BOOBS, and our attitudes towards them, seem to have dominated the news cycle over the last few days. Right now there’s many a gurgly tummy in the Irish Daily Star following its decision to publish photographs of Kate Middleton sunbathing topless.

ONE of the many fun aspects to following the US presidential election is the varied loo-lah groups who have to be pandered to by the respective candidates.

CHILDREN are not the best at making causal connections.

SORRY to be a grump, but now that the crappy summer is over, we can look forward to even worse weather, dragging the kids back to school and yet another budget aimed at eviscerating our incomes.

SO Katie Taylor wins a gold medal and thanks God.

NO matter what drama, farce and pathos the world witnesses in the forthcoming US presidential election, what we know for sure is that the next vice-president will be an Irish-American Catholic.

IF you watched Vincent Browne’s interview with Sean Quinn last week, you’ll know that he is not a delusional capitalist gambler, but a victim: a victim of the Anglo collapse, of a government searching for baddies, and of the smug Dublin 4 media, which enjoys stamping on the pain of others.

IF there’s anyone with an ounce of gumption living in Munster they should already be organising the importation of crate-loads of Stetsons and cowboys boots.

THERE are a few billboards about the place, but you certainly wouldn’t get the impression that London is completely in thrall to the Olympics.

BRUCE Springsteen plays Dublin this week, and, beforehand, there were dire warnings that what happened to him in London better not happen here.