THE dishevelled-looking homeless man, slumping under the weight of a filthy sleeping bag draped around his shoulders, was quietly ushered away from the Eamon Gilmore campaign stunt he had stumbled across.

Is Eamon Gilmore already Labour’s lost leader before a vote has been cast?

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s diary entry for the morning after Martin Callinan resigned as garda commissioner was "09.30AM — Meet with Disney group, Dining Room." Perhaps Pinocchio was there.

ONE whistle, three blows: Alan Shatter out on his ear, Micheál Martin out on reprieve — and Enda Kenny looking increasingly out on a limb.

SAINTS and sinners dominated a week that left more losers than winners.

AT LEAST it was fitting in Holy Week that we asked the question: Will Labour walk on water?

It was a state visit that changed the state of relations between Ireland and Britain for good. Here are some things we noticed along the way.

WHICH Irish politician would you like to see taken to Guantanamo Bay and water-boarded until they told the truth?

DID Enda Kenny not have a spare horse’s head to leave in the garda commissioner’s bed as a warning of his intentions?

Has Leo made his lunge? Mr Varadkar, our thrusting, Thatcherite Transport Minister, appears to have fired the first shot in the War of the Blueshirt Succession.