LAST week, while filling in for Vincent Browne on TV 3, I stumbled across a current controversy.

A NEW academic year begins.

DEEP divisions are at the heart of prevailing paralysis in the eurozone.

THE silly season is in full swing.

REMEMBER the blockbuster Rich Man, Poor Man? This spectacularly successful televised drama series in 1976 was based on the tale of the Jordache brothers, Rudy and Tom.

RENOWNED cyclist and classic golfer, Enda Kenny, can enjoy his August break. The good news just keeps coming: excellent poll ratings, largest ever Dáil majority, principal opponents FF in toxic (even terminal) condition, afterglow of historic successful visits by Queen and President Obama, triumphant speech denouncing Vatican, improved bailout terms and best of all, prospects of Mayo winning Sam Maguire.

EUROCRATS and politicians still conspire to ensure that the truth is obscured about our future debt destiny.

ALONG with the Presidential election, a referendum will be held on the right of the Dáil to determine judicial pay levels. Despite private howls of protest and refusal to voluntarily accept the pension levy by some judges, it is certain that a massive majority of the electorate will endorse this limitation on the independence of the judiciary.

THE bank holiday break should have given ministers opportunity to consider medium-term viability prospects rather than short term hyperactivity.

CRITICS of Enda Kenny have taken cheap shots at his College Green performance.