Catholic theologian Vincent Twomey recently commented that the reason his church had fallen from its perch was because it had stopped thinking.

May I say through the medium of your paper - congratulations to the Waterford hurling team who played some great games in 2015 with such a youthful team blended with the experience of men like Connors, Moran, Shanahan and the “Brick” Walsh.

Ireland is truly an island of two separate countries.