Dundalk's European run ended with a defeat away to Maccabi Tel Aviv which meant they finished bottom of Group D in the Europa League.

After forward Tal Ben Haim put Maccabi into the lead with a 21st-minute penalty, Stephen Kenny's men quickly hit back through an Eli Dasa own goal.
However, home skipper Dor Micha struck the knockout blow in the 37th minute.
As things turned out, Dundalk could not have gone through as AZ Alkmaar beat Zenit St Petersburg to finish second.
Dutch side AZ had gone in to the final round of group games a point above Dundalk and Tel Aviv, so their 3-1 win over group winners Zenit guaranteed their place in Monday's last-32 draw.
The result marked the end of an incredible European adventure for the club from County Louth, whose domestic season ended over a month ago.
They were just one round away from the group stages of the Champions League - losing to Legia Warsaw in the play-off - and then became the first Irish team to win points in the group stage of a European competition.
The only other Irish club to have reached the group stage of the Europa League were Shamrock Rovers in 2011-12, but they lost all six games.
Dundalk picked up four points from their opening two games, but then went on to lose their final four matches.
They made a bright start in Israel, suggesting they were capable of getting the result they needed, but after news filtered through that AZ had taken an unexpected lead in the Netherlands, it seemed that it was not going to be their night.
The League of Ireland champions did manage to cause a few early problems, especially a fizzing cross by Sean Gannon which was cleared frantically by the Maccabi defence.
Then came the first blow in the 19th minute. Dundalk defender Brian Gartland was caught in possession just outside his own box and the ball broke to Maccabi's Haris Medunjanin who went down under a challenge from Dundalk keeper Gary Rogers, who was booked.
There did not seem to be much contact, but that mattered little to Ben Haim, who beat Rogers to put his side 1-0 up.
Dundalk were back in business five minutes later. A low cross by Chris Shields led to the ball being turned into the net by Maccabi's Dasa, under pressure from Daryl Horgan.
But Maccabi struck for a second time to secure a 2-1 interval advantage, Dor Micha getting off a tame-looking shot that beat Rogers.
Match ends, Maccabi Tel Aviv 2, Dundalk 1.
Second Half ends, Maccabi Tel Aviv 2, Dundalk 1.
Attempt blocked. Vidar Orn Kjartansson (Maccabi Tel Aviv) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dor Micha.
Attempt missed. Ciarán Kilduff (Dundalk) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Daryl Horgan with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Dundalk. Conceded by Gal Alberman.
Corner,  Dundalk. Conceded by Omri Ben Harush.
Attempt blocked. David McMillan (Dundalk) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dane Massey with a headed pass.
Attempt saved. Vidar Orn Kjartansson (Maccabi Tel Aviv) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Predrag Rajkovic.
Yossi Benayoun (Maccabi Tel Aviv) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robbie Benson (Dundalk).
Foul by Omri Ben Harush (Maccabi Tel Aviv).
David McMillan (Dundalk) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Maccabi Tel Aviv. Eden Ben Basat replaces Tal Ben Haim II.
Attempt missed. Robbie Benson (Dundalk) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Chris Shields.
Substitution, Maccabi Tel Aviv. Yossi Benayoun replaces Nosa.
Offside, Maccabi Tel Aviv. Gal Alberman tries a through ball, but Nosa is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Ciarán Kilduff (Dundalk) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patrick Barrett.
Substitution, Maccabi Tel Aviv. Gal Alberman replaces Eyal Golasa.
Substitution, Dundalk. Ciarán Kilduff replaces Patrick McEleney.
Foul by Haris Medunjanin (Maccabi Tel Aviv).
Stephen O'Donnell (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Maccabi Tel Aviv. Conceded by Patrick Barrett.
Attempt saved. Haris Medunjanin (Maccabi Tel Aviv) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dor Micha.
Daryl Horgan (Dundalk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Eyal Golasa (Maccabi Tel Aviv) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daryl Horgan (Dundalk).
Attempt missed. Vidar Orn Kjartansson (Maccabi Tel Aviv) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Haris Medunjanin following a corner.
Corner,  Maccabi Tel Aviv. Conceded by Chris Shields.
Tal Ben Haim (Maccabi Tel Aviv) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ronan Finn (Dundalk).
Attempt blocked. Vidar Orn Kjartansson (Maccabi Tel Aviv) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eli Dasa.
Attempt missed. Dor Micha (Maccabi Tel Aviv) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tal Ben Haim II.
Foul by Eytan Tibi (Maccabi Tel Aviv).
Robbie Benson (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Dundalk. Stephen O'Donnell replaces Sean Gannon.
Attempt saved. Eli Dasa (Maccabi Tel Aviv) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Tal Ben Haim.
Corner,  Maccabi Tel Aviv. Conceded by Patrick Barrett.
Attempt blocked. Eyal Golasa (Maccabi Tel Aviv) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Tal Ben Haim II (Maccabi Tel Aviv) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Nosa.
Attempt missed. Haris Medunjanin (Maccabi Tel Aviv) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Eyal Golasa.


Romelu Lukaku says he wants to create his "own history" at Manchester United.

The Belgium striker, 24, joined the Red Devils for £75m earlier this month, after scoring 25 Premier League goals for Everton last season.
Lukaku, the first foreign player to score 80 Premier League goals before his 24th birthday, said: "I can't say I'm the complete package.
"There is a lot of work to be done and I'm delighted that there is as it means I can become even better than I am."
Lukaku's move to United means he is reunited with Jose Mourinho, who was manager of Chelsea when they sold the forward to Everton for £28m in July 2014.
Last week, Mourinho was asked to compare Lukaku to Didier Drogba, who scored 157 goals in 341 appearances during his first spell at Chelsea, winning three Premier League titles and the Champions League.
The Portuguese said: "I don't compare, I don't compare at all. One has his history and one is still in the beginning of his history."
Lukaku said he and Drogba were "totally different players".
He told BBC Sport: "Drogba is more of a hold-up player, a target man. I prefer to have ball to feet and run in behind.
"I'm Romelu Lukaku, I want to create my own history."
Before Lukaku's move to United was confirmed, Red Devils midfielder Paul Pogba posted pictures on social media of him and the Belgian together.
The Frenchman, who moved back to Old Trafford for a world record fee of £89m last summer, also referred to himself as 'Agent P'.
Lukaku said: "We were just on holiday together. I had to make my own choices."
Chelsea also bid £75m for Lukaku, and there had been suggestions he and Mourinho did not get on.
But the forward says the manager's vision was the decisive factor in him moving to Manchester.
He said: "The conversation I had with the manager really convinced me the most. He told me of his plans, about how he wanted to rebuild the club, and wanted me to be part of it.
"He is a manager who has always had a lot of belief in me and I believe in his methods.
"It is going to be good to work together again."
Lukaku was 16 and still at school when he made his professional debut for Belgian club Anderlecht.
Just a year later he finished top scorer and won the league title.
Lukaku moved to Chelsea when he was 18 but made only 15 appearances for them before joining Everton, initially on loan.
Five years later he is the fifth most expensive player ever, and has scored at least 15 league goals in four of the past five seasons.
He said: "I've been working to be a pro since I was 11 years old. I've always had a goal to win as many trophies as I can and to play for a club like Manchester United.
"I want to grab this opportunity."


A Swedish councillor has suggested installing music in school toilets, to help pupils worried about embarrassing noises.

Centre Party councillor Cecilia Cato, in the town of Tingsryd, says some are so concerned that they refuse to use the toilet all day.
She raised the musical solution in a proposal to the council.
"I don't think it's just about number two on the toilet, but many also don't do number one," Ms Cato told The Local.
"I've worked in the world of education for many years and know through the students that this is a problem, above all in junior and senior high school.
"I myself experienced this when I was young and now that it's being talked about many others confirm that they did too. It's not something you talk completely openly about..."
Swedish broadcaster SVT spoke to local students who confirmed they fretted about being overheard answering nature's call.
One noted that adding music would be environmentally friendly, as it would stop people running the taps or using excessive toilet paper to cover the sound.
Ms Cato was inspired by a new music school in Tingsryd, which has tuneful distractions in every toilet.
The local authority will now take a vote on her suggestion.


Civilians are feared dead in an attack that damaged a mosque and nearby homes in a part of the Iraqi city of Mosul controlled by so-called Islamic State (IS).

Witnesses told the BBC that the Omar al-Aswad mosque in the Farouq district of the old city was hit from the air.
Drones belonging to the Iraqi police and US-led coalition bombers were flying overhead at the time, they said.
A coalition spokesman told Reuters he was unaware of a strike on the mosque.
The news agency also cited Iraqi military media officers as saying the battle for the city was continuing and that troops were targeting IS positions wherever they could. However, it added, they did not say whether the mosque was among those targeted.
Three residents told Reuters the mosque was run by IS, and that both militants and civilians were killed. They could not give precise casualty figures because their movements were restricted.
The mosque is in the old city, close to the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed the creation of a caliphate in July 2014 after his group seized control of large swathes of northern and western Iraq.
The reported attack comes as fighting intensifies between IS militants and Iraqi forces advancing into south-western Mosul after recapturing the east of the city.
IS militants are resisting the onslaught with suicide car bombs, sniper and mortar fire, and reportedly launched a counter-attack during an overnight storm.
The Iraqi government says at least 26,000 civilians have fled in the past 11 days.
There is also deep concern for the up to 700,000 who remain there. Food supplies are running very low, and some families say they cannot find any food at all.


An 82-year-old woman had her Christmas wish come true after a song she had written was sung by a church choir.

Catherine Murray, from Largs, started writing music for her own pleasure after the death of her husband in 2002.
She wrote to the Church of Scotland with the words and music for "Christmas Morning" suggesting it could be sung by "a wee group of children".
Paisley Abbey Choristers then sang her song in front of hundreds of people at a carol service for the Accord Hospice.
Mrs Murray, who attended the service at Paisley Abbey with her daughter Fiona White, said she could not have asked for a more perfect place or occasion to hear her carol.
"I honestly feel like I'm in a dream," she said. "This is almost unreal.
"I can't put into words what it means to me to hear my carol sung in Paisley Abbey by such a wonderful group of singers.
"I love children and I love music so this couldn't have been more perfect. The children's voices were amazing."
The minister at Paisley Abbey agreed to help make Catherine's wish come true after reading her letter.
He said: "It is a very lovely tune, very easy to listen to and it fitted beautifully into the carol service."
Prof George McPhee, who has been musical director at Paisley Abbey for 53 years, said the choristers would be happy to perform Mrs Murray's carol again.
"The choristers immediately took to it and they found it very singable and very appealing," he said.
"Obviously Mrs Murray has an intuitive gift for writing melodies and I hope that others will take it up."
Mrs Murray ran a bed and breakfast in Crieff with her husband James for 10 years after his retirement from the Glasgow police force. She moved to Largs after he died.
Her daughter Fiona said: "I'm so proud of my mum.
"She is always saying she is not musical and she is not as good as her sisters, but this proves she is.
"The choir sang beautifully and there will be no stopping her now. My mother is some kid."


The design for a £100m business park in Gloucestershire has been unveiled by the green energy businessman Dale Vince.

The founder of Ecotricity and chairman of Forest Green Rovers FC hopes to build the park near Stroud.
He said: "With Eco-Park we hope to push the boundaries of sustainable development."
However, critics say the park is not included in Stroud's growth strategy and ruins the existing landscape.
The plans and a 3-D model of the park were shown to more than 100 businesses in Stroud earlier, ahead of the outline planning application, which the company aims to submit in July.
It is hoping is to obtain local support before the plans are considered by Stroud District Council to avoid lengthy planning disputes.
Last year, the council agreed its Local Plan, which is the blueprint for jobs and housing growth, but this land is not earmarked for development.
Instead, another business park has already been agreed about one mile away in Stonehouse.
Critic of the plan, Mark Campbell, said: "We've got lovely green fields, full hedgerows, full of wildlife already, it's already adjacent to the Frome corridor already - which is a special wildlife site."
If built, the park would be situated near junction 13 of the M5 near the west of Stonehouse.
It would cover 100 acres, include a new dual carriageway on the A419, a "green technology hub", a new football stadium and promises to "make more room for nature".
In a statement, Ecotricity said: "An independent study by Regeneris found Eco Park will be worth almost £300m to the Gloucestershire economy every year, creating up to 4,000 jobs."
However, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) group has objected strongly to the plans.
"Stroud District Council has an up to date Local Plan prepared through a rigorous process of consultation," said Richard Lloyd, vice chairman of CPRE Gloucestershire.
"The planning application for a football stadium and eco-park was submitted almost before the ink on the newly adopted plan was dry and the proposals are clearly contrary to the plan's policies in most respects."


Captain Steven Croft and Karl Brown shared an unbroken century stand to help Division One leaders Lancashire fight back against Warwickshire.

After rain prevented play before lunch at Old Trafford, the hosts were put in to bat and slipped to 6-2.
When they lost Alviro Petersen (25) and Luke Procter (36) either side of tea, they were still labouring on 91-4.
But Croft (82 not out) and Brown (41 not out) put on 105 to take Lancashire to 196-4 at the close.
When play finally got under way at 14:00 BST, Warwickshire struck two quick blows as Tom Smith was caught behind off Keith Barker's seventh ball before Rikki Clarke trapped Haseeb Hameed leg before with a yorker.
Procter added 40 for the third wicket with Petersen, who then carelessly lapped spinner Jeetan Patel's second ball to Sam Hain at short leg.
Although Procter was reprieved in the last over before tea by Varun Chopra at slip off Boyd Rankin, Patel had him stumped by Tim Ambrose.
But as a miserable morning developed into a sun-kissed evening in Manchester, Ashley Giles' Lancashire prospered against his former county, to reach the close within four runs of a first batting point.
With slow left-armer Simon Kerrigan ruled out by a back injury, Lancashire gave a first-class debut to 19-year-old leg-spinner Matt Parkinson.
This game is Lancashire's first Championship fixture since losing the Roses match to Yorkshire three weeks ago, while Warwickshire had not played red-ball cricket since their defeat by Durham on 25 May.
Lancashire director of cricket Ashley Giles:
"Croft and Brown batted really well in that last session when the sun came out and it was fantastic for the captain to get a score under his belt.
"We would have batted anyway but we knew, the wicket having been under the covers, that it was going to be difficult for a period, certainly up front.
"Crofty weathered that storm very well, along with Luke Procter, and we ended the day in a decent position, although we still have a lot of work to do.
"There was always going to be a bit in the wicket with the new ball but it is also dry and a couple have spun already so hopefully that trend will continue and the ball will spin more."
Warwickshire all-rounder Rikki Clarke:
"When there is bad weather around and the covers have been on you always think there will be a bit of movement and there was a decent amount of swing but we were surprised at how slow the wicket is.
"Generally this season, everywhere you go, the first 30 overs is quite crucial. The balls haven't really held up that well this year which is a major factor.
"But we kept coming, kept working hard, kept putting the ball in the right areas and are just a wicket or two away from putting them under a bit more pressure.
"Jeets has played a massive part, building pressure and creating half-chances and hopefully will have a big say later in the game, and Boyd was really unlucky."


A planned state-of-the-art joint training college for Northern Ireland's police, fire and prison services has been radically redrawn.

The new plan is for training to be split across three different sites.
There would be some joint training, but the three services would each have their own facilities.
The big winner would be the fire and rescue service - it would get a £44m purpose-built complex at Desertcreat, near Cookstown in County Tyrone.
Timeline: Ten years of stop and start for NI's public services college
The BBC revealed in March that a programme board in charge of the Desertcreat project had concluded it was no longer economically viable.
It said the joint college as originally planned was no longer needed because of reduction in the number of training days required by each of the three services.
The Office of First and deputy First Minister then asked for a revised business case, setting out preferred options for future training needs.
That review has now been completed and the BBC has obtained a copy of a draft report setting out the board's recommendations.
It says the preferred option is for the fire service to have a training facility at Desertcreat at an estimated cost of £44m.
If the plan is approved by the Northern Ireland Executive, it is understood the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) would also be allocated about £20m to refurbish its existing training facilities at Garnerville police station in east Belfast.
The Northern Ireland Prison Service would be given funding for training at Maghaberry and Magilligan prisons as its training centre in Millisle, County Down, has been closed.
The proposed new complex for the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) would be built on the site bought 10 years ago for a new policing college at Desertcreat.
That plan was later changed to include the fire and prison services, but has now been revised.
It would include what is called a 'hot house'.
This is a building that can be set on fire in a controlled fashion, or heated to extremely high temperatures, to give firefighters realistic training.
Northern Ireland does not currently have such a facility.
The NIFRS would like it to have different sections to replicate the different conditions and challenges involved when tackling a blaze in domestic homes, commercial premises and high-rise buildings.
The money for all of the training facilities would have to be provided by the executive.
That is because a £53m funding package from the Treasury was withdrawn earlier this year due to a failure to build the proposed joint college within a stipulated timeframe.
The programme board's report will be sent to Justice Minister David Ford and Health Minister Simon Hamilton for their approval as their departments are responsible for the project.
In a statement to the BBC, a project steering group said the draft business case "has yet to be finalised or formally signed-off" by the accounting officers for the fire and prison services and the PSNI.
But senior officials from the departments of justice and health sit on the programme board and were heavily involved in producing the draft report.
If Mr Ford and Mr Hamilton endorse the preferred option, they will make a joint recommendation to the executive by the end of November.


Sheridan Smith is to reprise her hit West End role as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl when it goes on a tour of the UK next year.

The actress, who took almost two months off from the musical due to stress and exhaustion earlier this year, will kick off the tour in Manchester in February.
She will also appear in cities such as Liverpool, Bristol and Cardiff.
Smith will not appear at all the venues on the tour, with further casting will be announced shortly.
The stage and TV star will also play several dates in Dublin.
When Smith took time off from the London production in May, the producers said she would get "the rest and support she needs".
The actress, who has two Olivier awards for her stage roles in Legally Blonde and Flare Path, was made an OBE last year. She has described the part of Fanny as her "dream role".
The production of Funny Girl transferred to the Savoy Theatre in April after a successful run at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
The venues Sheridan Smith will perform at:
The tour will also take in Stoke, Aberdeen, Woking, Canterbury, Glasgow, Nottingham and Llandudno but those performances will star a different leading lady, yet to be revealed.
When Smith was taking a break from the West End production, her part was taken over by understudy Natasha J Barnes to great acclaim.
Barnes continues to star in Monday evening performances.
The show's run at the Savoy ends on 8 October.
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Manager Kevin Nolan expects Notts County to come out of their transfer embargo within 72 hours, when he hopes to sign former England, Chelsea and West Ham striker Carlton Cole.

Cole, 33, left Celtic in August and is a free agent after a spell in the USA.
Nolan played with Cole at West Ham and said his ex-team-mate, who won seven England caps, is a "great lad".
"We have had a chat. It would be fantastic if I could bring him over," Nolan told BBC Nottingham Sport.
"The best thing is to see if he is interested and we can work something out. He has a few things in the fire.
"He will be a breath of fresh air. He is a top pro and a good player. If we can make it happen and the embargo gets lifted, then we will try our best to do that."
Nolan said he hoped have more news about Notts coming out of the transfer embargo, imposed on them because of money owed to HM Revenue & Customs and other football clubs, "in the next 48-72 hours".


Dulux paint-owner AkzoNobel has reported a "record performance" for its first quarter as it continues to resist a hostile takeover attempt by a US rival.

Earnings before income tax climbed 13% year-on-year to 376m euros (Â£314m), while sales were up 7% at 3.7bn euros.
The Dutch firm also announced plans to spin off its chemicals unit and return most of the proceeds to shareholders.
US paint maker PPG has offered to pay more than $24bn (Â£19bn) for the firm.
In an open letter on Monday, it urged Akzo's board to enter talks, saying they had given insufficient consideration to its proposal, which is favoured by some AkzoNobel shareholders.
It said Akzo's plan to sell its chemicals arm and remain independent was riskier and would create less value.
But on Wednesday, AkzoNobel said its plan to split itself into two units - one focused on paints and the other on specialty chemicals - would boost growth.
It said the separation, which would also achieve 50m euros of cost savings, would be completed within 12 months.
AkzoNobel boss Ton Buechner said: "Now is the right time to create two focused, high-performing businesses.
"This strategy will create substantial value for shareholders, with significantly less risks and uncertainties compared to alternatives."
The firm said its earnings before income tax in 2017 were expected to be about 100m euros higher than in 2016.
It is also planning a further 150m euros of cost savings, but did not say whether this would lead to job losses. The firm employs 46,000 people globally.
PPG, whose takeover proposals have twice been rejected by Akzo, has said a merger could result in synergies worth at least $750m.


"My mother always said she wanted her children to return and live in Japan," says 61-year-old Fumiko Furihato, whose family was stranded in Soviet territory at the end of World War II.

Ms Furihato, who now lives in the Japanese city of Sapporo, cannot talk about her father and mother without bursting into tears.
She spent most of her life living on Sakhalin - a 1,000km-long (600 miles) island that Japan ceded to the Soviet Union after the war. The southern half of the island was part of Japan from 1905 to 1945, a thriving outpost of the empire, and home to hundreds of thousands of Japanese.
Ms Furihato's father Tosikatsu worked on a lighthouse on Sakhalin. When Soviet troops invaded in August 1945, her father had to stay behind because of his work, and the family missed the last boat out.
"My father was in complete shock at first," says Ms Furihato, sobbing while she speaks.
"He obviously missed Japan a lot. He was always listening to Japanese radio and I could see tears in his eyes. But I felt particularly sorry for my mother, who had to bring up eight children and didn't even have enough time to learn Russian."
As the Soviet Union consolidated its control on Sakhalin in the late 1940s, life was extremely difficult for the Japanese citizens left behind. The Furihato family lived in one room in an old barracks.
Occasionally, by agreement, the Japanese government would send a ship to collect some stranded citizens, but the Furihatos were often unaware of the sailings.
On one occasion they did hear about a boat, but one of the children had a badly broken leg and could not travel. Ms Furihato's mother, Yo, decided that all the family should stay behind.
"My mother once told me when I was an adult how sorry she was that we weren't able to return to the land of our ancestors, and had to grow up in Sakhalin," says Ms Furihato.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, she did return to Japan. She now lives with her Ukrainian husband and their two daughters in a small subsidised flat in Sapporo, the main city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
At the nearest point Hokkaido and Sakhalin are only 40km apart, but she has never been back to the island where she was brought up.
Sakhalin is no longer a flashpoint in Russia-Japan relations, but the two countries are still locked in a poisonous dispute over some of the islands in the nearby Kuril chain. Sakhalin's prospects have been severely hampered by the row.
Transport links between Japan and Sakhalin are few - just two flights and two ferries a week in summer. And trade in the area is limited - consisting mostly of natural gas going from Russia to Japan, and old ships piled high with used cars going in the other direction.
The ferry journey across the La Perouse strait takes about five hours - from a neat small Japanese port in Hokkaido to a run-down Russian facility where the remains of the once-thriving fishing fleet lie rusting in the shallows.
Between 1905 and 1945, the Japanese invested heavily in southern Sakhalin, which they called Karafuto. They built railways and factories including a big pulp and paper plant. But apart from the narrow-gauge railway track, there is little evidence left of their presence. The only significant Japanese building remaining in the island's capital Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is now the regional museum.
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, with a population of about 180,000, is the biggest city on Sakhalin. An eight-hour flight from Moscow, it is a typical Soviet city, with a few wide avenues and hundreds of residential blocks packed with claustrophobic flats. The infrastructure looks poor, and there is little hint of the gas wealth offshore.
The city feels completely Russian, though the damp Pacific climate and the lush foliage on Sakhalin feel like Asia. Outside the city much of Sakhalin is untouched forest under grey clouds. In summer the rivers teem with salmon returning to spawn.
If World War II had ended a few weeks earlier, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk could well have been a shiny bustling Japanese metropolis today, and southern Sakhalin would be criss-crossed with modern railways and roads.
Although those developments never took place, the story of the Japanese on the island continues. Some of those left behind when Japan's imperial army withdrew still live on Sakhalin.
Yelena Kon, 67, is the director of Furusato, a Japanese restaurant in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. It is one of the new Japanese-owned businesses that are starting to open once more on Sakhalin.
Her mother had moved to Sakhalin in the 1930s and married a Korean. He was not welcome in Japan when the war ended, so they stayed and became Soviet citizens.
If they had thought he was safe on Sakhalin, they were wrong. In 1946 he was detained and taken to the Gulag in Siberia where he stayed until he was released in 1953.
Ms Kon still remembers it vividly: "At school I really suffered because my mother was Japanese and my father was a political prisoner."
Her uncle came over from Japan to take the family home, but she refused to leave because her husband was still being held in Siberia.
"My mother once told me we would have had a very different life if we had left when my father was in prison. It was very hard for her to survive with three children to feed," she says.
She has never told her story before.
"I never thought I would tell these secrets about my family. I was scared. All my life I was just very scared."


The Venezuelan government says it has imported thousands of tons of basic foodstuffs and will begin distributing them through communal councils directly to family homes.

In Caracas the Food Minister, Rodolfo Marco Torres, said 70% of the country's food would be supplied in this way.
The Venezuelan opposition says the new system could discriminate against them.
The country has been badly hit by the fall in oil prices and is suffering severe shortages in food and medicines.
President Nicolas Maduro has accused private food production companies and supermarkets of hoarding food for speculation.
Mr Torres said the government had purchased 115,000 tons of basic goods including rice, sugar, maize and beans.
He said this would be distributed using a network of 15,900 so called Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP) established across the country to fight what President Maduro has called the "economic war" it says it is waging with the country's business elite and opposition groups.
The government has said the new system will distribute food "house by house" to thousands of families who will be expected to register for the system.
They will receive bags containing various basic products including maize flour, pasta, rice and oil.
The Venezuelan opposition have argued CLAP will only make the lack of basic goods worse since it will divert scarce food to the new system.
Last week the secretary general of the opposition coalition (MUD) Jesus Torrealba said the government was "trying to create an absolute monopoly on the distribution of food".
He said the system could become "politicized" and the government was "blackmailing the people through their stomach".
But the government's CLAP director, Freddy Bernal said half of basic goods would be supplied to the private sector.
There have been daily protests across the country over food shortages and incidents of looting.
On Monday there were reports that a woman died after being hit by a stray bullet when police opened fire on looters trying to ransack a warehouse in the western city of San Cristobal.


The Irish army should be called in to do battle with rhododendrons because the plants are "taking over" a national park, the government has been told.

22 February 2017 Last updated at 12:56 GMT
The colourful County Kerry politician, Michael Healy-Rae, told the Irish parliament that "nothing short of the army" would solve the problem.
Regional Economic Development Minister Michael Ring agreed that the management of the "aggressive rhododendron is a long-standing, ongoing programme" in the park.
But he rejected the suggestion that the government had neglected the public facility or its flowery foreign foes.


The Queen's baton will visit the Isle of Man in September ahead of next year's Commonwealth Games.

The tour of Commonwealth nations and territories will span 388 days, 71 countries and 200,000 miles before reaching the host nation of Australia.
The baton will be carried on the Isle of Man by Commonwealth athletes and will visit the top of Snaefell, Tynwald Hill and a kipper factory.
The 2018 Games begin on 4 April on Australia's Gold Coast.
Events will be held around the Island giving residents the opportunity to see the baton and celebrate Team Isle of Man, said the Manx government.
The official route for the 2, 3 September is available online and will see the baton travel on the island's horse tram.
It will be officially welcomed by the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association's President Basil Bielich, the Chief Minister and CGA officials.
The Isle of Man has earned an impressive medal tally over the years with three gold, two silver and six bronze at the competition.
At the 2014 Games in Glasgow, cyclist Peter Kennaugh won a silver medal. in the men's 40km points race.
The island's last Commonwealth gold was won by Mark Cavendish at the 2006 Games in Melbourne.
The Queen has started the countdown to the 2018 Commonwealth Games, launching the baton relay at Buckingham Palace in March.


(Close): The FTSE 100 fell for the second session in a row, hit by overnight figures showing a 25% fall in Chinese exports last month.

That sparked a sharp sell-off in mining and commodities shares.
The FTSE 100 closed 0.92% lower at 6,125 points. Miners, which had rallied on Monday, were hit, with Glencore down 18% and Anglo American down 15%.
Burberry shares were the main FTSE 100 riser on news that a mystery investor had amassed almost 5% of the stock.
The luxury retailer jumped 6.6% after reports that unnamed investor had built the stake ahead of a possible takeover bid.
Meanwhile, the price of Brent crude oil rose to a three month high of $41.48 a barrel in early trading, but ended the day down 2.9% at $39.67.
On the currency markets, the pound was three cents lower against the dollar at $1.4233, and was down 0.42% against the euro at â‚¬1.2900.
Analysts said that uncertainty over the state of China's economy is unsettling investors.
"Global markets have been rattled by the sharp decline in China's exports which reinforced the lingering concerns over the slowing pace of growth in the world's second largest economy," said FXTM research analyst Lukman Otunuga.


Tyrone retained their Ulster SFC title with a comprehensive win over Down in Sunday's decider at a sunsoaked Clones.

Tyrone led 0-7 to 0-5 at half-time but pulled away after the break, picking off regular points and scoring two goals through substitute Ronan O'Neill.
The Red Hands' 2-17 to 0-15 success secured a 15th Ulster crown for the county and a sixth Anglo-Celt Cup triumph for their manager Mickey Harte.
Defender Cathal McCarron was sent-off late on for his part in a fracas.
Tyrone's Kieran McGeary was black-carded for pulling down Jerome Johnston in first-half injury-time, with Down's Kevin McKernan perhaps unfortunate to meet a similar fate early in the second half for an off-the-ball challenge on Sean Cavanagh.
Re-live the action from the Clones final as it happened
Down's search for a first Ulster title since 1994 continues, the Mournemen now having appeared in six Ulster finals since then, losing five and drawing one.
Tyrone complete an Ulster Championship double for a fourth time, having most recently achieved the feat in 2009-10.
The seventh Ulster final between the counties and the first since 2003 saw the holders move four points clear at 0-6 to 0-2 but 12-time winners Down battled back to within a single score.
Darragh O'Hanlon fired a right-foot shot wide from close range, a crucial miss in the context of his side's revival at that stage.
After McGeary's enforced departure from the fray, Mattie Donnelly's fisted point put two points between the sides at half-time and Harte's men moved into overdrive on the resumption, registering a further seven unanswered points to lead by nine.
Eamonn Burns' side came into the game more but the final was effectively over as a contest when O'Neill fired a low left-foot shot into the net in the 55th minute.
O'Neill grabbed his second nine minutes later with an exquisite left-foot chip over the head of Down goalkeeper Michael Cunningham.
Mark Poland was forced to come off injured after being accidentally caught by Colm Cavanagh's knee, with McCarron being sent to the sideline for his part in a subsequent melee involving several players from both teams.
The eventual eight-point winning margin provided an accurate representation of Tyrone's second-half dominance and the Ulster champions will now move into the All-Ireland quarter-finals with confidence.
Padraig Hampsey's impressive display was rewarded with the man-of-the-match award, with Tyrone skipper Sean Cavanagh performing well on what will be his final Ulster final appearance given his imminent retirement from inter-county football at the conclusion of the present campaign.
Down will be disappointed not to be more competitive in their first Ulster final appearance since 2012 and will now face Ulster opponents in the form of Armagh or Monaghan in the qualifiers, teams they have already beaten at provincial level this season.
Tyrone: N Morgan; A McCrory, R McNamee, C McCarron; T McCann, P Hampsey, P Harte; C Cavanagh, C McCann; D Mulgrew, N Sludden, K McGeary; M Bradley, S Cavanagh, M Donnelly. Subs: M O'Neill, L Brennan, R Brennan, M Cassidy, R Donnelly, D McClure, D McCurry, Justin McMahon, C McShane, C Meyler, R O'Neill.
Down: M Cunningham; N McParland, G McGovern, D O'Hagan; D O'Hanlon, C McGovern, C Mooney; K McKernan, N Donnelly; J Murphy, C Maginn, S Millar; J Johnston, C Harrison, R Johnston.
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Attendance: 31,912


(Close): Wall Street share markets closed down, reversing gains from last week, as oil prices dropped and China reported poor trading figures.

The Dow Jones index lost 110.26 points to 16,963.69 - having added more than 3% over the previous five sessions.
The S&P 500 was down 22.44 points to 1,979.32, while the tech-focused Nasdaq index fell 59.43 points to 4,648.83.
Figures released by the Chinese government showed exports sinking 25.4% and imports dropping 13.8%.
Shares of Caterpillar, the maker of heavy machinery, fell 4%.
US oil fell 4.3% to $36.28 a barrel, while Brent crude dropped 3.4% to $39.45 a barrel.
Shares of Exxon Mobil and Chevron both fell 2.1%.
Shake Shack shares plunged more than 11.8% after the burger chain reported an 11% rise in fourth quarter sales - the slowest growth rate of the last three quarters.
Urban Outfitters shares shot up 16.1% after it reported stronger than excepted sales of its Free People clothing line.


Saturday marks one year since the 22nd Olympic Winter Games got under way in the Russian resort of Sochi.

Over the 17 days that followed, Great Britain's team enjoyed its most successful Winter Games since the very first edition in Chamonix in 1924.
GB athletes brought home four medals - skeleton gold for Lizzy Yarnold,silver and bronze in curling and a snowboard bronze for Jenny Jones - Britain's first Olympic medal on snow.
Twelve months on, how are winter sports faring in the United Kingdom?
Mike Hay, a former Great Britain curler, was in overall charge of the Team GB delegation in Russia.
He believes the performance in Sochi was a "step change" and stands Winter Sports in good stead in the lead up to the next Games in Pyeongchang in 2018.
"I think we're in pretty good shape. I think that's reflected in the funding. UK Sport have confidence we have podium potential in Pyeongchang," said Hay.
"We have a great age profile of athletes coming through, and we've got much more strength in depth than we've ever had before, so I'm very positive about our chances in Pyeongchang."
UK Sport funding in Winter Olympic Sports has more than doubled for the four-year cycle running up to Pyeongchang.
For the six funded sports the amount awarded has risen from pre-Sochi total of £13,444,638 to £27,374,333.
"I think we can safely say Sochi was a watershed moment for British winter sports," said Simon Timson, UK Sport director of performance.
"Many are still working with a relatively small cohort of athletes, but ones that have the potential to be even more successful in Pyeongchang in three years' time.
"However, no one in British winter sport can afford to rest on their laurels and sit still; we need to make the most of the opportunity that Sochi created.
"We don't expect to see all the fruits in performance terms on the world stage yet."
In skeleton, the extra funding has enabled Team GB to run a talent search programme in order to bring its number of athletes up from 15 to 24 by 2018.
More money is going to sled research and development, while the extra funds have helped send athletes to the Olympic Youth Games and led to the appointment of full-time coaches for the World Cup and Europa Cup.
However, three sports - bobsleigh, short-track speed skating and figure skating - have conditions to meet in year one or they could face cuts to their money.
National Ice Skating Association chief executive Nick Sellwood said the conditions imposed were "only right and proper".
"You've got to keep assessing whether people are on track to deliver medals," he added.
"Our figure skaters have very specific performance targets at the world championships.  If they reach those targets, they remain on the programme. If they don't, they'll move off the programme.
"In short-track, UK Sport recognise that we are excelling - we're delivering world, European and world cup medals regularly. But what we haven't done is convert that to Olympic medals.
"We've reviewed all of our programmes and put new strategies and resources in place to address some of the weaknesses in our system so that we're more confident of delivering the medals we're being asked to do."
Many GB athletes who took part in Sochi have built on the team's success in the past year.
Lizzy Yarnold has added to her Olympic gold with three World Cup wins so far this season.
The GB women curlers followed up their bronze with European bronze representing Scotland, although the GB men who won silver in Russia failed to qualify for the event.
There have also been successes for athletes who did not manage to get on the podium in Sochi.
Katie Summerhayes became the first British woman to win a Freestyle World Championships medal when she took slopestyle silver in Kreischberg in January.
In short track, Elise Christie, for whom the Winter Olympics went so badly, refocused to take a world silver medal and was crowned European champion for the first time.
Andrew Musgrave, the cross-country skier who described his Olympic performance as like a 'tranquilised badger', has rediscovered his speed with the best ever finish by a Briton at a World Cup, coming 13th in Lillehammer in December. He also clocked the fastest time by a Brit in a World Cup race earlier this year.
And although they were unable to win another European Championships medal this year, ice dancing pair Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland scored a personal best and won their first prestigious Grand Prix medal with a bronze in Moscow in November.
Ed Leigh is a former professional snowboarder and now co-presents Ski Sunday. He feels snow sports in the UK are enjoying a post-Sochi boost.
"Snow sports in this country are in such rude health," he said. "Jenny Jones's medal has had such an affect on the domestic industry.
"That medal had a genuine trickle-down effect of bringing people into the sport.
"We are the only snowboard industry in the world that is growing at the moment."
Leigh added that Summerhayes's silver medal at the world championships is "an indication of the progress that we continue to make".
Another one of the key things that Sochi has provided is something called 'performance profiling', which looks at the times and performances of the world's best and measures UK athletes against that.
"Snowboard riders like Billy Morgan, Jamie Nicholls and Aimee Fuller are all benefiting from that and we're starting to see real results and a lot of progress being made using that system," Leigh added.
Participation can be tricky to gauge.
Some sports, such as bobsleigh or skeleton, are not readily accessible to a recreational athlete. Other sports have different ways of measuring their numbers - whether it is by website traffic or facility surveys.
However, the general trend is upwards.
Curling recorded over 5,000 people trying the sport in the aftermath of the Sochi Games through the Try Curling website. That number compares to roughly 1,000 people in each year after the 2010 Vancouver Games.
And at the only dedicated curling rink in England they are still witnessing 60% more visitors than they were at this time 12 months ago.
"Immediately after the Games we had so much interest we had to stay open longer than we normally would," said Tracey Brown, manager of Fenton's Rink in Tunbridge Wells.
"We shut between May and October and expected it to level out again but there were still more people coming. We don't know when or if interest will drop."
Ice skating sports have recorded 2,500 more people taking part each week, while in the three months after Sochi Snowsport England recorded a 12% increase in participation at several indoor centres around the country compared to the same period in 2013.


Residents in a Carmarthenshire town have raised concerns over plans to build new houses without any community benefits.

Paul and Bethan Thomas' original plan was to build 42 homes next to Laugharne's sports field with an agreement to provide benefits for local organisations.
But those benefits have been dropped because planning rules have changed.
More than 300 people have now signed a petition objecting to the latest plans.
Under the previous plan, it was mutually agreed that:
But the planning permission granted in 2008 which included those benefits lapsed in 2013.
Architect Owen Luder, planning advisor to Laugharne Athletic Club, said there was "total agreement" over the previous application but there was strong opposition to the new plan as it offered none of the benefits agreed in the previous scheme.
"It would be a political and social scandal if the council approved this without the community benefits," he said.
Glyndwr Jenkins, chairman of Laugharne rugby club, said the dispute meant the club could not develop its facilities, including 1960s changing rooms, as it had not been granted a lease to use the ground.
Mr Jenkins said the athletic club, which includes the town's rugby and cricket teams, were in a state of "limbo".
John Bradshaw, Portreeve of Laugharne and a Laugharne Primary School governor, said the original agreement would have seen the school take ownership of part of the field to expand its facilities.
He said: "Every organisation I'm involved with locally were totally shocked. We thought if it went ahead we'd get the benefit out of it but that's all been taken away. People are very, very concerned."
Carmarthenshire council's head of planning, Llinos Quelch, said as the site was now allocated in the council's local development plan, it was unable to request the same level of benefits as previously secured.
She said: "The current application site does not directly impact upon the playing fields. The benefits being asked for locally seek to rectify a landownership issue not directly related to the development."
She added an agreement on contributions towards providing affordable housing, education and highways improvements would be discussed in due course.


Pilots in an RAF helicopter and a light aircraft failed to spot each other until it was almost too late, according to a near-miss report.

The Chinook came within 600 ft (183m) of the light aircraft over Maidford in Northamptonshire.
The UK Airprox Board, which investigates near-misses, said the pilots were flying "at the same height and were head-on".
It concluded that "safety margins had been much reduced below the normal".
The Chinook pilot reported the incident to the board, which happened at 17:50 BST on 20 August last year.
He told investigators that he was flying at 1,800 ft (549m) when he noticed a blue and white plane, which was a Grumman AA5, flying close to him on his left-hand side.
The AA5 pilot told investigators he suddenly saw "two small lights dead ahead", so he "broke hard left" into clear airspace, but the Chinook took the same course of action.
The board said the AA5 pilot "could have done more to ensure greater separation as they approached head-on", while the Chinook crew did not spot the other plane until it was almost too late, possibly due to "worsening conditions".
Both pilots shared an equal responsibility "for collision avoidance" and "not to operate in such proximity to other aircraft", it concluded.


A former military clerk who fabricated tales of frontline service has admitted he lied about having cancer to swindle thousands of pounds.

Simon Buckden, 44, got more than £7,500 in money and services after pretending to have rectal cancer.
He also claimed to have served in the SAS and seen active duty in Bosnia and both Gulf Wars.
Buckden, from Leeds, denied six counts of fraud but on the fifth day of his trial changed his plea to guilty.
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Buckden hit the headlines after announcing he would run 100 marathons in 100 weeks to raise awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and money for Help for Heroes.
During the challenge he announced he had cancer but would continue running.
However, medical records revealed he had never been diagnosed with the disease.
Leeds Crown Court heard Buckden, who took part in the Olympic torch relay in the run up to the 2012 London Olympic Games, was a military clerk and had never experienced frontline duty.
Among those he defrauded, Richard McCann - whose mother, Wilma, was killed by the Yorkshire Ripper - gave Buckden a free place on a speaking course.
He was also given free therapy sessions, a publicity film, and received £2,000 for a holiday and around £1,500 to set up a social enterprise.
Prosecutor Craig Hassell said "people were, naturally, moved by his story and moved to try to help him".
Ex-serviceman Phil Lee, who was also conned, said Buckden's actions were damaging to genuine veterans.
"Lots of guys who I served with, who are genuine veterans, are deeply offended by these characters who proclaim to have served in many parts of the world or worked with special forces when it's fairly clear they were nowhere near," he said.
"It brings the reputation of veterans down and it's something we can genuinely do without."
Buckden, of of Landseer Way, Bramley, Leeds, is due to be sentenced on Monday.


Yahoo has launched a news summary app that aims to deliver two daily briefings of eight to nine stories most likely to interest its users.

The News Digest app claims to present readers with "all the stories you need to know about" and brings up a graphic saying "Done" when they have been read.
It is based on Summly, an app created by British teenager Nick D'Aloisio, who now works for Yahoo.
Media analysts are split over the need for such a product.
Mark Mulligan, editor of the Media Industry Blog said the facility could address the needs of busy consumers.
"There's a huge amount of information of varying quality being created, and people require a way to steer through all the news - it's a tyranny of choice," he told the BBC.
"The idea of cutting through the clutter and being a trusted curator that can offer quality bite-sized chunks of information definitely addresses a need."
But consultant Bob Eggington, who helped launch BBC News Online, was more sceptical.
"If people are being told they have read enough news they are being misled," he said.
"What Yahoo is saying is: 'We will try to tell you the things we know about that we think are of interest to you' - and both of those statements are highly imperfect."
News of the app's release was revealed by Mr D'Aloisio during a presentation hosted by Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Yahoo News Digest uses software algorithms to scour a variety of online publications including Reuters, Associated Press, Business Insider and Sky News.
It then assembles the information gathered into what it terms "atoms", which are selected chunks of text, infographics, maps and Wikipedia extracts about each topic alongside photos, videos and links to the news sources.
"We found that people were willing to consume more content when it was boiled down to the most important bits," said Mr D'Aloisio on the company's blog.
At present the app is only available on the US iPhone App Store and does not allow users to customise the type of stories most likely to interest them.
Yahoo's news ambitions extend beyond the app.
Ms Mayer's Keynote Address revealed that Yahoo Tech, a advertising-supported technology news site overseen by ex-New York Times writer David Pogue, was now online.
The chief executive also introduced a new digital magazine called Yahoo Food.
In addition, Ms Mayer revealed her firm had taken over Aviate.
The Android app analyses a phone's wi-fi signal, GPS location data and accelerometer sensor to study a user's habits in order to anticipate their needs.
For instance it can then bring up a selection of installed workout apps when it believes the handset owner is at the gym or display bus arrival information when it thinks they are waiting for transport.
Investors will probably be more interested in news that Yahoo has unified its suite of digital advertising products.
Facebook recently overtook Yahoo to become the US' second biggest digital ad seller, according to research firm eMarketer. Google remains the market leader.
It adds that the Yahoo's share of worldwide digital ad revenues dropped from 3.4% in 2012 to 2.9% in 2013.
To help address this the web portal has launched three new products and platforms:
In addition the firm announced that sponsored posts on Tumblr - the blogging platform it acquired in May - would now be powered by the firm's Yahoo Advertising products.


Attendances at professional sports events in the UK topped 70 million this year, up 5% on 2014, according to Deloitte's sports business group.

Football was the overall winner in the attendance stakes at 43.4 million, while three of the 10 best attended showpieces were horseracing events.
Rugby union attendances, boosted by the 2.5 million fans at the Rugby World Cup, climbed to 7.5 million.
This year's total was less than the 75 million at UK sports events in 2012.
However, that year was boosted by 11 million visitors to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.
Excluding the Rugby World Cup, the 10 most popular individual sporting events of 2015 had a combined attendance of 2.5 million, with Wimbledon topping the list again.
The tennis tournament attracted just under half a million spectators during the fortnight.
In terms of attendees-per-event-day, Formula 1's British Grand Prix was the winner, averaging more than 100,000 per day.
Referring to the popularity of horseracing events, Alan Switzer, director in Deloitte's sports business group, said: "British racecourses are on track for record attendances of 6.2 million in 2015.
"Flagship events such as Royal Ascot, the Cheltenham Festival and the Epsom Derby are firmly established in the top tier of best-attended annual UK sporting events, whilst the breadth and depth of other meetings throughout the year ensure horseracing remains one of the UK's most popular spectator sports."
Two new individual events entered the top 10 best-attended sporting events in 2015: MotoGP's British Grand Prix (154,000) and the Badminton Horse Trials (147,000).
These events replaced the Ryder Cup and Aintree Grand National from 2014.
Deloitte said that although overall attendances for the year fell short of the record of 75 million set in 2012, taking away the one-off effects of the Olympic and Paralympic Games that year, and the Rugby World Cup in 2015, attendances rose by 6% across the period.
Major sporting events in the UK next year include the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, the European Aquatics Championships and the FIH Women's Champions Trophy in hockey.


Staff at Northern Ireland's biggest hospital are continuing to screen intensive care patients after a serious infection outbreak.

The trust has said there have been no new cases of a strain of the MRAB bug in the past 10 days.
It is understood four patients in the Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) unit have been treated for the strain, known as Acinetobacter baumannii.
Their families have been informed and some patients remain in isolation.
Belfast Health Trust's director of nursing, Brenda Creaney, told the BBC's Nolan Show it was a "serious infection" but control measures were in place.
The main unit of the intensive care unit was closed at the weekend to facilitate a deep clean of the area.
A spokesperson for the trust said while the infection itself was serious, it is not unusual for any hospital to have to treat it.
The germs live in soil, water and the general environment. Many healthy people carry it on their skin.
However, certain strains of the bug, particularly Acinetobacter baumannii, can cause infections in cancer and intensive care patients.
Ms Creaney, who leads Belfast Health Trust's infection control policy, confirmed the RVH outbreak was discovered three weeks ago.
"This is an infection which is present within the environment and certainly people who are well would be fine with this infection, but obviously in an intensive care unit the patients are very vulnerable, which is why we've been taking the very stringent steps we have," she said.
She told the programme the four infected patients had been isolated within the unit.
Other patients are being regularly tested for the bug, but to date there have been no further cases, according to Ms Creaney.
In a statement, Belfast Health Trust said: "An outbreak has been declared and the unit is currently undergoing an intensive deep clean process and all infection control procedures are being regularly monitored."
The trust described the bug as "an unusual multi-resistant micro-organism".
The statement added: "The trust would like to assure the public that robust infection prevention and control measures are in place and we are working closely with the Public Health Agency and all other trusts to control the spread of this organism."
It has asked visitors to intensive care to help prevent the spread of infection by washing their hands when entering and leaving the unit.


Plans for a new lifesaving centre in Carmarthenshire have been approved by the council.

The RNLI wants to replace Burry Port's aging boathouse and bring both its lifeboats under one roof.
The centre will be built between the existing lifeboat station and the western slipway.
Roger Bowen, Burry Port Lifeboat operations manager, said it was "the start of an exciting new chapter in the station's 71-year history".
He added: "The RNLI will now proceed with the detail design and construction phase of this iconic building."
The centre will include modern training and changing facilities for the volunteer crew, which will help speed up launches, a workshop and a public viewing area.


A thief caught stealing £28,000 of drilling equipment in Aberdeen after crashing his getaway truck nearby has been jailed.

Hughie Stewart, 28, stole from International Tubular Services Ltd in the Altens area last November.
He had been informed he was not entitled to benefits following the loss of his job, Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard.
Stewart admitted theft and was jailed for 16 months.
The court hears he had planned to sell the goods as scrap metal and was "amazed" to find out how much it was worth.


Sainsbury's has won its High Court battle with Bristol Rovers over a £30m deal to buy the Memorial Stadium.

Sainsbury's agreed to buy the Memorial Stadium in 2011 and lease it to the club while a new 21,700-seat stadium was built to the north of the city.
But it argued that it was entitled to pull out because conditions linked to the deal had not been met.
The club described the ruling as a "kick in the teeth" and said it was likely to appeal.
Bristol's elected mayor, George Ferguson, described the judgement as "deeply disappointing" both for the club and for Bristol.
The independent said: "I've already spoken with Rovers chairman Nick Higgs and have offered him and the club my full support in finding a resolution... but we are very limited as to what we can do as a local authority."
The Sainsbury's deal was a key part of plans to move from the 12,000-capacity Memorial Stadium in Horfield, described in court as "old fashioned and rather dilapidated", into a new £40m ground to be built in Stoke Gifford.
A club spokesman said the League Two side was still  "committed to building a new stadium to secure the club's future".
The contract to buy the club's current stadium for £30m was signed in December 2011, but planning permission for a new supermarket on the site was not granted until January 2013 and was further delayed by judicial review.
At a six-day High Court hearing in May, Sainsbury's argued it had "lawfully terminated" the contract when planning conditions were not met before the "cut-off date" in the agreement.
But the club said there had been a "misunderstanding" about the significance of the cut-off date and argued the contract was still running, or had been terminated in breach of its terms.
On Monday, judge Mrs Justice Proudman ruled that "Sainsbury's must succeed" because the construction of a schedule to the agreement "seems like an insuperable barrier" to the club winning the case.
Bristol Rovers accused Sainsbury's of having "reneged on its promises to the local community to  invest in the region". The supermarket said the judge had "made no findings of Sainsbury's acting in bad faith with the club".
A spokesman for the supermarket added: "We understand that this is a sensitive issue locally and that there will also be disappointment as a result of the court's decision today. We will continue to work with the local community via our existing Bristol stores."


Waves as high as 20ft (6m) in southern California have damaged waterfront homes, knocked out pier pilings and attracted scores of surfers.

The waves are the result of swells produced by Hurricane Marie in the Pacific, 800 miles (1,300km) west of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.
Dangerous wave conditions are expected to continue through Thursday despite a weakened storm.
One person has died while surfing on a beach in Malibu.
But it is unclear if the death was caused by the surf or a medical condition.
Despite the danger, thousands of spectators lined the Wedge, a popular surf spot in Newport Beach, to watch surfboarders take on the waves, town officials said.
The swells are the largest seen in southern California since a pair of hurricanes hit the Pacific within weeks of each other in 1997, National Weather Service weather specialist Stuart Ceto said.


A former Labour shadow cabinet minister has accused an aide to leader Jeremy Corbyn of entering her parliamentary office without permission.

Seema Malhotra formally complained to Commons Speaker John Bercow, saying the "privacy, security and confidentiality" of her MP's office had been violated.
She also said her staff had felt "harassed, intimidated and insecure".
A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said an aide had been checking when the office would be vacated, and denied intimidation.
Ms Malhotra resigned as shadow chief secretary to the Treasury last month in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership and is now backing leadership challenger Owen Smith.
In a statement, Ms Malhotra said staff working for Mr Corbyn and shadow chancellor John McDonnell had gained "unauthorised entry into my office in parliament".
The MP for Feltham and Heston described several incidents when people from the leader's office used digital keys to open the office door.
"The implications of this are extremely serious," she said.
"This is a breach of parliamentary privilege and is a violation of the privacy, security and confidentiality of a member of parliament's office.
"Furthermore, my staff, including an intern, who have always been courteous and open, have felt harassed, intimidated and insecure and decided themselves it would be best to not leave anyone alone in the office."
She has complained to Mr Bercow and to Mr Corbyn and called for a formal investigation.
A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said accusations Karie Murphy - the Labour leader's office manager - had intimidated anyone were "untrue".
He said Ms Murphy had been checking to see if the office had been vacated by Ms Malhotra following her resignation.
"As an office manager on the leader of the opposition's floor, Karie has a key to open all offices. She accessed the office in question to confirm when it would be vacated.
"It is a month since Seema Malhotra resigned as shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, and the office is intended for the person holding that position."
BBC political correspondent Carol Walker said the incident was "another extraordinary twist in Labour's increasingly bitter internal battle".
The complaint comes after more than 40 female Labour MPs wrote to Mr Corbyn saying he had failed to do enough to prevent "disgusting" threats against members.
The group of female MPs - including former shadow ministers Heidi Alexander, Paula Sherriff and Kerry McCarthy - say intimidation has been carried out in Mr Corbyn's name.
Speaking on Saturday, Mr Corbyn condemned abuse among members, saying "it has no place in our party".
He said: "I don't do personal abuse, I don't respond to personal abuse, I condemn any abuse from others."
Meanwhile, leadership rival Mr Smith said his wife, Liz, had been a victim of online abuse and claimed there was now a level of abuse, anti-Semitism and misogyny in Labour that was not there before Mr Corbyn became leader.
"My wife stood recently for a community councillor position in the village where we live in South Wales and was subject to a torrent of online abuse. It's a community council position."
He added: "I think it's just absolutely unacceptable."
Mr Corbyn is facing a challenge from the former shadow work and pensions secretary, after Labour MPs overwhelmingly backed a motion of no-confidence in their leader.
The winner of the leadership contest will be announced on 24 September.


A mother who claimed a security guard assaulted her while removing her breastfeeding baby from her in Primark has been summoned to appear at court.

Caroline Starmer, 28, of Leicester, will face a charge of intent to pervert the course of public justice.
She claimed the security guard told her she must stop breastfeeding and forcibly removed the baby from her at Primark's Leicester store on 13 July.
She is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on 24 August.
Ms Starmer had posted her allegations on a "Free to Feed" Facebook page.
She was also interviewed by a news agency and the allegations appeared in numerous national newspapers and on news websites.
Police have told people not to post anything online that might prejudice the court proceedings.
"Criminal proceedings have now commenced and the defendant has the right to a fair trial," a statement said.
"It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings."


There is insufficient evidence to charge a man over the death of his 13-month-old daughter, the CPS has said, months after a judge ruled he had sexually assaulted her.

Poppi Worthington was found with serious injuries at her home in Barrow, Cumbria, in December 2012.
In January, a judge ruled she had been sexually assaulted by her father, Paul Worthington, who denies any wrongdoing.
He was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault in August 2013.
Reaction to the CPS announcement
Key dates in Poppi Worthington case
A CPS spokesman said: "The CPS has looked at the original decision in this case that there was insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction - as we often do in other cases.
"We have reached the same conclusion."
In a statement released following the announcement, Poppi's mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she was "desperate" to understand more about the police investigation and the events leading up to her daughter's death.
Speaking on her behalf, solicitor Fiona McGhie, said: "She is angry and disappointed with the decision by the Crown Prosecution Service and wishes to be given time and space at this difficult time as we approach the inquest."
Cumbria Police, which is being investigated by the police watchdog, has been criticised over its investigation into the death, after it emerged officers failed to preserve vital items for forensic analysis.
Chief Constable Jerry Graham said the force "deeply regrets" the way the case was handled.
In January, Mr Justice Peter Jackson's ruling was made as part of care proceedings in the family court involving Poppi's siblings.
He concluded the force carried out no "real" investigation into the death of the toddler for nine months, and highlighted a list of basic errors in evidence-gathering.
Speaking after the CPS announced its decision, Mr Graham said the investigation had fallen "below standard".
He said: "I would like to make a full and heartfelt apology to Poppi's family and all those who loved her."
He said the main failings were not preserving potentially relevant evidence from Poppi's home and the length of time it took to interview family and key witnesses.
He also said forensic analysis was not carried out quickly enough and accurate records were not kept.
Prosecutors originally decided there was insufficient evidence "to provide a realistic prospect of conviction", but in January the CPS said it was reviewing the case.
Cumbria police and crime commissioner Peter McCall said: "I am disappointed that despite a re-investigation no criminal charges will be brought.
"The constabulary has let Poppi down as no-one has been brought to justice for her tragic death."
Barrow Labour MP John Woodcock said he was "bitterly disappointed" at the CPS decision and that Cumbria Police's mistakes had "thwarted the chance of ever getting justice for Poppi's death".
A second inquest into the toddler's death is due to take place in the autumn.


The Culloden battlefield site is being scanned to provide a detailed model of the landscape 270 years on from the Jacobites' final stand.

Archaeologists from the National Trust for Scotland are using cutting-edge, laser-scanning technology to create the digital model.
Aerial Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) is captured by using a pulsed laser beam fired from a plane.
It is hoped the model will help trace remains from the bloody battle.
The Battle of Culloden, fought in 1746, was the final confrontation between the Jacobite rising led by Bonnie Prince Charlie and government troops led by the Duke of Cumberland, William Augustus.
Using the latest technology, the laser beam scans from side to side over the area and measures thousands of points per second to build up a highly-accurate and detailed model of the ground and the features on it.
Stefan Sagrott, archaeological data officer for the National Trust for Scotland, said: "It's providing us with a view of the Culloden battlefield that we've never had before, and that's really exciting.
"We can filter the Lidar data to remove some of the vegetation such as tree cover and this might allow us to find archaeological remains which are currently hidden within the tree cover."
Mr Sagrott said the scan had also captured areas with prehistoric remains, such as the Clava Cairns, and these sites will also be looked at.


Great Britain's America's Cup 2017 bid is "the start of something special", skipper Sir Ben Ainslie says.

The 40-year-old four-time Olympic gold medallist has confirmed he will lead the team in the next America's Cup, which is due to finish in 2019.
Ainslie hoped to captain Britain's first winning crew in the event but lost in the semi-finals to New Zealand.
"Already the work starts for next time," Ainslie told BBC Sport, adding he had "great heart for the future".
Leading up to this year's event, Ainslie had spoken of needing to raise £110m to fund the campaign.
In 2014, the government pledged more than £7m for a new £12m team headquarters at Camber Docks in Portsmouth, which opened the following year.
Ainslie heads a 65-strong crew which supports the six-man Great Britain team vessel, including former rival and Rio 2016 Olympic sailing champion Giles Scott as the tactician.
Land Rover has already pledged to continue backing the team into the campaign for the 36th America's Cup.
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Ainslie guided the team to victory in the 2015-16 America's Cup World Series, a result which earned two points for the qualifying series, which they negotiated to secure a place in the semi-finals this month.
A broken wing derailed the team on the first day against New Zealand and they had to forfeit the second race, before eventually succumbing to a 5-2 defeat.
"I'm just so proud of the team," Ainslie said. "Hats off to New Zealand, they sailed very well, they've obviously got a fast boat and they were too quick for us in the end.
"We're a new team in this game, we will be continuing the America's Cup and we will be stronger next time.
"We know we've got the backing. It's a tough game to win and there's a reason why it has never been won since 1851.
"This is the start of something special for us and the way we've responded to some difficult times gives me great heart for the future."
BBC Sport's Tony Husband in Bermuda:
This 21st British challenge for the 'Auld Mug' has gone the same way as the others but, amid the despondency, there was a positive message from Ben Ainslie.
The man on whom so much rested certainly isn't the type to hide. "We will be back," was the emphatic message.
The inquest will be thorough and probably painful for Britain, but Ainslie seems far from done with the America's Cup.
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Holders Oracle Team USA await the winners of the challenger final in the America's Cup.
The first to seven points wins the America's Cup, or the Auld Mug as the trophy is known, with a possible 13 races to be sailed on 17-18 and 24-27 June.
The America's Cup, the oldest competition in international sport, was first raced in 1851 around the Isle of Wight and has only been won by four nations.


A man has appeared in court charged in connection with a tipper truck crash that killed four people in Bath.

Peter Wood, 55, is accused of unlawfully killing Mitzi Steady, four, from Bath, Robert Parker, 59, from Cwmbran, Phil Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, both from Swansea.
They were all killed in the crash on Lansdown Lane on 9 February last year.
Mr Wood, of Brooklands, Chippenham, did not enter a plea to the charge at Bristol Crown Court.
Philip Potter, 19, and Matthew Gordon, 29, have previously appeared in court also charged in connection with the incident.
Judge Michael Longman adjourned the case until 1 July when Mr Wood will appear alongside Mr Potter and Mr Gordon for a pre-trial hearing.


House prices in Northern Ireland are rising again, according to statistics released by the Department of Finance.

But the number of sales have fallen to their lowest in three years.
The number of transactions between April and June was 4,075 - down 28% on the previous quarter.
The latest data does not reflect the Brexit vote on 23 June, nor the recent decision by the Bank of England to reduce interest rates.
Last week, an Ulster University report on the local housing market said "contradictory" economic outlooks issued during the EU referendum campaigns "will have exacerbated market uncertainty".
Prices rose by 3.8%, or about Â£5,000, between the first and second quarters of 2016.
The data puts the price of a standard house price in Northern Ireland at just over Â£123,000.
The strongest price increases were in Belfast.
But prices fell in three council areas - Causeway Coast and Glens; Fermanagh and Omagh; and Mid-Ulster.


Swansea's Glynn Vivian art gallery will finally reopen this October, two years after a multi-million pound refurbishment was due to be complete.

The gallery shut for the Â£6m revamp in 2011, shortly after celebrating its centenary.
But upgrading the building has been beset with delays.
Swansea council said the gallery will reopen on 15 October, with an exhibition of 10 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.
Problems started after the original contractors tasked with the renovations, Opco Construction, went into administration in 2013.
The gallery's Grade II-listed status and difficulties working on a busy city centre site also caused further delays.
Funded by the Arts Council of Wales, the Welsh Government, the Heritage Lottery Fund, conservation body Cadw, and Swansea council, the project includes a new lecture theatre, library, exhibition and areas for the conservation of delicate artwork.
An extension will link the 1970s and 1911 sections of the gallery, with a new entrance making the building fully wheelchair accessible for the first time.
The first pieces to be exhibited will be 10 priceless Da Vinci drawings from the late 15th and early 16th centuries, loaned by the Royal Collection.
It is hoped the new-look gallery will attract about 90,000 visitors a year.
Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea council's cabinet member for enterprise, development and regeneration, said: "The completion of this redevelopment and restoration project will make the Glynn Vivian a destination gallery of international significance, right at the heart of a regenerated city centre."


A man has been killed after becoming trapped by machinery on his farm in County Meath.

The man, who was in his 60s, was discovered at the farm on Wednesday, but the details have only just emerged.
His remains were removed to Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, where a post mortem examination is expected to take place.
The Health and Safety Authority is investigating the incident.


A 17-year-old contemporary dancer from Northumberland has been named the first winner of the BBC Young Dancer award.

Connor Scott beat five other finalists after they all performed before a panel of leading dance experts at Sadler's Wells in London.
The award was presented by Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta - but only after a slight hitch in proceedings.
Acosta appeared uncertain as to who had won the prize, seeking confirmation before announcing Scott's name.
Each finalist was judged on technical skill, creative expression and overall performance after premiering a new piece created for them by an emerging choreographer.
In addition to Ride, created for him by choreographer Patricia Okenwa, Scott performed his own piece, Get Up, and Blood Snow, a duet with Meshach Henry.
The dancer's efforts were assessed by a panel that included the choreographers and directors Matthew Bourne and Wayne McGregor and Tamara Rojo, English National Ballet's artistic director.
"Just to share the stage with such talented dancers is one thing, but to win the competition is amazing," said Scott, after being crowned the winner in a ceremony shown on Saturday on BBC Two.
Scott started dancing Latin and Ballroom when he was three but moved on to other styles, including breakdancing, ballet and contemporary dance.
He recently had a successful audition at a major London school and will start full-time training in September.


Bolivia's former top policeman who had previously been in charge of its counter-narcotics force is being held on suspicion of illicit enrichment and links to the drugs trade.

Gen Oscar Nina led Bolivia's national police force from 2010 until 2011.
His wife, daughter and son were also arrested and have been charged with illicit enrichment.
Bolivia is the world's third largest producer of cocaine after Peru and Colombia.
His arrest comes less than four years after a US court sentenced another former Bolivian drug czar, Rene Sanabria, to 15 years in jail for drug trafficking.
Gen Nina was sacked as police chief just over two weeks after Sanabria was arrested, although it is not clear whether the two events were linked.
President Evo Morales said at the time that Bolivia had to eradicate the "cancer of corruption" from the police force.
Interior Minister Hugo Moldiz said that there had been "serious suspicions for years" that Gen Nina had links with drug trafficking.
He said his arrest "sent out a signal that there won't be any complicity of any kind".
Gen Nina's son was also detained, while his wife and daughter were placed under house arrest.
All four have been charged with illicit enrichment. Prosecutor Ana Luisa Heredia said there was also evidence of links to drug trafficking.
Gen Nina has in the past denied any wrongdoing.
Before taking up the post of police chief Gen Nina had been in charge of the counter-narcotics force from January 2009.
He was asked to reorganise the force after President Morales expelled the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from Bolivia.
The DEA had close links with Bolivia's counter-narcotics force and had provided training as well as material and strategic support.
But President Morales accused it of being "an instrument the US uses to blackmail those countries who don't comply with imperialism and capitalism", and banned its agents from the country.
The most recent United Nations figures suggest coca cultivation in Bolivia has dropped to its lowest level since 2002.
The UN also said Bolivia was on course to reduce the coca-growing area to 20,000 hectares.


Hundreds of lost dogs in kennels in Wales face being destroyed as their owners have not kept microchip up-to-date, a charity has claimed.

A survey by Dogs Trust in Wales found 3,222 were unclaimed in council kennels between April 2015 and March 2016.
Of these 243 faced being put down because their microchip details were out-of-date.
But the number of stray and abandoned dogs in Wales fell by 20% between 2015 and 2016.
The charity said despite the fall, the number of dogs who would never go home was "heartbreaking"  and many could be easily reunited with their owners if the details were right.
Microchipping became compulsory in Wales in April 2016, with owners facing a Â£500 fine if they break the law.


Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk will miss the EFL Cup final against Manchester United because of an injury.

Saints boss Claude Puel says he expects the Dutchman to be out for about two to three months with an ankle problem.
The 25-year-old picked up the knock in a challenge by striker Jamie Vardy during Southampton's 3-0 victory over Leicester City on 22 January.
Southampton defeated Liverpool last month to book their place in the final at Wembley Stadium on 26 February.
Frenchman Puel said that the Saints looked to bring in a replacement before the transfer window shut on Tuesday.
"We studied a lot of solutions for a new defender, but we could not find a good opportunity," he said.
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More than 700 people have signed an online petition calling on Bangor University to reconsider plans to discontinue its fine arts courses.

Currently 35 part-time students are on six degree courses taught by 18 part-time tutors, all practicing artists.
The tutors said they had not been consulted over plans to withdraw the courses in their present form.
A university spokesman said it was conducting a wide-ranging review.
He said this is to "be able to face the challenges in the higher education sector in the years ahead".
"As part of that review the university is considering new ways of providing education for adults and fine arts programmes," he added.
Bangor University is "anxious to see these programmes continue" and in talks with the local tertiary college GrÅµp Llandrillo Menai as they are "exploring ways of providing the courses".
Wanda Zyborksa, a tutor on the fine arts course, told BBC Radio Wales: "We hope they will reverse the decision."


Wrexham's Racecourse ground deserves a boost if government money is available to back a new arena in Cardiff, a Plaid Cymru AM has said.

Llyr Gruffydd said he "read with amazement" that Economy Secretary Ken Skates supported proposals for another venue in the capital.
The Plaid AM for North Wales said there was already "a plethora of venues along the M4 corridor".
The Welsh Government said it would be for the club to put forward plans.
"We're not getting our share and we deserve better," said Mr Gruffydd.
He asked where the "vision and ambition" was "to develop similar centres of excellence here in the north".
Mr Gruffydd said Eirias Park in Colwyn Bay had been developed as a rugby and entertainment hub, but the Racecourse football ground could do with more support.
In 2008, the stadium was officially recognised as the oldest football stadium in the world still hosting international games, with a 200-year history as a sporting venue.
Wrexham AFC fans, who run the club, signed a 99-year lease to take it over last year.
Mr Gruffydd described it as "the oldest surviving international football stadium in the world" and "the spiritual home of Welsh football" which was "moving forward" under community ownership.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Wrexham AFC and the Racecourse have a long and proud history. It would be for the club and its owners to put forward plans and a sustainable business case for any improvements to the stadium.
"The Welsh Government has been engaging with the club over future plans and we have also held discussions with other groups concerning other facilities in the north of Wales.
"No financial support for an arena in Cardiff has been promised and the Welsh Government is keen to support the development of strategy for sports facilities fit for the 21st Century across Wales."


Winger Tom James scored two tries as Cardiff Blues narrowly defeated Munster in Cork to make it two wins from two in the Pro12.

In an enthralling match where the lead was never more than seven points, Dan Fish's 68th-minute try proved to be the decisive score.
Andrew Conway and Dave Kilcoyne scored tries for Munster as they picked up a losing bonus point.
In the first round the Blues beat Edinburgh 34-16.
It was a disappointing result for Munster who were hoping for another win after last week's 23-13 victory over the Scarlets.
The visitors took a deserved lead after eight minutes, the lively James finding a gap in the Munster defence to touch down under the posts.
The home side got back on level terms when the Blues failed to deal with Ian Keatley's neat kick over the top. A clever pick up and offload by Darren Sweetnam saw full-back Conway cross the line.
Both teams pursued an attacking and expansive brand of rugby. The Blues turned down a very kickable penalty for out-half Gareth Anscombe in favour of a kick into the corner.
James got his second try of the game following a scintillating line break by Rey Lee-Lo. The Samoan found the international winger on his inside shoulder as the Blues secured a 17-10 half-time lead.
The introduction of Ireland internationals CJ Stander and Donnacha Ryan early in the second half gave the home team renewed impetus. The forwards' pressure was rewarded with a try in the 62nd minute when Kilcoyne barrelled over after 12 phases on the Bues' try-line.
Danny Wilson was also able to call on some experienced heads on the bench. Wales captain Sam Warburton made his first appearance and played his part in what was an end-to-end encounter.
Blues regained the lead with their first meaningful attack of the half. Fish scored the try after terrific work by Lee-Lo and replacements Matthew Morgan and Lloyd Williams.
In the next round of Pro12 fixtures Cardiff will host Glasgow at Arms Park while Munster are away to Newport Gwent Dragons.
Munster: Conway, Sweetnam, Goggin, R. Scannell, R. O'Mahony, Keatley, Williams, Cronin, N. Scannell, J. Ryan, Foley, B. Holland, D. O'Callaghan, O'Donnell, O'Donoghue.
Replacements: Bohane for R. Scannell (41), O'Leary for Williams (66), Kilcoyne for Cronin (55), Casey for N. Scannell (66), Scott for J. Ryan (71), D. Ryan for Foley (52), Stander for O'Donnell (44).
Not used: Fitzgerald.
Cardiff Blues: Fish, Cuthbert, Allen, Lee-Lo, James, Anscombe, T. Williams, G. Jenkins, Dacey, Filise, Earle, Cook, Navidi, E. Jenkins, N. Williams.
Replacements: Morgan for James (66), Shingler for Anscombe (66), L. Williams for T. Williams (53), Gill for G. Jenkins (48), Rees for Dacey (55), Andrews for Filise (48), Turnbull for Earle (62), Warburton for N. Williams (48).
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)
Assistant referees: Craig Evans (WRU), Nigel Correll (IRFU)
Citing commissioner: Gordon Black (IRFU)
TMO: Jim Yuille (SRU)


Police have removed a banner over the M602 motorway in Salford designed to taunt Liverpool fans heading to Old Trafford ahead of the Europa League game against Manchester United.

It bore the date of the Hillsborough disaster when 96 fans died.
Police said they were alerted to the sign and removed it immediately.
Manchester United criticised fans who sang chants about the tragedy during the Europa League defeat at Liverpool on 11 March.
Offensive songs were heard during Liverpool's 2-0 win at Anfield in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
Ninety-six spectators died after crushing at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground on 15 April 1989.


A police superintendent in the Republic of Ireland who was suspended in 2015 as part of an investigation into alleged media leaks, has been reinstated to his position.

Supt David Taylor was the superintendent in charge of the traffic unit at Dublin Castle prior to his suspension.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed he is not to be prosecuted.
Mr Taylor said he had been vindicated.
In a statement, he added that it had been "an incredibly stressful and difficult time for my family and myself".
Irish broadcaster RTÃ‰ said Mr Taylor was contacted by a senior officer and informed that his suspension was lifted and he was to report back to work immediately.
Mr Taylor had been suspended for 22 months. During this period, he was arrested and questioned for 21 hours at Balbriggan Garda Station.
RTÃ‰ added that Mr Taylor had his pay reduced at one stage by 25%, but that all monies are due to be repaid to him.


Young adults in Scotland are the population group most likely to experience poverty, a report has said.

Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found that one in four of those under the age of 30 is at risk of financial hardship.
Its report said the poverty faced by young adults contrasts with an improving picture for other age groups.
For those over the age of 65, poverty rates were found to have fallen by almost half.
Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil welcomed the report and called on businesses to follow the Scottish government in paying the living wage to get people out of poverty.
Labour's shadow Scotland secretary Margaret Curran said the report "has shown that the Tories have completely failed Scotland's young people".
The JRF report, Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Scotland, found a rising number of young people in poverty and persistently high levels of disadvantage in health, education and work.
JRF chief executive Julia Unwin said: "Falls in child and pensioner poverty over the past decade in Scotland show that poverty can be reduced.
"But sustained action must be taken to stop a lack of high-quality work, and a shortage of affordable homes from trapping a generation of young people in poverty.
"All of us in government and local government as well as employers, housing providers and the NHS, need a shared focus to alleviate the impacts of poverty across all age groups."
The key findings of the report include:
Dr Peter Kenway, director of the New Policy Institute and author of the report, added: "Organisations across Scotland, local councils, the NHS and businesses are accepting a responsibility for acting against poverty and are making plans accordingly.
"The challenge is to turn words into deeds. Involving people with direct experience of poverty themselves is vital to this."
The report recommends more encouragement for employers to pay the living wage; better training for people in low-paid work and a reduction in the use of sanctions against benefit claimants.
Labour's shadow Scotland secretary Margaret Curran said a Labour government "would invest Â£1bn for more opportunity for Scotland's future - our young people".
Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil said the JRF "acknowledges the positive effects of the Scottish government's effort to mitigate the worst of the UK Government's welfare cuts".


Kilcoo powered their way into the Ulster Club Football final with a four-goal demolition job on Maghery.

Ryan Johnston blasted past keeper Johnny Montgomery for the only goal of the first half as the Down champions built up a 1-8 to 0-4 interval lead.
Maghery were dealt a huge blow when Aidan Forker got a straight red.
Ceilum Doherty netted twice after the break with sub JJ McLaughlin getting the other goal as Kilcoo booked their final clash against Slaughtneil.
Kilcoo were always in command in Newry as soon as they had cancelled out Conor Mackle's opennig point for the Armagh underdogs.
Paul Devlin (2), Eugene Branagan, Doherty and Ryan Johnston scored as Kilcoo rattled off five points withuot replay to take command.
Johnston got on the end of a long ball to score the first goal to put Kilcoo 1-8 to 0-3 up.
Aidan Forker was dismissed by referee Joe McQuillan after a linesman reported a striking incident.
That left Maghery with what proved to be an impossible task as Doherty added a second goal for Kilcoo.
Maghery did respond with four unanswered points but further goals by McLaughlin and wing half-forward Doherty put the issue emphatically beyond doubt.
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Kilcoo manager Paul McIver: "Our boys put in a great first-half performance, playing with the intensity we wanted to.
"We were sloppy in the county final against Clonduff when we were winning by seven or eight points and we talked about that at half-time.
"We wanted to go out in the second half and put our stamp on the game and we did.
"Our boys will not think about Slaughtneil because they only focus on themselves.
"If we get our performance right we will take a hell of a game to Slaughtneil."


Gloucester thrashed Treviso in Italy after their European Challenge Cup match was switched to the training ground because of a frozen surface.

The match kicked off two hours late at 16:00 GMT after referee Thomas Charabas deemed the Stadio Monigo pitch unplayable.
James Hook and Richard Hibbard crossed in the first half, before Matt Scott, Hibbard, David Halaifonua and Billy Twelvetrees sealed a bonus-point win.
Gloucester now top Pool One.
European Professional Club Rugby rules state that a venue had to be found within 24 hours to play the game, but with temperatures set to drop even further, the decision was made by club officials to play at Treviso's La Ghirada training ground.
Gloucester's large contingent of travelling fans embraced the last-minute change of venue, and were helped to the new location by home supporters.
Despite the fading light, freezing conditions and basic floodlights, Gloucester put on a fine performance for the supporters who had travelled the 4km from Stadio Monigo.
The Cherry and Whites pack was far too strong for the Italian outfit and in-form Wales hooker Hibbard went over twice from the maul as Gloucester ran in six tries.
Gloucester will host Bayonne at Kingsholm next Saturday in their final pool match.
Treviso: McLean; Buondonno, Benvenuti, Sgarbi (capt), Sperandio; Allan, Bronzini; Zani, Gega, Pasquali; Fuser, Paulo; Lazzaroni, Barbieri,Barbini.
Replacements: Santamaria, De Marchi, Zanusso, Budd, Steyn, Gori, McKinley, Iannone.
Gloucester: Hook; Sharples, Scott, Twelvetrees, May; Burns, Laidlaw (capt); Hohneck, Hibbard, Afoa; Savage, Thrush; Moriarty, Rowan, Morgan.
Replacements: Dawidiuk, Thomas, Doran-Jones, Latta, Ludlow, Heinz, Symons, Halaifonua.
Referee: Thomas Charabas