Parents are always concerned about their children’s educational progress.

Reading reports on this year’s drawn All-Ireland hurling final and listening to people talking about the performance of our team, the general consensus seems to conclude that Cork were inferior to Clare. People, pundits and indeed hurling fans, seem to think that Cork got the ‘out of jail card’.

IS it not time the Taoiseach actually faced the truth and gave us honest answers instead of repeatedly blurring his replies with the phrase “going forward” — especially since we are going backward.