Watching the 10.00pm news on BBC One last night, I was aghast to hear that a fruit-stall trader in Greece had reduced the price of his cherries from €2 to €1.50 a kilo.

Many years ago on one of my early visits to the holy island of Sceilg Mhichíl there was much talk at the time of the work being done on the high pinnacle above the island’s saddle.