Bankers’ €500,000 pay capOne of the least attractive characteristics of today’s Ireland is the widespread sense of entitlement. Give-us-a-reason-to-come-home nurses and beef farmers protesting over a yet unfinalised deal that will have huge benefits to the majority of Irish people are just two recent examples.

American aircraft manufacturer Boeing is refusing to back down in a bitter aerospace trade dispute which could financially devastate one of the North's biggest employers.

No wonder Rory McIlroy finds the Masters stressful.

US President Donald Trump has taken to twitter to criticise celebrities who took part in yesterday's demonstrations against his policies.