Bryansford were crowned Blue September Kilmacud Sevens champions for the first time since 1994 at Glenalbyn this evening.

AFTER the impressive, yet intangible, rhetoric of President Barack Obama it seems our Taoiseach is keen to continue the “more talk, less action” road to recovery.

AS a proud native of the west of Ireland and now resident in Belfast, I thought I would be indifferent to the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Republic.

ON a recent sojourn to the Continent, I had the dubious pleasure of debating about Ireland’s severe financial woes with the numerous Germans I met.

I FIND it absurd, given the perilous state of our economy, that there should be such vociferous opposition in some quarters to the proposed visit here of one of the richest people in the world.

WELL done to the protesters in Dublin for their meaningless anti-war demonstration over Tony Blair’s involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

SO the Government is considering making some dole recipients work.

SO it finally appears some senior Fine Gael members realise the battery in Enda Kenny is on the blink and rather than recharge the robotic leader the better option is to go for a newer, more life-like model.

SO well done to the Government, acting with urgency to bring in legislation that will prohibit the sale of many, heretofore, legal highs.

THE recent uproar by GAA managers over apparent “trial by media” is another example of how people in this country eschew responsibility for their own actions or the actions of those who are supposedly under their control.

ROBBIE Keane was spot on to question the motivations of messrs Blatter and Platini after Ireland’s heartbreaking defeat to France on Wednesday night.

SELDOM is it that I find myself on the side of the British Conservative party, but one could not argue with David Cameron when he said that it is grossly unfair that the electorate in his country were not given a say on the Lisbon Treaty, while here we were given two opportunities.

HAVING just returned from almost a year travelling, I must admit that I am not aware of all the recommendations in the McCarthy Report.

THERE was another jobs blow for Co Limerick yesterday after one of the oldest manufacturing companies in the Mid-West closed suddenly.