STEVEN DINAN emerged as the PBC hero when his beautifully-arced injury-time conversion earned his side a replay after a splendid Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup semi-final at Temple Hill yesterday.

SO the Coalition Cabinet are going to study the statistics used in the TV series Rip Off Republic fronted by Eddie Hobbs (Irish Examiner, September 8).

YOUR columnist Noel Whelan (Irish Examiner, July 7) is right to point out that Ireland has been singled out for praise by Tom Friedman, one of the world’s most famous neo-liberal advocates.

WHAT is it that qualifies one to be a minister or a minister of State? Is it outstanding private or public sector experience, a keen mind or academic expertise? Or is it political connections alone that grant a seat at a table that controls tens of billions of euro?