A 95-year-old man who bludgeoned his wife of 65 years with a lump hammer in an attempted mercy killing has been spared jail.

Although it may be relatively new to Ireland’s sporting vernacular, the notion of ‘paralysis by analysis’ has long since been a staple of the American discourse.

DURING the Celtic Tiger, Ireland had a veneer of urban sophistication, but rural Ireland rumbled on as usual. Mainstays of rural life, such as sport and farming, didn’t change, nor did country music, Irish-style.

BY his body language you shall know him! Darren Clarke, one of three Irish challengers in this week’s US PGA Championship at Oak Hill wears his heart on his sleeve like no other.