Simon Coveney says he has ‘no ideological problem’ about going into partnership with Fianna Fáil, but would his party really jump into bed with its nemesis, asks Juno McEnroe

John Donnellan beat Tom Browne by almost a bowl of odds in the William Wolfe Memorial trophy at the Waterloo revival festival on Sunday.

I would like to express my appreciation of the excellent article which Micheál Martin wrote recently on the Béal na mBláth commemoration, which was statesmanlike, dignified and respectful.

Suggested holiday reading for Enda Kenny?

Enda Kenny will today become the first serving Taoiseach to address the annual Béal na mBláth commemoration in Cork, to mark the 90th anniversary of the shooting dead of the former IRA commander and Ireland's second finance minister, Michael Collins.

Tomorrow Enda Kenny will become the first sitting Taoiseach to address the annual Béal na mBláth commemoration in West Cork.

James O’Donovan had an explosive start in his bowl-of-odds win over John Creedon in the Munster Senior Championship at Rosscarbery.

He opened with a good bowl, which Murphy missed by 30m. Murphy played his second bowl to the right and O’Donovan increased his lead to 60m.

THE Ballyvolane Road on the north side of Cork city was re-launched on Saturday with the first score in the 2011 Munster senior championship between Patrick O’Donoghue and Willie O’Donovan.

NOT only was Senator Liam Twomey’s attack on Finance Minsiter Brian Lenihan out of order, it was also historically inaccurate and, as a student of history, I feel I should correct this.

I WAS tempted to check the date of your edition that carried the report from Senator Liam Twomey (‘Lenihan slammed as speaker for Collins commemoration, August 12’) objecting to a “Fianna Fáil minister like Brian Lenihan” giving the oration at the Michael Collins commemoration in Béal na mBláth next Sunday.

AS an Irishman whose ancestors were prominent advocates of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, I am appalled by the sentiments expressed by Senator Liam Twomey (August 12).

SENATOR Liam Twomey’s disapproval of Finance Minister Brian Lenihan’s upcoming address at the annual Michael Collins Beal na mBláth commemoration is backward and parochial.

I WAS shocked to read the comments of Senator Liam Twomey in relation to Minister Brian Lenihan’s speech at the annual Béal na mBláth commemoration (Irish Examiner, August 12).

HAD Brian Lenihan Senior, the father of our Finance Minister, been invited to speak at the annual Béal na mBláth commemoration in west Cork it is unlikely that he could have accepted the honour even if he had wanted to.

IN her speech at the Beál na mBláth commemoration (Irish Examiner, August 24), Mary Robinson spoke about the need for a vision of what sort of society we want to see emerge out of our current difficulties.

The GAA should jointly honour Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera to help banish the "bitterness and poison" of the Civil War, former GAA president Sean Kelly said.

MICHAEL COLLINS would have been frustrated by the delay in implementing the Good Friday Agreement, a remembrance ceremony heard yesterday.