MEDAL FOR SALE

At the risk of party-pooping, has any journalist or editor asked why a supposedly neutral country should invite a US military warship to dock in Dublin and for its sailors to be allowed free access to roam our streets?

“So, who’s stoked about being in Dublin?” The response said it all. “Wooo-hooo!”

Sarah Palin said she is “still kind of contemplating” a presidential campaign as she and her family set off from the US capital on a bus tour of historical sites that left observers puzzled about what the former Alaska governor planned next – both for her schedule and her career.

A ferry that capsized in a sudden storm on Baltimore Harbour was towed to a dock as divers searched for three people, including a child, who were still missing.