WITH all the talk about a possible visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland and the 3 Irish Open being played at Killarney this weekend, it is worth remembering that the queen’s great, great grandmother, Queen Victoria, was largely responsible for putting Killarney on the tourist map with her visit to the area in 1861.

By Ryle Dwyer OVER the decades Fianna Fáil has pulled a series of political strokes on the electorate, such as Charlie McCreevy’s promise during the last general election that there would be no budget cuts, or the election before when the party promised zero tolerance on crime.