Ahead of the Paralympics, paracanoist Pat O’Leary dismissed any major concerns over the Zika virus or the state of the water in Rio.

Kerry chairman Pat O’Sullivan insists the county is open to the notion of finishing the All-Ireland Club championships in a calendar year but wants more consultation on the matter.

Pat O’Connor ( Letters, October 6) is only tinkering with the issues when he says changing the rules in relation to the kick out will change the “mass defence system” ruining Gaelic football.

The Queen of England was among the more familiar faces to pass by Stall 42, in Cork’s English Market, in 2011 — but famously she got waylaid in conversation with fishmonger Pat O’Connell.