THE Irish media recently devoted a lot of time and space to Rima Fakih who was featured as the first Muslim woman to win a beauty contest.

RECENTLY I underwent surgery at the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork.

FOLLOWING the slavish acceptance of PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde’s deliberations about the Northern Bank robbery, and the Taoiseach’s ridiculous declaration that Adams and McGuinness were aware that it was being planned, it is well to reflect a little.