TODAY, the Disability Bill will be published. And with it, a lot of questions will be answered.

DID you ever feel you were being softened up? Politicians are great at it — preparing the ground so you won’t be disappointed, or so that you’ll know who to give the credit to when something happens.

I WANT to draw your attention to a new bit of law that is coming soon, and I want to try to urge all of you to shout stop.

I WAS at a family wedding in France last week. On the way back to Paris we stayed overnight in Versailles, and spent our last day exploring its magnificent palace, built by Louis XIV.

DEAR Taoiseach, I know, I know, the last person you’d want advice from is me.

WILL the IRA disarm, perhaps even disband, now that Gerry Adams has said it may be necessary? The answer is almost certainly yes.

If any bankers are reading this, let me offer you my sympathy.

TRANSPARENCY. Accountability. They’re cliches now, aren’t they? They are used so often in commentary about current events that they have almost lost their meaning.

HOW many Bertie Aherns are there? And which one will do the reshuffle?