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RTE Late Late show viewers praise ‘iconic’ 00s girlband as they perform ‘brilliant’ new single on air

RTE viewers have all praised an “iconic” 00s girl band after their “brilliant” performance on The Late Late Show.

The Sugababes joined host Patrick Kielty in the hot seat to chat about their return to the spotlight and the enduring success of the band.

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The Sugababes joined Patrick Kielty on The Late Late Show[/caption]
The Sugababes with their MOBO Impact Award.
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The original Sugababes line-up of Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy have a career spanning three decades, with 18 Top Ten hits including six No1s.

Now, the ladies are back better than ever with their new floor-filler single, Jungle and an album to follow.

Kicking off last night’s show, the band performed their hit, Push the Button, before returning to sing their new single, Jungle.

After their second performance, the pop trio chatted to the show’s host about their strong ties to Ireland.

Siobhan told how her dad’s family hail from Tyrone, while her mum’s side of the family is from Mountmellick in Co Laois.

The singer recalled spending many of her summer holidays in Ireland with her family.

She also revealed that the “real star” in her family is her cousin, Kerry footballer Kieran Donaghy.

The band opened for Westlife at the Aviva Stadium back in 2022, and remembering the gig, they said: “Westlife was wild, we love them so much.”

Siobhan said: “I thought the bus on the way back to the hotel was going to tip over at one point.”

Mutya added: “The audience was wild for Westlife as well, we were kind of taken aback.”

The Sugababes formed the band back in 1998 as schoolgirls.

They reunited for a headline performance at South London’s Mighty Hoopla in 2022 and were unsure what else would follow.

Next month they will kick off their biggest-ever European arena tour – starting off in Leeds on April 8 and making their way to the SSE Arena in Belfast on April 19 and the 3Arena in Dublin on April 20.

Speaking ahead of their upcoming tour, Mutya told Patrick: “It’s about having fun now. We had our years of being quite serious. Now it’s time to have fun.”

‘SO ICONIC’

RTE viewers raced to social media to praise the iconic girl band.

One fan said: “So iconic. Taking my teen daughter to see them next month. Can’t wait.”

Jack wrote: “They are the best trio ever and the queens of harmonies see you for the Dublin show.”

Ivan gushed: “Queens.”

Em said: “They were SO GOOD. Can’t wait for them to perform again.”

Another added: “They were brilliant tonight.”

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Horror moment crocodile seen clutching dead swimmer’s body in its jaws near the shore in front of screaming onlookers

THIS is the horrifying moment a huge crocodile parades a dead body in its jaws after killing a swimmer.

The victim was 51-year-old Sadarwinata, who was mauled by the beast near Talise Beach in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Thursday.

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The massive reptile swam around clutching its victim’s body[/caption]
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The corpse was taken to the Bhyangkara Hospital for a post-mortem[/caption]
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The victim was 51-year-old Sadarwinata[/caption]

In the eerie clip, the enormous croc can be seen gliding through the turquoise water after making its kill.

Its jaws are clamped around the chest of Sadarwinata’s lifeless body, which it pushes ahead of it.

The doomed swimmer, still fully dressed, is bobbing face-down in the sea.

A separate clip shows a team of rescuers lifting the body, now in an orange bag, from a boat onto the shore.

They then march along the beach with it on a stretcher, surrounded by onlookers and armed police.

It takes a dozen men to haul the body over the large rocks and boulders leading to the beach.

The tragedy struck when Sadarwinata was paddling in the shallow water near the shore.

Locals reported seeing the silhouette of the huge reptile rising through the sea towards him – and said they cried out in warning.

But Sadarwinata couldn’t hear the calls, and the croc struck out suddenly, snatching him.

People on the beach could do nothing but watch as the predator thrashed the swimmer around, eventually killing him.

The local rescue team said they were alerted to a fatal attack at 7:15am.

They launched a thermal drone at around 8am to track the body.

It was this aerial drone that captured the unsettling footage.

Deny Abrahams, senior commissioner of the city police, said: “According to eyewitness statements, the victim was swimming too close to the crocodile that was already visible around the location.

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The body was retrieved from the water after being tracked with a thermal drone[/caption]
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A team of rescuers carried it along the beach on a stretcher[/caption]
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Large boulders surrounding the beach made the operation tricky[/caption]

“They shouted to warn him, but the victim was in the water and didn’t hear.

“The rescue efforts were carried out swiftly by the joint team.

“One of the members of the Central Sulawesi Police Mobile Brigade Corps was even forced to shoot the crocodile to make it release the victim.”

Sadarwinata’s body was taken to the Bhyangkara Hospital for a post-mortem.

Police said conservationists have since been at the scene to warn visitors about the danger and encourage vigilance in the water.

Indonesia’s waters teem with 14 different types of crocodile.

Many of them are the particularly large and violent estuarine variety.

Conservationists think the animals have been driven further inland, closer to villages, due to overfishing reducing their natural food supply.

They are also being squeezed out of some habitats from by the development of coastal areas into farms.

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“Our goal… push the immersion level to another level”: Startling Reason Assassin’s Creed Shadows Focused on In-Game Rooftops So Much Will Blow Your Mind

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