DEPUTY Liz McManus says the time may come when we all have to march empty-handed onto airplanes. She may be right.

WHETHER you’re reading this on a beach, in a park or at an open-air café, it’s fair to predict you’re within line of sight of a bare midriff or two, a few dozen pairs of flip-flops and countless legs topped off by shorts.

WHEN the judgment of history is passed on media during this decade, it will cause a lot of turning in graves.

MY SON starred in a Labour Party political broadcast when he was two years old and has been threatening to sue ever since. He had no great ideological objections to participation. He just resents having done it for free.

THE rescue photos were heartwarming. Children smiling. Grandparents hugging them. Parents looking tired but relieved: we’re out of the war zone and home safe.

HER employer sends a Lexus to her apartment each morning to pick her up and bring her to the office.

YOU may prefer a Michael Crichton thriller or a bit of chick-lit on the beach, but this July offers a new vacation possibility: Reading for Columbine.

IT’S a funny thing about this country. Even though we’re filled with hatred, bile and venom, at the same time, we’re no good at giving face-to-face negative feedback, at least in formal work situations.

IF Bertie Ahern had been drawn to the boxing ring, as opposed to the soccer pitch, he’d have hugged the other boxer to death. There’s nothing like a committed clinch for pinning an opponent’s arms to his side and preventing him from thumping you.

You could take your choice, yesterday. You could read analysis of the life of a former Taoiseach by political correspondents.