBS: Chambers (Soares 11) 6, Holding (Nketiah 28) 7, Tavares (Saka 81) REMORSEFUL Joe Gorman said sorry again for his offensive tweet Gorman so sorry for 2014 Tweet BY PAUL O’HEHIR JOE GORMAN has “apologised unreservedly” for a tweet he sent in 2014 that led to the withdrawal of a Portadown contract. A former League of Ireland player with Bray, Drogheda, Longford and Galway, he was announced as a Ports player last week. But the fan backlash to his arrival was so severe that the Irish League club announced he would not, after all, be signing. Gorman, 27, was suspended by Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2014 after a tweet appeared on his account apparently referring to Ross Kemp’s (inset) Extreme World programme which was filmed in Belfast. It read: “Ross Kemp in Belfast talking about the Troubles. Wouldn’t you just love to open up on all them Orangemen.” The post was quickly deleted and the then 19-year-old’s account deactivated. But following Portadown’s decision, Gorman last night broke his silence on the matter with a statement posted on social media. “I would like to address an issue from my past. In 2014, at the age of 19, I posted a tweet that I sincerely regret,” he said. “It was at a time in my life where my world view was particularly narrow and I did not appreciate the gravity of my comment. “I had not intended for it to be taken seriously but I now completely understand why many people did so and were naturally very upset by it. “It was borne out of a combination of teenage bravado and a lack of understanding. I say this not as an excuse but merely by way of explanation. “It was a grave error of judgment on my part and one I wish I could take back. “I have grown up and appreciate that we all have different outlooks on life which must be respected. I apologise unreservedly for my tweet. “I would like to continue to educate younger people as I did back in 2014 when I visited schools to speak of bigotry and the correct use of social media so that others can learn from my mistake.”

irishmirror.ie/sport STOMACH CHURNINGGunners star Xhaka saw red for cutting down Jota whacker xhaka off in anfield cracker liverpool 0 arsenal 0 efl cup semi-final 1st leg By ANDY DUNN GUTSY Arsenal kept their Carabao Cup hopes alive as Granit Xhaka was sent off for the FIFTH time in his Gunners career. Xhaka was dismissed after just 24 minutes for a high and reckless challenge on Diogo Jota. But Mikel Arteta’s side kept Liverpool at bay to give themselves a fighting chance in the second leg of the semi-final. In the absence of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, the home side managed only one shot on target. report: pages 50 & 51 JACK’s MOVE ‘Brain dead’ By Paul Keane Westmeath star Ray Connellan has slammed Jack O’Connor’s “brain dead” decision to use two Kerry players on Wednesday who had starred in the Sigerson Cup just hours earlier. Attackers Tony Brosnan and Jack Savage came on for O’Connor (inset) in the final quarter of the McGrath Cup demolition of Tipperary in Templetuohy having earlier inspired MTU Kerry to a landmark win. The duo scored 1-10 between them in the defeat of a star-studded UCD TURN TO PAGE 42 £25m for me! ...Wood you believe it? Toon’s new man: Page 46 ANdy Dunn Column: Page 47 Man Utd ronaldo: problems for ralf the kids really aren’t alright Legend fears Reds’ young guns won’t listen to experienced stars in the dressing room Marriner’s not fit to be a ref says Hackett By John Cross ANDRE MARRINER has been told he is no longer fit to referee. Former top official Keith Hackett claims Marriner is not quick enough to keep up with By David McDonnell CRISTIANO RONALDO fears Manchester United’s young guns are not listening to the experienced voices in the dressing room. Twentysomethings such as Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Mason Greenwood are underperforming , with United seventh in the Premier League. Ronaldo said: “The mature players, the older players, they can always help turn to page 49 turn to page 49 Published by MGN Ltd at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP (020-7293 3000) and printed by The Irish Times Ltd at 4080 Kingswood Rd, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24. Registered as a newspaper at the Post Office Serial No. 34,941 ©MGN Ltd Friday, January 14, 2022 E Austria €3.50, Belgium €2.00, Bulgaria 3.70 BLG, France €2.00, Germany €2.00, Greece €2.50, Italy €2.20, Netherlands €2.00, Portugal €2.95 (cont) 341Esc, Spain €2.95, Malta €2.50 (inc VAT), Turkey: YTL 10, Cyprus €2.40, Denmark 20DK, Norway NKR22, Egypt EGP. 12.00

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Cryptic clues ACROSS 3 Almost respect a trainee officer (7) 7 Time and motion list (6) 8 Performing a trio around a lake (7) 9 Bad dream from grim area (4) 11 Terribly evil, as it happens (4) 12 Let it alter heading (5) 15 Reportedly celebrate destiny (4) 16 One editor’s demand (4) 17 Show about a rope (5) 18 Turn key to finish (4) 19 Slid off covers (4) 21 Puzzles solved in games (7) 22 Elk has right to be gloomy (6) 23 Athletes or names changed (7) DOWN 1 Great deal of service (4) 2 Insect has some time to fix tie (7) 3 Love to bother engineers (5) 4 Reportedly condescend to a European (4) 5 Dreamt about aged Mini (8) 6 Sacked Toledo, unfortunately (6) 10 Means to declare times (8) 11 Clapped around course (3) 13 One isn’t affected by stress (7) 14 Guided by small light (3) 15 Spilling of gore at sacrifice (6) 18 Animal like this in rubbish container (5) 19 Feeble sort of meal (4) 20 Dish gone west (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 21 23 Quick clues ACROSS 3 Commander of a fleet (7) 7 Schedule (6) 8 Canadian province (7) 9 Female horse (4) 11 Reside (4) 12 Name (5) 15 Doom (4) 16 Require (4) 17 Musical drama (5) 18 Curve (4) 19 Tops (4) 21 Riddles (7) 22 Sullen (6) 23 Rowers (7) 19 20 22 DOWN 1 Large amount (4) 2 Type of ant (7) 3 Cherish (5) 4 Scandinavian (4) 5 Envisaged (8) 6 Plundered (6) 10 Norms (8) 11 Circuit (3) 13 Anxiety (7) 14 Went ahead (3) 15 Give up (6) 18 Buffalo (5) 19 Crippled (4) 20 Casserole (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror CHECK THE SOLUTIONS NOW! TWO-SPEED COFFEEBREAK 1550 501110 (€0.75/min) TERMS & CONDITIONS: Calls cost €0.97/min plus your phone company’s acccess charge. SP Mi Telecom Ltd. Helpdesk 0818229660. Min age 18+. The name game Hidden in the grid is the name of an actor. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror 30-sec brain teaser Boost your brain power with our 30-second test. Start with the number on the left and follow the instructions. Beginners should aim to complete the puzzle in 30 seconds. Intermediates should finish their own puzzle and the Beginner’s Challenge. Genius players have 30 seconds to complete their own plus the Intermediate. Good luck! Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror BOX1: Who wrote the trilogy of novels To the Ends of the Earth? Aldous Huxley (P) Jules Verne (K) William Golding (W) BOX2: In which TV show did Gemma Atkinson play Lisa Hunter? EastEnders (A) Casualty (S) Hollyoaks (I) BOX3: What nationality is the singer-songwriter Jason Mraz? Irish (V) Canadian (M) American (O) BOX4: Which 2009 teen film stars Vanessa Hudgens as a girl named Sa5m? Grandslam (W) Bandslam (N) Sandslam (T) BOX5: What is the symbol for the chemical element gold? G (H) Au (L) Pb (N) BOX6: Which of these is the title of a Madonna album? Rebel Heart (O) Traitor Soul (C) Mutinous Love (B) BOX7: Punk band Rancid are from which state of the USA? California (E) Utah (G) Colorado (T) BOX8: Which club has won a record four FA Women’s Super League titles? Chelsea (S) Arsenal (R) Man City (D) BOX9: Which character did Bebe Neuwirth play in TV’s Cheers? Carla (B) Lilith (N) Diane (W) BOX10: Lindsay Lohan (pictured) starred alongside which actress in the 2003 comedy bodyswap film Freaky Friday? Demi Moore (I) Kathy Bates (D) Jamie Lee Curtis (W) BEGINNER 74 −39 3/5 +42 of this ÷9 +47 ÷6 −6 INTERMEDIATE 264 ADVANCED 153 Solve our ten-letter anagram 9/11 of this −44 75% of this +276 6/11 of this Mirrorgram Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror −86 ×12 +84 Reverse the digits ÷6 +186 4/7 of this Increase by 75% +146 7/9 −77 ÷7 of this R U D E N E R V E S ANSWER ANSWER ANSWER

IRISH DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 14.01.2022 PUZZLES 2 DMEEIR Speedbreaker 16 11 18 8 19 12 8 12 25 20 13 24 Target time: 23:07 mins ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 2 14 15 €75 to be won! Test your codecracking skills against us! We took 23 minutes and 7 seconds to complete this puzzle — can you do better? We’ve taken a completed crossword puzzle and replaced each letter in the grid with the same number throughout. The completed grid will include all letters of the alphabet. If you find it hard to get going, call the Extra Letter line where you will also find a little bit of extra help. Remember, none of the answers are proper nouns. Solutions in Monday’s Irish Mirror 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 H 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 M A Call 1550 501110 (€0.97/min) and tell us which letter is represented by the number ‘1’ in today’s Speedbreaker. The winner will be drawn at random after lines close at midnight tonight. Last Friday’s winner: Alan Wroe, from Barnsley Solutions Call 1550 501110 (€0.97/min) for 5 extra letters or the full solution. Deduct one minute from the target time TERMS & CONDITIONS: Calls cost €0.97/min plus your phone company’s acccess charge. SP Mi Telecom Ltd. Helpdesk 0818 229660. Min age 18+. 11 6 7 19 8 25 8 24 3 18 16 2 11 11 26 1 H A M 25 20 12 18 17 12 1 11 3 20 24 23 20 25 13 21 6 23 20 2 8 23 20 25 1 12 18 25 12 2 11 12 24 9 5 18 22 12 14 20 4 14 11 15 15 1 11 13 1 7 22 1 18 5 23 21 20 25 18 21 20 8 19 24 20 23 8 20 10 12 10 12 25 12 1 8 20 25 9 7 1 19 12 Just a bit of fun Which one of our three definitions is correct? LEXICON 1 System of writing 2 Dictionary 3 Light machine gun Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror Scribble pad ✍ Arrow Word Forbid Develop into Couch Distant Claire _, pictured Short expression Apex Slows a vehicle Arrow Words are like crosswords, but the clues are printed inside squares on the grid. Write your answers in the blank squares in the direction indicated by the arrows. Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror Vegetable Jumper Actor, _ Harrelson, pictured Doctor _, TV series Drawn match Retains Assist Civic leader Number Not me! Be indebted to Alternative Incorrect Set of cards Views Female person Observed Objectives A drinking toast Place for junk Row Omelette Very small ingredient quantity Booking Soonest Every Organ of taste Belonging to us Arranging Obtains Still Legume Continent Monopoly purchase Training hall Porous substance Employ Spatters Single Group Enquires Large shrub Please greatly Facets Cooking vessels Energy emission Performed Ice pellets Rest Perch Higher Stopper Facts and figures Loan Monarch Frozen water Footoperated lever Peaked hat Grow old Single entity Strike Devoured Title Total up

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But the dotted squares must be filled with numbers that add up to that in the left corner. Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror FUTOSHIKI 3 Insert the numbers one to five in each row and each column, making sure that no number is repeated. The only symbols to guide you are the “greater than” (>) and “less than” (<) signs. Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror Word Ladder Chamber Wordsearch Can you find all the listed Australian actors in the grid? 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