LEO Varadkar is extremely witty. To this I can testify, having seen him in action at the Trim Swift Festival at the weekend.

I DON’T know much, but I do know this.

THE redundant “so” is getting to me.

THE prognosis — that he would quickly die of his diagnosed heart disease — was not the worst problem Norman Cousins faced.

IT’S all very well for you, so it is. You can sleep in on a bank holiday.

FOR some of us, the fun just goes on. First, the Queen. Second, Obama.

IT WAS late, for a taking to the church, but still pewter-bright with the promise of rain.

WE MAY claim to be Ireland of the welcomes, but the queen’s visit sticks a shiv right in the middle of that claim.

THEY came into the big room, some of them dry-mouthed with terror, some of them sunny with positive expectations.

ONE of the most interesting aspects of my day job is getting to hear wedding speeches before they are delivered.