There are some Americanisms that bug me — like the use of the word ‘already’ out of context or the hijacking of the term ‘awesome’ to refer to anything from agreement to a nice sandwich.

James Joyce once posed a conundrum: how to get from one end of Dublin to the other without passing a pub. Most people who took up the challenge failed happily.

WATERFORD WEDGWOOD yesterday bought the Cork-based Cash’s and Shannon mail order business from Fairway Investments Limited for €22.04 million.