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People often accuse me of being a cynic. This might just be because of a mildly jaundiced worldview from this corner which might often be expressed with a little too much enthusiasm, writes Declan Colley.

I always counter that this is a harsh judgement as I maintain nothing could be further from the truth and that I am a realist rather than someone who merely believes that everything and everyone is somehow motivated by self-interest.

When I express a belief that, for example, Mercedes sales in Ireland have shot through the roof in recent times, it is not based on the certainty that the company’s model line-up is currently better than at any time in its illustrious history, even if a solid argument could be made to that end.