THE Taoiseach said there would be no complacency on the economy as politicians set off on their 11-week holiday.

IN terms of team make-up, of personnel, you could hardly get a greater contrast in this year’s Heineken Cup than Munster and Clermont Auvergne, who meet in round two in Thomond Park tomorrow.

THERE were quite a few mutterings of discontent in Torshavn late on Wednesday night when it became clear that we were not going to get off the Faroe Islands until the next morning at the earliest.

THE HEINEKEN Cup is dominating rugby thoughts at present but Ireland’s Six Nations opener away to France is only three weeks away.

SO, John Murphy from Utah (Letters, Feb 1) has cancelled his family holiday in Ireland this year.