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.

I HAVE it on good authority.

THERE she was in an ad for a chair.

IT’S the mini-budget that’s the focus of my friend’s worry.