04/11 The Daily JOE

The Front Pages

The main headlines from the two major national broadsheets today:

‘The €6bn bloodbath: Budget cuts loom: Students protest: By-election crisis’ – the Irish Independent.

‘Donegal byelection to be held by end of November: High court sharply critical of delay in filling Dáil vacancy’ – the Irish Times.

Woman of the Day

Katie Cassidy is an American actress who has performed in The CW TV series Melrose Place, Supernatural, and Gossip Girl, as well as the films Black Christmas, Taken, and A Nightmare on Elm Street, which was released in theaters April 30, 2010.

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Twit of the Day

T-Pain responded to critics via Twitter, saying he was asked by Quincy Jones and the late Michael Jackson to remake the 1983 classic "P.Y.T. for Quincy Jones’ tribute album Q: Soul Bossa Nostra. Criticism of T-Pain's reinterpretation of Jackson's song began pouring in soon after the song was posted online. Many listeners complained T-Pain ruined the Jackson classic. In return, T-Pain took to Twitter to defend himself.

"For all the ppl that hate mr for ruining pyt just stop listening to my shit. But if Quincy Jones tell you he want you to do something no matter how much shot you know ur gonna get from the dumb asses in the world, you god damn do it.”

“I had the pleasure of meeting MJ and when I left his house I got a call from his lawyer telling mr that MJ wanted me to remake that song,” he continues. "So everybody that’s being overly disrespectful, you don’t have to like me at all, but you also can keep that bullshit to yourself."

JOE Tube

This chap did so well and then got pissed off. Sorry, I mean pissed on.

Tonight's Telly

Pick of the night: The Panel, RTE One, 10.25pm.

An overview of the past week's events, featuring comment by regualr funnymen Andrew Maxwell and Neil Delamare with guests.

Sporting pick: Live UEFA Europa League, Five from 7.30pm.

Liverpool vs Napolis (kick-off at 7.45pm). Jim Rosenthal is joined by Dirk Kuyt and Pat Nevin to present coverage of the matchday four Group K fixture at Anfield, as the sides meet for the second time in two weeks, having drawn 0-0 in Naples two weeks ago.