MONEY might be tight, the country may be on the brink of a bailout, but ordinary people are still buying, selling and swapping almost €1 billion worth of goods in the “economy of the streets”.

THE great world spins towards another All-Ireland Sunday. Around the world – for an hour or two at least – Irish feet will not make footprints on the fine sands of southeast Asia’s beaches.

AWARDS are two a penny these times, so much so that they often come and go with minimum publicity.