I GUESS the first thing we should all know about Christmas is that Jesus was not officially born on the 25th. Yes, just like the Queen, he has two birthdays, but I would imagine if Jesus was on Earth he would wonder what all the fuss is about.

Well Christmas 2013 is nearly upon us and with less than a week to go I must admit this year has been ok.

WE have all heard about the ESB’s brand new notion to cut off our power. Although I do agree that they should go on strike, I disagree with their power cut. I hope they realise they’re going to lose every ounce of public sympathy that they have, which, admittedly, is very little.

WE all know that the country is heartbroken because the All Blacks beat us. The responses from that match ranged from extremely negative to extremely positive.

RECENTLY on a TV show I was watching the point was made about employers checking up on potential employees by scouring their Twitter or Facebook profile.

Recently, the LGFA invited my family, friends and I to their Ladies Allstars and it was probably one of the best nights of my life.

IT is almost one year on since the Taoiseach gave his humble and heartfelt apology to the thousands of women who were incarcerated in Ireland’s notorious Magdalene Laundries.

DEPRESSION and mental health are in the news. With Galway hurler Niall Donoghue’s sad death, and Cork hurler Conor Cusack writing about his battle with depression, the GAA and the people of Ireland have been made more aware of depression.

Recently, we heard about the smoke bomb being flung at a sideline official in a Tottenham v Aston Villa match.

RECENTLY, my brother and I were chatting about how much doom and gloom there is in the country. We both agreed that we are sick of it. We said ‘imagine if the Irish were like the Americans — always saying how awesome things are’ and so on?